June 15, 2008
Self Portrait Sunday for June 15, 2008
“I was born in Corsicana, Texas, the home of Wolf Brand Chili, The Collins Street Bakery and me. Nothing much else ever came out of there.” That’s how I’ve been known to introduce myself when I’m feeling silly. Not true, of coures. It’s true that I was born there, but it’s a pretty interesting little town and has a few things going for it besides the two outstanding features mentioned above. We moved away when I was five, so I have more history in other places, but I’ve visited from time to time over the years. I got the shirt on either my last trip there or the one before that - I think the earlier visit. That means my Derrick Days shirt is probably between fifteen and twenty years old. The fabric is wearing a little thin and it’s got some stains and a few bleach spots on it. I don’t wear it anymore except around the house when I’m having a cleaning and chores day like today. It might be years before I ever make it back to Corsicana, so I thought I’d commemorate the shirt before it falls apart.
I need to do another progress report on my decluttering, but I think I’ll do that another day. I’ve been steadily plodding on, so there are improvements every day. Today it was little stuff. I was going to finish emptying out the front shed and maybe go shopping for HDMI cables, but the rain is coming down in buckets so I’ll keep working inside until it’s time to cook my dinner instead.
Ha! Cass over at Midlife Musings has two outstanding features today, too! You’ll have to go over there to see hers. You can follow me if you like. I’m going to visit all of the Self Portrait Sunday participants and her comments are the place to find them all.
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June 16th, 2008 at 12:51 am, Tina Says:
It looks like everyone has been bitten by the decluttering bug lately! I love reading about people’s decluttering stories. It gives me inspiration to get our home nicely organised
June 16th, 2008 at 7:53 pm, Whim Says:
Old shirts with stains on them are the best. Some you just never want to throw away. Keep it up on the decluttering!