I have kept every project, card, note and picture my children have ever done. I decided to update the memory boxes to match the decor switch I made a year ago. So I am going through it all.....



Anyone else do that?

I also have a horrid matchies habbit.... From the dishes to the glasses to my car color to the linen... no hodge podge or mismatch... Anyone else suffer from that?




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I also have kept every concert stub I ever had the joy of attending..

Starting with My first Purple Rain at the forum...

I have found:

The rolling Stones 1997

The Sanfrancisco 49ers.. ( What a band)

Luther vandross 2000

Janet Jackson 1998

Mary J Blige 2000

Nsync ( my daughter)

Backstreet Boys ( My son )

Long Beach Symphony Orchestra

Prince Hit and run tour

Joan Jett 1998

Prince @ House of Blues 2002

Prince ONA

Prince Musicology

Prince Love sexy












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Wow. Someday your kids will probably really appreciate that.

And no, I do not share your matching habit. I like my towels and silverware to match. Beyond that, not much does.

yeah, I'm a packrat, too.

Reflection

2 7's 2gether
Like time, indefinite
Try 2 catch the glass before it falls
Without a frown, can U turn up the stereo?
I wanna play U this old song
It's about love
Huh, can I do that?

Did we remember 2 water the plants 2day?
I forgot 2 look up at the moon because
I was 2 busy, said I was 2 busy
I was 2 busy looking at U, babe

Still it's nice 2 know, that uh
If bodies wear out we can get another
What does that one thing have 2 do with the other one?
I don't know, I was just thinking bout my... mother

U know what?
Turn the stereo back down
Ain't nothing worse than an old worn out love song
Tell me, do U like my hair this way?
Remember all the way back in the day
When we would compare whose afro was the roundest?

Mirrored tiles, huh
Above the bed
Fishin' nets and posters
All over the walls, aw yeah
(Sometimes) Sometimes, I just wanna go sit out on the stoop
And uh, play my guitar
Just watch all the...
All the cars go by

© 2004 Controversy Music - ASCAP

madartista said:

i keep all my concert ticket stubs. i usually stash them in a CD by the artist i saw. my mom used to keep all her concert stubs in a little metal box in the kitchen...for a while, she was a concert-going fiend, seeing folks like zappa and the police and alice cooper and iggy pop.

Anx said:

I still have a box of my First Ave ticket stubs from about '90-'94 or so stashed in a closet at my parent's house.

CarrieMpls said:

i put all my earliest tickets in a page of a scrapbook...sadly, the ink's worn away on some of them and i can't even read them anymore!

Muse2NOPharaoh said:

Yes I kept / keep my childrens work ... for the older ones when they moved out/away i made them specal boxes with all their goodies...they loved it

No... i dont worry about constant matching ... matter of fact i think life is better mismatched every colorful gift has it's place ... even if it doesnt match the paint

I had most of my ticket stubs, but lost them in the fire.

Anx said:

I havent come accross the one from the Decemberists yet....

That was a great night!

madartista said:

Im really not in the greater sense though.... Just have a bit of that stuff stored.... I fear packratism as my father is a hugeeeee one..... I once helped move a packrat... that was fun though.. I got the stories behind the goods...

i keep all my concert ticket stubs too....since like 1990....i have a bazillion of them!

but..i also am a matchie...in a way...a very eclectic way though...

im pretty particular about how i like things to be...

violett said:

See you in 2 weeks!

i only have a handful of memorabilia from my life--most of my baby pictures got lost in between moving (my folks and i moved a lot when i was a kid) and i don't have too many pix of my family, especially of my mom (i only have 2 pix of her, plus her obituary and her work ID from when she worked for the welfare office).

most of my memories are in my head anyway.

applekisses said:

always in your heart though

Try not to get too attached to material junk. Everything burns in the end

GaryTheNoTrashCougar said:

Not just everything material either

Muse2NOPharaoh said:

i know it!! im getting excited for yall to be here!

Muse2NOPharaoh said:

Awwww....

I can't wait to be able to do that when my son is older.

GaryTheNoTrashCougar said:

Its not material junk. I have despensed of that over the last 5 years. Its the family history in photos to pass to further generations and mementos to pass to the children when they are grown... We will share many a laugh and such over the years of memories... As my mother did with me and hers with us..... If it all burned tomorrow it would be sad but just that. ( The photo archive has been put in several places so its safe)

JustErin said:

It really has been quite fun just pouring over it! I have it condensed to a decent humble grouping. I love it!

susannah said:

Its the burn or the worm.....

Muse2NOPharaoh said:

hmmm... wonder who that was!

Muse2NOPharaoh said:

I definately do that!!! My favorite stub? THE B52'S AT THE FILLMORE.

Oh yeah, I still have my first pair of shoes.

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