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| CabinCreek-Kentucky |
Posted - Aug 04 2008 : 5:28:48 PM
of LIFE! i'm looking around at all the 'treasures' that i've had to pile up for this painting job .. and i'm honestly wondering if i want to still do 'the antiques biznezz' much longer! gosh .. i've done this for about 35 years now .. and while i will surely stop now and then to come across a special prize .. i don't think i have the 'passion' for it that i have had in the past. there is soooooo much to do still in life .. and at the top of my list is having adventures with our family, children, grandes, friends and each other -- and lots more travelling to see the country and the world .. ohhhh .. and i still love makin' dollies .. and haven't even done that in a few months now. TIME TIME TIME .. if i could only give up sleeping!!! i swaneeeee .. i'm gonna' mark stuff jus' a few dollars so that it can go to a happy home. wish ya'll could all come visit and help me go through it all! oh lordy! that 'schoolhouse'!!!! i can't even remember what is in there anymore! soooooo .. most of it couldn't be all that important to me now i don't think.
i dont' want to clean and caretake STUFF so much anymore!
this is all so exciting .. and lordy! my gurlz will be happy .. cuz' i know there is much too much stuff to leave to them. (NOW HONIES!!! i ain't goin' "NOPLACE" anytime soon .. i figger i have at least another good hundred years in me!!!
i'm happy and excited about this 'new chapter'!!! xoxo
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| 25 L A T E S T R E P L I E S (Newest First) |
| CabinCreek-Kentucky |
Posted - Aug 06 2008 : 9:19:41 PM
what is it about tiny litty shoes that tug at our heartstrings? i FINALLY let go of some of their teen year TENNIS SHOES before moving to kentucky! it's all the "paper" that i must go through and pick and choose what to keep and what to toss. xo
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| Bellepepper |
Posted - Aug 06 2008 : 6:18:03 PM
Frannie, Letting go of the baby things is not easy. But in the event something should happen........... Anyway at least they will know what is what. #1 son (california) sent me a couple of wine glasses from the Gilroy garlic festival. I put one of them in the china cabinet with two others from other years. KEEPERS! For a while anyway. I am giving some of my grandmothers stuff to the girls, I guess to make room for the Gilroy garlic festival wine glasses. Maybe I should get out all them baby shoes. Put them in the china cabinet. |
| Past Blessings |
Posted - Aug 06 2008 : 5:55:31 PM
Frannie,
I agree simplicity and less stuff doesn't always lead to peace . . . I too travel down memory lane with many of my things and they are attached to so many sweet memories. But, at the same time, if my life is too cluttered, all sense of peace seems to go out the door. It is finding that right balance that I struggle with!
Hugs & blessings,
Brenda
Past Blessings . . . Celebrating Life as it used to be . . . when people loved God, loved their families and loved their country. |
| CabinCreek-Kentucky |
Posted - Aug 05 2008 : 5:53:57 PM
hey miz katie .. are you thinkin' of doin' the same? xo
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| katie-ell |
Posted - Aug 05 2008 : 4:36:58 PM
Frannie -- I think your new chapter will feature lots of family, lots of friends, lots of new dollies finding new homes. . . . and always lots of love. De-stuffing or de-cluttering or letting-go is so freeing . . . and I know you'll keep just the right amount of stuff to make you smile and send the rest off into the universe to bless others. I've been thinking all day about what you've written about here.
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| CabinCreek-Kentucky |
Posted - Aug 05 2008 : 4:29:37 PM
oh samantha .. that's right! i love that sweet name for a momma. xo
i only knew my mom up t'il i was seven years old. we called her "MAMA" ... and when i speak of her still .. that is how i recall her. xo
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| CabinCreek-Kentucky |
Posted - Aug 05 2008 : 4:28:16 PM
grace .. so many of my friends seem to be 'whittling down' .. perhaps it is because they are 'of my age' .. and that is just a natural thing to do for some people. honey-pie .. you will figger out just what it is you want .. and when it comes to you .. jus' make a plan and go for it! xoxo
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| CabinCreek-Kentucky |
Posted - Aug 05 2008 : 4:26:28 PM
oh brenda .. it is indeed difficult to physically 'part with' PAST BLESSINGS. it seems all my most treasured treasures have a sweet story attached to them .. HA! but then .. i have lots of other stuff i've accumulated along the way .. that i just liked and therefore, purchased. lots of those i am releasing for someone else to enjoy.
i have to admit though . .that i am not sure that i personally (for me) equate peace and tranquility with owning less. peace floods over me when i look at or hold so many of the things i have in my home. and i have gotten rid of some things that just seem to leave a little hole in my soul.
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| CabinCreek-Kentucky |
Posted - Aug 05 2008 : 4:23:22 PM
WOWZER .. SEVENTY-FIVE DOLLARS!!!!!!!! even back then .. how did you do that some 'reasonably-priced'????
