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post #61 of 197
3/7/08 at 12:29pm
Thread Starter 
Quote:
Originally Posted by MaryCeleste View Post

Anyway, here's what's gone so far:

25 pc children's clothes
6 towels
5 tote bags
8 toys
7 worn sippy cups (recycled)
14 jars, yogurt tubs, etc. that I was "saving" (recycled)
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65 / 1878

I also have hundreds more items already boxed & bagged for various destinations, but I'm not including them until they're out of the house.

Looking forward to checking back in with you!
Congrats! That is FANTASTIC progress!

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post #62 of 197
3/7/08 at 3:08pm
it's sorta embaressing, but I've just boxed up 88 toys and I'm counting multiple piece - set toys as 1! Things aren't officially out the house yet but that's the way I'm counting so my grand total is up to 257

257/zillion
plus 10 pounds paper

12 bathroom +1
31 fabric
15 sewing +1
9 my dresser
33 cedar closet
26 catch all
3 kitchen +2
32 books +4
88 toys
161 TOTAL +96 from today!
plus 10 pounds of paper
post #63 of 197
3/7/08 at 5:28pm
We gathered up all the baby dolls and have 17.: That's almost six per child. We've parred down to seven which includes a few from my childhood.

10 Baby Dolls
1 Rooster Flash Light-DD says he was "thirsty" so he met his end in the bath
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11 Items

Total 68/800
post #64 of 197
3/7/08 at 9:36pm
Thread Starter 
Finally worked up the courage to work on the weird extra room/storage closet today. I worked for less than an hour and got rid of 86 things in that short time. I've barely scratched the surface though. *Sigh* At least I have one huge pile of stuff going to Goodwill tomorrow!

143/300
post #65 of 197
3/8/08 at 5:04am
Hi! I am new to MDC. I'd like to join this challenge, if I may?

I can jump in where we are now in the month and I'd like to set my goal of one item per day. I'll pretend I started at the beginning of the month to inspire me to get busy and state my goal is 31 items.
post #66 of 197
3/8/08 at 9:09am
Thread Starter 
Quote:
Originally Posted by sunnysandiegan View Post
Hi! I am new to MDC. I'd like to join this challenge, if I may?

I can jump in where we are now in the month and I'd like to set my goal of one item per day. I'll pretend I started at the beginning of the month to inspire me to get busy and state my goal is 31 items.
Of course you can! Welcome and good luck.
post #67 of 197
3/8/08 at 10:07am
I haven't done anything yet. Will finally have time today to start.
post #68 of 197
3/8/08 at 12:28pm
Baby has been sick and my husband's Grandfather has passed away so haven't got much done. I do have a pile of stuff by the door that needs to be donated but won't count it till it goes.
And I think our yard sale will be the 1st Sat. of April.
A friend pointed out that a lot of folks get paid on the 1st, so hopefully more stuff will go then.

I can't wait to get some things out of this house. We are acually getting rid of some furniture. My pack rat DH is even on board.

So far I've only got 2/300.
post #69 of 197
3/8/08 at 12:35pm
Thread Starter 
15 more out of the closet from heck today!

158/300
post #70 of 197
3/8/08 at 4:34pm
Okay... not much progress yet (But I did get to have a date with dh and see Cirque du Soleil!) Got ds helping yesterday - he's as much of a pack rat as his parents! lol We ended up bargaining about which packaging to recycle and which to keep (why does he love to keep packaging so much??).

Deadline: March 19

Living Room: 30%
Kitchen: 0%
Bathroom: 0%
Yard: 0%

Items gone: 96
Pounds of paper gone: 22

I should add here that I also need to de-mold/mildew the walls in the living room and bedroom. (Over-achieving a little? maybe...)
post #71 of 197
3/8/08 at 5:19pm
13 books and 1 thing from the catch all so far today, if I can really get motivated I need to go through the pile of 'I don't know where to put this stuff, I'll just pile it here until later' that has slowly grown from cleaning out other areas.

271/zillion + 10lbs. paper
post #72 of 197
3/8/08 at 5:38pm
Had an incident with DDs wheelchair last week so had to spend the last few days doing re-fits for repairs. : She is back on her wheels and running so I can get back to work!

Working on the garage today with DH. So far 3 boxes in the truck ready to "head out", and several items going to the scrap yard.

