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Posted 9/2/2019 4:37 PM (GMT 0)
I saw this at the end of another post and did it ever hit home with me! We just moved again and I really don't know where all of this stuff came from. I packed it all myself because I didn't want the movers to do it. I never want to move all of this again.

I did give a lot of clothes to the rescue mission near us. And our Elk's Lodge is going to have a fund raising sale for our local Memory Center. I will give them some of my better household stuff I will never use again.

But what to do with all those wine glasses? Every resale it store has shelves of these. And I have both of my grandmothers' good china sets. No one in the family wants these. They have to be
Hand Washed!!! I guess a collector might want. Very old. And all those nice gifts our kids give to us. I don't know where to start with some of this.

Also, I always saved the kids' drawings. I have been giving them back to them on their birthdays. They were shocked I still had them.
Now if I can just get rid of those boxes of bar glasses.

Puppylover
Posted 9/2/2019 8:52 PM (GMT 0)
I wrote a long post on the Cleaning the Bathtub thread but I had to mention my service for 12 of Noritake China. It was my mother’s and she used it maybe three times at most! She didn’t cook much. Lifestyle in Florida is very laid back and China is not used much at all. Actually my family buy those good plastic plates from Costco or Sam’s Club and that’s what we eat on for Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Easter dinners! 😂. So I have to figure out what to do with those.

Puppylover, I also have family heirlooms that have been in the family from the late 1700’s through the Cival War period. Of course my kids will take those but I have no grandchildren! Where this heirlooms will end up is anyone’s guess.

But I have to start somewhere...

Sherrine
Posted 9/3/2019 5:15 AM (GMT 0)
Shall we try to inspire each other?

We got rid of 5 bags of trash and recyclables today, plus a box of things moved to anothr roomand put away today..

Our home office has become more like a storage room,any other room needs cleared,we store it there temporarily..so we paid the piper some todsh
Posted 9/3/2019 9:09 PM (GMT 0)
We are continuing to clear out "stuff" (both in the house and outside) and it sure is a process!

Lj: Great idea to try to inspire each other regarding this. A little encouragement goes a long way!

I've begun to make a daily list of "chipping away" at sorting through clothes, books, knick knacks, etc.--whatever it happens to be at that time. It feels good to do even a small amount every day.

I wish the best to those who are working on these projects. Sometimes it can be one step forward and another back; other times it's smooth sailing! smile
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