Packing It Away For Another Year

Today is the day that I deconstruct the house of everything Christmas.....anyone want to do it for me? Time to pull out the totes and boxes and attempt to cram everything back in and then try and find a place to store it all. Heaves no, could I even be tempted to toss anything that hasn't been used in a few Christmases, 'cause you never know, I may want to use it next year. (even though it's shabby looking and needs to meet it's maker at he Carp dump) Why can some of us not part with "things"?

I have a plate rack that holds four plats...one broke....yep your right I still have the rack and three plates...'cause you never know.....I know i will never use it again....but still i can not bring myself to chuck it. What compels us to hang on to such drivel? It's not like I'm a hoarder with major issues, more like a pack rat who like to keep some things. It doesn't help that I have a husband who also has a hard time parting with things.

Ever since I could remember my parents and grandparents always called me a pack rat. I would have everything in my room and it would always be in disarray. I could never find anything, I hid things in draws, under the bed and in my closet. You could see floor and lots of it, and you could still see the bed and other furniture, I just didn't like having to relinquish anything that came into my possession. I moved several times as a child and maybe always having to pack my stuff up and having to pitch things all the time has created the collector I am.

It's not like I am collector of "insert collectible here", I just have a hard time pitching things to the rubbish pile or even donating....'cause anything I want to give to charity ends up sitting on my landing or in the corner of the room for months on end collecting dust, until i get angry with the fact that I've moved it ten times and tell DW to take it to the curb or nearest drop bin. Maybe some part of it too, is the fact that I am a procrastinator. Great traits to have eh?

I better get my but in gear or this will never get done.....ooh there's an idea...I'll just leave it up until next December.