I kept my sons 1st tooth sanitized 1st hair cut and bobo aka pacifier. Put them in those office clear sheets with the holes then put them in a binder for my son to keep to show his kids. .same for pics and death announcements.
I, too, have held onto teeth. When I had my wisdom teeth out in my twenties I was amazed how big they were and held onto them to show my best friend. Then they got put in a drawer and I kept forgeting to show them to her on her next visit! I think they went out on my last major purge, but they could still be lurking decades later! Lol!
I'm lucky not much was ruined. The smell though.... did that happen to you as well? How did you fix it, if it did? Thank you for the kind words and for watching.
Thank you so much for your video. Yesterday I was going threw boxes & pulled out some of those funeral papers & they are sitting on my coffee table as I was trying to decide what to do with them. I did put the sympathy cards we got in the box to donate to either the nsg home or school for crafts so that was a good thing. Watching your videos has really got me rethinking things as I keep way too much stuff. Thank you again. Ann : )
Things like fast food prize items and kid related things teachers appreciate getting. I had a treasure chest in my room and I only needed to purchase items for it once a year because my kids' generous parents were always dropping by to donate this and that. LOL Norrine. I'm throwing stuff out and now I want to go buy some candy in a tube! I love that those things fit quarters and hold $22.50! I want to cover one and keep it by our spare change bowl. When it gets full, I'll put it in the car. Tidy quarters!
I just bought more mini M&M's the other day, so my daughter could start saving up her quarters. So I HAD to eat the M&M's in order for her to use it! LOL
So sorry you had such a mess-- but I'm sure you're neat as a pin now. I really enjoy your videos and your Presentation! Some UA-cam videos are over the top loud, chatty and exaggerated. Thank you for presenting your information in a calm engaging manner. Keep up the great work!
Great tips. Something I do with greeting cards etc is to put them in archival page protectors in a ring binder. I have loads of cards from my Mum & Dad & there’s no way I’m throwing them away. A quick tip about memorabilia, don’t throw it away until you’ve had the pictures printed, otherwise if the picture is out of focus you’ve lost that memory.
So sorry about your garage, but thank you for still posting a video. I have been saving my diaries for the last 5 years, and they were taking up a drawer, after watching your video I decided to go through them, make a note of important dates in a 5 year diary and burn the rest. I now have ONE small diary instead of a drawer full, and it REALLY helps your mind from feeling cluttered. I have been wanting to do this for ages but just needed that push so THANK YOU xxx
I understand about your home flooding. Our home in Southern La. has flooded twice. The second one was totally a disaster. Our home is on concrete stilts that is about 4 ft. off the ground. It came into our home and destroyed our walls and floors furniture. It was horrible. We did get money to fix it back up. Our field is around 5 ft and the water came over the fence. We had anything that could float went right over the fence. If you heard about the flood in Houston it hit them as well as us. We live by a bayou and when it floods it floods our little village.
I am absolutely loving your videos. I feel better about removing unneeded "stuff". One thing I am finding is stressing me is disposing of purged items environmentally friendly. Things like old towels, plastic toys, macdonalds toys, trashy kitchen supplies. Too used for thrift stores but so wasteful and filling landfill with 100yrs half life...
Old towels and sheets I take to pet hospitals or local animal shelter. I've never found one to say no! And many schools will have a teacher who is really happy to get older toys! Just run them through the dishwasher first.
I have a family tree/scrapbook with sort of a genealogy twist, so their prayers cards fit nicely bc of the details. No one remembers middle names & birthplaces in a few years.
I have a drawer full of obits started from when my mom started it! I've thought of doing a memorial book, an idea that my cousin did. Scanning photos would probably take a whole lot of space for me🤪 Teeth, yes, I've kept and my son is in his 30s😀 You're inspirational and I'm motivated to get back into purging and organizing my home once again. Now...what room should I do, l😁😉
Hi! I just found you & subscribed tonight- I’ve watched a bunch of your videos- they are encouraging me to keep on plugging along. I am decluttering my moms home right now- she has dementia and it’s pretty tough. I have about 30 hours invested into her sewing room with many more to go. When I am finding sentimental items that I know used to be special to her but she no longer recognizes it’s so difficult to get rid of things! I think taking photos is a great idea- I could make a scrap book- but then there’s more time & money to do that on top of all I have already!..... did I mention I am decluttering my own house too??? Yikes! The temptation is to bring her special stuff home with me.... but I absolutely cannot do that! I really like your common sense approach , gonna keep watching 😉👍🏼
It’s going slow but steady at my moms- I have started a memory book for her- getting the abundance of photo frames off of surfaces and putting the pics in her book. The amount of nick knacks and trinket clutter has been easily cut by 80%. I designated a box for storage of some of her special items and am donating the rest - I was getting too bogged down with the sentimental stuff and needed to move things along... so I’m procrastinating on that stufff and boxing it for now.
I had already started my own downsizing journey when I was forced into dealing with my moms stuff. It has truly motivated me to continue my decluttering and not to leave it for my kids to do !
So sorry about your flood. By now, it is probably solved. A large wet vac helped with a flood here. I got a 16 gallon Craftsman wet vac from Sears. Used many times since.
