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There will be a "Refrigerator Magnet" topic shortly with a picture of mine.
Better go take your picture!

Already did!

I KNEW you'd say that


G-Mom

I'm a pack rat--I can admit it.....it's just time to get rid of stuff, you know? It's hard, but something that needs done....I mean I'm always buying new stuff, so the old stuff just has to go--I still have clothes from my college days over 10 years ago.......Some people are mininalists, but not me....I feel most at home when I'm surrounded by knick knacks, and decorations, and stuff.....lol

Talk about sizes...
I used to be in 0's and 1's!!!!!!!!!
Hmmmmmmmmm ...
oh, there's a song in there some where's....

I wonder if I will ever see those sizes again???
Yeah, and I'll win the lottery next week too!!

I bet you have a memory for every one...memories help make a house a home!

I still have clothes from when I was a pre-teen/teen

My hubby just got 4 out of five on the lottery(over $1000!) so it is possible!

G-Mom

Gmom, that's great!!!! <img border="0" alt="[clappy]" title="" src="graemlins/clappy.gif" /> We play the lotto every week in hopes of winning.......

He's won twice in the past few months

G-Mom

Our Mega Lottery will be $111,000,000.00 on
Friday... I just know I'll win!!!

I'll be rooting for you

I'm a big pack rat and hubby is an cleaning nut, not a good mix.

I guess faith helps me to keep my closet cleaned out. I have lost alot of clothes in big bunches on several occasions, not my fault, but the fault of othersa who offered to help me at times. Lost almost everything I owned once when hubby's sister offered to help him do my laundry at the local laundry matt. The next day I had nothing to wear but underwear.

I guess the only time I actually gave any of mine away was when I was working and this woman's house burned and she was a size I had been, took everything out that was that size and gave to her.

and one other time I gave some stuff to a woman I worked wqith for her daughter.

I lost a bunch of clothes when I moved and was in the process of my divorce. (I think my ex helped there)

but I am the type as long as I have clothes I would never buy me anything new, so I guess that's faith helping me get new clothes

I'll be "rooting" for me too,
that's alot of seeds/plants/greenhouse stuff if I do!!!!

We don't play the lotto, but I think about it everytime I drive by the powerball billboard. Somebody's bound to win it soon...its up pretty high....don't really know how high tho.

Update on the diet. We started it on Monday...after eating out ALOT last week, I went up to 202. BUT if you look at my ticker, I'm almost back down to where I was before...haha. 3 1/2 pounds so far this week on the South Beach Diet. I haven't gotten to excercising yet this week...but I'm sure I'll loose a bit at work this weekend. We usually walk back and forth like chickens with our heads chopped off.

High Protein milk.....I get Borden Plus...it has 25% more protein than regular milk and it is 2% reduced fat AND is really good. That is what I give the baby...and then have to cut his nail twice a week!

And in re: to the cluttered house saga....I wish I had some pics of my dad's house to show you all! He lived in a 5 bedroom, 2 story, full basement house all by himself and you couldn't walk through it. He collected books & antiques & pencils & Avon bottles & salt & pepper shakers & you name it! He had 2 rooms that were nothing but floor to ceiling books and an album collection that was huge. When he passed away it took us almost a full year, 2 estate sales, 3 garage sales, a week-end of book dealers and a double size dumpster to clean the house out! Sad thing was...there was SO much of it that I WANTED to keep....but then my house would have looked like that...and almost does anyway!

Re clutter:
That's a great resolution, Loz. I've been trying to de-clutter mine in bits and pieces here and there for over a year. It's hard, but you're right, it's like a load is lifted from your shoulders when it's gone.
We got our pack-rat tendencies from both our sets of parents. I remember, right before I moved to CA, in '93, I went through my parents' basement and cleaned a lot of their stuff out for them. My dad still had check stubs from 1961! And my mom had boxes and boxes and boxes of something she wouldn't LET me throw out. You know what was in the boxes? MORE BOXES!!! She says you never know when you might need a box that size, so she never throws one away. Aaaugh!!!

I'd love to win a big pile of money. I just know I could spend it

well I got me one of those walking meters. tells you how many miles a day you walk. So far I have been averging about 4 miles aday just doing my house work and feeding the cats. I know I'd double that if it was warmer outside.

I have also been trying to declutter. Tho, it doesn't look like it, my upstairs, where people come in at, is a total disaster area. Kitchen is totally disgusting right now, both sinks piled with dishes, and the floor needs swept & mopped, not to mention, where's my counters & tables?

However... we started out in the spare bedroom in our basement. It has a small storage area like a closet.. under the steps, and has the water main in it. He stores his big toolbox & power tools in there, and I use it for Christmas stuff. We went thru it before Christmas, and we took out about 20 boxes of trash!!! We coudln't move in there for awhile.. the boxes had started piling from the closet, over into the bedroom. UGH. But now, it's usable again. There's still a little extra in there, but not much. And once I get my Christmas tree down (procrastinate much?), I'll have my little corner of the closet under the stairs, better straightened up than it is now.

Now, I go to my local freecycle, and make my first donation post.. a vaccum. It works, but I have a nicer one, a Kirby I bought almost 2 years ago. Haven't used the old Phantom since.

Later!
Meg

Geegeeburr...I gotta go along with your mom on this one.
You can't have too many boxes full of boxes!

You should see my closet

I guess I am just too far out to help. I got a room I keep all my boxes in.

Someone won the Mega Lottery,

Anyone know anyone down there?
Better ask Jiffy!!

Weezie

I hope it's my ex-husband...he owes me $50,000 in back child support and he lives in Ga.!

G-Mom

Wow, wouldn't that be a hoot if it was!!

OR maybe it was Frustratedattimes, or Jiffy..
Wish I knew, they never show the winners on tv
unless it's reallllly huge.

I feel bad for the last reallyyy big winners,
The granddaugher was found to have OD'd and the wife of the guy said she wish she'd never of wanted to win had she known what was going to happen with it...

Weezie

How are the 2005 Resolutions coming along?
Catlover