Wednesday post

[fred_mouse]

How is your uncluttering going for the first half of the week?

I've been doing a lot of moving things around, in preparation to be able to sort through them, and 'tis quite on the exhausting side. Having said that, yesterday I moved piles of paper around, throwing out quite a bit -- filled the ~10L bin three times. Monday, I dropped off the bag of Stuff that was sitting in the front hall to an op-shop (and only bought a few things there, one of which was on the shopping list anyway, so it was convenient to get it there). Oh, and I cleaned out an 'empty' container that had been hanging around in the shower, and threw it out.

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[yukonsally]

I posted my 3rd active craigslist listing. I don't think any of the 3 will sell quickly. When they expire, I'll renew one, drop one thing off at a ebay store, and the last thing to a consignment store. Gotta find the right audience!

[fred_mouse]

Good job on keeping things moving, and making contingency plans! I hope that the items find a new home promptly.

[alexseanchai]

I think, once I'm back from my morning errands, I am going to attack the bathroom.

The bathroom has two major problems. One is much more the bitesizedcleaning department than the unclutter department, but the other problem is I like to experiment with different scented bath products. And some of them I adore and use frequently, and others I...don't.

I think it is time to get rid of the don'ts. 'Cause I ain't hauling that crap to the new apartment!

Next problem, though, what do with? I mean I could certainly post to my sisters and a couple other locals on Facebook of what perfectly-usable mostly-full bottles of body wash are departing my apartment, does anyone want any, but that seems a likely fail for much the same reason that I don't think I could just donate this stuff to Goodwill: who wants used bath stuff?

But like. Mostly full bottles. Cost me idk $10/bottle? I don't want to be wasteful. But also clearly I am not going to use the stuff up, and it's just sitting there wasting space!

(Dear self: If you get the bathroom all sparkly clean before work today, then you can take a scented bath after work tonight! Think of that!)

[alexseanchai]

DEAR SELF

MORNING ERRANDS DO NOT INCLUDE THE LIBRARY BOOK SALE

[alexseanchai]

(spoilers: I spent six bucks at the library book sale)

[fred_mouse]

Things to dream of reading later! Hopefully not too many that you are stressing about moving them.

[yukonsally]

I've powered through those sort of body washes. Use a bit more than necessary to use it up faster.

I think it's worth asking you sister and locals if they want some free body wash. The worse they'll say is no.

[alexseanchai]

Yes but then I don't smell great. Sensory. Blech. :(

:) can do!

[fred_mouse]

I've had reasonable luck passing those kinds of things on to people who have different sensory reactions than mine; typically face to face friends, workmates, and people I see regularly. I also feel like I've seen them left in a 'free for anyone' box in a short stay accommodation (I know that there were all sorts of things in the shared food box), so if there is a communal area (laundry?) in your apartment complex, could you put them there? And if you have workmates that you talk to, you could ask whether anyone is interested in such things, and then bring in some there?

While there are some bathroom things I wouldn't take/would recommend ditching (half used soap and deodorant), things that come in bottles seem pretty safe

Oh, and if there is a local freecycle list, check whether they permit those kinds of things. You might find that someone is willing to come pick them up.

[alexseanchai]

I think there's rules about what can be left in the laundry room. To wit: nada.

Other than that, thank you!

[fred_mouse]

Shame about the laundry room rule. But I can absolutely see where it would be coming from!

[alexseanchai]

I have a box containing 23 items for getting rid of. I also have an inventory of those 23 items. And I trashed several that just weren't worth it.

I'm not done getting rid of bath stuff yet, mind, but I'm a lot closer. :)

[fred_mouse]

Progress!

[peaceful_sands]

So at the weekend I finally managed to get rid of all the large boxes that were stacked in the hallway and cleaned it up - dusting, polishing, vacuuming, cleaning the floor - it looked awesome for about half an hour. Then I started again.

A quick trip up into the loft netted at least 24 books all of which are now in a couple of large bags in the hallway along with a box with a number of other items including a pair of boots that I can't wear.

Since then I've found two old phone books, a number of DVDs which are in different boxes/bags to go to different destinations. I've found a pair of old batteries which are added to a bag of batteries for recycling and have started a bag for out of date and/or unwanted medicines

[fred_mouse]

Goodness! That is quite the effort. And I envy you your empty front hallway, even if it only lasted half an hour. There is *so much* that needs doing to get mine to that standard.

[tanaqui]

Along with more progress shredding of the large pile of old work notes, I've also pulled out some clothes to be donated. They were in the "but I might wear this...." category for a couple of years and... they haven't been worn. So I've finally accepted I'm not going to ever wear them and they need to go. :-)

[fred_mouse]

:-{

I have clothes like that. I can't bring myself to get rid of them, because they are professional work clothes, and there is a non-zero chance that I might end up in the kind of job that requires them, rather than 'jeans without holes, shirts that are clean and relatively presentable'.