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Post by crazy4scraps on Oct 10, 2023 21:27:37 GMT
I havenāt been back in here for a bit. I made it over to Salvation Army and dropped my two boxes of random stuff, stopped at the place to drop off toys for the free toy shelf and got rid of a decent sized box of stuff there too. I still need to get rid of the books but I only wanted to deal with that once and DD still needs to clear off her shelves of what she no longer wants. I also still have a box of clothes for the free clothes place but they only take donations two days a week and itās not usually the days/times when Iām over that way so I have to make a special trip. Plus they were closed for their season changeover and inventory for a couple weeks at the end of September but theyāre open again now. Thereās also still a laundry basket full of stuffed animals in the guest room that I forgot about so those will need to go to Salvation Army the next time I have a box of stuff to donate. I have to keep reminding myself that slow and steady wins the race.
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Post by dewryce on Oct 10, 2023 23:15:56 GMT
My mom insisted on packing all kinds of stuff for my dad's move into the new care facility. I gave up and let her. He moved into his permanent room yesterday, so today I emptied the 3 boxes. I was able to fit what he actually needed into a tote bag. The rest is in the trash or my donate box. My mom, as I've mentioned, can't get rid of stuff. She packed 3 clocks for him! I feel your pain. My mom, who has given a physical present maybe twice in 5 years, has enough wrapping paper, ribbons, bows, bags tissue paper and boxes to fill an entire walk-in closet, or long regular closet. The issue is that sheās a smoker and everything ends up smelling heavily of smoke so the one person she buys physical gifts for and wants to wrap, my young nephew, needs his presents to be put in a gift bag on the way to see him. But in her head she is someone who purchases and wraps gifts, and she bought an entire system and plastic boxes to organize everything. Is it? No because she wants to use my brotherās only usable closet and I was able to talk her out of it. So it sits in her living room, in her face, every day. But I canāt get her to budge. She let me, after many asks, go through her boxes and reduce them by a lot, and condense the space it takes up. Running every last thing by her. But she will not, under any circumstances, consider going through the rest of it. It kills me for her because I see the impact it has on her every day. Even just sitting there she sees it and feels bad she isnāt that person. And she is very aware so I wonāt get rid of things without her direct consent. Anyway, thanks for letting me vent, itās great to talk to people who understand. |
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Post by dewryce on Oct 10, 2023 23:31:15 GMT
Yesterday ended up getting some unplanned organizing done with DH and his closets. He was changing out the battery backup on his desk and needed my help getting the cords organized and tamed. (Cannot recommend these Wrap-It self-gripping cable wraps enough!) That led to him removing a second monitor & Keyboard from his desktop, which in turn led to organizing/purging the shelf he stored those. It was that whole 'give a mouse a cookie' scenario! By the end of the afternoon I had reorganized an upper shelf in his office closet, purged a dozen baseball caps and a few odds & ends in the office, moved the rest of the caps to storage space in his wardrobe, then discovered his socks were a mess so grabbed some extra drawer organizers and solved that problem. He was thrilled! All of the storage bins/organizers were on hand so that helped the job go quickly. When I redo spaces I never get rid of the bins and organizers because eventually they will be reused. He plans to go through the socks soon and get rid of some. He really needs to go through his old t-shirts (all solids, nothing special) but admits he's having trouble letting go, so I may have to do it for him and let him make the final choices!  