Dd and sil went to the sale on bag day and sil got "the rest of the curtains" for me. Except two are the wrong ones and the two I am still most sorry I didn't buy were gone. I'm still regretting those. Dh picked up curtain rods for me. Plus 8 items. But 4 of the curtains are hung.

Sent six books home with ds, so a net plus 2.



106/366
Day 115.

I'll try to work on stuff again next week after my pottery sale.

I went to a rummage sale yesterday and bought three really nice curtains $1 each. They will need to be hemmed to hang where I plan to use them.

There were more of the same type in other colors and I am actually wishing I had bought them all now, because I love the fabric, but I exercised restraint.

Net 108/366
Day 111

Lila, you have been doing great!

I stalled.
Also, I bought a Lego set my for class, it came with a free gift of a little Lego set. The little set is not relevant to the class, so I am keeping it because I like it.

Net 111/366

Day 102

I am going to start falling behind again if I don't get back to this.

I started a new donation bag from my bedroom. One wooden light switch plate (new), one package of clothing labels, one massager. I am also giving away a ring online. I found it in my car a year ago but none of my friends or kids' friends claimed it.

320/600

- one bottle of cleaning solution that I hated. Finally got rid of it.

316/600

oh it's harder but I am doing it. Gone today:

- a magnetic cheap frame that was on my fridge for years but looks worn and dirty. It was in my bedroom.

- a whole stack of clothing catalogs from my bedroom that I was saving. Counting as one item.

315/600

It is realllly slow going in my room today, but:

I threw away a bunch of Pez candy from my room, because my grands have enough candy and I don't need it. Counting as one item.

313/600

One address book I have saved for 30 years, into the trash. I looked through... no one in there I want to contact.

312/600

Things that left (donated or trash) when I cleaned off my doorway nightstand today:

- set of new needles
- container of glitter
- DV packet, makes me sad
- keychain
- bunch of old expired medicine, counting as 1 item

311/600

A very nice cloth glasses case, but I have never used it and never will. Donated.


306/600

Two petrified cookies from 2019 I was saving... into the trash. Sigh... why.

305/600

Two boxes of drug tests and a dog squeaker I was saving, gone.

303/600

One pair of jeans and one charger, donated.

I am halfway to my goal for the year!

300/600

I like how you put what day of the year it is, SubC. It is good to think about that, for me.

3 hand towels that are thinning/stained, and one metal cake decorating tip, donated. They recycle old fabrics.

298/600

Plastic flowerpot.

Also sifted through a box of costume jewelry while Dh was packing to go - my dresser is much messier now, but I found 5 pieces to pass on.

112/366

Day 91

Little by little it will happen. It really adds up. Over 1000 items last year, out of my house!

Adding: 2 old kitchen towels, still good but very faded and I don't need them. Donated.

294/600

Good job SubC! I am almost halfway to my goal for the year. I just need 10 more items to go. So...

2 small toys, into the trash, not worth donating

292/600

Little by little!

I went through the Easter decorations and I called my mom.

Three Easter decorations and two jello molds out.

I did buy a silicone rabbit muffin pan at the grocery store to try out, so net 4.

96/366

Day 90.

Working in my bedroom, donated...
3 books
1 Ring camera I don't use anymore
a garlic press that is new, but I hate it, and it is too late to return it


290/600

My very large dining room table just left, given away. My son is bringing his in to use, but it will not move with me when I move. So I am one item lighter!

285/600

3 dog toys that were just about done, into the trash
a container of parts for a hair clipper

284/600

Two DVDs, into the donate bin.

280/600

scissors from hell, because it was so hard to donate them from my bedroom even though they are cheap junk and I have a billion scissors. Into the donate bin.

278/600

Lila, good for you digging into the hard stuff.

I find that sometimes if I shift categories or areas after doing that, a place that was hard before gets easier.

Four lidded plastic bowls to donate pile - I actually found those the othe4 day in the studio, but they were dusty, so I wanted to run them through the dishwasher before I donated them.

92/366

Day 86

harder and harder...

one kids bath toy and one ceramic bell someone gave me, into the donate bin.

277/600

One dog toy that was getting ratty, and one dog bone that has seen better days, into the trash.


275/600

Two plastic magnifying glasses.

88/366

Day 84

Two thinning hand towels, into the donate bin.

273/600

Another toy horse

86/366

2 toy horses

85/366

Day 83

9 books to the used book store.

83/366

Day 82, so I am caught up.

Here's your push, SubC. PUSH! What can go today?

I finally got rid of a couple things today.
- a bath brush that I noticed has specks of black-colored mold growing in it. Very disappointing as it is not that old, but it is not worth it to me to try and clean it, so it went in the trash.
- an old pillow I have been using, while I had a brand new pillow in packaging in the corner of my bedroom for months. I opened the new pillow and put a pillowcase on it and put it on my bed, and the old floppy flat one went into the trash.

271/600

So, the box of ordered toys arrived. Some are staying in the box for birthday or Christmas (I basically order from this place once or twice a year to make best use of sales and points). Others are going in Bean's Easter basket. Two are actually for me. A really cool dragon and a little flamingo. I already tucked them on shelves. So - I'm up two things.

74/366

Day 81

Clearly I need another push.

I had forgotten to take the play program to school.

Decided the moment has passed and recycled it.

76/366 day 79

One pair of jeans that I wore on vacation, when I did a lot of sitting, which caused my to realize the legs are not long enough.

