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hedonist

ldent42 said:

hedonist said:

Stupid fancy laptop

I'm debating whether to take a hot evening shower and don fresh PJ's (my version) before dinner, and can't decide which movie to on-demand later.

(Fuck, we have it really good, don't we?)

We really really do. I ordered two more hdmi cables. They'll be here Tuesday. I already have a back up charger from the first time this happened, which was in Rome.

I need to go donate my clothes to an orphanage or something.

Oh, and THREE-day delivery? Slowpokes.

Amazing how we can get shit sent to us so quickly or even same-day (I was raised in the "six to eight weeks" era).

Empty Glass

^^^ ugh

Edit- ^^^ refer to previous post

justam

There's less storage in my new kitchen. I wonder if I should just get rid of more stuff?

deadendp

You should. You probably don't need half of it anyhow.

Empty Glass

deadendp said:

You should. You probably don't need half of it anyhow.

Easily a quarter. Wife brought a storage bin to my basement tonight. I said - what's that. She says, it's for their baseball gear (pants, shirts...). I said it's not staying here. My basement is full bar. Music, beer...yada yada...kids have encroached last few years. Reason being, their old clothes is still taking up space.

I'm not attached to it, I prefer to give it away. Mrs empty is attached, all you mothers are..but are you? Shit can it and I mean give it to your community

I forgot where I was posting and what I quoted and I'm too lazy to scroll up

deadendp

First world problem, Empty.

You see, my husband and child are big keepers. Grant you, I have plenty, but those two are bad. We've been seriously talking about a 5 (or less) year plan lately involving a potential BIG move and I've been threatening to tiny house it. I have stuff. We love memories attached to stuff, but a lot of this stuff needs to go. We all need to detach from the overage of stuff that we have. When we were kids, we didn't have nearly the amount of stuff we have now and the clothes? We had 5 interchangeable outfits. I had a couple of Barbies, not the house, the car, the boat, the plane and God knows what else . . . Too. Much. STUFF!

Empty Glass

Mrs Empty says "let's buy a bigger house"...I think there's a PJ lyric...memories can be had without a pile of toddler clothes. I assumed you kept two and moved on.

I get accused of wanting them to move out...not the case, I look at the older one (9) and I don't have to bend over to kiss him on the head (I'm 6'2")...kinda freaks me out. Fuck, forgot where I was posting again. Long story short, 3T doesn't fit him.

deadendp

Empty Glass said:

Mrs Empty says "let's buy a bigger house"...I think there's a PJ lyric...memories can be had without a pile of toddler clothes. I assumed you kept two and moved on.

I get accused of wanting them to move out...not the case, I look at the older one (9) and I don't have to bend over to kiss him on the head (I'm 6'2")...kinda freaks me out. Fuck, forgot where I was posting again. Long story short, 3T doesn't fit him.

That's what yard sales and charities are for. I've kept just a few little things with clothes over the years. For school, I have a binder for each year. That way I keep certificates and so forth in there. It all fits on a book shelf in our bedroom. Photos are digital anymore. 98% of the toys that she has grown out of have been donated, shared or sold. (We put away a few things in the attic.)

I haven't seen 3T clothes in years. My kid is now taller than me. I have to look up to her and she's only 11.

Thread integrity: Finding my child shoes that fit. She now wears a 10.

Amongst the Ani

I have alcohol but can't open it. My son misplaced the bottle opener.

We have 1 tote dedicated to each kid. That's all they get. A few baby outfits, the newspaper on the day they were born, a special stuffed animal and a few other things. It has to fit in the tote.

Empty Glass

^^ you'd think a marine could figure it out. Oops, sorry...Annapolis is home base still for you guys. We'd have it open

Empty Glass

Phone is about to die because others logged on late and battery was spent elsewhere

Amongst the Ani

Empty Glass said:

^^ you'd think a marine could figure it out. Oops, sorry...Annapolis is home base still for you guys. We'd have it open

I'm stuck with what's in the tent. If I could get to the car this would be done already. My phone battery is dying also. Time to go check out if I need to worry about a flood and hopefully call it a night.