You can digitize the most important things (scan flat items like paper, take videos of the three-dimensional things) before disposing of them. Then store the files inside a reliable external hard drive. External hard drives are becoming smaller and smaller, and the manufacturer often offers free file recovery in case the drive crashes, but the technology is improving fast, and drives hardly ever crash anymore. That’s also an ongoing project I have. I am digitizing my journals, and shredding everything afterwards. The shredded paper will be donated to companies or farms that can use them for compost. My old journals will literally help plants grow. It’s a cycle I love to think about.
Call Clutter Fairy oh yes! Most paper waste is usually compostable. I hope you find a farm that can use your old papers. Please let me know when you find one. Good luck!
Wonderfully helpful - and I'm so sorry to hear about your flood. A few years ago we returned from a short holiday to find our bungalow was flooded, due to failed below-floor pipes . No stairs -so nowhere to escape it! The clear-up took from May until the end of October. It gave us a chance to remodel, but was still incredibly frustrating.
Awesomeness video!! I love your ideas and suggestions. Yes, I have the memorial and obituaries from more than I care to count. Also, saved the kids teeth. I think they are gone now. We have had to deal with some hurricanes, the last couple of years. I completely understand. I'm trying to figure out which area to work on. I love to your videos!! Thank you!!♥️♥️
Love your videos. I am so sorry about the flooding. What a big job to have to deal with. Take all the time you need to get it done without stressing. I will be thinking about you and praying for you. Thanks for the motivational videos!
I'm so sorry that this happened to you and I'm excited to see how you turned this into a positive. I agree with the other viewers you talk about in the video about this series inspiring them to get more organized and purging. It's the same for me! :-)
You are not alone. My daughter is 13 and I’m still finding baby teeth where I forgot I hid them. We keep them in a ziplock in a her file folder. I was going to through them away but may keep a few in the safe deposit box or file since they are good source of DNA, like Valisa mentioned.
Yikes. I am so sorry you have to deal with that. NO FUN!!! I am glad you are using it as motivation to clear. I live in Long Beach and have the same issue. I rigged what I thought would work, yet water then trapped itself at the leaky spot. I swept every 10 a 15 minutes keeping it out of my storage area. I was exhausted!! last year I threw away so much.
Excellent video! I hope you were able to deal with your flooding problem. That stinks but I'm glad you turned it into a positive 😀 I'm so excited I found your channel. I'll check out your Facebook page too. Thank you!
Years ago my childhood pics were in the basement in a cardboard box under the stairs. We got water in the basement and I lost all but a handfull of pics and the ones I kept were water marked but still could see most of the pic. My heart broke. I still have my memories tho.
I didn't have a weather-related flood but my upstairs neighbor had her washing machine hose come disconnected and her whole wash cycle and I mean wash rinse Etc came through my kitchen ceiling. It filled the light fixture and I had to in of water in my kitchen, utility room and little did I know it had gotten under her linoleum and went all across my whole ceiling and started coming in through my cabinets and down behind my stove. Maintenance got up the water but that's all they did. Then 2 weeks later it happened again and by this time my boxes of food like noodles, cake mixes Etc started getting squishy!! Turns out the water where it's seeped in through the back of a cabinets grew mold everywhere. I had to end up moving and it cost me about $3,000 because I had to pay a deposit, rent all the new apartment and transfer all my utilities and you know they charge for that and I also had to pay for Movers. It was a horrible mess!! So I feel for you I know exactly how you feel. Besides that, the apartment was huge so I bought a lot of furniture to fill it up and the apartment I had to move to is very small so I had to get rid of a lot of my furniture by giving it away. I didn't have time to sell anything. the worst part is the apartment complex did not give me a penny to help out. All they did was let me out of my lease so I could move
I keep my puppy teeth, I have a tiny tooth box I keep them in, in a tiny plastic bag. You could glue a magnet on the cutest of the play doh sculptures, keep in on the fridge for a month, then get rid of it
Love the shelving unit and how its decorating. So sorry about your garage 😟 good one, memory stuff. Yes , i have my sons teeth. I put it in its a boy cigar box with his birth tag,first clip of hair first new diaper that fit him lol. Yes I need to let go death memory cards
I'm just getting caught up on your videos! We had baby teeth in a cedar chest, but we didn't know who they belonged to--yea, and it is kinda gross! On top of that, they ended up exploding in the little plastic bag over time (temperature changes?) and so out they went!
How's the flood recovery coming? We miss you and hope that you understand, many know about flooding. I live in the Great State of Texas, and we ain't all desert here. Been there, done that and looking forward to it happening again, hehe. Life happens. Stay Strong. Blessings.
I used to collect quarters in those m&ms too when I was a kid. Oooh you have pins. Do you pin trade at Disneyland? I love pin collecting, selling and trading!!! Just curious where do you sell your Disney pins? I sell mine on eBay.
About your garage...😞 You are “making lemonade out of lemons,” that’s good! And yes, I am guilty of saving baby teeth too (I think we all got that idea from our moms and carried on the tradition). I threw them away once I realized it was a weird idea after all, plus, they don’t keep well -yikes! 🥴
I'v currently got ashes from Husbands old dog (looking at where to scatter). We have teeth and probably hair but yeh lots of old things..I'm an archaeologist. My next step is to clear the attic of memoribilia
I would have cried ifI had to clean 2” of water up and I would have been so sad over worrying about mold coming in. If you have a videos of how you cleaned this up I would appreciate seeing them. I lived in CA most of my life. I can’t wait to go back. I now live in Alabama and I have become mold-a-phobic. Black mold can cause severe brain damage and even death. How did you get it dry? Does your garage door still open so you can get fresh air in there? Thanks for giving us permission to let go of emotional stuff.
