Hangers

Day one hundred and nineteen: Pile of hangers into the trash.

Hangers

Day: Pile of hangers into the trash.

Embroidery Floss

Day one hundred sixteen:
A large supply of embroidery floss, once used to make friendship bracelets, now in the garage sale box.

Belt

Day one hundred fifteen:
Belt and a purse strap, into the trash.

Batteries

Day one hundred fourteen:
Old D batteries from the drawer - into the battery recycling bag.

Vase

Day one hundred thirteen:
Vase from the china cabinet - needed as part of a gift of flowers. Out the door!

Mason Jars

Day one hundred and twelve: Two Mason Jars into the garage sle box. Someone buys still cans, I am sure.

Light Bulbs

When we moved into this house, it had a hideous industrial looking fluorescent light fixture that we never turned on once (because it was so ugly and because the bulbs were burned out, most likely). I took the bulbs out and put them in the garage. It is a miracle that they didn't get broken, since they have been in there since 1993. Now I find out that our village's Public Works department has started recycling them. - along with the CFLs. I've got a few of those , too.

Day one hundred and eleven:
Two fluorescent light bulbs and a few CFLs brought to Public Works for recycling.

Fancy Paper

Day one hundred and ten:
Fancy printer paper with red flowers on it - a brand new package - into the garage sale box.

Mugs and Mail

Another box from the garage - this time, a box of old mugs. These were mostly promotional mugs. I am not sure why I kept them - really can't even donate them.

I also sorted through a stack of mail (organized bills tonight) and recycled a pile of paper

Day one hundred and nine:
Promotional mugs into the trash. And a stack of papers and envelopes into the recycling bin.

Nostalgia

Got into the garage today. And I went through a couple more squirrel-chewed boxes. It took a little while to go through one of the boxes. It contained a whole bunch of things from 1984, when E was born. Mostly papers, like baby care brochures from the hospital, and ads for things to buy for the baby. But there were a couple ancient coupons for $.75 off of a box of Pampers (Pampers used to come in boxes) - no expiration date on them, but no bar code either. I might have to give them to my niece - I want to see if they will work.

But I found the best thing - the office baby pool that my coworkers put together, when waiting for my baby to be born. Arnie won - his guess was closest to the time E was born. He won $24.00! Couldn't happen to a nicer guy.

But I did find some things to toss - mostly old parenting magazines.

Day one hundred and eight:
Old parenting magazines and papers into the recycling bin.

Monday

Tired and kinda down today - no energy to declutter. But, I managed to find a spool of kite string and a brand new tape measure in the garage (not sure at all where the tape measure came from - it therefore won't be missed).

Day one hundred and seven:
Kite string and tape measure into the garage sale box.

Mapquests

Found two more inches of Mapquest printouts in my file cabinet. The file cabinet needs de littering, like everything else around here. Old mileage documentation from a job I used to have. Now, all in the recycling bin.

Day one hundred and six:
Two inches of Mapquests, into the recycling bin.

Boxes

I have a ton of empty boxes in my garage, along with some heavy cardboard used for harp-hauling. I can't destroy all of the boxes, but today I found a few that should be recycled.

Day one hundred and five:
Cardboard boxes into recycling

Ink

Found a brand new HP ink cartridge - and we haven't had an HP printer in years.

Day one hundred and four:
Ink jet printer cartridge - heading somewhere. Maybe a giveaway for the office, or maybe a recycle at Staples.

Sold!

Occupational hazard: sometimes I have too many dental things in the house - like toothpaste and tooth bleaching kits.So, someone from work was looking for some bleaching kits, and I happened to have some extras in my fridge. Funny way to declutter.

Day one hundred and three:
Tooth bleaching kits sold to a colleague at work (and, yes, it is legal for mr to sell them).

More Toothpaste!

Don't know where it is all coming from - but I found another box of 24 trial size tubes of toothpaste. And, unfortunately, they are expired.

Day one hundred and two:
Box of trial size toothpaste tubes into the garbage.

One Day Without Shoes

In honor of the day, I thought I might go through some shoes and donate them somewhere. But, I already did that many days ago. I don't think I can find any more shoes I can spare. But, I found a dress that no one can use any more.

Day one hundred and one:
Black dress - into the garage sale box.

Clothes

Went through a few things hanging in the laundry room - old formals among snow gear and band polo shirts. And I found a tuxedo shirt that has seen better days, an old choir dress and a hoodie.

Day one hundred:
Tuxedo shirt into the trash, choir dress and hoodie into the garage sale box.

Skateboard

There is a skateboard in the garage that is no longer used. 'I'd like a long board' was the answer to the question of whether or not this is something to hang onto.

Day ninety-nine:
Old skateboard into the garage sale box.

Phone Message Book

Years ago, we had difficulty getting phone messages to each other. So, we had a spiral-bound, carbonless copy message book. You'd write the message down and everyone was responsible for checking the book for their own messages. And if you wanted to, you could tear off the original and take it with you, while leaving the copy behind in the spiral bound book.

But now, we do not have a home phone. Everyone has their own cell phone and voice message system. So, the message book is obsolete! Kinda sad in a way, though...

Day ninety-eight:
Phone message book in the trash.

White Elephant Gift

Today I found a white elephant gift that I had received a few years back. It is a picture - a plaque, of sorts. I am not sure what exactly I should do with it. First instinct is to toss it in the trash. Seriously, I don't think I will give it to anyone as white elephant re-gift. It is just too peculiar.

Day ninety-seven:
Picture, for now, into the donation box... Maybe someone will like it well enough...someday...

Handbag

Cleaned out a large purse that I hadn't used in a long time. Found a few things that were valuable, but not much!

Day ninety-six:
Scraps and trash from a handbag - into the trash.

Running Shoes

When I get a new pair of running shoes, I keep the old pair around for a spare (or for gardening, working around the house, whatever). I hate to give up a nicely broken-in pair of shoes. Today I got a brand new pair of running shoes. Yellow ones. So, the purple-trimmed pair became the spare pair. And the old green spare pair hit the trash.

Day ninety-five:
Old pair of running shoes - into the trash.b

More Underwear

Really behind in my blogging - but the uncluttering continues daily, if only in small ways.

Today I 'recycled' a sports bra and some socks. Glad someone else can use them.

Day ninety-four:
Sports bra and socks - given to someone who will use them.

College Brochures

Day ninety-three:
Today I found a small stack of brochures - left over from six years ago when my daughter was looking for schools. Now that stack is in the recycling bin.

Bathroom

Day ninety-two:
Found more bathroom stuff: a couple old lotions, an almost empty trial tube of toothpaste, a semi-exploded large tube of toothpaste, and a couple other little things incant remember now - all now in the trash.