We helped Leo’s relatives clean out his old place over the weekend. Another neighbor pitched in as well and he described the scene as something from the show, “Hoarders.” Leo used to pick junk up from the curb and squirrel it away. He picked stuff out of our trash and we laughed as we threw the same stuff away again this weekend. Our neighbors on the other side did a little dumpster diving this morning and we joined in. I found a few choice pieces of scrap metal for Sparky and then this afternoon WM hauled the dumpster away.
Note to self: Start divesting while you still have your marbles.
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When we closed the house in Webster, it took 4 & 1/2 of those WM dumpsters to haul the stuff away. Clearing it out took over 2-months because we had to go through every pile of papers. Unopened savings bonds fell between stacks of 1960’s newspapers. Cans of 30-year old jars of tomato paste rattled because all the liquid evaporated. There was over $2500 of change scattered over 3 floors! I found pasted construction paper cut outs I made for my Mom in 1954.
I loved that adventure!