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| CabinCreek-Kentucky |
Posted - Aug 05 2008 : 4:22:04 PM
ohhh belle .. now THOSE are the 'keepers' until i die stuff .. i do believe my children's things are the most precious to me! (i think i have every pair of shoes they ever wore and every school paper they ever brought home!) i hope to someday go through those and let them pick and choose what they would like to keep or toss. (of course, they would be adding this to all the same things from their own children!) xo
what a SWEET GIFT you are giving! xo
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| elphie0503 |
Posted - Aug 05 2008 : 2:48:49 PM
Yeppers...that's my mom...Little Women is one of my most favorite novels, and that is what the girls call their mother--tried it out one day and it just stuck!
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Originally posted by CabinCreek-Kentucky
samantha ..i found what your marmie (i ADORE that word .. is that your mom?) said is soooooo true .. however, when you get to the ONE that STEALS your heart .. you will probably stick with it. i went through all the 'trendy' up-to-date .. latest fad styles until moved to colorado and fell in love with PRIMITIVE .. have never ever wanted any other style since then. you'll know when it hits you darlin'! xo and you are soooo right .. it is FUN to try out different styles in our lifetime. xo
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Samantha
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A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort~~Albright
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| grace gerber |
Posted - Aug 05 2008 : 11:27:59 AM
I thought it was just me......
Don't get me wrong I love the cherished items I have collected but for the past three years I have slowly been destashing. There is a part of me who just wants her toothbrush, spinning wheel and out the door I go. What seems to be my biggest hurdle is to decide weather to stay on the farm - I work way too hard by myself - I love every moment but one person does not need three bedrooms. I think I will take a nap and hope inspiration hits me - I had not trouble making the move here but I am not sure if I want to leave.....
Grace Gerber
Larkspur Funny Farm and Fiber Art Studio
Where the spirits are high and the fiber is deep
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| Past Blessings |
Posted - Aug 05 2008 : 09:35:51 AM
Hi Frannie,
It seems so many of us Farmgirls are in the same frame of mind. I just posted about being "overcome by stuff" in another thread and I just closed my antique store. I have really spent the last few months evaluating things and trying to figure out what is important to me and what I want to be "when I grow up!" At 45, me thinks I should probably start deciding! LOL! Part of the Farmgirl spirit, while very creative, is also living a life of peace and simplicity, so I think we have to find a balance with our activities and passions. I find myself "abnormally attached" to some of my antiques . . . finding they lead me to day dreams of a gentler time. This is what inspired Past Blessings in the first place . . . returning to the blessings and inspirations of the past. So I guess, for me in this journey, I am still learning how to walk the tight rope of simplicity while balancing all the things I love and hate to give up. Not a simple task for me!!
Hugs & blessings,
Brenda
Past Blessings . . . Celebrating Life as it used to be . . . when people loved God, loved their families and loved their country. |
| Bellepepper |
Posted - Aug 05 2008 : 09:27:11 AM
My kids are 49,50 and 51. I have started letting go of stuff. For my daughter's b'day, I gave her the tiny dress, shoes an blanket that she wore home from the hospital when she was born. I also gave her the little beaded bracelet and a copy of the hospital bill. $75!!!!! Middle kid's b'day is comming up next week, he gets his home from the hospital goodies. |
| CabinCreek-Kentucky |
Posted - Aug 05 2008 : 07:52:52 AM
ha! diana .. that can be soooooooo true .. but i must admit .. it fills my heart with joy to sit in a quiet little spot and glance up and see something that brings smiles ... and sweet memories back to me ... ha! maybe i don't need so MANY smiles.
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| CabinCreek-Kentucky |
Posted - Aug 05 2008 : 07:51:01 AM
samantha ..i found what your marmie (i ADORE that word .. is that your mom?) said is soooooo true .. however, when you get to the ONE that STEALS your heart .. you will probably stick with it. i went through all the 'trendy' up-to-date .. latest fad styles until moved to colorado and fell in love with PRIMITIVE .. have never ever wanted any other style since then. you'll know when it hits you darlin'! xo and you are soooo right .. it is FUN to try out different styles in our lifetime. xo
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| dkelewae |
Posted - Aug 05 2008 : 07:09:43 AM
I've been finding that the more stuff we accumulate the more it starts to overun our lives. We have to store it, clean it, move it. When we do a purge we have to sort it, pack it, pitch it, sell it, give it away, etc. And of course there's all the emotional baggage and fretting over all that stuff when deciding what to pack, pitch, etc. We have to guard it against theft and damage. I'm looking forward to the day when I'm no longer a slave to all my stuff!...It's just too exhausting!..LOL!
Diana
Farmgirl Sister #272
St. Peters MO
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| elphie0503 |
Posted - Aug 05 2008 : 06:54:34 AM
I am at the opposite end of the spectrum...we just bought our cabin, and I want to "Stuff" it up soooo badly! My Marmie says to give it time, that it will get there...but she also said about the time that I have it just the way I want it, my style will change and so will the Stuff!
