May Purge

[Greg44]

4 magazine boxes of about 4 years of church magazines (now all available on our phone), 1 box of "American Girl" magazines - oldest girl 40 yrs and youngest 26 years...and yet we still had them. They have all had boys!

Simon electronic game, 2 board games, we have about a dozen more we are keeping - none of which we have played in 10+ years. If they play board games it usually is some new trending game the kids have picked up. These were all DW's purge. I would have toss all but Yahtzee, Monopoly and Scrabble - classics. Baby steps. ;)

[iris lilies]

I’m really debating letting go plant society publications that are not available digitally. I’ve got 50 North American Lily society quarterly bulletins that are not at all easy to access elsewhere. But I never use it! Even though theoretically I think Missouri botanical Gardens library probably has back issues of this publication, but I am not gonna go into that rarefied place to look up old publications. Same dilemma for the iris regional bulletin which does not exist in digital form.

Yet these things take up half a bookshelf, so that’s not really much.

My other group of plant material publications is: specialty catalogs. I keep Iris and Lily catalogs for 10 years. The Iris world is very well organized digitally and it has a digital representation of every new introduction. But I think, well, what if I need those pretty pictures for an Iris sale? I don’t know.

I’m pretty good at tossing all that needs to be tossed, but I’m gonna hang onto this one shelf of material for a while longer.

[Greg44]

DD was waiting at our house for the postman to arrive...waiting for several online purchases. It is handy picking them up at mom and dad's seems no one is at her home during the day
and she can leave all the packaging material with us to deal with! A win win in her book!

We decided to take advantage of the captive audience and started hauling her stuff out of the bedroom closet - clothes, CDs, Baby Beans (she is 26 year old), old school stuff, knicky knacky stuff. Got rid of a lot of stuff! Her mom and I were doing high 5's as we headed back in forth down the haul with each new load! Oh there is more, but we made great head ways! So satisfying! She said I don't have room for this - and we said "either do we"! Take it or it gets donated or tossed...!

[happystuff]

Nice job, Greg!

[Teacher Terry]

I have a big box of dishes and pans to drop off at the thrift store today.

[happystuff]

Nice,tt!

I haven't purged yet, but have a pickup date scheduled for next month... after our town wide yard sale. Love that I'll be able to donate anything that doesn't sell.

[Yppej]

I went into Twitter all excited and followed a bunch of people and now I am whittling that down.

[iris lilies]

I have a big box of dishes and pans to drop off at the thrift store today.
I have boxes of kitchen stuff sitting around this house in Hermann, but I’m gonna let it sit for a while until I bring things from my city house and put in kitchen cabinets. I will end up just seeing several boxes of kitchen things.


They are going to our neighborhood church that outfits peoples homes and they are newly setting up housekeeping.

[Greg44]

DD again a captive audience. Went through a bag of graduation (HS) cards we had been holding on to (graduated 7 or 8 years ago?). 90% got tossed.

[hana]

Went to my parent's place and picked up some sewing supplies and other stuff. Decided everything else can be donated. Parents convinced one of the local charities they have enough to donate for them to send a truck. Stuffed is boxed or in bags and is ready to go.

[iris lilies]

I am afraid to say this out loud because I might jinx it. Wonder of wonders, DH has cleaned out his closet and gotten rid of clothing he has not touched in 35 years.


Buried in the drek is a vintage Levi’s ski jacket that I could probably get a few bucks for if I still had a functioning sellers account on eBay. As it is, I will drop it off at a vintage clothing store because I’m afraid it might be overlooked if I dropped it at a thrift store.

[Yppej]

I am afraid to say this out loud because I might jinx it. Wonder of wonders, DH has cleaned out his closet and gotten rid of clothing he has not touched in 35 years.


Buried in the drek is a vintage Levi’s ski jacket that I could probably get a few bucks for if I still had a functioning sellers account on eBay. As it is, I will drop it off at a vintage clothing store because I’m afraid it might be overlooked if I dropped it at a thrift store.

