Ok folks, I am past the prime yard-garage sale season, yet my basement and closets were full. I have donated a total of 20+ bags to charity this year alone. My husband says, "just donate, yard sales are a total hassle , it is better to just give it away and get the tax credit.”
Well, I have done this like 20 times, and why not encourage the kids not only to give to those less fortunate, but sell their toys and earn their OWN money. (while giving a portion of this to missions or another charity) Soooooooooooooooooooooooo, we are having a yard sale this Friday and Saturday from 9-2. If you are local come on by.
Since making this decision and de-junking (not a real word), I have thought about all those self help books on clutter, and the TLC shows on hoarding. Do I have a disorder, am I heading to a life alone in an antique mall on a folding chair talking to strangers about the VALUE of junk? Will I be buried underneath mountains of plastic stow-away containers with nice labels, and filled to the brim with VINTAGE items, and keepsakes? Does everyone see value in saving a post surgery lung capacity machine? (the kind they will give you again after an operation) Do other Mom’s save 90% of art projects from Kindergarten through the 5th grade? Ok, the answer is really NO, so I have decided to shed my collecting of all things ridiculous. No you don’t have to worry about me like Howard Hughes, I am not saving urine and nail clippings. I am feeling lighter already.
Laugh out loud, it’s good for your health.
God is good, Life is hard, I am blessed,
Carrie
7 comments:
wowee! very impressive...though I mist say I didn't know you still had the lung capacity thing! ;-)
just think, when you eventually pass away, your family will not hate you for having to sift through all your "keepsakes"
Thanks dear husband, or shall I say ANONYMOUS................
Oh boy.
I wish I could be there to snap up some of the treasures you are SURE to be selling!
Can we do an internet pre-sale?
Pretty please?
eileen and i did the same thing, except we "donated" bags and bags of "keepsakes" to the curb for our garbage man.
sad how much we save thinking we "might someday use this"!
here's to shedding the instant shedding of house weight!!
"just think, when you eventually pass away, your family will not hate you for having to sift through all your "keepsakes""
"Thanks dear husband, or shall I say ANONYMOUS................"
LOL! ;-)
i was wondering who was so bold as to say what "anonymous" said, good thing it was your DH! --but seriously, i think about that all the time, having cleaned up and moved 40 years of family history and daily life into my previously uncluttered house when both my parents passed. i probably tossed stuff that was really meaningful to me and to my parents but i was too overwhelmed to even sift through it at a certain point. at least your stuff is cute and collectible instead of old receipts and menus and ridiculous piles of paperwork. will be enjoyed by many! now if we all just had a cute pink cabinet to store things in...
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