Bitchin session!....when ya just gotta get it off your chest...

Borderline Hoarding?...When is hoarding, hoarding? I have 60 years of "stuff" I brought with me to Rockport when I moved from the old homestead. I want to hold on to the memories, but seems everything has a memory associated with it. Heck...Daddy had some items that were broken/parts that I still brought with me! How do you decide what to keep and what to throw away? Okay...some might say just do it, put it in storage or keep it. I am now living in a one bedroom camp house (love you sissy and bro in law) that will not accommodate furnishings and memories from a 3 bdrm with den house. I realize these things are material, but if you know me or anyone in my family, you would know we carry our heart on our sleeve and even a dust bunny can bring back memories! It has not been quite a year since I moved, but it is getting to the serious part of having to part with things I cannot fit into this house! I know those bolts, parts of something and outdated computer parts MIGHT come in handy one day....riiight! I still hang on to them though...like I don't have 800 more bolts or they cost only .99 at Dollar General. I do not want to just throw them out like trash and I do not want someone else using a memory that I've had for 55 years....what do I do?...help! I think my best bet would be to hold onto one, only one item from my past...of course it would be one in each category...lol. *how do you decide...do I keep my albums from the 60s an 70s(at least they're not 8 tracks)? I have started to put up shelves to put things on instead of get RID OF...probably end up with wall to wall shelves.

second topic....

Salespeeps/cashiers or anyone that works with the public!....Do they not train these people anymore? Has courtesy, respect, judgment and morals gone out the window? I have started to look for the more mature person when I shop! Please....say Hello to me, do not treat my loaf of bread like you play for the Missions, no...the bug spray does NOT go bagged with the deli meats, say your sorry if you make a mistake concerning me and my money, and for gosh sakes...if ya don't know say so! I am spending my money at the place you work...I am not here to listen to your problems at home...you discussing what the other checker and stocker did last night or watch you be in la la land and say nothing to me but my total amount I owe you! Of course some of the above only applies IF you can find someone that works there. I do not mind if the person helping me is from another country either....just make sure they can speak English if they are working with the public. I don't want to go though 3 peeps to get help and have to walk out of the store empty handed cause no one spoke English. If I go to another country..fine, no problemo! I have had cashiers not want to touch what I bought cause they do not like to eat them!?..that's just crazy. I'm sure they just love...i will tell them when they are right and when they are wrong. I ask a sales clerk NOT to put my franchise chicken purchase in a bag....I get the stink eye like I am asking for something they do not know how to do...training did not cover NOT putting the box of chicken in a bag. Wellllllll have ya ever had the bottom of the box fall out and had to eat your chicken out of the very sanitary, I'm sure, bag they packed it in? I feel like i have to explain why to the person I am giving MY MONEY to!

....okay folks, that's all for now. Let me know what you think on these topics, your experiences. If you could describe our world today...say compared to your childhood days...in just one word, what would that word be? My sissy Jeanne says: tohellinahandbasket...and yes...that is one word..lol.
xoxo to all....Renee