tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5437530886114278864.post7824262114316941152..comments2023-10-18T10:15:31.043-06:00Comments on MareBare Necessities: Thou Shalt Not CovetAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05827718321802434964noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5437530886114278864.post-25631155175101509042010-03-09T13:18:12.903-07:002010-03-09T13:18:12.903-07:00Ohhhh! Love the idea of the clothing exchange... ...Ohhhh! Love the idea of the clothing exchange... I will have to throw that out there once all of my girlfriends are finally finished being pregnant! (Although I guess we could have a maternity swap-a-thon too!) Great idea, sounds like a great way to spend an evening! And your last quote is a keeper. It went straight into my quote book. These words have resonated with me so clearly it isn't even funny!<br />MarenAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05827718321802434964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5437530886114278864.post-21608890355454323322010-03-08T20:26:47.535-07:002010-03-08T20:26:47.535-07:00There was this woman that I used to work with who ...There was this woman that I used to work with who was really in to knitting. One day, we were chatting and she mentioned that she was going to sell her house and move into a different one. Her children were grown and it was now just her in the house, so I assumed that she was downsizing. <br /><br />But as the discussion progressed, I discovered (to my horror) that my assumption was incorrect! As it turned out, she had accumulated so much stuff... mostly yarn and other knitting supplies, that she could no longer fit it into her 3 bedroom house, so she was actually moving into a bigger one!<br /><br />That story makes me sad. A three bedroom house filled to the brim with yarn isn't enough? If there's a hole in your heart, no amount of things will ever fill it.<br /><br />On the more practical side of things... I've made a fair portion of my income by selling off old things that I no longer use (eBay, Amazon etc.) Granted, my need for money is small these days so it doesn't take much to constitute a significant portion of my income! But it makes me happy that someone will be using it, and I enjoy getting paid to take nice walks to the post office every now and then.<br /><br />A group of my friends and I used to do an annual clothing exchange, where we'd all clean out our closets. I've read about people doing these with lots of rules... we never bothered. We just all brought in whatever we didn't want, and took home whatever we did. The rest got donated to charity. Everybody went home with a few new treasures and it was the most fun you can have playing dress up with a group of girlfriends. Seems like you could do similar things with kid's stuff, books, music or whatever.<br /><br />Once you stop hanging on to things so tightly, you realize that stuff just flows in and out of our lives, and trying to control it only blocks up the flow!Rebeccahttp://open.salon.com/blog/the_almighty_becksternoreply@blogger.com