When we put over half of the things we own in storage, we thought it would be for a month or two; it turned out to be over a year. There were a few things that I missed (sewing machine, winter clothes . . .) and we even had to rifle through the storage units looking for a few of them (oh yes, I said "units" as in more than one because we had that much to store). But you know what? I didn't miss a lot of it, and I found myself thinking that if we could go without all of it for a year, we could surely pitch a lot of it.
Until I started unpacking the boxes.
Hello Robert Sabuda pop-up book collection! You have swiftly become Creed's new BFF. He spends hours a day with you and shows you off to our guests.
You tricked me at the beginning of this post into thinking you had gotten rid of a ton of stuff. I could feel the guilt rising up about my own horde... But when I realized you were keeping it, my mood lightened and the guilt disappeared. Ha ha! I think we both would like to be minimalists, but love our things too much!
ReplyDeleteI love your book collection, and I love that I know all the books on the top and bottom shelves in that pic just by the little bit showing. Yay for great books! Yay for being reacquainted w such books!
ReplyDeleteWe're about to receive a shipment of stuff we haven't seen for over a year. I can't even remember what's in it! Probably both trash and treasures.
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