Posted on 11/09/2013 4:41:50 AM PST by Kaslin
Hah! It was a 3 lb coffee can that was always about 3/4 full. They didn’t need to be strung since I lived with her and I was always there to pour them out on the kitchen table and sort them out to find what she needed. lol
My husband is much more organized than I am. He was in the military, though.
We once lived in a cape cod style home. The upstairs was one large room that had been wisely finished by building drawers into the eaves, 24 drawers in all. Across the end of the room were built in shelves and a cabinets perfect for the storage of games, etc. Occupying that room were two girls, ages 6 and 8 when we moved in, and 12 and 10 when we moved out.
The pile of clothing on the floor began at the top of the stairs and extended the full 24 foot length of the room to the shelves. Every drawer was empty. Each of the girls insisted her sister was responsible for the mess.
I came to hate that room. To this day the thought of it turns my stomach. These days the younger of the two is dealing with two teens of her own. ;)
My mother’s buttons were taken from the Prince Albert can, the big round one, and put into clear glass jars. The colorful buttons are thus a work of domestic art and the property of grand kids for display.
Ahhhh that’s sweet.
Your post makes me with FR had a “Like” button! :-)
K - I picked up that “recycle” too, was surprised by that. How do you account for all the uncompensated labor in recycling? It’s not economic, they just guilt people into to doing their work for them for free.
I think my parents must have given up on me.
I was an early adopter of the man cave concept.
I left a trail of chaos wherever I went. I would clean up only under duress, and within days, you would not be able to tell that anything had been done.
I’m still the same way decades later.
“Signs of homosexuality. Real men are slobs... why they get married”.
For what it’s worth, I found what you wrote as a joke/pun. Made me laugh. Hugs
I think it’s just a youth thing. I had two sisters who were complete slobs as teens. Clothing strewn everywhere in their rooms. But when they got older both became neatness freaks.
Part of it is cultural as well. For example, if you have more than an ounce of German blood in you, then after you hit your mid-twenties a disorganized room will likely offend your sense of “ordentlich”.
I live on a boat,
So my man cave floats.
No knocks from mormon missionaries,
`Cause they can`t cross the moat.
I had to chuckle. Frankly, I’ve lost 105 pounds and my 4X flannel shirts became foolishly way too big. My daughter took about 15 shirts and cut them into 5 inch squares.
Then she presented me with a “queen” sized flannel quilt made of countless plaid square flannel pieces. Warmest thing I ever slept under.
Joseph had his “Coat of Many Colors.”
I have my “Quilt of Many Plaids.”
It is so beautiful I feel guilty wrapping up in it.
That was very sweet and thoughtful of your daughter. I am sure you treasure it.
I still take buttons off clothes before throwing them away...if someone isn’t wearing something we take it to the second hand store so clothes only get tossed if they are rags. I used to make quilts, especially out of old jeans, those were so warm. I still recycle everything I can by getting it to someone that can use it.
I think most of us do that. I take all old clothes to our local Mission anything else goes to Goodwill. If furniture is still good I will run a free/cheap ad on Craigslist.
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