You are so kind and gracious in how you talk through Andy’s decisions with him(I’m over here chanting ‘trash it, trash it!’). Our family is hoping to move in the next couple of months, and I hope to be as considerate as you while helping my husband declutter some things before then!
I agree, Laurelin! I was chanting with you - trash it! LOL Erica was so patient, even though I could see she probably wanted to chant along with us over those CDs. ;) Andy is quite a sentimental guy.
I agree, I say trash it as well and maybe someday Andy will too but it has to be in his own time. I think people have an idea that if they save something it's going to be worth something but these days things are so mass produced that if it's recent, it's not going to be worth anything. And even if you have valuables that you've collected, they are only worth something if someone wants them for a price. You're either a collector or a dealer of old things. Andy is a collector as many of us are.
“Well that’s nickelback, you need to trash that” 🔥 🔥 🔥 😂 I loved how you helped Andy work through his thought process and didn’t force him to trash anything, joking aside. Teamwork! 💪
To Andy: I struggled with my music collection as well. I got my breakthrough when I realized it was all illegally downloaded at a time I couldn't afford to buy music. I treated myself to a subscription service that had most of my collection and uploaded the special versions I could not find online. Then inlet go of the physical cd's. Bonus part: the subscription gives me easy access to music I never knew existed, all without stealing from the artists!
Sorry Erica, but I cried, my husband was a brass bands man and he has been gone now eight years. I found the frugal horn mouthpiece and he exercised with, he played Tuba to. When he got a deliberating illness PSP he never complained and the last year in the nursing home he used it every day until he couldn't. I am now getting rid of nearly all my stuff it is a struggle as I am doing it alone. Thank you for being kind and it's wonderful your husband is doing this while he can. You are bringing me joy again. Have a wonderful Christmas a hot one here I hope in Australia.
I needed to watch your video so much today. My current life is in the pits. I am contemplating retiring five years before I thought I would because life at my school is not fun anymore. I am finding teaching to be harder each day. I was lucky enough to Zoom with my husband yesterday. I needed the laugh out loud that the two of you provided me.
Andy! Make the basement you're own Man cave !! Great way to learn about what you need and how to set things up. Why wait? It doesn't have to be perfect just functional!! I can see a Beer section, a big screen, sofa chairs, and a big desk!!!
I’ve gotta be honest: the boxes a year and a half ago gave me anxiety just watching you look at them. You’re doing so great! In the last year or so, I think you have surpassed me in my minimalish journey, and we started around the same time… except I learned early in life not to get attached to things, so I started off with less. YOU ROCK!!!
The videos you have done on the home school closet and now this one with sentimental items has given me the hope and courage to face my biggest challenge yet. I find it easier to make decisions talking it through with someone who is patient, kind, and asks the important questions. Thanks for posting them.
Awh, this was a great video. Andy was so real with his feelings, and such a good example of how to figure out how and when to part with or keep things. I guess you two have done so much sorting and such that now it has become not necessarily easier, but you are more skilled at seeing the bigger picture for the future. I like the way you think things through, and do actually keep some things that are important to you too, and just don’t force yourselves, but are still keeping it real. That’s why I like “minimalish”. Thanks for sharing. Good job you two!!
With CDs it might be fun to go through them all to remember your favourite songs and sit at your desk top and compile playlists on Apple Music to digitize the nostalgia.
eBay is an excellent resource. Try looking at what items sold for instead of listing price. This will give you a better idea of value. Thank you for making wonderful videos. Happy Holidays to you and your lovely family!
Erica I LOVE your process and talking through the items! Thank you for sharing this journey with us! As a video idea I would love to see a tour of the basement and maybe an organization video of the remaining bins now that every box has been addressed! Thank you again! You are so real and I love that!
