2012 in 2012 - Page 9

[Super Pickle]

Hi all! This feels so good! Hope you aren't working yourselves too hard.

Over the last few days, I've....

COMPOSTED

4 POC clay and untreated wood knick-knacks that the kids had accumulated

RETURNED

7 Sunday School curriculum books back to the church

DONATED

1 pr boots 

20 items of clothing

1 decorative baby box

17 books

RECYCLED

2 spray bottles

1 huge box of 30-yr. old Nintendo magazines 

1 old book

10 magazines/catalogs

1 big bunch plastic grocery bags

TRASHED

1 broken 3-ring binder

1 bunch yellowed photo album pages

1 piece old drawer liner

1 bouncy ball

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69 items

51 + 69= 120

Edited by Super Pickle - 1/5/12 at 8:39pm

[zebra15]

11 items from under the bathroom sink AND I found earrings (which I'm not liking so they could be on the way out too)

NEW TOTAL

28/2012

$17.47

[wp135]

Gave away/returned

1 can of air freshener

1 bottle of cleaner

1 bottle hand sanitizer

3 Mr. Clean Magic Erasers

1 piece of fabric

2 hard wood floor cleaning supplies

2 plastic containers

1 bread machine

Now to find the 11 expired medications that my husband keeps hiding on me that he wants to keep.

150+30 pending

[clutterwarrior]

Originally Posted by cristeen 

Do I get to count it as decluttering when I go through the liquor cabinet and tell my DH this or that is your next drink so I can throw away the almost empty bottle? 

I say yes! 

[nstewart]

Originally Posted by nstewart 

170/2012!

$42.00

Yesterday I went through one of two junk drawers and threw out a bunch of papers, paper clips, old pens, elastic bands, old coupons, etc.  I'm going to count each "category" of item and call it 5.  Today I went through a cupboard in the basement and recycled/threw away, got ready to  donate 16 items.  I've got another 8 items to sell (7 video games plus one book on CD).  So that is 29 more items. 

New Total:

199/2012

$42.00

[zebra15]

7 empty rx containers... i really need to check the cupboards more often, this is embarrassing

turned 1/2 skien of yarn into 2 head/ear warmers for a swap!  GO ME!!

NEW TOTAL

36/2012

$17.47

[Paigekitten]

I want to join!  I don't know if I can hit 2012 items, as I am a big purger and not a big shopper, but I think it would be a lot of fun to tally it up.  I have a box in my coat closet that I add things to constantly and then when it is full I take it to the thrift store so I will just count the number of items in the box before I take it out.

[frugalmama]

Originally Posted by frugalmama 

+

14 bottles of expired salad dressing - normally I'm okay with expired, but these were from 2009!

102/2012

$5 earnings

+

25 books sold via bookscouter and affiliated sites. These have been sitting on my desk for months and I never get this done. $56 earned

31 wool sweaters with small holes in them - bought to resell to a cloth diapering mama who has now gone out of business. Boxed for yard sale & put in garage {I don't count things in my garage}

6 maternity tops gone in a box on thredup - $5 credit earned

158/2012

$66 earned

Edited by frugalmama - 1/6/12 at 8:31am

[LoveOurBabies]

1 bag given to a friend, today.

New total: 150 out of 2012.

My task for tomorrow and Sunday is to purge approximately 50 items and try and make it to 200. Hopefully it goes well and I come back with a happy update. :)

[artemis33]

Yesterday was good - I spent some time sifting through the children's toy areas looking for garbage, broken toys, things I *know* they never play with.  They have a lot of stuff and I do involve them in the bigger picture of paring down, but sometimes I need to just do some of it on my own.  I also added to my pile to take to consignment - hope to do that early next week.

4 items returned by mail (decided not to count the $ here since they were just from Christmas - I'm only going to count $ I earn from things that have been cluttering up the house for a while)

27 random items trashed/recycled

1 holey pair of rain boots trashed

4 broken toys trashed

1 lost piece out of a library book returned to the library and put back in the book where it belongs (proud of DD for that!)

3 borrowed items in the car to return to their owners when I see them next

Off to goodwill - 3 kitchen items, 13 toys, 17 clothing

= 73 items yesterday

19 + 73 = 92/2012

Leaving soon to drop off the goodwill items and hopefully I'll have time to declutter some more this afternoon!  Yay!

