2010 in 2010 - Page 11

[scrapadoozer]

29 more yesterday & today, found while cleaning up.

395/2010

[sleepypeanutsmom]

Pixiemammy, your post about decluttering being dangerous work cracked me up! It reminded me to slow down a little in the madness of going through this house. Glad you're ok.

I've just been keeping track of my numbers, not the exact items. I'm up to 168/2010.

Today I'm working on the less obvious areas of each room...junk drawers, files, etc. The house looks the same when you glance around, but it feels good to have drawers and closets more organized. Decluttering gives me so much energy!

I've declared January as Garage Month. Dh looked a little worried when I made this declaration. Sometimes it is fun to scare him like that! I'm going through and doing the purging and then we'll rearrange the storage and fridge/freezer to make it more usable. Our home doesn't have a mudroom and we mainly enter through our garage door so I'm creating a mudroom of sorts in our garage...shoes, coats, etc. It will be so nice to have the designated space for those things.

Thanks for all of the motivation!

[Punchy Kaby]

Alright, I'm in!!! I have to keep on top of the constant clutter that keeps coming into this house!

I have already given a couple bags of stuff to goodwill, so I am going to start my count at 100. I cleaned off the counter and threw away 5 things.

105/2010

[mamabunnyboo]

I just saw this thread & wanted to join.
DH and I decided to de-clutter this year in order to put our house on the market next year. On Wednesday, we committed to purging 10 things a day each, 20 total, every day. So far, we've each met our goal and then some. Ten things doesn't sound like a lot, but we know ourselves and know that we're more apt to stick with modest goals.
I purged all of the kitchen drawers except one the first day, and he did the other one. We got rid of dozens of things - several bags full.
On day 2, I went through the linens that are attached to the kitchen and he purged stuff from our bedroom and our daughter's room.
Today, we went through several book cases, purged all of DD 's(4) board books and books she's outgrown, some VHS tapes, a bunch of DH's old software, and several dozen random books.
Since we didn't keep count beyond our ten things a day, I'm happy to say that we've purged 60/2010 things so far

[pixiemammy]

A little more

2 old magazines - recycling
1 torn cardboard box - recycling
1 child's leggings - charity
1 useless piece of junk carpet cleaner - waste electrical box
1 pile of papers - recycling

598+6=604/2010

[mamameliaISback]

Well I didn't tackle the kitchen - I decided to start on the spare room which is just a room full of clothes and little to no storage. I can't believe how much I am getting rid of. 183 more items are making their way out of here. MANY pairs of old, holey socks are in the pile.

So now my total is: 454/2010.

I haven't forgotten the pics Dh just hasn't uploaded them for me yet (I don't know how to work his camera and my one stopped working). I can say that there will be a pleasant surprise at the end of all of this! Some of the photos I took were shocking.

[major_mama11]

3 junk mail envelopes living on my counter- trash
2 throw-away bags also living on counter- trash
1 excess popsicle setup- donate
1 throwaway glad container- trash
1 random extra measuring spoons- donate

8 items so far today = 180 total

Also decluttered some random stuff from my mom's yesterday, from the pile in my old bedroom that's been there for 12 years now . I told her to just throw it all in the trash or donate it, since I obviously haven't missed any of those things in all these years since I've moved out. She won't do it though.

[BabyBugsMom]

27 magazines recycled
32 outgrown baby clothes items to charity
7 out of season clothing items I don't like enough to store to charity
14 assorted pieces of clutter to the trash

736/2010

[major_mama11]

2 pairs baby shoes- donate
1 broken toy- trash
1 okay toy= donate
1 package pens- donate
1 bicycle water bottle- donate
1 purse from christmas- returned in exchg for $26 store credit
1 bottle lotion- donate
1 empty bottle- donate
2 lunch boxes- donate
1 pile old restaurant condiments- trash
1 makeup sample- trash
1 unrecyclable food container- trash

14 more items + 180 = 196 total!! Can't believe how much junk I have in my house, since this is barely scratching the surface! This is just stuff I see throughout my normal day, haven't even started digging through the many many boxes and piles in my house yet.

