Vince has been cleaning. I really can’t make fun of Vince because I’m just as bad. He’ll find a pile that he needs to go through and he sorts and moves it here and there and in the end . . he’s thrown nothing away. I’ll do the same thing but in the end, I have my stuff all divided up into containers, with labels, and it’s entered on a spreadsheet so if I need dental floss, I go to my spread sheet, find which tub it’s in and go find it. No, it’s not quite that bad but almost.
The other day Vince came out with an old computer. He said “This is really old.” Yep. It was an E-machine that we bought some time before 2001. It had a dial up modem.
We never get rid of anything! I asked him last night if he threw it away. Nope, he took all the usable parts out of it and saved those and the “box” is going to be thrown away. Anyone believe that? Nothing ever goes out!
Again . . I can’t say anything. I’m the worst about not wanting to throw anything away but I feel justified since it’s on my spreadsheet and I can find it.
All I can say is this: Chad is going to be very mad at us when we die and leave all this to him but it really doesn’t bother me. I call it payback for all the gray hair he has given me. 🙂
Bon says
Maybe Chad will just torch the place. ?
Judy Laquidara says
He may but there won’t be any insurance money. Totally up to him.
pat says
most all the children today don’t want our stuff. all they want is the green stuff. our decor isn’t what they want.
Judy Laquidara says
I won’t be around so it won’t matter to me what he does with it all.
Osage Bluff Quilter says
Funny, I’ve been on a pitching binge this week. Bonfire later today. But we always joke how our 2 kids will have fun getting rid of our stuff.
The funniest is the blacksmith used a big tractor to move a huge piece of equipment into his shop. That was after he broke the machine into 2 pieces. After we were finished, we laughed and said, Jeremy will have no clue how to get this thing out.
Judy Laquidara says
Maybe we should add to the “stuff” by leaving instructions . . should they choose to look at them.
Linda in NE says
My daughter says she will get someone with a backhoe to dig a big hole out among the fruit trees, throw everything in and cover it up.
Judy Laquidara says
That works!
Sara Fridley says
My daughters are both terrified of what they will have to get rid of when we are gone. We’ve reduced the clutter of “stuff” a lot in recent years but still have a long ways to go. My youngest daughter has quit saying too much about my clutter since getting married because her MIL is a hoarder – just like on TV. I’ve been in her house and it’s really scary. I doubt that you or Vince – or myself – are even close to that.
Judy Laquidara says
Some days I look around at our house and I’m not so sure.
Susan says
That’s what I always figure. They’ve earned this mess. =)
Nelle Coursey says
Same at our house! Alicia is going to have to get rid of it.
Rebecca in SoCal says
Talking of old stuff: I just found a “tone generator” that you put up to a phone mouthpiece if you had a dial phone! It’s hard to remember that “problem.” So funny!
I can’t say much about my husband’s accumulations because I;m pretty bad, too. We’ve made a move (house), and oh, woe, are there a LOT of papers! There are a lot of financial records to shred. There are boxes of assorted papers (including newspapers that probably had an article or recipe I wanted). John keeps saying if we haven’t looked at it in years, we should just toss it. Unfortunately, in each of the few boxes I’ve gone through, I have found something I want to keep, like photos (another thing to organize–yikes) and even a small book that I’ve been wondering about for years! It’s an adventure. Yeah, that’s it, an adventure.
Twyla says
Every time I have gotten rid of something I always need it a couple of weeks later. I love my treasures. And my daughter will be thrilled to go thru my things.