75/366 day 79

Lila, if he has stopped paying rent, you need to look up the abandoned property laws in your state and notify him that you will be disposing of all of his belongings x number of days after the last rent payment. You do not have to clarify that he doesn't want it.

You can start resorting and putting items into sealed boxes or bags now that can go straight to trash or donation on the day. - seal them so you feel confident.

After a week away I am feeling ready to dig back into this project.

I will have a little more space because I took two bins to Birdy and only brought one bin home, but I don't count the baby things that rotate in and out - they are really under the control of my kids and I allow them storage space.

I did take two books to Birdy from my bookshelf, so that puts me at 74/366

Today is the 78th day of the year, so I am behind by 4.

oh and SubC, sometimes we have to cheer just for keeping track, maybe?? LOL

on things... as my TotsFam has taken over a good deal of the space here, and as TotsDad makes small renovations or adjustments like mounting a TV on the wall and running wires, drilling holes, etc, I see this space more as theirs and less as mine. Which is good, it is what I want, but it also feels odd. There is more of their stuff here, or maybe equally at least as much as there is mine. Also exDH has decided to stop paying rent for storing his things, but has not said anything about coming to get them or anything. I would say if I moved his things out, it would take about 4 full-sized pick up truck loads. A small moving van maybe. I have done a cursory sorting of his things as you may remember, to get rid of mouse/bug infested stuff. But I would probably need to sort again before getting rid of, to be sure nothing of value is going. I still have a bit of poverty mindset and don't want to get rid of anything I could sell for more than, say $30 or $40. If course, I need to clarify with ex that he really does not want any of this stuff before disposing of anything. I hope to find some things for Teen to have of her father's, even if she doesn't care right now, she may someday.

now that was a ramble!

hi CM, very poco a poco here as well. Pocito, is that a smaller little?? Something like that.

I did not even move anything out of my house recently, but today I went in the garage and sorted empty totes and a pile of empty lids. Finally I found a matching lid! I took the tote with its lid and put it in my bedroom. That is something, right?

I will wipe it out/off with cleaner, and then I will start putting things into it to get them off my floor and out of my room, although to where, I don't know. I will also have an empty box for donations and a bag for trash as I sort, so hopefully something will come of it.

Still 269/600

This is definitely poco a poco, as I'm just posting about single items I get rid of right now. But hopefully it'll pick up.

So today - besides the aforementioned pink purse from yesterday that did get into the dumpster today, I added the motor part of my old shredder. Alas, I confess I probably killed it myself by getting impatient and trying to put too much through - hadn't realized it was badly jammed. I'd had it for years though, and they don't last forever.

Also, the bucket part I'll give to the thrift shop; perhaps someone can use it as a wastebasket. Oh, and that reminds me, earlier in the week I'd put a tote tub I don't like into the van, so it will also be going away.

That's three things this week, so...

It's hard to admit that our lives are too much in survival mode sometimes to allow for repair projects unless we can do them immediately. The struggle is real.

I had switched my purse awhile back, and the old one is too beat up to keep, but I'd had a few misc. items in the old one yet. Yesterday I got those out and in the new purse, so the old one can go in the trash tomorrow.

I hate mice! Good riddance!

Today, into the trash: one large bag of bags. Counting as one item, was saving them but need space.
Also one cute little thing Teen had as a child, which I was saving, but they had a meltdown some time ago and threw a lot of their things. This one had a part break off. I saved it, wanting to find the teeny part and glue it back on, but in reality this is not going to happen and it just makes me sad. So I threw it out.

269/600

I went to a small town theatre production last night (they are known to be quite good and it was) and seven of my students or former students performed. The program had bio notes and also a list of productions this throupe has done in the last 25 years - one of which my dd2 was in.

I'm going to take the program to school and ask my little actors to sign it and then put it on the shelf with my school yearbooks.. It feels like a thing, so.

72/366.

CM,

I'm glad the mouse is gone.

Lila, I laughed when you cheered for me, my last few posts have been things that came in, not things that went out.

I'm still at 73/366. I've mostly been working (slowly) on the counter and the only outs have been obvious bits of trash and recycling, which I am not counting.

I will make progress again eventually. For now I am Justin a place where I am trying to deal with the balance of daily life.

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Departed on board the garbage truck this morning - one dead mouse that I had been smelling off and on in the living room near my computer. The nasty smell came and went for a few days. I was about to blame the dog, but that didn't add up so I kept looking. Found it under my paper trimmer that was sitting on the floor.

I hope it is the same one from last year now gone for good, and that there aren't any more. Nasty nasty odor and just overall disgusting to deal with. Luckily still in one piece and could be flipped into a plastic bag for disposal. Ugh.

Way to keep going, SubC!

One pair of jeans I kept wearing even with a hole in the thigh - gone.

267/600

Picked up pitcher I won in raffle.

73/366

Bean and I stopped at the giant farm store today. I bought him a new hand trowel and a cultivator rake to keep here.

(I also bought three t-posts, but those are garden structure and don't count.)

74/366

Almost forgot to put this here - a purse and a pair of shoes

76/366

Good job Lila! I knew you could find something in your bedroom!

I backslid today, but it is ok.

I brought home that swing.

74/366

I only need to be at 41 to be on target.

Chipping away, SubC! Good work.

Gone from my bedroom:
- one bag of clothes someone gave me months ago (counting as one item)
- one pair of jeans I had decided to keep, but I have too much stuff, so...
- two balls for dogs (too small for mine)
- one thick magazine, the kind that is more like a book
- one plastic zippered thing for clothes that is too small

266/600