[pixiemammy]

Originally Posted by major_mama11

1 purse from christmas- returned in exchg for $26 store credit

I love this kind of decluttering

[Punchy Kaby]

You know what I have discovered? If I am in a bad mood, it helps to purge

Got rid of some books today
threw away stuff from the 'junk' drawer
got rid of a bag of stuff in bedroom

[pixiemammy]

Found some more clutter to declutter...

2 never-worn tops - charity
1 melted-by-the-rain paper carrier bag - recycling
2 pairs of DH's ancient falling-apart runners - bin
1 pair DH's ancient falling-apart hiking boots - bin
1 clothes hanger - charity
6 reusable plastic bags - charity
1 child's paint set (dried up) - bin
1 almost-empty-and-gone-solid gluestick - bin
1 old pj top - buttons retrieved for button-jar, top used to mop up ink spill and then into bin
3 skirts - charity
1 handbag - charity
1 belt - charity
1 pile of "floor stickers" - bin (I think this is the last of them!)
1 massive out-of-date catalog - recycling
1 old membership card - cut up into bin
1 very old mobile phone SIM card - cut up into bin
3 computing manuals - recycling
1 pile of paper - recycling
1 pile of paper - shredder
2 magazines - recycling

604+32=636/2010

Tomorrow I plan to shred all the shreddables, as the pile of to-be-shredded papers is becoming cluttersome Also, my recycling bin is very full, I have had to start a pile of to-be-recycleds in the utility room of things to be put in it after collection day on Thursday! It'll be full again by Thursday afternoon And I just got notification today that our usual charity collection will be on Wednesday so all my charity pile will be on its way then

Happy decluttering all!

[samstress]

27 - pair of dh's shorts (that were about to split on the bum) - trash
28 thru 30 - three party favors from birthday party dd attended last week - trash


30/2010

[rere]

I have:

45 clothing items
1 cup
1 set of coasters
1 cookie tin(back to my mother)
5 little junk toys

so 54 more items!

I'm trying to get up the mental energy to go through my sister's books.


I just realized I'm more than half way there!

[BabyBugsMom]

1 grocery bag full of yucky old craft projects
1 large cardboard box
15 small items and the box they were stored in

754/2010

[karkli]

Adding to 200:

201-appx. 350 - Bags of clothes, sheets, blankets, towels, and a box of personal hygiene products, given to my neighbor to take to her Haitian coworkers to be sent to relatives and loved ones.

And items 351-500 are piled in the guest room waiting for next weekend - YARD SALE!! I can't wait to be rid of it all. I plan to add even more to the pile this week.

[pixiemammy]

oops... forgot to do the shredding today

However, I did find a few more random pieces of junk...

5 odd old socks - bin
1 Star Trek VHS tape - charity (we don't have a VCR anymore )
2 cardboard boxes - recycling
2 old phone books - recycling
1 handbag - charity
1 pile papers - recycling
1 jigsaw book - charity

636+13=649/2010

[rere]

Last night I went through 2 boxes of books and I'm only sending 5 out but there were some really good books in those boxes.But while I was in the attic I got rid of
1 bottle of baby powder
1 bottle of windex
5 frames
2 pics
and 12 more items went out the door this morning with a friend!

So..26 more items

[BunnySlippers]

Originally Posted by Punchy Kaby

You know what I have discovered? If I am in a bad mood, it helps to purge

good idea! Quick someone..tick me off real quick!

Back on track today...

13. computer table
14. craft table
15. useless craft scraps
16. empty yogurt container
17-23. rusty and broken paintbrushes
24. broken ruler
25. meat grinder
26&27 icecube trays
28. thermos cover
29. pile of old receipts
30. stained sweater
31-50. I cleaned out my truck
51.baby food jar

[Shall1105]

Finally got started!

Looks like I have quite a ways before I catch up to some of you ladies!

We're moving in April, so the main de-cluttering will come around then.

This week I got rid of:

10 christmas presents back to store
2 oil stained clothing items in trash
8 Bfing accessories trash
3 mismatched socks trash
7 bath toys (mildewed ewww) trash
57 baby items -charity
1 dead car battery-taken back to store for $10

so thats 88/2010- 1922 left to go