Well we must have needed it but we woke up this morning at 7! Usually we leave at 7:45 so this means we’re late. (7:28 now) Tonight Jag has three volleyball games at 6,7 and 8. Lori has clinic and my truck is supposed to be in the shop by 10 in Denver for some sort of recall on the seat belt torsion bar.
Yesterday I had a haircut and then James and I cleaned out most of the closets, drawers and cubbies upstairs at Moms. We ended up with about 20 large black trash bags and stacks of things like old stereo speakers, chairs, old briefcases and more. James takes a lot of stuff we don’t want like soap that’s 40 years old and old towels, etc. to give to people in need. Today I hope to get through most of the basement. There’s still a lot of work to do but I’m trying to get all the small stuff out and then the big stuff remaining will go quick. Every now and then I find a gem like yesterday when I found Grandpa’s Baby Book from 1928 with all his baby information like his weight and height, when he sat up, when he walked, what nurses and doctors were there when he was born, the time he was born and more. It’s really fun to come across this kind of stuff. I also found a few old books like Tom Sawyer, Rider of the Purple Sage and another Zane Grey novel, with most inscribed to Ivan Dee for some holiday like Christmas 1934 or a birthday. In Dad’s office closet were some fun pictures of when he was a kid in high school or college all dressed up in a double breasted suit and yes, smoking a pipe! Those are the highlights mixed in among tons of useless junk like 10,000 paper clips, old calculators, used legal pads, old boots (from us kids, ski and hiking) and more. There are a ton of old papers going all the way back to Grandma Miller and Holmes that I need to read through to make sure there’s nothing important. Mom saved everything but if Dad saved something, there was usually a reason behind it.
That’s it, more to come as there’s still lots to go through. Have a great day, more snow tomorrow, ugh, take care and God Bless.