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It has come in small bursts of activity here and there, but in April I did manage to find new homes for over 80 fanzines, took a couple boxes of linens, clothes and small decorative items to the charity donation place, used up some older foods in the pantry, and finally finished my family photo curation project! 10 smallish albums and a lot of boxes were condensed down to one large photo album and two smaller ones, encompassing 160 years of family history dating back to the US Civil War in the 1860s. I can't tell you how many photos I eliminated and tossed, but it was 2 large trash bags full. There are still a lot of photos and each and every one has been identified with names, approximate ages, dates and locations. It was such an emotional journey to winnow these down. I confess to having shed a lot of tears during the process and my goodness, it was HARD. But it is DONE!

Hoping to repeat the success in May, with another large collection of fanzines and clearing my desk and paper files to something more manageable. And possibly start packing up some moving boxes. I may get rid of some furniture pieces as well, since I am downsizing to a much smaller place.

Current Mood: peaceful

sisterofbloomerjunior

We sorted through and donated Christmas ornaments! 🥳🎄 Now to wash out the containers we held those in and see how many can store blankets or other items! We also donated bedsheets and pillowcases to the Epilepsy Foundation.

Brought up and scrubbed out some vases, which clears off quite a few of the shelves in the basement’s former pantry. Oh, and I just recycled my copy of this year’s Packers media guide. #sighpackers_sigh

If I haven’t mentioned it yet, I’m participating in this year’s Hennepin, Ramsey and Washington Counties’ Zero Waste Challenge and will be in the Plastic-Free Challenge yet again in February.

Current Mood: accomplished
Current Location: Upstairs
Current Music: Parody of the Philadelphia Eagles fight song

fred_mouse

I half arsed the March Madness, mostly by sorting through things and ditching what was clearly rubbish. What I have left is a lot of things that need to leave the house, one way or another. So, my goal for April is to work through the stash of things to rehome, and actually do something.

I've started early, by deciding that the pristine set of statistics journals are not valuable to anyone, and have dropped them in the recycling.

also on the list

single bed
old towels (cat haven?)
text books (high school)
ice skates
assorted choir / dance / ice skating clothing that the kids (now adults) have long out grown.

yukonsally

I cleaned up my desk a bit! Over the weekend, I've filled our recycling bin to the brim and may need to make a trip to dump some of it to get us to curb side pick up next week. I also rotated some items out of my closet and will donate them to the community closet. I added a few things to the handmedown box, including a few things I had listed for sale that I've sort of given up on. I think I'm more interested in getting that mental and physical space back rather than wait for the $2 for a shirt.

For the past few years, I've told myself I'm on a yarn diet, not buying anymore yarn to knit with, knowing I would have weak moments when I found something pretty from a local artist. Staying at home during the pandemic has helped me not buy anything! Meanwhile, I've been knitting up various yarns. Nothing has sold yet. I may donate a few things to the community closet, just to clear space. And who doesn't enjoy a hand knitted woolen cap on a cold day?

yukonsally

A few months ago, I committed to dealing with the mail the day it arrived. Junk mail goes directly into recycling. Bills go on the desk to be handled appropriately.

So why not do the same with my email?

I address it as soon as I can. If I'm not going to read it, I should delete it, not let it languish unread in my inbox. Delete the junk immediately. A coupon? Not going to use it, delete it.

Digital clutter is still clutter.

yukonsally

I think you'll appreciate this.

Weeks ago, I went through all my schooling papers and recycled most of it. I told Spouse about the project and left the bin with the remaining school papers accessible so Spouse could go through them.

Nothing came of it, so when Spouse cleaned up part of the basement, I placed the bin next to the desk and said "These are the last of the school papers to go through."

Nothing came of it, so this weekend, I told Spouse, "That bin of papers is all your school stuff. I know you're busy at work, but if you can go through on binder at a time, it'll help."

Spouse said "I thought those were YOUR papers and I was waiting for YOU to go through them!"

So... over a decade together and we STILL can't read each other's minds! No movement on the papers yet, but it's been a busy weekend.

fred_mouse

For this week's declutter, I've partly addressed three issues - the collection of unwanted (free) plastic wrapped newspapers and empty boxes on the front verandah; several of the books in the front hall that aren't particularly loved, and the pile of books on the 'rehome' pile in the garage. Books went on the free books table at the second hand bookshop at work; boxes and newspapers went in the recycling bin before the truck came this morning, so there was no guilt about possibly over-filling it. Total items, probably 20? A good haul for a week anyway, and more than meets my 7 items once a week goal for this week, and makes up for last week, if I didn't do anything then.

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