Deja vu entry

[susandennis]

I'm purging - half to trash and half to Goodwill and I have a cold.

If I didn't have empty shelves and half boxes of Puffs all over the house to show progress on both fronts, I'd feel a little GroundHogish about this all.

But, at least I'm getting a little smarter. I took the first cartload down to the car this morning and scored a street parking spot so I don't have to keep pulling the car out and putting it back with each load. Excellent.

I threw out 14 photo albums. The only pictures I looked at were those that fell out when I pulled the albums from the shelf into the trash bag. The only picture I kept was one of me and my husband - yes, we'll scan in for posterity in LJ later on. I found (and kept) my high school diploma - it will probably get tossed before we're done. I found a relatively small box of papers and clippings - the newspaper ad from when I had a sewing business in the 70's, some work letters - job offers, resignations, some marketing collateral I created for various jobs. Interesting stuff. I even kept some.

Ok, I'm going back in.

So far today:

Gray cart full of Goodwill stuff and one of two wire cart fulls that went to the trash. (And, can I say how grateful I am that we have dumpsters in the garage and lots of them!) Those aren't Ugs (they are Ug knockoffs and the LPs in the cart are probably not even playable - they were played to death years ago...)

Comments

[thalamic.livejournal.com]

You seem to be going through what I went through when I wound up my apartment. I am glad you get to do it on your terms.

What caught my attention is how you chucked those photo albums. I admire that kind of self-confidence and reslove.

Did I ever tell you how glad I am to have found your journal? Your journal is exactly what I imagine a journal to be, which is to say, a chronicle of life, YOUR life. You capture it so wonderfully, whether what you capture is wonderful or not.

I won't say I read everything everyone writes, but every time I refresh my friends page, I hope to find some update from you. I feel I get to know you a little bit better with each update. And I like getting to know you.

Keep it up! Please. :)

[susandennis]

Wow.. what a wonderful comment. Thank you. I am very lucky to be doing all this by choice but I am also very lucky to have such a great audience to help and encourage me along the way. It really makes it fun to chronicle when there is an audience.

It's lovey of you to let me know. Thank you.

[susandennis]

Yeah, I like having the digital versions all neatly stored out there in cyberville. And I have no desire to have them on paper. I'm still mad, though, that I didn't save the photos of your purple bathroom. (I know, I know, I need to get over it.)

[judith.livejournal.com]

I am so impressed!

[susandennis]

Thanks. It does help to have the encouragement!

[katbyte.livejournal.com]

I have boxes of pictures sent by the daughter I did not give birth to, and of the grandkids. Also, since you brought up albums, I have some of those stored in boxes too. That is why I have a shed the size of my first apartment.

I am not usually a person who hoards things either, but must be my old age or something. I need to take the boxes with pictures to the dump.