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.

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

+4 - two grandson made decorations and two empty Christmas tins I'm keeping.

Back at zero.

Found one book to part with.

+19.

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

Two snowman mugs out.

-2

Time to get rolling on this again.

One heavy but small rubber ball, donated.

7/360

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?

Potpourri pillow out
-3
Sweater I didn't order in (the person sent the wrong thing but just refunded me. The sweater I got is very snug and has been mended in several places, but it is also very soft. I think I'm going to keep it as an under layer for barn work.
-2

Four items tossed or donated today.

11/360

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!

I've been doing some online shopping.

I ordered six replacement silicone lids for my Pyrex dishes, because Dh doesn't like the stretchy ones and the plastic ones break. I think when I put the broken plastic ones in the recycling, I didn't count them out, but I'm count8ng the new ones in anyway. I'll count out if I f8nd an6 more broken ones.

I also ordered a new candyland game because Bean and I have been playing one with a crushed box and a random collection of assorted cards of different vintages but, I'm not getting rid of the old board because it is so much prettier.

So plus 7 things,

Net +5

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

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.

Recycled cracked lid.

+4

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.

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

Two more lids in a larger size (they are unfortunately made in ch8na, so I squeezed the order in)

Also completed my winter reading challenge card and picked up my library mug.

And claiming the two brushes from the teacher workshop.

2025: +9

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

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