"Stephanie" <haaa@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>I am a struggling flybaby. The one tenet that I adhere to is ... I don't
do
>clutter. I don't do knick knacks.
>
>My MIL (lovely lady) keeps sending crap home with my daughter. She finds
the
>crap that has been hanging around her house for 40 years and give it to
DD
>to "play with." Examples; 4 jewelwery boxes, 2 ... wooden horses (not
toys),
>costume jelewery up the ying yang, picture frames. Can someone tell me
what
>a 2yo needs with a picture frame? In 4 weeks, we have had 4 jewelery
boxes.
>How many jewelery boxes can one woman fail to throw away in a lifetime?!?
>
>Anyway, I am pretty sure that the only thing to do is to let her keep
giving
>DD this crap and let it linger around long enough for MIL to see it and
DD
>to forget about it before pitching it. Yes or no?
>
It is possible that this stuff has some family significance and isn't
just junk. I'd ask her about that before I pitched it. If the thing
is valuable (or she thinks it is) than I'd ask her to keep it until DD
is older and can 'appreciate it'. If not, maybe I'd give it to
Freecycle (which is what I'm doing with my stuff so as to make room
for my mom's stuff - I can actually walk into most of my rooms now) or
sell it on eBay. Or donated it to a yard sale somewhere. (Summer is
a good time for that.)
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