Monday, March 17, 2014

Back on Track

I've been sick this past week.  So sick I could hardly move.  So sick my eye sockets hurt.  Worst flu I've had in years.

But before I crashed, I did manage to keep up with my decluttering challenge.  In fact, I'm ahead of the game as far as number of bags out the door.

Here is the linen closet before and after.   Lots of old unused items needed to go.

The big drawer full of plastic containers got cleared out.  How do we end up with so many tops without bottoms and vice versa?

Even the scratching posts for the cats got a makeover.  Just took a little fresh twine. 


Junk drawer is junky no more!  Now to train the family members not to throw everything in there.

And finally, I was able to clear out the random junk that had accumulated in the bottom two shelves of this cupboard.  Gave me enough room to store my larger quilts.  I'm so happy with this, I could just sit and stare at this cupboard.

Now on to the next project.



Thursday, March 6, 2014

40 Bags in 40 Days

http://www.whitehouseblackshutters.com/40-bags-in-40-days-2014/
Have you heard about this project?  The goal is to spend the season of Lent going through the house and clearing out 40 bags worth of unneeded "stuff."  The project is hosted by Anne Marie Heasley at White House Black Shutters.  Never too late to join in.  There's a fun supportive facebook group and lots of inspiring Instagram photos of people's projects.

I started making a list of stuff and think I'll have no trouble, even though I keep things pretty neat.  There are definitely some closets that need excavation, and the garage has boxes full of randomness that I can't even remember.

Yesterday I started with an easy task.  The corner lazy susan units in my kitchen.  Not terrible, but between empty boxes, stale opened crackers, and stuff nobody was likely to eat, there was an easy bag full of garbage.  Other spots in the house will probably not be so easy.

Ironically, one type of trash I'm holding onto this year is my collection of thread ends called orts.  Here is my jar for my monthly ort report.  Lots of needlepoint this month but it still doesn't seem to be piling up very fast.

Feeling a little cleaner today.  How's your week going?



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