Thursday, March 24, 2016

HELP WANTED Blogging Friends

I was asked to teach a class for a fund raiser the HCE (Home & Community Education) group that is a part of the UW Extension System.  If you live near by, here is the link, you still have time to sign up:  https://counties.uwex.edu/marathon/files/2016/02/HCE-Spring-Break-Schedule.pdf

My class is called:  "Is it Trash or Treasure, What to Keep, What to Sell and What to Donate."  

In addition to providing personal property appraisals (I have a certificate from Continental School of Auctioneering) I am going to give some tips on estate cleaning.  I often times hear, "what do I do with all of this stuff mom/dad left me with?"  Many of us don't want to leave a "mess" for our kids so this class is designed to give some direction.  

So here is my HELP WANTED from you, my followers.  Would you take a moment to answer these 3 questions?

1.  What do you collect?
2.  What is something you just can't throw away?
3.  Where do you donate your unwanted items?

Thank you friends.

Blessings from Ringle, Wisconsin.  

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3 comments:

  1. Amy at love made my homeMarch 24, 2016 at 4:07 PM

    1. I try hard not to collect anything. I have a total fear based on family history of hoarding things and leaving some other poor soul to clear out all of my stuff if I am no longer here. However, I do gather things of all kinds, but I clear out regularly too!

    2. Special - and only special - photos, original artwork and paintings, my car (it is very old now!), my husband, jewellery, otherwise most things could be up for consideration.

    3. I donate things to the local charity shop. Just take the bags in and leave them to get on with it! If I no longer want it I just want rid of it and am not interested in trying to sell my old things, I would rather that a charity benefits. Real rubbish or things so totally worn out so to be no use to anyone else go in the bin.

    Hope that helps you! xx

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  2. TheCrankyCrowMarch 24, 2016 at 7:24 PM

    Sounds like an interesting class! More and more the thought of our only son having to "deal" with my "stash" concerns me, and I know I need to "reduce" and soon. As for your questions...well (1) Oh heavens....it'd be easier to ask what I DON'T collect.... Anything that catches my fancy, and then I decide that if one is great, 1 x 25 more is better yet. Of the top of my head: old chocolate molds, old German candy containers; vintage Halloween (especially noisemakers and papier mache jack-o-lanterns; old toy tops; old leather books (or old books of any kind that strike my fancy); candle molds; early lighting; pounce pots/sanders; flax hatchels and combs; old pinkeeps; old children's shoes; old samplers; old gameboards; old quilts; old baskets.... get the idea LOL? (2) Two things I just can't throw away are things that people have gifted me (even if THEY don't remember they gifted it to me) and things I think I might be able to repurpose (old bits of ribbon or lace, string, etc.) (3) When it's time to "let go," I sell what is "sell-able" online.... If it's time to donate, I start with my "inner circle" - if it's something I think some of my friends/family would want or could use, I ask them first....Then Bethesda is usually my charity of choice, although I have also done Goodwill, etc. Hope that helps!! Good luck with your research and the class! Smiles & Hugs ~ Robin

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  3. JustineMarch 28, 2016 at 8:51 AM

    1. Jadeite dishes
    2. "things" I plan to craft/scrapbook with
    3. Goodwill, clothes consignment, or Saint Vincent's.

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