You know that point you reach in cleaning things out....when it's no longer fairly clear cut to throw away or keep?
Just hit that point.
I found a few little bundles on one of the shelves in the closet...a few old letters and cards, dozens of snapshots of my cats from my old Advantix camera (remember those?), a few scattered journal entries, a couple letters from myself to my older self, old school photos, the contents of two time capsules made when I was in elementary school (one of which I haven't even looked through yet!), a few snapshots of my favorite special little Romanian girl...and my personal favorite, an "invoice" from my dad when I borrowed 10 bucks as a 9th grader. For my own (and my family's) amusement, the slip of paper reads:
INVOICE - ROSS' LOAN COMPANY
Bill To:
Heather Burton (alias Punkin')
(Address of my childhood home...probably not smart to post that, despite the fact that my parents no longer live there)
Ship To: Same as above
Loan of $10 given to the above subject on 3/20/98 - approx. 4 PM
Interest accrues at the rate of 10 cents per day until the balance is paid in full.
Thanks for your business!!!
The management.
I love my Daddy, and I think he is funny....so I've kept this slip of paper all these years. So I ask you, what can I do with these little bits of my personal history? Keep them of course, and let them get lost somewhere for another few years...until I'm cleaning and go through this all again!
Now, for the sake of your amusement, some of those snapshots!
Me with my cousin Nicole's rat
Seventh grade
Third grade (I think)
Six months
With my Maria in Romania, 2004
3 comments:
Gotta love the crimped hair!
I love finding those memories of things that you can't throw out but don't know what else to do with! They always bring a smile to my face when I find them. And we must be the same age because my 6 mo. old picture looks almost exactly the same!!
I think your seventh grade snapshot is my favorite. So mod!
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