We have similar cable wraps in black, grey, and white to match all of our cables. They, along with an assortment of 3M command products and batteries have a home upstairs, downstairs, and in a permanent travel case. As soon as we open something new a matching one goes around the cable. Theyāre amazing! Iām anal so I like it when the wraps blend, rather than stand out, but I can certainly see a benefit both ways. I keep almost all of my organization options as well. The only time I get rid of them (donate to family) are if they arenāt those I keep stocked (container store clear boxes in various sizes, 2 sizes laundry baskets, 3 sizes and 2 colors of sterlite platinum bins, and clear drawer containers) and they werenāt used in a decent time period, 6-12 months typically. I used to keep all sorts of different non-plastic baskets I received gifts in but I found I had started using the plastic bins much more frequently because they are easier to clean and are consistent sizes so I gave away all but 1 set of different sized baskets which are used in my closet travel section and a few favorites. I used the rest for wrapping/presenting gifts or donated them to family and friends. But always having my favorite options on hand is just so convenient and allows me to organize on the spot. DH and I find that doing exactly as listed, with me doing the initial sorting and allowing him final approval, works so well for us. Better than any other tactic weāve tried over the years. Something that makes a big difference is taking it out of the space with the rest of the items, maybe just putting them on a table or chair. The only exception I find is if itās clothes he has multiples of, I can say āI think you should consider donating (this) because you have (this item) which is in better shape/more flattering/you wear more often.ā |
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Post by dewryce on Oct 10, 2023 23:47:48 GMT
Well the two years I was renting and supposed to be going through everything is almost over and Iām only half done! š¬ Iāve got two months if closing goes on time to move, so I need to get it in gear. I donāt want to be moving excess clutter into the new house!!! I think that knowing the exact space youāll be moving into, and the excitement and immediacy of the move can be a huge motivating factor for you. Do you have a space or room you can devote to packing and decluttering? We kept all of our packing supplies (boxes, tape, markers, protective wrappings) and some empty tables set up permanently for quite a while before our move. That way I didnāt have to have enough time to get everything completed at one time, and could work on things a few minutes here and there without it impacting the rest of the house. The little minutes added up to a lot of time! Also, as I went our home was being emptied so things started to go faster because there was less stuff to sort through. We then used this space to store the packed boxes. That way I could gather all of one item together from all over the house, say books/movies/music/art, and have a good look at how much we actually owned in each category. Made it so easy to to notice things like which we watched/used more than others, any duplicates, similar items where we always chose a certain one, etc. The decisions came so quickly. I also decided where in the new house they would be stored and how much space I wanted to allot to each type of item. Then it was a matter of choosing our very favorites until the allotted space was accounted for. Another way it helped was seeing the items out of their usual home where you get used to seeing them and your eyes tend to skip past them. And seeing them on a tabletop instead of in a drawer or on a shelf also gives you a new perspective. Not just how much space they take up, but the sheer quantity stands out. As do obvious favorites and items you can really live without. We started with items we could live without the longest and eventually worked our way to everyday kitchen items. But those all came out of their homes too, and we got rid of quite a bit! One thing to consider now, take all of your kitchen items that you know you donāt use daily or weekly and set them on a table near the kitchen. Only put them back in the kitchen as you use them. When itās time to pack the kitchen up youāll have a much easier time deciding what to keep. Mostly you should just need to add back the items you use for special occasions like Thanksgiving and decorating birthday cakes. |
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Post by dewryce on Oct 10, 2023 23:53:27 GMT
I really, really hate that DH didnāt make it a priority to get DDās flooring changed out over the summer. Now itās October which is one of the busiest months for us and thereās a ton of things going on and itās still not done.* Which means thereās still a pile of her new (to her) furniture in our front room (formal living room) and hallway (itās literally been there since about May) and I canāt get rid of the old crappy extra desk in the office and the pile of crap on top of it until her new desk is set up in her room. Iām so tired of looking at all this clutter I could scream, and none of it is my crap. š« ETA: * And not likely to get done now until around Thanksgiving at the earliest, sigh. The next four weekends are booked up, then DHās hunting will consume the first two weeks of November. Then another week to get caught up once heās back home. Ugh. I hate this. Any chance you can make an agreement that it is completed, not started, by a certain date or you will hire someone to do it? Thatās half a year several spaces in your room have sort of been held hostage. If you figured out the number of square feet that are unusable times the cost of each per month I bet heād be horrified at the cost of the space thatās just sitting there not able to be used. |
