Worked on the family room, especially one tall shelf in the corner.

Gone:
2 water toys
1 bottle of bubbles
2 old dustpan brushes
1 racquet
1 box of sidewalk chalk
a tool, and two other things

10 items gone, total.

340/360

I stared with the upstairs storage bedroom.

7 items gone! Pretty good, considering I have sorted that room several times this year.

1 towel
1 kid's Halloween costume
1 zippered storage bag
1 velvet lined box I have saved for 15 years and never used
1 dress-up skirt
2 more random things I can't remember

I am down to the last few items to find places for, got stressed so am taking a break. I should be able to finish that room in 10 minutes.


330/360

Plus ten items from yard sales this weekend.

Pots out - 64
Items in +50

When school gets out I am going to do a big declutter.

Into the donate bin: 18 items of baby clothing. They belonged to my youngest, and then my grandkids wore them, and it is time to let them go.

323/360

3 boxes of tea that I've been saving but never drink.

305/360

I'm back. Almost a month has passed.

Donated - nearly new blue jacket that I never wore because I am not a fan of how the sleeves look.

Gotta start somewhere...

302/360

Before I lose track, 9 more pots binned, three punches purchased.

Pots - 64

Items +40

I ordered 11 fancy cookie cutters for my pottery and they arrived today, so I went out and found 11 old style ones I can part with - calling that a draw.

Also found ten pots that aren't worth glazing - headed to the dumpster at class.

Pots -55

Items +37

I tossed six more more bad pots.

Pots -45

Items +37

It was a good sale today.

I sold 31 things that are not my standard kept in stock items, traded two, and unfortunately broke one - it happens.

But that is 34 pottery items out. (The things I bought and traded for are general items in) I think I am going to struggle to get to 100 by the end of summer, but I will keep trying. I definitely want to lighten the low end of my stock.

So, the shopping/trading
2 garden stakes, two little sculptural pieces for me, two for gifts (don't count), and an espresso cup. 5 in.

Pots -39
Items in +37

I just realized I put the wrong year on a post below!

Boomwhackers and drum came

+32 for 2025

Still at -5 for pots.

I really hope my sale goes well Saturday!

Lila, I am impressed by how fast you are moving!

I took two "rework" pots to toss out on Friday, and I gave one to my friend today, so that is 5/100 for spring/summer.

I have finished 24 good pots in my class so far, but most of those are intended for sale. (The bad pots have gone in the dumpster - yay me!) This is why I am trying to do 100 out around my spring/summer sale - I need to sell/discard more than I make! I already have a bunch of inventory!

ticking away...

trash: one old old flashlight, one rule book, my old will
donated: pocket knife
in a box for Teen: a bag of ear gages and a bag of haircutting things (counts as 2 items)
given to Tot: large paper pad

301/360

from the garage: one modem, donated
from the bedroom drawers: one stack of ID cards cut up and thrown away. Donated: one pair or reading glasses in a case.


294/360

One stack of extra hand and foot prints from my daughter's babyhood. I saved a few nice ones and threw the rest of the stack away. (Counting as one item).

291/360

I have thought about my shopping trip yesterday. I am going to count the abc blocks as one in, because they are clearly taking up brain space and physical space, but if/when the extras leave I will count one out and the replacement figures don't count.

The toy sets are one in each, plus book and shirt. Most of the trays I will not count because they are just sliding into existing shelf space to corral small objects and improve existing storage and have been on my watch for list, but one stacking set I will count as one.

So, +30 for 2024

I did take a "rework" pot I decided I was never going to rework to the pottery studio with me yesterday and throw it in the dumpster. I have decided that since I work on new pots when I go to the studio I will make myself take one "rework" every time. If I make new pots instead of reworking it, into the dumpster it goes.

So I am 2/100 out for spring/summer

Well I did not get far in the garage - I got overwhelmed. But I did take a box in there and put in one item to be donated: a glass lemonade jar I have never used.

290/360

Adding:
2 more CDs and a timer donated
old instructional DVD in the trash

289/360

From the downstairs "office" that is a sorting room:

Mix of 11 cds, video games, and movies
ponytail holder
tv remote
turtleneck sweater

285/360

The sorting is getting harder and it is slower going, but that's good in a way. It means I have gone through most of my things again.

Today's win: I took all the donate stuff to the charity and donated it. And as I was leaving, I grabbed a pole light that has been gathering dust in my bedroom, always getting in the way, but I thought it might be useful or something, someday... donated it, too.

271/360

four more things from the little bedroom, donated
sheet, rug, washcloth
crib bedding set I saved for almost 20 years. I had to let it go.


270/360

Very hard things. From the closet in the little bedroom/storage, things that belonged to Teen.

Sent to Teen, she will probably get rid of:
costume parts
hat
small new bulletin board
pins
hair things
black suede boots she just HAD to have, like new
concert sweatshirt
blankets

Donated:
many sheets and blankets
handmade quilts
costume parts
pillowcases

33 things in all, so far.


266/360

Hereee we go...

From the little bedroom/storage room:
3 pairs dance shoes
clothes
costume parts
toys
canvas bag with handles
violin starter book w/dvd
remote control
17 items in all


233/360

I got stressed in the little bedroom so started organizing the playroom. Picked up and organized a lot!

