What material objects are important to you?

[MeanLaureen]

Here is something for you to think about.

Say you are being evacuated from your home for one reason or another and you are allowed to bring 5 things with you. What 5 things would you take? Use the mindset that you will more than likely lose everything else.

Of course children or other people don't count, and neither do pets because I don't want people like me with a lot of pets having to chose between them!

Now, take some time to think about your life and what means the most to you

 

[amid chaos]

Family pictures.

 

[gr8tpanther]

My Laptop
My kids picture albums
My DVD collection
My CD books

can't think of anything else.

 

[caitycaity]

our wedding album/family pictures
my genealogy research
some sentimental jewelry (engagement ring, pearls i got for my 21st bday, etc)

i can't think of anything else...

 

[EsmeraldaX]

Pictures
backup data cds with pictures/writing
old and out of print books

 

[MeanLaureen]

Wow, so far you guys travel pretty light!

I can see it now.. when I ask this to DH, first thing he will take will be his comic book collection. All 10,000 of them (the geek..lol ) UHaul anyone?

 

[monkeyboy]

in no order

car keys (like heck I am staying near a burning building)
wallet will need cash for a place to crash
fireproof box under the bed has all important papers
box next to the fireproof box
All the CD with pictures burned on them

 

[RadioNate]

I can't limit it to 5
my jewerly
fireproof safe
our photo albums box
a memorial quilt that was made for DHs aunt when her husband was killed - she gave it to DS when he was born (he was named after her husband) - it's stored in my great grandmothers cedar trunk so the whole thing would probablly have to go.
my aunt and grandmothers wedding dresses

 

[Crankyshank]

1) my backpack full of misc "stuff" I use all of the time
2) family photos
3) my books
4) my jewelry
5) my hutch with my Great-Grandmother's dishes

 

[DisneyAddict_M]

Family pictures

My Baby-sitters Club books (maybe this should be under the True Confessions thread? )

My DVD/VHS collection

DD's handmade chest full of her baby stuff (I count that as 1 thing, lol)

My purse (with wallet, carkeys inside)

 

[flaps]

1) my fav Bible
2) book of Grandma's handwritten memories
3) box of letters & cards & such from/pertaining to friends & family
4) box of handcrafted (by grandmas, MIL, SIL) bedding items
5) CD of saved computer "stuff"

 

[ricktib]

- Computer (has every photo in it, after months of scanning)
- WDW passes
- Camera
- 35 y/o Guitar
- Trumpet

 

[coliebird]

Family pictures (includes wedding album)
My safe that holds all of our important documents (birth certificates, bonds, insurance policies, etc.)
My daughter's baby books and memory box
My out-of-print Disney videos and DVD's
My wedding gown (even though I will never wear it again and it is preserved, I would hate for anything to happen to it)

Everything else can be replaced.

 

[Jeafl]

1. Personal photos/videos/DVD's of wedding and kids
2.. My jewelry armoire with all jewelry
3. Cuckoo clock my parents bought me in the black forest
4. Insurance/other important papers
5. Christening dress made from my mother's wedding gown which my sisters and I wore, and all of my kids and sister's kids wore.

That was a tough question.

 

[aprincessmom]

Honestly, I can't think of anything but insurance and personal documents.

When I was 11 years old our house burned to the ground...it was two weeks after Christmas. We were away for the weekend and we lost everything...truly everything. All we had left were the clothes on our backs, the money in our pockets and our family car.

What I learned is that you can replace almost everything (even pictures). Not having those personal and insurance documents makes it much, much harder to replace those things...not impossible but way more difficult.

We learned later on that it was arson...someone was exacting revenge on a person who happened to have the same name as my father. We found this out about a year later when that man had his summer home set on fire by a former "business" associate.

 

[luvwinnie]

Photos
stuffed bulldog from my mom
box of cards from loved ones
my grandmother's watch
painting I had done of the church we got married in

 

[MeanLaureen]

aprincessmom.. what a sad thing to happen when you are so young You were all lucky that you weren't home.

Did they catch the guy when he did it to the other guys summer home? I hope he spent a long time in jail.

 

[Lizzydoll73]

1. TV
2. Disney snowglobe collection
3. Computer
4. DVD collection
5. The last thing I always grab when heading out, the diaper bag

 

[PigletsPal]

1-Scrapbook-pictures
2-Jewelry
3-My Precious Moments Collections
4-Camera
5-Important papers

When Hurricane Frances was heading our way a few weeks ago this what I had packed in my car in plastic bags.

 

[Feralpeg]

Family Pictures
DD's stuffed Rajah (she's had it since she was 4 and never sleeps without it)
The safe box that contains important documents