This could be not just a purge but a rave!

[Tybee]

Not really a purge, but moving my houseplants to the window boxes means I can spread out my orchids on the newly vacated shelves. Feels great to have more space around each plant.

[Teacher Terry]

Miracles do happen IL:)).

[rosarugosa]

Having gone through and cleaned our closet the other day, I have 7 articles of my clothing set to go out the door today to women in my town via our FB give-away page. My DH is giving up a Levi's denim trucker's jacket (must be something in the air, IL!), and I am going to try to sell that on eBay, along with at least some of the 23 Brooks Brothers ties he is relinquishing.

[iris lilies]

Miracles do happen IL:)).
I know, amazing isn’t it!


Yesterday I took all the clothes to the dumpster Except for the Levi’s ski jacket. No these are not clothes that should go to the thrift store. A thrift store should not be burdened with them. Believe me when I say that because I shop at thrift stores.

I did sift through everything to make sure he wasn’t tossing any of his auntie’s cashmere sweaters. Even though there were several ugly hand knit sweaters in the group, none of the Scottish made cashmere items were in the pile.

[rosarugosa]

Not really a purge, but moving my houseplants to the window boxes means I can spread out my orchids on the newly vacated shelves. Feels great to have more space around each plant.

I've always been afraid to bring my houseplants outside for the summer, because then it will look like there is space available in the house, and I will buy more plants...

[iris lilies]

Having gone through and cleaned our closet the other day, I have 7 articles of my clothing set to go out the door today to women in my town via our FB give-away page. My DH is giving up a Levi's denim trucker's jacket (must be something in the air, IL!), and I am going to try to sell that on eBay, along with at least some of the 23 Brooks Brothers ties he is relinquishing.

Rosa come back and let us know how much you get for that jacket, I am curious.

[pinkytoe]

I got out my two boxes of summer clothes and exchanged for winter clothes. Came up with one paper sack of clothes to donate. Finally getting rid of a small 1980s stereo set too which we saved all these years because it plays CDs.

[Yppej]

Working on removing sod. I do not want grass to grow tall, do not have a mower. It creeps in places.

Also weeding.

[Teacher Terry]

2 of my 3 plants love it outside so they moved to my balcony yesterday until November. I had to pack my friend for a move to assisted living yesterday and downsized some clothes, dishes that he never uses. Right now he is in a rehab facility. He is cheap but the clothes weren’t suitable to be worn in public and he eats his meals in the dining room:)).

[beckyliz]

Sold 2 more pants on Poshmark Saturday, so dropped them at the post office yesterday. Found a tote bag with travel info for a trip to Yellowstone we didn't get to take last year because DS got married - so we redirected those funds to a wedding. At any rate, no more traveling for us at this point, so tossed the printouts and travel books into the recycling.

[rosarugosa]

Rosa come back and let us know how much you get for that jacket, I am curious.

Will do, although it might be awhile before I get around to listing it. May is such a busy month!

[Yppej]

A top whose seam busted. I am not good at mending and while I liked the pattern it was a relic of my dress code days in polyester :( I hope to never have another job where I have to dress up.

[rosarugosa]

I got a nice thank-you message from the woman who got several of my clothing items. Her daughter had taken them from me on her mom's behalf. Mom thanked me for the items and remarked how nice they are and in such good condition. She broke her hip in March and hasn't been able to get out, so she was especially happy to get some new things. These were items I've had for awhile and no longer wear, mostly from my working days. Her note made me really happy, and I told her I would keep her in mind when I do my fall closet clean-out. I don't have many people I can pass my clothes along to because they are quite small.

[happystuff]

I got a nice thank-you message from the woman who got several of my clothing items. Her daughter had taken them from me on her mom's behalf. Mom thanked me for the items and remarked how nice they are and in such good condition. She broke her hip in March and hasn't been able to get out, so she was especially happy to get some new things. These were items I've had for awhile and no longer wear, mostly from my working days. Her note made me really happy, and I told her I would keep her in mind when I do my fall closet clean-out. I don't have many people I can pass my clothes along to because they are quite small.

