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post #21 of 65
2/7/08 at 9:22am

joining in

I'm joining in! I am not sure if we actually own that much stuff (though I might be surprised when I count DD's baby clothes and diapers that I will be handing over to my sister), but we definitely have to much clutter.
At the moment it is 8/2008 and a few freecycle items awaiting collection. Slowly but surely :-)

Jola
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post #22 of 65
2/7/08 at 10:00am
OK I am in 2008 in 2008!!!

January - approximately 100 (guesstimating here)
February - 24 clothing items given to my sister


Running Total = 124 items
post #23 of 65
2/7/08 at 6:46pm
Haven't been here since January 19th, so I need to update what I've done lately.

Total so far today: 818/2008
Goal for the rest of Febuary 182/100

1 old humidifier
1 old paper shredder
1 old fake plant
2 spiderman jackets
9 diapers
80 books recycled
10 newspapers
1 cloth pad
2 full small garbage cans of STUFF from kids' room
1 pr kids pants
1 pr shoes
2 pr mens pants
2 shirts
50 saved boxes
1 litter box
1 plastic pail
4 old plastic doohickeys
3 catalogs
10 envelopes
post #24 of 65
2/7/08 at 7:19pm
OK,I'm in.

January total is estimated at 60 items of clothing given to charity and 10 books sold to used bookstore.

Running total: 70 items

For today I'm going to put a bunch of misc stuff in a box out at the curb and see what happens.
post #25 of 65
2/7/08 at 8:12pm
14 items on freecycle today

we have got to weed through dp's clothes, i swear he has more than i do
post #26 of 65
2/8/08 at 8:10am
OK I am in 2008 in 2008!!!

Jan. - approximately 100 (guesstimating here)
Feb. - 24 clothing items given to my sister
25 papers decluttered
10 items from top of dryer



Running Total = 159 items

Going strong!!!
post #27 of 65
2/8/08 at 3:33pm
Yesterday DD and I cleaned out her room in anticipation of DH painting her room as a surprise for her birthday next week.

We threw out one garbage sack worth of scraps of paper, broken toys, etc.

And this morning I sorted out the kids' toys in th family room and in the boys' room. Another bag of trash tossed!

283/2008
post #28 of 65
2/10/08 at 3:03am
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Originally Posted by mamavegan View Post
Got rid of 28 more items today! Random gift bags that I won't use, ugly wrapping paper that we won't use, boxes that someone else can use when they move, some extra hand towels, wash rags, and a few work out clothes.

385/2008
We sold the baby's crib (that we never used) today! It was a little bittersweet. I took so much time picking out the 'perfect' crib, not to mention the twenty plus years that I've grown up thinking that a crib was essential when one has a baby. Let me just say that a stack of cash takes up much less space than an unused crib! DS has a bigger play area now!

1 Crib
1 Mattress
2 items that DH sold

389/2008 - but what a mighty 389 it is!
post #29 of 65
2/10/08 at 4:17pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by jola View Post
I'm joining in! I am not sure if we actually own that much stuff (though I might be surprised when I count DD's baby clothes and diapers that I will be handing over to my sister), but we definitely have to much clutter.
At the moment it is 8/2008 and a few freecycle items awaiting collection. Slowly but surely :-)

Jola
Hey Jola, wanted to say welcome!

I freecycled A LOT yesterday, and gave some stuff to my mom last night, AND have a donate bag of dp's clothes collecting :

bbl with my new total, hoping I've broken 300
post #30 of 65
2/11/08 at 9:03am
Finally had the time to get back on the decluttering wagon. I cleaned out the other storage closet in the basement. It is now a usable space as DH's server room and storage. So nice to be organized.

450/2008
post #31 of 65
2/11/08 at 11:30am
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DH got going!

127 pices of paper/books/assorted junk out of the office.

473/2008. We're starting to get stuff together for our yard sale too.
post #32 of 65
2/11/08 at 5:31pm
Total so far: 848/2008
post #33 of 65
2/11/08 at 5:46pm
i haven't been participating on the thread, but i have been purging away! i really can't keep track though. i was at 400-something, and i've gotten rid of bags and bags since then - mostly to the goodwill, some to other families. i'm not counting trash/recycling or borrowed items returned to their owners.

anyway, seriously, i think i'm half-way there but i no longer have the drive to try to keep count. is that horrible of me?

ooh! one other question. i've been decluttering our living areas and our wardrobes, because i've read that i should work in the areas that will make the biggest impact on our daily lives. that's cool, but i'm itching to deal with the boxes in our basement. i'm not done with our living areas, and haven't touched our bedroom other than clothes, but what do you think? can i dig into the basement?
post #34 of 65
2/12/08 at 4:05pm
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Originally Posted by doubledutch View Post

ooh! one other question. i've been decluttering our living areas and our wardrobes, because i've read that i should work in the areas that will make the biggest impact on our daily lives. that's cool, but i'm itching to deal with the boxes in our basement. i'm not done with our living areas, and haven't touched our bedroom other than clothes, but what do you think? can i dig into the basement?
I say, if you have the motivation, go for it! Maybe it'll snowball to the rest of the house

I'm finding the purging to be somewhat addictive.
post #35 of 65
2/12/08 at 8:59pm
(23) skeins of yarn - sent to MDC mama (she's making baby hats!)

Total: 294/2008
post #36 of 65
2/14/08 at 2:08am
Total so far: 855/2008
post #37 of 65
2/14/08 at 3:48am
I just wanted to say a HUGE thank you to whomever started this! My husband is on board and we are really clearing things out. I can't believe how much has left our house/garage. And there's more to go!

650/2008!

Woohoo!
post #38 of 65
2/14/08 at 8:35pm
I used the new MDC trading post and YAY, more stuff out of my home. Finally over the 300 mark!

(2) sample packs Lansinoh cloth wipes - to MDC mama
(5) sample packs Lansinoh breast milk storage bags - to MDC mama
(2) found Fuzzibunz - to MDC mama

Total: 303/2008
post #39 of 65
2/15/08 at 8:31pm
I shredded a ton of papers this morning, basically all of our financial files which were more than 3 years old and tax returns which were over 7 years old. I have no idea how many pieces of paper, probably at least 1000. But I'm going to call it 100 for purposes of this thread.

So 170 is my new running total.
post #40 of 65
2/16/08 at 11:54pm
Started working on the garage.

470/2008