Moving to a Smaller Home, and Decluttering a Lifetime of Belongings
THERE WAS AN ARTICLE IN THE NEW YORK TIMES THIS MORNING...I LABELED THE INTERESTING TITLE THE WAY I FELT ABOUT THE SUBJECT.....A FEW YEARS AGO MARY AND I HAD EXPERIENCED THE SO-CALLED, 'EMPTY NEST SYNDROME' AND WAS GOING TO PURCHASE A SMALLER HOME AND RID OURSELVES OF HALF A CENTURY OF COLLECTING AND BUILDING OUR NOTABLE ACCUMULATION OF PROPERTY...A COMMON EXPRESSION WAS, "WE NEED TO GET RID OF HALF OF THIS JUNK"....WELL PILGRIM, HALF OF IT WOULD HAVE BEEN AN EXTRADORDINARY AMOUNT, WITH STILL ENOUGH REMAINING TO FILL ANOTHER 4 BEDROOM HOME AND CARRY OVER INTO THE GARAGE... IF YOU HAVE EVER BEEN IN SUCH A CIRCUMSTANCE, I WOULD SUGGEST YOU LOOK AROUND AND BREAK THE NEWS TO YOUR SIGNIFICANT OTHER YOU DON'T THINK SHE SEWS ENOUGH ANY LONGER TO KEEP THAT BIG OLD SEWING CABINET YOU'D MADE FOR HER 30 YEARS AGO...SHE WON'T SPEAK TO YOU FOR HOURS AND CHANCES ARE YOU MIGHT BE PREPARING YOUR OWN MEALS...SHE WILL BE EQUALLY OFF-HANDED WHEN SHE SUGGESTS SOMETHING OF YOURS YOU'VE GROWN USED TO WHEN SHE STATES THAT HER CHURCH WILL EVEN SEND A TRUCK AROUND SO YOU WON'T EVEN HAVE TO HANDLE IT....THEY YOU ARE, ON YOUR KNEES, HUGGING THE FOOL THING IN FUTLILE PROTEST, "OVER MY DEAD BODY"!
YEAH, IT'S A VERY LENGTHY ARTICLE THERE IN THE TIMES THIS MORNING...MAYBE IF YOU GO OVER TO GOOGLE AND PUNCH IN THE TITLE ABOVE, YOU CAN READ IT AND KIND OF RELATE....BET YOU'LL BOTH GRIN AND GRIMACE AS YOU READ THAT AUTHORS PAINFUL RECOLLECTIONS WHEN THEY HAD PLANNED TO, 'DOWN-SIZE! GLIB IN GLENDALE
THERE WAS AN ARTICLE IN THE NEW YORK TIMES THIS MORNING...I LABELED THE INTERESTING TITLE THE WAY I FELT ABOUT THE SUBJECT.....A FEW YEARS AGO MARY AND I HAD EXPERIENCED THE SO-CALLED, 'EMPTY NEST SYNDROME' AND WAS GOING TO PURCHASE A SMALLER HOME AND RID OURSELVES OF HALF A CENTURY OF COLLECTING AND BUILDING OUR NOTABLE ACCUMULATION OF PROPERTY...A COMMON EXPRESSION WAS, "WE NEED TO GET RID OF HALF OF THIS JUNK"....WELL PILGRIM, HALF OF IT WOULD HAVE BEEN AN EXTRADORDINARY AMOUNT, WITH STILL ENOUGH REMAINING TO FILL ANOTHER 4 BEDROOM HOME AND CARRY OVER INTO THE GARAGE... IF YOU HAVE EVER BEEN IN SUCH A CIRCUMSTANCE, I WOULD SUGGEST YOU LOOK AROUND AND BREAK THE NEWS TO YOUR SIGNIFICANT OTHER YOU DON'T THINK SHE SEWS ENOUGH ANY LONGER TO KEEP THAT BIG OLD SEWING CABINET YOU'D MADE FOR HER 30 YEARS AGO...SHE WON'T SPEAK TO YOU FOR HOURS AND CHANCES ARE YOU MIGHT BE PREPARING YOUR OWN MEALS...SHE WILL BE EQUALLY OFF-HANDED WHEN SHE SUGGESTS SOMETHING OF YOURS YOU'VE GROWN USED TO WHEN SHE STATES THAT HER CHURCH WILL EVEN SEND A TRUCK AROUND SO YOU WON'T EVEN HAVE TO HANDLE IT....THEY YOU ARE, ON YOUR KNEES, HUGGING THE FOOL THING IN FUTLILE PROTEST, "OVER MY DEAD BODY"!
YEAH, IT'S A VERY LENGTHY ARTICLE THERE IN THE TIMES THIS MORNING...MAYBE IF YOU GO OVER TO GOOGLE AND PUNCH IN THE TITLE ABOVE, YOU CAN READ IT AND KIND OF RELATE....BET YOU'LL BOTH GRIN AND GRIMACE AS YOU READ THAT AUTHORS PAINFUL RECOLLECTIONS WHEN THEY HAD PLANNED TO, 'DOWN-SIZE! GLIB IN GLENDALE