Our Life in 1985

Who would think so many memories could be summoned up from my ageing brain just by shredding old credit card statements and receipts? I got into a 'do it now' frame of mind as I looked at 3 boxes of tax returns and decided to do an easy non-thinking dejunk task so that I could procrastinate on clearing the actual important clutter on my dining table.

I decided to shred the credit card statements and payslips because: you only need 7 years of documentation for the IRS. You don't need payslips if they add up to your W2. Don't know if we ever checked if they did. So I started with the box marked 84-89. I didn't think to write my thoughts down till I reached 1985 via 1989 backwards.

January - Febuary shows we bought a ring from Mayors. It was a replacement wedding ring for John. He had lost the first one. He lost the replacement wedding ring too. Hmmm. We bought CD's from Peaches, Camelot Music. We bought books from Dalton's and Walden Books. Tupperware Box Office - Itzak Perlman.

March - A 'lazy-reader'. Rowing machine from Robby's Sporting Goods. Something audio-like from Audio Spectrum. More CD's. Framed Art. More Books. Cloth from Cloth-World.

April - May : More CD's. Car service. A night at Best Western for Patti's wedding.

May - June: Home Depot. Scotty's. Burdines. Kmart. Corning Outlet. Evidence of our move to our first new home.

July: We had bought a piano on a whim. We bought sheet music from Streep Organ and Music.

August: Two Delta plane tickets - can't remember where we went.

September: Didn't appear to use the Credit Card much. Maybe we using the plane tickets.

October: Scotty's, Handy City, Home Depot, Scotty's, Handy City, Home Depot, City of Orlando.

We shopped together a lot those days.