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I never knew this kind of cleaning out/sorting through things had a name until just recently when I was looking for plastic boxes/bins and wire baskets so I could clean out and organize our pantry and refrigerators/freezers and came across the name. It's recommended that you do this periodically starting in your mid 60s so you don’t leave a huge mess for your family to do when you pass, and so that a grieving spouse doesn't have to deal with it.
While working on the above, I got to thinking about all of Craig's tools and such, some of which are quite specialized due to his former line of work, which he can no longer do due to physical and mental issues. I have no idea what some of the tools are or how much they are worth, though I do know some were quite expensive. I mentioned our progress in the hobby thread and will copy that below. We've still got a lot to do with his stuff. After we're done with his stuff, I'm really going to work on going through my dollhouse stuff and organizing, which I have already been working on some. I also want to make a spreadsheet of the furniture and some of the other things because true to scale, quality dollhouse items can be quite pricey, and Craig or my girls would have no clue.
However, the pantry and the 2 refrigerator/freezers are done as of today. Nearly everything is in bins/boxes or baskets sorted by type so we don't have to bend over while looking for things, just pull out the bin/basket, look for what we need, then slide it back in. All I have left is the deep freeze, which I have very, very slowly been using food from and not putting anything in. My goal is to get rid of the deep freeze because we don't make food in quantity anymore and I don't like getting down in it, it's a chest type, to look for food because the cold makes my hands ache really bad.
Copied from other thread.
We've been doing some "death" cleaning, albeit very reluctantly for Craig because he's a bit of a hoarder, and I found a couple of old dollhouse needlework projects, a small tapestry and a rug for a large salon.
Still can't get Craig to get rid of things he'll no longer need. He has 3 large sets of mechanics tools that are almost all complete. There is a whole 12+ piece set of very large wrenches he'll never use again, plus a multitude of odds and ends tools as fill ins, most of which I have no idea what they are or how much they are worth. I did manage to get him to admit that he's not going to use the remainder of the pecan wood, logs with bark, that I brought home from Mississippi years ago for his BBQ, and there was a LOT of it left because my cousins-in-law loaded up my vehicle. He'd have to split and quarter the logs, plus remove some of the bark to use in the smoker and he's just not going to do that now.
I told him I'm not telling him to throw anything away or sell it, but to be honest with himself about whether he was ever going to use something again. It's working with some things, not so much others.
So, has anyone else done this type of cleaning or have any interest in doing so?
While working on the above, I got to thinking about all of Craig's tools and such, some of which are quite specialized due to his former line of work, which he can no longer do due to physical and mental issues. I have no idea what some of the tools are or how much they are worth, though I do know some were quite expensive. I mentioned our progress in the hobby thread and will copy that below. We've still got a lot to do with his stuff. After we're done with his stuff, I'm really going to work on going through my dollhouse stuff and organizing, which I have already been working on some. I also want to make a spreadsheet of the furniture and some of the other things because true to scale, quality dollhouse items can be quite pricey, and Craig or my girls would have no clue.
However, the pantry and the 2 refrigerator/freezers are done as of today. Nearly everything is in bins/boxes or baskets sorted by type so we don't have to bend over while looking for things, just pull out the bin/basket, look for what we need, then slide it back in. All I have left is the deep freeze, which I have very, very slowly been using food from and not putting anything in. My goal is to get rid of the deep freeze because we don't make food in quantity anymore and I don't like getting down in it, it's a chest type, to look for food because the cold makes my hands ache really bad.
Copied from other thread.
We've been doing some "death" cleaning, albeit very reluctantly for Craig because he's a bit of a hoarder, and I found a couple of old dollhouse needlework projects, a small tapestry and a rug for a large salon.
Still can't get Craig to get rid of things he'll no longer need. He has 3 large sets of mechanics tools that are almost all complete. There is a whole 12+ piece set of very large wrenches he'll never use again, plus a multitude of odds and ends tools as fill ins, most of which I have no idea what they are or how much they are worth. I did manage to get him to admit that he's not going to use the remainder of the pecan wood, logs with bark, that I brought home from Mississippi years ago for his BBQ, and there was a LOT of it left because my cousins-in-law loaded up my vehicle. He'd have to split and quarter the logs, plus remove some of the bark to use in the smoker and he's just not going to do that now.
I told him I'm not telling him to throw anything away or sell it, but to be honest with himself about whether he was ever going to use something again. It's working with some things, not so much others.
So, has anyone else done this type of cleaning or have any interest in doing so?