tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1341483723976821096.post4157827000174430179..comments2024-03-28T13:50:35.984+00:00Comments on Tracing Rainbows: StuffAngelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13494078135251214182noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1341483723976821096.post-1846159135505421692010-09-28T21:15:24.718+01:002010-09-28T21:15:24.718+01:00I'm going to print this out and pin it to the ...I'm going to print this out and pin it to the fridge. And today i really did buy stamps!magsmcchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17278148796772565928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1341483723976821096.post-6811534078223002632010-09-28T16:43:58.402+01:002010-09-28T16:43:58.402+01:00Thanks for the encouraging comments, friends - con...Thanks for the encouraging comments, friends - consider yourselves recipients of jars of 'virtual chutney'!!<br />C, RB and Floss have made the valuable point that moving house/reallocating rooms is a good time to audit one's 'stuff'<br />And Jane's Bishop is dead right - if 'stuff' changes our relationship with Jesus in a bad way, then it needs to go.[But also I notice Jane considers that her Great Stash is not part of the Stuff pile!]<br />Are there any true minimalist, stuff-reducing, anti-clutterers out there - or are they just too busy to read blogs?Angelahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13494078135251214182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1341483723976821096.post-92166337267279846082010-09-28T15:15:34.732+01:002010-09-28T15:15:34.732+01:00Stuff makes me feel confused..piles of unused &quo...Stuff makes me feel confused..piles of unused "thingies" upset me. Why are they sitting in a box "just in case". Oh, fabric/yarn stashes do not fall into that category because they WILL be used (one day).<br />All the things we have in boxes "just in case",are still sitting there; "just in case" has never arrived.I am purging things as often as I can, but hubby has a sentimental streak "Oh, you can't get rid of that because A/B/C/ gave that to us" (A, B, an C,are now dead). <br />Our bishop visited last week, her sermon was about our relationship with stuff and how it can change our relationship with Jesus Christ.<br />As to homemade gifts, I always give them. It is what we can afford, and I think, shows that the recipient is worthy of the time and thought that went into making the gift.<br />JaneJane and Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08102086552682194819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1341483723976821096.post-85192287321232553872010-09-28T13:56:41.212+01:002010-09-28T13:56:41.212+01:00Oh how wonderful and thought-provoking! (And thank...Oh how wonderful and thought-provoking! (And thanks for the mention...) I'm currently sitting, surrounded (very nearly) by stuff, as we no longer have 'one of those rooms', having given the spare spare room to Son 1 a week ago. Over the past week I've cleared everything out of his room, and found new homes for, well, say, 5% of it. The rest is still sitting round me as I type. It is a good reminder to ask myself why I keep stuff (and to ask Ben the same). Some of this stuff is broken and truly of no use to anyone (and you know I'm someone who can reuse most things).<br /><br />And handcrafted gifts are only unappreciated if they're poor quality. Anything yummy or good-looking is much appreciated, I think.<br /><br />In terms of buying the stuff you actually NEED from second hand sources (instead of stuff you just fancy) then Ebay and the other websites, plus dedicated second hand electronics stores, are the only practical way to go. Charity Shops and Boot Sales can sometimes turn up what you really need but it's best to go somewhere where things have been grouped by type.Flosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18098894367955345944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1341483723976821096.post-63953377630110169012010-09-28T09:49:33.224+01:002010-09-28T09:49:33.224+01:00My recent experience suggests that stuff is only a...My recent experience suggests that stuff is only a problem if either you or someone else has to move it. I have just disposed of a number of "that'll come in handy one day" items that never did come in handy in over six years. I decided not to have them cluttering up our new house as they have cluttered up this one for far too long.<br /><br />Hand-crafted gifts for Christmas are brilliant. For me they are more valuable because the giver has invested something they cannot get back in the gift - their time. A couple of years back one of our church members gave me a promise box - each verse carefully written out in silver pen on dark paper, then rolled like a scroll and then placed in a hand-decorated box. That amount of thought, care, attention to detail and sheer love is priceless.Radical Believerhttp://grapplingwithgrace.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1341483723976821096.post-2386614550561555202010-09-28T09:40:33.213+01:002010-09-28T09:40:33.213+01:00Oh , homemade chutney every time.
I feel that if ...Oh , homemade chutney every time. <br />I feel that if people give me a home made gift, they are giving me something of themself, and I value it even more.Elizabethdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02405703727112759947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1341483723976821096.post-70883757434369684942010-09-28T07:57:03.173+01:002010-09-28T07:57:03.173+01:00Stuff is surely a sign of a creative mind. I have...Stuff is surely a sign of a creative mind. I have a room full of stuff in my flat despite giving away as much before I left Leicestershire. I have people in my church who have almost identical rooms full of stuff in their flats, so I'm sure it's healthy. And you never know, one day you just might need 3000 tealights in one service or 'they' will stop making craft matchsticks or whatever it is.<br /><br />Btw, hardly anyone gets run over by buses, so I wouldn't stress over that one, and just think what a beautiful, hand-crafted send off they could give you if you did.... ;-)<br /><br />Oh, and my epxerinece is that people LOVE handmade gifts. Many years ago when I was sint I gave a frined a dozen homemade mincepies for Christmas - he was over the moon as his mum had died and she used to make them for him.Catrionanoreply@blogger.com