Tonight we have people coming to take furniture off our hands which we will replace next weekend with furniture from Pa's house. We've emptied and dusted the sideboard, finding a few buried and forgotten items along the way, such as the mirrors which once decorated the baker's rack, and the spare brackets and rings from mounting the curtains above the plate glass window. Reminding me, obviously, that the change will be nice, but is bittersweet because of the memories tied up in the pieces that are going away.
It will also be nice to see an old friend who is one of the people taking items. We haven't seen each other since before i met Dan. Another recipient is someone i've never met.
This is likely to be an interesting evening.
It sounds like it! How did it go? I know what you mean about the memories tied up in things. It can be hard to let go, even when you don't really want the item itself, you just want it's symbolism.
ReplyDeleteNo one showed. Dan started talking about calling St. Vincent de Paul's to come get it.
ReplyDeleteThe pieces we're getting have, i suspect, even more sentimental value for him. They're also sturdier. He believes they're older, too.
I'm finding I have to just take stuff to a local version of goodwill to get rid of it. I just bag up the small stuff and drop it off regularly. I haven't had any big stuff to get rid of yet. I should have a drop-leaf dining room table to get rid of in a few weeks, but have enough family down here that someone I'm related to will probably want it.
ReplyDeleteA drop leaf dining table is one of the items we're trying to unload. If we can't, we're calling a charity that picks up big stuff.
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