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Should have kept count but I think I hit the 100 items in 2 days of cleaning out my work space!
Our church collects fabric for quilters who make quilts for missions - went through the fabric stash - cut everything into 9" squares and the rest went to the Valu Village bag, along with trims and ribbons, stamps sets, envelopes and paper, cards, dropped it all off this AM.
DH saw the pile and added a pair of shoes that he has attmepted to donate twice and each time pulled them out of the pile cause they were not cheap but never fit - finally accepted they were not right. Although he threatened to go and buy them back - not gonna happen!!:)
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We have a few to add!! Finally! We missed the charity pickup on Monday, bummer.
3 items eBayed and shipped
1 part of a frame (where the rest ever went, who knows) to garbage
1 old kitchen bowl to DH's boat winterization
TOTAL = 7!! Oh my gosh!!! :)
Nah, we're doing good, we have a big ol' pile to donate, I just don't want to log it here until it's actually out of the house. And DH is plugging along at his eBaying, we pulled out a ton of stuff and it is set aside. Yippee.
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Did NOT take on a set of dishes my parents offered us. It was my grandma's, but she died two years ago and my fond memories were never diminished for not having had any of her dishes around. :) Plus they weren't that great. So we refused them . . .
DH has thrown out some stuff in the basement. I think he threw about 5 items, like old plumbing stuff and some trim pieces and other such detritus.
7 + 5 = TOTAL 12.
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Tossed or donated 55 items today. All from a declutter in the bedroom.
Tossed
5 tops
1 pr of shorts
8 pair of socks
5 underwear
12 pr of old pantyhose I got from someone - moved some to my stash for the garden. I use them to tie up the tomato plants and raspberries.
Donating
2 summer quilts
1 winter comforter
2 pr of pants
3 pr of shorts
6 tops
2 pr lounge pants
4 pr of socks
3 tops to one of my clients
1 watch
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A big clean out of the cedar closet in the basement - but just the coats/purses/suitcases/board games. Two full giant trash bags dropped off at Value Village today. But that was only about 1/3 of what's in there but we are taking it in small bits - easier for DH.
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I've been kind of distracted and slow on this challenge. I was able to round up a bunch of half-empty jugs of motor oil for my car's annual oil change, so that moved three jugs out of the garage. I also identified an extra winter tire which will be put on craigslist since it is superfluous to both cars and will only age out of usability otherwise. I have a couple of hotspots in the house I know I could declutter; just have to get to them..... 91 items (including the tire) ...
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Out as of today:
- nine containers of expired OTC meds and supplements. Must find a better way to store these; obviously we don't know we have them when we have them.
- package of nylon dish scrubbies; I won't use 'em because they can't go in the microwave for sanitizing after use.
- package-and-a-half of "dishwand" refills. I don't use this either and I do 90% of the dishes. Let someone else enjoy them.
- regular sponge without the scrub surface, never used. Won't be by me, either.
- a sliderule. Had it since before college (and actually remember how to use it, I think). Kept thinking it had some value. Maybe to someone it does, but it will take too long to find that person. Let them be surprised when they cruise the aisles at Goodwill.
- a network router. A bit finicky, so I replaced it with another one. Let someone with more time deal with it. The price will be right.
- a computer keyboard given me by someone who was just looking to get rid of it. I've never used it, either. Out...
- a "collectible" pin for a local events which will have collectible value sometime in the year 2113.
That's sixteen more items, bringing me to a total of 107. :cool:
I'm not stopping there. There's a bunch of stuff on the dining room table for DW to say 'yea' or 'nay' and a few items I want to price on craigslist/ebay before I decide if it's worth the trouble to me of selling them versus giving them away. And a dozen albums of Christmas music I will raid digitally for favorites and then pass on. And if the sun ever shines here again, I'll have more stuff from the garage.
Thanks for the push to do this, Kelli!
[EDIT] Figured out that several electronic items I had hanging around were worth something, but not enough in terms of prepping for ebay sale or dealing with flaky craigslisters to compensate for the cosmic energy of just getting these objects out of my life. So they hit the Goodwill box, too. I also found another cache :|( of vitamins/digestive aids/whatever, all expired. Either we're getting much healthier or the next Rx we'll need is for Aricept. New total is 116.
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Steve's our winner! :) :) Well, we're all winners, even when it's 12 items we're up to for the month . . . . . . . :|(
I do have a handful more waiting to be delivered to Bridging! Tomorrow!! Then I'll count them!
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I'll get back on this on the weekend. Really, I can add a bunch.
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6 more items donated today.
Total = 18
Oooooooh . . . Crawling along on this one!! What a block!! Oh well, again, 18 is better than zero.
