tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post9178108405958285329..comments2024-03-18T09:09:59.625-04:00Comments on Janet Reid, Literary Agent: The Temptress that is The Container StoreJanet Reidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00615380335938685231noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-81196724184035193582019-05-13T12:21:36.941-04:002019-05-13T12:21:36.941-04:00So much fun to read. My mother still had boxes of ...So much fun to read. My mother still had boxes of our toddler clothes when we were in high school JIC.<br /><br />I don't know if I could resist that shark hamper. It's kinda cool!<br /><br />And Julie, I understand your hoarding tendency. My mother-in-law (may she rest in peace) used to throw away all my husband's things when he was a child. They were Air Force, and when it came time to move, only the weight allowance mattered.Kaphrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02918743538253768394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-25774858766264000382019-05-13T10:33:15.715-04:002019-05-13T10:33:15.715-04:00Such a funny post! And Julie, what an image you cr...Such a funny post! And <b>Julie</b>, what an image you created of a little girl.Amy Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05324408700941398495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-34886408455175081522019-05-13T09:18:45.010-04:002019-05-13T09:18:45.010-04:00Ah, I'm sorry I missed this. I would fall in l...Ah, I'm sorry I missed this. I would fall in love with the container store until I read the reviews. Which is why I read reviews religiously. My faithful hammer of lo these many years has disappeared in the kitchen remodel, so I ordered an Estwing hammer which will last longer than I do. Alas, I should have ordered the 12 ounce. The 16 ounce is a little heavy for my injured shoulder.<br /><br />I think in the back of my mind, one day Will will have . . . . I've even told him, "One day this will all be yours." I'm sure he goes home and weeps at the thought. <br /><br />I confess I'm a hoarder. My aunt and dad sent me things they thought I'd like to have and I have hung on to them like they are gold. Valuable things like the dishes that used to come in oatmeal, but I remember sitting at the farmhouse table and eating canned crab apples in them with Grandpa. Can't get rid of those. And so it goes.<br /><br />Mother would gather us up in the middle of the night and tell us, "Come on, we're going. Get a pillow case of clothes. We'd have to hurry up and toss whatever clothes we could grab and dash out the door because the monster was coming. <br /><br />"Damn it, Julia. Leave the doll, we don't have room."<br /><br />Invariably she would return to the monster, but all our things would have been thrown away. And so was born a hoarder.<br /><br />Will, helping me move. "Mom, we have pine cones in Wisconsin. Do you really need these?"<br /><br />"Those pine cones in the gold pan are from North Carolina. I gathered them when I went out to your deployment ceremony. Yes, I need them."<br /><br />Out of curiosity, I looked up things you can do with old sheets.<br /><br />Miss Janet, you can:<br /><br />1. Line your sleeping bag.<br />2. Keep in your car for when you're changing your tire so you stay clean.<br />3. Make a fort.<br /><br /><br /> julie.weathershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17681983281070593388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-52322513290915748152019-05-13T07:03:05.075-04:002019-05-13T07:03:05.075-04:00My Grandmother BCB was a waste-not-want-not woman....My Grandmother BCB was a waste-not-want-not woman. My mother said it was because Grandmother was widowed during The Depression with one child in college, one in high school and one in elementary school. She lived in a huge home with a HUGE attic which was crammed, yet organized, with boxes of all sorts of family things. Every time she made a trip to our home, the trunk of her Buick was crammed with things from her attic. She would open her trunk and say, <i>In case this is my last trip.</i> By the time she died, at the age of 98, <a href="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/32896331577_2a34c14da9_c.jpg" rel="nofollow"><b>her attic was almost empty</b></a>. Grandmother, who couldn't part with anything, left that chore to us.Kittyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09868642232827730189noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-74334201412828801772019-05-13T06:57:06.129-04:002019-05-13T06:57:06.129-04:00I was a declutter long before any of us heard of M...I was a declutter long before any of us heard of Marie Kondo. Twice a year I go through drawers, closets, clothes, knickknacks, and kitchen stuff. I just took five bags to Goodwill. Books I sell or donate to the library. <br /><br />My sister makes fun of me because typically a few months later I'll say "I know I had a (insert item). Where'd I put it?" forgetting I gave it away. <br /><br />My current goal is not to bring the clutter into my house to begin with.K. Whitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15018562571421785494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-86970678999930263912019-05-13T01:15:20.823-04:002019-05-13T01:15:20.823-04:00Embrace the chaos!Embrace the chaos!Brendahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08941043145591116608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-66867261827172895912019-05-12T22:39:12.493-04:002019-05-12T22:39:12.493-04:00We need some good before and after pictures! The c...We need some good before and after pictures! The comparison is the best part about organization. <br /><br />Of course, nothing will beat the sliced & diced couch...<br /><br />Lennon Farishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03570629350169504234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-64620980969720883092019-05-12T21:28:59.114-04:002019-05-12T21:28:59.114-04:00I'd have to shop somewhere else first to get s...I'd have to shop somewhere else first to get something to put in the containers. <br /><br />So, I think I'll stay here and edit. With as much as I'm deleting, I could probably use a digital container.John Davis Frainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18020019400599228492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-32294130974191453442019-05-12T19:53:13.662-04:002019-05-12T19:53:13.662-04:00"We're here for you!" Yes they are. ..."We're here for you!" Yes they are. Love that :-)<br /><br />The pull of The Container Store is irresistible, akin to the tractor beam on the Death Star. Good luck trying to escape.