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post #401 of 459
1/28/07 at 10:05am
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post #402 of 459
1/28/07 at 9:10pm
I WILL make my goal!!!

Today:
5 xbox games SOLD
6 dried-up paints in the garbage
12 bras to sister (5 different sizes, none fit )
4 bras/undies in the garbage
2 freezer-burned ice cream tubs in the garbage (oops, we forgot about these!)

29 today! Yippee! I also posted a bunch of items on Freecycle, we'll see how that goes...
post #403 of 459
1/28/07 at 9:44pm
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post #404 of 459
1/28/07 at 11:04pm

Last post before bed...

7 more art bin items in the trash
software CD Freecycled!
dead pen into trash (I'm counting everything now )

9 more for today
post #405 of 459
1/28/07 at 11:30pm
1 big bag of trash
1 box of green bean casserole expired
1 box of wires to DH office
1 magazine rack
1 pencil holder
2 boxes of basketball cards
1 mp3/cd player
1 lion hairbrush
1 startrek thing
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10

up to 271/300
post #406 of 459
1/28/07 at 11:47pm
dropped off the bassinet at my friends house so thats 1 more for my tally!

updating my sig now (including some randome tosses in there too)
post #407 of 459
1/29/07 at 12:41am
Ok, I've finally got my butt in gear!!


Packed away a tubby full of at least 20 toys for garage sale in spring.
Went through a bunch of me and hubby's clothes: I'll say 35, but that's quite an underestimate...packed for garage sale.
Tossed 6 old magazines.
Cleaned out a drawer, got rid of an old babybrush, 5 sippy cup pieces, 2 random pieces of paper, a broken crayon: 9 items.
Returned 8 Tupperware containers to MIL.
Tossed two old pillows, a pair of shoes that my friend's dog has chewed a hole through, a pair of sandals that the heel broke off, and one lonely work boot of DH's.

Previous Total: 18/150
New Total: 94/150
post #408 of 459
1/29/07 at 4:02am
I have been looking at this thread wondering if I should really commit, so here goes! I'm setting a pretty modest goal for Jan. since it is almost over! I already started cleaning out the nursery! I'm setting my goal for 100 items this month. What constitues as an item? If I'm going through filing cabinets does each piece of paper count? Anyway I'm excited to have some accountablility here!
(sorry for gross misspellings! It's late!)
post #409 of 459
1/29/07 at 4:09am
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post #410 of 459
1/29/07 at 4:29am
Over the past week I cleared out 1 bag of garbage and 1 bag of recycling from the master bedroom. Now maybe I can get in there and clear out some stuff for the Good Will. I also sent away a rocking horse that I trip over about 10 times a day but only gets played with about once a month. That puts me up to 18/20 bags/boxes. I have one more bag and one box started for the good will but they aren't full yet.
post #411 of 459
1/29/07 at 10:57am
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post #412 of 459
1/29/07 at 2:07pm
1 bottle of old medicene
5 old football jerseys
1 DVD
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7

New total 278/300
post #413 of 459
1/29/07 at 2:17pm
While Logan was in the tub I decluttered the bathroom and tossed:

8 old makeup sponges
9 bottles of expired vitamins and medicines
4 really old makeup items
5 empty or unwated bottles of lotion
4 broken bath toys

For a new total of 82/500
post #414 of 459
1/29/07 at 2:23pm
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Originally Posted by AngelBee View Post
Threw out a pen and stamper. That makes 813 to go.

I also have a box of donation stuff collected and a give away box for my mom. Will count that once I have done more.

Off to tackle clothes!
Threw out:
chipped bowl
ship in bottle (kind of broke)

Donated 106 items of clothing

Trashed 75 items myself, dh trashed 100

So.....530 items to go. I still have bags of clothes to count
post #415 of 459
1/29/07 at 2:39pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by Baby Makes 4 View Post
While Logan was in the tub I decluttered the bathroom and tossed:

8 old makeup sponges
9 bottles of expired vitamins and medicines
4 really old makeup items
5 empty or unwated bottles of lotion
4 broken bath toys

For a new total of 82/500
Hit the laundry room and threw out another 29 items. I won't list them all here but it was an assortment of old cleaning products, empty ice cream buckets, socks with holes in them and some mismatched pacemats.

111/500
post #416 of 459
1/29/07 at 4:34pm
5 more toys. I beat my goal! 304/300 and lots more to go!

Even though my house doesn't look any different, I have freed up numerous big tupperware storage containers and cupboards, and the attic. So we have a lot of empty space that I can move things into. it is kind of depressing that after all that, just by looking, you can't even tell all the work I have been doing.
post #417 of 459
1/29/07 at 5:24pm
Don't feel bad itsy, as you keep going eventually you will be able to SEE a difference. A lot of folks take before and after pics.

Went to goodwill this morning and dropped off two things. (1 box full of clothes and a laundry hamper that has been in every room of the house and just doesn't work for us)

getting close...
off to update my sig now.

Sorta OT but yk, i find myself doing as much re-organizing as de-cluttering and despite what flylady says about "you can't organize clutter" sometimes when i get it organized it is no longer clutter.

mamas!
post #418 of 459
1/29/07 at 5:54pm
itsybitsy, I kinda feel the same way. I was just talking to my dh last night about it. I asked him if our house felt 833 items lighter, he said no. Things look better, I do have many empty boxes, but not by much.
Anyway, going to try and get some more things done today. I am not sure if I am going to make my 5th revised goal, but I am happy with what i have gotten done so far. I went through my clothes again, this is really hard since I am pregnant, but I had to honestly think, will I wear this again? I will be nursing again for at least I will say 2 years, so if it isn't nursing friendly, gone. Why should I hang onto these things? Maybe after my 7 or so years of nursing I will go out and get myself a new wardrobe of totally nursing unfriendly clothes, like dresses, for now, it just makes me sad...
So 27 more items from my closet.
Hoping to get the car done today also and go through the garage a little and tackle some boxes.
post #419 of 459
1/29/07 at 5:58pm
on craigslist i sold a bunch of stuff and made some nice cash, too.

large box of fisher price toys
johnny jumper
walker
a crib with sheets, mattress
graco soft carrier
fleece car seat cover
bouncy seat
bottles
books
etc...
post #420 of 459
1/29/07 at 6:10pm

I did it!

Quote:
Originally Posted by itsybitsy25 View Post
5 more toys. I beat my goal! 304/300 and lots more to go!

Even though my house doesn't look any different, I have freed up numerous big tupperware storage containers and cupboards, and the attic. So we have a lot of empty space that I can move things into. it is kind of depressing that after all that, just by looking, you can't even tell all the work I have been doing.
I feel the same way. I don't see much of a difference at this point. Although a lot has gone out the door.

1 stuffed animal
1 plastic baby toy
1 dried up marker
10 books
1 answering machine
1 broken phone
1 cassette tape
1 cat litter box
1 box of cat litter
1 empty lock box
1 old picture frame
1 pile of junk from purse
1 photo album
2 baby books
1 box of old bills and paperwork
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Total 303/300 I did it!

Now let's see how much more I can get rid of by the 31st.
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