Day 72: Desk

Today I cleared out a few more items off the top of my desk.
I got rid of several papers, 2 file folders and an old box of swiffer rags. (did some dusting while I was at it!) Also attacked a pile of papers by the phone.  Did some reorganizing too.



Oh I almost forgot the one I am most excited about...I threw 2 old propane canisters into the recycling bin.  They have been sitting in our laundry room for almost a year, with me wondering how I should dispose of them.  I didn't want to just throw them in regular trash & I thought they could be recycled, but I wasn't sure where to recycle.  I called Home Depot, but they don't take the small canisters (they do refill the big ones though!).  So I sent an email off to the City of Fresno waste management, and found out that if they are totally empty, they can go straight into our blue bin.  Hooray!  Guilt-free tossing!

It sure is nice to have that space on my laundry room counter back.


Today's Toss:
let's say, 10-12 paper related items.
2 empty propane canisters

= 14 things

Day 71: Kids' Stuff

Today I threw out 2 jumbo coloring/activity books and several (let's say 8) items of kids' clothing!
I'm back at it...but this will not be my idol.

kc

Day 68-70: More maternity clothes

So, we were out of town during these days, so how can I purge things while I'm gone, you ask.  Well, I had bagged up many of my maternity clothes (yes, I still have more!) to take down to southern California to pass off to my sister-in-law who is pregnant for the first time.  She was happy to receive them.  I bagged them up a while ago, and didn't have the time or motivation to dig through the bag and count the items, so let's just round down and say there were 30 things in the bag.

Today's Toss:
approx. 30 maternity shirts, pants, underwear, etc.= donated to a great cause!

Day 67: Pantry

So much purging could be done in my pantry.  I usually don't let myself count food as a purge item, but in this case, I have a lot of things that I've been "storing" up in my pantry, and since it has taken up space for awhile, and we haven't eaten it, I am giving myself credit for getting rid of it!

We are getting ready to go out of town and while I was packing the kids' snacks for the car, I ran into a lot of snacks that ended up in the trash instead!

Today's Toss:
10 food/snack items

Day 66: Random

I'm starting to lose track of my days..it's been awhile since I documented what I purged and I've been sick, as well as out of town for 5 days.  I'll do my best to catch up and re-trace my purging steps...

Daily Toss:
2 children's Bible songs CDs
1 BHG magazine
2 plastic princess cups

Total= 5 things (I can't remember what else, so we'll say this day fell a little short)

Day 65: Clothes

Again, I went clothes shopping for myself last weekend, so purging isn't really about decreasing today, more about keeping a status-quo.  I am determined not to hang anything new up in my closet unless I take something else out of my closet.  So...

Today's Toss:
5 shirts
2 sweaters
1 pair of jeans
...and because I didn't get rid of any more clothes
2 containers of dried-out Floam

=10 things!

Day 64: Easter Eggs

So, I had a revelation today that seems so simple, but I was proud of myself.

My son's class requested that we donate a dozen plastic eggs stuffed with treats for a "spring" egg hunt that they'll be having this Friday.  So, of course, I'm excited because I've got a jillion plastic eggs in my closet that I would LOVE to get rid of.  And then, I think, "Oh, when am I going to get to go to the store to buy candy to put in them??"  THEN, (here's the a-ha moment) I realize, why am I going to the store and spend money on junk to give away?  We've got plenty of junk to give away in our house already!  So, again, we went through my son's toys and found some appropriate little action figures, silly bands, erasers, etc that fit just perfectly into a plastic egg.  Voila!!

Today's Toss:
12 plastic eggs
12 treats inside the eggs
=24 things gone from my house!!!