Not quite a horder - decluttering

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  • Gingerbrew
    Gingerbrew Member Posts: 2,859
    edited March 2012

    You are all so industrious. It isn't warm here yet, may take three or four months before we ever hit 80 degrees!  That gives me time before Ichange seasons. Haha, actually there are no seasonal clothes here. We layer year round and super warm sweaters would be like coats here in the mild winters.

    I have to keep myself from purchasing the summer blouses I have always loved. The weather just doesn't work for them here and they wouldn't get worn.  My parkas have not been worn at all  in two winters here. I mostly wear my canvas barn jacket with the corderoy collar, lined with flannel. Or a raincoat. I think I have only worn gloves here once and hats only while I was bald. Being from Northern Illinois I have always had a wardrobe of coats and just didn't believe I wouldn't ever need them here. If we get visitors from back east I think I will send my coats home with them to donate. I have to admit they are really crowding the closets.

  • Teka
    Teka Member Posts: 10,052
    edited September 2017
  • Meece
    Meece Member Posts: 19,483
    edited March 2012

    You go, girl!  You are inspiring me.  I have to get something started, and better yet, something finished.

  • Kaara
    Kaara Member Posts: 3,647
    edited March 2012

    Teka:  Good for you!  I'll bet everything looks really nice and clean.  Sit back and enjoy the fruits of your labor....lol!

  • Teka
    Teka Member Posts: 10,052
    edited September 2017
  • hotandcold
    hotandcold Member Posts: 205
    edited March 2012

    Patoo: I turned my hangers.  I'm so excited. I wonder if I can go a whole year! I too had to do it first thing. I even found some clothes to donate.  I also cleaned off the top of my dresser. Had old receipts, broken jewelry, missing sock, etc. Bunch O Junk. I too put my sweaters away. Took my shorts out of the bin and put my sweaters in. So great to have that set up. Congrats to 3jaysmon, gingerbrew, gramE and Teka on all their work.  It inspired me.! 

  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited March 2012

    You know what just occurred to me is the fact that we have helped so many others because of all the "stuff" we have donated just over the last year (yes, this thread was opened only last March).  Would that have happened without this thread?  Perhaps, but not as organized.  You all are to be congratulated.

  • Kaara
    Kaara Member Posts: 3,647
    edited March 2012

    When I was working I used to donate my clothes to Women In Distress, and it always made me feel good that I might be helping some woman get a new start in life with some presentable clothes to wear job hunting.  Many of them have to leave with only the clothes on their backs and of course the husbands usually throw the rest away out of spite.

  • Gingerbrew
    Gingerbrew Member Posts: 2,859
    edited March 2012

    I used to work with homeless families and I can tell you for a fact that programs to help women dress appropriately for the working place work! Your doantions are important to the organization you donate to as well as for the patrons of those organizations.  :)

    Ginger

  • Teka
    Teka Member Posts: 10,052
    edited September 2017
  • Blessings2011
    Blessings2011 Member Posts: 4,276
    edited March 2012

    Teka wrote:    I lost 2 Lbs.Innocent

    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

    Oh, yeah!!!!! Today was NEKKID WEIGH-IN MONDAY!!!!!

    Congratulations, Girlfriend!!!!!! Smile

    (Do you need any shoulder pads?)

  • Teka
    Teka Member Posts: 10,052
    edited September 2017
  • Gingerbrew
    Gingerbrew Member Posts: 2,859
    edited March 2012

    You all are a riot.

    Ginger

  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited March 2012

    shoulder pads will make her tip the scale. 

    Got the bins out of the garage and into the den.  Might actually get the Christmas stuff put away before it's time to take them back out. 

  • 3jaysmom
    3jaysmom Member Posts: 4,266
    edited March 2012

    yeah!!! we all seem to be kicking it lately..

      i went to clean up my patio garden, and found two big bags of lights mur "hid" in the bushes!!so, now, we;ll add those to the christmas stuff in the attic!!!so, you're not the only one still dealing with christmas stuff, patoo...3jays

  • Gingerbrew
    Gingerbrew Member Posts: 2,859
    edited March 2012

    I took about 6 things out of my closet to donate and another 6 to return. I also put two sweaters into my closet, that had been molting on a rack. I put 6 pairs of shoes back into my closet, where they belong. I finally looked to see if my silver was still there, it was!!!! It is now in the safe we just bought where I won't have to worry about cleaners going off with it.  