I wouldn't suggest keeping pictures in your hard drive because if something happens to your computer, like say it crashes, you lose everything. I keep the most treasured things from my children when they were little, in a box. Half the time they don't remember giving you the things you have from them, so those things are easier to toss. But the cards they made when they got older, I have kept. You see, when they get nasty with me, I pull out a card and read what they wrote me when they were younger and I ask them, "so I guess this was a lie?" LOL! Anyway, I made the religious cards into book markers, because I love to read. I couldn't throw away a picture of Mary. Others I hung up on my wall. But letting go of things from your kids is the most painful part because there are memories that run deep. Why? I wish I knew. I understand why you have your little animal. You see, that attachment runs deep. It would be interesting if someone did a show on this subject. Why do certain objects mean so much when it is otherwise useless. Sorry about your garage. I do enjoy your videos since I ran across you.
The funeral cards are good to keep for family records. I would suggest having a manila envelope for each family member, and keep these paper memorabilia items together. Ex. Wedding invitations, graduation invites, newspaper clippings, letters or special cards, baptismal record, old addresses, etc. I punched holes in my envelopes and put them in a 3-ring binder. For genealogy lovers, these little items can connect the dots in missing information. I did this for two sides of great aunts and uncles. When I have a question, I can just take out that particular person's envelope and browse through their Life. AND... for those of us who feel overwhelmed with numerous photographs of people we never really knew, this creates a great place to file some of them.
My son was 5 weeks premature and my friend bought me some teeny tiny clothes for him. I kept them and he is now 33!!!!!! Recently I decided that the important thing was that I still had him so I got rid of them.
Karen, you just made me laugh out loud!!! I had a huge tumor a few years ago.... it gave me SO much grief! I wanted to keep it in a jar just to remind me of what I went through... but the Dr. said no. I do have pics of it though!!! Yes, go ahead and get rid of the kidney stone. ;)
My son is 50 years old and I kept all of his baby teeth, I have them in a very small box and will give it to them when I need to . Nothing wrong with it I have a curl of my hair as a baby my mom kept and gave to me I will pass it on or maybe put it in a frame of sort, who knows, lol
You may have mentioned and I missed it about the funeral info. Scan or put the dates of birth and death for future generations. I also keep mine in my Bible. So sorry for your flooding issues. I love your videos.
Teeth hold "T" cells and can be helpful in certain health situations. I have to laugh. You have "a drawer" I have numerous boxes! Fortunately, the boxes are not hindering my life but they really need to be gone thriugh. The thought of going through them and purging them stressed me out. I NEED to do it however! In the past couple of years we have lost our parents and have had to go through all their stuff and I don't want my sons to have to go through that emotional trauma when we pass.
This is where setting the timer is essential!!! You only have to go in for 10-15 min. The call it a day. Next day, repeat that process! In no time you will have gone through all of those boxes!
Yeah I would like to know what to do with baby teeth also it's what kept my puppy's teeth when it was a truth I kept it but mainly the baby sees what are you do with that now Marylynn Wills
Save the teeth!!!! When my 40 year old son was in the hospital & almost died, they asked me if I had any of his baby teeth. I had just thrown them away about a year before! 😩. Now I don’t remember why they wanted them, something to do with his DNA in
I am laughing so hard! This is embarrassing, but I have 2 teeth in an old prescription bottle. My teeth. That I pulled myself. WHY in the WORLD would I keep these? For 10 YEARS?? I have no idea, but I think I'm ready to let them go! LMBO
The first tooth I ever lost was present BEFORE I ate a bowl of Rice Krispies, and was gone AFTER. Hmmm....never did find it. Lol. Kind of disappointing in regard to the whole Tooth Fairy situation. I'm sure SHE wouldn't want that one. ;)
I saved teeth from my kids...1st child, I saved almost all (she swallowed a couple)...2nd child I kept a few...3rd child I think we kept the first one. But I am like you...why keep them? It's rather gross, so if I find them the go to garbage. I just found 3 cereal containers...2 with no lids...3rd one is missing the little pour spout opening in its lid, so off to plastic recycling they go. Sheesh the stuff I come across.
Gross things I kept of my son’s: his circumcision ring. I can part with some things fairly well. That’s the one thing I will not part with. I’ve had it for 27 years now. 😬🤢🤷🏼♀️☺️😀
This is my first time watching your channel. Do you really throw away all that sentimental stuff? Original old photos and family funeral cards? I can understand if it wasn't family or the original photo. I'd frame it. My issues are with sentimental things as well. If the items are gone the memory dies.
