Yesterday's decluttering (7/6)

Round 3:
have gotten rid of 1 bag of kids' clothes

tossed another bag full of trash

tossed a folding table and a cracked laundry basket



Round 2:
the chest has been picked up, and so I went through the videos............

Got rid of 62 videos!!!! They are going to my mom's for the kids to watch there.......now I don't have to pack dvd's anymore when they stay over there.

have been tossing like crazy today, much to my kids' chagrin:) I love it:)



Round 1:
I have emptied a box (mostly tossed stuff) and a bin (1/2 toys, 1/2 tossed). The bin was also tossed.


I took all the videos off the armoire, all the dvd's out of the chest & cabinet.

Moved the armoire across the LR, put the kids' confiscated tv on it (from their room)....plan to hook the dvd/vcr to this tv & use the other tv just for satellite. Since the kids lost the remote, the dvd/vcr won't work on the main tv, b/c we can't change the tv to the right channel (you have to enter the actual # instead of just pushing up & down).

Put the dvd's & vids with boxes back on the armoire. All the vids w/o boxes are in a bin to be sorted through. Tossed any empty boxes that are cracked or smushed.

Took out 3 bags of trash (so far).

going to use the small cabinet for an end table:).......inside I will have 2 shelves for my stuff:)

Dusted the armoire & tv.

listed the chest on freecycle.....must be picked up today!!

Spring Fever

Yesterday we cleaned up outside, I tossed a whole long bed pickup truck full of stuff. Stuff like a gas grill, large toys that were broken, other stuff that we didn't need anymore that wasn't worth passing along.

Today, I tackled the playhouse, you couldn't even open the door there were so many toys.

I tossed 4 black trash bags and a large trash can full of toys. I freecycled 4 black trash bags of toys, a sit and spin, a keyboard w/stand, a tea cart, a play kitchen, a Dora fort (almost brand new), and a large car taht you push with your feet.

Freecycling Again...

I’ve been Freecycling again!!!

Today I got rid of 7 (yes, 7!!!) 13 gallon garbage bags of kids’ hangers. I organize the kids clothes by color (Caity pink, Jacob blue, Brea red, Rory white). But, I had way more “extras” than room to store them. So, I got rid of over ½ the hangers that were in the bin in which they belong. I know there are strays in the bedrooms & in the laundry room, though. The woman who picked them up, said she’d take those too. Lots of people in her family have either just had a baby or due to have one. It’s good to get the extra hangers out of my house & given to someone who could really use them.

I gave my mil 5 Wilton cake pans (Strawberry shortcake, ballet slippers, ladybug, tractor & a large sheet cake pan). By giving them to her, I can still use them if I need to.

I also got rid of some curtains, kitchen towels/dishcloths, an overnight bag, a computer monitor, some of dh’s too big clothes and some other miscellaneous stuff.

I also had some clothes of mine that I no longer wear. I looked it over and deemed it not worthy to give to someone else, so I just trashed it.

I am glad to be rid of about 10-11 garbage bags full of clutter. And, I’m happy everything went to those who could use them!

I just got through reading Peter Walsh’s: It’s All Too Much. In it, he says to keep a garbage bag or bin (labeled) for giveaways handy. I’d already been doing this. I was given a tote bag that I didn’t need or want, so I was gonna freecycle it, but then I thought I will use it FOR freecycling. I figured I’d fill it up as I go along and when full, I’d post the contents on FC.

Peter also recommended taking said bag around the house for 5 minutes 5 days a week & seeing how much you can fill it with. Just think how much you could bless others (& your home) if you did this for a whole year!~Cherylann

My Wonderful (almost) Kitchen

Sorry it’s been so long since I’ve posted. We’ve been on the go lately.

I got a new dining room table & chairs yesterday!!! Free!!! Gotta love that FreeCycle.

It is a very nice WOOD farmhouse table and chairs. The table top is butcher block and it has hunter green spindle legs. It has 4 hunter green chairs with tapestry flowered seats (I am going to recover…going to try to find an apple print, hopefully in tapestry). We are having to use 2 of our folding chairs for the other 2 chairs, but that’s okay by me. At least the folding table is now reserved for holidays & family get-togethers!!!

My kitchen is already red/hunter & decorated with apples. I need to get dh to paint my kitchen & put my border up (apples…of course). It’s just a very small kitchen, and it’s been the bane of my existence. But, slowly, it is getting better. It’s still small, but I am making changes here & there, as my budget & FreeCycle allow. Just think, 2 months ago, we didn’t even have a kitchen table!!! I didn’t think I had the room.

Also included in my deal was a stool for my scrapbook table, an office chair for my son’s desk, and a stand-up fluorescent light that lights up half the house (with no need for other lights to be on). We had it on last night, in my daughters’ room and it lit up the kitchen and laundry room as well. So, we can now leave all the lights off except this one if we are in one of those 3 rooms.

I am slowly starting to like my too small kitchen. To make up for the lack of counter space, I now have my long beautiful table to roll out dough or cool cookies………..Yay!!!