Man I wish I could get rid of sentimental stuff that easy. Lol. You guys are doing a great job and I love how you say that keepsakes need to be displayed or stored in a way that honors them. Good thing to keep in mind! 👍🏻☺️
I used to have a big lunchbox collection. None were valuable, but I had spent a lot of time and money on them. Like Andy and his cd’s I felt like I wanted to keep they because they were a big part of my past, but honestly they were just taking up space. So, I told myself I could keep my three favorites and I spent a really long time looking at them all and trying to decide which were clear favorites. Turns out none of them were clear stand-out favorites. So next I told myself I would keep things in them and use them to organize stuff around the house. I keep my shoe polish and rags in the Underdog lunchbox and that it literally it. I got rid of the rest and have no regrets. It’s ok to say “ these were a big deal to me at one time, but I have moved on” and let go. I hope Andy’s mancave doesn’t stay a fantasy forever, I hope he makes it happen. He is a hard working, loving family man and he deserves a space.
Wow, Erica! You are miles ahead of Andy in letting go of sentimental stuff! Of course, you have been doing it longer and built up your declutter muscles while he was deployed. Hopefully, he will get there. If he were my husband, I'm not sure I would be as patient as you were as you helped him work through the process. ;) You have a good relationship. ♥♥ Happy Christmas! :D
She kept literally rooms full of shit for their entire marriage, he supported that I'm sure didn't even complain about it, now he wants to keep a few boxes of sentimental and he should be manipulated and guilted into keeping it? Why does he ever need to "get there" he's fine keeping a few boxes if that brings him joy and contentment
I can't wait to see your process with photos! I started much like you just collecting them in one area. Then one day I labelled boxes by family member and just commited to not even really looking at the photo but throwing them into the correct family/ family group and working through that pile. (I trashed some instantly at this stage - my grandad had a lot of photos from his ship at sea, there's no need to hang onto 100's of wobbly horizon photos!😂) Working one box at a time, it was a long process and I was lucky to have a spare space I could do it and leave it in until I was ready for another round. It took months! The next stage was to pick a family member and try to put those photos into order of age. When done I put them between stiff card and wrapped a sheet of paper round with elastic bands so there was no chance of them getting mixed up again whilst I worked through the rest. I ended up with piles of "young grandma, old grandma, young grandma and grandad, old grandma and grandad, young grandad, old grandad, grandad and baby dad, grandma and baby dad," and so on....... This process took even longer than the last! Somewhere around this photo sorting period I decided to get crafty and make my sister a photo box explosion for her birthday, it was amazing as I'd already seen most of the photos I wanted to use for it and could locate most pretty quickly. I made copies and diligently put them back so not to mess up where I'd got to. This is where I'm at. Still far too many boxes of somewhat ordered photos. Which I do intend to go through again. I'm imagining ending with one large box which will fit say x10 large albums in organised by family member/group, which is easy to store, but easily accessible to actually look at from time to time. I've recently started sorting my baby photos into an album (culling the many duplicates) and will soon move onto my sister's. I'm simultaneously sorting mum and dad's wedding photos as their original one was falling apart but there were 2 more inherited from their parents house clear outs. So I'm putting one together using the old stuff (just getting a brand new album didn't feel right) to present them on their anniversary! I guess this is a very longwinded way of saying take it in very small stages. I think photos send you on such an emotional roller coaster. But I'm also so glad that I committed to sorting them (they'd been in my parents loft for years and my dad was literally about to trash the lot! - maybe good for him for not being so sentimental in some ways, but I feel would've been generations lost just like that if he had!)
For what’s it’s worth I had the same situation with my CDs and I had as many or more that your hubby. It took me two moves and three tries but I finally trashed them. It was not easy. You did the right thing Erica.
It's awesome how supportive and calm you are. I would have pushed my hubby so much harder to let go of stuff instead of letting him make his own decisions. (I'm actually really glad that he didn't really bring anything of his when he moved in with me back in the day :D ). So watching your video made me realise that's something I should really work on. Thanks
You guys have made so much progress! I feel like Andy’s man cave should have some display cases with his memorabilia carefully curated in them. It’s ok to keep stuff, but you are right, it shouldn’t just be hanging out in a box!
I feel you Andy 😅 I struggle to get rid of my Sims cd collection since they launched the first game. I have the digital version now , but I want to put them on a shelf when I finish our office/gaming room. Good job decluttering
You did so good with Andy on thinking about not keeping in a box what you wouldn’t want to display.. You have come so far. Now the photos. Not every picture is worth storing for the rest of your life.
I recently learned that every picture I have isn't important. I am having all my old ones digitized and when you pay per photo, you quickly decide that they all aren't worthy of preserving!
