Give Away Ten A Day - Day Eighteen

I'm really finding strength in myself by letting go of all this stuff. It's also occurring to me how much stuff we bring into our homes on a daily basis. We typically don't take out nearly as much. Think about it for just a moment, each day you bring something home; groceries, art work from your kids school, drug store purchases, mail, magazines, and so many other things. Once I get the clutter out, we will implement a "bring one home, take one out" policy. A few people do this with clothes, we're going to do it with everything! I'm really enjoying this and I'm excited about how our home will be when we're finished.

Today I tackled the main cabinet and a narrow shelf-space in my bathroom behind the door. Because the one space is behind the door, it's out of sight-out of mind. Today it is organized, orderly, and functional! Way more than ten items went, but I'll list the top ten. You can also see pics below.

1. 1/2 large bottle of low quality conditioner
2. Dusting mitt
3. Body washing puff
4. Back washing puff-long
5. Cosmetics bag
6. Blue mascara
7. Lip balm
8. Back-up hair dryer I've never used
9. Hot rollers
10. And the hardest to part with, The Toilet Monster, practical joke.

Bathroom Shelves - Decluttered

Main bathroom cabinet - Before
Main bathroom cabinet - After

Middle two shelves - Before

Middle two shelves - After

Bottom shelf - Before

Bottom shelf - After

Give Away Ten A Day - Day Seventeen

1. More magazines,
2. Magazine,
3. Magazine,
4. Magazine,
5. Magazine
6. a sun glass case,
7. another lip balm,
8. Kamir liqueur
9. A dish soap bottle
10. Mexican, something awful
    

How Much Longer Will You Be Doing This?

I'm planning to continue decluttering until I feel good about the space we live in. However long that takes. The good news for you is that I'll only keep up the log here at Intentional Winning until the end of the month. So you can see when I reach my goal, I'll do an update and a "I'm finished" entry. In the meantime, I'll toss in some interesting things that will help you win a few more in your day to day life. Things like this handy little resource:

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How to get a human on the line:

Amazon.com: 800-201-7575 Don't press or say anything.
American Express: 800-528-4800 Press 0 at prompts, ignore messages.
Apple: 800-275-2273 Press 0 at prompts, ignore messages.
Bank of America: 877-231-9372 This number goes directly to an operator.
Capital One: 800-548-4593 Press 0
Citibank: 800-756-7047 Press 0# at each prompt, ignore messages.
Dell Tech Support: 800-624-9896 Press 3, then say "agent" at each additional prompt, ignoring messages.
Dish Network: 800-333-3474 Press 0 at each prompt, ignoring messages.
Equifax: 866-640-2273 Press 3 at each prompt, ignoring messages.
FedEx: 800-463-3339 Say "representative" at each prompt, ignoring messages.
Hewlett-Packard: 800-474-6836 Say "agent" at each prompt, ignoring messages.
Macy's Credit: 800-280-4356 Press 9, then press 0 at each prompt thereafter, ignoring messages.
Mastercard: 800-622-7747 Press 000 at each prompt, ignoring messages.
Netflix: 888-638-3549 Press 0 at each prompt.
Nordstrom: 888-282-6060 This number goes directly to an operator.
Overstock.com: 800-843-2446 Press 0 at each prompt, ignoring messages.
Petco: 888-824-7257 Don't press or say anything.
Target Online: 800-591-3869 Don't press or say anything. Ignore messages.
Visa: 800-847-2911 Press 0 at each prompt, ignoring messages.
Wachovia: 800-922-4684 Press 00 at each prompt, ignoring messages.
Wal-Mart.com: 800-966-6546 Press 5 to speak to a customer service rep.
White House: 202-456-1414 This number goes directly to an operator.

Give Away Ten A Day - Day Sixteen

Magazines, magazines, and more magazines! I've stopped renewing my subscriptions because I just don't have time to read this many magazines. I also find that I feel guilty when they arrive, I know I've paid for them, and then I don't read them. This is why they stack up. When I do find time, I can buy current issues at a local hospice thrift store for .49 a copy.

Today, 10+ copies of house cluttering magazines!

Pictures From Saturday's Kitchen Blowout!

Left side drawer - Before
Left side drawer - After

Right side drawer - Before

Right side drawer - After

Sorry about this picture, blogger won't upload it properly. Utensil drawer - Before Utensil drawer - After

Pots and pans drawer - Before

Pots and pans drawer - After

Cabinet - After

Towel drawer - afterBottom drawer that had all the paper in it - After

Give Away Ten A Day - Day Fifteen

Dave's big box of memoribilia, chock full of stuff!
When he was done, these were the pictures from years gone by that were duplicates, poor quality, and envelopes they came in.

Today is Dave's day. He spend most of last night sorting through a VERY big box of old pictures. Not shoe box size, more like 12X12X16, pretty big for old pictures. He went through them one by one and down sized to less than a shoe box. Bravo Dave!

We're going to list the ten today by the years past that he sorted through, shared with me, reminisced about, and finally sorted to go into an album. It was really fun learning about him. Especially the pic of him and Lori Adam! Laughing! All this without any prompting from me!

I spend yesterday starting on the garage. I cleaned all four saddles that will be going in the coming weeks. For now, here are the years that we covered in Dave's stories of days gone by.

1. 1985
2. 1986
3. 1988
4. 1990
5. 1991
6. 1992
7. 1993
8. 1996
9. 2000
10. 2001