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Post by crazy4scraps on Oct 11, 2023 0:15:04 GMT
I really, really hate that DH didnāt make it a priority to get DDās flooring changed out over the summer. Now itās October which is one of the busiest months for us and thereās a ton of things going on and itās still not done.* Which means thereās still a pile of her new (to her) furniture in our front room (formal living room) and hallway (itās literally been there since about May) and I canāt get rid of the old crappy extra desk in the office and the pile of crap on top of it until her new desk is set up in her room. Iām so tired of looking at all this clutter I could scream, and none of it is my crap. š« ETA: * And not likely to get done now until around Thanksgiving at the earliest, sigh. The next four weekends are booked up, then DHās hunting will consume the first two weeks of November. Then another week to get caught up once heās back home. Ugh. I hate this. Any chance you can make an agreement that it is completed, not started, by a certain date or you will hire someone to do it? Thatās half a year several spaces in your room have sort of been held hostage. If you figured out the number of square feet that are unusable times the cost of each per month I bet heād be horrified at the cost of the space thatās just sitting there not able to be used. Heās a DIYer through and through. If he is able do it himself he will do it himself (and since he *knows* he can do this thereās no way he would pay his buddy the floor guy $$$$ that he sometimes works with to do it). I agree that this has dragged on WAY too long and Iām really sick of the visible part of the house looking like an episode of Hoarders, LOL. Once we get started it likely wonāt take more than a weekend or two at most. Itās a matter of staying home without having ten other things going on. |
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Post by dewryce on Oct 11, 2023 0:15:38 GMT
my dh is going on a 3 week vacation.. planned for months. now that he is about to leave on thursday, he thinks of something he wants to take and then yells bloody murder about not being able to find stuff, hating the house, etc etc. I say. hey.. I will look .. just not this minute. this afternoon it was his brand new water bottle (I had several places I was going to look) turned out it was in his bag that he never unpacked from our trip 1 month ago. then it was his linen pants. again. I said I would look.. and I will look tomorrow. it would have been nice to know this a week ago. when he is gone I am tackling the mess in the bedroom and basement. I have made lots of good progress in the basement.. but more to go.. 40 yrs of accumulation.. and some of it is his stuff he just dumped 4 yrs ago. (we have a two level basement.. not finished.. and the car space takes up half the lower level.). I am ready for him to go. he forgets where he puts stuff. why organizing is satisfying.. but somehow it gets to be all my fault. oh well. I am just whining. he is really a great person. DH was like that for a long time, the joke became ādid you (his name) look or did you Dewryce look?ā Heās still not great at finding things, though Iāve talked him through my process so many times while heās done the actual looking, heās much better than he was. A huge benefit to having gotten rid of so much and gotten so organized over the years is that things donāt get lost nearly as frequently as they used to. There is an (obvious) space for everything and if we find heās not using that space, we move it/change something up. Also something thatās helped, I get his input when I am organizing any of his items. Mostly giving him several options and the price & cons of each. And once itās done, I go over it with him in detail. His involvement helps him remember, and it gives me an out if he canāt find something. Things came to a head with him accusing me of moving/losing his things for 2 reasons. First, if he was responsible and put it away in the first place, I wouldnāt have had to. And second, he finally realized how ridiculous he was being when he couldnāt find a specific pair of his tennis shoes suggesting I did something with them. At the time I would have only put his shoes in one location only, being known as an anal retentive neat freak really came to my defense there. And so I looked at him and said āwell, the last time I wore your size 15 tennis shoes I must have misplaced them.