My granddaughter ( age 16) went thrifting, and bought a army jacket with a soldiers name , she loves it… I agree those bell bottoms someone would have bought them at thrift store
@@EricaLucasLoves my granddaughter bought at local thrift shop few weeks ago a serviceman’s camouflage jacket with the soldiers name in it, she hasn’t taken it off
Loved watching this. You too are so good,,kind and supportive of each other. I wish I could be like that instead of "why in the world are we keeping...?" but then my other half isn't supportive either. We just moved for the 3rd time in 1 year, downsizing each time but not downsizing our stuff. So needless to say we are kind of buried in STUFF. Merry Christmas to you and your beautiful family!
God love ya, you have so much patience. This is so wholesome to watch. He looks so joyful going through everything and you are just there enjoying the time spent with him, so precious 🥰
Haven’t been on UA-cam for a while. I am absolutely amazed at your weight loss. You made a great accomplishment. I’m on the same road. It’s not easy but I’m sticking to it. You were a great inspiration
lol, it would have been hilarious if Andy had told you he was going to buy more CDs when you asked what he'd buy with the money from the tuba mouthpiece. PS we still have all our CDs (and DVDs) in those zippered sleeve cases...and we don't even have a CD or DVD player anymore. We just aren't ready to part with them yet.
Good to see the last few boxes being sorted. A bit confused on some of the trash items, think they could have been donated; vase, a box of baseballs. The bell bottoms maybe could be sold on Ebay, people do collect vintage clothes. I'd rather see things donated or sold vs going to the land fill. But.....good job on getting to the end of the sorting.
You guys are great! I would ask Andy why he collected all those CDs in the first place. Guessing his answer would probably be "To listen to them"... so if he isn't listening to them anymore and he can listen to the music online....
I think he needs a few binders one for military memorabilia and pics, one for his sport memorabilia and I would guess you could make a shadowbox or something like that to display the propeller from his plane he looked pretty proud of that.
If you haven't thrown the trash away yet. Please donate the vase and the jeans! I will pay for shipping for you to send the jeans to me! I would totally wear them! Get a binder and get the cd's out if the bin. Let Andy put them on a shelf in his office. :) Merry Christmas 🎅
I enjoy your videos. When it comes to sentimental items, if someone wants to keep them...Let them. They have meaning to the person they are sentimental for, not the other person.
I love the care and respect you show as you talk him thru the process. This is such an amazing channel, I love watching and getting inspired. Christmas Blessings to your family!
I need to have you with me Erica when I go through my sentimental stuff. You said all the things I need to help me process getting rid of stuff. 🥰 I just get so stuck in the stress off going through things.
On the tuba part. It wort selling it and there is nothing digusting. It's a metal part that can be easily desinfected. As it is metal things, it value a lot and it don't difform easilly. In my high school music class, we where renting it to the school for 50$ deposite.
Great vlog! Congratulations 👏👏well done! Finished before Christmas 🙂.. Now you can relax. You said you had 190 boxes when you moved.. But actually a lot were not very full.. So you didn't have that much as a family of 5! I packed a total of 90boxes with my ex husbands crap since he moved out.. And he had already taken all his clothes, files etc with him! I have reduced/decluttered my and the kids stuff. I would love to know how much it would be if we moved... Probably over 100 boxes for the 3 of us.
I’m obsessed with the Dungarees. If you choose not to save them for your kids (which I would HIGHLY recommend-style is so cyclical), please let us know if you’re willing to sell to a YT subscriber. I am certainly interested!
Lol, I saved a denim skirt my Mom didn't wear after she had kids. We came across it at some point in the last year. My 15 year old has fixed the places the thread broke and has been wearing it. She is slightly too short and needs another inch on her heels to not walk on it. 🤣 But I love that she has been able to wear it, I was never small enough.
I was so happy watching this what a awesome step in your journey guys love this! I will aim to be as supportive and helpful when my hubby goes through his boxes!
I might get back into trumpet, myself 🎺 This was really nice ❤️❤️ I'm spending Christmas with my bonus dad, and he's ex-Navy as well during the Gulf War. Those bell bottoms are badass!!!
