adair: stack of books (books)
adair ([personal profile] adair) wrote in [community profile] unclutter2018-01-19 02:45 pm

Friday Report

I've been sluggish this week, and had too much other activities to get much done. I did a little more work on my attempt to move 500 personal books (not counting stuff I got for Books to Prisoners) out of my house. So far I have taken 22 books to B2P for sending out or for our spring booksale. According to me calculations I need to get over 40 books out per month to meet my goal. I am about halfway there for January, but I don't think I will make the total amount. However, keeping at it is the key to getting things done, removing books included.

We had some sort of wetness issue in our over-stuffed coat closet, so I pulled everything out and piled it on the futon in the living room. I put back coats and jackets I had worn recently, one had had not worn but can see the need to keep, and my mother-in-law's mink that I can't and don't wear, but B hates to just get rid of it since Helen waited a long time to get it and it meant a lot to her.

I did throw away one coat, from the 70s, with an open seam that would be difficult to repair. There is still a big stack of jackets that I need to make decisions about. The coat closet is now fairly full, but it is much easier to take things out and hang them up. I was forced into this closet clearing, but at least I am slowly making decisions to move things on.
fred_mouse: line drawing of sheep coloured in queer flag colours with dream bubble reading 'dreamwidth' (Default)

[personal profile] fred_mouse 2018-01-21 07:11 am (UTC)(link)
Good job on finding some books to rehome, even if you don't think you will make the target. Sorry to hear about the forced cleaning, hope that everything is sorted in the cupboard now.