Too much stuff

My life has been overtaken by THINGS and it is time to let some of it go. I have sentimental attachments to objects that are weighing me down instead of uplifting my life. I guess I could have been a hoarder, and I have fought those tendencies all my life. Now I just want to downsize, minimize ad streamline. I don't want to continue to maintan all this stuff. My intentions are always good. I always believe that I will have a use for this stuff. Yet all it does is clutter up my house. I have a grandfather clock that belonged to my mother. Two of my brothers and I chipped in and bought it for her about 15 years ago, so it is not an antique or a family heirloom. I have no childhood attachments to this clock. I has been sitting in my sunroom for six years, collecting dust, because I did not want to give it away when my mother died. I have no room for this piece, and now I need to find another home for it. My house is filled with things like that. Things that are too good to throw away, but that noone else wants. I guess it is time for me to open up and ebay account and make a little money. I have gotten beyond the emotional need to keep these things. It is time for them to find a home.

Today I am having lunch with a long time girlfriend. She has recently retired again and we have made a pact to get together once a month for lunch. Ar and I have gone thru an awful lot together. In the pre-on line dating era, we scoured the personal ads in search of the perfect mate. We laughed and danced, donned our widest brimmed hats and went shopping at Saks...it makes me smile to recount some of our adventures. As old(er)married women, we have been relegated to the monthly lunch. When I see her today, I think I will have a conversation with her about what we can do to have more fun. Hmmm...let me put on my thinking cap.