This was awesome. So when he was trying to decide what to do about the CDs I was thinking about how I would break them and do some kind of mosaic art with them and you said fantasy self. I was dying because that's exactly what I was doing, my fantasy self. So I am very crafty but I would say that I have 90% ideas, and 10% I actually do 🤦. Now I have a question. So I started watching you two years ago. It was actually the very first video you did on decluttering and minimalism. You are how I started watching minimal mom because you talked about her. And she's how I started watching Dana K White. So I'm curious, if you hadn't started this channel do you think you would have been so successful in the decluttering, minimalism journey? I'm asking because I have two areas that I really need to work on and I'm strongly considering a channel for accountability. Thanks 😊
Just a thought, but some of the things you said, Trash, I think could be donated? Just a thought as there might be people out there that do collect items that you may not want anymore. Still usable and in good condition. Thanks for sharing.
Fabulous effort. Maybe it would be best to put all Andy's room items together - all the things he's designated for that space - so you are both aware of exactly what is designated for that space. If you create that room in the basement in this house you'll be able to get everything out and decide how to display and use it. Or, if Andy's room has to wait until your next house - then perhaps a revisit before the move might be an idea if there's a huge number of boxes. If Andy's keeping much more than could fit in one room or garage then maybe some hard decision might need to be made. However, perhaps the items will fit nicely into the space. I see those car registration plate looking pretty nice out on a wall - and perhaps a glass display cabinet for the memorabilia - because you're definitely right about the fact that if it's important then sticking it in a box to look at once every five years is hardly the best way to keep it.
Before you list the mouthpiece on ebay, see how much you can get for the silver content (assuming it's real silver, of course). Most jewelers buy silver (and gold) and you might get more for it that way, depending on weight and current silver prices.
You did 190 bins (!). Give yourselves a pat on the back. Amazing!
You are so kind and gracious in how you talk through Andy’s decisions with him(I’m over here chanting ‘trash it, trash it!’). Our family is hoping to move in the next couple of months, and I hope to be as considerate as you while helping my husband declutter some things before then!
I agree, Laurelin! I was chanting with you - trash it! LOL Erica was so patient, even though I could see she probably wanted to chant along with us over those CDs. ;) Andy is quite a sentimental guy.
I agree, I say trash it as well and maybe someday Andy will too but it has to be in his own time. I think people have an idea that if they save something it's going to be worth something but these days things are so mass produced that if it's recent, it's not going to be worth anything. And even if you have valuables that you've collected, they are only worth something if someone wants them for a price. You're either a collector or a dealer of old things. Andy is a collector as many of us are.
She talks to him like a toddler
“Well that’s nickelback, you need to trash that” 🔥 🔥 🔥 😂 I loved how you helped Andy work through his thought process and didn’t force him to trash anything, joking aside. Teamwork! 💪
She just went up further on my like list for that comment 😆
To Andy: I struggled with my music collection as well. I got my breakthrough when I realized it was all illegally downloaded at a time I couldn't afford to buy music. I treated myself to a subscription service that had most of my collection and uploaded the special versions I could not find online. Then inlet go of the physical cd's. Bonus part: the subscription gives me easy access to music I never knew existed, all without stealing from the artists!
Sorry Erica, but I cried, my husband was a brass bands man and he has been gone now eight years. I found the frugal horn mouthpiece and he exercised with, he played Tuba to. When he got a deliberating illness PSP he never complained and the last year in the nursing home he used it every day until he couldn't. I am now getting rid of nearly all my stuff it is a struggle as I am doing it alone. Thank you for being kind and it's wonderful your husband is doing this while he can. You are bringing me joy again. Have a wonderful Christmas a hot one here I hope in Australia.
I needed to watch your video so much today. My current life is in the pits. I am contemplating retiring five years before I thought I would because life at my school is not fun anymore. I am finding teaching to be harder each day. I was lucky enough to Zoom with my husband yesterday. I needed the laugh out loud that the two of you provided me.
"That is Nickleback, you need to trash that." Hilarious.
The "pants conversation" at 7:00 was excellent! Well done Erica hehe
It amazes me the random stuff that we keep. It was great to watch the process you two went through and that you didn’t keep a lot.
