Save ElmoJanuary 23rd, 2006 @ 10:54 am
When I moved out to Seattle in May 2000, I only brought with me what would fit in my Honda Civic. Which isn’t very much. Basically I brought my clothes, bathroom/bedroom items, a few kitchen items and things that I deemed really special to me.
To be fair, I must mention that my older brother moved out a month later and brought with him a moving van full of all of his junk. Inside his moving van he agreed to include my cedar chest (my first real furniture purchase as an adult) and my vacuum (but only if my parents would help him pay for his moving van. Yes, that’s the way he does things!)
The King was living on Capital Hill in a studio apartment (that became our home for two years after we were married). I stayed with his parents for a few weeks while I found an apartment for me to stay in. We were getting married in August, so I just needed a temporary place for the few months up until the wedding.
Since I was staying with The King’s parents, all my stuff was stored in their basement “rec room”. This included my big winter coat, my bedding, and a box full of Elmo.
I had been collecting Elmo paraphernalia for years. I had always dreamed of having a nursery full to the brink of Elmo’s. I have big Elmo’s, and little Elmo’s, and glass Elmo’s. Elmo books and Elmo games. Even Elmo curtains.
The King also have a few boxes of his stuff there. Boxes of things from when he lived in Berlin, and magazines with house ideas. Probably even things left over from high school (like maybe his sweet leather jacket with the buckles and shoulder pads).
Do I even have to tell you that all of this stuff has been in their basement since I moved here? We never took any of it in our house. Mostly because we knew we wouldn’t live there long and also because The King didn’t want it there.
His Mom has been bugging us (rightly so) for years to get our junk out of their basement. They have big dreams of cleaning the rec room up and actually using the pool table to play pool and not just for a place for The King’s art supplies and canvases to sit on. Plus, the bar in the rec room doesn’t look so cool with a giant Elmo sitting on it.
We have Sunday dinner at their house every weekend. Last night The King emerged from the rec room with a bag of items for the Goodwill. I couldn’t really see what was in the bag. I started to look through it and The King advised me to not even look. He told me that if I hadn’t needed the things in five years, I wouldn’t need them now. He told his Mom that every Sunday he would be going through a few of our things and getting rid of a little each week.
I saw some fake brown fur poking out of the bag. I’m pretty sure that it’s my winter coat. I didn’t see any red fur.
I hope Elmo is safe for a few more weeks.
Me · The King · They're just my family
Hilary
said,
January 23, 2006 at 12:02 pm
Me? Tweety Bird! They are all still at my mom’s house. I hope my mom eventually just throws them away b/c while I don’t need or really want them, there is absolutely no way I could throw them out!
Corinne
said,
January 23, 2006 at 12:17 pm
hahaha… that picture reminds me of the time my brothers friends “crucified” elmo… my poor brother was devastated. I hope Elmo is safe… maybe your lil’ one will want elmo dolls???
The King
said,
January 23, 2006 at 12:38 pm
dont be sad about your coat. i am not a bad guy. i will do whatever i can to let elmo stay as long as possible. we can even hide the box of elmo stuff in my parents garage or basement for a while.
the magazines and stuff i will chuck. and a bunch of other crap. much of it is mine. but there is some that is yours. stuff you wont even know is gone. honestly.
Nap Queen
said,
January 23, 2006 at 4:49 pm
OMG, I’ll have to post my elmo picture! I worked at a concert venue and had to dress up as elmo for a meet and greet with the kids
Oh, and I just cleared out my parents house. They said I had to move everything out by the time I hit 30!!
Jenna
said,
January 24, 2006 at 6:22 am
I am really bad about hanging on to things from years back…..I need to learn to pitch it if I don’t use it:)
Jana
said,
January 24, 2006 at 7:29 am
I’m in the process of the post-college moving a bunch of stuff back to the parents’ house. I think, with me being their 4th and final child, that they do not expect it to be gone until 2015 at least.
Artist Formerly Known as Ella
said,
January 24, 2006 at 8:40 am
Love the picture of Elmo. Looks very real! Kudos!
Rude Cactus
said,
January 25, 2006 at 5:55 am
You pretty much made my day with that picture. Thanks
JenfromBoston
said,
January 25, 2006 at 6:39 am
that picture is hilarious. thanks for the laugh.
Erika
said,
January 25, 2006 at 12:54 pm
You have a PERFECT REASON to hold onto the Elmo stuff. My question is why isn’t The King throwing all his stuff away without looking too? I mean he hasn’t used it in 5 years either right? lol
If I had one thing that I had always loved, I would DEFINITELY use it in a nursery (or whatever set up you guys decide)…SO CUTE!!
Lisa
said,
January 25, 2006 at 2:30 pm
I hope Elmo is safe too!