I Am Blessed in My Friends
@BelleStarr (61047)
United States
May 5, 2021 7:35pm CST
My friend and distant cousin Irene is a ball of energy. She has a new granddaughter who does take some of her energy but her accounting job has really slowed down and she needs something to use her energy on.
Enter my attic. She arrived on Monday with her ex-husbands truck and went into my attic and started bringing things down. I did warn her I had a lot of suitcases that we no longer use. lol she loaded them all into her truck along with bags and bags of yarn that her cousin will use. She brought down bins of clothes for me to go through and we gave away tons of things.
Today she was here at 9:30 am to get a load of things that can go to the dump. Things that have gotten broken, I am sure it is my grandsons when they are helping bring the AC units down etc but that is just a normal hazzard.
She brought down some of the books I have stored up there. Many of them are from the time of the fire, things I was not able to throw out but after 25 years I am so ready to let go.
I emptied a lower-level closet that was full of coats and sweaters and sent them off to the donation bin. A lof things have left my house in the last 2 days.
Tomorrow we're tackling more books. She suggested waiting until nearer Christmas to tackle all the Christmas things and I have loads of antiques from my days as a deale.
I still haven't tackled my Mom's things but this has been very good preparation and I am ready to get my house cleared out. I am so mad that I accumulated all this stuff. I need to make sure I am prepared for the day that Al may need to have a lot less stuff around the house. And if we need to see our home to get one that is better suited to his condition, it will be a lot easier.
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
6 May 21
Lol everyone has been saying that lol
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
8 May 21
It is but this needs to be done and I’m so grateful for the assistance.!
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@Fleura (29126)
• United Kingdom
12 May 21
@rebelann I don't think it's good to get rid of a lot of things like that (inherited stuff) in a hurry, afterwards you might wish you hadn't. But if you keep it for a while then it becomes yours, and you can decide more objectively whether you really need it - at least that's what I have found.
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@snowy22315 (170025)
• United States
6 May 21
Wow, you got a lot done! I am impressed.
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
6 May 21
Oh yes, I have 25 years of accumulation. It will be nice when it's gone.
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
8 May 21
She is, she truly understands how hard this is for me after I lost everything in a fire. She lost her home too.
@Tampa_girl7 (49016)
• United States
6 May 21
I’m glad that you were able to get so much done.
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
8 May 21
Thank you, yes me too but today I told her no work we just played scrabble.
@wolfgirl569 (95261)
• Marion, Ohio
6 May 21
It gets easier as you start seeing free space appear.
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
8 May 21
lol I have not been up into the attic yet, I think I should go up.
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@sallypup (57941)
• Centralia, Washington
6 May 21
You stopped me when you said you were an antiques dealer. Stopped me cold. I'm glad you made such headway in clearing out your house, though. Next year I will tackle hiring somebody to move the old dressers and tables that called my name at various times in my life.
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
6 May 21
I was a dealer for years but I packed it all in about 10 years ago. I love antiques still and Irene keeps saying you have some beautiful things in your attic!! I know I do but it is what to do with them at this point, they are not selling well right now. I stopped having them in my home when my grandkids were small, they are just not practical. I remember finding a lollipop stuck to my lovely antique sofa, I sold it!! lol
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
6 May 21
My antiques for the most part aren’t family heirlooms @sallypup
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@sallypup (57941)
• Centralia, Washington
6 May 21
@BelleStarr Once I am gone it will be up to my daughter to deal with the round table that was my Grandmothers. She will be my only relative.
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
8 May 21
It is , sometimes you just need someone to give you a little push.
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@LindaOHio (156271)
• United States
6 May 21
Many MyLotters are decluttering these days. I have been sending boxes and boxes of stuff to Goodwill and the Salvation Army for years; and I still have a lot to go. Good job! If you have to move, you will be glad you did it! That's truly a good friend who would do all of that for you!
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
8 May 21
I agree, she is a gem!! And we all need to care less about material things.
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
6 May 21
It just got out of control and now I need to get it back under control
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@Nevena83 (65282)
• Serbia
6 May 21
@BelleStarr I'm sure you'll feel better when you get rid of all the unnecessary things.
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@ankit0924 (60)
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6 May 21
with time you get attached to things as you have memories attached with those things, so its hard , but letting go always makes us have new ways to create new memories
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
6 May 21
So true. Things really just hold us down.
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@ankit0924 (60)
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6 May 21
@BelleStarr yeah but some things are so close, we have to exist with past and future :)
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@lovinangelsinstead21 (36850)
• Pamplona, Spain
6 May 21
I love the daisies if anything else.
Good luck with what you are clearing out takes time to let things go.
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@lovinangelsinstead21 (36850)
• Pamplona, Spain
9 May 21
@BelleStarr
Know the feeling even with the smallest of things.
We watch the "The Pawn Shop" I think you call it that over there because Rick and Chumlee are very much in the forefront of the program itself and Rick and his two sons do a great job in antiques stuff like coins sports memorabilia.
Much better than all the other morb.
We learn a lot of interesting things.
@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
8 May 21
It has been hard to let things go but I am working hard at it.
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
12 May 21
Thank you for saying that, she has been a huge help.
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@Juliaacv (48478)
• Canada
12 May 21
@BelleStarr You are very special to me, I am thankful for that feeling. 
@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
8 May 21
Books have always been hard for me to part with but I have to cut down the number of items I have.
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@LadyDuck (458230)
• Switzerland
9 May 21
@BelleStarrI have donated many books, all those I considered useless and that I know I will never read again. I am not going to donate my cooking and gardening books.
@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
8 May 21
I hope you get to go back home soon. I hated being stuck in Florida last year.
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
7 May 21
The issue is when things get stored in the attic they are out of sight- out of mind lol
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@Prabhatsingh (3537)
• India
6 May 21
These kinds of friends are always there for you.
hopefully, you cleared out the house all nicely.
All the best for your next journey.
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