NO HOARDING in Postcards 4
- June 23, 2020, 12:15 a.m.
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Rather than go through carrying things downstairs, we are still upstairs going through boxes. He admitted to his friends that he is a packrat. Bin after box of the most amazing things like my parents big, metal scissors, or a package of my mother’s slightly worn and rusty needles with a moving company on the cover appears. I must tell you that he isn’t making as many bad jokes today as he did yesterday.
Now that I am home and doing better, the get-well-cards have stopped arriving. Darn. I’ve become selfish and can admit that I really enjoyed each and every one of them. I saved them all to a folder prosaically called cards.
George is over there on the other side of the desk sorting things. Every once in a while he passes something over the top of the monitors. A folding traveling hairbrush, a picture of a Grandaughter as a paperweight, and an analog-Radio Shack TV of about 3 inches total. Out went two bags of trash. No more being a hoarder, he says loudly.
We are almost home free.
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- Himself: The day is cold and cloudy. I can see the edge of the wall of fog over G’s shoulder.
- Myself: <more magazines.<i=""></more>
- Reading: Some of the mysteries BDMK sent my way.
- Photo: “Star of India.”
- Gratitude’s: For sill getting the house almost back together.
Chocolatechip ⋅ June 23, 2020
I, too have things in my bedroom to keep or discard. I must also clean out my closet. Over my head looms the project!
Marg ⋅ June 23, 2020
That sounds like a lot of work!
aunty EM ⋅ June 23, 2020
Of course you know that within a short (or long) time you'll want (or need!) any (or all) of those things... Having radically "down-sized" three times, I consider myself an expert. LOL
MageB aunty EM ⋅ June 24, 2020
Oh, that's a frightening thought.
NorthernSeeker ⋅ June 23, 2020
The decluttering pays off in the long run.
MageB NorthernSeeker ⋅ June 24, 2020
Yes, but oh, it is hard.
Kristi1971 ⋅ June 23, 2020
What if you chose one card a week or every few days to display? That would remind you of those that sent them to you and how they make you feel. :)
MageB Kristi1971 ⋅ June 24, 2020
Nice idea.
Zipster ⋅ June 25, 2020
I once hear d a de-cluttering expert person say that our things end up owning us! Still somehow I have more stuff than I need or can ever get to. Glad you are feeling better.
Hillbilly Princess ⋅ June 26, 2020
Glad you are feeling better
Jinn ⋅ July 01, 2020
I have so much stuff to go through but right now I want to be outside :-) Winter comes fast here .