Have you done the house purge thing? Most people do a room at a time. Well, not me. I decide I'm doing the whole house all at once... What in the world was I thinking?

Actually, I was thinking I had too much junk making everything look cluttered, and it was. So now I am running donations to thrift stores, and my husband's truck is getting a load to go to the dump ... and still I have more... Why do we collect all this stuff? It's just stuff!

There are things that are family heirlooms that aren't going anyplace; that is a simple decision. Just like the family, they cannot be replaced, BUT.....