Survey #249—Full Response from Anonymous user
| Pronouns | She/her |
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| Please share your suggestions for unconventional places to take donated items (for example, a local florist’s shop for empty flower vases). If you mention a specific business or organization, please include your city, state, province, region, and/or country in your answer. | I have brought bed linens to our local animal shelter, but I know that vets also use them for things like surgeries and hospitalizations. |
| Describe an activity or interest for which you acquire far more supplies or materials than you tend to use over a reasonable period of time. | I know my needlework friends would tell me my stash acquisition is at levels of destitution, but I no doubt have enough reproduction sampler charts to keep me busy for the rest of my lifetime. |
| Here’s your chance to ask Gayle and Ed any question you’re curious about. It need not be related to this survey’s topic(s). If we think that your question—and our answer—might be useful or instructive to The Clutter Fairy Weekly audience, we’ll share them in an upcoming episode. | I’m the primary caretaker of my mom who has dementia. I will inherit the house and it’s contents at some point, so I’ve already come up with a detailed plan of which rooms need to be taken care of when over the course of 13 months after her death in her historic family home. Over the years you taught me that an experienced person organizer is worth his or her weight in gold. I don’t know at this point if I will use one, but that would be a tool in my toolbox for probably the last pass through all of the family memorabilia going back several generations. Are there companies I might not have thought of to take off the trash? I’ve considered renting a semi trailer to haul everything off in one go. There are many things that have been infested with mold because of the age of the house (1809/38) and the water issues. I think this is probably a blessing in disguise as it makes decision making a lot easier. If it’s not worth de-molding it’s not worth keeping. I’m also wondering if there are good auction companies out there and how to find one for a few collections that I wouldn’t want to sell on my own like my grandmother’s milk glass. |
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