today - dealing with backlogs

[egg_shell]

Today is the 3rd anniversary of Mom's death. In a way that is recent I suppose but it seems a world away now. I still have a backlog of stuff to clean up from those days of Mom, Dad and John living next door - in their garage (Jules' garage now) and in our basement. Yesterday I did make an attempt to deal with the basement and worked a couple hours

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[earthmother45]

I love your little ancient biker pendant

[egg_shell]

Sorry to hear about Jane. Though I'm sure it was as it should be. Must have been very hard at the end.

Those bins that we packed at the time of mom's passing have been put away in an out of the way place for now. I don't want to open them again till I do it with you. We did do the best we could and I think we did a good job of deciding what to put in them at that time, but I don't want to revisit it for a long time yet.

I really like using the little table for financial stuff. Kind of perfect there. No one usually wants to sit at it anyway so it's not like I am cluttering up a dining surface.

[shutterbug]

I love the biker. Very cool.

[egg_shell]

Thanks - it's fun when an idea can be turned into a piece of jewelry this quickly.

[calico_pye]

I know how you feel re dead people's belongings and wanting to have things that represent life and living. When it was the anniversary of my mother passing, I used to put flowers at the celtic cross in our local church (she was cremated and her ashes scattered elsewhere).

This year, I suddenly felt inspired to get living plants and bought 3 camelia bushes: red, white and a striped pink/white bush. I have yet to see what they will look like, but I wanted bright flowers that seemed full of life. To me, the bushes represented how my mother was.

[egg_shell]

That will be a beautiful thing when you see the flowers blossom someday. It will be like your mom is greeting you again. :-)

[gracegiver]

No more storing dead people's things. Here-here! If only my dear husband could hear-hear.

When I first scrolled past that photo it looked so much like Christmas I had to remind myself what month it was. And I really like Woman of Gold also. Quite a moving story.

[egg_shell]

I bet it is the star in the upper left corner that makes it read "christmas" when you first see it.

I am a saver too - so hard to let go of things but I am getting better at realizing I need to do it.

[kabuldur]

I love THIS pendant, too!

What a nice thing - a perfect day, weather-wise.

And your table and chairs look so elegant!

[egg_shell]

Thanks!

Yup - having nice late summer weather right now.

Thanks - I am enjoying them and they are actually being useful for once - usually no one ever sits at it.