Husband and I have a lot of stuff also – 40 years married plus what we took when we left home – and now lots of family papers, my older needlework – finished and unfinished – including a tablecloth I embroidered in high school that was missing when we got married and since – and was found our last day in the house by happenstance. Mostly we use the stuff on a regular basis or in some cases it has belonged to one or the other or both for so long that living without it seems impossible – since I was a baby I had a 3 piece dresser set on my dresser -2 small plates and a lidded box – the lid went first, then a plate – the other 2 pieces still are on my dresser – not to see them daily would be too much for me to deal with.
We are crafts artists in a variety of media so we have a basement leather shop, garage wood shop, general studio in what should be the family room, loom room in what others would call a living room, and so on – with all the tools and supplies needed for same. Can’t get rid of any it as we constantly change what we are working on and trying to sell.
Worst of all is my teddy (and related) bear collection. In addition to stuffed bears I have bears of all varieties – glass, ceramic, plastic, coal, radio, jewelry, and so on. We even have a “village” (think Christmas village) of bear figurines and small toys that we change seasonally. We really NEED them – they are our family and could not “bear” to get rid of them and we are trying to figure out where they go – together – when we go, same with my embroidery.
Templo S.U.D. over 4 years ago
how disrespectful of you, Baldo (that’s why it’s called a family heirloom)
whahoppened over 4 years ago
I hear that’s pretty widespread; gkids don’t want our stuff.
fuzzbucket Premium Member over 4 years ago
It’s been packed away in a storeroom during each generation, and each has said, “It’s just good enough to go on Antiques Roadshow”.
skyriderwest over 4 years ago
It’s beautiful. Where can I get one?
CSun Premium Member over 4 years ago
AND,… it is time to let it grace someone else’s home :D. It may be available sky rider west :D
Linguist over 4 years ago
One man’s treasure is another generation’s junk!
Just ‘cause it’s old, doesn’t make it valuable. Some family heirlooms should have been tossed years ago.
Do your kids and grandkids a favor and let them decide what they want to keep as family remembrances, and then donate, sell, or get rid of the rest!
JPuzzleWhiz over 4 years ago
I don’t think I’d want something like that sitting in my home.
Laurie Sefton Premium Member over 4 years ago
At least it’s not an ex-frog, like those stuffed, costumed, and posed frogs that used to be in too many souvenir shops.
jmworacle over 4 years ago
One person’s junk is another person’s trash.
profesorquijote over 4 years ago
That joke has been around for generations. I first heard it in a Smothers Brothers skit in the 1960s.
mafastore over 4 years ago
Husband and I have a lot of stuff also – 40 years married plus what we took when we left home – and now lots of family papers, my older needlework – finished and unfinished – including a tablecloth I embroidered in high school that was missing when we got married and since – and was found our last day in the house by happenstance. Mostly we use the stuff on a regular basis or in some cases it has belonged to one or the other or both for so long that living without it seems impossible – since I was a baby I had a 3 piece dresser set on my dresser -2 small plates and a lidded box – the lid went first, then a plate – the other 2 pieces still are on my dresser – not to see them daily would be too much for me to deal with.
We are crafts artists in a variety of media so we have a basement leather shop, garage wood shop, general studio in what should be the family room, loom room in what others would call a living room, and so on – with all the tools and supplies needed for same. Can’t get rid of any it as we constantly change what we are working on and trying to sell.
Worst of all is my teddy (and related) bear collection. In addition to stuffed bears I have bears of all varieties – glass, ceramic, plastic, coal, radio, jewelry, and so on. We even have a “village” (think Christmas village) of bear figurines and small toys that we change seasonally. We really NEED them – they are our family and could not “bear” to get rid of them and we are trying to figure out where they go – together – when we go, same with my embroidery.