Where are the Christmas ornaments? They aren't in the basement any more.

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In the garage since the basement flood (the note is dated January 22, 2023) - four tubs with red lids, numbered 1 to 4, on the high shelf along the back wall, left of the rafters where the winter tires go. Her mother's glass ornaments and the Norwegian straw ones are not there; they are in the cedar chest in the upstairs hall. The tree stand is in the garage rafters and the creche in the dining room buffet, bottom left. The Christmas 2025 list says the same in one line.

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Where things are NOW, after the basement flood. Nothing that matters goes back… Note · saved Jan 22, 2023

about	- house-madison
date	2023-01-22 15:30
body	Where things are NOW, after the basement flood. Nothing that matters goes back… Where things are NOW, after the basement flood. Nothing that matters goes back on a basement floor or a bottom shelf. CHRISTMAS - The ornaments: four tubs with red lids, numbered 1 to 4 on the ends, on the high shelf along the back wall of the GARAGE, to the left of the rafters where the winter tires go. Tub 1 is the tree lights and the star. Tubs 2 and 3 are ornaments. Tub 4 is the children's school-made ones and the stockings. - Mom's glass ornaments and the Norwegian straw ones: NOT in the garage. In the cedar chest in the upstairs hall, wrapped in tea towels, in the egg cartons. - The crèche: dining room buffet, bottom left. - The tree stand: garage rafters, beside the tires. - The Advent wreath and the candles: front hall closet, top shelf. THE CHILDREN'S SCHOOL PAPERS (three boxes, one each): dried, repacked in plastic, in the closet of Ellen's old room. RAY'S NATIONAL GEOGRAPHICS, 1968 to 1998: on a pallet in the basement, shrink-wrapped by Ray. PAINT: the paint shelf was high enough and stayed dry. THE CANNING JARS: washed, back on the basement shelves, upper two only. Lost: two boxes of my old lesson plans, and the carton the Bernina came in.

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- house-madison

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2023-01-22 15:30

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Where things are NOW, after the basement flood. Nothing that matters goes back…

Where things are NOW, after the basement flood. Nothing that matters goes back on a basement floor or a bottom shelf.

CHRISTMAS
- The ornaments: four tubs with red lids, numbered 1 to 4 on the ends, on the high shelf along the back wall of the GARAGE, to the left of the rafters where the winter tires go. Tub 1 is the tree lights and the star. Tubs 2 and 3 are ornaments. Tub 4 is the children's school-made ones and the stockings.
- Mom's glass ornaments and the Norwegian straw ones: NOT in the garage. In the cedar chest in the upstairs hall, wrapped in tea towels, in the egg cartons.
- The crèche: dining room buffet, bottom left.
- The tree stand: garage rafters, beside the tires.
- The Advent wreath and the candles: front hall closet, top shelf.

THE CHILDREN'S SCHOOL PAPERS (three boxes, one each): dried, repacked in plastic, in the closet of Ellen's old room.

RAY'S NATIONAL GEOGRAPHICS, 1968 to 1998: on a pallet in the basement, shrink-wrapped by Ray.

PAINT: the paint shelf was high enough and stayed dry.

THE CANNING JARS: washed, back on the basement shelves, upper two only.

Lost: two boxes of my old lesson plans, and the carton the Bernina came in.

Christmas 2025, HERE, all fourteen, December 24 to 27. Note · saved Dec 14, 2025

date	2025-12-14 14:00
body	Christmas 2025, HERE, all fourteen, December 24 to 27. Beds: - Ellen and Mark:… Christmas 2025, HERE, all fourteen, December 24 to 27. Beds: - Ellen and Mark: Ellen's old room. David and Julia: David's. Kate and Samir: the family room, on the sofa bed. - Hannah: the sewing room, on the trundle. - Owen and Lucas: air mattresses in the den. - Maeve, Theo, June: sleeping bags in our room. Sizes: - Hannah (17): women's small. A carry-on suitcase. - Owen (14 1/2): men's medium, shoe 11. - Lucas (12): 14. - Maeve (9 3/4): 10-12. - Theo (nearly 8): 8. - June (4 1/2): 5. Food: 18 lb turkey from Fenner's. For Hannah the mushroom and wild rice loaf. No tree nuts anywhere. Raspberry kringle only. Lykke, to collect on the 20th: three julekake, three limpa, two kringle. The tree: a 7-foot fir from the lot at church. The ornaments are in the garage, on the high shelf; Mom's are in the cedar chest upstairs.

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2025-12-14 14:00

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Christmas 2025, HERE, all fourteen, December 24 to 27. Beds: - Ellen and Mark:…

Christmas 2025, HERE, all fourteen, December 24 to 27.

Beds:
- Ellen and Mark: Ellen's old room. David and Julia: David's. Kate and Samir: the family room, on the sofa bed.
- Hannah: the sewing room, on the trundle.
- Owen and Lucas: air mattresses in the den.
- Maeve, Theo, June: sleeping bags in our room.

Sizes:
- Hannah (17): women's small. A carry-on suitcase.
- Owen (14 1/2): men's medium, shoe 11.
- Lucas (12): 14.
- Maeve (9 3/4): 10-12.
- Theo (nearly 8): 8.
- June (4 1/2): 5.

Food: 18 lb turkey from Fenner's. For Hannah the mushroom and wild rice loaf. No tree nuts anywhere. Raspberry kringle only.

Lykke, to collect on the 20th: three julekake, three limpa, two kringle.

The tree: a 7-foot fir from the lot at church. The ornaments are in the garage, on the high shelf; Mom's are in the cedar chest upstairs.

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only_in_note Facts that are still only in one everyday note after the second pass: the Gustafsons' gate code, the shed padlock, where the Christmas ornaments are, the dog's food and amount, Ray's sizes, the ice-out log from 2004, the main water shutoff, the septic alarm light, Hannah's dorm room, the way to the cabin, the lefse proportions, each lot's share of the plowing, and the size of the lake bedroom's screen. These were not scrubbed from other records on purpose; they are simply things written down once.