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Robin is going to be the death of me.

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<wrapping gift box of Martha magazines and Martha napkins, and Martha towels and Martha turkey shaped pot holders all for Robin hehe… — TC3 Before enlightenment, carry the water, till the soil.    After enlightenment, carry the water, till the soil. Zen Proverb

That is sheer madness my dear…sheer madness I swear it! R OF course, I love Martha too…… <running and hiding from Robinhehe. ;o)love Cheryl Robin http://www.geocities.com/reinventingrobin I need to take an emotional breath, step back and remind myself who’s

actually in charge of my life. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – ~Judith Knowlton

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Warning the mail carrier NOT to deliver packages with anything remotely sounding like this box!  Telling him I will MS HIS ASS if he does. Did you get the damn box yet? R <wrapping gift box of Martha magazines and Martha napkins, and Martha towels and Martha turkey shaped pot holders all for Robin hehe…

Robin http://www.geocities.com/reinventingrobin I need to take an emotional breath, step back and remind myself who’s actually in charge of my life. ~Judith Knowlton

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That is sheer madness my dear…sheer madness I swear it! R OF course, I love Martha too…… <running and hiding from Robinhehe. ;o)love Cheryl

Robin http://www.geocities.com/reinventingrobin I need to take an emotional breath, step back and remind myself who’s actually in charge of my life. ~Judith Knowlton

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Why I gotta take the blame for it all?  Dot did it…she sent me over the edge to Flyland! R – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – This is the absolutely first time since my transplant, actually since 1997, I have looked under my couch..I found my boat shoes(no, I don’t do boats..not recently anyway), the Sega Genesis and chess set. All of my nursing journals are on the way to the recycle factory to become wallpaper or cards and I have gutted and cleaned my ENTIRE living room…I found shit I never knew I had.  I can’t breathe and I have lost ten pounds in sweat. I decluttered stuff that is just dust collecting and have decided the minimalist look is much more soothing on the jangled nerves residing in my body. Robin is all to blame. So go ahead and point finger, snicker at her and tell her she is a bad influence on me. Actually, she is better than ativan. ;o)  I have never felt so revved in a good way. xo thanks Robin, you flygirl. — TC3 Before enlightenment, carry the water, till the soil.    After enlightenment, carry the water, till the soil. Zen Proverb

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Jeez, Cheryl, you should have an Anxiety Sufferers’ yard sale with all those meds you found!!!

LOL! The Princess Di stuff may be collectible. For the time being, try to put individual items in Ziploc baggies, and then store everything flat in a covered carton.

Really? I have every magazine from when she died and after.. a lot of special ones that were out and one book of her wedding that came out that year…tons of stuff..I didn’t realize they would be collectibles.  (can you tell I was a fan?)

Hi Cheryl, I have practically every book, mag etc on Princess Diana. And I’m keeping all of it. I was a great fan of hers too. Don’t throw anything away! If you don’t want it, I’ll take it or buy it! xoxo, Steph

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I will pay the shipping on the sewing machine…I plan (you know what that means) to learn to sew and need one desperately…we’ll chat on that later R

Oh Lord! I can just see this <giggle I will teach you to sew Robin. It really is simple! You can learn on my machine. xoxo Steph

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Steph, I had them all(Di stuff) out yesterday and was forewarned by my Diva that if I got rid of them she would tar and feather me. LOLOL but if I ever do? I will give you a holler. I have one wonderful (huge) book on her by the her favorite photographer, of course I paid a million beans at the time of her death for it but it is on the sale tables now for twenty beans….I sat and looked at it the other night, I am not sure why I love her so much, I think she is just beautiful…not the sharpest tool in the box but she was something! OF course, I love Martha too…… <running and hiding from Robinhehe. ;o)love Cheryl — TC3 Before enlightenment, carry the water, till the soil.    After enlightenment, carry the water, till the soil. Zen Proverb

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Jeez, Cheryl, you should have an Anxiety Sufferers’ yard sale with all those meds you found!!! LOL! The Princess Di stuff may be collectible. For the time being, try to put individual items in Ziploc baggies, and then store everything flat in a covered carton. Really? I have every magazine from when she died and after.. a lot of special ones that were out and one book of her wedding that came out that year…tons of stuff..I didn’t realize they would be collectibles.  (can you tell I was a fan?) Hi Cheryl, I have practically every book, mag etc on Princess Diana. And I’m keeping all of it. I was a great fan of hers too. Don’t throw anything away! If you don’t want it, I’ll take it or buy it! xoxo, Steph