That mouthpiece was a surprise. It's definitely true, that one man's trash is another man's treasure :)
Andy! Make the basement you're own Man cave !! Great way to learn about what you need and how to set things up. Why wait? It doesn't have to be perfect just functional!! I can see a Beer section, a big screen, sofa chairs, and a big desk!!!
"That's nickelback. You need to trash that" 🤣🤣🤣🤣100% agree with that sentiment
Ha! Right!?
I’ve gotta be honest: the boxes a year and a half ago gave me anxiety just watching you look at them. You’re doing so great! In the last year or so, I think you have surpassed me in my minimalish journey, and we started around the same time… except I learned early in life not to get attached to things, so I started off with less. YOU ROCK!!!
Let us know if and when Andy's mouthpiece get sold! Your decluttering bins videos are the best!
He wants to list it after Christmas so he doesn’t have to deal with the post office 😂
I love the Dungarees! My dad was in the Navy i during Vietnam, on a the Nautilus. When I was in 6th grade, I wore his whites for Halloween!
Those dungarees will also probably sell well on eBay. I enjoyed watching the way you two work together showing love and mutual respect.
Put a large pin on the wall to attach the propeller so it can spin. Great way to display it and fun.
The videos you have done on the home school closet and now this one with sentimental items has given me the hope and courage to face my biggest challenge yet. I find it easier to make decisions talking it through with someone who is patient, kind, and asks the important questions. Thanks for posting them.
Your patience holds no bounds Erica. I was literally willing Andy to chuck the CD's. 🤯
I love your videos, especially when you have Andy join in. Erica, you are delightful!
Awh, this was a great video. Andy was so real with his feelings, and such a good example of how to figure out how and when to part with or keep things. I guess you two have done so much sorting and such that now it has become not necessarily easier, but you are more skilled at seeing the bigger picture for the future. I like the way you think things through, and do actually keep some things that are important to you too, and just don’t force yourselves, but are still keeping it real. That’s why I like “minimalish”. Thanks for sharing. Good job you two!!
With CDs it might be fun to go through them all to remember your favourite songs and sit at your desk top and compile playlists on Apple Music to digitize the nostalgia.
When you finished the last bon, the song CELEBRATE 🎉 popped in my head! Singing it for you!!!!
12:30 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣
I can definitely relate to Andy's situation. I'm trying to get rid of my physical music collection. It's hard though! 😭
eBay is an excellent resource. Try looking at what items sold for instead of listing price. This will give you a better idea of value. Thank you for making wonderful videos. Happy Holidays to you and your lovely family!
I love how calm Andy is to go through this I don’t see my husband even getting rid of his hats and jackets 😆
Same!!!! And gloves? Like why 4 pairs of winter gloves?
Erica I LOVE your process and talking through the items! Thank you for sharing this journey with us! As a video idea I would love to see a tour of the basement and maybe an organization video of the remaining bins now that every box has been addressed!
Thank you again! You are so real and I love that!
Man I wish I could get rid of sentimental stuff that easy. Lol. You guys are doing a great job and I love how you say that keepsakes need to be displayed or stored in a way that honors them. Good thing to keep in mind! 👍🏻☺️
I used to have a big lunchbox collection. None were valuable, but I had spent a lot of time and money on them. Like Andy and his cd’s I felt like I wanted to keep they because they were a big part of my past, but honestly they were just taking up space. So, I told myself I could keep my three favorites and I spent a really long time looking at them all and trying to decide which were clear favorites. Turns out none of them were clear stand-out favorites. So next I told myself I would keep things in them and use them to organize stuff around the house. I keep my shoe polish and rags in the Underdog lunchbox and that it literally it. I got rid of the rest and have no regrets. It’s ok to say “ these were a big deal to me at one time, but I have moved on” and let go. I hope Andy’s mancave doesn’t stay a fantasy forever, I hope he makes it happen. He is a hard working, loving family man and he deserves a space.
Wow, Erica! You are miles ahead of Andy in letting go of sentimental stuff! Of course, you have been doing it longer and built up your declutter muscles while he was deployed. Hopefully, he will get there. If he were my husband, I'm not sure I would be as patient as you were as you helped him work through the process. ;) You have a good relationship. ♥♥ Happy Christmas! :D
She kept literally rooms full of shit for their entire marriage, he supported that I'm sure didn't even complain about it, now he wants to keep a few boxes of sentimental and he should be manipulated and guilted into keeping it? Why does he ever need to "get there" he's fine keeping a few boxes if that brings him joy and contentment
I can't wait to see your process with photos!
