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Post by OnTheMend on Oct 17, 2014 14:40:18 GMT -5
You are on a roll, PaperGrace! By all means, count the ol' bear as 100, I bet it wasn't an easy decision, so extra points are due! I used up 4 products from the shower/bathroom!
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Post by PaperGrace on Oct 18, 2014 14:26:36 GMT -5
1374 Safe Haven Nurse came to pick up donations for kids in Siem Reap, Cambodia. She brought me some mango jam from her new home-town. (4) Wooden Puzzles Wooden Shape Sorter Hexagonal Ball (12) Plastic Cars (2) Books (2) Plastic Turtles (2) Syringe style Pushers for liquid medicine (7) Sippy Cups (2) SilliSqueeze Containers (4) Gears for hand manipulation (24) Baby spoons, forks (10) Plastic containers with lids (tupperware and disposable styles both) (3) Suction cup bowls (4) little washable stuffed pocket pets (3) teethers That's 81 items out! 1293 left to go. I forgot! another 2 dozen hotel soaps and little shampoos too! and a set of 30 'Megabloks' in a carrying case! 1268
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Post by hollyhock on Oct 18, 2014 18:22:15 GMT -5
PaperGrace, I am just catching up reading this thread. on all you got out. I'm especially happy to see all you gave to the lady with the 10 week old baby. I bet your generosity just changed her whole life! Great going too on the donations going to Cambodia. What great causes you have found.
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Post by PaperGrace on Oct 18, 2014 20:23:11 GMT -5
It is so much easier to shop for a person/group around my house than to stare at the piles and decide what to keep and what to toss!
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Post by lyerin on Oct 19, 2014 17:42:14 GMT -5
173. - 183. Shoes from my closet (donated) 184. - 195. Bags/purses from my closet (donated) 196. - 201. Clothing items from my closet (donated) 202. - 206. Empty shoe boxes from my closet (recycled) 207. Empty perfume bottle from my closet (recycled) 208. - 209. Two black trashbags of trash from my closet (tossed) 210. iHome radio from my closet (donated) 211. - 213. Nalgene water bottles from closet (why???) (donated) Obviously, today's mission was cleaning my closet. It took me a couple of hours, but now, my closet is organized, decluttered, and I even wiped down the shelves and washed the floor. I can actually walk into my closet now instead of leaning in the door holding onto the door frame. I am really happy with the results. I took the clothes and shoes to a donation box tonight so that they are out, and the donation box is in the car for donation tomorrow.
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Post by lyerin on Oct 20, 2014 9:35:42 GMT -5
214. - 215. Two wooden magazine racks (donated) We had three magazine racks in our house. Two of them were completely empty! I didn't see any reason to own three of them, and I put two of them (the empty ones) in my car for donation today.
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Post by lyerin on Oct 22, 2014 21:52:03 GMT -5
216. - 222. Kids winter coats (donated to organization that provides coats to kids in need) 223.- 224. Kids snow pants (donated to same place as coats) 225.-226. Kids rain coats (donated) 227.- 243. Pairs of shoes (donated) 244. Bag (donated) 245. Sunglasses and case (donated) 246. Shoes (sold) 247. Boots (sold) 248. Coat (sold) 249. - 253. Pairs of shoes (tossed)
Plus half of a black trash bag of trash out. I cleaned out our coat closet and filled my donate bin AGAIN.
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Post by PaperGrace on Oct 22, 2014 22:06:25 GMT -5
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Donated a bag of hats, mittens, and coats to 'Coats for Kids'. There were a lot of cute little hat and mitten sets for babies/toddlers. I'm going to call it two dozen things, though I didn't count it closely. The ladies at the dry cleaners collect them, clean them for free, and sort them onto racks in the back room. They take in all sizes and give them not only to the Coats for Kids charity, but to various other people in need in the community. They told me that they've recently helped out a few kids through their elementary schools, and some adults through COTS (Committee On Temporary Shelter).
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Post by PaperGrace on Oct 22, 2014 22:07:38 GMT -5
lyerin I see great minds think alike. It's so nice to give! You're making great progress!
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Post by lyerin on Oct 23, 2014 9:15:20 GMT -5
PaperGrace, you are doing great! I dropped the coats off this AM, and the lady running the Coats for Kids group was really happy to have them.
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Post by OnTheMend on Oct 23, 2014 9:37:13 GMT -5
Earbuds to donation box. I have been planning on taking my donations all week, but haven't got timeyet. Maybe tomorrow.
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Post by OnTheMend on Oct 24, 2014 14:07:10 GMT -5
a bottle of parfume I've had probably 15-20 years. Needless to say, I rarely if ever used it. Poured it down the drain ETA: 1 cm pile of paper ETA2: 2 ugly shoelaces, cucumber from fridge
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Post by OnTheMend on Oct 28, 2014 13:51:51 GMT -5
Tick collar thrown away
Pack of dozen long candles (unopened) put into the donation box. They were good candles but I noticed they were thicker than any of my candle holders are. The optiions would have been toshave them down a bit - which I know I never would get around to do, or stick them in a bigger container of decorative sand, pebbles, marbles, coffee beans, ect - all of which I do not own, and do not have desire to buy. So into the donations they went...
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Post by lyerin on Nov 2, 2014 19:01:02 GMT -5
254. Weird hamburger/hot dog bun toaster (why on earth did we own such a thing? DH says it came free with something else) (donate) 255. Citrus squeezer (donate) 256. Weird orange pitcher that looks like a coffee carafe but cannot hold hot liquids (donate) 257. Pot that we don't need (donate) 258.- 271. Dish towels and linens (never used) (donate) 272. Purple flower pot (donate) 273. Barrette organizer (donate) 274. - 280. Packages of unopened party supplies (hats, treat bags, candles, cake toppers, etc. - all characters my kids won't want again) (donate) 281. Broken rock fountain (tossed) And another big (and very full) black trash bag of trash out.
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Post by PaperGrace on Nov 13, 2014 9:57:48 GMT -5
Great job mendy & lyerin 1244 Car seat base picked up Three more handmedowns out Four to the trash Three large items belonging to brother sent home with him 1233
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