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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Mill Cove Treasures, post: 19206, member: 60&quot;]OMG, I feel so much better seeing all of your photographs. AF you give me hope that there is a floor waiting to be seen.</p><p><br /></p><p>Just look at my Avatar, that will give you a hint.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; My problem started when everyone passed away in a very short period of time. I inherited the contents of 5 homes. One of those homes had the contents of 2 other homes so I guess you could say, it was 7 total.&nbsp; Everything is here, no storage areas were rented. </p><p><br /></p><p>Fortunately and unfortunately, I found a stash of cash hidden in some papers when I first started going through the contents of the first home.&nbsp; It was enough to make me say &quot;slow down and look carefully&quot;.&nbsp; I haven&#039;t found a single dime since but I feel compelled to go through every single thing with a fine tooth comb.</p><p><br /></p><p>I was very sentimental about things and the memories that they represented so it was hard to decide what to sell.</p><p><br /></p><p>Before this, I was a neat/clean freak. Maybe a little OCD.&nbsp; &nbsp; I would clean the lawn mower with Windex before it was stored back the shed.&nbsp; Seriously.&nbsp; This is painful for me.&nbsp; On a positive note,&nbsp; I found that the longer this stuff is here, the less sentimental it becomes.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>For many reasons that are to personal to list here, we really need the money from this, otherwise, I think I would have donated a lot more than I have and sent the rest to auction.</p><p><br /></p><p>One home was filled with some really nice antiques and I learned a lot just researching the contents of that one home.&nbsp; That got me hooked.&nbsp; There is so much here to get rid of but I still stop if I see a yard sale!&nbsp; Last year I found a Hudson Valley painting for $3.&nbsp; That only contributed to my desire to stop...&nbsp; I think there should be an AA - Antiques Anonymous. </p><p><br /></p><p>I am making progress.&nbsp; I just saw part of the oriental rug in my living room for the first time in 5 years.&nbsp; I immediately got out my vacuum cleaner and happily vacuumed that 4 feet of space.&nbsp; It was very cathartic for my inner clean freak.</p><p><br /></p><p>AF, your photographic journey of the disappearing clutter gave me goose bumps!&nbsp; (see OCD)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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