Re: Collecting - other than plants

I like stuff like that too Kitty although I don't have an "accumulation" of
it. Do you use it for your presentations, MG stuff etc?

Andrea H
Beaufort, SC 


> [Original Message]
> From: kmrsy@netzero.net <kmrsy@netzero.net>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Date: 8/2/2005 11:34:00 AM
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Collecting - other than plants
>
> It occurs to me that I have collected something else. Office supplies.
> From the time I got my first computer 10 years ago I began collecting
> all sorts of paper and equipment. Paper Direct sample kits, Avery
> mailers, stationery, business cards, designer gift cards, make your own
> gift bags, Paper from statement size to ledger size from 20# to
> cardstock and posterboard in all sorts of colors and styles, CD labels
> and jewelcase inserts, boxes of envelopes in every size. Copy machine,
> scanner, cooltouch laminator, binding machine, brother laminated
> labelmaker computer printer, drawing board, full size papercutter, book
> stapler. Every kind of pen and marker in all sorts of colors, clips,
> gluesticks, colored staples. I don't know why, I just love this stuff.
> It's all pretty well sorted and organized and stored.
>
>
> Kitty
>
> -- Cathy Carpenter <cathy.c@insightbb.com> wrote:
> I don't collect anything, really. Guess being born in a military  
> family with frequent moves, I learned that accumulations meant LOTS  
> of work at moving time. DH collects wooden boxes, but they have to be  
> really special, now that we are running out of shelf space. Of  
> course, after the Garden Railroad Convention, he'll probably start  
> with trains! We had a wonderful time, even if it turned out shorter  
> than anticipated (he had to fly to CA on business). It was great to  
> finally meet Donna (and John) - first of my internet friends I've met  
> in person. (Jim - I'll be in Orlando the week before Christmas. Want  
> to try again??) Felt guilty about enjoying myself, while she worked  
> so hard with convention duties, but her efforts and that of the rest  
> of the organizers paid off in one of the smoothest running I've been  
> to - including those run by professionals. We now have a train in  
> boxes in the family room and are waiting on track delivery, then  
> negotiation on location begins (it moves closer to the house every  
> time we talk).
> Don't know where he is going to find time to put it up... Life is  
> nothing if not interesting!
>
> Cathy, west central IL, z5b
>
> On Jul 29, 2005, at 12:57 PM, Cersgarden@aol.com wrote:
>
> > In a message dated 7/28/05 1:53:03 PM, 4042N15@nationalhearing.com  
> > writes:
> >
> > << So what do you collect?  besides plants. >>
>
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