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Sheets and linens. I kept two sets of sheets for each bed (complete sets with pillow cases, etc) and then 3 sets for Logan's bed. I also put the blanket we use in the car and a extra set of curtians in there because there was so much space on top of our table clothes. And speaking of tableclothes... I only kept three and the one we use for the kids forts (huge, and white).
This is pretty much the only area of the kitchen that is used for cooking. I need to declutter and organize the shelves better. I need to have our knives sharpened, and the burnt out under-cabinet bulbs replaced. A good cleaning is needed as well after all the dust from remodeling.
I have just had my first foray into the world of eBay. As part of my Project Declutter, we're getting rid of a few things, including some outgrown toys. I had fun setting up Kalu's knights for a last foray. I am particularly fond of the dragons!
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Day 2 turned out a load more stuff that had been hanging around making the place look untidy for months.
Clockwise from left hand corner:
A cross stitch kit that had been given as a free gift with a magazine. It wasn’t a design that I would usually stitch and had been stashed away in a drawer. Thought it was about time I let go: this was Freecycled to another crafter.
A white padded cot bumper. This was acquired when I got a cot from Freecycle for my grandson. I didn’t really want the bumper but took it as a favour. Maybe I should learn to say no! This was given with the bag of clothes to a Freecycler who was giving it to the National Childbirth Trust for one of their sales to raise funds.
A 3kg box of biological washing powder. Nothing wrong with it, it’s just that I changed to liquid tablets when I bought my new machine so the powder wouldn’t bung the pipes up. I Freecycled this too.
A Happy Birthday gift bag. My daughter gave me my birthday present in this last weekend, and it is too nice to throw away (not that I would anyway). It is one of my friend’s 50th birthday next week, and this is the ideal size to put her present in, so I am going to re-use it.
A quarter tin of baby milk. This was left over from when my grandson was first born. He was on this milk until he was put on a higher calorie milk by the hospital. This was left over, and I didn’t think anyone would use an opened tin of powdered baby milk. I kept it for about 3 months but couldn’t think of what to do with it, so I tipped the powder into my green cone food digester, and my mum will have the empty tub for her craft room.
A china teapot. I used to collect teapots and had them all on top of the kitchen cupboards, till I got bored with dusting them! Most of them were given to a charity earlier in the year, but this one I found hiding in a box in the garage. I am going to give this to the Oxfam charity shop.
A burgundy furry hat and gloves. I rescued this from a jumble sale way back in February. It was brand new and had been given to a local school’s jumble/boot sale. Anything not sold at the end of the sale goes to a dealer who gives the school a pittance for it. I thought I could use it for something, but as I never wear hats and the gloves are too tight, I am going to give it to a lady who collects clothes for a homeless shelter in London.
A pile of magazines that I had read and cut bits out of for my collages. I could put these in the roadside recycling bags, but I offered them on Freecycle and another crafter is taking them.
Two letters addressed to the previous owner of our house. We moved here in April 1998, so I reckon after 10 ½ years they should have told everyone that they’d moved! I re-addressed these and put them back in the post.
Finally – a big bag of boy’s clothes that I received from another Freecycler for my grandson. They advertised them as age 6 – 12 months, but most of them were older, and far too big. My grandson is tiny for his age and will take a year or so to grow into them, so I gave them to a Freecycler who is going to take them to a National Childbirth Trust sale.
And that was Day 2’s offerings. This is easy! I still have loads more places to look for stuff so I am confident that I can do 10 days’ worth of decluttering.
Something new, something old: the white fabric with the map of Paris and the stripe is new, everything else is material left-over from old sewing projects. It's so satisfying to declutter my drawers and baskets.
i loved taht while declutter and setting up the table, i re-discovered so many small treasures from the past, - the card of an ornie from tricia joy, cards from textile postcard swaps, an old drawing and sewn header for my blog, a clipping form a mangazine with some wise words, postcards where more the color matters than the real subject.
i got out two of my favorite cups from years ago, given to me/my children from friends.
the little bird was treasure, still wrapped to not get damaged, and in desperate need for a home, - it'll keep on reminding me to trust my wings ;-)
Somehow I worked up some energy to declutter the back closet, home of the recycling bin, along with child-sized rollerblades, a softball mitt, a gallon of white glue, and every old paper and plastic bag it ever seemed important to keep. This white bag was headed straight for the recycling bin when I suddenly noticed the red tissue paper. Score!
The boxes can be put any direction, and have a place for labels so everything can be put in its right place!
Ikea Vika Curry legs. I used 6 spaced somewhat evenly across the desk surface. They're very sturdy and $5 each from Ikea.com
Bags of clothing that await recycling. Sadly, we will never lose enough weight to fit into those 90s fashions again and by the time the 90s fashions come back in style, we'll be too old to wear them.
Very messy before shot of my home office I let it go way to long before cleaning, including typical paper clutter, as well as toys on the floor as well as other junk that didn't belong in the office in the first place.
I was cleaning out a file drawer. Way down the bottom under all of the folders were these two tiny boxes that I was certain contained some lost jewelry trinket....NOT!
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Gap will allow dropping monitor and other cables neatly behind the desk - allowing the desk to sit closer to the wall.
Today I am 46 and it's been a great day! This was taken as I left to go out to dinner with my children. It's been a busy, but good year. I'm setting a few goals for myself to push myself in a new direction this year.
1) Juicing. My first juice fast starts tomorrow. bought a juicer and this will keep me on track with my clean eating.
2) Pass the CBEST exams...prepping me to get a job in California one of these years.
3) Continue to help develop the gifted program I helped start for my school district.
4) See to it that my kids transition to college, HS and Jr.High smoothly.
5) Stay fit.
6) Take more photos
7) Clean eat.
8) Declutter. Get rid of things I no longer need or use. I'm pretty good but it's time to purge.
I'm sure there is more.
Here's to my 46th year!
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One of my favorite backyard posers last year, the young Verdin are foraging in my Baja Fairy Duster again this summer. You can see a little yellow coming in on this juvenile's head. The stucco wall behind the plant created a nice bokeh for me; I did "prune" a few small branches to declutter the composition.
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Midtown Tucson, AZ
For too long a time now I work in spurts of organization...I have been 80% organized untl the twins but 3 years of being sic(preggo) and no sleep 18monts later..My organization has slipped away and and Mounting into monumental proportions..(to me)I am overwhelmed. I keep stumbling with flylady and know that each stumble set me up for today> TODAY right now I am making a WHOLE HEARTED commitment to myself,myfamily,myhusband,myfamily,friends,and the Mother Earth.... to NOT be a PERFECTIONIST and to take ONE step at a time.
I will Declutter,Reuse,Recycle,Stop buying needlessly,Reduce my foot print. I am integrated every tiny bit helps..one step at a time
I intend on having a harmonious,Warm,Magical,Romantic,Enriching,CLEAN to every corner.(not in one day or at one whole time) Beautiful HOME to Grow my little ones in warmth of Heart and Spirit. Doing this will give me TIME with them, ME, Hubby, Connection time with Friends Family...
I will have time to CREATE and My Heart will Sing since there's no trace of"guilt" for fear I a not doing something eles or not deserving this time.
I will make this fun for me by embellishing my FLY Baby Steps...so my GEMINI twins will play and pick up!
Here I go to Shine my sink I am jumping in!
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picked this up at a craft fair today. i just started my declutter phase. i'm trying to simplify my life and thought this was a beautiful little reminder. now i just have to figure out where to hang it.
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