Originally uploaded by L. Marie

This is a getting-to-know-you blog. It's not original. I got it from one of my favorite authors, Shannon Woodward over on her blog called Wind Scraps. And she got it from somewhere else.

NAME FIVE

Anyway, here's the deal. In the event of a disaster (there's plenty of those going on), what five things would you grab from your house and put in the box?

Having moved twice in the last couple of years and seriously downsized, I have given a lot of thought to my possessions and what is important to me. So here goes. Bear in mind that I am imagining a very large box.

Item No. 1 has to be the glass china cabinet that was my mother's and before that my grandmother's. And she bought it an estate sale of possessions from former governor of Texas Buford Jester. So it is special on many counts.

Next (Item No. 2) I put in the round oak table that has the same history. I grew up around that table. Ate my grandmother's hoe cakes for breakfast and watched for the school bus coming over the hill about a mile away. No. 3 would be my desktop computer. It has family photos, stories I've written and something called DeBrief where I download my thoughts, memories and important data.

Item No. 4 would be that large file box in the bottom of my closet filled full of early photos of my children and family that I keep meaning to scan and post on Flickr. That leaves my beloved Bibles and books. And since I'm imagining a very large box, for Item No. 5, I think I'll just put in my whole bookcase because my books are the one thing I don't seem to be able to prioritize!

WHAT ABOUT YOU?

I'm done. Now what about you? What five things would you put in the box?

Photo by L. Marie