tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3813468701869729793.post6805019175568841107..comments2023-11-03T04:50:43.281-04:00Comments on Morningstar Adventures: Vacation Projectmorningstarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04428209273664340903noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3813468701869729793.post-51559332761691456002010-12-21T12:32:56.705-05:002010-12-21T12:32:56.705-05:00Sorry to hear about the mice in the attic, that mu...Sorry to hear about the mice in the attic, that must have been a lot of work sorting through 19 years of paperwork. Thank you for stopping by my blog and posting a comment. I appreciate it. Have fun making fudge today! HeatherHeather - The Good Lifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18312423321680318297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3813468701869729793.post-90443696488750070312010-12-21T12:05:51.970-05:002010-12-21T12:05:51.970-05:00Ohhh boy ! What a way to make you de-clutter scho...Ohhh boy ! What a way to make you de-clutter school boxes. You are amazing in getting all that done. <br /><br />I loved hearing and seeing sweet memories in your family. I wouldn't mind if one of my ds' would leave me a choc. kiss here and there. *grin* Praying many "warm" blessings on you and your family. <br /><br />Blessings and ((HUGS))<br />In Him<><<br />-MaryCanadagirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12352430241745686391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3813468701869729793.post-53107928154721647642010-12-21T11:49:24.304-05:002010-12-21T11:49:24.304-05:00Oh, I forgot to say that I know something of what ...Oh, I forgot to say that I know something of what you feel about the things, given that you don't have any childhood momentos of your own...but I didn't know you were fostered as a child! Another layer of what has made you the wonderful wife and mother that you are is revealed! I have always admired you for the way that you DO focus on making treasured memories with your dh and your children, in the things you do together, little things, walks, trips to the thrift shops, collecting dresses, cleaning up old things (that old photo you bought DID clean up so beautifully! My mom would have done that, too), etc. <br /><br />I was the 3rd born and was blessed to have the mom that I do. She wasn't perfect, and it wasn't a Christian home (church-going, but not Christian), but after I became a Christian, she began to look more at the Bible, and then my dad did also, and they are now Christians as well. Anyway, by the time I was born, my mom was so busy that they only took a couple of photos of me as a baby. There were tons of my siblings, but not of me. Those 2 photos were on a proof sheet, which they lost, so I never saw baby pictures of myself. <br /><br />When I had my own kids, my mom and dad moved out here to IL. I unpacked the boxes of jumbled loose photographs. In an envelope, I found this sheet of little proof photos...a bunch of 2x2's on a single page, black and white, and there was an infant in 2 of the photos. I asked my mom who that baby was...she let out a whoop and a hollar, cuz it was me! That was quite fun, to finally see my own baby pictures, even though they were tiny!<br /><br />I've now done the same thing as you...I took HUNDREDS of photos of my kids as babies and toddlers! But I never got them in albums, and they are now in a jumbled mess, filling 3 rubbermade tubs and 2 laundry baskets, and we are unable to enjoy them. If they were neat in albums on the family room shelf, we could pull them out and sit by the fire and have a lovely memory! <br /><br />So you see, I didn't mean to just "scold you" in that first comment...I was commiserating with you, LOL! One of my projects this Christmas break from school (after I get Bryan's grad. party finished) is to attack the photos. Many, MANY, will be thrown away. It was so hard for me, years back, to throw out ANY photo of my children! But now, I only need one of the baby propped yup with pillows on the sofa, not 8! <br /><br />So here's to us, Tina-Girl...happy sorting and memory-making!<br /><br />Love and {{{HUGS}}},<br />LoriIllinois Lorihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04823043316393624821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3813468701869729793.post-77762018465751746002010-12-21T11:06:48.164-05:002010-12-21T11:06:48.164-05:00Oh Tina! What a sweet gift from your son! That jus...Oh Tina! What a sweet gift from your son! That just warmed my heart :-)<br /><br />I remember when we were still in the public school (Bryan went thru 3rd grade there, Nathan thru 2nd), the principle had his children's artwork framed, on his office wall. He said that each year, they would pick one treasured piece to keep and frame it, and the rest had to say "goodbye." His wall was filled with delightful art, but his home wasn't filled with boxes! Others (myself included), will take a picture of projects (we did that with the dozens of 4H projects) and keep a photo album of them, but the projects get tossed. <br /><br />The bottom line is, keeping a momento in a box in the attic isn't doing justice to a "treasured" item. If you can't enjoy it whenever you want to (because it's buried until a mountain of other boxes in a closed-up attic), then you're not able to treasure it. But if it's photographed and in an album on your living room shelf, then you can pull it out, look at it, smile over it and have a fond memory, then tuck it away safe on the shelf until next time. <br /><br />Something to think about as another option...and rodents won't nest in your photo album in the living room, LOL! <br /><br />Blessings and (((HUGS))),<br />LoriIllinois Lorihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04823043316393624821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3813468701869729793.post-18006729750744568302010-12-21T07:25:17.907-05:002010-12-21T07:25:17.907-05:00That is so sweet of your son! And, I am trying to...That is so sweet of your son! And, I am trying to be "good" and not save every scrap of paper, but it really is hard. Good job getting it all down to two. Merry Christmas, too!<br />JennJennifer Hootshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16757290424217660803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3813468701869729793.post-48917394292699979462010-12-20T21:44:57.386-05:002010-12-20T21:44:57.386-05:00So sorry about the rodent problem in the attic. I...So sorry about the rodent problem in the attic. I've dealt with that before, and it's never fun. Though I didn't have as much as you, I use to keep every thing the kids did too. Now I pick their best work throughout the year and make portfolios for them. They really like it, and think it will be fun for them to show their children.<br />I love the fact that you found out, through a picture, you had already given him. That is just too funny. And how sweet that you get little treats like that. :)<br /><br />JoAnnAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com