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Week 3 - 15 in 15 in 15

11 years ago

Week 3 already. If you have not jumped on the bandwagon with us you can still catch up. I have my husband on board now and we plan to clean the garage this week.

In the past I have kept the December issue of magazines to look for future Christmas decorating ideas. I don't decorate much any more so as of Saturday about 6 or 7 magazines are gone. I got an early start for week 3.

Let's go people. I love the look of a clutter free house.

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jewels_ks

11 years ago

Since my son is gone for a week I am cleaning out his room to paint it and I got rid of over 400 items...lol 407 K'nex pieces and other stuff.

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jewels_ks
11 years ago
Today is my day to get 15 items out of the corner of my bedroom. My bedroom becomes the storage shed when I am busy getting ready for company and run out of time. I have boxes and bags of junk.
grammaj_gw
11 years ago
Things are going great here and I owe it all to these threads and the fact that we are actually having our neighborhood garage sale. We have way more than 15 items this week either marked for sale, in the Goodwill pile or in the garbage.

After the sale, I hopefully will have to try and find 15 items each week, but now it is no problem. Thank you again for starting this and I look forward to reading about all of the progress everyone is making.
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marcia_m
11 years ago
Oops, I posted on the original decluttering discussion!

I'd like to participate--just noticed this posting and went back to find the beginning discussion.

We are starting to get our 28 year old home ready to put on the real
estate market and we have lots of stuff to go through (not to mention
repairs, painting, etc.). We also have stuff from two kids. One went
through things a few years ago and the other is just starting. Maybe he
thinks this is a lot of trouble, but it would be far worse if we passed on and left
everything for them to go through!

When I work myself up to actually getting rid of stuff, I'll add it to the discussion. Good luck to me (and to all of you).

Marcia
marcia_m
11 years ago
I started in the kitchen because I knew I wouldn't have much sentimental attachment to that stuff!

Pantry cabinet before and after.

Discarded a bunch of out of date products and discovered we have 8 cans of baked beans! The whole top shelf is now empty.

I also went through the cabinet above the pantry where I have cookbooks and misc. stuff stored. Threw away a lot of recipes clipped from magazines that I never used and discovered a box of powdered banana daquari mix from 1994. And I cleaned out the drawer under the oven and trashed or donated items from it. Now it is nearly empty.

Here is my car loaded with stuff that is good enough to donate. I guess I forgot to pack my discarded cookbooks.
Marcia
jkayd_il5
Original Author
11 years ago
Great job Marcia. Way to go!!!

I'm done for the week too. We may or may not get the garage cleaned this week but I just finished cleaning the bottom of my closet. I have a walk-in closet and throw things I don't know what to do with in there. Mostly travel bags and the things you packed or collected in motels. I threw lots of half used hand creams etc. away. Our church is collecting unopened small shampoos, soaps, etc for the homeless this month so I packed a shoebox full for them. I have a bag for Goodwill with two older travel totes and some more clothes I don't need. If anyone needs a motel shower cap I have a few to share. lol

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