    I feel like I am waking up more, able to "see" better than in a long time. Clutter was not even registering with me last year.  Things that I pulled today I was totally unaware of last year.Reading each otherssnippets of stories really helps me.

    Love you all, Ginger

  • 3jaysmom
    3jaysmom Member Posts: 4,266
    edited March 2012
    so glad you found the silver, Ginger..yeah!!!
  • Meece
    Meece Member Posts: 19,483
    edited March 2012

    Argh!  I went out to my little storage shed where I keep holiday decs.  DH had taken all my bins and put them in the attic!  Now I don't have free access to them!  I wanted to decorate for Easter!  But the storage is definitely decluttered, only two Christmas trees in their boxes.

  • Gingerbrew
    Gingerbrew Member Posts: 2,859
    edited March 2012

    I cleaned out several boxes of long expired prescriptions. I found a document from the hospital that said to put all the pills together, pour coffee grounds or kitty litter on them and then throw away. I opted for coffee crounds and a little added water in a strong zip lock baggie. I actually found a couple rx from 1988, uh huh. Now I only have a few older tylenol with codeine just in case and the rest are all up to date. I also sorted out some old face creams and such. I am doing pretty well with this.

    Next will be the boxes of my mom's jewelry. I will see how many of the boxes are empty. It is stored in three large clear storage boxes. I gave a lot of it away before I moved but I didn't bring along emptly boxes. I still feel like an idiot for leaving the boxes in my closet. I think it is time to forgive myself for not taking extra care myself regaqrdless of what anyone else might choose to do. 

    I am happy I get these meds cleared out. Mostly old antibiotics and such, but a lot of it.   It feels good to get something done. To feel well enough to get going on any of this.

    Hugs Ginger

  • 3jaysmom
    3jaysmom Member Posts: 4,266
    edited March 2012

    never heard that, ginger.. thanks for the tips..

     we've been wondering what to do.. they used to say "flush" them, but now we know it goes into the groundwater..

     i guess the coffe grounds causes them to deteriate,, at least, i hope so!!!3jays

  • Meece
    Meece Member Posts: 19,483
    edited March 2012

    I used to flush them as well, until they brought out the ground water issue.  I have one pharmacy I got rx's at about 2 years ago, and the labels have faded almost unreadable.  The ones I have left are the Tylenol w/codeine and muscle relaxers.  I really should dispose of those as well.  If I am so bad I need them, I should see a dr. and have them re-prescribed.

    DH got my Easter decs down last night.  Whew!  I was about to panic!

  • Kaara
    Kaara Member Posts: 3,647
    edited March 2012

    I accidentally got onto one of those survivor sites one day and was reading about all the things we should do in case we are in an emergency situation where we don't have access to food, water, etc.  Other than the normal things to store like food and water, it said that we should hold on to all of our old meds because they will become very valuable as bartering tools if this should ever happen, along with alcohol and ammunition.  I guess I'm SOL because I don't drink, don't have any guns, and had just disposed of all my old meds.  Oh well....sigh

  • Meece
    Meece Member Posts: 19,483
    edited March 2012

    But meds can loose their potency or change, so who would know what they were capable of doing in years.

  • Meece
    Meece Member Posts: 19,483
    edited March 2012
  • Meece
    Meece Member Posts: 19,483
    edited March 2012
  • Kaara
    Kaara Member Posts: 3,647
    edited March 2012

    Meece:  I know they are supposed to lose potency, but I guess in a crisis a low potency penicillin would be better than none if it weren't available and so that is why it becomes so valuable as a bartering tool....according to the "survivor experts".  

  • Meece
    Meece Member Posts: 19,483
    edited March 2012

    That's true.  Sounds bad, but I'm not that interested in surviving under those predicted conditions.

  • Meece
    Meece Member Posts: 19,483
    edited March 2012
  • Meece
    Meece Member Posts: 19,483
    edited March 2012

    Just found these "funnies" but our decluttering is serious so we don't end up like the horders on TV.

  • Meece
    Meece Member Posts: 19,483
    edited March 2012

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