weekend targets: expired medicines, tablecloths

[fred_mouse]

This weekends clean-out targets have been the medicine 'shelf' in the fridge (yesterday) and the two storage boxes that I keep all my tablecloths/table-runners/doilies in when they are not in use (today).

expired medicines: 3 nasal sprays; 2 asthma inhalers; 1 lacteeze (which I gave up on and just stopped eating the offending food); 1 children's antihistamine. These were all taken to the pharmacy today for disposing of. Replaced - the anti-histamine. Net out 6. 

tablecloths - too much emotional attachment. Was only able to identify three items for rehoming. However, the boxes now close, so I'm happy. 

Also - the tablecloths pile, I tried the 'does it bring me joy' question. Turns out that just taking them out, looking at them, talking to youngest about my grandmother (one of the sources of these items), and then putting them back in the box until the kids stop decorating the tablecloth with food (or until we get in the habit of using placemats again) does bring me joy, so I've kept more of them than I was expecting to. 

Late to the Party-- HI!

[dialecticdreamer]

I found this list mentioned over on bitesizedcleaning and popped in. And got hooked. THIS MIGHT HELP. You know, for that THING I am absolutely not good at, dislike, and cannot avoid? (psst. cleaning. Organizing. Taking care of physical STUFF.)

Sadly, I found this after my reluctant-but-can't-postpone-any-longer clothes shopping trip. So I'm starting on the wrong side of the scale, but I don't care; I need to start SOMEWHERE. Today's OUT item-- the reflector I took off my bike when I installed the lamp... and never got a chance to install the reflector on the back.