well i have been a empty nesters for 15 years now and we are getting ready to move so doing lots of cleaning and digging out my ??? is i'm having a hard time trying to part with things like
kids cub/boy scouts shirts with all badges on them
things they made in school
just little things like that which i have no use for but yet i don't wann just toss away
tell me what u did or give me suggestions tia vickie
1|1|DEFINITELY not in that league but I can tell you my parents are now & they made us each a special box for Christmas of our childhood goodies |Kristy|mi3zons1@yahoo.com|21:37:44|11/23/2008|
Then let us decide what we wanted to keep or pitch LOL
"Women should not have children after 35. Thirty-five children are enough." - anonymous (Only 28 to GO!) 2|2|That's what I would suggest....give those items to the kids and let them store them instead of you :D|saint6811|waylan@comcast.net|21:41:59|11/23/2008|
"Middle age is when you choose your cereal for the fiber, not the toy." 3|1|I can't handle it...I can tell you that..|shellysmsmo|jpksms@sbcglobal.net|21:44:45|11/23/2008|
Since travis left last year.. his room is still the same..
Still has clothes in the drawers...his trophies in his room.
WAH...
4|1|I agree w/Kristy as that's what my parents did also...|maraj|maraj64@hotmail.com|21:49:32|11/23/2008|
I have my Baby Go Bye-Bye, Easy Bake Oven, Barbie Country Camper, some of my little Tootsie Toy cars, my old report cards (not that those are anything to brag about. LOL) & a few other things. I did, however, toss out the old teeth that my mom had saved as they were big molars w/cavities & 2" roots. Is it no wonder they hurt me clear down to my toes??? Why, oh, why would I want to hang onto something that caused me so much pain?? LOLOL
I'm sure that in time, I will also be going thru the same dilemma when my son is older, out on his own & starting a family of his own. There's all his Tonka & John Deere toys, his report cards, his Cub Scout shirt, 1st baby booties, baby teeth (his aren't cavity laden like mine were. LOL), 1st haircut, 1st-birthday cards & 1st-Christmas things. Oh rabbits, now I'm getting boo-hooey just thinking about it. :`(
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5|2|My mom had an original Raggedy Ann and Andy rag doll set for me, still in the boxes....hmmm, wonder what those are worth nowdays? I never played with them, I was afraid of dolls and clowns when I was little, lol|saint6811|waylan@comcast.net|21:57:08|11/23/2008|
"Middle age is when you choose your cereal for the fiber, not the toy." 6|3|Just when you were little Joy??? Good I'll send you Bozo for Christmas ROFL|Kristy|mi3zons1@yahoo.com|22:16:41|11/23/2008|
"Women should not have children after 35. Thirty-five children are enough." - anonymous (Only 28 to GO!) 7|4|Oh boy BOZO brings back memories. LOL|RebekkaVA|queen_vulture@msn.com|22:19:14|11/23/2008|
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14|4|Excuse me, missy! I was little once....and not that long ago I was a smaller size too! LOLOLOL You can keep the Bozo, send coffee instead :D|saint6811|waylan@comcast.net|17:27:49|11/24/2008|
"Middle age is when you choose your cereal for the fiber, not the toy." 13|3|I was tormented by that darn troll....|maraj|maraj64@hotmail.com|10:23:40|11/24/2008|
From the 3 Billy Goats Gruff story. LOL I refused to cross any kind of bridge or walkway w/a ditch under it & would stand there hollering til someone came to walk w/me across. LOL
I've since outgrown my fear of trolls altho I still don't care much for bridges. There are a couple of them in IA that used to send me to the floorboards of a car. LOL
Interesting read on Wikipedia about the 3 Billy Goats Gruff. ;)
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8|1|We are half empty nesters~LOL...Read inside|RebekkaVA|queen_vulture@msn.com|22:21:16|11/23/2008|
Our oldest son is almost 29 and on his own (well we are now staying with him), our other son is 16 and our little princess is 9, plus my baby girl puppy dog is 6. I think of her as a child and part of the family too. Anyways I think it's a neat idea to make up the boxes and give to your children and they can share them with their families and decide what to keep and what not. Hugs, Rebekka
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9|2|thanks for all these ideas |karrkamper|jdouglas@omnitelcom.com|23:03:12|11/23/2008|
just might try that
i do still have boxes and boxes and even a cedar chest full of all his bb cards, magaizines and books
but he is definetly coming to get those vickie
10|1|LOL, Amy says I need to keep her stuff! Her old bedroom is now my computer room,|Mackiesmudder|Mackiesmudder@aol.com|23:55:18|11/23/2008|
I finally got rid of the bed a few years ago, (she has been gone 13 years) but her desk and all of the drawers are filled with her mementos. She doesn't have the extra room but seems like I do, LOL. Someday she will have to go thru them but for now, I have them.
Cathie : )
11|1|I made boxes for each of my kids and decided I could only save what would fit in those boxes.....|Quietwaters|Quietwaters39@hotmail.com|09:06:16|11/24/2008|
so sometimes I would have to take something out in order to put something I thought was more important in.
I still have a doll collection at my moms house that she can't part with.
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nancygal