If it wasn't an item someone else could use.... I did throw it away! The thing (for me) was that drawer didn't bring happy memories - it brought me dread. There were too many 'things' in there. the very few things I kept are now out so I can see/enjoy them. And I am better with photos for memories then the actual item. Thanks for watching! :)
Thank you for all the ideas that you show I have a junk drawer too and I moved into a new place and all the stuff that was in like my drawers or now in boxes so I have to go through them and that's a good idea I think I'm just going to check the teeth in but I don't have a scanner so like to take pictures of all the cards like you know throughout the years I've got a box of cards that I can kids gave me me know my husband you know when we were dating excetera and I don't want to get rid of those but like you said take a picture but I'm going to just have to take a picture and have it on my phone and then I take pictures off my phone I'll have it on that little you you be thing that you plug it in then you can look it at when you have a computer and hopefully someday I'll have a computer I'll just take the pictures of my daughter can keep them in her computer for me alright thanks for the ideas good luck with your flood maybe get the sweep it out until into the street as much as you can. I don't know you might have to hire somebody for that I mean it's only a little bit so that might not be that much money maybe I don't know but I'm sorry but good luck
I had my kids teeth, neatly labeled by child and date. They, as adults 40 years later, said "ulgh. That's gross." And out they went. I also can't throw away the funeral cards in my missal from Catholic Church.
I understand the funeral cards.... I had my grandparents from when I was a child! It' felt so disrespectful to throw them away. However, those papers are not what allowed me to remember them - nor were the cards bringing me happy memories when I saw them. So, I said a little prayer as I let the cards go. I felt better doing this - but I encourage everyone to make the decision that is best for THEM. ❤
I believe baby teeth can actually be a source of stem cells in the future, should the child when he/she reaches adulthood need stem cell transplant that is actually a match. I may be off on that, but believe I read it somewhere. I believe I would save a couple. Anyway, you’re doing a great job.
And I have a lot of those also and I kept them for years and years and I'm 52 years old and also you look great for 52yrs thank you for letting me know about those men she cuz I never know what to do with those I have things from a lot of my aunts and my uncles you know friends my parents passed away also I mean I probably will keep the ones for my mom and my dad but maybe the answer Knuckles and stuff like that get rid of cuz I look at some of them and I don't even remember who the person that is on my who is that cuz friends-of-friends they die we go to see them you know and then he get one from that so I don't know thank you
My mother gave me my baby teeth when I was 16 and I tossed them in the bin. WTH am I supposed to do with them?? Mothers are weirdly sentimental about junk their kids don't care about.
I am so sorry for your flooded garage...but it makes me identify with you as a human being and not just an organizational Super Woman. Thank you for sharing "real life."
Thank you for watching and commenting!!
I kept my sons 1st tooth sanitized 1st hair cut and bobo aka pacifier. Put them in those office clear sheets with the holes then put them in a binder for my son to keep to show his kids. .same for pics and death announcements.
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I, too, have held onto teeth. When I had my wisdom teeth out in my twenties I was amazed how big they were and held onto them to show my best friend. Then they got put in a drawer and I kept forgeting to show them to her on her next visit! I think they went out on my last major purge, but they could still be lurking decades later! Lol!
I'm lucky not much was ruined. The smell though.... did that happen to you as well? How did you fix it, if it did? Thank you for the kind words and for watching.
I got roller skates just like you got those are cool I'm sorry to hear about your flooding
Little bit is adorable Thank you for sharing. You are amazing and so appreciated ✌️💕🙋🙏
Thanks, Yavrum22
God Bless You! I'm so Sorry for you having to go through that. Messes can be made into good Messages. Which I know you can do. Love & Hugs😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘
Thank you so much for your video. Yesterday I was going threw boxes & pulled out some of those funeral papers & they are sitting on my coffee table as I was trying to decide what to do with them. I did put the sympathy cards we got in the box to donate to either the nsg home or school for crafts so that was a good thing. Watching your videos has really got me rethinking things as I keep way too much stuff. Thank you again. Ann : )
Sounds like the next video will be perfect for you...... it's about letting go of items with emotional attachment!!! Stay tuned!
Things like fast food prize items and kid related things teachers appreciate getting. I had a treasure chest in my room and I only needed to purchase items for it once a year because my kids' generous parents were always dropping by to donate this and that.
LOL Norrine. I'm throwing stuff out and now I want to go buy some candy in a tube! I love that those things fit quarters and hold $22.50! I want to cover one and keep it by our spare change bowl. When it gets full, I'll put it in the car. Tidy quarters!
I just bought more mini M&M's the other day, so my daughter could start saving up her quarters. So I HAD to eat the M&M's in order for her to use it! LOL
So sorry you had such a mess-- but I'm sure you're neat as a pin now. I really enjoy your videos and your Presentation! Some UA-cam videos are over the top loud, chatty and exaggerated. Thank you for presenting your information in a calm engaging manner. Keep up the great work!
I’m decluttering before we pack for a move. We are moving out of state and have so much stuff to go through. Your videos are really helping us.
Great tips. Something I do with greeting cards etc is to put them in archival page protectors in a ring binder. I have loads of cards from my Mum & Dad & there’s no way I’m throwing them away.
A quick tip about memorabilia, don’t throw it away until you’ve had the pictures printed, otherwise if the picture is out of focus you’ve lost that memory.
Wow! Great tip on the image check before discarding! Thanks!
