|
|
Post by crazycatlady on Dec 5, 2008 23:26:46 GMT -5
In these hard economic times, giving all that extra food to the needy will provide such a blessing! Great job. I am so impressed.  And even threw away the old outdated stuff. Awesome job.
|
|
|
|
Post by Ican on Dec 7, 2008 14:58:55 GMT -5
  What a great job you did! You took care of yourself AND others. That is a double bonus. Really impressive. Keep up the good work. I love cereal. I could live on it! Thanks, MessyShell! |
|
|
|
Post by Ican on Dec 7, 2008 15:01:33 GMT -5
Great job!!!!! That's excellent. You should be proud of yourself for getting so much done. I know it is exhausting. Thanks, Sporadic! |
|
|
|
Post by Ican on Dec 7, 2008 15:03:00 GMT -5
In these hard economic times, giving all that extra food to the needy will provide such a blessing! Great job. I am so impressed. And even threw away the old outdated stuff. Awesome job. Thanks, CrazyCatLady! |
|
|
|
Post by Ican on Dec 8, 2008 16:35:18 GMT -5
As a member of SooS, you have amnesty to just throw away outdated foods. Life is a learning process, and some things take longer for us to learn, and might cost throwing out old tuna. CrazyCatLady, I really liked your entire post. And *especially* the part I quoted above. You writing that helped me to "let go" of a lot of that old tuna (and other stuff). You are right that it is a learning process. And that's OK. Somehow, the "amnesty" part, and therefore giving permission for it to be a learning experience, helped me a lot. Thanks very much, CrazyCatLady! |
|
|
|
Post by crazycatlady on Dec 13, 2008 14:13:33 GMT -5
You are very welcome, ICan. The same words helped me a few years ago. Well, to be honest, I still have to declare amnesty for myself pretty often. We really are all in this together!
|
|
|
|
Post by creativechaos on Dec 17, 2008 20:24:50 GMT -5
hello, Ican, and welcome! you sure are doing it! WTG on taking initiative and getting rid of the canned food and helping others in the process!
i, too, am a hoarder with scarcity issues. it is good to read this thread and read of your progress and all the great responses and ideas. for myself, i realize that i've been trying to dehoard for 3 years without curbing acquisition! duh! thanks for those pre-purchasing questions, heylady1. i added to them: can i afford this? and will i actually use this? now they are all written down on a piece of paper to go into my wallet. step one for me before dehoarding any more is to reduce acquiring stuff whether new, used, or free.
also a warm welcome to sporadic!
|
|
|
|
Post by Ican on Dec 18, 2008 1:25:16 GMT -5
i, too, am a hoarder with scarcity issues. it is good to read this thread and read of your progress and all the great responses and ideas. for myself, i realize that i've been trying to dehoard for 3 years without curbing acquisition! duh! thanks for those pre-purchasing questions, heylady1. i added to them: can i afford this? and will i actually use this? now they are all written down on a piece of paper to go into my wallet. step one for me before dehoarding any more is to reduce acquiring stuff whether new, used, or free. Thanks, CreativeChaos! That is a good idea about writing those questions on a slip of paper and putting in your wallet. Good for you! |
|
|
|
Post by CourageouslyLion SeeksSerenity on Dec 23, 2008 23:42:53 GMT -5
- ICan, I seem to remember that you posted in another thread about dancing for a few minutes.  Here is some music for you to play while desqualoring ... or dance to it between cleaning sessions. It's on youtube ... but audio only (with a still photo of the album cover). "Yes we can can" by the Pointer Sisters If the embedding doesn't appear for you, just click here: Yes, ICan,  - |
|
|
|
Post by Ican on Dec 24, 2008 4:04:44 GMT -5
Lioness, That was so nice of you to think of me. Thank you! That is a great song. I like it! Yes, I will play that song when I'm decluttering. And I'll dance to it between cleaning sessions. It will be fun!   It will be good motivation, and it will remind me of you and this terrific SOS forum. That was very thoughtful of you, Lioness. Yes, I can can >>> |
|
|
|
Post by Ican on Jan 6, 2009 21:57:43 GMT -5
I am not a hoarder so maybe I am completely off base here. But with the emergency supplies... maybe you can figure out which worse case scenario you want to be prepared for. You want to be prepared for a week without power? Then figure out exactly how much food you need, and store that. I don't see anything wrong with storing survival based things (or anything, really) as long as you have room and make a home for it. If you choose to store a tent under your coffee table - that is fine, as long as that is its designated 'home'. Maybe tape off the floor in a section of your carport or basement and designate that area for survival items. It all has to fit into that one area. CCL - brought up saving money. Perhaps you can work on saving a certain amount of money, and that can help with survival supplies in a crisis? If you have $1000, that is a lot of tuna you can buy even if the prices are inflated sky high. Skatters, I like your ideas. Especially the part about figuring out exactly how much I'd need in case of an emergency. And the part about saving money. Thanks! |
|