<br /><br />(But if you don't, the shark hamper is a winner.)Claire Bobrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15666082441972111293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-20828971446347208122019-05-12T16:48:41.652-04:002019-05-12T16:48:41.652-04:00I love all the pretty containers! (But I don't...I love all the pretty containers! (But I don't own any.) I was glad I held on to more sheets than we needed for our beds. Not that I started changing sheets more frequently, but we had loaner cats for a few weeks and had some furniture that needed to be feline-proofed. I know, I know. I already feel the judgement from DoY.Theresahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18165072684559960801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-83310210403677172362019-05-12T16:07:12.388-04:002019-05-12T16:07:12.388-04:00Kate, Hubby saves boxes, too. If I have to store s...Kate, Hubby saves boxes, too. If I have to store something can it at least be something real, not an empty box?S.P. Bowershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09746614009206426805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-60328460581960685342019-05-12T14:03:29.820-04:002019-05-12T14:03:29.820-04:00I think your mother's family must be related t...I think your mother's family must be related to my partner's. Neither he or his father ever throw anything out. Our garage is full of things like boxes appliances came in "for when we move" and other useful stuff.Kate Larkindalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06202347563426692610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-36184454499949777822019-05-12T13:59:53.475-04:002019-05-12T13:59:53.475-04:00But...but...The Container Store offers so much spi...But...but...The Container Store offers so much spiffy stuff. If only I could find a use for it all. um... they want money...don't have any...spent it all on The Cat. Mister Furkleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07156977719916770984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-20869316250681535292019-05-12T13:38:47.267-04:002019-05-12T13:38:47.267-04:00The shark hamper! Me Want!
Now, to get back to m...The shark hamper! Me Want! <br /><br />Now, to get back to my original comment - I even *buy* odd sheets that I can't use on my bed. Why? Because I sew clothing and old sheets are much cheaper than buying new unbleached muslin just to make the muslin trial version before you make the real thing. Think of a flat sheet not so much as a bedsheet, but as four yards or more (depending on the size of your sheet) of cotton cloth. Many possibilities.Adelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08790958029798438793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-27928163299084955202019-05-12T13:36:30.416-04:002019-05-12T13:36:30.416-04:00The shark tote is so cute though.
My mom was an o...The shark tote is so cute though.<br /><br />My mom was an only child of an only child who grew up during the depression. Several generations of never throwing anything away ended up filling the basement of the house she inherited from my grandmother. A basement large enough to fit at least 5 NYC apartments and still have enough room leftover for the Rockettes to practice their kickline. <br /><br />It took her years to clear out. She had so many yard sales the nosy and suspicious neighbors assumed she was running a business out of her garage. Much of it was antique furniture, housewares, and toys some dating back to the mid 1800’s and it wasn’t hard to see why it had been kept. However, there were some real head-scratchers too.<br /><br />Mom’s favorite was the box containing a single lightbulb and a note: <br />“this light bulb not very good”<br /><br />Luraleehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09652379287628042507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-154301073573295272019-05-12T13:27:41.771-04:002019-05-12T13:27:41.771-04:00There's a reason I can't step inside The C...There's a reason I can't step inside The Container Store. We'd have to take out a second mortgage to pay the credit card bill. XD Jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02288010060936146108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-35580773311839564132019-05-12T13:16:34.219-04:002019-05-12T13:16:34.219-04:00I love looking through The Container Store, but I ...I love looking through The Container Store, but I know better than to put anything in my cart. I did that once. Just like with Poppin though their things are admittedly smaller and somewhat less expensive...<br /><br />And I am an orphan now with no parents to 'keep my things tidy and safe' for me and I refuse to stick my kids with my crap so I donate sheets and old towels to the local animal shelters near me. That way, I know they go to a really good cause rather than a closet shelf for years on end.<br /><br /><b>Craig F</b> I've seen that look on other dogs, mine included just about the time my skin starts to crawl...nightsmusichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05984119792540771870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-80880866073075032822019-05-12T12:58:55.288-04:002019-05-12T12:58:55.288-04:00According to a certain algorithm, I apparently buy...According to a certain algorithm, I apparently buy industrial amounts of stuff that entitle me to a business account. Seeing as this is a one person household, I feel very called out and vow to limit my amazonian antics. A few weeks later, here comes the email again "Free Upgrade to a Business Account"...Pericula Ludushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12617683990081451479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-41985499692382510362019-05-12T12:58:41.689-04:002019-05-12T12:58:41.689-04:00I like using old sheets for drop cloths. They hang...I like using old sheets for drop cloths. They hang on the furniture better than the plastic kind.<br /><br />I've seen Weimaraners get that look when they see a ghost.Craig Fhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07157301156577795781noreply@blogger.com