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Started June 1st on a very positive note. Had our town wide yard sale yesterday. Weather-wise it turned out to be a gorgeous day compared to all the rainy days we have had, so I was surprised that there were only two of us on our street that bothered to set up. There also weren't very many shoppers as compared to past town wide sales. Regardless, I ended up getting very lucky and managed to FINALLY get rid of two huge pieces of furniture and a box of collectives. Making money to boot was simply icing on the cake! So end result was spending a nice day with dd and bringing way less *stuff* back into the house. Very motivating and hopeful the rest of June will go as well with regards to the decluttering.
Half a 10 x 20 dumpster. So far.
I have three big piles leaving the house this month. One pile goes to the quilt guild for their quilt show sale booth, one pile goes to a retreat where everyone brings items to either give to others or exchange, and a huge pile to the Animal Control garage sale. We are really cleaning house. Might end up with a car full.
Set of towels I don't like (too thin), 2 pairs of pants for me; one for DH. 8 or so plastic paper organizers I didn't care for and replaced. 1 large plastic display from DD's project in high school (saved it in case she needed to use the back side). Set aside a stack of craft paper I won't use to contribute to the give and take table at my next scrapbooking crop. Selling a purse this evening to someone off of FB Marketplace. Went through a couple of boxes of old photos, etc (I thought I was done last year!). Threw a bunch away. We had water come into our room downstairs last month, so I'm moving my craft stuff upstairs.
Oh yeah, DH and I went through the books that were in the bookshelves (also moved from the wet downstairs - no damage). We're donating probably 40% to the Friends of the Library for their sale.
We have a community cleanup coming up this weekend. I'll be getting rid of a couple of defunct appliances, cardboard, and Styrofoam I've been saving up for just such an event.
rosarugosa
6-11-19, 12:45pm
I purged my dishtowel collection again. I should probably only buy plain dishtowels in the future. I'm guessing the minimalists among us cannot relate at all to the concept of "dishtowels that are too beautiful to use," or "dishtowels that are too stained to use but hard to let go of because they were once so beautiful." The second category is pretty much gone now, and I only have three in the first category, so the remainder actually have functional value.
Teacher Terry
6-11-19, 1:37pm
I downsized all the dish towels, hot pads, when they didn’t fit in the rather large drawer.
We did our 2nd flea market this year on the 8th. As per usual, we donated a batch o' stuff to a thrift shop on the way home. Went to the dump the next day with a few more things. I found a new sf reader who may just buy the end of the older paperbacks. Woohoo!
Today was dump day, and I took another box of books to the swap shop and a fireplace tong we never used. Also 3 pieces off the construction debris, etc. pile.
rosarugosa
6-12-19, 6:47pm
Newgig: That's great that you have a swap shop. I wish we had something like that in our town.
I packed up a box of 42 yards of fabric chunks, hunks and blocks to a woman in Missouri making 80 laprobes to a local nursing home, in honor of a man's 80th birthday. He was a pastor who counseled and supported her post attempted-suicide. She credits him with her being alive. Is there a dent in my stash? Not noticeable.
iris lilies
6-13-19, 9:24am
I packed up a box of 42 yards of fabric chunks, hunks and blocks to a woman in Missouri making 80 laprobes to a local nursing home, in honor of a man's 80th birthday. He was a pastor who counseled and supported her post attempted-suicide. She credits him with her being alive. Is there a dent in my stash? Not noticeable.
Haha, no dent! That is a nice donation you gave.
A friend's daughter had a baby last week on a Tuesday morning. Wednesday morning, their house (rental) burned down. The other Grandma was staying with the toddler twins and all made it out ok, but everything else is a loss. No rental insurance. I took over some bedding, a couple pairs of shoes (same size as daughter) and a Target gift card. Also dropped some stuff at the local rescue mission today.
Teacher Terry
6-13-19, 7:55pm
BL, those poor people.
Nine items of clothing/jewelry. My purgatory drawer is clean.
3 quilts to Charity Group today! And 9.2 yards of scrap to a friend who stuffs doggie beds. No more fabric bits into the trash! So glad she asked for my trash last summer! It all adds up. (I get the yardage by weight!).
rosarugosa
6-16-19, 8:28am
Nine items of clothing/jewelry. My purgatory drawer is clean.
