Exposing my stuff, thanks to Ronni and George

A huge THANK YOU to Ronni Bennett who posted this video at her blog in a marvelous post titled Letting Go of Stuff, in which she considers her upcoming move from Portland, Maine to........Portland, Oregon!
It's a great post and I highly recommend reading it.




I needed to see this video more than I can say! The photos here tell you why.


These shots are the ones I took of the upstairs room last June. I finally have the guts to share them, mainly, I guess, because I'm involved in a project downstairs that makes me feel less guilty that the upstairs room is still filled with stuff I do not want. I do not want it so much, in fact, that I do not want to even look at it.......which is a huge problem because I must sort in order to organize. In my defense I must add that quite a lot of this junk has been given away and/or taken to our storage unit in the past months. Maybe now by posting these shots I will find renewed energy to complete this horrid task. Will keep you posted.

 

I have not worn any of these clothes in over a year. In fact, I will probably never wear the majority of them again. Office suits (i.e., Nordstrom and Jones New York)? I left work in 2000. I sold and gave away four suits soon after, but the rest need to go...

 

 

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The area by the windows is the only with any hint of what could be. Note that the floor needs work. Ideally, we would have bamboo flooring installed, but in this economy.....in this old house? One thing for sure: the floor decision cannot be addressed until the room is completely cleared out and painted.
Ideas are welcomed.

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a true story of horrid hoarding

I just finished reading a series of four (plus a follow-up) of the most riveting posts I've seen in the blogosphere. Written by Ronni Bennett, who authors the blog Time Goes By, these four pieces about the paternal grandmother who was a stranger to her explore the clutter of a troubled mind and what grew from keeping too many of one thing in particular, secrets, which led to clutter you have to read about to believe.

This marvelously-written series affected me deeply. I choose to keep my words minimal so you might find time to explore what Ronni has shared.


The Terrible, Lonely Death of an Old, Old Woman -- Part 1

The Terrible, Lonely Death of an Old, Old Woman -- Part 2

The Terrible, Lonely Death of an Old, Old Woman -- Part 3

The Terrible, Lonely Death of an Old, Old Woman -- Part 4

The Terrible, Lonely Death of an Old, Old Woman -- A Follow-Up




art by Matt Muhurin
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