Mom's apartment is completely cleaned out. We just got back from cleaning and everything looks quite well, I think. Got started around 7:00 this morning and we wanted to get it done today, so we didn't have to deal with it tomorrow, too. Washed out all the cabinets and all the shelving, cleaned out the fridge and the stove and oven. After vacuuming, dusting, and washing the kitchen and bathroom floors, and cleaning windows and such, we finished up and came home. And we're really tired.
I took way more stuff than I thought I would, mainly things that we had bought Mom to start with. A really nice electric frying pan, a silverware set for 12 for everyday use, some nice, big coffee mugs, some baking things. She had a very old casserole set that I took....whenever I see it, I always think of her scalloped potatoes.
Her cookbooks...I really wanted her cookbooks. Two food grinders, one is electric; the other one is the old manual type that fastens onto the countertop. We cleaned out the upright freezer and put that in our basement to use for when our chest freezer is full. I also took all the pictures....boxes and boxes of pictures. (I had a mini meltdown when Rick showed me a picture of my Mom with my Grandma. Bawled like a baby over that one. I'm going to frame it.)
The young couple came up for the living room stuff and they were so happy to get everything. They kept thanking us and thanking us. But it was a real favor for us for them to take everything.
It's over and done with. Hopefully, we did a good enough job that Mom and Dad would be OK with everything....I told Rick that I was half waiting for my Dad to tell me I missed a spot or something.
I took way more stuff than I thought I would, mainly things that we had bought Mom to start with. A really nice electric frying pan, a silverware set for 12 for everyday use, some nice, big coffee mugs, some baking things. She had a very old casserole set that I took....whenever I see it, I always think of her scalloped potatoes.
The young couple came up for the living room stuff and they were so happy to get everything. They kept thanking us and thanking us. But it was a real favor for us for them to take everything.
It's over and done with. Hopefully, we did a good enough job that Mom and Dad would be OK with everything....I told Rick that I was half waiting for my Dad to tell me I missed a spot or something.