After my aunts death and sorting through her belongings with my Mother In Law, I made it my mission to go through my own storage room and do the same. My thought was, if I can get everything organized, my children won't have to bear the responsibility of deciding what to do with the stuff when I'm no longer around.
The storage room, which was a bedroom, became the overflow room when the boys left. It's been years now and I don't even know, nor remember what I have in the bins and boxes. I figure it should be easy to sort through. If I haven't seen or missed what's been stored, then I don't need it.
My plan was to throw most of it away and donate the rest to Goodwill.
Get in, get er done and get out.
Yeah, easier said than done.
As I opened bins the the memories came spilling out flooding the room.
This definitely was not as I anticipated. Instead of throwing away things I thought I didn't need, I found hidden treasures.
Here's a picture of my oldest son when he was one.
and here is a picture of one of his twins at the same age.
The boy is a chip of the ol block if I do say so myself.
So there you have it, I spent the entire afternoon in the storage room and the only thing I accomplished was uncovering buried treasures.
8 comments:
OK, that's funny!
Yes, he is a chip off the old block.
I have a son that has a clone-child as well. I love seeing it.
I have that same problem in the garage! I insist we are going to clear out the garage, we need room to put the second car in there. So we start opening boxes and end up oohing and ahhhing and keeping most of these things all over again. I do admit, there is a box we can do without, full of old towels and sheets but there was also a big giant spider crawling on top of it all that we just hastingly closed it up taped it up and put it away. Next time. Maybe spidey will be dead by then. The box is marked "linens with a live spider" so we will remember.
This is ME! Today is my day to get rid of unwanted and unneeded things. Instead, I've uncovered some treasures, including your blog and I have spent the last 45 minutes on the computer! Oh boy, I'm in trouble! :)
Oh my, I think that this problem is universal.
It sounds so familiar...I went through old family pictures a few years ago and put them in albums but I received many more since then, lol and I need to sort through them again. Thank goodness for scanner and digitizers, I now can put family photos on DVDs.
Happy New Year.
Hugs,
JB
The DI truck will be in our area for about a week and I just know I have plenty to donate but fear that I will have a hard time parting with things. I have seriously had a friend come to my house who is a fanatical organizer to help me before, it helps to have someone who isn't emotionally attached to your stuff to help you have the courage to de-junk. However, going through pictures and things your kids have made is a whole different story, I feel your pain.
I love the comparison of your son and his son. Yep there is definitely a family resemblance.
I am terrible at sorting my own treasures. The memories pour out and I have trouble putting them all back. My basement has become the dumping ground for everyone elses old treasures that they can't bare to part with. We will see what happens in the New Year! I need a sewing area so some of the treasures need to become someone else's treasures. :) Happy New Year!
This is why I don't clean my office very much. It is full of treasures that I don't want to get rid of, but I don't really want to deal with either! Your son's boys sure do look like him! And, thanks for coming to my blog and commenting. You're an angel:)
Holy cow he really does look just like his daddy
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