ā He was finally able to acknowledge that since I obviously didnāt misplace them, that it was also likely that I hadnāt been the one misplacing everything else. In your case, I might start a list when it happens. Not to keep score, but to have physical evidence that what he thinks is happening isnāt what is actually happening. Just hearing it might not be enough, but a detailed list of what he accused you of losing and where you found it, showing that it was on him might help if heās a visual person. Now, thatās not to say DH doesnāt lose things and when he looks where I suggest that he doesnāt occasionally miss them. Between his car seat and the console seems to be a black hole for him. But there has been great improvement. And I find that when heās making a concerted effort to generally put things away where they belong and in looking well before he asks for help (which he describes when he asks) I am more than happy to help him look. We are a team and this is something I have a knack for! But I have to say there used to be quite a bit of resentment when I received the blame and the expectation that I would stop what I was doing and find whatever it was he lost in the first place. But can anyone tell me why he canāt remember where we keep (whatever item), when it has lived in the SAME PLACE since we moved in in 2008? Next to the other like items? Anyone? |
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Post by dewryce on Oct 11, 2023 0:16:50 GMT
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Post by mikklynn on Oct 11, 2023 13:16:04 GMT
My mom insisted on packing all kinds of stuff for my dad's move into the new care facility. I gave up and let her. He moved into his permanent room yesterday, so today I emptied the 3 boxes. I was able to fit what he actually needed into a tote bag. The rest is in the trash or my donate box. My mom, as I've mentioned, can't get rid of stuff. She packed 3 clocks for him! I feel your pain. My mom, who has given a physical present maybe twice in 5 years, has enough wrapping paper, ribbons, bows, bags tissue paper and boxes to fill an entire walk-in closet, or long regular closet. The issue is that sheās a smoker and everything ends up smelling heavily of smoke so the one person she buys physical gifts for and wants to wrap, my young nephew, needs his presents to be put in a gift bag on the way to see him. But in her head she is someone who purchases and wraps gifts, and she bought an entire system and plastic boxes to organize everything. Is it? No because she wants to use my brotherās only usable closet and I was able to talk her out of it. So it sits in her living room, in her face, every day. But I canāt get her to budge. She let me, after many asks, go through her boxes and reduce them by a lot, and condense the space it takes up. Running every last thing by her. But she will not, under any circumstances, consider going through the rest of it. It kills me for her because I see the impact it has on her every day. Even just sitting there she sees it and feels bad she isnāt that person. And she is very aware so I wonāt get rid of things without her direct consent. Anyway, thanks for letting me vent, itās great to talk to people who understand. Oh, that is tough. Hugs. |
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Post by mikklynn on Oct 11, 2023 13:27:05 GMT
Itās interesting that this has gotten my husband to start parting with his āyou just might need this somedayā ways but with Alzheimerās he has a really difficult time making a decision. Thus the change in plans. All that counts is that we chip away at stuff little by little. Anything is progress and I also think itās good for his mind. Win, win! I'm so sorry to hear about your health difficulties and your husband's diagnosis. I know how hard it is to make progress in decluttering when working with someone with that diagnosis. I've found that once they are OK with getting rid of something, I need to get it out of the house ASAP. Otherwise, if they come across it again (even in the marked donation bin), they forget they wanted to get rid of something and they decide to keep it until you can convince them it's OK to let it go. The cycle can repeat multiple times, and it is exhausting. You are so right! My mom has age-related short term memory issues. When we were packing up her house, if we didn't seal the box and move into dad's bedroom for moving, the garage for sale, or our vehicles for donating, she'd dig through the box and we'd start the whole process of deciding what to do with it again. It was, as you said, exhausting. |
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Post by Linda on Oct 11, 2023 13:37:17 GMT
DD17 came downstairs last night with a book, a mini-locker, and about a dozen clothing items for donation. Woohoo!