Amazing what such a small gesture as a Thank You note can do. Sounds like a win-win for you both.

[Teacher Terry]

That’s great Rosa! Nice to be appreciated.

[saguaro]

I am afraid to say this out loud because I might jinx it. Wonder of wonders, DH has cleaned out his closet and gotten rid of clothing he has not touched in 35 years..

DH is finally purging a lot of stuff, quite the accomplishment considering he can be quite the packrat being raised in a packrat family.

In other purging news, got rid of 3 books, one old picture which I actually took apart so I could recycle the glass and paper. Tossed the old frame and backing.

Dropped off old iron, solar light and busted christmas lights at the local electronic recycling.

Still have to make a run through the closet and a couple more drawers for clothing that can go.

[iris lilies]

DH is finally purging a lot of stuff, quite the accomplishment considering he can be quite the packrat being raised in a packrat family.

In other purging news, got rid of 3 books, one old picture which I actually took apart so I could recycle the glass and paper. Tossed the old frame and backing.

Dropped off old iron, solar light and busted christmas lights at the local electronic recycling.

Still have to make a run through the closet and a couple more drawers for clothing that can go.

After taking all of DH’s rejects to the dumpster, I checked his closet to see what he decided to keep. He threw away both suits which he hasn’t worn in decades, but he D I D keep his leisure suit which I approve of because it’s really more of a costume than a choice of clothing.

[Teacher Terry]

Leisure suit:)).

[iris lilies]

Leisure suit:)). and I don’t mind that. It’s a hilarious garment.

Today I quizzed him about the family heirloom cashmere sweaters made by his aunt in Scotland. He said he has three or four of them. The problem is that they are too small for him and so I want him to let go of them and send them to his nephew’s children.

[Teacher Terry]

That’s a great idea about the sweaters.

[Yppej]

A never used beach umbrella. Ex had me buy it, never reimbursed me, we never went to the beach, and it has been gathering dust ever since. Every time I saw it, it made me think of him so out it goes.

[Yppej]

A pair of jeans that are splitting apart. I found another pair that will now be my gardening pair.

[rosarugosa]

We had some ready-made canned cocktails that we didn't like, and I was able to give them away via our local FB giving page.

[Yppej]

A lamp given me by the ex-friend. I had thought of reaching out to her but our mutual friends are cool towards me now and it would seem she is badmouthing me whilst I have never done that to her. It is also gaudy and ugly.

[Yppej]

Got a new broom and the splayed out one the ex left here is going out the door Tuesday to the work dumpster. It will not fit in my trash barrel.

[Yppej]

Started cleaning out the glove box - old registrations, old inspection reports, etc.

[iris lilies]

As I was tossing things into our big alley dumpsters I noticed a bunch of notebooks in our dumpster. I flipped through one of them and they were notes from an entomology class from 1972. DH is tossing his college notebooks! Another miracle.

[nswef]

I got rid of 6 boxes that were in attic! Empty boxes that were saved in case we had to send something back...vista HP pavillion computer box! sonic tooth brush box...and others! They are cut down ready to use under mulch in the yard and garden and the styrofoam molded pieces are in the trash. I do always wonder if art teachers could use them for structural art, but figure if they can they probably have bunches of their own. It only took about 20 minutes and several trips up and down.

I bet I have some textbooks...

[happystuff]

newsef - that is a great reminder about empty boxes - thanks! I tend to save product boxes beyond their need.

[rosarugosa]

The Clay School is always looking for boxes (for people to carry home finished items) and chopsticks (used as a measuring tool that would be too tedious to try to explain). I brought a couple of boxes and about 10 pairs of chopsticks (they must replicate in the drawer!) last week.