Have you ever watched Hoarders? Oh, my! Talk about motivation! Then, of course, there is always the wakeup call of a move. What to keep. What to throw away.
Over the years, you tend to accumulate items that can overwhelm you. You wind up with just too much STUFF! I've gotten to where I try to only keep what I love. The result is that I am pretty much surrounded by things that make me happy.
DISCLAIMER: This does not include the numerous toys, art projects, dirty dishes, or laundry that seem to just follow my children LOL. Oh, and it also does not include the litter box. ;)
So I thought it would be fun to share some of my favorite things with you.
Today's favorite thing is:
There's nothing valuable about them but they are very special to me. They hang in my dining room.They hung in my mother-in-law's kitchen, on either side of the door leading to the dining room, for years and years, probably from around the time they built the house. There are pictures of my husband as a little boy and there they were.
The kitchen was always the hub of activity at my mother-in-law's house. You never found her in front of the tv, although she and I did share a few hallmark and Lifetime movies, always snuggled under a blanket and usually eating leftover toasted biscuits or fried egg sandwiches. Most of the time she was at her place at the kitchen table or puttering around in the kitchen cooking something.
She let me have these before she died simply because I told her that I wanted them. It felt so strange at the time to see them come down from the wall. But now I am so glad that I accepted them. They remind me of her and of big family gatherings at the holidays.
Next week I will share another favorite thing. :)
Over the years, you tend to accumulate items that can overwhelm you. You wind up with just too much STUFF! I've gotten to where I try to only keep what I love. The result is that I am pretty much surrounded by things that make me happy.
DISCLAIMER: This does not include the numerous toys, art projects, dirty dishes, or laundry that seem to just follow my children LOL. Oh, and it also does not include the litter box. ;)
So I thought it would be fun to share some of my favorite things with you.
Today's favorite thing is:
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| My rooster |
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| and my hen |
There's nothing valuable about them but they are very special to me. They hang in my dining room.They hung in my mother-in-law's kitchen, on either side of the door leading to the dining room, for years and years, probably from around the time they built the house. There are pictures of my husband as a little boy and there they were.
The kitchen was always the hub of activity at my mother-in-law's house. You never found her in front of the tv, although she and I did share a few hallmark and Lifetime movies, always snuggled under a blanket and usually eating leftover toasted biscuits or fried egg sandwiches. Most of the time she was at her place at the kitchen table or puttering around in the kitchen cooking something.
She let me have these before she died simply because I told her that I wanted them. It felt so strange at the time to see them come down from the wall. But now I am so glad that I accepted them. They remind me of her and of big family gatherings at the holidays.
Next week I will share another favorite thing. :)
what a cute rooster and hen.....and the memories you have that go with it.....makes it the best
ReplyDeleteExactly! It's not so much the object as much as the feelings attached to it! :)
ReplyDeleteMy mother in law has a pretty plastic chicken that has always been on her wall. I'd love to have that some day. Our house is filled with treasures from all over the world (we were military) and things people have given us. So, even though I try only to keep things I love, there are still many, many things. Lots of dusting. But, they make me happy, and let's face it, nobody else wants it. Since we have retired from the military, though, stuff has really been piling up, since we don't move any more.
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