Yesterday, part 1

Yesterday morning, I totally got into cleaning out the file cabinet. I emailed KT asking about tax information, what to keep, what to toss, and apparently it is okay to throw out tax information from 1991. That's right! My dad kept detailed records of me, including photo copies of driver's license, any credit cards, car ownership, you name it! If it was flat, he photocopied it. The apple doesn't fall...

So that was fun. I found report cards from grade one, a Kindergarten diploma, high school graduation pictures, plus an entire file with drawings, hand made cards and other stuff created by little kids. My dad made those files too, and that's that, because I've bawled about it in the past and don't want to sap out now. I kept them.

I discovered old essays from University, exciting topics such as "Gobineau and the Rise of the Theory of Race", or "The Oppression of Puritans in England: The Reasons Behind Migration" or what about "Stressemann's Performance as Foreign Minister". I'm able to lend these out if anyone is looking for compelling reads, because, yep, I kept 'em.

All in all, there is about 15 inches of stuff to be shredded, (private real estate stuff, anything with a signature or phone numbers, etc.) approximately 300-450 cards, yes cards. Cards from our wedding, our first house, our second house, birthdays, Christmases, V-day, sweetest day, S&BJ day, condolences from when Billy's dad died and when our first pooch died.... also not going to get into.... I kept some of the cards, don't ask me why... There was about 15 inches of recyclable paper from my real estate files, some french appliance manuals, (I don't know how they snuck in) 25 inches of continuing education material, 5 inches of Billy's old investments.

There's more, oh so much more. I'm glad to be done that little project. I think the reason it was so bad was because I had a filing cabinet when I was about 14, (of course I wanted it for better organization....) and when we received as a gift, a large 4 drawer cabinet, I just transferred everything without really looking, so there were some real gems in there!

Aren't you excited about part 2?