Tuesday, November 01, 2005
I am getting really stressed and upset
Rachel has a friend that she's known all of two months or so, from work, who is going to have a kid. So Rachel said to this friend that she could go through my Grandmother's house and pick out any stuff she wanted. Is it just me or would that be really upsetting to you too? I don't want some stranger poking through my grandmother's attic and taking all my family's children's books and toys. I am really wound up about this. Plus the house is now on the market Stanton and apparently there's been lots of interest. I have to go over there this weekend and pack up all her books.
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WHAT!!?? That is totally out of line. You want to pass those things onto your own kids. Tell Rachel it isn't her stuff to give away, it's yours and your dad's and Rolf's too (just for starters).
Gah. How selfish. And yes, even the poking around would upset me. If Rachel insists on doing this then insist on being there too to check through the stuff this person wants to take and if it's important to you they can't take it.
I agree with Lilly - my mum (ok i know shes a bit of a squirrel) has kept all of her old books from childhood and read them to us as kids - theyre great (even though most of them were about 'silly' golliwogs running around eating mangos) and its sad just to lose those kinds of things.
I definitely think you should be there if they go ahead and rummage about - after all you want to make sure she doesnt take anything you want to keep.
There also might be some stuff you dont want to keep which she might like (?) so I can see the point of clearing through these things tough as it can be. - otherwise you end up with a loft like my parents which you cant actually see into its so densely packed with useless items (half of which my grandma dropped off 10 years ago when THEY moved house and cleared out their loft.....)
How about you and Rachel go through the stuff and then later offer her friend any of the things you decide not to keep - that way you dont have any outside pressure to make snap decisions or if you feel too upset you can leave it for another time.
I reread you post - maybe when you go over to get some books you should also take any of the kids stuff that you want to keep.
It's OK- I just talked to Rachel and she was fine about me saying nobadwrong. So all is fluffy again.
oh good, any news on the pilot stuff?
I have gone off the pilot idea somewhat, it's too much like responsibility and hard work. I htink I will just noodle happily around and something will occur to me. I like the idea of doing something with houses.
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