tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5055330933900013377.post5505351977758463666..comments2024-03-12T00:33:24.839-07:00Comments on Homemaking on the Homestead: Updates from the Homestead and the Difficulties of Getting Rid of “Stuff”Crystalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00621490444516696992noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5055330933900013377.post-63550902606932578552013-01-06T12:55:16.794-08:002013-01-06T12:55:16.794-08:00Hi Crystal,
Just curious as to how one may bec...Hi Crystal, <br /><br /> Just curious as to how one may become a member of your little homesteading community. I have been watching for the new membership sign to change but I'm afraid that I may have missed it. Please let me know :D<br /><br />~Heather~Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5055330933900013377.post-65449484749462179612013-01-04T10:00:42.633-08:002013-01-04T10:00:42.633-08:00We don't have a basement, but we've been d...We don't have a basement, but we've been doing the same thing with possessions. I only have one child left at home and probably around 2 years of homeschooling left...I literally gave away a whole bookshelf of books. It was hard, but I did it.<br /><br />We also took several car trips worth of things to the Salvation Army. I do feel better about giving things away when I know they will be used.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5055330933900013377.post-19550542710172202402013-01-04T06:16:20.028-08:002013-01-04T06:16:20.028-08:00Good idea,Robert. Thanks for the post,Crystal. It ...Good idea,Robert. Thanks for the post,Crystal. It is relieving to clear the space. The only way to do it is to get it out of the house. I'm having a hard time with this, too. Not emotionally, yet, just getting past thinking how much there is, and will I ever get through it all! These kinds of thoughts freezes me and it's hard just to get started.SharonRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16043548752523750347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5055330933900013377.post-48951307003184430042013-01-03T14:24:24.440-08:002013-01-03T14:24:24.440-08:00Dear Crystal,
One of the things that has helped m...Dear Crystal,<br /><br />One of the things that has helped me over the years. Add a note or a tag to the items with a poem or just a thoughtful note that says you found the items helpful and you hope that they help the next person add your blog to the bottom and that gives the person it ends up with a way to contact you later and say thank you it has been such a blessing. If you do ever get these notes it becomes very easy to give to others. At one time our family had 6 storage units in the hopes that we would get back into a home one day. It has been almost 20 years and we have never got back into a home due to financial difficulties. I sent you a very large box at one time with one of these notes and I do hope you found the items useful. I hope that this note hopes as well. Also take a photo or have Sierra take photos of the items that are really hard to pass on. Often a photo was all I needed to let go.Roberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14836113387508206908noreply@blogger.com