I started much like you just collecting them in one area. Then one day I labelled boxes by family member and just commited to not even really looking at the photo but throwing them into the correct family/ family group and working through that pile. (I trashed some instantly at this stage - my grandad had a lot of photos from his ship at sea, there's no need to hang onto 100's of wobbly horizon photos!😂)
Working one box at a time, it was a long process and I was lucky to have a spare space I could do it and leave it in until I was ready for another round. It took months!
The next stage was to pick a family member and try to put those photos into order of age. When done I put them between stiff card and wrapped a sheet of paper round with elastic bands so there was no chance of them getting mixed up again whilst I worked through the rest.
I ended up with piles of "young grandma, old grandma, young grandma and grandad, old grandma and grandad, young grandad, old grandad, grandad and baby dad, grandma and baby dad," and so on.......
This process took even longer than the last!
Somewhere around this photo sorting period I decided to get crafty and make my sister a photo box explosion for her birthday, it was amazing as I'd already seen most of the photos I wanted to use for it and could locate most pretty quickly. I made copies and diligently put them back so not to mess up where I'd got to.
This is where I'm at. Still far too many boxes of somewhat ordered photos. Which I do intend to go through again. I'm imagining ending with one large box which will fit say x10 large albums in organised by family member/group, which is easy to store, but easily accessible to actually look at from time to time.
I've recently started sorting my baby photos into an album (culling the many duplicates) and will soon move onto my sister's.
I'm simultaneously sorting mum and dad's wedding photos as their original one was falling apart but there were 2 more inherited from their parents house clear outs. So I'm putting one together using the old stuff (just getting a brand new album didn't feel right) to present them on their anniversary!
I guess this is a very longwinded way of saying take it in very small stages. I think photos send you on such an emotional roller coaster.
But I'm also so glad that I committed to sorting them (they'd been in my parents loft for years and my dad was literally about to trash the lot! - maybe good for him for not being so sentimental in some ways, but I feel would've been generations lost just like that if he had!)
For what’s it’s worth I had the same situation with my CDs and I had as many or more that your hubby. It took me two moves and three tries but I finally trashed them. It was not easy. You did the right thing Erica.
I'm with Andy on the CDs. Getting rid of music is the hardest thing for me. Music just means so much to me. Any musician will understand! :-)
It's awesome how supportive and calm you are. I would have pushed my hubby so much harder to let go of stuff instead of letting him make his own decisions. (I'm actually really glad that he didn't really bring anything of his when he moved in with me back in the day :D ). So watching your video made me realise that's something I should really work on. Thanks
You guys have made so much progress! I feel like Andy’s man cave should have some display cases with his memorabilia carefully curated in them. It’s ok to keep stuff, but you are right, it shouldn’t just be hanging out in a box!
I thought those pants would be in your life forever based on the conversation. Proud of Andy. :)
“Cool sock, I only have one” 🤣🤣🤣
"That's Nickelback, you need to trash that" lmao
I feel you Andy 😅 I struggle to get rid of my Sims cd collection since they launched the first game. I have the digital version now , but I want to put them on a shelf when I finish our office/gaming room. Good job decluttering
I'm excited to see how you'll tackle the photo album section.
Me too
You did so good with Andy on thinking about not keeping in a box what you wouldn’t want to display.. You have come so far. Now the photos. Not every picture is worth storing for the rest of your life.
I recently learned that every picture I have isn't important. I am having all my old ones digitized and when you pay per photo, you quickly decide that they all aren't worthy of preserving!
Good job! When we moved our wall space wasn't enough to display all our framed pics, so I put them in a photo album.
Amazing job! I would’ve donated those dungarees, someone would love their vintage look.
Right?
My granddaughter ( age 16) went thrifting, and bought a army jacket with a soldiers name , she loves it… I agree those bell bottoms someone would have bought them at thrift store
They are still in the trash bag. I wonder if they are “allowed” to donate uniform items? I will find out.