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Cheryl, I know when

people come to my house they think "God she doesn’t know how to decorate" – but

the trust is I hate to clean so the less knick knacks and odds and ends the

better and less dusting.  I only buy bookcases or shelvng with doors on them…

Salvation Army loves me – I keep nothing…  Glad you are getting so much accomplished!!! smiles, elise

Elise, are you into the Voluntary Simplicity movement, or have you been reading Don Aslett’s decluttering books?  : )   I would love to live that way, but my husband wants the amenities.  I was never so happy as when I lived by myself in a little studio apartment.  I had everything in a little space and a nice garden to look out on, and that was all I needed. Love, Dot  

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I will pay the shipping on the sewing machine…I plan (you know what that means) to learn to sew and need one desperately…we’ll chat on that later R

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – — TC3 Before enlightenment, carry the water, till the soil.    After enlightenment, carry the water, till the soil. Zen Proverb LOL, Cheryl!  :-D I think Robin and the Flygirls (sounds like a hot girl band) have started a great trend. Well I can play the guitar so that is a start! She is an inspiration as are the others! It definitely reduces stress when you reduce clutter. I have done a bit of that, and have tons more to do. (Some of it involves selling things on eBay, and I’m doing that only a bit at a time, taking breaks like right now.) I have a few things I am perplexed what to do with, I have a TON of books on Princess Di and all the mags when she died, I have many older books of her too(photo books). What the hell do you do with that stuff?  I also have a brand new sewing machine… I am thinking of selling it, it was used ONCE…so it is in perfect shape…I think it would be insane to say I will ever be that crafty…give me a glue gun instead! I learned a big lesson when I had to clean out my parents’ house before closing it this past fall and winter. GET RID OF STUFF NOW so someone else won’t have to deal with three drawers full of faded paper cocktail napkins bought on sale, file cabinets full of income tax records going back to 1948 (I kid you not), basement cupboards crammed with expired canned foods and chipped china plates, etc. (Not that any of *us* from ASAP would have such things in our houses, neatniks that we are — ha ha!) OH my God, my mother cleaned out Frank’s cellar(with help of my brother and wife) and the things they had to heave was horrible…..and her too, she had a four bedroom house, and the stuff you keep is just crazy…I still have the napkins left over from my wedding! LOL  I have all my artwork I have done since jr high..so much stuff and that is part of why I am on this kick, I have to get my life organized on the outside as much as the inside, I have built walls with stuff. Stuff, George Carlin says, Why is everyone else’s stuff shit and your shit is stuff? or something like that~! LOL His whole thing on stuff is so funny. Keep digging; who knows what else you’ll find! What I would LOVE to find is the bracelet my MIL gave me, she bought it in Israel and I cannot find it and it has always left a pit in my stomach, I loved that bracelet..I do hope to find a bottle of extra ativan I know I stashed somewhere.. I already found two more bottles of xanax, one bottle and twenty samples of Prozac, samples of Paxil and a bottle of Welbuterin. Life is good…LOL xoox xxxooo Anne —

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All it takes is a "Just do it attitude".  About 5 years ago my hubby and I threw out all of the cards we had ever bought each other (from the time we met clear through then)…gosh when I think of the $ in cards and postage – there was a small fortune there, but I know the sentiment was not valued in $$$…  Now, we opt for the $$$$ smiles, elise

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I would love to spend some time with you so I can get into this minimalist thinking.LOL I have always been a pack rat, I have so much stuff from childhood and I am soooooo ready to say G’bye<in best Anne Robison voice — TC3 Before enlightenment, carry the water, till the soil.    After enlightenment, carry the water, till the soil. Zen Proverb Cheryl, I know when people come to my house they think "God she doesn’t know how to decorate" – but the trust is I hate to clean so the less knick knacks and odds and ends the better and less dusting.  I only buy bookcases or shelvng with doors on them…  Salvation Army loves me – I keep nothing…  Glad you are getting so much accomplished!!! smiles, elise This is the absolutely first time since my transplant, actually since 1997, I have looked under my couch..I found my boat shoes(no, I don’t do boats..not recently anyway), the Sega Genesis and chess set. All of my nursing journals are on the way to the recycle factory to become wallpaper or cards and I have gutted and cleaned my ENTIRE living room…I found shit I never knew I had.  I can’t breathe and I have lost ten pounds in sweat. I decluttered stuff that is just dust collecting and have decided the minimalist look is much more soothing on the jangled nerves residing in my body. Robin is all to blame. So go ahead and point finger, snicker at her and tell her she is a bad influence on me. Actually, she is better than ativan. ;o)  I have never felt so revved in a good way. xo thanks Robin, you flygirl. — TC3 Before enlightenment, carry the water, till the soil.    After enlightenment, carry the water, till the soil. Zen Proverb

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– TC3 Before enlightenment, carry the water, till the soil.    After enlightenment, carry the water, till the soil. Zen Proverb

Jeez, Cheryl, you should have an Anxiety Sufferers’ yard sale with all those meds you found!!!