DancedNLaughter

That it's harder for me to post and navigate from my kindle than from the desktop.

Amongst the Ani said:

We have 1 tote dedicated to each kid. That's all they get. A few baby outfits, the newspaper on the day they were born, a special stuffed animal and a few other things. It has to fit in the tote.

We do this too. Both my grandmothers are borderline hoarders, so I try to not let the stuff take over.

deadendp said:

Thread integrity: Finding my child shoes that fit. She now wears a 10.

My 11 year old son wears a men's 8 which is equal to a women's 10, which is what I wear. I
told him that we could trade shoes. He was not amused

Empty Glass

No pearl jam

ldent42

Amongst the Ani said:

I have alcohol but can't open it. My son misplaced the bottle opener.

We have 1 tote dedicated to each kid. That's all they get. A few baby outfits, the newspaper on the day they were born, a special stuffed animal and a few other things. It has to fit in the tote.

I have the stuffed animal my grandmother bought in the hospital when I was born. Still, to this day. It's on a shelf on my bookcase. I always had a lot of stuffed animals cuz I'm a sucker for a claw game - the rule I adopted as an "adult" is it only stays if i can remember its name and its significance. But that first one, from my grandmother - I'll be happy if they bury me with it.

InHiding80

My Angels baseball team really suck right now.

WhatYouTaughtMe

Amongst the Ani said:

I have alcohol but can't open it. My son misplaced the bottle opener.

We have 1 tote dedicated to each kid. That's all they get. A few baby outfits, the newspaper on the day they were born, a special stuffed animal and a few other things. It has to fit in the tote.

Haven't used a bottle opener in years.
https://youtu.be/7vo_sNC1Evw

deadendp

Ani was probably rubbing sticks together with flint or something to get the fire started, so no lighter would have been used.

RKCNDY

ldent42 said:

Amongst the Ani said:

I have alcohol but can't open it. My son misplaced the bottle opener.

We have 1 tote dedicated to each kid. That's all they get. A few baby outfits, the newspaper on the day they were born, a special stuffed animal and a few other things. It has to fit in the tote.

I have the stuffed animal my grandmother bought in the hospital when I was born. Still, to this day. It's on a shelf on my bookcase. I always had a lot of stuffed animals cuz I'm a sucker for a claw game - the rule I adopted as an "adult" is it only stays if i can remember its name and its significance. But that first one, from my grandmother - I'll be happy if they bury me with it.

I had a whole zoo of stuffed animals, yes, I could name every one of them. I boxed them up to take with me and my parent took it to the donation center...on purpose. All the ones I had since I was a baby. I'm still pissed about the fact somebody else is hugging Sugarput.

ldent42

RKCNDY said:

ldent42 said:

Amongst the Ani said:

I have alcohol but can't open it. My son misplaced the bottle opener.

We have 1 tote dedicated to each kid. That's all they get. A few baby outfits, the newspaper on the day they were born, a special stuffed animal and a few other things. It has to fit in the tote.

I have the stuffed animal my grandmother bought in the hospital when I was born. Still, to this day. It's on a shelf on my bookcase. I always had a lot of stuffed animals cuz I'm a sucker for a claw game - the rule I adopted as an "adult" is it only stays if i can remember its name and its significance. But that first one, from my grandmother - I'll be happy if they bury me with it.

I had a whole zoo of stuffed animals, yes, I could name every one of them. I boxed them up to take with me and my parent took it to the donation center...on purpose. All the ones I had since I was a baby. I'm still pissed about the fact somebody else is hugging Sugarput.

that sounds traumatizing. I didn't have any attachment to most of them so I had no problem giving them up. My feeling is as long as there is a memory associated with it and that memory still means something - its ok to keep. Just as long as you're not greedy about it. Theres 3 that I can see from here that I'm not going to be getting rid of. God help me if I ever get one of those minions out of the rigged ass claw machines at the movie theatre I'm taking that one to my grave too lol.