April 100 items challenge

[Mrs-M]

LOL, Early Morning! NO MORE KIDS!

I have two tea towels that are very similar to the waffle-knit fabric the sleeper is made of, and like the baby sleeper, the waffle-knit fabric teas don't wrinkle either. (And if you run your hand over the surface of the waffle-knit material, you can actually feel the checkered/square indentation pattern)! My linen teas are the worst for wrinkling if I don't fold them right away after laundering.

Back to storing some of the baby things. I put it down to the scare I had back in 2007, as to how quickly family dynamics can change when unexpected little ones are introduced. It was a mad scramble (to say the least) to settle two babies into a home with already four kids, but had I not had all of the old baby things/stuff to work with, we never would have been able to afford to properly outfit and clothe the boys without help from family. I'm so grateful we didn't have to go that route.

I used a little strategy when I snapped the pictures, hiding all the yucky, stained, and worn-out things "under", but after seeing the condition of so many of the items, I felt they were in too good of condition to just dump-off at the thrift store, so putting them away for a rainy-day may prove to be a blessing (in the future) for some needy mom (or neighbour) in desperate need of a little something to help pull them through.

[Mrs-M]

OK, as I already mentioned, it's going to be a real challenge for me to actually reach 100, but I'm going to dedicate myself towards this challenge and give it my all!

So, last night while I was cleaning-up the kitchen and washing-up the supper dishes, I found an old stack of disposable paper coffee filters in the cupboard, something we haven't used in ages... So I pulled them out and sat them on the counter. Well, as it stands, my dear SIL wants them, so one more "item" problem solved and resolved. Total count as of this morning, 92!

[leslieann]

Hmm, those coffee filters make a lovely child's art project. Fold in half and in half again and a third time. Then drip food colouring on the filter paper. When you open it up you'll have a beautiful colourful paper (we used to turn them into butterflies...that was a couple of careers ago, when I taught preschool. Anyway, I am sure your SIL will make great coffee with them.

[Mrs-M]

Oh, Leslieann... I wish you would have posted your lovely idea before I committed myself to passing them along to dear SIL. The wonderful (and colourful) snowflakes the kids and I could have made (Christmas time, window decorating)! Lesson learned, wait a day or two to allow members to weigh-in.

[fidgiegirl]

It's ok, Mrs. M. Coffee filters are cheap, so if the DKids are dying to be artistic with them, you can grab some more

There's my two cents

[Mrs-M]

Thanks, Fidgeigirl! But still, sometimes I'm too overly fast to act...

[Mrs-M]

Originally posted by Kat.
Yesterday was decrapification part two at our house.

ROTFLMAO! Note to self... add new word to my buzz-word bible!

[Float On]

there are a lot of really cool coffee pot filter wreaths floating around the 'crafty blogging world'


29. broken and mangled weedwacker that hasn't worked in 6 years
30-35. books

[Mrs-M]

Float On and Kat, you guys are doing great! Can I share a secret with everybody here? As of right now, I've fresh run out of items I can purge... That's how tight things are in our home with stuff. Seems everything is spoken for and/or still being used.

I remember Fawn, made me feel better when she said something to me to the effect of, "family is an obstacle for the want-to-be minimalist", but I'm not going down without a fight!

[Float On]

36-37. I found two odd hand tools in my gardening supply that I've never used - adding them to thrift shop box in the car.
38. One more item boxed for an Etsy sale.