BikeBookBread Posted October 19, 2009 Share Posted October 19, 2009 Count me in!!!! I'm fed up with toy clutter...and cranky. A bad combo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoyfulMama Posted October 19, 2009 Share Posted October 19, 2009 I'm in! I've shed a lot over the last 2 years, but I know there's more to go! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melmc Posted October 19, 2009 Share Posted October 19, 2009 Count me in! It must be in the air because I started decluttering downstairs on Friday. I have two bags to donate already and one bag of garbage just from the study, hall closet and dining room! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Cindie2dds Posted October 19, 2009 Share Posted October 19, 2009 Four more bags in the garage! Yay! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melissel Posted October 20, 2009 Author Share Posted October 20, 2009 Four more bags in the garage! Yay! Wow, you're on fire! I haven't spent the time I wanted to yet, but I managed to Freecycle 10 boxes of oatmeal that no one here likes today. I'm back to cleaning my bedroom tonight, and can hopefully tackle those stupid stuffed animals after bedtime *mwaaaahahahah!!!* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mesa Posted October 20, 2009 Share Posted October 20, 2009 I got rid of 5 "yard size" bags full of junk. 2 from my room and closet mostly clothes lol. 3 bags from my boys room WOO HOO! They didnt even notice I was tossing their "junk" like crazy. I'm ready to toss more stuff tomorrow. I'll hit the boys closet, and my little girls room. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jennifer Posted October 20, 2009 Share Posted October 20, 2009 1 big bag to the thrift store 1 big bag of paper trash from the office/playroom/schoolroom Jennifer 2/100 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K in MI Posted October 20, 2009 Share Posted October 20, 2009 Good for you! I sent 3 boxes of homeschool supplies in the mail, and have a big box of books to donate to the library tomorrow; that makes 11 things today. (I figured it probably wasn't fair to count each item separately, but rather the container.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swellmomma Posted October 20, 2009 Share Posted October 20, 2009 I got rid of 5 more bags of trash and goodwill stuff today. I am counting each bag as 1 rather than each individual item. So that puts me at 25/100 so far. Thank goodness we are not counting items coming in, tomorrow we are hitting costco and ikea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaik76 Posted October 20, 2009 Share Posted October 20, 2009 Got rid of a lawn and leaf bag of stuff today...not sure exactly how many items were in it...but plenty!!! I should have at least one bag each day this week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julie in Monterey Posted October 20, 2009 Share Posted October 20, 2009 My dh and I are so excited about this that we have decided we need to get rid of 100 items on average for each person in our family with a grand total of 400 for our family. It's a contest now. My youngest got rid of 32 books tonight in about an hour. Thanks to the original poster for the inspiration! We need to clean out our closets, bookshelves, kitchen drawers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mom to 3 boys & 1 girl Posted October 20, 2009 Share Posted October 20, 2009 Yesterday I got through 4 piles of stuff. I told the boys about this "game" and we are going to go through their toys in a little while. I am going to let them count each toy as 1 item because they are excited to help me get to 100 and win!:tongue_smilie: 4/100 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebecca VA Posted October 20, 2009 Share Posted October 20, 2009 Yes! We have a charity truck coming through our neighborhood tomorrow looking for donations of clothes and household items! I'll make sure they get plenty! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joannqn Posted October 20, 2009 Share Posted October 20, 2009 I'm up to 12 items, including an old iron that hasn't worked in months. I had a partial bag of diapers that are now too small for Madelynn so I made a small diaper cake with them that I'm taking to MOPS today; it has 33 diapers in it but I only counted it as one item. :lol: I have a 13 gallon trash bag of boy clothes going to a friend with twin boys today. I have another 13 gallon trash bag of baby clothes going to MOPS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AuntieM Posted October 20, 2009 Share Posted October 20, 2009 Okay, by Sunday night... I think we'll give it a try, as long as size doesn't matter! I need to craigslist some things anyway, to have extra cash for the next theater season. Thanks for the idea! Now to get the kids on board... ETA: Perhaps you meant Sunday the 18th....I will consider it challenge enough to meet this by Sunday the 25th...still going for it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Girls' Mom Posted October 20, 2009 Share Posted October 20, 2009 Oh, I'm in! But I may give you all a run for your money :D We are moving out of state, and I'm doing some MAJOR declutter. Since Saturday we have decluttered: Burned a huge amount of scrap wood from dh's woodshop Disposed of a dresser, and 5 doors. I have gotten rid of 4 HUGE lawn size bags of stuffed animals. 