I found more, Prilosec(from my dad, he gives me bottles of it, and HE needs it!) three bottles of blood pressure meds and one bottle of Synthroid…I even found an old bottle of codiene…LOL The Princess Di stuff may be collectible. For the time being, try to put individual items in Ziploc baggies, and then store everything flat in a covered carton.

Really? I have every magazine from when she died and after.. a lot of special ones that were out and one book of her wedding that came out that year…tons of stuff..I didn’t realize they would be collectibles.  (can you tell I was a fan?) Search on eBay for items exactly like your Di stuff, one by one, and get an idea what they’re going for. (Use Search from the top eBay menu, then select "completed auctions" so you can see final prices rather than current bids.)

Thanks! I will check this out….I really don’t know if I want to get rid of them but I have no place to store them either… I have these first edition Nancy Drew in prime condition… once I looked them up and they were worth a lot of beans…. Then put an ad in your local paper to sell the stuff. Don’t expect to get top dollar; usually the people buying things from classifieds are the middlemen, not the actual collectors, so you have to adjust your price down a bit. Perhaps there is a newsgroup or listserve for Princess Di fans? Maybe you could advertise there.

I think there is! Jess sells antiques on eBay and may have more advice for you. The sewing machine: Call the YMCA or a social-service agency or community center in a low-income area — they might be delighted to have it for skills classes or hobbyists, if you want to make a donation (tax-deductible). Maybe an elderly center too. There’s always Goodwill or the Salv. Army. Or if you want to sell it: classified ad.

I feel so bad about this sewing machine….I was hell bent on getting lessons from my aunt who is a very busy lady and I was too anxious to get the free lessons at the store it came from(I got it in 92) it is a nice machine…at the time it was around 400 beans but I am not sure how outdated it is, but it IS new.  It is just collecting dust… I frequently give away some of our SHIT to less fortunate people who are glad to have STUFF to make their lives easier.  :-)

All of her toys, our clothes and books go to the needy families in her school..the only things that go in the garbage are unusable/recycle stuff….we even have a sega not in use..(so wasteful we were!~)  I also donate much of her better toys that are learning aids to the school, they adapt them for other kids..this was funny, I took a huge bag of toys in and they said Christa will now play with them(she hated them at home) LOL When she got home today and saw my clean and organized living room She SCREAMED and cried!!!  She is still mad her toys are in new baskets and stuff..LOL I hope you find your bracelet, Cheryl. It’s terrible to lose something special and important like that. This sounds ridiculous, but a prayer to St. Anthony has worked near-miracles for me with lost objects.  ("St. Anthony, St. Anthony, come around, something is lost that must be found." then ask for the return of whatever it is.)  :-)

You are the best Anne, I love you dearly!  xo Thank you!!!!! love Cheryl – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – xo Anne —

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Jeez, Cheryl, you should have an Anxiety Sufferers’ yard sale with all those meds you found!!! The Princess Di stuff may be collectible. For the time being, try to put individual items in Ziploc baggies, and then store everything flat in a covered carton. Search on eBay for items exactly like your Di stuff, one by one, and get an idea what they’re going for. (Use Search from the top eBay menu, then select "completed auctions" so you can see final prices rather than current bids.) Then put an ad in your local paper to sell the stuff. Don’t expect to get top dollar; usually the people buying things from classifieds are the middlemen, not the actual collectors, so you have to adjust your price down a bit. Perhaps there is a newsgroup or listserve for Princess Di fans? Maybe you could advertise there. Jess sells antiques on eBay and may have more advice for you. The sewing machine: Call the YMCA or a social-service agency or community center in a low-income area — they might be delighted to have it for skills classes or hobbyists, if you want to make a donation (tax-deductible). Maybe an elderly center too. There’s always Goodwill or the Salv. Army. Or if you want to sell it: classified ad. I frequently give away some of our SHIT to less fortunate people who are glad to have STUFF to make their lives easier.  :-) I hope you find your bracelet, Cheryl. It’s terrible to lose something special and important like that. This sounds ridiculous, but a prayer to St. Anthony has worked near-miracles for me with lost objects.  ("St. Anthony, St. Anthony, come around, something is lost that must be found." then ask for the return of whatever it is.)  :-) xo Anne —