@@EricaLucasLoves my granddaughter bought at local thrift shop few weeks ago a serviceman’s camouflage jacket with the soldiers name in it, she hasn’t taken it off
@@christined2495 ok!
Loved watching this. You too are so good,,kind and supportive of each other. I wish I could be like that instead of "why in the world are we keeping...?" but then my other half isn't supportive either. We just moved for the 3rd time in 1 year, downsizing each time but not downsizing our stuff. So needless to say we are kind of buried in STUFF. Merry Christmas to you and your beautiful family!
8:57 if it's silver, then yes you can just polish it. Silver is naturally antibacterial so it's totally fine.
Hello from Colorado Springs, Colorado!!! I have been watching all your videos from the start, great job guys!
It's good to go through the photos also, to see if you want to get rid of any.
God love ya, you have so much patience. This is so wholesome to watch. He looks so joyful going through everything and you are just there enjoying the time spent with him, so precious 🥰
Haven’t been on UA-cam for a while. I am absolutely amazed at your weight loss. You made a great accomplishment. I’m on the same road. It’s not easy but I’m sticking to it. You were a great inspiration
Thanks!
lol, it would have been hilarious if Andy had told you he was going to buy more CDs when you asked what he'd buy with the money from the tuba mouthpiece. PS we still have all our CDs (and DVDs) in those zippered sleeve cases...and we don't even have a CD or DVD player anymore. We just aren't ready to part with them yet.
Good to see the last few boxes being sorted. A bit confused on some of the trash items, think they could have been donated; vase, a box of baseballs. The bell bottoms maybe could be sold on Ebay, people do collect vintage clothes. I'd rather see things donated or sold vs going to the land fill. But.....good job on getting to the end of the sorting.
You rock erica! Good coaching of Andy too! He will get there.
You guys are great! I would ask Andy why he collected all those CDs in the first place. Guessing his answer would probably be "To listen to them"... so if he isn't listening to them anymore and he can listen to the music online....
My kids love to look through my Keel book from boot camp and laugh! I kept my dungarees thinking they'd make a great Halloween costume.
Those dungarees were SOOO COOL. I will buy them from you if you still have the bag with them in it.
I thought of having someone (your mom?) make a pillow from them like she made the pillow from your jacket.
Re: the dungarees. Why not make a pillow from the front and back pocket area that would include the name tag?
I think he needs a few binders one for military memorabilia and pics, one for his sport memorabilia and I would guess you could make a shadowbox or something like that to display the propeller from his plane he looked pretty proud of that.
You’ve done amazing, both of you! Next time you move will be so much better!
Kudos on making it through all the sentimental bins! Not easy!!!!
Erica, the look on your face when talking about the dungarees!!! Hahaha
If you haven't thrown the trash away yet. Please donate the vase and the jeans! I will pay for shipping for you to send the jeans to me! I would totally wear them!
Get a binder and get the cd's out if the bin. Let Andy put them on a shelf in his office. :) Merry Christmas 🎅
I enjoy your videos.
When it comes to sentimental items, if someone wants to keep them...Let them. They have meaning to the person they are sentimental for, not the other person.
Hi, Erica!! I absolutely LOVE the basement series!! Such great progress here!!! I want this kind of progress in my garage! :)
I love the care and respect you show as you talk him thru the process. This is such an amazing channel, I love watching and getting inspired. Christmas Blessings to your family!
Proud of you guys! Sentimental is so hard! Been watching since the beginning! Love the way you both respect each other’s wishes.
The Nickelback part... 😂💀
This is so inspiring to see how far you've come!!!👍👍👍
I would have liked to seen a thought bubble over Erica's head when husband wanted to keep his Navy bellbottoms.
I need to have you with me Erica when I go through my sentimental stuff. You said all the things I need to help me process getting rid of stuff. 🥰 I just get so stuck in the stress off going through things.
On the tuba part. It wort selling it and there is nothing digusting. It's a metal part that can be easily desinfected. As it is metal things, it value a lot and it don't difform easilly.
In my high school music class, we where renting it to the school for 50$ deposite.
Great vlog! Congratulations 👏👏well done! Finished before Christmas 🙂.. Now you can relax.
You said you had 190 boxes when you moved.. But actually a lot were not very full.. So you didn't have that much as a family of 5!
