I don't know what I want from Mom and Dad's yet but I am planning on being at there place for the month of June and the first half of July. It would be really cool if EVERYONE came. I'm still willing to fly out and drive Trina and her girls across the country if she wants me to do that. If we all gather together then we can all go through things together and hopefully everyone will come out happy and relatively unscathed. Also, it would be fun to go on a bunch of hikes and take a trip to the coast and do all that other great Oregon stuff that we won't be able to do as easily once Mom and Dad are no longer living out there.
Any thoughts on this idea?
Oh wait, I thought of something I want, my strawberry shortcake blanket.
Saturday, February 23, 2013
Wednesday, February 20, 2013
A favor
Please do us a favor and post your requests here. They'll drop out of sight much quicker on facebook, than they will on here.
As for the items that have thus far been requested - I'm not sure I want to give up the piano yet. It depends on whether there is room for it or not. Also, Nathan, the white lamp will probably continue to hang in our room after we move so you'll have to wait a little longer for it to be yours. Mindy, I'm sorry, but I promised the nativity to Clarissa years ago. I made that decision right after I got it because she loved it so much. But I may keep it for a while yet. I'll see what I want to take with us because we'll have an apartment so I'll need some kitchen stuff and some furniture, though we'll have way more of both than we need. I'm pretty sure that all of the toys were either brought inside or given away. I actually have two sewing machines. I'm going to see what it will cost to fix the Bernina. I've had that machine since 1970. Any items you left behind that were yours - just let us know if you want them. like Trina said - maybe we'll even find the flute.
If anyone has a VHS player we'll be getting rid of all our purchased tapes and we're putting the videos we made onto DVD as quickly as we can. I don't think I'll have room for all of the photo albums so we'll be scanning them and you can divide the originals and negatives however you want. We'll choose the books we want to keep and get rid of the rest.
One thing I don't want to have is stacks of boxes of things I'm keeping that just sit in storage forever. That's just silly. I think I've got my work cut out for me for the next year or so. Lots of things to go through and decisions to make. I'll welcome the help when any of you come home.
I guess that's enough for tonight.
Love ya,
MOM
As for the items that have thus far been requested - I'm not sure I want to give up the piano yet. It depends on whether there is room for it or not. Also, Nathan, the white lamp will probably continue to hang in our room after we move so you'll have to wait a little longer for it to be yours. Mindy, I'm sorry, but I promised the nativity to Clarissa years ago. I made that decision right after I got it because she loved it so much. But I may keep it for a while yet. I'll see what I want to take with us because we'll have an apartment so I'll need some kitchen stuff and some furniture, though we'll have way more of both than we need. I'm pretty sure that all of the toys were either brought inside or given away. I actually have two sewing machines. I'm going to see what it will cost to fix the Bernina. I've had that machine since 1970. Any items you left behind that were yours - just let us know if you want them. like Trina said - maybe we'll even find the flute.
If anyone has a VHS player we'll be getting rid of all our purchased tapes and we're putting the videos we made onto DVD as quickly as we can. I don't think I'll have room for all of the photo albums so we'll be scanning them and you can divide the originals and negatives however you want. We'll choose the books we want to keep and get rid of the rest.
One thing I don't want to have is stacks of boxes of things I'm keeping that just sit in storage forever. That's just silly. I think I've got my work cut out for me for the next year or so. Lots of things to go through and decisions to make. I'll welcome the help when any of you come home.
I guess that's enough for tonight.
Love ya,
MOM
Tuesday, February 19, 2013
I have a question for all of you.
I think I'll try reviving this blog once again. Next summer Dad and I will probably be moving to Idaho. Nathan and Amanda would like to buy a house and we'd like to not have to pay utilities when we're going to be gone a lot. We'd also like to have our belongings in a safe place. So we are going to help them and they are going to help us.
In getting ready for this great new adventure we need to downsize. That means getting rid of STUFF, Much of it will be given away or thrown away and some will go with us but the question is - What do you want to have? If we still want to hang on to the items you personally want we can at least make note of it and reserve it for you. Of course, there is the possibility of everyone wanting the same things but it's better to work that out now than when we're gone and you're all emotional. So that's the question for you to think about. As we're going through things we may be asking if anyone wants a particular item but for now if you think of something you'd like, let us know.
Love ya,
Mom and Dad
In getting ready for this great new adventure we need to downsize. That means getting rid of STUFF, Much of it will be given away or thrown away and some will go with us but the question is - What do you want to have? If we still want to hang on to the items you personally want we can at least make note of it and reserve it for you. Of course, there is the possibility of everyone wanting the same things but it's better to work that out now than when we're gone and you're all emotional. So that's the question for you to think about. As we're going through things we may be asking if anyone wants a particular item but for now if you think of something you'd like, let us know.
Love ya,
Mom and Dad
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