Not quite a horder - decluttering
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Blessings - That portable air conditioner was what I thought would help my upstairs. It gets cool but the downstairs has to freeze to do it. Well my old crank wrought iron windows could not be converted to let out the exaust. I was so upset. Wish I had regular windows but the house will be sold next yoear I hope so why bother.
I have promised half my furniture to friends and family when I get ready to list the house in the spring. I am only keeping enough for a 1 bedroom condo. Anything else I will buy when I get there. When I moved from Ca to Mi I brought everything from my 2 bedroom apt. Cost me 2,000 to move it. Never again. Keep a few pieces to put in a uhaul and that is it. I even have the plants all promised.
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Good for you, Bunkie!
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Once that BT arrives, Bunkie, maybe you two can go into hyperdrive and get that thing listed this summer. If it doesn't sell until spring, so what?
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Hi Ladies:
havent been here in ages
still working on getting rid of items
actually i had a lot of v. nice scarves
and took them to my Wellspring group
where I get a Reikki TX from time to time
next I have some lovely books to take there
best to all here
Sierra
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OK ladies - still working, if not quite as quickly. My son was down again when had a new roof installed. While he was here, we emptied most of the attic. My ex saved lots of building materials - gone. I saved the copper tubing to sell since the prices are so good here. Roofers & gutter company took everything else. All the old camping stuff - staged for going. Even old power tools that I will no longer use - gone to teens in the neighborhood. Can't remember if I mentioned the framed prints. So far I have 73 pictures ready to go next Monday. It helped that the roofing company suggested I take everything that was important off the walls in case the pounding dis-placed. So I'm finally just hanging things that were "in waiting" - waiting for me to patch & paint, waiting for me to decide what to keep. Very liberating pounding more holes in the walls.
Took 9 reel to reel movie films to Costco to be put on DVD while their sale is in progress. I will get 10 or 12 video 8 movies to Costco for transfer before the end of the month. I understand from reviews that these aren't the best quality, but I just want to have the family memories in a form that I can easily see. No - we won't discuss the pictures & negatives. I was pretty good about putting photos in albums until my son graduated from hi-school in 1982. The problem is he is an only child so I saved every single picture - good, bad or otherwise. Everything after that is in the envelopes in boxes & bags. Sounds like a good winter project - but it's been on the list for a bunch of winters.
Happy sorting!!!
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My kids were here this weekend--tons of leftovers! I've been "decluttering" the refrig by eating everything. Gained five pounds. This kind of decluttering is soooo satisfying, but maybe today I'll clear out the freezer so some of that stuff can go in there rather than in me!
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Brookside - great image. Seems we never stop "cleaning the plate" for our kids.
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Teka - Seems like my spices are always getting old. It was better before I knew that was a problem. They always seemed to work fine. I know for a fact that my Mother never tossed & replaced, but then she baked a LOT so maybe they were regularly rotated. Are you able to go to a Penzeys? Such a treat to smell all the spices.
And that get's me on my hobby horse. It is such a shame that most people don't understand the dates on food. The cans & boxes are "best used by" NOT "throw away by". It's my understanding that the product will be "at it's peak" by that date, but certainly fine to eat for much longer. Cans used to be good until or unless they got dented or started leaking, so.... It's a real shame that none of the food banks or churches will take donations that are past the stamped dates. Think of all that food just bring thrown away when people are going hungry. Sorry - it really bugs me.
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Teka - VERY NICE!!!!!
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Well my BT is here for 4 mos so I am decluttering again. More clothes, got all my old posters ready to go. Pictures for the walls....gone. Nick nacks....gone. 2 containers left of southwest S and Ps. Anyone want any of those I will be happy to send. Otherwise they go to my family reunion next year to be auctioned. I keep finding stuff. Basement cleaned out about 2/3. It is going well.
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What is BT?
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I may be way off base, but I chuckling about Boy Toy. Bunkie - hope you aren't offended. Maybe BF - boy friend.
My sorting came to an abrupt end shortly after my son left. Need to get back to it but I've been catching up on my reading and trying to get to water aerobics 3x a week. I did contact a local BSA troop about donating tons of scout/camping/outdoor/craft books, as well as gear - tents, cook kits, etc. Also I have bags of patches that the boys should love for trading if the leaders don't get them first. Scoutmaster suggested they might use the patches as "rewards".
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BoyToy. My boyfriend is 43 and I am 61.
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You go girl !!!
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I figured you all would get a laugh with that one. Yup he is a boyfriend. Good guy too. He calls me his old lady and I call him boy toy sometimes. Met him in 97 and we have been together off and on since then. When my mom was still alive she met him out in Ca and would refer to his as "that boy".
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Wow - 1997. That's 17 years. Sounds like a keeper.
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BUNKIE ROCKS!!!!
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How many clothes does a retired person really need? That is the question. I still have too many. I wear the same stuff all the time.
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There's a website that promotes picking 37 things from your wardrobe and wearing only those for 3 months. You get to have 4 seasons, so not as limiting as it sounds. I have a computer list of my clothes for our 2 seasons. When I picked 37 things I actually wear, I had space left over. In addition to the 37, you get 1 gym outfit and 1 outfit to wear while painting the house. When I was a travel agent, my clothes were picked to fit in one suitcase and coordinate. I'm trying to get back to that idea.
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Wren and Teka - Thanks!!! I am doing it. 37 things and I will keep my bibs for the painting. 37 things....37 things.....
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Wren - Goodness, does that include underwear too? 37 sounds hard but I agree, I usually wear the same 2 or 3 pair of pants and the same 4 or 5 tops. Probably much less than 25% of what's in my closets.
I need to decide if I'm finally retired forever, and if so get rid of lots of jackets. Same with shoes, although I can't decide about those until I see if this darn neuropathy ever gets any better 2 years PFC. And it's easy to convince myself to keep the larger size clothes until I see where my weight resolves when treatment is totally done. I lost 60 lbs last year that I really didn't need to lose, and have only gained back 20 so far. At least I took all the 10/12/14/16 clothes that I still like and put them in another closet - by size. It should be easier to give away if I stay 6/8.
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Doesn't include underwear. You can have all that you want. If you get rid of work clothes, check to see if your YWCA has a dress for success program. They accept work appropriate clothing and give it to unemployed women for job interviews. If they're hired, they can pick out enough clothes to wear for a while until paychecks start arriving. I think they especially appreciate larger sizes.
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We have a Dress for Success program here but not sponsored by the YMCA. I took all my business suits there when I retired the first time. I think it's a great program. I usually take my things to the group that supports the home for battered women. They have a shop where they sell gently used things but the resident women & children get first choice. BTW - that's a good place to take all the toiletries that you get from the hotels. They can really use the shampoo, lotion, toothpaste, etc.
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