All this stuff around us

pauline · Guru

All this stuff around us

Cruising Granny · Guru

Do you have family, you know, kids?
I handed over the boxes of family photos which I inherited to my kids. Some other keepsakes they asked for also passed on.
I'm catching up with family tomorrow to have another look through some very old photos to see if we can identify the individuals and put a date to some of them.
I'll enjoy the day. My cousins invited me up to the farm to watch spud harvesting. It's been almost 50 years since I last saw a potato harvest on the family farm in the Adelaide Hills.

pauline · Guru

My three kids live in all parts of this great country so not really practical and why would they want our junk, I don't even want it anymore................

_wombat_ · Master (of Mischief)

CG part quote: I'm catching up with family tomorrow to have another look through some very old photos to see if we can identify the individuals and put a date to some of them.

Usually the date is within the camera or on the PC you downloaded them to. biggrin biggrin

Oh bugga, you mean really old paper photo's like before digital.

Hmmm, I'll go back in my hole

bill12 · Guru

I have accumulated junk from 35 years on Magnetic is, and am thinking seriously thinking of retiring to a 1 bed unit, so I have to get ridof, or store piles of tools and other stuff. Big decisions of which nstuff to get rid off.The local op shop is going to get a lot, and a Mega garage sale , hopefully will get rid of the other excess. Decisions, decisions.

pauline · Guru

Tell me about it.............

barina · Guru

OMG....iI look around my 2 bdr unit and I am more scared of trying to get rid of the stuff than eventually hitting the road. I have made some small efforts but will keep at it and hopefully I can make a dent in it, as I plan to sell up in Melbourne send only what I really need to store at my son's in NSW and look for somewhere to buy while on my travels.....

pauline · Guru

All I can say is Good Luck.......why do we buy into this accumulation of all this cr#p, especially when we then go and live in a van and do without it all and don't even miss it, as I sait crazyness.....

the rocket · Guru

Hooray. the next adventure. I have boxes and boxes of "Stuff" just in case and now I am in the process of scanning all photos and putting on the computer and then backing up the photos on an external hard drive. then... they are all going to the dump. amazing how many albums there are. Friends of ours are on the road and have left "furniture & stuff" with family and now they are going to get rid of it all because after all that storage time they have decided they never did need it. good luck. rocket n strop

the rocket · Guru

Cruising Granny wrote:
Do you have family, you know, kids?
I handed over the boxes of family photos which I inherited to my kids. Some other keepsakes they asked for also passed on.
I'm catching up with family tomorrow to have another look through some very old photos to see if we can identify the individuals and put a date to some of them.
I'll enjoy the day. My cousins invited me up to the farm to watch spud harvesting. It's been almost 50 years since I last saw a potato harvest on the family farm in the Adelaide Hills.
that sounds like a fantastic day. enjoy. rocket n strop

kandagal · Guru

My chauffeur, Keith says a house is only a place to store all the things you don't need. That's why we live in a motorhome

Cruising Granny · Guru

_wombat_ wrote:
CG part quote: I'm catching up with family tomorrow to have another look through some very old photos to see if we can identify the individuals and put a date to some of them.
Usually the date is within the camera or on the PC you downloaded them to.
Oh bugga, you mean really old paper photo's like before digital.
Hmmm, I'll go back in my hole

Oh Womby, Womby, Womby, the penny finally dropped. I'll put it down to seniors.

Don't go down too deep into the hole, you might miss something.

Yes the photos are old, and some are very old, older than I, and that's really old. I would think it was Grandma's box browning or kodak which did the pics.

You'd be surprised at the quality of the old photos, B & W, but still very clear.

Happywanderer · The Master

I honestly thought I had very little in my one bedroom unit. Boy what a shock when starting the clean out. Nearly every day I have dropped box or bag fulls of stuff at op shops, given all the old photos to daughter to sort through, easier than me doing it, sold stuff to neighbours, given stuff to neighbours, given stuff to lovely nomads to take up north for me, ( thats the stuff I want to keep). Filled every space in Myrtle for the trip north. Have put the bed down in to sleeping position and even packed underneath.
I will never accumulate that much stuff again, I promise.

pauline · Guru

Do you feel lighter Marj...........I do.

Happywanderer · The Master

Absolutely Pauline, a weight off my shoulders. lol

Dougwe · Chief one feather

I have a clean out every now and then, only problem is, when I have the clean out there always seems to be more stuff than the last clean out. confuse confuse

the rocket · Guru

now the kids have grown, we now find"stuff" annoying. more stuff to clean and clog up the house. recently we have been on a clean out. giving stuff to kids, selling and giving to op shops. now, some cupboards are empty. yeh. just don't need "stuff" like we used to. Feel energised doing it. Good to see someone doing the same. enjoy your trip. rocket n strop

pauline · Guru

Thanks rocket...........I suppose it is true when you are younger you tend to collect and as you get older you think what was I thinking.

