Hoarding - A New Start

blossomhill_2

RE Flour weevils - it's important not to move dry goods from house to house as you could move weevils too and never be rid of them - they are harmless but who wants cooked insects and insect poo in their food? I also only buy the small bags of flour for this reason, so I am not storing it between uses. I don't buy flour in a nameless big supermarket as it always contained weevils which means they are not storing it properly

On a happier note, Byatt, when you see the photos at the dump why not assume the owners have scanned them all and see them daily on a continous loop on their digital photoframes and have a treasured copy in their photobooks? Saves you from being sad for unknown people.

So ... what are you eating? It's freakin' frrreeeezing at the moment so it's probably triggering a need for high fat foods so I give in to this and as long as I am not combining fats with high sugar or high carbs it should be ok for a few days and quite satisfying ... fatty lamb casserole with buttered cabbage today, yummy and stops me snacking on sweets and cereals

This_Year

Goldiegirl wrote: »

The memories would still be with us on DVD. We wouldn't need the film versions anymore. I wouldn't like to just bin them, I'd rather somebody else had them, and hopefully make some use of them.

We just felt bad, like a house clearance company had been in and slung family memories on the scrap heap, it wasn't a pop at you, honestly! xx

mcculloch29

I love social history - it's my biggest interest outside work related things (I am a sad person who loves her work).
Those photos/ films are social history and are/will be of interest to people. Even if it is tomorrow's history today.

As an example of how the mundane can be of interest:-

A few years ago the Beeb was asking for memories of shopping in the Sixties. I realised I had memories that were different from those of others.

Here they are. Mine is the first entry. (Please note the pic was taken 6 years ago..!)

When my mother died, I got the shopping basket, and I have it still.

Byatt

BH, I guess I'm too practical/cynical/down to earth, to think people have done that, but I don't go to the tip so often now, so it's not a big thing for me, just the way I am. At least I don't try and save them now.

I'm eating way to much since it got cold, I made a bread pudding yesterday and it's all gone now!

Goldiegirl

This year don't worry, I didn't think you were having a pop !

As mcculloch says, all these old films and photos are social history and I'd be quite excited about handing on something that will be of interest to someone and they would get enjoyment out of.

In the past I have bought old Edwardian photos from a charity shop, and have wondered about people's lives, and what happened to them in The Great War. It's sad in some ways that their photo's have ended up with me, a stranger, but in other ways it's good that they aren't completely forgotten and I still wonder about them.

I'll check out mcculloch's link later when I'm on my laptop. Day to day footage of normal people going about their lives in days gone by is endlessly fascinating.

blossomhill_2

mcculloch29 wrote: »

I love social history - it's my biggest interest outside work related things (I am a sad person who loves her work).
Those photos/ films are social history and are/will be of interest to people. Even if it is tomorrow's history today.

As an example of how the mundane can be of interest:-

A few years ago the Beeb was asking for memories of shopping in the Sixties. I realised I had memories that were different from those of others.

Here they are. Mine is the first entry. (Please note the pic was taken 6 years ago..!)

When my mother died, I got the shopping basket, and I have it still.

That's great! I share your interest and have a website of local photos and anecdotes. I am glad you've still got the basket (of course!)
I think if we wrote a list in a red book and stuck to it in the shops these days, and limited ourselves to one wicker basket we might find our way out of overspending, overeating and overbuying! I can imagine Mr Jones the butcher saying "we've got kidneys on special offer this week" and being told "they're not on my list"

zzzLazyDaisy

I haven't been on here for a bit. Two weeks ago I did a major bit of de-hoarding of something that no longer served me. I ended a relationship that was past its sell by date. So feeling a bit strange, but am actually feeling a lot less 'stuck' than I was.

Also, two good things coming up - I am going to a couple of gatherings where we sometimes do clothes swaps, so I am going through my wardrobes and digging out nice clothes that I know I will no longer wear. I feel better about letting them go to people who I know will love them than sending them to a charity shop, or even ebaying them. So I am happy about that.

I also re-started slimming world last week, as I had started to hoard body weight :eek: first weigh-in on wednesday but it already feels like my clothes are a bit less tight.

So am feeling good today

This_Year

Goldiegirl wrote: »

Day to day footage of normal people going about their lives in days gone by is endlessly fascinating.

That's one of my favourite things to do, too!

guinea_pig_girl

decogecko wrote: »

Hi all

Have done something this weekend that feels totally alien to me.

I needed some new running trainers (my current ones weren't fitted, big no-no for runners and probably why I got injured last year ) so brought some new ones. The old ones have gone straight into the bag to be taken to the clothes recycling bin down the dump. There was some deliberation 'they're in good condition still, I could wear them as leisure trainers' - no I won't, I have plimsolls that I love. 'I ran my first 10k in them' - I will always remember my first 10k, I have a medal, I need no other physical reminders.

They have not been taken to the dump yet but the bag is in the car ready for when I drive past.

I also managed to put the shoe box of the new shoes straight into the recycling bin without too much 'what could I use this for' - it's gone.

Deco x

I have my first proper pair downgraded to walking shoes cos can't face putting them out. Well done you! I am thinking about a new pair so may, maybe put these out. I don't have any walking trainers but do feel a bit odd in manky old white trainers.

Shoeboxes,mmm so useful, so hard to put out, so not missed when gone to recycle

guinea_pig_girl

I managed to thin out the hoard at my mum's!!!!!
Using knowledge gleaned from this thread, I set a timescale, I planned how and where to get rid of stuff, I took breaks and wow!

1 bag of rubbish, I was able to let go of broken necklaces and other teeny, wee bits of carp.
Books - I had grabbed them when my auntie had tried to chuck my cousin's old paperbacks, now released some of them to the CS.
Farewell some more college notes!
I went mad in the evening and emptied 2 photo albums of blurred, duplicate, poor quality pix.
Even mum went though a stash and binned them.

The spare wellies from the car boot that fit, but leave socks covered in what looks like tar - binned!

Have a glass fish bowl, screwdriver set, two empty photo albums and a plastic tool box to go to lady at work to car boot for me.

Dithering about my tall wooden giraffe though.

4 bags to CS - and stunningly, went to see a chap about finally passing on the large, large stamp collection left by my father. Mum is happy to consider it, just need to have him over to check it out.

Tried to take curtain pole off fittings today, no joy. Curtains on rings, but can't get pole off fittings. Rescued curtains are tab top. Grrr.

Anyway, thank you all for the top tips and sharing your de/hoarding stories.

Now have to try and sort out one wee box to brave selling on Eb#y.....

It was an absolute mission.
Shattered and crabbit now though.