This is a great video! I will refer back to it again and again. 👍
So sorry about your garage, but thank you for still posting a video. I have been saving my diaries for the last 5 years, and they were taking up a drawer, after watching your video I decided to go through them, make a note of important dates in a 5 year diary and burn the rest. I now have ONE small diary instead of a drawer full, and it REALLY helps your mind from feeling cluttered. I have been wanting to do this for ages but just needed that push so THANK YOU xxx
Good for you!!!!!! I love the feeling of getting 'lighter' when I declutter.
I just came across my oldest sons teeth.He's 47. I gave them to him and he got a good laugh.
Awe so sorry about your flooding that’s awful hope you can recover your things safely
I understand about your home flooding. Our home in Southern La. has flooded twice. The second one was totally a disaster. Our home is on concrete stilts that is about 4 ft. off the ground. It came into our home and destroyed our walls and floors furniture. It was horrible. We did get money to fix it back up. Our field is around 5 ft and the water came over the fence. We had anything that could float went right over the fence. If you heard about the flood in Houston it hit them as well as us. We live by a bayou and when it floods it floods our little village.
Oh, that's terrible! I am so sorry you had to go through that. I hope it was the last one you have to deal with 💙
So helpful about memorabilia of those whose address is now Heaven.
I am absolutely loving your videos.
I feel better about removing unneeded "stuff".
One thing I am finding is stressing me is disposing of purged items environmentally friendly.
Things like old towels, plastic toys, macdonalds toys, trashy kitchen supplies. Too used for thrift stores but so wasteful and filling landfill with 100yrs half life...
Old towels and sheets I take to pet hospitals or local animal shelter. I've never found one to say no! And many schools will have a teacher who is really happy to get older toys! Just run them through the dishwasher first.
I have a family tree/scrapbook with sort of a genealogy twist, so their prayers cards fit nicely bc of the details. No one remembers middle names & birthplaces in a few years.
I have a drawer full of obits started from when my mom started it! I've thought of doing a memorial book, an idea that my cousin did. Scanning photos would probably take a whole lot of space for me🤪 Teeth, yes, I've kept and my son is in his 30s😀 You're inspirational and I'm motivated to get back into purging and organizing my home once again. Now...what room should I do, l😁😉
Start with the one that will give you the most peace ;)
Hi! I just found you & subscribed tonight- I’ve watched a bunch of your videos- they are encouraging me to keep on plugging along. I am decluttering my moms home right now- she has dementia and it’s pretty tough. I have about 30 hours invested into her sewing room with many more to go. When I am finding sentimental items that I know used to be special to her but she no longer recognizes it’s so difficult to get rid of things! I think taking photos is a great idea- I could make a scrap book- but then there’s more time & money to do that on top of all I have already!..... did I mention I am decluttering my own house too??? Yikes! The temptation is to bring her special stuff home with me.... but I absolutely cannot do that! I really like your common sense approach , gonna keep watching 😉👍🏼
Oh btw- toss the teeth😂😂😂
I did. LOL
Hannah, how's it going at your Moms?? Can't believe you are doing two homes at the same time!
It’s going slow but steady at my moms- I have started a memory book for her- getting the abundance of photo frames off of surfaces and putting the pics in her book. The amount of nick knacks and trinket clutter has been easily cut by 80%. I designated a box for storage of some of her special items and am donating the rest - I was getting too bogged down with the sentimental stuff and needed to move things along... so I’m procrastinating on that stufff and boxing it for now.
I had already started my own downsizing journey when I was forced into dealing with my moms stuff. It has truly motivated me to continue my decluttering and not to leave it for my kids to do !
So sorry about your flood. By now, it is probably solved. A large wet vac helped with a flood here. I got a 16 gallon Craftsman wet vac from Sears. Used many times since.
It is.... JUST finished redoing my office today. :) Thanks!
You can digitize the most important things (scan flat items like paper, take videos of the three-dimensional things) before disposing of them. Then store the files inside a reliable external hard drive. External hard drives are becoming smaller and smaller, and the manufacturer often offers free file recovery in case the drive crashes, but the technology is improving fast, and drives hardly ever crash anymore.
That’s also an ongoing project I have. I am digitizing my journals, and shredding everything afterwards. The shredded paper will be donated to companies or farms that can use them for compost. My old journals will literally help plants grow. It’s a cycle I love to think about.
WHAT?!?!? I had never heard of shredding for farm composts! Totally going to check into that!!!! Thanks, Maryanne!!!
Call Clutter Fairy oh yes! Most paper waste is usually compostable. I hope you find a farm that can use your old papers. Please let me know when you find one. Good luck!
I will!!!! I find it's really helpful for people to purge if they know things are being used to benefit someone/something. Thanks for the great tip!!
Wonderfully helpful - and I'm so sorry to hear about your flood.
A few years ago we returned from a short holiday to find our bungalow was flooded, due to failed below-floor pipes . No stairs -so nowhere to escape it! The clear-up took from May until the end of October. It gave us a chance to remodel, but was still incredibly frustrating.
Awesomeness video!! I love your ideas and suggestions. Yes, I have the memorial and obituaries from more than I care to count. Also, saved the kids teeth. I think they are gone now.
We have had to deal with some hurricanes, the last couple of years. I completely understand.
I'm trying to figure out which area to work on. I love to your videos!! Thank you!!♥️♥️
My basement flooded and it was also an area I kept thinking I needed to clean out!
