Too Much Stuff

I recently moved to a new house with all my stuff, all of Hubby-dear's stuff and all of my mom's stuff. (She lives with us as child care is outrageously priced.) As this article states... "As a society we're called 'consumers.' Last year the president told us to go shop as our patriotic duty. When we hear this, it's all about stuff -- not what you make, but what you do with it." I just need to look in my garage, open my cupboards, or trip, again, over Thomas the Train to know my house is very guilty of too much stuff. And we don't do as much with it as we should. What really scares me is that my kids will learn from me...and my pack-rat husband...and my mother whose's mantra is "it was great-aunt So and So's." They are doomed.