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Y, throw the food away.
OMG! I was cleaning the top of the fridge which I don't do as often as I should. You could have asked me 100 times if there was anything in the cabinets above the fridge and I would have told you 100 times NO! I decided to look and there were more freaking coffee cups!! Plus a salad bowl that was still unopened, random candlestick holders (we own no candles by the way), and some wine glasses and three bottle of alcohol (and neither of us drink!). Into the trash with all of it!!
Thrift store please, not landfill!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by klunick
We only have one local thrift store and it is only open when I am at work. If you drop stuff off when they are closed, they fine you. I guess they have security camera that can read license plates. Not worth a ticket to do a good deed unfortunately.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gardnr
Dried beans keep for years. If the popcorn pops and smells good, it is fine. If it doesn’t smell like popcorn, it probably won’t taste good either, but it won’t hurt you.
Jan 09,10 & 11th
---1 not working electric sweeper--to the curb someone handier then me
might want to try and fix it.
--- 1 Book to charity box
---5 Jars of spices of undetermined age in the garage...(they had no smell left)
--a large quantity of compostable bags for your compost. Lesson do NOT store
compostable in an open container in a damp place. Surprise, surprise they start
to biodegrade!
--1 cont of fried onions not sure why I bought then other then they appealed to me
at the time. Very tasty but, very salty, greasy and made me feel bloated.
Total to date 39
Well that's a total flippin' bummer :-(Quote:
Originally Posted by klunick
I went through my large pile of books waiting to be read and culled out the ones that have been there for years, that I obviously don't want to read. A couple are action and adventure that my MIL in the nursing home would enjoy, so I'll bring those to her and donate the others.
I know. I have been giving stuff to AmVets and Purple Heart lately but they have stopped coming around for pick ups. Used to give a lot when boys were little and out growing everything so quickly.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gardnr
Thanks CL. I am cooking up my first canister which is dried lima beans.
See if you have a local freecycle group.Quote:
Originally Posted by klunick
Today's declutter...
Went through stacks and stacks of old photos and purge the duplicates and the blurry or just plain crappy ones. You know... back in the day when you would have to wait a week for your pictures to get developed only to find out 50% of them were bad or blurry.
I even got the husband to start clearing some stuff out of his room. Old computer monitors, boxes of electronic equipment that is out of date (think Windows 98 type stuff), and several empty boxes that various items were packaged in.
Jan12th
--2 Placemats (Really nice but, I have way too many)
Made Dd a carrier/holder for her knitting needles when
she wants to take them out. Turn out cute and useful and
out of my house!
Total to date 41....
My daughter took her two prom dresses and dropped them off at a local church - they're collecting items for the Night to Shine event (sponsored by Tim Tebow - a prom for folks with special needs). I just continue to chuck items into a bag for donation as I come across them. Tablecloth that is too short, a winter coffee mug, some Christmas lights I don't need, various pieces of inexpensive jewelry, etc.
Bought;2 things today: a basket and a metal shaker. The shaker will get silk flowers, its big enough. The basket got used at the supermarket on the way home. But my usual rule for culling or putting away is 5:1, so I need to find 10 items to cull...
Fortunately we bought home 8 boxes of books yesterday, so finding 10 pieces to go out should be simple. There’s a gathering of the clan this weekend, so if I find 10 books to cull, I know where to take them and they’ll be appreciated!
Five items of clothing, a pair of earrings, and a glass canister.
:laff:. I was on an ultra minimalism website just now and when i read this I thought these were the items you chose to own. A very amusing moment ensued when i tried to imagine why you'd chosen those seven things! "What exactly would make a glass canister the most essential possession you own after the clothes on your back and that all-important pair of earrings ... hmmm .... maybe it has a magic genie inside?"Quote:
Originally Posted by Yppej
LOL kib.
We would fail miserably in one of those websites. We were out in the shed today and I counted 7 trailer hitch balls and my husband does not own a truck anymore. He won't get rid of them because when he gets another truck, one of them will fit. . .
