Comments for A Slob Comes Clean http://www.aslobcomesclean.com Reality-Based Cleaning and Organizing Thu, 23 Feb 2012 01:16:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 Comment on Breaking the Clutter-Guilt Cycle by Su http://www.aslobcomesclean.com/2012/02/breaking-the-clutter-guilt-cycle/#comment-14045 Su Thu, 23 Feb 2012 01:16:40 +0000 http://www.aslobcomesclean.com/?p=2590#comment-14045 Oh, wow, you're gonna love this one (not spam, I promise): http://lifehacker.com/5887412/how-to-sell-your-excess-crap-for-cash-in-just-a-few-hours-with-amazons-fulfillment-program Oh, wow, you’re gonna love this one (not spam, I promise): http://lifehacker.com/5887412/how-to-sell-your-excess-crap-for-cash-in-just-a-few-hours-with-amazons-fulfillment-program

]]> Comment on Breaking the Clutter-Guilt Cycle by Virginia http://www.aslobcomesclean.com/2012/02/breaking-the-clutter-guilt-cycle/#comment-14042 Virginia Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:09:49 +0000 http://www.aslobcomesclean.com/?p=2590#comment-14042 That's funny because we have those same dolls and my girls aren't too interested either. It's hard to throw out my husband's old boy Cabbage Patch. That’s funny because we have those same dolls and my girls aren’t too interested either. It’s hard to throw out my husband’s old boy Cabbage Patch.

]]> Comment on Breaking the Clutter-Guilt Cycle by Shanna http://www.aslobcomesclean.com/2012/02/breaking-the-clutter-guilt-cycle/#comment-14039 Shanna Wed, 22 Feb 2012 23:21:41 +0000 http://www.aslobcomesclean.com/?p=2590#comment-14039 hahahahhahaahha! snort snort! Maybe there should just be a specific number of things or size of bin with a label. Then limit yourself to just that much (you may have to do triage sometimes) and rest easy. Kids are a little whimsical in their preferences. hahahahhahaahha! snort snort!

Maybe there should just be a specific number of things or size of bin with a label. Then limit yourself to just that much (you may have to do triage sometimes) and rest easy. Kids are a little whimsical in their preferences.

]]> Comment on Breaking the Clutter-Guilt Cycle by Shanna http://www.aslobcomesclean.com/2012/02/breaking-the-clutter-guilt-cycle/#comment-14038 Shanna Wed, 22 Feb 2012 23:15:27 +0000 http://www.aslobcomesclean.com/?p=2590#comment-14038 What a power monger! I had a friend like that when I was 14, it took years to figure it out. What a power monger! I had a friend like that when I was 14, it took years to figure it out.

]]> Comment on Breaking the Clutter-Guilt Cycle by Jen http://www.aslobcomesclean.com/2012/02/breaking-the-clutter-guilt-cycle/#comment-14035 Jen Wed, 22 Feb 2012 20:58:43 +0000 http://www.aslobcomesclean.com/?p=2590#comment-14035 I suggest that whether or not you decide to keep it, it would be great to do up a page with a picture of the doll, recounting some of your memories of her. If you keep the doll, put the page with the doll for future generations. That way, they know the story behind the doll when they are considering whether or not to keep it. If you decide to get rid of it, then you at least have those memories documented. I suggest that whether or not you decide to keep it, it would be great to do up a page with a picture of the doll, recounting some of your memories of her. If you keep the doll, put the page with the doll for future generations. That way, they know the story behind the doll when they are considering whether or not to keep it. If you decide to get rid of it, then you at least have those memories documented.

]]> Comment on Breaking the Clutter-Guilt Cycle by Jen http://www.aslobcomesclean.com/2012/02/breaking-the-clutter-guilt-cycle/#comment-14034 Jen Wed, 22 Feb 2012 20:49:35 +0000 http://www.aslobcomesclean.com/?p=2590#comment-14034 ME, TOO! I gave the ones I saved to my daughter last year as a gift. She likes them a lot, though I'm not sure as much as I did. I have already warned her that she has the choice of who to pass them to - her little sister, or her own children. She will not be donating them anywhere. ME, TOO! I gave the ones I saved to my daughter last year as a gift. She likes them a lot, though I’m not sure as much as I did. I have already warned her that she has the choice of who to pass them to – her little sister, or her own children. She will not be donating them anywhere.