Thank you, I am so sentimental, I think this will help me declutter cards and funeral cards, storing them in the bible is a great idea.
Love your videos. I am so sorry about the flooding. What a big job to have to deal with. Take all the time you need to get it done without stressing. I will be thinking about you and praying for you. Thanks for the motivational videos!
I'm so sorry that this happened to you and I'm excited to see how you turned this into a positive. I agree with the other viewers you talk about in the video about this series inspiring them to get more organized and purging. It's the same for me! :-)
Well said!
I’m so so sorry about your flooding... hang in there... love love your videos
You are not alone. My daughter is 13 and I’m still finding baby teeth where I forgot I hid them. We keep them in a ziplock in a her file folder. I was going to through them away but may keep a few in the safe deposit box or file since they are good source of DNA, like Valisa mentioned.
So sorry to hear about your flooding. I am new to your channel and look forward to following you.
Thanks, Cindy! New area tour coming in just a few days!
I love your videos I saved my daughter's teeth to so you're not the only one LOL
Yikes. I am so sorry you have to deal with that. NO FUN!!! I am glad you are using it as motivation to clear.
I live in Long Beach and have the same issue. I rigged what I thought would work, yet water then trapped itself at the leaky spot. I swept every 10 a 15 minutes keeping it out of my storage area. I was exhausted!! last year I threw away so much.
Thanks, I'm lucky that most of my things were already up. Hope you were able to stay dry ♡
It's good to have a clear out I do that once a month when I feel like it,
Great ideas and I can de-clutter guilt -free now..love your videos..thanks
Enjoying your channel 💕
Thanks, Bonnie!
I have 33-gal, tubs. I am encouraged by your videos to purge. One tub is from 50 years ago. I need to downsize so this has to go.
You've got this!!!
Thank you. I can't believe as busy you are you took the time to encourage me
Anytime you need it
Excellent video! I hope you were able to deal with your flooding problem. That stinks but I'm glad you turned it into a positive 😀 I'm so excited I found your channel. I'll check out your Facebook page too. Thank you!
Years ago my childhood pics were in the basement in a cardboard box under the stairs. We got water in the basement and I lost all but a handfull of pics and the ones I kept were water marked but still could see most of the pic. My heart broke. I still have my memories tho.
I didn't have a weather-related flood but my upstairs neighbor had her washing machine hose come disconnected and her whole wash cycle and I mean wash rinse Etc came through my kitchen ceiling. It filled the light fixture and I had to in of water in my kitchen, utility room and little did I know it had gotten under her linoleum and went all across my whole ceiling and started coming in through my cabinets and down behind my stove. Maintenance got up the water but that's all they did. Then 2 weeks later it happened again and by this time my boxes of food like noodles, cake mixes Etc started getting squishy!! Turns out the water where it's seeped in through the back of a cabinets grew mold everywhere. I had to end up moving and it cost me about $3,000 because I had to pay a deposit, rent all the new apartment and transfer all my utilities and you know they charge for that and I also had to pay for Movers. It was a horrible mess!! So I feel for you I know exactly how you feel. Besides that, the apartment was huge so I bought a lot of furniture to fill it up and the apartment I had to move to is very small so I had to get rid of a lot of my furniture by giving it away. I didn't have time to sell anything. the worst part is the apartment complex did not give me a penny to help out. All they did was let me out of my lease so I could move
That's awful! I am so sorry you had to go through all of that! I hope you are settled in your new place. xoxoxox
I keep my puppy teeth, I have a tiny tooth box I keep them in, in a tiny plastic bag. You could glue a magnet on the cutest of the play doh sculptures, keep in on the fridge for a month, then get rid of it
Love the shelving unit and how its decorating. So sorry about your garage 😟 good one, memory stuff. Yes , i have my sons teeth. I put it in its a boy cigar box with his birth tag,first clip of hair first new diaper that fit him lol. Yes I need to let go death memory cards
I'm just getting caught up on your videos! We had baby teeth in a cedar chest, but we didn't know who they belonged to--yea, and it is kinda gross! On top of that, they ended up exploding in the little plastic bag over time (temperature changes?) and so out they went!
What?!?! That would have been a site to see!!! LOL I am glad you got rid of them. Thanks for watching!
Keep Going! you are great!
How's the flood recovery coming? We miss you and hope that you understand, many know about flooding. I live in the Great State of Texas, and we ain't all desert here. Been there, done that and looking forward to it happening again, hehe. Life happens. Stay Strong. Blessings.
I used to collect quarters in those m&ms too when I was a kid.
Oooh you have pins. Do you pin trade at Disneyland? I love pin collecting, selling and trading!!! Just curious where do you sell your Disney pins? I sell mine on eBay.
My kids just trade them when they go to Disneyland. :D But I bought a huge set on ebay for under $20!
When I got married my mother gifted my new bride all those little memories she saved from my childhood.
Oh no!!!! I'll bet it was cute to look through,... but what did you do with it all?
Call Clutter Fairy my wife framed the pictures she liked and gave the rest to me.I in turn started being a hoarder like my mother.
Uh oh..... better set that timer and go through a little at a time! You can do it. :)
About your garage...😞 You are “making lemonade out of lemons,” that’s good!
