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Weekend Uncluttering
Feb. 11th, 2018 10:14 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
fred_mouseHow goes the uncluttering this weekend? Has there been time to even think about it?
I've done surprisingly well. I went through the medicine cabinet (a small, wall mounted one), identified some out of code medicines, and put them aside to take to the pharmacy. And now all the current medications are in the cabinet, instead of some of them being on top! I'm trying to decide whether to put the rubber ducks that used to live there (years ago) back, or to leave it empty. And then yesterday morning, while looking for something in one of the desk drawers, I realised that any number of things had been shoved in there and weren't needed. What I thought was going to be a quick job -- 'just grab all the coloured paper'-- turned out to be over an hour in total, interrupted by various errands, and spread to the next drawer. But I now have two 1/2 - 3/4 full rather than over flowing drawers, all the sticky labels are in the one drawer, all the sticky tape has been found (and several things I thought we'd run out of and thus replaced were found), several things are put aside for a teacher friend, and some other bits are in the bin! I'm most pleased that I went back and finished the job, leaving nothing on the counter.
I attempted to do a lot today, but many of my suggested rehomes were vetoed by teens. I can't bring myself to get rid of a couple of things we aren't using (guitar, cello), because I have hopes that we will get back to using them some time. And then youngest pulled a handful of craft things out of their room, and only the one has gone on the rehome pile, because I made grabby hands at all the beading materials (I have Plans!), which have then been added to my beading pile. I found a small pile of random plastic bits that were probably once pieces of toys, and binned the lot. The same box held a fabulous pull along frog toy, which just needs repair, so I'm thinking about who has a kid the right age for that!
I've done surprisingly well. I went through the medicine cabinet (a small, wall mounted one), identified some out of code medicines, and put them aside to take to the pharmacy. And now all the current medications are in the cabinet, instead of some of them being on top! I'm trying to decide whether to put the rubber ducks that used to live there (years ago) back, or to leave it empty. And then yesterday morning, while looking for something in one of the desk drawers, I realised that any number of things had been shoved in there and weren't needed. What I thought was going to be a quick job -- 'just grab all the coloured paper'-- turned out to be over an hour in total, interrupted by various errands, and spread to the next drawer. But I now have two 1/2 - 3/4 full rather than over flowing drawers, all the sticky labels are in the one drawer, all the sticky tape has been found (and several things I thought we'd run out of and thus replaced were found), several things are put aside for a teacher friend, and some other bits are in the bin! I'm most pleased that I went back and finished the job, leaving nothing on the counter.
I attempted to do a lot today, but many of my suggested rehomes were vetoed by teens. I can't bring myself to get rid of a couple of things we aren't using (guitar, cello), because I have hopes that we will get back to using them some time. And then youngest pulled a handful of craft things out of their room, and only the one has gone on the rehome pile, because I made grabby hands at all the beading materials (I have Plans!), which have then been added to my beading pile. I found a small pile of random plastic bits that were probably once pieces of toys, and binned the lot. The same box held a fabulous pull along frog toy, which just needs repair, so I'm thinking about who has a kid the right age for that!