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I cannot, say enough how true the words are the Anne speaks.  Josh, his mom, stepfather, brother and I cleaned out Josh’s gram’s condo this fall and winter.  She saved everything some treasure and a whole lot of trash.  There were bank books dating back to 1930 in her desk, deposit receipts from when her husband sold insurance in the 50’s, 37 coffee cans full of nails in the basement, outdated clothes, and most anything else one can think of, it was organised clutter, but clutter none the less.   Still working on decluttering my own home, but it will happen. Jess – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -I learned a big lesson when I had to clean out my parents’ house before closing it this past fall and winter. GET RID OF STUFF NOW so someone else won’t have to deal with three drawers full of faded paper cocktail napkins bought on sale, file cabinets full of income tax records going back to 1948 (I kid you not), basement cupboards crammed with expired canned foods and chipped china plates, etc. (Not that any of *us* from ASAP would have such things in our houses, neatniks that we are — ha ha!) Keep digging; who knows what else you’ll find! xxxooo Anne —

There are no black cats,  just cat shaped holes in the universe.

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Frank(my stepfather) had oodles of pennies… everywhere!!!! What a job that is huh? It will happen Jess, if I can do it after four years you can too!!!! xo — TC3 Before enlightenment, carry the water, till the soil.    After enlightenment, carry the water, till the soil. Zen Proverb

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I cannot, say enough how true the words are the Anne speaks.  Josh, his mom, stepfather, brother and I cleaned out Josh’s gram’s condo this fall and winter.  She saved everything some treasure and a whole lot of trash.  There were bank books dating back to 1930 in her desk, deposit receipts from when her husband sold insurance in the 50’s, 37 coffee cans full of nails in the basement, outdated clothes, and most anything else one can think of, it was organised clutter, but clutter none the less. Still working on decluttering my own home, but it will happen. Jess I learned a big lesson when I had to clean out my parents’ house before closing it this past fall and winter. GET RID OF STUFF NOW so someone else won’t have to deal with three drawers full of faded paper cocktail napkins bought on sale, file cabinets full of income tax records going back to 1948 (I kid you not), basement cupboards crammed with expired canned foods and chipped china plates, etc. (Not that any of *us* from ASAP would have such things in our houses, neatniks that we are — ha ha!) Keep digging; who knows what else you’ll find! xxxooo Anne — There are no black cats,  just cat shaped holes in the universe.

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– TC3 Before enlightenment, carry the water, till the soil.    After enlightenment, carry the water, till the soil. Zen Proverb

LOL, Cheryl!  :-D I think Robin and the Flygirls (sounds like a hot girl band) have started a great trend.

Well I can play the guitar so that is a start! She is an inspiration as are the others! It definitely reduces stress when you reduce clutter. I have done a bit of that, and have tons more to do. (Some of it involves selling things on eBay, and I’m doing that only a bit at a time, taking breaks like right now.)

I have a few things I am perplexed what to do with, I have a TON of books on Princess Di and all the mags when she died, I have many older books of her too(photo books). What the hell do you do with that stuff?  I also have a brand new sewing machine… I am thinking of selling it, it was used ONCE…so it is in perfect shape…I think it would be insane to say I will ever be that crafty…give me a glue gun instead! I learned a big lesson when I had to clean out my parents’ house before closing it this past fall and winter. GET RID OF STUFF NOW so someone else won’t have to deal with three drawers full of faded paper cocktail napkins bought on sale, file cabinets full of income tax records going back to 1948 (I kid you not), basement cupboards crammed with expired canned foods and chipped china plates, etc. (Not that any of *us* from ASAP would have such things in our houses, neatniks that we are — ha ha!)

OH my God, my mother cleaned out Frank’s cellar(with help of my brother and wife) and the things they had to heave was horrible…..and her too, she had a four bedroom house, and the stuff you keep is just crazy…I still have the napkins left over from my wedding! LOL  I have all my artwork I have done since jr high..so much stuff and that is part of why I am on this kick, I have to get my life organized on the outside as much as the inside, I have built walls with stuff. Stuff, George Carlin says, Why is everyone else’s stuff shit and your shit is stuff? or something like that~! LOL His whole thing on stuff is so funny. Keep digging; who knows what else you’ll find!

