I have 52 large boxes and bins in my driveway...

[Allearia]

The charity is coming today to pick up 52 mostly large boxes and bins plus a few miscellaneous items.

 

16 of those boxes are books! The rest is mostly toys with some miscellaneous clothes and household items.

 

I still have many boxes of books to go through but those should be easier now that the rest of this stuff is gone.

 

I didn't think I'd ever get this done. I am exhausted.

 

Now tomorrow I am planning to start painting my kitchen cabinets. 😳

 

Is it too early for a margarita? The kids are at sleep away camp if that makes a difference...

[happi duck]

Wow!

 

Never too early... they're practically juice! Vitamin c is good for you!

 

;)

[Seasider]

What's that line? It's 5 o'clock somewhere...

[slackermom]

Wow! That is major! How long did that take?

 

I have roughly that number of boxes in my living room right now, waiting to be sorted before we move.

[Eagle]

Wow, good for you!

[gardenmom5]

does the charity know you have 52 boxes?  

 

when I was cleaning out my mother's house and had a lot of stuff - goodwill refused to take more than a couple boxes worth.  (and the last time I did community services for the blind - the guy picked through the few items I had and only took what he wanted, and left the rest.  I told them to never call me again.)

Edited August 10, 2016 by gardenmom5

[Allearia]

does the charity know you have 52 boxes?

 

when I was cleaning out my mother's house and had a lot of stuff - goodwill refused to take more than a couple boxes worth. (and the last time I did community services for the blind - the guy picked through the few items I had and only took what he wanted, and left the rest. I told them to never call me again.)

I had told them 35, I am a little worried they won't take the rest. When they have come before however they have usually just loaded it in the truck without much hassle. I scheduled another pickup in a few weeks just in case!

[Baseball mom]

WAY TO GO!!! 

 

Go have a margarita! You earned it big time!!

[Guest]

Wow! Good job!

[Janeway]

Good job!!!!

[prairiewindmomma]

Congratulations! We went through a similar process when we downsized and it was AWESOME to have all of the excess taken away. It was like the house could breathe again!

[mamiof5]

That's amazing!! Good job!!!

[Stratford]

Way to go!  That's a seriously impressive amount of stuff! 

[mommyoffive]

Holy Smokes!!  You rock.

 

Now you are inspiring me to get some done too!

[Ali in OR]

Um, I'm trying to fill up a second box to take to Goodwill today...does that count for anything? I'm daydreaming about a big home school garage sale at the end of the year, our last year of home schooling.

 

Good job!

[Ausmumof3]

Wow that's huge!

[Allearia]

They took everything!

 

This bout of decluttering took me about 5 weeks. It's part of the reason I sent my kids to day camp and now sleep away camp this summer, because I just needed this to happen. Now I have to get the 1-800-GOT-JUNK people here this weekend.

 

ETA: I used the Salvation Army, mostly because they are a bit less picky, and will come and pick up furniture etc. you can also schedule online. Otherwise there are some other charities I might prefer but nothing beats having a big truck come and take everything away! I really did have some good stuff, so hopefully if some of it was questionable all the really nice stuff I donated will make up for it.

Edited August 11, 2016 by Allearia

[Allearia]

Um, I'm trying to fill up a second box to take to Goodwill today...does that count for anything? I'm daydreaming about a big home school garage sale at the end of the year, our last year of home schooling.

 

Good job!

Hey, if I could get it together to take a box or two to goodwill myself once in a while I wouldn't have gotten in this situation!

[mommyoffive]

So awesome.  i am glad they picked up everything.