Frugal and Energy Efficient Living

That always helps, because you wonder why you're lugging junk around.

But there are things I can never give up - my grandmother used to make these pretty, beaded bells for Christmas and I think I only have two, but I'd die defending those bells. I touch them and swear I can feel my grandma. But they're small, two can fit in the palm of my hand. She had made hundreds of them, but I chose two. Could you do that with the collection of tea cups? Keep one or two to represent the connection to your mother and grandmother, and let the rest go?

Some bigger items, pieces of furniture I don't really like, etc., I've let go, even though they have memories.

We're definitely at a stage where things are harder just because we've already culled so much. But another round of ruthless reduction is coming, I can feel it.