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Declutter 2019: What have you purged today?

rnmom — Tue, 01 Jan 2019 11:56:55 GMT

Happy New Year to everyone!

Because last years "what have you purged today?" thread was such a huge success, let's continue on into 2019!

Big purges, small purges, anything that goes out of your house for any reason, post it here! We love reading about everyone's experiences for ideas and motivation. This year we will continue to rid ourselves of the unloved, unwanted and unnecessary items in our homes. Let's get rid of the excess and give ourselves some room to breathe and relax and get organized!

Everyone, please join in, the more the merrier!

Here's to a lighter 2019!

Re: Declutter 2019: What have you purged today?

coffeegal — Tue, 01 Jan 2019 12:12:04 GMT

Hi! I really havent been on the boards here for a long time.

I havent purged anything this year.. the year is only 7 hours old. LOL!!

But yesterday we took a cookware set and some skillets to the Good Will.

And man oh man, it was so busy there for donations.

Cars cars everywhere. It was so busy that they have to change the drop off point.

There were like 5 tractor trailers there just collecting donations.

I guess everyone wanted to get that last minute tax donation..

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jackthebear — Tue, 01 Jan 2019 12:18:25 GMT

haven't done anything specific, but continue to clear out my closet of stuff to resell,

doing long hard look at everything.

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rnmom — Tue, 01 Jan 2019 12:31:02 GMT

I finally got my donations dropped off this last Saturday too and started another box on Sunday. I take most of my items to a women's domestic shelter resale shop and fortunately for me, they weren't busy at all.

I got my Christmas tree taken down Sunday and found another handful of small ornaments that I don't care for. I put them in a baggie and started another donate box. It was only about 8 small ornaments, but that's 8 ornaments I won't have to fight around next year. Every little bit helps!

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Pook — Tue, 01 Jan 2019 12:46:41 GMT

I have so many tee shirts and usually wear the same 10 or 20 so every winter I purge them out. I usually keep some from each color group in case I need a match. Most are not good enough to donate so we have lots of new rags and my ferret loves them to sleep in. I already purged my jeans and got rid of those I didn't really wear much. And as for my socks - the washer and dryer makes them disappear so I throw out those that have no mate! I finally got rid of all the bras I know I will never wear again since I found Wacoal. I am organizationally challenged and I'm ok with that but I have to say it is kind of freeing.

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Snicks1 — Tue, 01 Jan 2019 12:49:19 GMT

Thanks for starting the new thread for the new year @rnmom. I have a few items bagged up and ready to be dropped off at the donations center, possibly later today. I spent some time yesterday shredding some papers that had begun to pile up, that is after I cleared the clog in my shredder, lol.

Re: Declutter 2019: What have you purged today?

rnmom — Tue, 01 Jan 2019 12:56:33 GMT

@Snicks1- You are very welcome! This thread was just too good, as long as some others were still interested too, I had to keep it going for the new year.

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rnmom — Tue, 01 Jan 2019 13:22:04 GMT

@nmurray- Wow, it sounds like you have a lot on your plate!

We moved into our current home about 61/2 years ago and I'm not planning on moving again until the kids are grown and out of the house and hubby and I are ready to downsize. I'm hoping that they take a lot of stuff with them when they go because we have a LOT here and moving is such a BIG job. While downsizing sounds fun in theory, I'm really not looking forward to moving again, it is so much work.

Best of luck to you in the upcoming year!

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Desertdi — Tue, 01 Jan 2019 13:29:46 GMT

I threw out the 2018 wall calendar so far............

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kitty45 — Tue, 01 Jan 2019 13:30:37 GMT

I'm just hoping I won't bring in anything I don't need this year.

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KonaKat — Tue, 01 Jan 2019 13:33:50 GMT

An LG blush that I had been using too long. Loved it but more than time to let it go.

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Sweetbay magnolia — Tue, 01 Jan 2019 13:48:23 GMT

A brand new sweatshirt I will never wear.

I've located some drop-off containers in local shopping area parking lots that make it easy.

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NickNack — Tue, 01 Jan 2019 14:05:42 GMT

I read this thread to get inspired. In 2018 I painted my entire house and got rid of a lot of stuff at that time. I didn't paint my closets, and they are overflowing. I've cleaned out a lot of my clothes but need to do more. I envy people with walk-in closets in their bedroom.

The hall closet is ridiculous. I am planning to tackle that this month. It's supposed to have towels, some of the Christmas decorations, the vacuum cleaner and a few other things. It seems to be a catch-all for everything that I don't know where else to put it.

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KonaKat — Tue, 01 Jan 2019 14:31:14 GMT

I am going through drawers in which I have tucked things. Some were used at one time but lost favor but I kept for a back up. If the drawer is too full, then it is hard to know what I have so some is being eliminated because I've bought some items only to discover them later in the back of a drawer when hunting for something else.

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ValuSkr — Tue, 01 Jan 2019 14:45:29 GMT

It's too early in the day, so nothing's been purged yet. But something will go eventually, I'm quite sure.

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ptagirl — Tue, 01 Jan 2019 15:34:30 GMT

Yesterday I put two large boxes in my car for donation... lots of spice jars, plastic containers, lock & lock , etc and books I've finished reading.... a large box of sweatshirts/t-shirts that won't be worn again by hubbie....I did also donate a large plastic container full of christmas things to my son .....the purging continues...

My trouble is, I'm still having problems with bringing in new stuff.... this will be my center of attention this year.... live more simply..

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wagirl — Wed, 02 Jan 2019 15:33:32 GMT

New Years eve day-----omg- I got rid of many still sealed jars of body products and a jewelry sonic cleaner and bits and pieces of soaps and perfumes and shampoos all crowded into a very small bathroom----have been living there for several years----good grief!!! Have alot more to go too. bathrooms getting a re -do so all that stuff needs to go!!

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software — Tue, 01 Jan 2019 16:59:13 GMT

I would estimate half of what needs to be purged belongs in a dumpster.

So I'll start there.

My goal for last year worked pretty well.

I don't get much snail mail but if I don't pay attention to it in a week, it's an unbelievable stack! So I kept up with it if not daily, at least every other day. It does change your life. If I put something "in a safe place" I spend more time searching for it than necessary.

So all my Medicare/Health mail & receipts just get thrown in a covered bin. It doesn't have to be neat, I may never have to look at it again. But it's there, in one place, when I do. Bills I need to save go in another. Everything else gets shredded.

That was 2018.

On to 2019. I've set a goal to get new living room furniture, which means the LR needs to be cleaned & purged. Easy peasy you think? Nope. There's a lot of furniture in there, most of it has drawers/shelves.

Keep me focused

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IMW — Tue, 01 Jan 2019 17:09:02 GMT

Consolidated cleaning product, and nail polish remover

bottles.

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RedTop — Tue, 01 Jan 2019 18:23:57 GMT

Yesterday was our monthly service day with the exterminator. With my husband sidelined from the pressure ulcer, it was my turn to unlock the basement door and lay out what I wanted done.

Our basement will always be a work in progress, as it is the catch all for our daughters stuff. Both are still sorting and teacher daughter still has the most to get rid of. I easily see the next load for Union Mission.