Hello griffith933-ga;
I just came down from the attic and I have a list of 100 things. Here goes:
Magazines
Books
Maps
Letters
Old newspaper clippings
Photographs
Picture Albums
Records (LP or phonograph type)
Picture frames
Paintings
Vases
Dishes
Small appliances (coffee pot, blender, can opener)
Pottery, china, earthenware
Utensils
Plastic flowers/artificial plants
Rugs
Old Broom
Fan
Portable heater
Candles
Lamps
Lantern
Red Rider BB gun
Old batteries
Preserved/canned goods
Recipes
Tablecloth
Towels
That ugly thing your mother gave us that we put on the table whenever she visits
Baby clothes, shoes and linens
Building blocks
Pacifier
Baby crib
Box with baby teeth, rattle and that beaded wristband from the hospital in it.
Baseball equipment (balls, bats, gloves)
Old toys (rocking horse, train set, broken plastic Mattel things, and
part of an old robot)
Box containing what?s left of an old school project (and what looks
like the rest of that robot)
High school yearbooks
Prom dress
Wedding dress
Funny old hats (some of them are mine and the rest are your grandma?s)
Shoes, boots and one red flip-flop
Someone?s rotten corsage (can?t remember who exactly)
Fishing pole, tackle box and an old net
A badly bent golf club (I hated that darn game ? still do.)
A stuffed fish (I caught it)
A stuffed animal head (Got it at a yard sale ? hey I thought it was cool looking.)
Old tent, hammock and some other camping stuff.
Skis and snowshoes
Snow shovel (Hey! THAT?S where that snow shovel is!)
Old coats on an antique wooden coat rack
Gloves (also known as ?moth chow?)
Umbrellas
Hangers
Boxes of ?stuff? that looks like someone dumped the junk drawer in them
Comics
A VERY old radio
A not-so-old but not-so-good TV
Artificial Christmas tree, and stand
Wreaths
Christmas lights, balls and decorations
A plastic Rudolph-the-red-nosed reindeer (sans the red nose).
A big plastic Santa Claus
That disgusting pink flamingo
A piece of water hose
Wind chimes
A wasp nest (that spray is up here somewhere too I bet)
That old green chair.
Some fireplace tools, and a torn fireplace screen (I?m aiming to fix
that by the way)
Chimney brush
Two extra bags of shingles (didn?t need them at the time but they may
come in handy someday if we ever have a bad storm)
Wicker baskets
Some kind of big plastic egg (an Easter thing I guess)
Halloween decorations
Thanksgiving decorations
Birthday party decorations (gee, we had decorations for EVERTHING didn?t we?)
A bag containing rolls of wrapping paper for every holiday occasion
A bicycle tire (I don?t know; don?t ask.)
Yarn, knitting and sewing stuff (even an old sewing machine is up here)
Blankets
Quilts
An ugly example of macramé
Several half done needlepoint efforts in those metal rings
A small corner shelf
A small dresser with half the white porcelain knobs broken or missing
Girlie books (uh?they were my dad?s)
Flashlight (yeah, ok, THAT was mine)
Cigar box
Salt and pepper shakers (A ceramic red rooster and a red chicken)
A cookie jar full of Green Stamps (Remember those? When I complained
about being bored my Mom used say, ?Here, I?ve got something for you
to do?, and she?d make me sit there for hours and lick them and stick
them in those books just so I?d shut up?yuck)
A jewelry box with a pound of my grandma?s Sunday jewelry (fake
pearls, clip on earrings, and brooches)
My grandma?s neatly folded lace handkerchiefs inside a dusty vinyl purse
My grandmother?s Bible (Man, I miss her)
An old trunk with stickers on it from everywhere my granddad traveled
Inside it is my granddad?s medals
His pocket watch
His old Navy uniform
A carefully folded American flag
Basically what you?d find in ?my? attic is ME. Everything in my attic
is everything that I am.
I hope you find that my answer exceeds your expectations. Thank you
for bringing your request to us. For reasons known but to me, I would
imagine that I enjoyed it much more than you did.
Best regards;
Tutuzdad ? Google Answers Researcher |