Also started 2 baby quilts with scraps from my stash. "Re-purposed"! Hope to finish the tops today.(Posting pics over in the sewing forum). One less "pile" sitting in my craft area and ready for baby showers coming up.

Off to get back to work....
post #73 of 197
3/8/08 at 7:26pm
So the past few days just in cleaning up around the house I got rid of...

5 dishes
4 of my shirts
1 pair of Dh's scrubs
7 books
=17

Bringing my total to:
190/400
post #74 of 197
3/8/08 at 7:41pm
Out the door today:

Thrift shop: 17 pc children's clothes, 15 toys & stuffed animals, 14 household items = 46

Recycled: 6 large educational supply catalogues = 6

Gave to a friend: 60 pc children's clothes, 14 audiobooks & movies = 74

total = 126

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Stuff we acquired :

9 books, 8 small toys for Easter baskets, 1 baby item, 2 children's t-shirts, 4 boxes note cards

total = [24]


current tally: 191/2002
post #75 of 197
3/8/08 at 9:20pm
we are on a serious roll...don't stop me now!!!

We just spent a few hours moving my scrapbooking and craft stuff, thinning it out, went through kids rooms and took a big plastic bin, they are to put all their stuff they don't want, doesn't fit, broken in it. Their incentive is they want to take it to a yard sale, then a kids sale to raise money for a nintendo ds (anyone have some cheap??? just thought I'd thought it out there). We'll chip in for what they don't make as the incentive.

We also went through old papers and trash, and a few pieces of old furniture (you know the ones you might fix someday) and so far met our goal for 20 bags for the week, probably even more!!!

thanks for doing this, it's a great incentive, we need to act on it before I change my mind...

I am hoping the weather changes and we can get out there in the garage and get that cleaned out, it's a mess, we can't even park in there!!! But it's been either cold, rainy, sleeting, whatever, so lets hope we have a few good days coming up.
post #76 of 197
3/8/08 at 9:34pm
My goal was originally 50 items..
I just started today, but I'm hoping to add more shortly.
GONE so far:
sippy cup tops tossed- 3
pile of old papers tossed- 1
organizer freecycled- 1
cassette tapes- 1
broken toy pieces- 3
dishes and mug- 4
13/50 and counting
post #77 of 197
3/8/08 at 9:41pm
For Today...
5 Christmas Kitchen Towels
1 Misc XMAS Decorations
2 Duplicate Books
4 small plastic toys
1 Fridge pig
1 pair of shoes
9 Borrowed Books
4 Very Overdue Library Books
2 Used Up Coloring Books
1 Pile of Paper
1 Dishwasher - Sold on Craigslist
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31 Items for Today

New Total 99/800 I better get moving faster....
post #78 of 197
3/8/08 at 11:12pm
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Originally Posted by scrapadoozer View Post
Congrats! That is FANTASTIC progress!
Thanks!

At this point, we're mainly getting rid of things that are obviously unnecessary (i.e., useless or duplicate things). Once that's done, we'll be able to take stock of our "useful," "desired," and "hard to replace" belongings, and figure out which of them are really serving our family's needs, rather than vice versa.
post #79 of 197
3/8/08 at 11:27pm
Back for round 2...

Threw out: 12 pcs expired medications = 12

Recycled: 1 bag used batteries; 12 pc mismatched plastic food storage & glass jars; most of late MIL's collection of recipe clippings (*); most of my collection of recipe clippings = 15

Donated to the library: 81 books, 1 audiobook, 3 VHS movies = 85


total = 112


303/2002

(*) DD1 helped me go through the recipe box. We worked fast -- basically just salvaging anything handwritten -- but I still got to glance through a lot of the clippings, which provided plenty of entertainment. MIL was born in the 1920's, so the recipes spanned several decades, from 1940's tea sandwiches to 1990's low-carb Thai beef salad. There were many examples of regrettable food fads, including my personal favorite, from the 1970's: "Whole Wheat M&M Cookies." Apparently, the food editor didn't see anything strange about that combination.

And I can just picture how they were invented...

Aspiring healthy cook: "I've been using this cookie recipe from Adelle Davis, but the children don't like them as much as the supermarket kind."

Friend: "Have you tried adding M&M's?"

post #80 of 197
3/8/08 at 11:47pm
Reporting Round 2 and then off to bed...

1 pair pants
1 Used Up Coloring Book
5 Large Stacks of Paper
1 Small Plastic Toy
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8 More Items

New Total 107/800

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