I packed a total of 90boxes with my ex husbands crap since he moved out.. And he had already taken all his clothes, files etc with him!
I have reduced/decluttered my and the kids stuff. I would love to know how much it would be if we moved... Probably over 100 boxes for the 3 of us.
I’m obsessed with the Dungarees. If you choose not to save them for your kids (which I would HIGHLY recommend-style is so cyclical), please let us know if you’re willing to sell to a YT subscriber. I am certainly interested!
Lol, I saved a denim skirt my Mom didn't wear after she had kids. We came across it at some point in the last year. My 15 year old has fixed the places the thread broke and has been wearing it. She is slightly too short and needs another inch on her heels to not walk on it. 🤣 But I love that she has been able to wear it, I was never small enough.
I was so happy watching this what a awesome step in your journey guys love this! I will aim to be as supportive and helpful when my hubby goes through his boxes!
I might get back into trumpet, myself 🎺 This was really nice ❤️❤️ I'm spending Christmas with my bonus dad, and he's ex-Navy as well during the Gulf War. Those bell bottoms are badass!!!
You need to make a keepsake pillow from the Navy bell bottom pants!!! To go with your pillow ☺️
Amazing how far Andy and you have come. It seems like both of you made such a trasformation over the months. Great job for being done with it in 2021!
😂😂😂 The Nickelback comment had me in stitches. And I agree fully!
Yay! Will there be a before and after basement update? Must feel so great to now know everything you have 😁
Throwing the pants away hurt. Could you also do a pillow like your jacket?
I have been watching your journey and I am impressed you guys have done an amazing job realigning your stuff with your goals !
This was awesome. So when he was trying to decide what to do about the CDs I was thinking about how I would break them and do some kind of mosaic art with them and you said fantasy self. I was dying because that's exactly what I was doing, my fantasy self. So I am very crafty but I would say that I have 90% ideas, and 10% I actually do 🤦. Now I have a question. So I started watching you two years ago. It was actually the very first video you did on decluttering and minimalism. You are how I started watching minimal mom because you talked about her. And she's how I started watching Dana K White. So I'm curious, if you hadn't started this channel do you think you would have been so successful in the decluttering, minimalism journey? I'm asking because I have two areas that I really need to work on and I'm strongly considering a channel for accountability. Thanks 😊
What an amazing job you have done.
👏 wow! That's an accomplishment!
Mmmm what will I do on my lunch break? Right when I asked myself that, a video from Erica came up!! Question answered 😀
I would keep the mouthpiece as a keep sake. It’s small and pretty and probably good memories
Ahh love these unpacking videos!
And Andy, I kept my CD's too. I have a cd player in my car and yes... 90's jams all the way.
LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this video!! Congratulations on all your hard work!!
On camera, you are #patiencegoals. 😉 Glad to see you all work together so well. ❤️
Just a thought, but some of the things you said, Trash, I think could be donated? Just a thought as there might be people out there that do collect items that you may not want anymore. Still usable and in good condition. Thanks for sharing.
Fabulous effort.
Maybe it would be best to put all Andy's room items together - all the things he's designated for that space - so you are both aware of exactly what is designated for that space. If you create that room in the basement in this house you'll be able to get everything out and decide how to display and use it. Or, if Andy's room has to wait until your next house - then perhaps a revisit before the move might be an idea if there's a huge number of boxes.
If Andy's keeping much more than could fit in one room or garage then maybe some hard decision might need to be made. However, perhaps the items will fit nicely into the space. I see those car registration plate looking pretty nice out on a wall - and perhaps a glass display cabinet for the memorabilia - because you're definitely right about the fact that if it's important then sticking it in a box to look at once every five years is hardly the best way to keep it.
How exciting! The last 3 bins!!!
Maybe Andy needs to make a sports scrapbook 😆
"well, that's Nickelback, you need to trash that!" 🤣🤣
Great job!! Waiting for the photo declutter
Such a great Declutter! Well done!
I applaud your patience.
I like you guys' chemistry.
Before you list the mouthpiece on ebay, see how much you can get for the silver content (assuming it's real silver, of course). Most jewelers buy silver (and gold) and you might get more for it that way, depending on weight and current silver prices.
I really hope you do a photo declutter/organize video 😊