If my parents had some kind of shady past that they kept receipts for, I feel like I would have found them with this last box I went through. Mom kept pretty much everything when it came to receipts and cards and mail. In my case, the apple didn't fall far from the tree. If I ever had any doubt that I was my mother's child, that would be gone too. I now have some of the hospital receipts from her stay when I was born. I found some for one of my brothers, but not the other. It is quite possible that I just missed them. Had my birthday not caught my eye as I was going through the papers, I wouldn't have seen mine to save it. Will I continue to save it? No. It is currently with things to keep, but I plan to go through many things again and scan or photograph them and then get rid of the paper. Having this box behind me is huge. Other things I am happy for today:
- Keziah and I reorganized the piles of boxes that I still need to go through--again. I touched almost every single one this time. There are only a couple more that I expect to be horrible like the one I just finished. We did a sort-books, craft, photos/genealogy, and misc. The craft and photos/genealogy are going to stay where they are for a bit. Ideally we are going through the book boxes tomorrow for the last official day of downsizing. After at least one day off (Easter) I am going to try to continue doing a box a day. It feels good to have a little more of a plan for which boxes to go through next.
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| Today before the sort. |
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| Today after the sort. |
- Watching the cats play on the toys that Keziah has purchased and built for them.
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| Nanni and Winston. |
- Before dinner I took a nice walk out back and around the yard, about 1.6 miles.
- The garlic is starting to come up.
- There are shades of green starting to show. Here are some of my favorite pictures from today.
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Currently reading:
The Backyard Homestead Seasonal Planner, by Ann Larkin Hansen.
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