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Today I am going to do something extraordinary. Ok, who am I kidding? I'm nearly 8 months pregnant this may take 2 days. Anyway, I'm taking trash sacks into every room in my house and filling them up. With what you might ask? With all that stuff that is not being used. The clothes Josh accidentally shrunk in the dryer. The excess fabric scraps that I really will never use. And the books, oh the books, that threaten to topple over and trap us in our home. Now my friend, Lara, did this and was able to produce 20 - TWENTY- 20! bags of stuff to donate to local charities and shelters. That is pretty impressive. I'd love to say I can beat her, but I'm using those amazing Glad ForceFlex and they hold quite a bit (anyone buying that?). Actually, a significant amount of the stuff is in the frigid garage/basement, so it may have to wait until Josh is home to help.
So what's my challenge? Simple. Do the same thing. Get a handful of grocery bags, pop in some Abba and get going (Abba is optional). Bag it up and take it to your local goodwill or call around to local shelters and see what they need.
But before you do, take a pic of all that extra stuff, all bagged up and ready to go and share it with us on your blog or comment below. Let's start 2010 off right - clean and clutter free!
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2 comments:
great idea! i've been trying to slowly declutter all year as we have a move coming up sometime in 2010 and I don't want to move junk or have to do it all on moving week. i like your plan and will give it a go!
Fabulous idea! We need to declutter badly. I did get rid of all our books this summer and it was so liberating!! We exclusively go to the library now.
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