clean sweep

i'm in the process of cleaning out my room and figuring out what i'm taking to LA. in the middle of all of that, these are just some of the things that i've come across:

senior t-shirt from high school

dragon boat team t-shirt from '99

junior girl scout uniform from 5th grade

various t-shirts from my brazil 2000 mission trip, including an LA Lakers championship t-shirt forced upon me by misguided fans of the lakers

'97 nike volleyball camp t-shirt

a drawer full of old letters, notes, card, postcards, etc. - which i can't quite make myself throw away

old tapes and cds: ace of base, blessed union of souls, etc

way too many VHS recordings of various 'n sync tv appearances + magazines - there was a period of teenybopper temporary insanity

CEC agape youth group t-shirt

old RAV t-shirts

alpha omega (high school christian club) t-shirt

jr. high diary - i'm horrified

my high school yearbooks...i realized that i forgot a lot of stuff that happened during those years as i was reading through the things that people wrote

lots and lots of old photos

i've found clothing from jr. high in my closet. why is it still in there? i have no idea - except to say that i have a difficult time throwing things away. i keep thinking of its sentimental value. but i'm making progress. i have a big garbage bag full of throw-aways and 2 bags of clothing to be donated. and there is still so much more to go...