A GF and I have a pact to do at least 1 organization activity per month with before and after photos.
I actually plan to try the 365 Decluttering which I first saw some time last year over on this blog. Since then I've seen numerous other blogs on the same subject if you Google it.
The idea is to remove at least 1 item per day by either throwing it out, donating it, gifting it or even selling it!
Day 1 Sunday
Started on bookcase beside computer. UPDATE not finished.
Now have to go through the CDs and determine what's worth keeping.
Chinese calendar from restaurant - charity
NY Times crossword puzzle - charity
Mom's crossword dictionary with her tags - charity
Foreign money from trips - odd ones into baggie that was there - baggie going upstairs, not sure where.
US and UK money sorted and into baggie.
Cdn coin and old bills - will research if any value in keeping - UPDATE just looked on Ebay and not much value for US 1964 half dollar or Canadian 1964 silver dollar. Also have a 1929 nickel, and a Bahamian 1 cent which is very pretty andd has a star fish on it. Maybe make jewelry out of them???
Then headed over to Etsy to see if anyone there would be interested and found this lovely bank! And the seller is located here in Ontario.
Did get some other ideas - coasters,
Or I cound add them to a coin bracelet my grandmother had made years ago....
Added them to the foreign coin bag and the Harrod's box they were in went into charity pile.
3 work books - DH's to go upstairs with his stuff. BONUS he threw 1 book out.
Threw out mag cover I was keeping??
Convinced DH to move humidor to dining room. this meant moving speakers on top of stereo to make room, which meant dusting first!
Sorted pile of International Living magazines - sat and read December's. Looked for article on best time to book flights. Found it!!! Will post soon.
Found bunch of things from trip to China including the sillhouettes that were made by a street vendor in Guilin. What to do with them?
Nice Chinese map - contemplating whether to frame or not....
Ten Yuan note - into foreign money collection.
Day 2 Monday
Remembered that Katy over at Food for a Hungry Soul blog loves old cookbooks so I dropped a note asking if she was interested in these 2 cookbooks and she was so they are being gifted to her! Love it when something goes to a new home. Now I just have to mail them to her.
This was given to me by a friend of my mother's and it is from 1930.
Found a bunch of CDs with downloaded music and had DH listen to them and load some on the laptop and then threw them out.
Day 3 Tuesday
Put a pair of yoga pants (too short) and a shirt, bought, worn once and disliked, into the charity pile.
Day 4 Wednesday
4 coffee mugs and a tray - ask friend if her daughters would like them for their new condo.
Day 5 Thursday
In speaking with a friend at work about something she mentioned her router at home only had 1 connection so I brought her an extra one that we had in the basement. Another good home.
Day 6 Friday
2 half full (or half empty?) jars of vaseline combined into 1.
Finished book that I will pass on to a GF as it is full of references to Edinburgh where we had both been in the spring.
Picture of our trip on video.
Day 7 Saturday
A quick clean out of sock drawer yielded 4 pairs of white socks, several pairs of hose that haven't been worn in I don't know how many years. BONUS DH put a shirt in the charity pile.
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