Weekly check in

[fred_mouse]

How goes the decluttering? Have you shifted anything out of the house? Found something to sort through? Had thoughts on things you can let go of?

Comments open to locals, lurkers, drive by sticky beaks, and anyone I've forgotten to mention.

Congratulations to everyone who has found and/or disposed on any clutter in the last week.

Comments

[fred_mouse]

Various small items have been identified as unwanted and not recyclable in any way, and binned. I think a few more might be able to be binned (in particular: small child's crafts from nearly 20 years ago)

Well ...

[ysabetwordsmith]

At the recent town-wide rummage sales in Arthur, I found several large storage tubs. I find it easier to organize things when I have a specific place to put them -- and one of those is a flat tub with wheels meant to go under a bed.

Re: Well ...

[fred_mouse]

Oh nice. Have you worked out what goes in them yet?

Re: Well ...

[ysabetwordsmith]

Not yet, but I often wind up short of containers, even when I buy things for a particular purpose. I've got one with yarn in it, which was originally intended to hold thistle seed, and I wound up cramming the thistle seed into a spare tupperware. So if I get extra tubs, I'll have them when I need a place to put a batch of something. Possibly including the yarn in the smallest tub, which would free up the other one for the thistle seed.

[matsushima]

No progress recently but I've got a question and maybe the unclutter community has an answer: I'm going to move soon. I have some pajamas that are very soft and I still wear them but have unrepairable holes. (The fabric is disintegrating; if I sew anything, it will just pull more.) Those holes aren't huge and I do really like those PJs (very soft) but… do I move hole-y clothes? across the city? across the ocean? (both are possibilities right now).

[vae]

If you are very fond of the PJs, could you patch them? it can work on clothes where you can't sew anything that would pull on the existing fabric.