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Post by crazy4scraps on Oct 11, 2023 13:43:47 GMT
My mom insisted on packing all kinds of stuff for my dad's move into the new care facility. I gave up and let her. He moved into his permanent room yesterday, so today I emptied the 3 boxes. I was able to fit what he actually needed into a tote bag. The rest is in the trash or my donate box. My mom, as I've mentioned, can't get rid of stuff. She packed 3 clocks for him! I feel your pain. My mom, who has given a physical present maybe twice in 5 years, has enough wrapping paper, ribbons, bows, bags tissue paper and boxes to fill an entire walk-in closet, or long regular closet. The issue is that sheās a smoker and everything ends up smelling heavily of smoke so the one person she buys physical gifts for and wants to wrap, my young nephew, needs his presents to be put in a gift bag on the way to see him. But in her head she is someone who purchases and wraps gifts, and she bought an entire system and plastic boxes to organize everything. Is it? No because she wants to use my brotherās only usable closet and I was able to talk her out of it. So it sits in her living room, in her face, every day. But I canāt get her to budge. She let me, after many asks, go through her boxes and reduce them by a lot, and condense the space it takes up. Running every last thing by her. But she will not, under any circumstances, consider going through the rest of it. It kills me for her because I see the impact it has on her every day. Even just sitting there she sees it and feels bad she isnāt that person. And she is very aware so I wonāt get rid of things without her direct consent. Anyway, thanks for letting me vent, itās great to talk to people who understand. This sounds exactly like our friend/renter. She has multiple full sets of fine china dishes that belonged to her mom and grandma. They fill up an entire kitchen cabinet in what is a small kitchen with limited storage. Theyāre all packed up and she doesnāt use them, ever. Meanwhile, the set of dishes she actually uses are typically all piled up on the kitchen counter or in the sink or on the stove even when theyāre clean because thereās no space in the cabinets to put them away. š³ š She insists that theyāre valuable (theyāre not) so she wonāt just donate them. It would cost more to ship them to Replacements than she would get for them. So they sit in the same cabinet where theyāve been taking up space for probably two decades. I donāt get it. I think she *wants to be* the person that has people over for a nice dinner, but thatās kind of hard when you canāt even see the top of the dining room table (or the floor surrounding it, for that matter). |
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Post by Linda on Oct 12, 2023 19:29:18 GMT
Found three more duplicate books - will see if DS wants them and if not, will donate.
Finished labelling the 1978 photos - both digitally and prints. 1977 is next up.
Pulled out a half-dozen cups from the overflowing cabinet. DH insisted on keeping 3 of them but they've been relocated so will no longer cause an avalanche. The others are in the donation box.
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Post by cecilia on Oct 12, 2023 21:21:00 GMT
My Mom's friend gave us a bunch of stuff and it ended up in my shed. I am going to get hurt or something is going to be broken by the end of going through it all. I am a klutz to begin with so little trails don't help. š
I did take some of it to Goodwill but it didn't make a dent. (Friend is an interior decorator/designer and when clients tell her to donate/get rid of stuff, she calls us to come get it).
Next week is last outdoor market for the year. Hope we can unload a bunch of stuff there for the room and cash.
I am also frustrated craft stuff. Contact hasn't taken it yet. I think she's dealing with depression so she's not wanting to come to poetry, much less deal with it. Tempted to give it to art non profit and get it out of the house. That way I won't keep bugging contact (not that I am hounding her, I just am tired of asking her, which is about once every 2-3 weeks right now). Don't know what to do. Want to keep my word yet want the stuff gone. Kara's (person who runs day to day at non profit) DH works with my contact so I may ask Kara if I can leave it there for the DH to get.
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Post by Linda on Oct 12, 2023 22:07:45 GMT
Tempted to give it to art non profit and get it out of the house. That way I won't keep bugging contact (not that I am hounding her, I just am tired of asking her, which is about once every 2-3 weeks right now). Don't know what to do. Want to keep my word yet want the stuff gone. Perhaps let her know that if she can't get it by (give a specific soon date), that you'll be donating it to the art non-profit. |
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Post by **GypsyGirl** on Oct 12, 2023 22:12:20 GMT
My Mom's friend gave us a bunch of stuff and it ended up in my shed. I am going to get hurt or something is going to be broken by the end of going through it all. I am a klutz to begin with so little trails don't help. š
