Absolute Data Shredding here in Norman is a wonderful company. I really mean that. Republic Bank is a wonderful bank, even though I don't bank there. Why? They have teamed up to give the towns folks a way to dispose of their documents, financial or otherwise for free. Over the past 6 months I have taken advantage of their services. This past Saturday Dave got up into the loft of the shed while I held the ladder and pulled several boxes down of old financial statements from the 90's. We managed to clear out 18 boxes of documents. We loaded them into the back end of the Suburban and I drove them down to Noble, OK where the shred truck was and watched as they were being taken care of. It was rather liberating.
The next shred date will be sometime after the beginning of the year. I'm sure I will have more items to shred. Yippee!
I also went through more boxes in my bedroom and came across items from eons ago. The notice from Social Security of what was to be paid to my grandfather, $101.00 a month, mind you this was in the late 1940's. My grandfathers death certificate. I finally have the maiden name of my great-grandmother. How much my grandmother's 1948 Buick cost, $2865.00 new. Amazing what we hang on to. I'm sure there will be more items I will come across. I will scan them, put the information on a hard disk, but even that is starting to become obsolete, ok then, a flash drive. What to do with it afterwards? When it comes to family records I think a safe deposit box is a wise investment, besides the cost comes off your taxes if you itemize.
Boxes and more boxes to get through. Having 4 photographers in the family, you can just imagine all the pictures we have. I would say at least 10 large boxes if not more. I think when we are all together again I'm going to sit the girls down and have them sort out their pictures and make them take them. Besides I have lots more to give them when I finish the book that I am working on for each of the grand kids, "Love letters to Teena, from Franklin". A story about how their grandmother met their grandfather during WWII. My mom save all of dad's letters. Dad did not save any of hers. I know it's a rather one sided story but my mom told me lots and I need to get it down before I forget. So I have been diligently transcribing the letters and have lots of pictures to go with with them. It's a long process but thankfully one that can continue out on the road. I will just need to make sure that I take the right box of pictures to scan so they get into the book.
Here's wishing you a wonderful Thanksgiving. We have much to be thankful for.
See ya out there!
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