Took 4 bags of books and puzzles to the Goodwill, along with two shirts.
Took 4 bags of books and puzzles to the Goodwill, along with two shirts.
One more photo album decluttered. Three total so far.
I am going to try one thing a day for a while. Maybe I will be able to do that, then work up to two, then three.
Just found out the exact date of our summer town wide yard sale. As it turns out, I have a scheduled donation pickup the week before. It was motivating, as I've spent a good part of the day filling both the donation bins and the yard sale boxes!!!
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Finished the photo reorganization. Got through the last two photo albums and put everything in the organization bin. Five photo albums gone!! Still have to go through each packet and downsize a little the duplicates.
Major, major accomplishment!Originally Posted by Klunick
Yes, it was. Basically 21 years of photos. I bought one of those hard plastic containers that have 16 small "packet" containers inside to hold the photos. I divided them up into Oldest Son, Youngest Son, Boys Together, Vacations, Pets, and Miscellaneous. Literally took all of the 16 packets to hold everything. I thought I was going to have to buy another one but I downsized the "pet" photos considerable and got them all into one pack therefore freeing up two that I could use to finish off oldest son's and youngest son's photos.
I think photos are one of the hardest categories to deal with. At this point, I just throw any photos in one large box in the closet and pretend it will disappear. The online photos are even more onerous. DH tried to clean up some of the digital grand-twin photos and gave up as there were literally hundreds sent through the years. He still has several boxes of old family photos that his parents didn't clean up prior to passing away. Every time he tries to eliminate some, he gets sentimental so it doesn't get done.
I am not a very sentimental person and we never look at those photos I organized. For a second, I thought about getting rid of all of them but didn't. Hopefully when my boys get married and start having kids, the grandkids might want to see what Dads looked like when they were younger. Separating them out between each kid, the boys can just take theirs when I pass and split the others if they want.
That's a good idea. I was able to go through photos my dad left behind at his house and reunite the photos with the subjects' children, after 80 years in the case of my dad's old high school girlfriend. The son was floored and very, very happy.
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