Donated:
8 toys (a play phone, a xylophone, a toy bird, a couple of hats and gloves)

Trash:
2 play costumes, a damaged book, and a play wig that were pretty ruined


216/360

gahhhh. Chipping away at the hard stuff in the little bedroom. Now that everyone else's stuff is gone, it is down to really hard stuff.

so far, donations:
mini dvd player
router
modem
cable I don't know what it goes to
disney movie

also, I forgot from yesterday:
keurig (works)
TV sent to Teen


204/360

Thanks SubC! It does feel good to move it all out.

The bed and frame came from the little bedroom I've been using for storage, so now there is room in there to sort! The bed was piled several feet high with stuff, and the floor covered in bins and boxes. I donated several things from that room.

The rest came from my bedroom, the garage, and the outside storage room. So now there is space to start moving things out of my bedroom that don't belong there, don't have space for right now, but want to keep for when I move out. Plus I will keep on decluttering as I go.

Oops, I forgot, I came to confess two cookie cutters I ordered for pottery.

+24 for 2025.

I swear I will start downsizing again eventually!

Oh Lila, that was such a big lift! But you were very brave!

You must have a bunch of space! Is it all in one room?

ahhhh. hard hard hard.

Gone today:
bedframe
mattress
sheet
elliptical
3 dressers
1 nightstand
1 lamp table
1 speaker
1 amp
1 plant in a pot
1 saucer to go under the pot
1 picture off the wall
1 milk crate full of ex's stuff (counting as 1 item)
1 starbucks cup


197/360

Decluttering is hard today.

Donated:
large new plastic water bottle
2 sets of sticker labels

Given:
blue ceramic baby booties
pet surgery cone
bag of dog food


Sent to Teen:
jewelry making wire
lanyard
pink ceramic booties
wristband
peroxide spray
comb
poster hangers
new deodorant
box of witch hazel wipes


181/360

I worked on my bedroom, and the little bedroom/storage room. I gathered some donations and also put some boxes together to be taken to Teen. I did not count anything that was already packed for her (many boxes of her things, from months ago) but I am counting things that I find while I am sorting my room and little bedroom, which I was saving, but have decided to just send them with ex to her.

Today

Donation box:
new 3-ring binder
antenna
plastic food

Boxed and sent to Teen:
clothing
a coat I was going to save and wear
2 laptops
a lot of books
skirts
box of shoes
porcelain doll
her towels, quilts, etc from childhood
hats, gloves, a camera
stuff we got at concerts
backpacks
lamp
milk crate
arm and ankle weights
record cleaner
I don't even know what else

Total of 78 items gone.


166/360

still working on my bedroom. More things gone.

donated:
new square nail file
another sunglasses
new pack of photo paper

trash:
6 partially used, but still good, nail polish, because I have so many and almost never paint my nails. So I tossed my least favorite colors until all my polish could fit in one small plastic bin.


88/360

from my bedroom today

donations:
mirror
thermal cup lid
brand new package of braces gum


trash:
square nail file
bag of raisins I don't like
bottle of old cough syrup I was saving

given away:
bag of almonds


79/360

from my bedroom:

donated -
2 sunglasses
2 water bottles
1 insulated coffee cup
1 ceramic coffee cup
1 Christmas box
1 tea infuser ball
1 sweater

thrown out -
1 roll of old masking tape that just sticks to itself and is annoying



72/360

Lila, you are doing really well.

I went to a market with ddil and Birdy.

One little pot and one hanging plaque

+22 for 2025.

Christmas ornament (new, given to me)
Necklace (new, given to me)
bouncy ball
all donated.
Box of batteries - tested them all, put away the good ones, got rid of the box of bad ones, counting as one item


62/360

4 more books donated


58/360

1 king sheet set
3 towels
donated.
1 sock
1 shirt
trash.



54/360

One of my students made me a tyedye shirt during our anniversary celebrations last week. It is now washed and dried

Net +20 for 2025.

2 more books
2 book ends
1 small heart that someone gave me a long time ago
donated.
3 large sheets of fake grass
1 large plastic tray
into the trash.


48/360

You are making good progress Lila. I know this is a really hard time, and I am proud of you for channeling your feelings in a positive direction. I know it would be easy to stay in bed or make unhealthy eating choices.

Staying active and working toward your goals will help at least a little with your mood.

15 books
1 binder
2 plastic containers
donated today
and
10 mostly used or expired items from the hall closet
into the trash


39/360

Four items tossed or donated today.

11/360

Time to get rolling on this again.

One heavy but small rubber ball, donated.

7/360

Found one book to part with.

+19.

Forgot to count in my paper sorter. Also the last of the books I ordered came yesterday.

+20

Donated a pot to a fund raiser. 1st of what I hope will be 200 pieces of pottery out of my studio this year (I'm not counting how many I make - I'm just working on improving the outflow - sales, donations, gifts, and having the sense to just smash the ones that aren't that good.

3 more books arrived +18

That's what I think Lila. Sometimes I ask myself "do I really want this? I will have to tell my tribe."

You are doing well!

one jeweled hairpin I was saving to fix, into the garbage
one box with two snowman mugs in it, brand new. someone gave them to me but I really don't need them - donated.

6/360

Even keeping a tally is a win, SubC! It means you don't have your head in the sand.

Donated: fruit mill that someone gave me that I don't like (they only paid $2 for it so no big deal)

3/360