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Post by Start on Jan 4, 2015 0:43:07 GMT -5
I'm on this, PaperGrace! Thanks for being such a great cheerleader. Stuff is literally spilling out of my closet making it very hard to put laundry away. Plus, I have piles on various surfaces because I've run out of room in cabinets and drawers. This may not have happened if I had done the 2014 challenge. Ha. So far: 87 items (mostly paper, trash, recycling, bits of this and that) We have two boxes and 3 bags of donations in the garage that I haven't counted yet. And I haven't touched any of the piles around the house.
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Post by andrea on Jan 4, 2015 13:24:51 GMT -5
Start - It is great to have you joining us on here. This thread has been huge for me and I hope it will be the same for you. I am hoping I can have another day like yesterday and have lots of items leave this house. I plan to continue working on my room since I still have work to do to get it ready to be painted.
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Post by PaperGrace on Jan 4, 2015 13:42:13 GMT -5
I'm searching for an old copy of my resume, so I'm going through boxes at lightning speed, consolidating anything that needs to be looked at twice into boxes for later, and tossing everything that is an easy decision.
10 Pens/Pencils/Candies/Etc... 15 Minutes of Papers (probably a hundred at least) 4 Magazines/Catalogs
One of the emptied boxes became a donation box, but I won't count the things in it until they're out!
2015 - 29 = 1986
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Post by larataylor on Jan 4, 2015 14:16:49 GMT -5
I haven't gotten rid of one thing yet … But I have explained that Jan 1 is not a good time for me to start big plans because I am at my lowest ebb. I know I will get going when the days get longer …. But just writing this makes me think, maybe I could just do a few things … get a few things out of here. Get the pile by the front door out to the car. Yes, because there is school tomorrow, and then I can take it to the thrift shop. Edit: Okay, I just got rid of 27 things, including the box they were in. But surely there is an easier way to update the ticker? I updated it, but then it wanted me to go through the whole process I went through when I made it … copying and pasting it into my signature, etc. I'm not going to keep up with it if I have to do all that every time. Is there a button somewhere I'm not seeing?
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Post by dtesposito on Jan 4, 2015 14:55:34 GMT -5
Lara, I just tried to edit. I clicked on my ticker, clicked the EDIT INFO button, changed my starting number from 0 to 1, then clicked the NEXT button at the bottom. When I got to the next page where it shows backgrounds, I just closed the window with the ticker site and went back to SOS. That was enough to update the ticker. Except now it shows 1, so I'll have to go get rid of something so it's not lying! Diane
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Post by RoadRunner on Jan 4, 2015 14:56:48 GMT -5
One bathing suit in the trash.
Declutter actaully decluttered/purged two -- throw away my bathing suite. Not because I am so confident that I will lose weight and need a new one but I have had the bathing suite since 2004 it is 11 years old if I lose weight I will need a new one if I do not lose weight I think I deserve a new one anyway. No choice now but to get a new one it is in the trash. Purged 2 sleep paints and 2 pairs of shorts.
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Post by RoadRunner on Jan 4, 2015 19:38:32 GMT -5
Throw away old lunch bag. Bought a replacement with Christmas Money on Saturday. Out with the old in with the new!!!
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Post by RoadRunner on Jan 4, 2015 22:06:06 GMT -5
38 pairs of DSs socks to donate....questioned if I should donate but about 15 of them are really nice sports socks that he has out grown in less then 6 months time. Will donate they can do what they wont with them. But they are out of my house and out of my hair.
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Post by fireweed on Jan 4, 2015 23:54:09 GMT -5
I've gotten off to a really good start this year. I've gotten rid of tons of papers and a big bag of trash from the basement. I'm going to estimate 200 items so far. 2015 minus 200. 1815 things to go.
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Post by andrea on Jan 5, 2015 0:40:49 GMT -5
After the last couple of days today was a slow one for me. One good thing is that I was able to get my room cleaned, cleared and basically organized as best I can for right now. Today I was able to recycle 15 papers, 4 bottles and 3 bags of trash.
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Post by cyn on Jan 5, 2015 7:54:03 GMT -5
Another one bit the dust!
Lara, did I forget to say "click edit" - oops, sorry if I missed that vital step! 1) Edit, 2) Add whatever, 3) Next, 4) Next (the last 2 steps are just bypassing the clicker background and the moving object selections) and that should do it. But to see the change on this site, you'd have to refresh the page, or go to a new one. That should do it. Good luck!
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Post by RoadRunner on Jan 8, 2015 0:56:45 GMT -5
Cleaned out DSs and DHs closets was able to pull out 45 shirts that do not fit anymore. (DS) I have 10 I will be taking to the thrift store the others I am holding on to for a hope to project. The shirts I have held back are mostly t-shirts from sports that he has played, All Star Shirts ect. I would like to make a quilt out of them. May not happen but I am not ready to just sent them to the thrift store.
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Post by PaperGrace on Jan 8, 2015 11:13:36 GMT -5
1986
Cleaned out the fridge. Took amnesty for cleaning out sad food containers.
20 jars, yogurts, etc... et...
1966
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Post by ohblondie on Jan 8, 2015 11:48:01 GMT -5
Oh man alive..... PaperGrace is going to hit 2015 within days...... If I donate a box to church to use for storing our Chrismon ornaments - does that count as one?
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Post by PaperGrace on Jan 8, 2015 11:55:08 GMT -5
You may count it as you wish. Someone might count it as two if its a box with a lid, or three if its a box with a lid and a divider. Someone else might not count it at all. I would count it as one, no matter how many pieces. I was off to a good start last year too, and then barely made it halfway by years end. I won't be discouraged either way, everything out is a win. Sometimes people count how many times in a year they get the target number out. I hope by next year that won't be a possibility for me.
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