"Purgatory drawer" - I love it!
mschrisgo2
6-18-19, 1:41pm
I have dipped back into sewing/quilting. In the process of getting things organized and finishing a couple of small projects yesterday, I threw away: a seam ripper with a burr in it, a box of straight pins that I had apparently never used and never will because— they have no heads! And a pair of scissors, too rusty to rehab. Pretty sure they came from the $1 bin at Michaels, the other 3 cleaned up nicely. Oh, and 2 spoons of rotted cotton thread.
Feels good to evaluate and organize my tools. But I have a lot of duplicates- I will let my quilting cousins take a look first, but I think they need to be donated.
It’s handy! Got rid of 7 books today and some scraping paper I’ll never use.
80 pieces of paper and one blouse I don't like.
Teacher Terry
6-23-19, 12:11pm
I have another big bag for the thrift store.
We've been at the cabin since Wednesday night. I've finished 2 quilts. Thats 14.25 yards of fabric out! These will go to charity group in July.
Donation pick up yesterday - approximately 12 items gone. My donation corner is empty, so I need to get a new box and fill it up!
Have application for the next flea market on my desk, it’s mid month and local, which helps keep the work and expense down. Also because it’s local, I already know where the thrift shop is which will get the leftovers! Much less stress than it could be and that’s always good.
Is there a July purge thread going to be posted? I can make one if need be.
And... I am getting into the act.
I purged my job! Biggest purge ever:cool:
Ultralight
7-6-19, 10:40am
I purged my job! Biggest purge ever:cool:
Amazing! I hope you are living the dream. :)
iris lilies
7-6-19, 1:37pm
I purged my job! Biggest purge ever:cool:yes!!!
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If this house sale actually goes through, I will have the EASIEST move EVER! Only to the other side of town, which, in the tiny town I live in, is about three "blocks." I have lived tiny for the past three years and absolutely couldn't accumulate stuff and also have practiced purging on a daily basis. I have hardly any furniture (just a large wooden bookshelf with bins that I use as a dresser) and a bedside table and lamp. That's it!
Now, my boyfriend is a different matter. He doesn't have a lot of furniture either and also lives in a small space, but he doesn't practice purging (at all). He's not a hoarder by any means but there is a LOT of unnecessary clutter and stuff that just lays around forever...He says he can't wait to live together because I will help him be "more organized." I know, I know, it can be a slippery slope here but I have offered to help him pack (no judgement or shame). I have already claimed the new kitchen and bath to be my domain to arrange and organize. I frame it in the idea that he is really good at some things that I am not and I am really good at different things, like purging crap and arranging and organizing and making a comfortable home. We are having fun window shopping at antique and thrift stores and gallery hopping, talking about paint colors and cool decorative ideas. We actually splurged last week and bought an antique French wedding table out of distressed wood and iron to use as the dining table (neither of us really has a dining table so we just eat sitting on his couch using the coffee table) and at my house when we eat on the deck we have to balance our plates in our laps!
K. has a beautiful collection of really nice Persian rugs that will look so fabulous in the new place. One of the first things he wants to do is rent a floor sander and work on the living room and dining area floors, which are a light wood (pine, I think) and then get them sealed. He has a couch which, upon further close inspection, just really needs to be cleaned and it will be just fine until we can afford some more living room furniture. Then his old couch can go down into the kitchen/family room area.
Oh yeah, I purged some out-of-date medicine and vitamins from my place today. Also, since I am going back to Michigan for a visit next week, I have purged some old family jewelry to give to my sister, my niece and her daughter that I have been hoarding for a long time. I have SO MUCH jewelry...
See, I am really having so much fun imaging owning this house and together furnishing and decorating it exactly the way we want. Sometimes I get anxious thinking about accumulating stuff again but I just tell myself I do deserve to have beautiful things and a comfortable place to call home at this point in my life.
Teacher Terry
7-13-19, 11:31am
Your plans for the new house sounds great. It’s so fun to do that type of thing.
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