forgotten treasures

Yeah, it was only one box. However, this christmas season I promise to lay in cases of them then I will throw a party for all of us.

Thank you for the very generous offer, Savak, but I think that I will pass on it, especially if you are going to lay in the boxes before you give them to us at the party!

Well, if she shared with all of us, then she wouldn't have any left now, would she?

I'll admit PA that I'm beginning to worry about my tendency to hoard. I moved into this one bedroom apartment several months ago and I havn't gotten it straightened out yet. I moved everything out of storage into the apartment thinking I would just get it organized if I had all my stuff to hand. Then, of course my daughter wanted me to keep some of her stuff because her housing situation is up in the air at the moment. And I have been putting in so many hours at my job that the only thing I have energy for when I get home is to flop in the bed. On the bright side, looking at this mess has made it possible for me to decide to throw stuff out instead of trying to find a place for it because I might need it some day. I've gotten real hard core about making it garbage, now I just need some time to carry it off. Oh yeah, about the cookies. They were still good because the box had not been opened. That kind of stuff has so many preservatives in it that the shelf life is probably to the 12th of never.

I think that is why I can't seem to gt motivated to get anything done around here. No matter how much I throw out I can't seem to make a dent in the pile.

LOL! I know what you mean about "hoarding tendencies". I was living in my own house for several years and still had boxes that I had not unpacked. In fact, I still had things at my parents house that I had not even packed up and moved yet. Now I am in a similar situation again. I want to move closer to my parents, so I have been packing up stuff and taking it and storing it there whenever I have the opportunity. If you saw my house now, though, you would not think that I had packed up and moved anything. I even threw a bunch of stuff away that was no good that I was planning of fixing but never got around to actually doing it. Other stuff that was still good but I hadn't used in a while I gave away to charity. I probably should have had a yard sale to get rid of it, but that was too much work and besides it is always nice to be able to give things to charity, even if you do not have a lot yourself ... well, a lot of money anyway. As for the cookies, I believe that you are right about them - the only way that they would not have been any good is if they had been opened, and even then they probably would have been fine but perhaps a little stale.

Nabisco - Oreos have corn protein in them...

What's wrong with corn protein??

Ohhh that is just too sad. Who has been torturing you? I will go Bruce Lee on them.

So while you were hunting for a late night snack did you ever find something that you had forgotten about that you tucked away to eat later?

Very good PA. I probably should have asked that in the beginning so people would have something to say back. Oh well I guess I'm just out of practice.

I knew you kept me around for a reason, Savak, and this might just be it.

Oh, I think that would just make me miss them more.

Wow! This is truly a forgotten treasure. I am so happy you dug this one up. I bought several boxes of these again this year but since my daughter is here with with me I haven't been able to stick any back for later. Actually I came upon one box she hadn't got to and mentioned that it was the last one but I can't remember where I put it. What do you want to bet she got her hands on it.