And yes, I am guilty of saving baby teeth too (I think we all got that idea from our moms and carried on the tradition). I threw them away once I realized it was a weird idea after all, plus, they don’t keep well -yikes! 🥴
LOL!
I'v currently got ashes from Husbands old dog (looking at where to scatter). We have teeth and probably hair but yeh lots of old things..I'm an archaeologist. My next step is to clear the attic of memoribilia
I would have cried ifI had to clean 2” of water up and I would have been so sad over worrying about mold coming in. If you have a videos of how you cleaned this up I would appreciate seeing them. I lived in CA most of my life. I can’t wait to go back. I now live in Alabama and I have become mold-a-phobic. Black mold can cause severe brain damage and even death. How did you get it dry? Does your garage door still open so you can get fresh air in there? Thanks for giving us permission to let go of emotional stuff.
Yes, standard garage door stays open almost all of the time. We used lots of fans, and time to let it dry out.
I wouldn't suggest keeping pictures in your hard drive because if something happens to your computer, like say it crashes, you lose everything. I keep the most treasured things from my children when they were little, in a box. Half the time they don't remember giving you the things you have from them, so those things are easier to toss. But the cards they made when they got older, I have kept. You see, when they get nasty with me, I pull out a card and read what they wrote me when they were younger and I ask them, "so I guess this was a lie?" LOL! Anyway, I made the religious cards into book markers, because I love to read. I couldn't throw away a picture of Mary. Others I hung up on my wall. But letting go of things from your kids is the most painful part because there are memories that run deep. Why? I wish I knew. I understand why you have your little animal. You see, that attachment runs deep. It would be interesting if someone did a show on this subject. Why do certain objects mean so much when it is otherwise useless. Sorry about your garage. I do enjoy your videos since I ran across you.
The funeral cards are good to keep for family records. I would suggest having a manila envelope for each family member, and keep these paper memorabilia items together. Ex. Wedding invitations, graduation invites, newspaper clippings, letters or special cards, baptismal record, old addresses, etc.
I punched holes in my envelopes and put them in a 3-ring binder.
For genealogy lovers, these little items can connect the dots in missing information.
I did this for two sides of great aunts and uncles. When I have a question, I can just take out that particular person's envelope and browse through their Life.
AND... for those of us who feel overwhelmed with numerous photographs of people we never really knew, this creates a great place to file some of them.
That's a great system idea, Suzu!!!
I use the funeral things four genealogy
Omg I have kept my girls baby teeth 😂😂😂 and yes they think it’s gross! I love your videos your so inspiring
My son was 5 weeks premature and my friend bought me some teeny tiny clothes for him. I kept them and he is now 33!!!!!! Recently I decided that the important thing was that I still had him so I got rid of them.
Good for you!!!! Now someone else with a preemie can use them! Thank you for sharing. xoxox
🤣 I have my kids teeth too 🤣🤣🤣
So glad I am not alone. LOL
I understand about the teeth. I saved a tiny kidney stone in a baggie. My daughter really questioned that! Now, I can throw it out!
Karen, you just made me laugh out loud!!! I had a huge tumor a few years ago.... it gave me SO much grief! I wanted to keep it in a jar just to remind me of what I went through... but the Dr. said no. I do have pics of it though!!! Yes, go ahead and get rid of the kidney stone. ;)
@@TheCraftyOrganizer Yes, it feels good to laugh!
My son is 50 years old and I kept all of his baby teeth, I have them in a very small box and will give it to them when I need to . Nothing wrong with it I have a curl of my hair as a baby my mom kept and gave to me I will pass it on or maybe put it in a frame of sort, who knows, lol
I keep funeral cards for my family history research
I have my kid teeth, just the 1 st one that came out. I think we all keep teeth’s so funny
Cute
You may have mentioned and I missed it about the funeral info. Scan or put the dates of birth and death for future generations. I also keep mine in my Bible. So sorry for your flooding issues. I love your videos.
Yes!!! Definitely scan, if it's a family member. And I think keeping a copy in the family bible is the perfect place. Thanks for watching!
Teeth hold "T" cells and can be helpful in certain health situations. I have to laugh. You have "a drawer" I have numerous boxes! Fortunately, the boxes are not hindering my life but they really need to be gone thriugh. The thought of going through them and purging them stressed me out. I NEED to do it however! In the past couple of years we have lost our parents and have had to go through all their stuff and I don't want my sons to have to go through that emotional trauma when we pass.
This is where setting the timer is essential!!! You only have to go in for 10-15 min. The call it a day. Next day, repeat that process! In no time you will have gone through all of those boxes!
Yeah I would like to know what to do with baby teeth also it's what kept my puppy's teeth when it was a truth I kept it but mainly the baby sees what are you do with that now Marylynn Wills
Why scan kids stuff and not grandparents memorial programs?
so sorry about the flooding!
Save the teeth!!!! When my 40 year old son was in the hospital & almost died, they asked me if I had any of his baby teeth. I had just thrown them away about a year before! 😩. Now I don’t remember why they wanted them, something to do with his DNA in
That's amazing - and give us a justified reason to keep them! Thanks for the info!