2 bags of clothes, working on another a large box of unused dishes I have 3 or 4 boxes of books to trade in at the book store 2 bags of toys I still need to work on reducing our bedding...we have an insane amount of blankets, sheets and comforters. I still have craft room/sewing stuff to go through and my dh hasn't begun on his office yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melissel Posted October 20, 2009 Author Share Posted October 20, 2009 ETA: Perhaps you meant Sunday the 18th....I will consider it challenge enough to meet this by Sunday the 25th...still going for it! No, I definitely meant the 25th! Though I would have loved to have gotten that far that night :D I'm so glad to see we're not the only ones drowning in stuffed animals. Even as a kid, I didn't like them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jennifer Posted October 20, 2009 Share Posted October 20, 2009 Another kitchen trash bag full of trash/junky kid's stuff out the door. This feels great! Keep up the good work, everyone! Jennifer 3/100 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mom to 3 boys & 1 girl Posted October 20, 2009 Share Posted October 20, 2009 We have gone through a lot of the kids stuff. We've already done the play food, Katie's baby toys, and 3 bins of the boys stuff. We sorted everything into keep, give away and trash. Thankfully the boys didn't actually make me count each thing. It would have really slowed us down. Toy bins that were overflowing are now only half full! The area of the room that we did looks so good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caitlinsmom Posted October 20, 2009 Share Posted October 20, 2009 Joining late here but the mood I am in today I need to keep these hands busy!! :) 100 items eh??? Where to start? This comes at a perfect time since I am due in 10 wks. 4 kids in a 2bd house, yeah we could use a little decluttering!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Cindie2dds Posted October 20, 2009 Share Posted October 20, 2009 Dropped off the big stuff at a local MDO program in our area. My girls are noticing the difference and are actually excited. Two more bags in the garage for Goodwill.... Now I have to find a bigger vehicle for the 12 bags! I don't think they'll fit in my Prius. ;) Melissa ~ thanks for starting this thread. I had a *major* project to get things cleaned out and organized and this is the motivation to kick me in the rear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Cindie2dds Posted October 20, 2009 Share Posted October 20, 2009 Wow, you're on fire! I haven't spent the time I wanted to yet, but I managed to Freecycle 10 boxes of oatmeal that no one here likes today. I'm back to cleaning my bedroom tonight, and can hopefully tackle those stupid stuffed animals after bedtime *mwaaaahahahah!!!* Yeah, three of the bags were stuffed animals. I wish I had the money people spent on them. My girls and I don't even like them. I am going to have to speak up now and tell everyone. No more stuffed animals, unless you want it regifted. :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jennifer Posted October 20, 2009 Share Posted October 20, 2009 30/100 Ok, I'll stop posting so often. Maybe at every ten items?:) Jennifer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vettechmomof2 Posted October 20, 2009 Share Posted October 20, 2009 ohoh. I just spent a few hours today packaging up these items for donation:Right now I have 1 55 gallon garbage bag full of stuffed toys and 1/2 of a 55 gallon bag. 2 cabbage patch dolls with a "used but all parts and clean condition" cabbage patch doll carriage that can also be used as a bassinet. Some clean Barbie dolls with clothes and good hair. Also a Barbie Mermaid seat. Some Little People accessories and people. Some dinosaurs and plastic bugs. Matchbox and a matchbox fold up ramp set up. 2 pair of dress up shoes and a small purse. 2 board games with all pieces and pretty good shape boxes. Some other little random toys that I am forgetting right now. cars and horse I think??? 4 pair of shoes to do to my nephew, 2 dress up helmuts to go to my nephews, 12 more books, 2 blankets and we threw out numerous coloring books that were full. I think I hit my weekly quota!!!:) Well, if I count each of these containers as 1 then it is ony 37 BUT we donated more today. 1 barbie jeep 1 rocking horse 3 more games 1 dress up gown 1 barbie doll dress up head with hair 1 barbie doll carrying case 10 horses(toys not live ones) So final count right now is 54/100 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mom to 3 boys & 1 girl Posted October 20, 2009 Share Posted October 20, 2009 I'm really getting addicted to this. As I was cooking dinner tonight I was looking through all of the kitchen cabinets thinking about what I could get rid of! Then DH got home from work and almost tripped over the 4 garbage bags I had asked the boys to put by the front door. I guess they listened a little too well! :tongue_smilie: I do have a question for everyone. Are we counting each individual item or piles/containers/bags/etc? I have been counting in groups. For example when I went through the play food I counted everything as one. When I go through a pile of papers I count it as one. I guess it doesn't really matter but I am curious what everyone else is doing. 