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[Stone Fence]

10 pieces of clothing tossed

346/2008

I'm feeling good. I've got to get moving on video/audion media. We've got tons that takes up too much space. I have to pry all of it from DH. I also want to ditch the bookcase that all of it is in. I am so having a yard sale this Spring.

[Baby Makes 4]

Originally Posted by Baby Makes 4

807/2008

227 baby items (mostly clothing)
20 pairs of shoes
1 rice cooker
1 waffle maker
6 tea cups
1 tea pot
30 books
1 blue sweater
10 dry erase markers
1 sega genesis
5 sega games
1 game boy
2 CD binders
30 CDs

336 items off to charity today!!!

New total

1143/2008

I'm 57% done!

[lovemysunshine]

Copying directly from my blog for this last week:

This was a mediocre week on the decluttering front. I went through part of my bathroom cupboard and drawers, but there is still more there that can go I'm sure.

I did manage to give someone 3 large boxes of packing peanuts so they wouldn't go in the landfill just yet. The only reason I had them sitting in the garage was because I tried to donate them via Craigslist a couple months ago. A woman replied and I responded, then waited to hear back from her. In the meantime, a man emailed me and said quite curtly, that he wanted them and when could he get them. I know tone is next to impossible to read in an email so I gave him the benefit of the doubt there. Not so after his next email, some 4 hours later. He demanded to know if they were still available and if not, then I needed to take down my listing and don't you know how this thing works? I responded back that yes, I know how Craigslist works, and no the peanuts weren't taken yet. I had someone in line before him and hell would freeze over before I would give them to him now (okay, so I didn't actually type that last part, but maybe I should have). So they sat in my garage since the first woman never replied back (I guess my packing peanuts weren't good enough for her). A friend of mine forwarded me someone's Freecycle post asking for some and voila! They're gone.

So on to my list for this past week already:

TRASHED:
plastic bag (I don't remember why I wrote this down, but it must not have been a reusable bag?)
random toy
shower gel
window markers (almost all dried up)
4 old bottles of nail polish
nail file
1/2 used bag of coffee Henry didn't like
random tea bags I didn't like
2 bath toys
2 bath poofs (1 moved here with us, so it was time to go)
spice container
2 mailing envelopes
light bulb (it looked dead, but was being stored for some reason)
2 containers of really old broccoli cheese soup I had frozen
2 things of makeup

RECYCLED:
catalog
bath toy
3 mailing supplies
3 product bozes
5 magazines
pad of paper
recipe box
stack of never used recipe cards
1 food storage container/lid

RETURNED/GIVEN AWAY:
3 large boxes packing peanuts
2 birthing/breastfeeding books to my pregnant friend
1 wool diaper cover

DONATED:
foot massager
1 article of Jonas' clothing
4 books
2 small stuffed animals
1 bag unopened coffee
hat
large stack blank recipe cards

TOTAL FOR WEEK 4: 58
TOTAL FOR 2008: 329/2008

[Stone Fence]

: Baby Makes 4

What are you going to do for March-December?

[Baby Makes 4]

Originally Posted by Stone Fence

: Baby Makes 4

What are you going to do for March-December?

We are moving into a new and much smaller house on March 15th so I am on a deadline for decluttering. I need to get a whole year's worth of purging done in 2 months so I can pack and enjoy my new house.

My goal for March-December is to keep my new house clutter-free and come up with creative storage and organizing to maximize the space available to us.

[Stone Fence]

Originally Posted by Baby Makes 4

We are moving into a new and much smaller house on March 15th so I am on a deadline for decluttering.

Congrats on the downsizing!

[meandk0610]

5 in the trash & 24 to goodwill. 74/2008

sarah

[swellmomma]

Another 37 items in the van 363/2008 so far

[beansricerevolt]

Went through our other 2 book shelves and found 15 more books to donate!

780/2008

[vivalamama]

Originally Posted by CKinAK

353/2008

Over the past few days I have donated (salvation army and women's shelter), recycled and sold:

1 stack coupons/paper clutter
1 rug
10 toys
3 games
55 cassette tapes (getting dh to part with his tapes was brutal- I had to promise we would look for them on cd )
1 cassette tape holder
1 suitcase
2 backpacks
1 baby bath tub
1 booster seat
2 puzzles
1 playmat
22 pcs clothing
5 books
1 purse
1 blanket
4 napkins 4 placemats (holiday themed)
= 116

469/2008

[mamavegan]

Originally Posted by mamavegan

Just recycled 3 catalogs, 3 boxes, and a bunch of paper clutter.

270/2008

+33 hangers that we don't need
+2 shirts to donate
+5 random things
+3 catalogs
+1 book
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314/2008

[Baby Makes 4]

Originally Posted by Baby Makes 4

1143/2008

20 cardboard boxes and wrecked books in the recycling

1163/2008

[simonboy'smommy]

I don't know which thread to post in anymore!!!
I will be happy when we can start a February thread then I'll know for sure.
My numbers this morning are: 140/2008 Hurray! Back to work...........

[maciascl]

Hi all! I know it's the last day of Jan, but I want to join in. My goal for this year is to start organizing my life. It has hit me recently that we have been in this house for 7 1/2 years now & we have accumulated 7 1/2 years worth of junk : I am unhappy & feel cluttered & chaotic all the time. I think this will be a big help in keeping me motivated. These threads move fast, so I hope I can keep up...

I cleaned out a 'junk' drawer yesterday & got rid of 22 items. Today I threw away my fav ceramic bowl It has a crack in it. So that puts me at 23/2008 Wow, it is almost overwhelming to think about. Hopefully this spring we will have some sucessful garage sales & I'll really be able to boost that number.

[mamavegan]

Originally Posted by mamavegan

+33 hangers that we don't need
+2 shirts to donate
+5 random things
+3 catalogs
+1 book
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314/2008

33 more items! DS's outgrown clothing and some of my maternity clothing.

347/2008

[beansricerevolt]

3 random things to donation
50 pieces of fabric mailed
1 stack of papers recyceled
2 stationary sets mailed
5 items (food and cups) mailed
3 clothing items mailed



844/2008!!!!!!

Almost half way!

[2GR8KIDS]

Too much junk to itemize ...

New Total: 377/2008

[2GR8KIDS]

double post

[epdeans]

Returned 4 items to Target (walked out without buying anything!!!)
2 bags to Goodwill
1 weather radio to Goodwill
1 Ice Tea Maker to GoodWill
Mailed 1 Swap


TOTAL THUS FAR 384/2008

[EviesMom]

plugging away slowly...
Last night I cleaned out the aquarium top to bottom and scrubbed everything (I know that's often not good for the fish, but this had gotten ridiculous since ds was born b/c I've been too busy and dh doesn't like to clean it.) Tossed old airstone, filter, airstone feature that didn't work anymore, etc. I'm counting miscellaneous aquarium stuff as 1 item. With books I mailed out yesterday, a spy box thing I donated to preschool, and a couple of other things, I'm now at 91. I do have a big pile of stuff to either TP sell and a deadline for them. I have to do it by 2/16 or I'm going to do a big run to the thrift store with it all when I have a car that day anyway.