uncluttering one day and one thing at a time

 garage decluttering is going apace - I've been putting more effort into doing, and almost no effort into recording, which is probably the right way around! in the last week, I've managed to clear out a couple of shopping bags worth of soft toys/infant toys (taken to the op-shop yesterday), thrown a small stack of papers in the recycling, and put away a couple of wash baskets worth of miscellaneous items that should never have gone in there (including several pieces of fabric that I would have liked to have sewn up last winter!)

Around the rest of the house, I've been targeting collections of many small things. These include, but are not limited to, installation CDs (about 1/3 no longer applicable - recycled - on the order of 20 CDs), the stash of single/unloved socks (about 2/3 binned, especially anything of a size that has been outgrown - probably 30 socks?), and the pile of suspected-to-be-duplicate books (four confirmed, new homes located, but still in the house until I catch up with the appropriate friends).

All in all, steady progress. House still has a consistent layer of Stuff on most every horizontal surface, but I'm at least keeping kitchen counters clean more days than not!