That sounds like Darren. If you think you might use it again some day - you put it on a shelf. Then you forget where you put it and buy another one. Personally - I hoarded yarn and craft items for a while, but learned to downsize rapidly and throw anything away that doesn't have a specific place. If I am unsure of tossing it - it goes into a bin. If I haven't touched it in 3 months - the bin gets dumped into the garbage. I am done with that clutter bullshit. Just need a firepit to burn all of my Journals to spare my girls from mortification upon my death.
No! Tatertot hotdish is a Minnesota thing. It's good ol' comfort food. Funeral potatoes are a completely different animal.
Won't happen after having to clean out her depression era grand parents dwelling. She's onboard with the push and cover plan.
If someone you are trying to help has problems in letting go, i've found that taking pictures of the item somewhat helps them. They still "have" it, but the physical piece is gone. @CausticYarn I think you are partially right about depression era survival causing hoarding. My grandparents (Bucks County, PA) grew up on farms, went through the depression as children, and when we cleaned out their house, found *everything* loads of jars for possible canning. loads of styrofoam, papers going back to the 70s, all manner of tools regardless of condition. I think they kept things "just in case" since there was no guarantee of when/where things would come from at that time.
Alright, I'ma need a map. That sounds awesome! (I'll pre-warn my doc about the pending heart attack!)
Phfft... Likely scenario: Daughter #1 reading Journal #5 (while daughter #2 reads Journal #4) - "Ha! Knew it!..."
Wait - so are you saying that you've never left the home you grew up in because it would upset your mom? I'm confused.
Oh lort, the amount of teenage angst flowing from those pages is embarrassing - I would be spinning in my grave if they got their stubby fingers on them.