[lavatea]

Didn't do a full 30 minutes of decluttering yesterday, but I managed to get rid of:
1 holiday button
1 pile of receipts
and 6 old mirrors

113/2012

[aeterna]

Today I decluttered:

1 dead checkbook

1 stack of "baby coupons" (tossed the ones for free formula, sent the ones I'll use to Diapers.com)

7 first aid/personal care items left over from the hospital

1 ancient empty bottle of vitamins that I kept "just in case I forgot the brand" (who cares? I'll buy another brand? omg)

1 gift set of bath products I will never use

1 ugly picture frame

1 board game we've never played

1 Barbie-printed reusable cold pack (because I'm not 12)

1 Barbie watch

1 glitter purple pair of "party glasses" (

3 ugly ornaments

1 microfiber hair towel, new in box

1 book on living greener

1 "sheet saver" (apparently this is something you put on top of sheets to keep baby from spitting up and soiling the sheets. I thought the sheets were the protective layer?!)

2 packages of corner cushions

1 can of anti-static spray

1 can of black "shoe cream"

2 votive candle holders

4 christmas cheese knives

1 frighteningly ugly Christmas baby figurine

1 package of paintballs

1 expired box of chocolate chip cookie dough balls from 2009

1 miscellaneous stack of receipts

1 box of "electronic cleaning wipes"

1 stack of pink ribbons cut to unusable lengths

1 Dave & Buster's card (so that's where that went!!) 

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39/2012

Some quick math told me I need to declutter 38.6 things per week to stay on top of this challenge. Since it's the 6th, thought I'd better get my quota done for the week! 

[clutterwarrior]

scented oil burner

hat

some scrapbook items sold, count as 3

41/2012

$66.45

[erigeron]

Expired food items x4

Advertisement dating to 2009

Pill sorter

Expired/unused medicine x10

Fridge magnet

Pill splitter

Empty pill bottles x2

A bunch of random junky pens and pencils (counted individually as all are different)

Chip clip

Cord for calculator that has gone unused in the 14 years I've had the calculator

Random trash x3

Thing of glitter paint

Poster hangers

Dead marker

Screws that go to ???

Things in pantry (tupperware, vases, etc) x10

124/2012

[aeterna]

Originally Posted by aeterna 

39/2012

ONCE I START I CAN'T STOP!! 

1 book on pregnancy

1 holiday tray

1 sample piece of baseboard

1 McDonald's collectible glass

2 key fobs

2 free movie passes that expired in 2007

1 baby photo album

1 stack of "how to care for your new baby" pamphlets from the hospital

1 random pile of pens that don't work

2 hospital surveys (filled out and mailed)

3 boxes of candy

1 stack of mail

1 headband (ear warmer style)

3 scarves

1 headband (decorative)

1 package of chemical hand warmer pads

1 mismatched glove

1 broken umbrella

1 backpack

1 "mama sutra" kit

1 package of baby spoons

1 baby comb/brush set

1 nearly-full package of organic suckers that I will never buy again

1 lock with no key

8 keys with no lock

 (since I went through a jumbled box to match/inspect/consider all this jewelry, I'm counting them all, dammit!)

6 broken necklaces

24 pairs of earrings

31 earrings without a pair

2 bracelets

11 pendants

2 rings

2 watches

2 navel rings

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119

(+39 prior total)

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158/2012

Edited by aeterna - 1/7/12 at 10:18am

[cristeen]

My SIL came over today to spend some time, and I "decluttered" 34 items into her possession.  29 skeins/bundles/balls of yarn, and 5 crochet books.  Hopefully my BIL doesn't kill me. 

Plus the 4 booze bottles I had DH empty from the liquor cabinet.  That brings me to 172/2012.

[esg]

Some quick math told me I need to declutter 38.6 things per week to stay on top of this challenge. Since it's the 6th, thought I'd better get my quota done for the week! 

I did some math today too to figure out how much I would need to get rid of every day (5.5 items) which is really not that much. Makes it seem far more doable.

Now to just get up and do it! You, though, are killing it!
 

[Curlyfry7]

Moving in tiny baby steps, lol, but I have big plans for the next couple of weeks!
1 pair of baby pants to friend

1 + 1 = 2/2012

Off to change my siggy from 2011 to 2012.....

[clutterwarrior]

I like that esg ....5 and a half items per day!  Sounds very doable!

Today I have been a woman on a mission, a decluttering mission...

10 christmas decorations either binned or donating

coffee mug

halloween ghost biscuits

gingerbread house

icecream container

plastic packaging

56/2012

$66.45

[nstewart]

Well, today I organized DS's toys, which had me get rid of 3 books, 3 balls, and a truck.  I also decluttered the other (scarier) junk drawer and tossed 16 more random things including expired coupons, an entire "Entertainment" coupon book, some dry pens, a binder...I counted 16 things.  That's 23 for today.  DS is just in bed, and I plan on relaxing but I've got the "chuck it" bug, so who knows what else I might find tonight.

New Total:

222/2012

$42.00 (hopefully those video games and the book on CD will sell!)