I have acknowledged on occasion that I am a bit of a pack rat sentimental. I don’t know what it is, but in my mind, I fast forward and think “someday I might need/want this.” I am getting better and in the past few weeks, I’ve been doing a little weeding out of the stuff. I’ve decided that I don’t need to keep bunches of old t-shirts with the idea of turning them into a quilt (or 2 or 3). So I’ve pared down. I went through these stacks…
and kept the ones that have the most meaning to me (that I could still possibly make into a quilt someday), and ditched the ones that don’t. I’m tossing more than 50 shirts in this first go round. But I couldn’t resist taking some pictures…for the memories.
This one is from when I was on a league swim team between my 7th and 8th grade year.
This next one is from my orthodontist. Thanks mom and dad for paying for the beautifully straight teeth I have today.
A greek week shirt from college.
And a souvenir from the trip I took after I graduated from college.
Anyone have tips on cleaning out and organizing memories? Is there anything you’ve thrown out that you wish you had back?
Andrea Unplugged 
Andrea, please tell me you didn’t ditch the “Dr Tom Hall: Beg for Braces” (with a backward s)! That’s a must keep!
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