I always wait until after the New Year to take all my Christmas decorations down. I pulled out all the boxes to put stuff away and decided to follow my friend Tina's advise and start the year off by purging. So, I spent the first day of 2013 doing Spring Cleaning like never before! Jason jokes around about me being a hoarder, which I am far from (this coming from the guy who had a bottle of ketchup and loaf of bread in his frig when I met him), but I do have several "keepsake" boxes that I have drug from house to house over the last 20+ years. Some of the boxes haven't even been opened in years. YEARS! So, as part of my purging I opened and sorted through every single box. I even managed to reduce the amount of storage, which was difficult since everything I put in the toss box Connor had to check out... and wonder off with and play with... it was like Christmas all over. Discovering fun new finds and reminiscing on old memories. I found a bag full of notes from 5th grade to high school. After laughing at a few I decided to just keep 2 of the bunch... one from my mother and one from my first boyfriend, Mike Ryan in the 5th grade.
The boys having fun looking at the treasures from my past
My brownies uniform. I loved Brownies and Girl Scouts!
Some of the patches I earned in Brownies/ Girl Scouts. I later found another envelope stuffed with more patches that apparently never got sewn onto my pink sash.
I used to love writing poetry and short stories. I took a creative writing class in high school and college and had several things published. "Monsters of the Night" was one of the short stories I had published. I also won a National essay contest in middle school.
A box full of wedding keepsakes. I'm not sure what I had planned on doing with all this stuff. I saved an invitation and wedding program and tossed the rest.
the wrapping paper from my engagement ring box... maybe Jason's right... I
am WAS a hoarder! Not anymore though! I am purging and keeping only the wonderful memories... and pictures.
My mother made this when she was in high school and it hung in my room as a little girl.
A card to my father from my brother and I when we were little
After a few days of purging this is the pile I have accumulated in the garage to donate to our local food bank. This picture doesn't even show everything... there are several boxes not shown full of every VHS movie we own. Plus I'm still purging out rooms (and waiting for Jason to fill at least 1 garbage bag)! Clutter be GONE!
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