tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9890790.post6624933194060503951..comments2024-03-28T15:42:33.825-07:00Comments on Having Coffee With Peppy: It Isn't Worth Dealing Withpeppylady (Dora)http://www.blogger.com/profile/01649272822470007714noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9890790.post-18911213678168654052015-11-09T10:47:32.252-08:002015-11-09T10:47:32.252-08:00When I'm done with clothes they are ready for ...<br />When I'm done with clothes they are ready for the garbage can.BBChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15323188240580782454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9890790.post-38803256513355760422015-11-08T16:15:27.741-08:002015-11-08T16:15:27.741-08:00I had spent a lot of this summer helping my mother...I had spent a lot of this summer helping my mother in law to downsize - due to her health we (my husband and I, her daughter, some other relatives, and a person we hired) did almost all of it. We thought she had little clutter until we got going and then things just came out of the woodwork - almost literally. I look at my clutter and shudder. But right now, as a caregiver, I have little time. I have to do it, though - I can not leave my son with this job "one day". Alana ramblinwitham.blogspot.combookwormhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06589840841266507266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9890790.post-62456217114161358312015-11-08T09:22:31.026-08:002015-11-08T09:22:31.026-08:00You're setting us all a good example, Peppy, b...You're setting us all a good example, Peppy, by being persistent in your attempts to trim down and simplify! It's good to see your efforts rewarded by the discovery of your mother's patterns. My own mum was a seamstress, too. She cherished a gigantic old Pfaff sewing machine because it could handle Dad's heavy work overalls. When we cleared out the old farmhouse, I noticed the younger man of our team of farm lads admiring it. He was delighted when I offered it to him (he'd hoped I'd accept an offer of $5 - his lunch money) and he and his brothers scooted it out to their trusty, rusty pick-up and covered it up with a tarp. Later I learned his wife was making house-keeping money using it to make drapes and slip-covers out of bedspreads from Goodwill. My mum would have been so pleased!Beth Waltzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02720634636307254576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9890790.post-87555974026722305352015-11-08T07:54:06.260-08:002015-11-08T07:54:06.260-08:00We, my hubby and I, have been doing the same...rec...We, my hubby and I, have been doing the same...recycling just about anything and everything :) We give it all to our neighborhood thrift stores...all of "the stuff" that we just don't use or need anymore. We just went through a ton of Christmas decorations and donated them to the Salvation Army. All were in good to new condition. We just hoped that it would help to make someone's Christmas brighter.<br /><br />Don't feel bad about that little treat bag of M&M's. Did you know that a "little" chocolate helps to make us feel better...lifts out spirits a bit :)<br /><br />Great news that you found your mom's patterns. I know that feeling. I recently found the only photo of my dad and I together. It was taken not to long before he passed-away. I thought it was gone for good. I searched and searched and then one day I went through an old wallet that I was going to throw away and there it was!!!<br /><br />Have a lovely Sunday, Dora~JFMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09021461504951465311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9890790.post-72572567968622414452015-11-07T22:59:29.069-08:002015-11-07T22:59:29.069-08:00That must have been a good feeling to get things o...That must have been a good feeling to get things out of the closet and get organized. I love that. Salma - The Write Balancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04612970808613273040noreply@blogger.com