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JillW

JillW

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Hubs is off of work until the New Year (plant shut down) and is de-cluttering a room in our finished basement - it's "his" room - it has one huge gun safe and shelves that are filled with shotgun and rifle shells, shell reloading equipment, hunting clothes and supplies, etc.
We used to do a lot of trap shooting (shooting clay 'pigeons' with a rifle) - and each won quite a few trophies over the years, but haven't shot in 15+ years and have no intention in doing it again. He asked if he should just trash all of the trophies.
I can't tell you the last time I looked at them - (we don't spend time downstairs much any more since it's just us two at home) - and they are really just dust collectors -
I can't imagine the grandkids would have a need or want for them - however; I treasure some of the things that were my grandparent's that i have ...
I'm sort of torn - if we stick them in a box they will just get moved from one shelf to another - and no one will probably even open the box ... I'm really tempted to can them.

What do you keep? Do you keep a lot of "stuff"?

I would say I am a purger more than a collector --- I do not like a lot of "stuff" ....
 
What if the stuff in the boxes or the things you don't use, you were to make a few scrapbook pages about -- the memories, the people who owned them, pictures from various angles. Then you can give them away if you want or keep them until next year.
 
With photos and scrapbooking, I don't keep much! I was just looking at the Christmas Photocards on my wall, and think, they would be a great page for Christmas. I snapped pics of each and am gonna throw them away! woosh!
FREEDOM!
I can't quite throw "good" things away...but I can box and bag and send to our local Right to LIfe thrift store! ♥
 
I got an award at work literally last week, and am already wondering if I can just throw it out yet. Hanging up plaques in my office just seems so lame.

We have a local "Buy Nothing" group on FB. You can post stuff "to gift" as well as "ISO" (In Search Of). I know thrift stores throw out a lot of what's donated, so I try to only give them stuff I think will make it on the shelf. But, buy nothing seems to be a showcase for the weird and wonderful. For example, someone else posted a bunch of hangers. Which seems random, but we needed a whole bunch more adult sized hangers for my kid who's started wearing size 12-14. I posted some vintage sewing patterns I had inherited from an aunt. I knew I'd never use them (she was tiny, I am not). But there were in perfect condition, and very 1960s awesome. A mom picked them up for her teenage daughter, who's into vintage clothes and sewing, for Christmas. I knew they were something that would be valued by the right person, and we found each other. You can check BuyNothingProject.org to see if there is a group in your area. I can see that crafty people might think a huge stack of hunting trophies is a windfall for some project they've been thinking of.
 
carilyne said:
What if the stuff in the boxes or the things you don't use, you were to make a few scrapbook pages about -- the memories, the people who owned them, pictures from various angles. Then you can give them away if you want or keep them until next year.
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What a great idea!! With MOC coming up I just might have use for a photo or two of something like the trophies - tahnk you!
 
Juliestcyr said:
I got an award at work literally last week, and am already wondering if I can just throw it out yet. Hanging up plaques in my office just seems so lame.

We have a local "Buy Nothing" group on FB. You can post stuff "to gift" as well as "ISO" (In Search Of). I know thrift stores throw out a lot of what's donated, so I try to only give them stuff I think will make it on the shelf. But, buy nothing seems to be a showcase for the weird and wonderful. For example, someone else posted a bunch of hangers. Which seems random, but we needed a whole bunch more adult sized hangers for my kid who's started wearing size 12-14. I posted some vintage sewing patterns I had inherited from an aunt. I knew I'd never use them (she was tiny, I am not). But there were in perfect condition, and very 1960s awesome. A mom picked them up for her teenage daughter, who's into vintage clothes and sewing, for Christmas. I knew they were something that would be valued by the right person, and we found each other. You can check BuyNothingProject.org to see if there is a group in your area. I can see that crafty people might think a huge stack of hunting trophies is a windfall for some project they've been thinking of.
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I'm going to check it out and perhaps start something like that if there isn't one already in the area!! (PS - Oh - I'd love to have vintage sewing patterns - and I don't even sew! LOL! ... see? The stuff we need - or THINK we need? LOL!0
 
Juliestcyr said:
I got an award at work literally last week, and am already wondering if I can just throw it out yet. Hanging up plaques in my office just seems so lame.

We have a local "Buy Nothing" group on FB. You can post stuff "to gift" as well as "ISO" (In Search Of). I know thrift stores throw out a lot of what's donated, so I try to only give them stuff I think will make it on the shelf. But, buy nothing seems to be a showcase for the weird and wonderful. For example, someone else posted a bunch of hangers. Which seems random, but we needed a whole bunch more adult sized hangers for my kid who's started wearing size 12-14. I posted some vintage sewing patterns I had inherited from an aunt. I knew I'd never use them (she was tiny, I am not). But there were in perfect condition, and very 1960s awesome. A mom picked them up for her teenage daughter, who's into vintage clothes and sewing, for Christmas. I knew they were something that would be valued by the right person, and we found each other. You can check BuyNothingProject.org to see if there is a group in your area. I can see that crafty people might think a huge stack of hunting trophies is a windfall for some project they've been thinking of.
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Actually the more I think about this, I'm going to reach out to our HR director and ask if it's possible to start something similar to this at work. For the past few yeas we've employee 80% temporary workers - they make squat for wages (<$10 hour). Last week one of my co-managers brought in some older NFL and Nascar coats that no one in her family wore any longer - she asked around to see if any of the temp workers were interested and the ones that came to her were SOOOO excited!! To see how down-shodden some of the workers are is heartbreaking ... this might be a good thing for everyone involved!!
 
JillW said:
What a great idea!! With MOC coming up I just might have use for a photo or two of something like the trophies - tahnk you!
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It's actually something I heard somewhere and my plan for my mom's stuff in the basement I won't use, and other memories that take too much room. Glad it helped you as well.
 
I took pictures of my daughter's/son's trophies and then discarded them. The kids did not want but I thought maybe that would be a scrapbooking page in the future.
 
The only trophy of my husband's that we kept was one he got for winning a (spur-of-the-moment) downhill ski race when in Switzerland when he was in college. I won't let him get rid of it!
 
My husband's grandmother passed last February. At Christmas, my mother in law gave us every card we ever sent grandma. Yep, grandma had kept them all! And we couldn't hurt Mil feelings, so the cards ended up coming home with us. Ugh. Once I figure out where dh piled them, into the trash they go!

As for trophies, the page about them will be much more meaningful because of the story. Letting people know that it was a dual hobby, and you beat out 150 people, and practiced daily tells more about the accomplishment than just the trophy on the shelf. I love that idea!
 
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