Weekend uncluttering

[fred_mouse]

I've been slipping a bit on the weekend posts, and I think I've completely failed to notice Wednesday's to do the mid-week uncluttering for multiple weeks. Given that the comm is now a bit more active when I started doing them, is there still value in having these regular posts? Is there something you would like better?

If we stick with the weekly/twice if I remember (or someone else does) posts, then I'm probably going to move to the style I've been using over at bitesizedcleaning, where the personal section of the post goes in a comment.

That said, what have you uncluttered today?

Comments

[fred_mouse]

I've had a bit of a win over the weekend, in that I pulled out a box of odds and sods, sorted through it, put half of the items to care about later, the rest back in the box to go. And then I've been adding things and the box is now full. Included in there are five pieces of fabric from my stash - I've not been sewing, and the reasons I was keeping those pieces have been and gone.

[peaceful_sands]

Well done!

[evelyn_b]

Yesterday was a great day for discarding! I'm helping an older relative unclutter, and yesterday we began on the boxes of medical supplies, some of which have sat unused since her father-in-law retired and passed them on to her in the early eighties. We discarded dozens of pessaries from the mid-60s, among other things, and set aside a box of items for possible donation (medical charities probably won't take most of it, but artists might; it's all got a strong vintage asylum vibe). I took some of the no-longer-sterile paper products home to clean the toilet with.

It made me a little sad that these things hadn't been given away 25 years ago when she retired, when they might still have done some good elsewhere. But I am happier about clearing the space out than I am sad about the waste.

[peaceful_sands]

Well done for offering support and helping make progress.

[peaceful_sands]

On Thursday of last week I took 4 large boxes of books to a local primary school - they felt positive that they'd be able to use the majority themselves and would either pass the others (I warned a few might be too mature for their age of children and more suited to 'young adults') to the local secondary school where they have contacts or would put them into their own jumble sale next time they had one.
On Friday, I gave a bag of adult books to someone else.
Over the weekend, I've started a bag and have begun to fill it with DVDs that I've watched over the last week that I don't want to keep and books/audio books that I've finished.

I've purchased some new stackable storage bags that are going to work better for storing spare bedding and towels that the ones I've been using to date.

I've also turned down something that someone else wanted to buy me for Christmas and convinced them that it isn't something that I want or need (which is correct but normally I just agree so as not to offend).

The bonus of the things that have gone is that there is a little bit of maneuvring space in the spare room for me to sort some of the things in there with a view to them going - the downside is I've run out of boxes of a decent size to get rid of stuff in!

[evelyn_b]

That's great! I'm always happy to hear about books finding new homes. I hope the primary school kids find some new favorites in your boxes.

And running out of boxes is a nice milestone in itself. Maybe a grocery or liquor store nearby has some spare ones for the next phase?