We’re at day 6 of my 21 day declutter challenge.
When my dad passed away 3,5 years ago, among his stuff (which I have yet to go through properly) there was a box of my grandmothers things.
I haven’t been real good at sorting her stuff, and it’s on my agenda for later this year. But until I do the proper sorting, there are a couple of things that I figured there were no reason to hang on to, as they don’t hold much sentimental value.
So here we are… 6 small items from my grandmothers stash!
1 birthday book
1 “Whats your favorite actor” memory book
2 wallets
1 address book
1 picture frame (yes I’ve kept the photo)
Not a big stash I know, but hey a few items here, a few items there, racks up a big number at the end 🙂
I’m being joined in this challenge by:
– Barb, at Decluttering The Stuff, is on day seven already. I’m loving her reversed version, I wish I had started that way too.
– Melinda, at PurpleSlobinRecovery, she is joining with 15 minutes a day.
– Grace, at The CFO MOM Blog
– Jen, at The Hidden Hoarder, she is on day five and is running away from us all with 155 items so far… I’m super impressed!
Minimalist Sometimes 
Queen Anne, May I inquire which program thou useth to create Your royal seal?
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That would be PowerPoint as I don’t have any fancy programs to create logos/edit photos etc
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When I read “My grandmothers stuff”, my heart seized up! But, after reading the list, I begrudgingly approve. thank goodness you kept the photo! Or else I would have wept!
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Oh, and there are many more photos… and a bunch of letters she have saved is making the sorting really, really hard… Even though most of the letters are to people I do not know who is…. and those shouldn’t be to difficult to get rid off… I hope 😏
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Hugs! Just take your time! Find something else for this challenge if those are too hard right now.
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Oh I will, there is no doubt going through my dads and grandmothers stuff will take forever 😉 There are so many photos, and those I probably wont tackle until I start my Photo Project.. again… 😉
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Just give yourself grace. It’s ok.
Progress, not perfection.
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I can’t wait until the day when 6 things makes a difference. I have a long road ahead of me yet! I have a grandma bucket in my basement that I’m dreading getting too. You did great letting go of at least a few things! And I’m glad you kept the pic!!
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I’m with you 😉 I’m still ways away from when 6 items makes a big difference… but I have slowly but surely been downsizing since I got back form US late 2009. It’s only the last soon to be three years.. I’ve been writing about it. Before that I got rid of a lot of stuff 🙂 I started the blog so I could still be at it, even after all the obvious things were gone.. kinda a way to be accountable you know 😉
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Kudos for jettisoning the stuffed animals (totally agree on the creepy-eyed one), the measuring cups, the bags, even some of your grandmother’s things — but the Bose system? OMG! I hope you didn’t just put them out for trash collection. Tell me you took them to some charitable organization which will find a new home for them. (-:
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Yeah, right? The Bose is one sweet system, and my heart is still yelling at my brain for getting rid of it 😉 No… off course I didn’t just put them out for trash collection… are you crazy!!!! 😉
They found a new home today.. with a 17 year old or so.. who is probably going to drive his parents nuts with all the sound coming from his room… I was fortunate enough that I manage to sell them, which was kinda cool as they are a costly system and I made a little of it back… money that made it straight into my future travel fund 🙂
I don’t really sell much. I prefer to give the stuff away, but this time I just lucked out 🙂
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The birthday book and address book might be a perfect surprise to a cousin/aunt/uncle/relative who is into genealogy.
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Nahhh, Yes could… if she had actually filled them in.. but the addressbook held one address.. my dads (and I kept that page). The birthday book wasn’t much better.. so pretty much just empty stuff.
The letters however, could probably have been interesting.. IF I had a clue about where to find her nieces/or other relatives. You see, I haven’t met any of them since I was a little kid, and she passed away a long time ago, so I wouldn’t even know where to start looking
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