Tempus fugit! Its been awhile and time has been passing me by rapidly. I will confess that I ve been lurking and reading posts but I ve held back on commenting. Not because your posts arent interesting but because I ve been in a very strange state of mind. I needed a little time to adjust to all of the rapid changes that have been happening in my own corner of the world.
Just so there is not a lack of tension some issues have come up regarding mom. My step siblings are making fusses about where the money should come from to pay for her care. Mom and her husband have a joint bank account that holds an adequate sum of money to pay for both of their care for many years. The glitch is that the money in that account will go to my step siblings in eventuality. They are not recognizing that the money currently belongs to both mom and her husband and that both of them have contributed to it. Its getting ugly and much as I hate to we may have to bring in the lawyers to settle things.
Continuing to sort through moms house has been an experience. One of the bedrooms has been used mostly as a storehouse for 'treasures' for the past many years. So far it has taken three days to just sort through it. Eight large orange garbage bags (the kind one uses for leaves in the fall) of linens have been removed. Some of it never taken out of the packages. Seven more bags of pure garbage have been discovered......An aside here.....Mom saved the paper placemats and serviets from every coffee shop she ever visited. She also retained funeral programs...not just one from each...she would hold back until everyone left and take all of the undistributed ones also! Every post card received by her or her brothers has been retained. My family is big on sending postcards........there were stacks of them!
Mom and husband attended bingo almost everynight for the past 25+ years. Bingo prizes now are usually cash but at one time they were 'things'. Of course the 'things' were safely stored in that room. Most still in the original packages. There are full sets of flatware, inumerable sets of mugs, ornaments, toys, hardened boxes of chocolates, cookware, dishes and miscellanea.
The linens have been sent to a church that does charity work with the poor. The bingo prizes have been given to a local charity who holds a yearly bazaar. The garbage has been dutifully hauled to the landfill. Then came the cold storage room! I bought a package of 40 kitchen catcher bags to tote the outdated food products. There are 3 unused bags left!
It appears mom enjoyed tupperware parties. Of course she felt obligated to purchase something at each party she attended. There are bags and bags of tupperware still in the original bags, unopened and never used. Some of it so old it has been long discontiued. Then I got to the spice cupboard! There were spices and seasonings in long ago discontinued containers.....many pre-ninteen thirty! I took a look on ebay....my goodness! Some of those same containers are going for $50.00 each!
A 2 cubic foot box of, mostly costume jewellery, has been located. Apparently even it has resale value. In the tangle of chains and beads mothers wedding rings from my dad surfaced. They were wrapped in saran wrap along with an opal that was my grandmothers and an engagement ring that mom received back in the late '20s!
Yesterday one of my daughters called and offered to fly here so the two of us can go out together to tackle the next room! She s booking a week long stay. I m really appreciating the offer of help. In the meantime my daughter who lives here is beginning to complain because she has not gone into labor yet. She was due three days ago and is thinking its time this pregnancy produced some result.
So! What s everybody else been up to?