]]> Comment on Breaking the Clutter-Guilt Cycle by Cheryl http://www.aslobcomesclean.com/2012/02/breaking-the-clutter-guilt-cycle/#comment-14032 Cheryl Wed, 22 Feb 2012 20:47:27 +0000 http://www.aslobcomesclean.com/?p=2590#comment-14032 I know, right?! how sick is that??? I know, right?! how sick is that???

]]> Comment on Breaking the Clutter-Guilt Cycle by Nony http://www.aslobcomesclean.com/2012/02/breaking-the-clutter-guilt-cycle/#comment-14028 Nony Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:33:43 +0000 http://www.aslobcomesclean.com/?p=2590#comment-14028 Oh my word, I would totally take those Nancy Drew books!!! Oh my word, I would totally take those Nancy Drew books!!!

]]> Comment on Breaking the Clutter-Guilt Cycle by Nony http://www.aslobcomesclean.com/2012/02/breaking-the-clutter-guilt-cycle/#comment-14027 Nony Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:32:56 +0000 http://www.aslobcomesclean.com/?p=2590#comment-14027 Sorry about the sore spot . . . but I laughed REALLY loudly at your MIL's "If you loved me . . . " Sorry about the sore spot . . . but I laughed REALLY loudly at your MIL’s “If you loved me . . . “

]]> Comment on Breaking the Clutter-Guilt Cycle by Mary Stephens http://www.aslobcomesclean.com/2012/02/breaking-the-clutter-guilt-cycle/#comment-14026 Mary Stephens Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:22:06 +0000 http://www.aslobcomesclean.com/?p=2590#comment-14026 Nony, Good for you!!! This is a tough one and you are doing the right thing. Clutter-guilt! Boy, oh, boy! How I hate it. Most of mine comes from my own over grown sense of nostalgia and sentiment, though I think that at least some of my grandparents helped me with it (can't remember my parents being a problem with that). Not long ago I was lamenting to my mom that she had let me give away all the ponchos my Gramma had made for me. You know what she said? Something like this, "Well, maybe so, but I didn't want you to be selfish, so that's why I let you." I loved the little girl I gave them to all those years ago, and she loved ponchos at that time. And, after all, what would I do with them now? I don't have any girl of my own. I'd end up handing them to a niece and maybe she wouldn't enjoy them as much as that other little friend of mine did. One thing I try to ask myself is, what different will it make in 5 years or in 50 years? I also want to remember that all these things are going to burn up in the day of the Lord and let that help me keep a better perspective: 2 Peter 3:10-11 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up. Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness... Your reasons for allowing your daughter to get rid of that doll are good. Her ability to learn to let go of things is more important than your sentimental attachment to the doll; though, being the sentimental saver that I am, I can imagine your feelings and I sympathize with you. :-) Sometimes it just plain hurts to let go of something! Nony, Good for you!!! This is a tough one and you are doing the right thing. Clutter-guilt! Boy, oh, boy! How I hate it. Most of mine comes from my own over grown sense of nostalgia and sentiment, though I think that at least some of my grandparents helped me with it (can’t remember my parents being a problem with that).

Not long ago I was lamenting to my mom that she had let me give away all the ponchos my Gramma had made for me. You know what she said? Something like this, “Well, maybe so, but I didn’t want you to be selfish, so that’s why I let you.” I loved the little girl I gave them to all those years ago, and she loved ponchos at that time. And, after all, what would I do with them now? I don’t have any girl of my own. I’d end up handing them to a niece and maybe she wouldn’t enjoy them as much as that other little friend of mine did.

One thing I try to ask myself is, what different will it make in 5 years or in 50 years? I also want to remember that all these things are going to burn up in the day of the Lord and let that help me keep a better perspective: 2 Peter 3:10-11 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up. Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness…

Your reasons for allowing your daughter to get rid of that doll are good. Her ability to learn to let go of things is more important than your sentimental attachment to the doll; though, being the sentimental saver that I am, I can imagine your feelings and I sympathize with you. :-) Sometimes it just plain hurts to let go of something!

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