17/100 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jennifer Posted October 20, 2009 Share Posted October 20, 2009 40/100 It's getting hard now. I've been debating about "The Handbook of Nature Study" for 30 minutes now. I never use it but you never know when I'll need it... Jennifer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melissel Posted October 21, 2009 Author Share Posted October 21, 2009 I'm really getting addicted to this. As I was cooking dinner tonight I was looking through all of the kitchen cabinets thinking about what I could get rid of! Then DH got home from work and almost tripped over the 4 garbage bags I had asked the boys to put by the front door. I guess they listened a little too well! :tongue_smilie: I do have a question for everyone. Are we counting each individual item or piles/containers/bags/etc? I have been counting in groups. For example when I went through the play food I counted everything as one. When I go through a pile of papers I count it as one. I guess it doesn't really matter but I am curious what everyone else is doing. 17/100 I'm counting sort of loosely. For example, I cleaned out DD7's room tonight when DH took them to a movie. I cleaned out her basket of papers (1), her desk drawer (1), threw out her broken fan (1), cleaned out a small storage box, threw out all the contents (1) etc. I also dumped out three containers of old supplements (3). I threw away a million more tiny things from DD's room, but I'm just giving those guys a pass :D It's so clean now, and she didn't notice a thing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reya Posted October 21, 2009 Share Posted October 21, 2009 9/100--two more hand towels, and the closet is condensed so that dirty clothes fit in the bottom! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Posted October 21, 2009 Share Posted October 21, 2009 52/100 We went through the kitchen cabinets/pantry seeking out of date items and unused stuff. (It seems I haven't done this particular exercise in a long while.) On to the bookshelves today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaik76 Posted October 21, 2009 Share Posted October 21, 2009 2nd bag of clutter down. Actual items...about 25 (I combined some items...counted all clothes as 1 item, for instance). I have a long way to go. I have 8 Sterilite tubs (two kids fit in each tub easily) full of toys in the garage that haven't been used in a year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BikeBookBread Posted October 22, 2009 Share Posted October 22, 2009 Update: 15 out of 100 - ALL toys!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swellmomma Posted October 22, 2009 Share Posted October 22, 2009 My dumpster arrived today! We loaded in: 1 swingset 1 porch swing 1 broken gazebo 1 tv 1 tv stand 1 broken bookcase 2 broken hoses 1 huge stack of homemade large blocks 2 aiderondack(sp?) chairs 2 footstools for above chairs 2 bed frames 1 picnic bench 2 old area rugs dropped 3 more bags off for goodwill. Brings my total up to 46/100 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hsmom3tn Posted October 22, 2009 Share Posted October 22, 2009 Well, I'm up to 74 already, but I counted the clothes individually (pair of shoes as 1, pair of pj's as 1). I counted each bag/box of recycling as 1 item. I also have counted each book that I have shipped out of here, whether by selling it or swapping it (PBS). I'm going to have the kids go through their toys next. Hoping to someday be able to count a whole bag of clothes as 1 item and still feel like I'm making progress.... Baby steps for me.... :lol: 74/100 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AuntPol Posted October 22, 2009 Share Posted October 22, 2009 up to 20 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TammyinTN Posted October 22, 2009 Share Posted October 22, 2009 I finished up yesterday. Over 100 books gone to recycle center for other people. I cleaned out every room. Two full car loads of things we just weren't using anymore. I would say probably around 250 items total. It feels wonderful!:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mom to 3 boys & 1 girl Posted October 22, 2009 Share Posted October 22, 2009 I'm up to 25/100. The kids are going to my mom's house this afternoon for a few hours. I'm planning on washing all the floors and finding more stuff to toss. Hopefully I won't spend the whole time on here! :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jennifer Posted October 22, 2009 Share Posted October 22, 2009 I finished up yesterday. Over 100 books gone to recycle center for other people. I cleaned out every room. Two full car loads of things we just weren't using anymore. I would say probably around 250 items total. It feels wonderful!:D Way to go, Tammy! Are you the first to reach 100? Big :cheers2: for you. I'm at 45/100. Today I am going into file cabinets. I think I have saved (and meticulously filed) every piece of paper I ever printed out about homeschooling, starting over 10 years ago. Jennifer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Cindie2dds Posted October 22, 2009 Share Posted October 22, 2009 Well, I stopped counting at 100, but the great toy toss is done! I am so happy the clutter is gone! Now, for next week, on to the garage.... ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eaglei Posted October 22, 2009 Share Posted October 22, 2009 I'm in on this! Great idea! I just saw it posted last night (was away for a couple days) and thought it was too late to start. BUT - this morning I woke up with THIS thread on my mind and decided, "Why not?" I may not reach 100 by Sunday evening, but I am up to 28 items just today! WooHoo!! Feels great! Mostly some kitchen stuff, videotapes, clothes, back packs, and odds and ends. And just to be honest - I had four bags of stuff to be donated last week and forgot to take them when I went out to do errands, so I counted it as four items rather than counting each item since I technically purged them before this thread began - but hey! - I'm getting a late start and those four tic marks were a real motivator! Off to toss more stuff!:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Momma B Posted October 23, 2009 Share Posted October 23, 2009 Great timing for me. I'm working at decluttering this week before we have the guys' birthdays this Sunday with our families. So far I'm at 30/100 after cleaning out our closet and laundry room. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avila Posted October 24, 2009 Share Posted October 24, 2009 32/100 so far. I didn't forget, but I am slow on the uptake. I am going through my magazine and catalog stash. I also have a few books in the total too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eaglei Posted October 24, 2009 Share Posted October 24, 2009 Up to 40/100! Feels great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BikeBookBread Posted October 24, 2009 Share Posted October 24, 2009 Only have added one more: 16/100...BUT it was an item that I posted on Craig's List and it sold!:hurray: Just made the exchange today. Feels really good to see something for the effort! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Girls' Mom Posted October 24, 2009 Share Posted October 24, 2009 today we got rid of: an old computer desk an old entertainment center about a ton of scrap wood....literally I have another box of books around 20 old tech manuals. I think I'm around 2000/100 if we count individual items...probably around 200/100 if I group the wood :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommyof4ks Posted October 24, 2009 Share Posted October 24, 2009 I had not planned to join this challenge, but y'all are such and inspiration! Yesterday I cleaned out the kids' closets and drawers, and today I cleaned out the tubs of clothing that were out grown from last year. So far the total items purged is 79 individual items. It is not much, but it is nice to have that done. On to my stuff! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avila Posted October 24, 2009 Share Posted October 24, 2009 Up to 47/100 and still dealing with books! Have started clothes though, and that could push me over my total, if I make it through all the DDs' rooms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swellmomma Posted October 24, 2009 Share Posted October 24, 2009 So far today I have hauled 2 more bags for goodwill out to the van, as well as 1 rocking horse. I have hauled 2 more bags of trash to the alley as well. Once the little one goes down for her nap I am going to start pulling things out of the basement storage room to toss in the big dumpster. So far today's work puts my total to 51/100. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jennifer Posted October 24, 2009 Share Posted October 24, 2009 I'm stuck at 94/100. Surely I can find 6 more things to declutter?? Jennifer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vettechmomof2 Posted October 24, 2009 Share Posted October 24, 2009 Well, if I count each of these containers as 1 then it is ony 37 BUT we donated more today.1 barbie jeep 1 rocking horse 3 more games 1 dress up gown 1 barbie doll dress up head with hair 1 barbie doll carrying case 10 horses(toys not live ones) So final count right now is 54/100 plus the original count we now got rid of 1 car seat 1 booster seat 2 training potty's a large stack of baby hangers 2 large totes of 2-4 t boy clothes 1 dress up cowboy outfit with boots! a large container of homemade finger puppets almost forgot a large stack of knit hats and mittens/scarves = 64/100 But tomorrow is a brand new day! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swellmomma Posted October 25, 2009 Share Posted October 25, 2009 Okay since my last post I got rid of 3 student desks 1 tv 1 small table on castors 1 small shelving unit 4 bags of trash 3 bags for goodwill 1 rocking horse So that brings tonight's total up to 65. Tomorrow I plan to finish the basement(well the areas of most importance right now), then onto decluttering the mainfloor which is currently a distaster zone as I bring things up from the basement to sort. I will be glad when this is done but why or why does the process of decluttering/reorganizing have to be such a messy one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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