I did take some of it to Goodwill but it didn't make a dent. (Friend is an interior decorator/designer and when clients tell her to donate/get rid of stuff, she calls us to come get it). Next week is last outdoor market for the year. Hope we can unload a bunch of stuff there for the room and cash. I am also frustrated craft stuff. Contact hasn't taken it yet. I think she's dealing with depression so she's not wanting to come to poetry, much less deal with it. Tempted to give it to art non profit and get it out of the house. That way I won't keep bugging contact (not that I am hounding her, I just am tired of asking her, which is about once every 2-3 weeks right now). Don't know what to do. Want to keep my word yet want the stuff gone. Kara's (person who runs day to day at non profit) DH works with my contact so I may ask Kara if I can leave it there for the DH to get. How much of the stuff from the decorator/designer friend are you able to actually use/sell? If it isn't much, then you need to learn to say no to the woman. With your health issues, you can't continue to be a dumping ground for others if there is no actual benefit (with minimal effort) for you. As for the art supplies, set a deadline. Say you would like to donate it to this person, but it has to be gone by XYZ date. Then stick to that. Do you have an email contact for Kara? I would send a message directly to her and let her know what you have for her, and again give a deadline. If she really does want it, then set up the delivery/pick up with her. Your middle/contact person is unreliable and doesn't seem able to handle this task at the moment. If you don't want to do that then move on to Plan B. Boundaries and deadlines are your friend when trying to declutter and get rid of stuff. |
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Post by cecilia on Oct 12, 2023 22:21:01 GMT
My Mom's friend gave us a bunch of stuff and it ended up in my shed. I am going to get hurt or something is going to be broken by the end of going through it all. I am a klutz to begin with so little trails don't help. š
I did take some of it to Goodwill but it didn't make a dent. (Friend is an interior decorator/designer and when clients tell her to donate/get rid of stuff, she calls us to come get it). Next week is last outdoor market for the year. Hope we can unload a bunch of stuff there for the room and cash. I am also frustrated craft stuff. Contact hasn't taken it yet. I think she's dealing with depression so she's not wanting to come to poetry, much less deal with it. Tempted to give it to art non profit and get it out of the house. That way I won't keep bugging contact (not that I am hounding her, I just am tired of asking her, which is about once every 2-3 weeks right now). Don't know what to do. Want to keep my word yet want the stuff gone. Kara's (person who runs day to day at non profit) DH works with my contact so I may ask Kara if I can leave it there for the DH to get. How much of the stuff from the decorator/designer friend are you able to actually use/sell?Ā If it isn't much, then you need to learn to say no to the woman.Ā With your health issues, you can't continue to be a dumping ground for others if there is no actual benefit (with minimal effort) for you. As for the art supplies, set a deadline.Ā Say you would like to donate it to this person, but it has to be gone by XYZ date.Ā Ā Then stick to that.Ā Do you have an email contact for Kara?Ā I would send a message directly to her and let her know what you have for her, and again give a deadline.Ā If she really does want it, then set up the delivery/pick up with her.Ā Your middle/contact person is unreliable and doesn't seem able to handle this task at the moment.Ā Ā If you don't want to do that then move on to Plan B.Ā Boundaries and deadlines are your friend when trying to declutter and get rid of stuff.Ā Ā To answer the first question, it really depends on the house. One person got rid of all their Dpt. 56 things, so we marked them to sell. We have sold some books from another, artwork from another, furniture, and horse stuff. Our lamps came from another house, so did some artwork. I am FB friends with both. First contact (Betty) is hit or miss on answering. Kara is pretty good on answering. I should she her tomorrow at noon profit. |
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Post by dewryce on Oct 12, 2023 23:35:42 GMT
cecilia How far is where you will donate it compared to Karaās? Normally I would agree with everyone else and suggest you set a deadline, then get rid of it. But I know how bad my depression can get, and little things people did you help, ways they understood make a big difference for me. A delivery of craft supplies would really give me a lift.
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Post by mikklynn on Oct 14, 2023 13:52:27 GMT
I cleaned out my storage closet in the lower level and tossed 2 bags of stuff. I also filled a box for donation.
I cleaned out my Halloween decoration bin and will donate half of it.
I also cleaned out my grandson's closet and added some more things to the donation pile.
