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<blockquote data-quote="Elsi" data-source="post: 745079" data-attributes="member: 23349"><p>I’m starting the year with a nasty cold, so no cleaning for me today, but this thread is inspiring. Looking forward to getting back to basics this year with home organization. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I know you’re right. I’m pretty good about letting things go for the most part - I have just a couple tea cups and a couple powder dishes to remind me of my grandmother, my father’s guitar, a cedar chest and a table my grandpa built for me and one of his John Deere uniform shirts and a hat. Most of my ‘sentimental’ things I actually use or have displayed where they make me smile every day. And that’s the way I like it - I don’t see the point of having things stored in boxes where they can’t be enjoyed. </p><p></p><p>The past really isn’t my problem. It’s the future. This belief that any time now one or both of them will get it together enough to be able to use a bed or have a place to store and use a couple pots and pans. How sad is it that neither of them has been stable enough to pass this stuff on? E got rid of half her stuff when she got married and moved in with her husband. Between us we could have fully furnished one bedroom apartments for both C and S! But...there is no e knowing how many more years it will be before they are able to use any of this stuff. Or maybe they never will. Maybe they will decide to move somewhere else for a fresh start. Who knows. You’re right - time to unlink this stuff from their futures. It is all replaceable. </p><p></p><p>I think this will be the year of the weight room. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I LOVE this idea, Tired! I wish we had thought of this strategy when cleaning out my grandparents’ house.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Elsi, post: 745079, member: 23349"] I’m starting the year with a nasty cold, so no cleaning for me today, but this thread is inspiring. Looking forward to getting back to basics this year with home organization. I know you’re right. I’m pretty good about letting things go for the most part - I have just a couple tea cups and a couple powder dishes to remind me of my grandmother, my father’s guitar, a cedar chest and a table my grandpa built for me and one of his John Deere uniform shirts and a hat. Most of my ‘sentimental’ things I actually use or have displayed where they make me smile every day. And that’s the way I like it - I don’t see the point of having things stored in boxes where they can’t be enjoyed. The past really isn’t my problem. It’s the future. This belief that any time now one or both of them will get it together enough to be able to use a bed or have a place to store and use a couple pots and pans. How sad is it that neither of them has been stable enough to pass this stuff on? E got rid of half her stuff when she got married and moved in with her husband. Between us we could have fully furnished one bedroom apartments for both C and S! But...there is no e knowing how many more years it will be before they are able to use any of this stuff. Or maybe they never will. Maybe they will decide to move somewhere else for a fresh start. Who knows. You’re right - time to unlink this stuff from their futures. It is all replaceable. I think this will be the year of the weight room. I LOVE this idea, Tired! I wish we had thought of this strategy when cleaning out my grandparents’ house. [/QUOTE]
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