*disclaimer: at some point, we children will have to go through our parent's house and get rid of the junk(or treasure, as some refer to it). I am simply choosing to do so now rather than later.
This fantastic collection of treasured items is sure to please any avid collector of just about anything. Treasures include, but are not limited to:
A Christmas greeting drawn and sent by my grandfather for his sister, circa 1943*an original Florida mortgage deed from 1896, plus other old deeds
*an old cigar box full of old stamps
*1 Kodak Brownie movie camera II, circa 1950's- excellent condition
The Kodak movie camera is in the center, next to the Ortho Spray-ette 2*1 old jar still full of preserves- type unknown
*1 cardboard cylinder of "Gore's Poultry Wormer & Conditioner- Guaranteed Harmless- Absolute Egg Producer"
*1 cardboard cylinder of "Gore's Poultry Wormer & Conditioner- Guaranteed Harmless- Absolute Egg Producer"
Lady Schick Crown Jewel Razor- model 100, circa 1959*3 porcelain door knobs
*1 chamber pot
*4 tiny metal boxes, "Ideal Split shot" for BB guns(Split shot still inside), with slogan," Take a boy fishing."
A 1927 fishing license, in the form of a pin to wear on your shirt*2 old pink plastic cowboys
*a pillbox with 5 pills inside, for "Miss Bessie Jeters, circa 1935
*About 300+ old bottles
All interested, please contact Anna at 1-800-Throw-Will's-Childhood-Away. All offers will be accepted. Sales are final. Bring your own garbage bags.
**further disclaimer: this is only a joke........kind of. Our house is old and each of us kids grew up with a kitchen attached to our rooms. Will's kitchen has been the great storage/junk room for years and I've been working on organizing it. I just about had a heart attack this afternoon, when after working hours in Will's kitchen, I went into Abby's and opened one of her cabinets...only to find another 100 or so bottles. Sigh. I think this is the never ending organization project.
*a pillbox with 5 pills inside, for "Miss Bessie Jeters, circa 1935
*About 300+ old bottles
All interested, please contact Anna at 1-800-Throw-Will's-Childhood-Away. All offers will be accepted. Sales are final. Bring your own garbage bags.
**further disclaimer: this is only a joke........kind of. Our house is old and each of us kids grew up with a kitchen attached to our rooms. Will's kitchen has been the great storage/junk room for years and I've been working on organizing it. I just about had a heart attack this afternoon, when after working hours in Will's kitchen, I went into Abby's and opened one of her cabinets...only to find another 100 or so bottles. Sigh. I think this is the never ending organization project.
4 comments:
Oh me!! Don't worry, Will!! We are not dead yet!! We will NOT let her throw away your "childhood and adolescence"!!! But, at the time of our demise, you may have to come over here and protect your stuff!! Love (: Mom
Well, let's clarify what is happening. Part of your childhood is indeed being thrown away: the part that is in pieces. Anything whole and not crumbling is being kept and put in storage containers. One day someone will thank me for this. If it was up to me, I would get rid of 95% of your collection. But the sentimental owners of this house are insisting that one day you may actually come back and retrieve all of this. You should thank them for their sentimentality.
Anna, I'm not showing this to Will now, but when he sees it, you can expect death threats, visits from the mafia, etc.
so just FYI...jeremiah wouldn't be happy about any of that stuff being thrown away, either. pretty sure he actually would be quite delighted to give some of it a home. anything antique, really. whether it works or not. hmm...we can really go crazy one day when we have a bigger house. :) i know the feeling though...i did a LOT of throwing away in my room this summer but tried to keep the important items.
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