35 Days from now....

...I will be on heading to  my new home in Vancouver!!  It hardly seems real. 
But when I view the MESS in my house I know that SOMETHING is happening.  Either I am practicing to be a hoarder or all my storage mounds have erupted.  I can't believe all the STUFF I've accumulated over the years.... 

                                             ..... COLLECTIONS.....

Frames




                                          Rocks

Albums



Souviner spoon rack
one of three






                    Snakes? 
some things are best forgotten

 Upsidedown cup collection

 Nearsighted large fluffy moose

Beach decorations



Holiday decorations

                                                                           Tea assortments



Dirty dishes collection
     Oops!




                              Bug Eye glasses
                                                  HI!




      Add to all that piles of cassette tapes, CDs, wrapping paper, games, dishes, clothes, inventory from the music store, 5 pianos, boxes and boxes of pictures, and you'll get a picture of my cozy house--though messy.

    The moral of all this is that my kids should be doing this when I'm passed the point of responsibility.  I hope they appreciate the favor I am doing them.  
    
    Truth is this is difficult for me because I am saying goodbye to an era of a large house, lots of  kid activity, lots of collecting stuff, lots of being surrounded by items recalling memories.  Now I need to store memories in my mind and heart, concentrate on doing rather than on obtaining, relishing a simple, tidy house and enjoy living whatever the present and future brings.  

    This has been a good 2 "start sorting" days in the life of Grandma G.

      "Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.  But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven." (Matt 6:19 &20)