Wilcox Family Starts House Purging, Fall 2019

Our Sharing Corner Became Even More Popular

By the end of October 2019 we had committed to downsizing our belongings, and trying to sell our beloved home of 45 years. Some of first things to go, besides unused, out grown, and out of style clothing, was this file cabinet, which had already survived our 1990 house fire.  During the 70's and 80's this was the precursor to "Google Search" and I had spent hundreds of hours organizing articles and items using LDS File System.  

Besides thousands of articles, carefully filed away, and easy to find, there were a few family treasures.  This was one of the earlier pie charts were used to make sure everyone was taught responsibilities and help keep the house clean.  I also made a list for each room, describing what "clean" meant, which took several months to teach.  Many of these ideas came from Richard and Linda Eyers books.

In addition, there were many special treasures filed away made by our children. 

In addition there were many antiquated documents in the file cabinet related to purchases we had made! and even floppy discs from the first Franklin computer we bought. 

All four drawers were filled with articles,
 representing
hundreds of hours of labor. 

 The Readers Digest and LDS Church magazines were a major source of articles I filed and used. 



A few folders made the final cut and weren't burned up