When my father died in 1985 my mother finally got to throw stuff out. He had rent receipts from 1965! He had the box for everything he ever bought (blenders that were thrown out years before still had a box in the closet!) He never threw anything away. But the house wasn't cluttered, he had it all piled and indexed in the basement! Me, I throw it out. I've been known to throw out things we need! Hubby hates when I clean out a drawer....it's gone! |