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post #141 of 172
4/20/07 at 11:21pm
just got rid of 33 magazines yep i am a hoarder of magazines especially excersize magazines sad i know i want to keep my mothering magazines for a year then i will get rid of them after a year is that sad or what seriously asking. I also like my natural health mags as reference. yoga journal i get rid of after about three months due to how $$$$ they are. but the others after two months or even one month they are gone. does that sound reasonable or is that still just making excuses i am sooo sad i know: :
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post #142 of 172
4/21/07 at 9:26pm
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Krystal- I keep all of my Mothering magazines, but that's it. It's the only subscription that I have but other magazines seem to make their way into our house and I read then recycle them.
post #143 of 172
4/21/07 at 9:28pm
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2 broken VHS movies tossed out
8 or so into the yard sale box
lots of outgrown clothes into the yard sale box

DH went through the cupboards and gathered all of the tupperware that we're trying to get rid of. Most were totally mismatched.. I can't believe we've held onto them this long :
post #144 of 172
4/22/07 at 12:29am
Over the past few days I collected one bag of trash and one big giveaway item. Today, I found 7 bigs things to throw away and three bags of trash! As for magazines, I've been going through them, too. I went through all my food magazines and pulled out the recipes that I want to try and tossed the rest, I got rid of all my other magazines except my craft magazines. It sounds like I had a ton of magazines, but I didn't have too many!
post #145 of 172
4/22/07 at 5:25pm
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19 items thrown after I decluttered 2 kitchen drawers.

379/500

4 things sold so far today.

383/500
post #146 of 172
4/22/07 at 9:50pm
don't feel bad ya'll i have at least 3 big rubbermaid totes full of magazines . some are at least 15 years old. i have years and years of music mags. parenting mags, mother earth news, real simple etc. the last time i did a major magazine pure was just about 10 years ago.

i did the same thing i'm doing now wich is pulling out the articles i want to keep and collaging the words and images. (i call myself treasure mapping but i haven't properly aligned it with the stars (laughing at myself mind) )

i am so proud of what i did yesterday . i went to the flea market and what didn't sell i actually took straightaway to good will. a whole truck load of stuff. and my gagrage looks so much nicer and i don't have to do another yardsale or fleamarket trek anytime soon!!!!!
post #147 of 172
4/22/07 at 9:51pm
oh i will be keeping the mother earth news. i keep dreaming of gardening and such.
post #148 of 172
4/23/07 at 12:25am
got rid of about 90 things today yeah i cleaned out the kids play room and wow does that feel good to have it all organized yeah! do that is 123/300 wow i really need to work on getting more out of here ugh! I really am trying but it just feels like i have to keep everything. Word to the wise dont let your mom help you get rid of stuff especially when she remembers you used to have nothing she will say and i quote"Dont get rid of that i remember when you begged to have even half this" oh and i forgot to mention she is holding a broken picture frame yeah it is just about that bad and people say i hold onto things to much i think i will see if she will join this thread.:
post #149 of 172
4/23/07 at 4:32am
I got rid of a few broken toys and crappy toys. I also went through my underwear drawer and got rid of anything that didn't fit or wasn't comfortable.

252/500
post #150 of 172
4/23/07 at 9:15am
OK, I made another Goodwill run yesterday and I am now 16/15 on my goal of 15 bags to Goodwill. I have a small house, which keeps me "honest" about the crap I can keep. I'm still amazed, though, at how much random junk has been tucked into corners.
post #151 of 172
4/23/07 at 4:24pm
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4 things sold so far today.

383/500
25 items gone

408/500
post #152 of 172
4/23/07 at 5:49pm
Sunday
3 bags of trash
4 big items for trash (yep - the trash guys are just going to LOOOOOVE us again this week - my neighbor said she saw them two weeks ago giving up dirty looks. Maybe I should make them cookies or somehing!)

Today
We had someone haul away a bunch of brush from the back yard, a big rickety climbing wall that the previous owners left, an old treadmill, and a weight system that had to be rewired that we finally realized was never going to get rewired. Whew. It feels good to get that crap out of here!
post #153 of 172
4/23/07 at 6:22pm
I'm over 1000! 1076 to be exact.

We are having a garage sale on May 12th we now have 22 boxes filled with stuff we are selling plus furniture items and more. I also have nearly 350 books to sell from a business that I used to have that closed. We still have 8 shelves to go through in our garage.

YEAH! I'll be so glad when this is done. We downsized houses 3 times in 4 years and this is the first huge purging.
post #154 of 172
4/25/07 at 12:12am
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25 items gone

408/500
20 items trashed today.

428/500
post #155 of 172
4/25/07 at 3:30pm
I boxed up 27 misc kitchen items for the relay for life garage sale. I'm at 112/200.
post #156 of 172
4/25/07 at 7:33pm
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Added a few more items to the yard sale box.
Cleaned our cupboards out and returned a cake pan to MIL and dish to my mom. Got rid of a few more mismatched pieces of tupperware.
Tossed two broken tapes.

So.. 35-ish for today.
post #157 of 172
4/25/07 at 11:05pm
I need to join next month's thread. I've gotten lazy here lately.
post #158 of 172
4/26/07 at 8:52pm
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Added quite a few more things to the yard sale box today.
Threw out a bunch of socks with holes (don't need any more cleaning rags right now)
Trashed two books that were tattered and missing pages

My laundry room looks incredible right now
(now for the rest of the house .. )
post #159 of 172
4/27/07 at 1:40am
2 bags of giveaway and 1 bag of trash
post #160 of 172
4/27/07 at 4:54pm
yk, my garage really is starting to look better. and so does the computer room. those were pretty much my goals for the month. i think next minth i'll set a number goal though. easier to be zealous w/ a number...
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