Oh well...fun is as fun does.
Samantha
www.elphie0503.blogspot.com
A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort~~Albright
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| CabinCreek-Kentucky |
Posted - Aug 05 2008 : 06:06:35 AM
lainey .. it sure is gurlfren .. i think that's why we accumulate so much! once we have 'memories' attached .. it is so hard to release. i once read that one solution to this is to TAKE A PHOTO of it .. and write a story of it .. that way we don't need to keep so many items .. we will have the pictures and stories for our memory bank. (i do plan on doing this someday with all my things ... of course, some of the 'things' will stay too .. but how wonderful to have a 'record' of what/when/how/where/why we collected what we collect. xo
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| Lainey |
Posted - Aug 05 2008 : 05:55:00 AM
When we first moved in our house over 4 years ago I thought I would never fill the rooms up. My house is not that big, we just had moved from an apartment. Now I am considering adding on to our house because I have several rooms just piled up with...stuff. I can't seem to throw anything away and my husband is just like me. I can get attached to just about everything. It's so hard deciding on what things to let go.
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Posted - Aug 05 2008 : 05:39:47 AM
ohhhhhh audrey ... ZACKLY! ZACKLY! ZACKLY! (kindred sisters are we) ha! even with that little burn pile and 'stuff' ready for glovers' station .. i feel 'lighter' .. but i AM ancie to put lotsa' my treasures back in their little spots after the painting is done. i want to mostly keep very special things and things that i USE.
i have always used my 'good stuff' .. i remember when i was in my early twenties .. when i would visit my beautiful, elegant cousin, margaret .. she never had paper or plastic stuff in her house .. (she did NOT have children though!!!) i remember the day i changed to her philosophy ... i wanted a drink of water .. and took a beautiful hand-eteched glass from her cabinet (that's all she had in there .. beautiful good quality glassware .. china .. etc. etc.) i asked her if she didn't have something less fragile for me to drink water from. she smiled and told me that she always uses things that make her happy .. even to get a drink of water from. she said life is too short to use plastic when there is crystal to be used.
ha .. kinda' like a funny saying i once heard .. "life is too short to drink beer .. when there is wine".
well .. needless to say .. i had kids .. and i do use plastic from time to time. but i do use my best primitive silverware, pottery, baskets and such on a daily basis.
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| CabinCreek-Kentucky |
Posted - Aug 05 2008 : 05:32:49 AM
Mary Jane .. that is EXACTLY how i feel .. and like i said above .. this home will be no 'minimalist' .. that's for sure .. but to me .. i will know it is 'less'. yep! goin' and doin' is what i want even more time for!
even honey hunk has put down that protective cover thingie in all the gardens to help keep down the weeding .. we LOVE our gardens .. but don't want to be out in the hot sun so much weeding!
we've always been on the GO .. but now we jus' want to NOT have so much 'housework' to do. xo
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| CabinCreek-Kentucky |
Posted - Aug 05 2008 : 05:30:16 AM
Star ... i've always told my daughters that when they see something in my home that they want eventually .. i want them to take it NOW .. enjoy it NOW while i can see them enjoying it. the only 'things' i can't give up NOW .. are THEIR childhood memory things that i love to touch and hold close to me .. gifts they have made for me over the years .. their school papers. neither daughter is into the 'primitive' like i am .. soooo .. i've told them to SELL it all someday and take a wonderous vacation together.
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| CabinCreek-Kentucky |
Posted - Aug 05 2008 : 05:27:42 AM
Debbie .. that's jus' how i'm feeling. . i do not regret for a moment each and every little doo-dah i've collected over the years .. it's just in these FREEDOM years .. like you said .. less dustin' and cleanin' and 'responsibility' to things.
OHHH honey .. by most women's standards .. they are going to still think i am a 'pack-rat' .. cuz' there are rooms that i jus' have to overflow with special things .. and i got a LOT of special things! but to me .. it will indeed be 'paring down'.
ha! probably won't stop me from going on antiquing frenzies from time to time though! xo
oh lordy .. it's more the 'paper' and 'crafting' supplies that are burying me! xo
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| CabinCreek-Kentucky |
Posted - Aug 05 2008 : 05:24:54 AM
sandra .. a cute story ... a woman once told me that she doesn't mind leaving behind a mess .. she said:
'I CLEANED UP AFTER MY KIDS ALL THEIR LIFE .. NOW IT WILL BE THEIR TURN TO CLEAN UP AFTER ME!'
HA! actually, she told me that she had cleared out most of the 'junque' in her life and what she is leaving is things she wants her children to see .. to get to know her .. the part of a mother that a child never fully knows.
hey .. remember when the children found the diary of the woman ... The Bridges of Madison County?
ha! think i might leave one of those too.
but HEY! i've decided NOT to go .. i'm STAYIN'!! xo
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