Cruising Granny · Guru

We keep it just in case......
I have a clean out about once a year. I'm not a hoarder but some things don't get used, so they're out.
The principle is if I haven't used it in the previous 12 months it goes to Vinnies or wherever.
I've never lived anywhere long enough to accumulate too much.

the rocket · Guru

pauline wrote:
Thanks rocket...........I suppose it is true when you are younger you tend to collect and as you get older you think what was I thinking.

so true. rocket n strop

Boroma577 · Guru

Well I sure know about this...with 4 garage sales under my belt and there is still more to go.

Can't believe how much 'stuff' I have accumulated over the years. Can't believe how much money I have wasted over time buying this 'stuff'.....

Good Luck Pauline, hope the Garage Sale goes well for you.

-- Edited by Boroma577 on Thursday 29th of March 2012 06:00:03 PM

DandS · Senior Member

Pauline:

Stuff!!!!!.

We are going to have the same problem over the next few months.

Stuff to get rid of.We also have a house full, plus a double garage full of crap. Small shed stuffed to the hilt and a 3 vehicle carport that Syls little Mazda 2 justs barely fits into.

Only last night I suggested to Syl that maybe, just maybe, we should look at buying a container, and using it to store the things I want to keep, for when we start our travels and have to empty everything to rent the home.

Somethings I could never part with, like my suede steel cap boots, have had them for almost 30 years, only worn them about a dozen times, but they are mine, I like them, they are mine, they look good, and they are mine.. and there is my under 7s soccer trophy.

Syl says Im nuts. I say "yes dear"

Interesting to know how you go Pauline.

Regards

Daryl

-- Edited by DandS on Thursday 29th of March 2012 09:16:59 PM

Zoomtopz · Guru

Yes it certainly makes one wonder , when I met Herself , I lived in a

caravan at Barmera SA . Herself had an apartment in Hornsby- Sydney.

Now we cant fit everything in a Huge 4 b/room home with a triple garage.

No car has been in it for over 10yrs .

Nah , not a horder , just collect th odd bit of 'stuff' , yes some of it is -

'very odd'.

Richo hmm

neilnruth · Guru

Regular house moves certainly help to cut down on 'stuff' - but as we get older, it is true, we start to see it just as 'stuff'. We can't take it with us when we die and our kids probably won't know what to do with it so it is wise to deal with it while we can. And once we get in that caravan, we cope with far less 'stuff' anyway (unless you are like my friend who even takes her breadmaer with her! But maybe not such a silly idea?)

pauline · Guru

I cannot wait to just have a van and the limited space.........no more sh#t that we will never use............

_wombat_ · Master (of Mischief)

pauline you had an # where you should have had an i

golivers travels · Guru

Yes it is amazing how much we accumulate ove the years. I think it use to be the done thing to have heaps of "stuff" but today the push seems to be for a much less cluttered life. When I think of our parents and what we had to sort through, delve into and get rid of, it is a great idea to have regular de cluttering sessions. But we have to remember that many of our parents went through the depression or the war years so having "stuff" meant more to them. Must admit after being on the road for a 12 month period made us realise that we have too much "stuff" have cleaned out alot, but when you have a husband who is into history and me into craft it does become difficult. Glenda

Happywanderer · The Master

Well my stuff is all gone. All I have now is whats crammed into Myrtles spare spaces, and I do mean crammed. Just enough room to sleep and get to the portaloo. The rest of it, cupboards are all blocked with stuff. Oh and of course the rest of the stuff is in lovely peoples M/Hs and trailers till we get to Qld.
But thats because I'm moving not just going on a trip.
On the road in the morning, heading north.

golivers travels · Guru

Happywanderer wrote:
Well my stuff is all gone. All I have now is whats crammed into Myrtles spare spaces, and I do mean crammed. Just enough room to sleep and get to the portaloo. The rest of it, cupboards are all blocked with stuff. Oh and of course the rest of the stuff is in lovely peoples M/Hs and trailers till we get to Qld.
But thats because I'm moving not just going on a trip.
On the road in the morning, heading north.

Have a wonderful and safe trip HW Glenda

_wombat_ · Master (of Mischief)

Happywanderer wrote:
Well my stuff is all gone. All I have now is whats crammed into Myrtles spare spaces, and I do mean crammed. Just enough room to sleep and get to the portaloo. The rest of it, cupboards are all blocked with stuff. Oh and of course the rest of the stuff is in lovely peoples M/Hs and trailers till we get to Qld.
But thats because I'm moving not just going on a trip.
On the road in the morning, heading north.

HW, have a safe trip, and look after Myrtle biggrin