3/4 of the year is gone and for me (and my household) that's 900 items gone. I'm looking forward to this last sprint.
3/4 of the year is gone and for me (and my household) that's 900 items gone. I'm looking forward to this last sprint.
Float On: My "Happy Place" is on my little kayak in the coves of Table Rock Lake.
Ok, I'm back. Did nothing for September, maybe I can get caught up this month.
Today:
10- big stack of (new) greeting cards to a local Girl Scout troop; I'll count this as 10 (I love trolling freecycle and NextDoor to see what people are looking for!)
2- new phone books delivered last week- they come twice a year now! to the recycle bin
8- magazines dropped off to the hospital
1- pair curtains
3- pillow covers
1- clock
3- Tupperware - all to the animal shelter rummage sale
2- pairs sandals, worn out, to the trash
Subtotal: 30
OH, I almost forgot- things from Friday, that was October already!
To school:
4 - posters
16- books (I really am going to retire this year, so all the school stuff gets used or given away. I have more to take)
New subtotal: 50
I'm committing:
14-Yesterday, to my artistic cousin: all my watercolor brushes and pallets. She was delighted. Me too.
This coming weekend: my closet. Should get to 40 at least.
My therapist told me the way to achieve true inner peace is to finish what I start. So far today, I have finished two bags of M&Ms and a chocolate cake. I feel better already!
1.-2. Two larger old stereo systems that DH had been keeping for ages. (as big as they are they should count for more than 2)
Float On: My "Happy Place" is on my little kayak in the coves of Table Rock Lake.
Previous subtotal: 50
20- box full of odds and ends to school
New subtotal: 70
Garage sale this week-end. We'll see.
3-10 magazines
11 checkbook wallet
12-15 pillow cases (using them to bag this months goodies for the thrift store)
16 shoes
17 one lone shoe...apparently it's mate got donated in a previous month (oops!) wonder if the thrift shop keeps a box of lonely shoes hoping the mate will show up later.
18-20 2 large muffin tins and an extra cookie sheet
21-22 2 pair of jeans
Float On: My "Happy Place" is on my little kayak in the coves of Table Rock Lake.
I had a plan to just do a quick pass through my 4-year-old daughter's books which are all over the house, with the goal of weeding out 20. Well I got rid of 61 - to a friend who has a 20-month-old foster child arriving soon - and we still don't have shelf space for the remaining books! I can't believe we have so many more than we have space for. Sigh. My hope is to do a quick pass through my and my SO's books next, and maybe that will free up a shelf or two for the books of my daughter's that are still in stacks at various places around the house.
I also took another 29 items to Goodwill, so the total for this month so far is 90. I'd really like to get well over a hundred this month to make up for the many months this year when I didn't get rid of anything. We'll see.
I'm readying another pile of discards. So far, I have four garbage-sized bags of clothes, a lamp, a crystal ball (!), a bag of books, and a couple of boxes of miscellany. Hope it all fits into the car. And then I start all over again!
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