Give Away Ten A Day - Day Twenty-Three

Wow, the more I do of this letting go of stuff, the more I see that needs to go! It's becoming a bit of an obsession but only because I'm feeling so good seeing all this excess leaving my space, it's as if everything physically feels lighter.

Decisions in my bathroom cabinet are easy. I don't find that I get to the cabinet and ask myself what I'm there for. All this time I thought I was premenopausal and my memory was the first to go! It turns out I just couldn't think clearly through all the clutter! I may still be premenopausal, but at least I'll know when my memory is really going because I won't have all this stuff distracting me.

As I sit here writing, I see a purple box on one of the shelves in my closet. I recently went through it and decided I needed to keep what's there. I haven't been in that box since I deemed it "clean and necessary." I suspect if I just take it to the pile of stuff to donate, I won't even miss what's there. I can't tell you what's in it without looking. How important can it be? I'll let you know tomorrow what I ended up doing with it. I bet you already know the answer!

Here's today's list:

1. 12 cups from Poobah's past.
2. 7 bags of cookie cutters
3. 1 Dog gate for the back of your car (for sale)
4. 1 Motorcycle helmet (sold)
5. 1 pair motorcycle gloves (sold)
6. 1 Insert style dog door (sold)
7. 1 Adult Western saddle (sold)
8. 1 Pony saddle (sold)
9. 3 Egyptian rugs (for sale)
10. 1 Box full of miscellaneous tack (for sale)
    

Give Away Ten A Day - Day Twenty-Two

Yesterday we worked in the garage. This is one of those "way more than ten today" days. I went through many boxes and one was full of CDs. You know how you buy a favorite bands CDs as they come out and then they come out with a Greatest Hits CD? Once you have the GH, you don't need the other 4 leading up to the really good one. The CDs I kept, I took out of the plastic cases and using only the cover art, put them in leather CD cases, thus downsizing. Sure glad I kept the CD organizers! I let go of 50 CDs and tossed the plastic cases of the 64 CDs I kept. That was only one box!

Additionally today, I have some Christmas excess, and craft stuff that I said good-bye to. See pics below.

More Than 10 Today!

Garage Blowout!

This is an in-progress shot of us getting out and going through the clutter in the garage.

I'll list some specifics later today, but suffice it to say, WAY more than ten items! I'm loving this project. It's a heck of a lot of work, but it's gonna be great when we're done.

Here's the pile of crap that is going away. This pile does not include the nearly two-dozen items we are posting for sale on craigslist!

Give Away Ten A Day - Day Twenty-one

I'm getting really good at visualizing clean, clear space all around me. It's also getting really easy to let go and throw away the clutter. I'm feeling a little under the weather today and the little stuff that's hanging around is really adding to my feelings of angst. No picture, I'm not in the mood. So today the stuff that's going is as follows:

1. Tub of putty my therapist gave me to rehab my finger.
2. Piece of junk mail that made it's way into the house.
3. Coupons I thought I "might" use. If it's not "going" to use, it's gone!
4. Pen the only writes sometimes.
5. Bendy straw I kept for Mason.
6. Extra pull chain for ceiling fan.
7. Costco magazine I keep meaning to thumb through.
8. Plastic ware for Mason's lunch - going green and using the real stuff.
9. Old collar I kept 'cause it was Riley's as a puppy.
10. Extra envelopes I don't need.

Today, Dave and I are working on the garage. That project will not produce just 10 a day...many more! If we only did 10 each day, we'd be in this project forever! We're gonna have some long lists in the coming week. For today, have a very happy Easter!

Give Away Ten A Day - Day Twenty

More Easter excess and with this letting go, "I pledge to not purchase anything on sale after Easter." If I need it next year, I'll get it then!

Here's the list for today:

1 Stuffed bunny Easter basket
1 large plastic egg
1 Easter banner
4 stuffed bunnies (there's 5 in the box, but Mason gets to keep 1)
1 boy Easter prize
1 bag plastic eggs
1 Easter purse
1 plastic egg bucket

Holiday Excess

I admit it, I buy holiday items a few days after the holiday to stock up for the next year. Christmas wrapping paper, cards, little gifts to keep on hand for tha person who "drops by" unexpectedly, and this time of year, Easter goodies. I have two big tubs of Easter decorations, baskets, grass, eggs, and little prizes for the luckiest egg hunters.

In reality, we have only one child and often times, we're at grandma's house or visiting friends in the days leading up to Easter Sunday. I just don't need to keep all this Easter stuff!

Here's my list for today:

7 Easter baskets

1 Bunny purse

5 bags of grass

1 bag od rubber ducks

2 Decorative hand towels

1 Package of gift bags