Welcome to #CheckIn for Friday, April 19, 2024

Why howdy there #Checkin people, it’s me, Roddio again. Today, we’re going to talk about pets, hoarding, and loss.

As many of you know, Val and I are way over the border into Crazy Cat Lady Territory. As weird as this may be, having too many cats seems more sensible than optimistic hoarding.

I am amazed at those who keep odd things that may possibly have some use in the future. I guess that comes from watching my neighbor’s family empty his house out after he died. I could hardly believe some of the things he had stashed away in his house, and even more in his garage and shed.

But then again, sometimes I wish I had kept some of the things I had no more use for. Like maybe kept one hand painted motorcycle peanut tank. Or those Japanese woodblock prints I sold because there was no room to display them in this small house.
It would have been nice to take them out and look at them from time to time.

Is there anything you once had but got rid of that you now miss?
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