Another Saturday Purge

We're getting to the point where there's not much left to purge at our house. (At least we don't think so.)

Today's purging adventures started out as an effort to organize my cross stitching stuff. I opened a cabinet that was known to have some stitchery inside. Actually, there was very little and it was organized in minutes. What was "way back" in the cabinet was much more daunting.

Photos.

I've read about future fulltimers spending weeks scanning photos. And, I thought about that, but never did it. I sized up the situation and set a goal: All pictures in one moving box.

I flipped through the ancient envelopes and first tossed the negatives. I can't remember when I ever used a negative for a reprint, and chances are I never will.  So, they're gone. Knowing that this project put me in danger of spending a Saturday afternoon walking down memory lane and not getting any purging done, I acted quickly. If I couldn't recognize a person or a place, the pic was gone. Duplicates were thinned to one. Crappy pictures were tossed. Finally, I had a big pile of photo trash. And, I was tired. It was time to declare this project complete.

I stacked the surviving albums and photos in one moving box.  That's right. They all fit.  Now, if we want to close this box we might have a problem. But, I'll deal with that another day.

Meanwhile, I'm so glad we've had digital cameras for many years now.  That saved me hours today. And, for that I'm thankful.