I found this quote on a printed e-mail from September 13, 2001, which Mom had highlighted and included in the folder titled "Scratch Paper."
I'm particularly fond of these representative samplings of what was inside the folder:
There's 20 pages of the blue paper, which has an embossed gold scroll design and bonus onion skin tissues between them (I'm guessing '50s). The "memos" pad is elegant in its simplicity; only room for "Date_______" and "Urgent..." on this one (probably '60s). And the "Message Slip?" It's a pad Mom swiped from the hotel I'm assuming she stayed in during her short visit to Nepal in 1999.
There's lots of scratch paper in the boxes (and I do mean LOTS of scratch paper), not to mention lots of handwritten notes. And by Notes, I speak of the fondness Mom had for "Notes To Self, "sometimes on a daily basis. Not, of course, to be confused by her fondness for the other best sellers in the Vault which include "Shopping List" or the ever popular "To Do List."
It's remarkable finding these lists and notes, and lots of blank memo pads tucked away in many little corners of the Vault.
Stay tuned. More best sellers to be unearthed for sure.
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