AND WE OUGHT TO BE
DONE CLEANING THE GARAGE
BY THE END OF 2017!!!
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| YESTERDAY WAS THE DAY TO CLEAN OUT THESE CUPBOARDS. WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME THE DOORS WERE ABLE TO CLOSE ALL THE WAY? MAYBE NOT SINCE THEY WERE PUT UP OVER FORTY YEARS AGO! THEY LOOK SO GOOD, I JUST MAY HAVE TO GIVE THEM A COAT OF FRESH PAINT. |
I MAY HAVE BLOGGED THIS BEFORE,
BUT...
THIS DRESSER COMES WITH LOTS OF MEMORIES. IT ORIGINALLY BELONGED TO MY FRIEND SHARON'S GRANDFATHER. BEFORE STEVE WAS BORN, HER MOTHER GAVE IT TO ME TO USE FOR THE BABY. THE DAY BEFORE HE WAS BORN, I PAINTED THE HANDLES BLUE AND PINK. I OFTEN WONDERED IF THE FUMES OF THAT GREAT LEAD PAINT WERE THE REASON HE WAS THREE WEEKS EARLY.
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| WHEN WE MOVED IN THIS HOUSE, AND HIS ROOM HAD A CIRCUS THEME, I PAINTED IT WHITE WITH RED HANDLES. OH, AND ADDED THESE CUTE CLOWN DECALS. DECALS WERE ALL THE RAGE IN THE SIXTIES. |
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HERE IT WAS TODAY,
STUFFED WITH FIFTY YEARS OF WHAT!
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AN OLD CIGARETTE PACK? OF COURSE EVERYONE NEEDS ONE OF THOSE. COULD THEY HAVE BEEN PUT THERE WHEN SOMEONE WAS TRYING TO QUIT SMOKING? |
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I THINK THIS MIGHT HAVE BEEN
ON THE HANDLE BARS
OF DANA'S LITTLE KIDDIE CAR.
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DARYL EXAMINED EVERY PIECE,
SOME STILL IN UN-OPENED PACKAGES,
SOME HE DIDN'T HAVE A CLUE
AS TO WHAT THEY WERE.
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MOST OF IT ENDED UP IN THE GARBAGE CAN. |
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| ALMOST DONE WITH THIS DRAWER! WOULDN'T THIS MAKE A GREAT PICTURE FOR I SPY. |
THIS I COULD NOT BELIEVE!
TUCKED AWAY, IN THE BACK OF
THE SECOND DRAWER,
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| WAS THIS PJ TOP!!! IT MUST HAVE GOT LEFT IN THERE WHEN THE DRESSER WENT INTO THE GARAGE. IT'S SIZE 4 WHICH LEADS ME TO BELIEVE IT BELONGED TO STEVE. THERE WAS A NEW DRESSER BY THE TIME CRAIG WAS THAT SIZE. DARYL'S MOTHER KEPT THE KIDS IN THESE "FOOTY" PAJAMAS. SHE WOULD BUY THEM TWICE A YEAR AT THE PENNEY'S BABY SALE. |
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| LOOK, YOU CAN TELL THEY HAD A HUMPTY DUMPTY THEME ON THEM. |
THE DRAWERS WERE STILL LINED
WITH PAPER FROM
STEVE'S BABY SHOWERS.
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A FEW OTHER TID BITS WERE FOUND
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| LIKE THIS SIDE VIEW MIRROR BRACKET FROM DARYL'S 49 CHEVY PICKUP. |
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| AND THESE SOCKETS- - I'M HOPING THEY WERE JUST PUT TOGETHER FOR STORAGE, BUT KNOWING DARYL??? |
THE DRESSER IS EMPTY,
AND SOON TO GO TO THE DUMPS,
BUT NOT WITHOUT LEAVING BEHIND
LOTS OF MEMORIES.
You two are on a real cleaning spree. Precious gems tucked away for all those years. I'm still smiling about the shower paper lining those drawers. Do moms still do that??? What will they find in 50 years?
ReplyDeleteSo one grandaughter tells me, they're the disposable generation. I think she was talking about things, not them personally. They won't have to do all this cleaning out when they get older, but think of all the fun they'll miss😊
ReplyDeleteI am LAUGHING and CRYING at the same time. I do not remember my mother giving that dresser to you, Pat. For that matter, I do not remember the dresser. On the other hand, that might be because it was not white when my Deda had it. LOL God Bless you all!
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