tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23379328.post3634497791998126821..comments2024-03-28T02:06:49.582+00:00Comments on In this life: StuffPam http://www.blogger.com/profile/12641269043817163165noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23379328.post-78389545271862660972010-08-23T23:45:43.192+01:002010-08-23T23:45:43.192+01:00For some reason I have no qualms about thinning ou...For some reason I have no qualms about thinning out my book and movie collection. Perhaps it's because I know at a glance what is "always" and what was good just the once.<br /><br />But just today, I asked my husband to stop at our post office box on the way home. He arrived with his arms full (literally) of boxes, and a puzzled look on his face. Every single box held a vintage Christmas tablecloth. <br /><br />Can't imagine who ordered all those... can you?<br /><br />8-)Marchelinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11201825708442679157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23379328.post-15374885686808875852010-08-23T15:34:22.801+01:002010-08-23T15:34:22.801+01:00My blog title on August 16th was "Stuff."...My blog title on August 16th was "Stuff." I guess it is a world-wide problem.Christine Threshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07472999420963274439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23379328.post-1882761670431560672010-08-23T11:17:53.686+01:002010-08-23T11:17:53.686+01:00Things multiply behind cupboard and closet doors, ...Things multiply behind cupboard and closet doors, I'm just sure of it.<br /><br />That is a pretty vase with special memories tho.<br /><br />DarlaDarlahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02729017606957829830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23379328.post-58896785407816932332010-08-23T05:31:10.543+01:002010-08-23T05:31:10.543+01:00It sounds as though we may have the same disease: ...It sounds as though we may have the same disease: objects getting associated with memories. We don't want to lose the memory, so we hang on to the object.<br /><br />Initially it's hard to purge, but it seems to get easier as one goes. Sometimes taking a photo of the item makes it easier.Warty Mammalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07942793134631438689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23379328.post-38686532503852649712010-08-22T21:00:03.709+01:002010-08-22T21:00:03.709+01:00I laughed very hard at the last line of this post!...I laughed very hard at the last line of this post! We have just done something along those lines and for similar reasons!........Lothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15949068764211292370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23379328.post-81928057752859421262010-08-22T11:46:19.183+01:002010-08-22T11:46:19.183+01:00You definitely expand to fit your space, as Thimbl...You definitely expand to fit your space, as Thimbleanna says! WE have too much stuff too, and I never have the energy to go through it and cull. Maybe when the children leave home? And as for surfaces, the minute I clear one to have it looking tidy, Mister Fixit plonks down all his belongings and clutters it up again.Stomper Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04038937073264645029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23379328.post-32495311661571270732010-08-22T04:58:43.267+01:002010-08-22T04:58:43.267+01:00Yes. A Bigger House. But then, after a few years...Yes. A Bigger House. But then, after a few years, you'll fill it up and feel the same way. I feel your pain. We need a BIG clean-out here. I have a hard time getting rid of my books, even though I know I'll never re-read them -- I just love to be able to look at them as a memory of the pleasure I had when I read them. I sometimes wonder if a list, or perhaps scrapbook of pictures of the books would serve the same purpose while taking up much less room.Thimbleannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03650582809426872051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23379328.post-67862641047257875372010-08-21T19:57:22.997+01:002010-08-21T19:57:22.997+01:00I have started culling the book collection, which ...I have started culling the book collection, which is unbelievably huge. In fact, I am being quite ruthless. WHY do I still have my university text books from a million years ago? I am not likely to read them again. <br />I dream of decluttering. But I am doomed to have a house full of stuff, because I , like you, attach memories to that stuff. Oh well. I will survive with my clutter!Lindshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17141761866483224572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23379328.post-52890922563893841962010-08-21T16:49:40.387+01:002010-08-21T16:49:40.387+01:00Agree with Rachel about books - in principle, but ...Agree with Rachel about books - in principle, but there are always some that one feels no affection for at all and can happily take to the charity shop. Husband has books in plenty but fortunately, since we found this house they are all rather better contained whereas they used to fill every spare space - room, landing, staircase etc.<br />I always maintained that I could fit my stuff happily into one room of average size, but having quite a lot of room and plenty of cupboards I,too, have branched out a bit - it's like work expanding to fill time, stuff expands to fill cupboards!Janehttp://jeeandme.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23379328.post-23999340056185680862010-08-21T16:24:02.460+01:002010-08-21T16:24:02.460+01:00Ahem...there is NO such thing as "too many bo...Ahem...there is NO such thing as "too many books".Rachelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15195321113478744338noreply@blogger.com