Save, Donate, Sell


housewifeI am on a roll! First I drug in the giant box of toys that have sat in the garage for it seems forever. We went through all of them, plus the toys in the house, and brought the number down to an acceptable level. Finally! There were some I’m surprised Evan wanted to get rid of and some that I had to remind him that Trey still played with, but on an overall level we really cut it down. Now when they drag every toy the own out in the living room I don’t want to scream. Ahhh.

Then I tore through the closet/pig sty. Clothes were washed and sorted into 3 piles: can be worn more, donate it, might be sold at consignment shop. Then each of those piles was sorted down even more into winter, spring, or summer wear. I even kept a few pized outfits in my storage tote to look at when they’re grown and gone. I’m a mommy, I can’t help it.

I even jumped into my scrap material pile, bagged up every single piece, and dropped them off. Suddenly the house feels so much bigger, and calmer.

The only thing left is the giant, overflowing pile of recycling. We haven’t had the gas to go drop it off for about a month, and I’m now afraid it may take over the kitchen. But as long as it helps do the dishes I’m fine with that.

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Published by: Summer on January 29th, 2008 | Filed under home



6 Responses to “Save, Donate, Sell”

  1. kim Says:
    January 29th, 2008 at 7:36 am

    Dang. Where do they sell that energy? Ihave about 6 closets I can’t face. They leer at me daily.

    kim’s last blog post..news from a hobo

  2. sam Says:
    January 29th, 2008 at 11:28 am

    My garage and toys in the garage cleaning are waiting till spring, mostly because it’s cold, I’m a wimp, and it’s just too nasty out there to bring that stuff inside. We did weed out a bunch of toys just before Christmas, but I don’t know what to do with most of them. The vast majority are fast food, kid’s meal toys that I don’t feel right about giving to Goodwill, but I feel worse about sending them to the landfill. So what do you do with fifty pounds of crap toys from fast food restaurants?

    sam’s last blog post..ranting again

  3. Sarah is Ok Says:
    January 29th, 2008 at 11:49 pm

    Boy am I impressed. I so need to do this. I only have two boys, but our house looks like a toy store. A messy one. And the front yard isn’t much better. My first boy was the first grandbaby and spoiled by my parents. When delivery people come, they say the yard looks like a preschool’s playground. Ugh.

    Sarah is Ok’s last blog post..Remember, Fish Need Even Temps

  4. Sara Says:
    January 30th, 2008 at 12:25 am

    I keep my clothing down by making layer friendly clothes! So the outter most layer is my summer and my winter clothes. Its just what goes under neath to make it winter :D Where did you haul your scrap fabric to? I’m such a freakin addict..when I read that bit I honestly thought “how could she! She knows I might have wanted it..” gah..how awful is that!? RIght…cuz I totally need you to SHIP me more fabric…sad. so so sad.

  5. Summer Says:
    January 30th, 2008 at 8:05 am
    Kim: I don’t have that much energy! LOL I just work in short bursts, then rest a lot. :)

    sam: I’m no help. We don’t eat fast food, so the toys from the kid’s meals aren’t anything I have to deal with. :)

    Sarah: Oy, you should see my back yard! LOL

    Sara: I’m sorry! LOL

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