Thanks, SubC!

Slowly working on the tally. Two more items out so far. It's not much, but it's a start.

216/360

Three more items ready to donate from the small storage bedroom: 2 like new decorate pillows and one really nice curtain rod.

219/360

I cleaned out the tupperware/storage container drawer. Eventually I want to switch to all glass storage, but for now with little kids here I am keeping some plastic.

I count a container with a matching lid as 1 item, and I count a container with no lid as 1 item and a non matching randon lid as 1 item.

5 items out.

123/360

one more item out today - a small kid's costume.

220/360

26 books
2 gallon bags of doll clothes and accessories
I broken doll I am not going to replace.

29 items out

Net out - 103
And one pot.

Another pair of jeans with "fashionable" holes and a glass vase/candle holder

Net out - 105
And one pot.

20 empty picture frames.

Net out - 125
And one pot

Plus 4

Net out - 129
And one pot

hi SubC and any other Talliers!

I worked in the small storage bedroom and the play room today. I threw out a lot of trash... papers, old playdough containers, stuff my grandkids left in there... I don't count trash.

I also gathered a large box of things that belong to them, and moved them downstairs so they can put them away... also does not count as it is not my stuff.

I sorted a 3 drawer bin of small toys, a couple boxes of stuff, some drawers.

I got rid of:
- lots of small toys, in great condition but I have too many
- wooden pen
- cracked ice cube trat
- broken cradle. This was one of my stomach ache items. It was Teen's when she was little and I saved it all this time. My grandkids played with it. But one of the grandkids somehow got it up high on a shelf, or maybe their mother did, and then they knocked it down, which could have hurt someone (it is heavy) and the rocker part broke. Saved it for months, but finally decided it just makes me sad, and not worth fixing (press board) and I took it out to the trash today and now it is gone.

35 items gone in all.

106/360

second Tally post today -

old vacuum hose and a bottle of expired supplements, gone.

108/360

Tally #3 for today-

Nine items out, including a cracked bin, a bunch of painted rocks (stomach ache rocks my son left here in case I wanted them, they probably made him sad too, so out they went) and a big magnet.

117/360

Lila, great job with the stomach ache rocks!

I added two things yesterday. Staying accountable and moving on.

Net out - 127
And one pot

Hi Lila, SubC, and Keeping,

I didn't forget about this, but I haven't really been getting rid of much lately, if anything. I read all your Tally reports and I'm so proud of you all for getting things out!

I am still trying- hope to have some more things to report this weekend.

- Made one return to the evil Kohl's

That's all I can think of at the moment, mostly just checking in. On to work on things now and hopefully make a bit of progress!

1 out, but forgot to check tally numbers before opening this window so will get it straight next time 🙂

Treasure - a store return is good! because you realized you made a mistake while you could still get your money back!

The hard part is not buying something else while you are in the store.

2 items to the out pile yesterday

Net out - 129
And one pot

Packages and tote bag +5

Net out - 124
And one pot

Well, the freezer just got taken. I am going to write a little about this...

My ex (Teen's dad) and I bought this freezer, a huge, probably 7 foot tall freezer, the biggest one I have ever seen, maybe 12 or 15 years ago. We had a lot of kids here and I was cooking all the time so we would buy things like meat and veg and bread on sale and keep the freezer stocked.

Then I started processing things from the garden (ex liked to plant tomatoes, peppers, things like that). So when all the kids moved out and ex also moved out I stopped cooking much. When I became vegetarian I stopped cooking even more. So the freezer became a hoard zone.

I still have a freezer on top of my fridge in the kitchen. And TotsDad has one like that AND a stand up freezer. So it was time to let it go. It feels like a step in the direction of empty nest acknowledgement.

The freezer was 75% full of stuff. I had to sort a lot of food, freezer packs, random items in there. I threw out a LOT. Some of the food was from 2012.

I would guess a dozen grocery bags of food went into the trash from there. I feel bad about the waste, but what's done is done.

Anyway, I sold it and now it is gone. All of that counts as one item gone from my house. Just like a pencil counts as one item. But this has a lot of emotional weight and is leaving a lot of free space and healing behind.

118/360

Lila, well done!

That was a big thing in every way!

I took bean to the book fair at school on Friday. I bought a book for me and a book for him. His went home with him (he was very excited!) but I am keeping mine here (it's a children's book) so that is another in.

Net out 123
And one pot.

In, three reindeer and a lego set

Net out 119
And one pot

Yay for eating the biscuit and not eating the pie filling!

Out - hat and fabric babydoll Moses basket.

Net out 54

Thought I'd try to keep myself motivated and part of the group by submitting my daily tally.
I cleaned off the top of a small bookshelf. That had about 5 items on it. Very cluttered looking and very dusty.
I also started writing down what I was doing throughout the day. Definitely cut me mindful. I think I accomplished more. Did free household chores.
Not too bad. Now I got to work with my children.
Tonight I hope to join the group to Buddy up cuz they have laundry.

Hi KeepingItReal50!

Glad to see you.

Today I put a collection of little people and a casserole carrier into a bag that I am filling for ds to take away in March. I'm calling that two. There is more progress for today that I will come talk about in the "what are you doing today" thread, but that is it for here for now.

Net out - 56

Ok, back to add the hard stuff. Six things sent to the high end donation store with Dd,

4 more things for the regular thrift store.

Net out - 66

I took a pot to the flower class today (they grow them in our yard and in pots and make various arrangements to take home and for school events)

So, net out - 66
And pots out - 1

9 things out today plus one thing in (I bought a troll)

Net out - 74
And one pot.

Hey subclinical,
I was under the weather yesterday and didn't get anything accomplished. ?

?Today I was able to get all my recycling sorted and out to recycling center.
5 bags of plastic & cans, grocery bags, glass, scrap metal and paper.

1 pet gate packed up to good to a new home
Worked on my calendar.

I guess you can't put Emojis they turn into?

Hi KeepingItReal,

Yeah, they used to work, but then one day they stopped.

Good job on the recycling and the gate!

hi SubC, Treasure, and KeepingItReal! How fun we can tally together!

After son moved out with all his things, I gathered up a few more things to give him that he can use. I also gave him some food, but food is not included in my tally unless it is, like, a package of food sitting in my storage room taking up space.

I gave him a mini fridge, 4 plastic containers with lids (4 items), 3 keurig accessories. 8 items total.

56/360

Hey Lila, Treasure, & Subc
I worked a bin of electronics. So far I sorted items and their chords. Put into the electronic whip recycling box what look broken and what I could not find pieces belong. My hub takes him to Best buy.

I have a few good ones that I think I can donate but I need to go through and make sure they work properly.

15 items ordered some ready to go some not.

1 small pile of books and paper. Sorted, recycled or put on shelf. 3 of them were to go back to library.

Small steps ... Still moving forward. Woohoo!! 🙂