Your husband sounds like mine. He is definitely a "just in case" type guy.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tybee
My husband can join yours. We have a big stack of old tires in our shed. He won’t get rid of them yet when our cars need tires he has never looked to see if they fit. Ugh!
yep ... My feeling is that if an item is going to be saved and stored and then ignored when it's actually useful, then we're simply storing garbage, and I'd like to know what the point of that would possibly be. I'm trying to find a slightly less irritated way to express this, as I ponder a mountain of assorted screws, bolts, outlets, washers, drill bits and other "just in case" carpentry aids. We could build a second house - except that if we did, our first stop would be the hardware store to buy all new screws, bolts, washers, outlets and drill bits.
My husband sort of did build a second house. It is a detached garage but it is huge! Even has a second floor!! Has a space large enough to store four hot rods (stacked), and a workshop. The second floor is storage for car parts.Quote:
Originally Posted by kib
This morning's declutter...
Went through old medicine/prescriptions and threw out expired or unused ones. Also went through the various first aid kits we had accumulated and consolidated them.
I inherited the desk of a hoarder when I came to a new section within my current job about two years ago. The first year, she was also here but sat in a different area within the same office so I felt obligated to keep her desk pretty much as she had it. She left Dec 2018 but it was unsure if she'd be back or not. It's officially been a year since she left so today, I cleared out all her crap that had been driving me NUTS for the last two years. She hoarded pens/pencils/hi-lighters/post it notes/markers/empty folders. You name it, she had it on her desk or in one of her overheads. Now... I made the desk my own finally and it looks so nice now!!
Oh that would have driven me insane, one of my most important parts of getting comfortable in a new situation is being able to "nest". I even put the junk like fliers and room service menus away in a drawer when I'm in a hotel, just so I'm not surrounded by crap that's not mine. So nice you finally got to settle in!Quote:
Originally Posted by klunick
It felt so good to clear that crap out.Quote:
Originally Posted by kib
I have been doing this at work too. Anything more than a year old I can toss so I will be done in June.Quote:
Originally Posted by klunick
Gave away some dog grooming tools to my neighbor today- comb, brushes, scissors. Now I just have what I actually use, yay! Put them in a caddy and made a handy place to put it. No more dog brushes laying around.
I must have started a trend. Co-worker came in and immediately started clearing all the crap that is on her desk. :laff: Now if only the slob who sits behind would do that (not going to happen though).Quote:
Originally Posted by Yppej
Stove is being serviced today. So that part of the kitchen will be deep cleaned, first time in far too long!
More work in the living room, but since it has gotten major culling and clean up recently: put a bed in, take the bed and large table out, and then put a dresser and stationary bike in, all in the past 3 months, it’s actually not too bad. Next is the hallway, which will also be pretty easy. The kitchen was started last night, but it needs most of the work.
Also finally got the colored pencils to the neighbor who will use them, yesterday.
I have a box to make up and ship to the BIL as well as some others.
That is the one thing I appreciated in our kitchen remodel. They ripped up the floors so no cleaning necessary. The bad part is a friend was doing all the work and was very slow so we lived with sub-flooring for way too long!Quote:
Originally Posted by NewGig
A Tupperware lid I couldn't get clean.
My child came home from college for semester break and cleaned their bedroom!!! Huge garbage can of trash and huge bin for donating. (Mom has to sort the bin, but...Yay!)
Threw out a garbage bag worth of stuff from the storage unit. Can't see much improvement, a first step is a first step.
Old cookbooks that don't get used and maps that are out of date.
I went through the bathroom cupboard: 1 sunscreen (replace annually right?), a box that held only 1 votive candle, 1 bag from cough drops-I combined 2 partials. Looks neater now. I love half empty cupboards:)
Went through doll storage box and got rid of 5 dolls and a candle holder.
Want to go through a storage box a day for the next 6 weeks, prior to possible move.
Wait – did you just give me permission to throw away the tubes and tubes of sunscreen I have from my friend that’s a good 10 years old? I should throw them away? I hope so tell me I can throw them away.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gardnr
A SodaStream that has never been opened. A dehumidifier that has never been opened. An electric heater fan that hasn't been used in over 20 years.