I am laughing so hard! This is embarrassing, but I have 2 teeth in an old prescription bottle. My teeth. That I pulled myself. WHY in the WORLD would I keep these? For 10 YEARS?? I have no idea, but I think I'm ready to let them go! LMBO
TFS
The first tooth I ever lost was present BEFORE I ate a bowl of Rice Krispies, and was gone AFTER. Hmmm....never did find it. Lol. Kind of disappointing in regard to the whole Tooth Fairy situation. I'm sure SHE wouldn't want that one. ;)
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I saved teeth from my kids...1st child, I saved almost all (she swallowed a couple)...2nd child I kept a few...3rd child I think we kept the first one. But I am like you...why keep them? It's rather gross, so if I find them the go to garbage. I just found 3 cereal containers...2 with no lids...3rd one is missing the little pour spout opening in its lid, so off to plastic recycling they go. Sheesh the stuff I come across.
HA HA HA! Love learning it's not just me. :)
Teeth are being used for DNA in case you need to identify .. . . . .not a good subject but handy to know!
Yes!!! Thank you for that! I was not aware when I did this video - super helpful! :)
Gross things I kept of my son’s: his circumcision ring. I can part with some things fairly well. That’s the one thing I will not part with. I’ve had it for 27 years now. 😬🤢🤷🏼♀️☺️😀
I have to admit... that is the first time I've heard of a circumcision ring being kept. :)
This is my first time watching your channel. Do you really throw away all that sentimental stuff? Original old photos and family funeral cards? I can understand if it wasn't family or the original photo. I'd frame it. My issues are with sentimental things as well. If the items are gone the memory dies.
If it wasn't an item someone else could use.... I did throw it away! The thing (for me) was that drawer didn't bring happy memories - it brought me dread. There were too many 'things' in there. the very few things I kept are now out so I can see/enjoy them. And I am better with photos for memories then the actual item. Thanks for watching! :)
Thank you for all the ideas that you show I have a junk drawer too and I moved into a new place and all the stuff that was in like my drawers or now in boxes so I have to go through them and that's a good idea I think I'm just going to check the teeth in but I don't have a scanner so like to take pictures of all the cards like you know throughout the years I've got a box of cards that I can kids gave me me know my husband you know when we were dating excetera and I don't want to get rid of those but like you said take a picture but I'm going to just have to take a picture and have it on my phone and then I take pictures off my phone I'll have it on that little you you be thing that you plug it in then you can look it at when you have a computer and hopefully someday I'll have a computer I'll just take the pictures of my daughter can keep them in her computer for me alright thanks for the ideas good luck with your flood maybe get the sweep it out until into the street as much as you can. I don't know you might have to hire somebody for that I mean it's only a little bit so that might not be that much money maybe I don't know but I'm sorry but good luck
I had my kids teeth, neatly labeled by child and date. They, as adults 40 years later, said "ulgh. That's gross." And out they went. I also can't throw away the funeral cards in my missal from Catholic Church.
I understand the funeral cards.... I had my grandparents from when I was a child! It' felt so disrespectful to throw them away. However, those papers are not what allowed me to remember them - nor were the cards bringing me happy memories when I saw them. So, I said a little prayer as I let the cards go. I felt better doing this - but I encourage everyone to make the decision that is best for THEM. ❤
I have teeth...my youngest is 18...time to go? 😂
OMG! Teeth, retainers, reportcards, J.K. THROUGH COLLEGE..... I need help....
Deep breath. Pick one of the three things you listed to let go of. ;) You've got this!!
I keep my kids teeth for there baby book lol
I believe baby teeth can actually be a source of stem cells in the future, should the child when he/she reaches adulthood need stem cell transplant that is actually a match. I may be off on that, but believe I read it somewhere. I believe I would save a couple. Anyway, you’re doing a great job.
That's amazing!!! I had no idea. Thanks!
And I have a lot of those also and I kept them for years and years and I'm 52 years old and also you look great for 52yrs thank you for letting me know about those men she cuz I never know what to do with those I have things from a lot of my aunts and my uncles you know friends my parents passed away also I mean I probably will keep the ones for my mom and my dad but maybe the answer Knuckles and stuff like that get rid of cuz I look at some of them and I don't even remember who the person that is on my who is that cuz friends-of-friends they die we go to see them you know and then he get one from that so I don't know thank you
Teeth are a great source of DNA you could keep them for that
I just learned that! Amazing!
I made a shadowbox and placed a few teeth in tiny drawstring bag. Gave it to each kid when they got married.
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I did keep their teeth and dated it... yeah, I know. 😬 Lol.
Whew! I am not alone. LOL
How terrible! I can imagine the extra work you have to deal with. we can do all thing with God who strengthens me.
Thank you. Thank goodness it WAS the garage, and not our main home. ♡
I have all my kids teeth. They are 24, 20, 18. I say the samething
THANK YOU!!! LOL
My mother gave me my baby teeth when I was 16 and I tossed them in the bin. WTH am I supposed to do with them??
Mothers are weirdly sentimental about junk their kids don't care about.
Yes, we are. LOL
I am so sorry for your flooded garage...but it makes me identify with you as a human being and not just an organizational Super Woman. Thank you for sharing "real life."
Ha! Trust me.... no cape in THIS girls life! Thanks for watching. 💜
Dear throw away the teeth 😬
HAHAHAH!!!! Thanks :D