What I would LOVE to find is the bracelet my MIL gave me, she bought it in Israel and I cannot find it and it has always left a pit in my stomach, I loved that bracelet..I do hope to find a bottle of extra ativan I know I stashed somewhere.. I already found two more bottles of xanax, one bottle and twenty samples of Prozac, samples of Paxil and a bottle of Welbuterin. Life is good…LOL xoox – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – xxxooo Anne —

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I would love to spend some time with you so I can get into this minimalist thinking.LOL I have always been a pack rat, I have so much stuff from childhood and I am soooooo ready to say G’bye<in best Anne Robison voice — TC3 Before enlightenment, carry the water, till the soil.    After enlightenment, carry the water, till the soil. Zen Proverb – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Cheryl, I know when people come to my house they think "God she doesn’t know how to decorate" – but the trust is I hate to clean so the less knick knacks and odds and ends the better and less dusting.  I only buy bookcases or shelvng with doors on them…  Salvation Army loves me – I keep nothing…  Glad you are getting so much accomplished!!! smiles, elise This is the absolutely first time since my transplant, actually since 1997, I have looked under my couch..I found my boat shoes(no, I don’t do boats..not recently anyway), the Sega Genesis and chess set. All of my nursing journals are on the way to the recycle factory to become wallpaper or cards and I have gutted and cleaned my ENTIRE living room…I found shit I never knew I had.  I can’t breathe and I have lost ten pounds in sweat. I decluttered stuff that is just dust collecting and have decided the minimalist look is much more soothing on the jangled nerves residing in my body. Robin is all to blame. So go ahead and point finger, snicker at her and tell her she is a bad influence on me. Actually, she is better than ativan. ;o)  I have never felt so revved in a good way. xo thanks Robin, you flygirl. — TC3 Before enlightenment, carry the water, till the soil.    After enlightenment, carry the water, till the soil. Zen Proverb

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LOL, Cheryl!  :-D I think Robin and the Flygirls (sounds like a hot girl band) have started a great trend. It definitely reduces stress when you reduce clutter. I have done a bit of that, and have tons more to do. (Some of it involves selling things on eBay, and I’m doing that only a bit at a time, taking breaks like right now.) I learned a big lesson when I had to clean out my parents’ house before closing it this past fall and winter. GET RID OF STUFF NOW so someone else won’t have to deal with three drawers full of faded paper cocktail napkins bought on sale, file cabinets full of income tax records going back to 1948 (I kid you not), basement cupboards crammed with expired canned foods and chipped china plates, etc. (Not that any of *us* from ASAP would have such things in our houses, neatniks that we are — ha ha!) Keep digging; who knows what else you’ll find! xxxooo Anne —

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Cheryl, I know when people come to my house they think "God she doesn’t know how to decorate" – but the trust is I hate to clean so the less knick knacks and odds and ends the better and less dusting.  I only buy bookcases or shelvng with doors on them…  Salvation Army loves me – I keep nothing…  Glad you are getting so much accomplished!!! smiles, elise

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – This is the absolutely first time since my transplant, actually since 1997, I have looked under my couch..I found my boat shoes(no, I don’t do boats..not recently anyway), the Sega Genesis and chess set. All of my nursing journals are on the way to the recycle factory to become wallpaper or cards and I have gutted and cleaned my ENTIRE living room…I found shit I never knew I had.  I can’t breathe and I have lost ten pounds in sweat. I decluttered stuff that is just dust collecting and have decided the minimalist look is much more soothing on the jangled nerves residing in my body. Robin is all to blame. So go ahead and point finger, snicker at her and tell her she is a bad influence on me. Actually, she is better than ativan. ;o)  I have never felt so revved in a good way. xo thanks Robin, you flygirl. — TC3 Before enlightenment, carry the water, till the soil.    After enlightenment, carry the water, till the soil. Zen Proverb

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This is the absolutely first time since my transplant, actually since 1997, I have looked under my couch..I found my boat shoes(no, I don’t do boats..not recently anyway), the Sega Genesis and chess set. All of my nursing journals are on the way to the recycle factory to become wallpaper or cards and I have gutted and cleaned my ENTIRE living room…I found shit I never knew I had.  I can’t breathe and I have lost ten pounds in sweat. I decluttered stuff that is just dust collecting and have decided the minimalist look is much more soothing on the jangled nerves residing in my body. Robin is all to blame. So go ahead and point finger, snicker at her and tell her she is a bad influence on me. Actually, she is better than ativan. ;o)  I have never felt so revved in a good way. xo thanks Robin, you flygirl. — TC3 Before enlightenment, carry the water, till the soil.    After enlightenment, carry the water, till the soil. Zen Proverb

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