tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1113523664488058540.post7747715777216527839..comments2016-07-27T05:45:49.827-07:00Comments on Girl of the West End: The PurgeGinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10788740577135090145noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1113523664488058540.post-5432705725149826762016-06-22T07:25:30.166-07:002016-06-22T07:25:30.166-07:00Thanks! I still have some details to finish up. We...Thanks! I still have some details to finish up. We'll see how long it takes me! ;)<br /><br />Glad to hear you all are doing well. I love the slowing down part. I am so looking forward to that one day.<br /><br />And, the story from granny is a perfect example of why it's silly to collect so many things. I really need to let go of more. Thanks for that story!Ginahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10788740577135090145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1113523664488058540.post-11751354837902423642016-06-21T00:22:36.993-07:002016-06-21T00:22:36.993-07:00I remember the first time my husband's granny ...I remember the first time my husband's granny came to our house for a visit, the first thing she noticed were are the books. I told her I'd hauled those books from the east coast to the west and half way back across the country again. She ask me if I'd heard the story about their house burning down when my FIL was a baby, I told her I had, she sad that fire broke her from collecting. She said she never formed any attachments to things after that. It took me another 30 years, ha! but one day I finally ask myself, what would I go back into a burning house for? That's when I finally started purging. <br /><br />Hubs and I are doing well, btw. Still working on our old farmhouse, looking forward to retirement. Getting older, slowing down just a bit, but staying healthy, so far!<br /><br />I meant to say last time, love your bathroom redo!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1113523664488058540.post-47190508872525594402016-06-19T15:07:31.334-07:002016-06-19T15:07:31.334-07:00Hi Vonne! It's wonderful to hear from you! How...Hi Vonne! It's wonderful to hear from you! How are things going? <br /><br />Yes, the books...I have boxes to go to Half-Price, the Little Libraries, the thrift store, my sister's nursing home and, yet, I still have stacks over my head. Ridiculous! This weekend I really made head-way and the house, I think, is sighing a big relief for the weight I've lifted off of her. ;)<br />Ginahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10788740577135090145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1113523664488058540.post-32447349336968077872016-06-17T00:43:51.213-07:002016-06-17T00:43:51.213-07:0055 seemed to be the turning point for me and I spe...55 seemed to be the turning point for me and I spent the next 5 years purging. I've never regretted a thing. Books were my hardest thing too. I donated over 200 to the local library and thrifted the rest. I only kept reference books and first editions. After the books, everything else was a piece of cake. <br /><br />So glad to hear from you again! Glad you came through it all with your sense of humor in tact. :)<br /><br />VonneAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com