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post #41 of 47
5/27/08 at 9:26pm
I am so inspired by you ladies. I wish I could get my DH on board with the philosophies shared here...he is a "stuff" guy.
post #42 of 47
5/28/08 at 4:59pm
I totally agree. Dh is a "collector" and I do hate to throw out useful things. So, we developed the 1 yr rule for miisc stuff. If it has been in the basement for 1 yr and not used--out it goes.

For food, we're developing a list of our favs with a section for things to try and then giving all of the cookbooks to the library.

In terms of the credit card, we use ours to simplify. We buy everything with it, earn cash-back bonuses and pay off the entire balance each month online.

I love the idea to cut back on soap and shampoo. There is no reason for the 8 bottles we have in there!
post #43 of 47
5/28/08 at 10:15pm
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We just keep a tablespoon by the washer, fill it & throw it in spoon and all. Then retrieve it as we put that load in the dryer.
I love it!
post #44 of 47
5/29/08 at 10:30pm
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Originally Posted by starling&diesel View Post
  • decline all ad mail in our post box
How do you do this? Does the post office have some form or something?
post #45 of 47
6/1/08 at 3:13am
Goodwilled the majority of our clothing to get down to a week's worth of clothes for all of us (omg this was so hard!)

Because of the above I am now able to stay on top of laundry

Goodwilled many of the kids' toys (before I had done that they had 86 stuffed animals between the 2 of them and that does not include Barbies, baby dolls, etc). This has made clean up soooo much easier.

I deal with mail the second I grab it instead of putting it in a "I'll get to it later pile."

That is it so far but I can't believe the difference it has made in our lives.
post #46 of 47
6/1/08 at 9:34am
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Originally Posted by tug View Post
from what i read, tchotchoke is the alternate and americanized spelling of the yiddish word tshatshke, from the polish dialectical "czaczka." i'm guessing that the polish word is a dialectical word for czastka (can't do the accent on the "a"). that word means a particle or a small part.
In Hungarian it's "csacska". I never knew it was anything to do with yiddish.
post #47 of 47
6/1/08 at 12:39pm
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How do you do this? Does the post office have some form or something?
Whenever we move we always put a polite note into our mailbox requesting no ad mail. This time our box is at the post office, so we asked the fine folks at the counter. There is a website you can go to where you can take yourself off of all kinds of mailing lists... but i don't know what it is. If i remember, I'll post it.
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