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Post by iprocrastinate on Jan 21, 2016 22:36:06 GMT -5
1-21 Previous Total 161 items9 empty pill bottles 1 air freshener used up 3 Magazines New total 174 items still keeping up
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Post by ccd on Jan 23, 2016 10:04:34 GMT -5
--1 plastic water jug --9 dead houseplants or outside plants that were never planted out --11 empty plastic pots --1 terra cotta pot too small to be useful --7 empty cat litter containers --1 dead waffle iron
1946 items to go.
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Post by ohblondie on Jan 24, 2016 18:53:36 GMT -5
10 pr of shoes and a bag of clothes out the door...22 plus 11 equals 33......
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oldgold
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Post by oldgold on Jan 24, 2016 21:02:11 GMT -5
Sounds like a great idea,count me in. I won't be including the usual daily kitchen rubbish as I am pretty good at keeping that up to date, but I have heaps of old papers, books, unwearable clothes and a storeroom and unused bedroom both full of heaven only knows what that I have not used for years. Living in the country I get lots of mice, so every one of those obnoxious smelly disease ridden little critters that I catch will be counted. I have also been diagnosed as pre-diabetic and need to lose 15 kilos so every 500 grams(approximately 1 lb) I lose will also be counted. With everything I would like to get rid of, six items a day for the rest of the year seems to be a very achievable goal... now if only I can get my stay at home adult son to join me we could achieve wonders! I look forward to this challenge and to both offering and receiving support from other posters.
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Post by RoadRunner on Jan 24, 2016 22:26:31 GMT -5
256 pieces of paper out today
Total 1072
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Post by iprocrastinate on Jan 24, 2016 22:33:47 GMT -5
1-24 Previous total = 174 itemsLast 2 days 3 magazines 1 top to donate 1 old box of oatmeal to trash new total = 181 items ;-|Need to work harder or else I'll fall behind!!
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Post by cando on Jan 25, 2016 2:50:02 GMT -5
Previous total: 197 14 papers into recycle bag. 6 bags of trash 20 subtotal 217 so far! CD
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Post by RoadRunner on Jan 25, 2016 5:49:10 GMT -5
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Post by RoadRunner on Jan 25, 2016 21:18:34 GMT -5
Handled mail 10 items to trash.
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Post by oldgold on Jan 26, 2016 6:35:03 GMT -5
Off to a great start yesterday despite not feeling very well, I threw out 93 items in half an hour. Mainly small things like old grocery lists, receipts, advertising brochures and pamphlets, some newspapers, envelopes and useless pens. Today I spent 4 fifteen minute sessions cleaning out my plastics cupboard. How on earth did I manage to acquire a total of 70 containers and lids that don't match? They now have a new home in the recycle bin and my cupboard has been cleaned and re-stocked with only the items that I use on a regular basis. Topped that off by cleaning out my travel make-up bag and throwing out 43 ear buds which had broken out of their container a month ago and were still rolling around drunkenly in the bottom of the bag. Total so far 206.
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Post by ohblondie on Jan 26, 2016 8:04:15 GMT -5
I forgot to include the three bags of trash I took out of my room and the armload of recyclables from my daughters room.
33 plus 4 = 37.
I better get moving or count differently if I expect to hit 2016 by december.
this equals 168 items a month 38.7 items a week 5.5 items a day (based on 365 days, starting Jan 1st.)
this is the 4th full week of January and I am behind already.
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Post by saffron on Jan 27, 2016 3:23:31 GMT -5
January 27th-31st recycle: 200 papers/catalogs 1 photo album 2 small pieces of cardboard 2 small boxes 3 tin cans giveaway: 1 newish clock radio, one needs a graduate degree to set the alarm, and the sound of the radio is unpleasant to my hearing-impaired ears 1 2016 calendar, forgot I'd purchased this, bought another, bigger calendar which turned out to be better throw away: 1 pair pantyhose 25 papers 1 old toilet brush w/holder 1/2 sack of kitty litter (I don't have a kitty) I was using this in my camping toilet while my plumbing wasn't working, but this didn't work. I was supposed to get another kind. End of story! 1/2 bottle (there's the other half!) of almost rancid corn oil shred & toss: 50 receipts total this post= 288 running total= 506
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Post by RoadRunner on Jan 27, 2016 20:29:51 GMT -5
650 pieces of paper out today (school stuff)
Total 1722
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Post by RoadRunner on Jan 28, 2016 21:22:38 GMT -5
950 pieces of paper to burn pile. I really had to let go.....at the end of the year at school student lockers are cleaned out. At one point I would go through all the stuff that was left in the lockers and pull out stuff students could reuse. I had so many sheet protectors that had 1 piece of paper in it. probably at least 300 of them. I had them box up to pull the papers out and keep the sheet protectors. I started pulling out the papers and realized that I just did not have time, and it is not like I do not have several boxes of sheet protects. So they all went to the burn pile.
Total Paper Items out this month 2019 -- 3 pieces over my goal!!!
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Post by Sunrise on Jan 29, 2016 7:26:29 GMT -5
Another 25 items today, that included some plant pots, plus I stacked up some other ones instead of having them scattered all over the front yard
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