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Post by cecilia on Oct 14, 2023 17:59:34 GMT
cecilia How far is where you will donate it compared to Karaās? Normally I would agree with everyone else and suggest you set a deadline, then get rid of it. But I know how bad my depression can get, and little things people did you help, ways they understood make a big difference for me. A delivery of craft supplies would really give me a lift. Wednesday Night Poetry, residential school, art non profit are basically on the same street. (WNP is on the corner of main road and side street, everything else is on side street). If you stand at school, you can see other 2 places. That is how close they are.I did give some art books to art non profit, which they appreciated. I may just keep what I have boxed together in my shed and keep it for Betty. I don't want to push her but I want it gone too. With new stuff I get ready I may just take with me to non profit art nights for whatever project we are working on and leave it there so they aren't overwhelmed |
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Post by mikklynn on Oct 18, 2023 22:20:09 GMT
BTT because I love hearing about everyone's successes.
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Post by crazy4scraps on Oct 18, 2023 23:28:47 GMT
BTT because I love hearing about everyone's successes. Me too! I celebrate vicariously with everyone on this thread!  |
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Post by dewryce on Oct 18, 2023 23:51:15 GMT
Iām putting my next goals here so it motivates me to work on them more. Paperwork is my nemesis. Iāve made big steps, but with my depression it always seems to pile up again. Fortunately when it does, itās a lot easier and takes a lot less time and effort to get on top of it again. So I have 3 items I want to finish by November 1st: - Open all mail and deal with
- Print and organize last 1 or 2 years tax forms and put in their folder w/ corresponding paperwork
- Sort and organize my medical paperwork. I took a lot out for my most recent appointment with a new rheumatologist and I have a lot to add from last year or two. Put all in binder, and go through with a discerning eye to decide what I still reference, shred what I donāt.
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Post by calgaryscrapper on Oct 19, 2023 1:28:45 GMT
In the past month we donated some stuff to the Meow Foundation. I went to dust an older silk tree and decided to sell it. Sold quickly and money goes towards charities in the next month or so. Dh bought some new dress shirts a couple of weeks ago. We then went through the old ones and put them into a donation box we have on the go.
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Post by ntsf on Oct 19, 2023 1:41:32 GMT
while dh is out of town, I cleared out a small bookcase in the kitchen that tends to collect magazines, medical and social security papers.. other papers.. I haven't quite finished the. job but two bags of recycling went out of the house today!!!
I am also organizing a stack of old photos and threw out a bunch.
small steps..
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Post by crazy4scraps on Oct 19, 2023 2:00:10 GMT
OMG. You guys. š³ My DH actually went through about half of the clothes on his side of the closet, put up an additional shelf and organized everything he wanted to keep. I think I felt the earth shift off its axis a bit! š±
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Post by **GypsyGirl** on Oct 19, 2023 2:04:10 GMT
OMG. You guys. š³ My DH actually went through about half of the clothes on his side of the closet, put up an additional shelf and organized everything he wanted to keep. I think I felt the earth shift off its axis a bit! š± ššš. Itās a wonderful day when family members catch the declutter/organizing bug! |
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Post by iamkristinl16 on Oct 19, 2023 3:10:48 GMT
We got DSās new bed put together, gave away the old one and gave away our old couch. I can park in the garage again!
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Post by callmenutz on Oct 19, 2023 3:17:47 GMT
I wrote that we have to have a new French drain, sump pump and cracks fixed in the basement. We moved everything away from the walls and got rid of a LOT! Iām going to do more down there between now and Sunday as they are coming on Monday. Then as we put stuff back we will get rid of more.
My husband has really worked hard and has parted with a LOT! He will soon be 85 and has Alzheimerās so this is actually quite phenomenal! I can tell that itās really hard for him. š¢
My SIL took a pile of wood scraps for our DGSās to play with but the bulk of it will go in his work dumpster. That made him feel good that someone will āuseā it. As another Pea said, once a person with Alzheimerās makes a decision you have to act fast because within a couple of hours they will change their mind. After SIL left I heard him mutter āanother pile of stuff goneā!
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Post by crazy4scraps on Oct 19, 2023 14:32:46 GMT
We got DSās new bed put together, gave away the old one and gave away our old couch. I can park in the garage again! Thatās so awesome especially with winter coming on. Thereās nothing better than not having to chisel your car out of a block of ice every morning! |
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