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01-15-22, 12:18 PM | ||
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Location: New Jersey
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01-15-22, 12:37 PM | ||
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Location: Illinois
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So I think I've written before about how I've sold all the carts and several groups of bins on craigslist. Or we've given some bins/baskets away or donated them. (I usually let things sit empty for at least a year before deciding it's time to let go.) But there are some woven bins from Container Store that were very pricey, so I have a little section in the basement for the pricey, decorative ones (I think there are less than 10 of those). And there's one type that's a useful size and they folded up flat so we kept those and I later ended up using them for some of my stationary. But we still have some cheaper baskets and bins (mainly odd, random sizes) that we need to donate because we've stored them for enough years in the basement that I doubt we will ever have a need for them if we haven't repurposed them by now. Regarding the new scanner... Everything is humming along smoothly with my document scanning project and I am scanning and recycling A LOT of paper documents. My mom has been keeping a banker box full of monthly calendars from 1976 to present day for various reasons and the box most recently sat on the dining room table for the past year (except when it was moved to her closet for Thanksgiving and Christmas), but she never worked on her "project" which would have led to us being able to get rid of the calendars. I offered to put the calendar pages through the new scanner and my mom was thrilled. I removed the calendar pages in various ways depending on the binding but it was relatively simple for all of the calendars. Took me about 3 days of scanning a little bit each day in my spare time but I got through all of the calendars. It also turned out that about 1/3 of the box was at least 15 years' worth of my dad's old monthly business calendars and my mom agreed to just throwing those out vs. me having to scan them even though they did have a few things of interest in them that weren't on the family calendars I scanned. That was a relief. I should finish up scanning her paper files today for the home--stuff like when the boiler was replaced and how much it cost. (FWIW, I love the old part of the house and the cast iron baseboards vs. forced air heat but yikes! expensive to replace that heating system!) When I finally get to my SINGLE banker box with all of my personal files, I plan to scan my monthly planner pages (I have less than 10 planners so should go fairly quick). I always wondered what I should do with my old planners because they take up room, yet I keep most of my important dates/events on paper vs. a digital calendar on my phone or laptop. I also want to scan and recycle all my car maintenance records and things like that--basically anything I think I would actually go back and reference. I haven't combed through my banker box of files in awhile so it will be interesting to see what's in there. |
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01-15-22, 01:06 PM | |
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: West of Chicago in the Illinois Corn Belt
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I am trying to not by bins because that just means more stuff. I like the stackable ones they sell at Menards because they stack so nicely and are heavy duty. I have donated a lot of bins to Goodwill. When I ask them, they are always happy to take them. My goal this year is to purge so I have two empty bins. I got two emptied at Christmas but then used the empty ones to store more items in.
Last night while putting away laundry I went through my pants/leggings chest. I managed to add 5 to my pile ready to go to Goodwill. I have a large coat rack that is too big for my place and found a smaller one on Amazon. I would love to find a new home for the rack but may end up taking it goodwill as well. Last weekend I cleaned out my 3 drawers in my kitchen. Keep up the good work.
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01-15-22, 02:30 PM | ||
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01-16-22, 04:29 PM | |
Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: Snowman Land :)
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That's a good reminder about bins not necessarily meaning organized. The things I just ordered are for clothes I know I'm keeping. When I'm at the store I have to remind myself not to buy any of that stuff unless I have a definite, right-now use for it. I did keep most of the bins, containers and organizers that my mom had when we went through her stuff. I figured since I wasn't spending money on them it would be okay to take without knowing yet how to use them.
I got the Halloween stuff put away today finally!! It took over an hour of carrying and lifting tubs, stacking, pulling out and restacking. There's one tub, one box and village platforms that didn't fit, but no, I am not getting rid of them!
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"No matter how slow you go, you are still lapping everybody on the couch." "God, please help me to be the person my dog thinks I am." "You can't run from your problems. But you'll both feel a little lighter when you get back." ~New Balance shoe ad You don't have to be fast, just keep moving forward. Note to self: You don't get to complain about things you won't work to change! Word for 2024: Accomplished; Word for 2023: Grounded; Word for 2022: Consistency; Word for 2021: Mindfulness |
01-17-22, 07:16 PM | |
Join Date: Nov 2008
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The Great Pantry De-cluttering has been achieved. Whew.
One thing I FINALLY realized is that the shelves I have are not all the same depth. The whole thing makes a U shape, with shallower shelving on the sides, much deeper on the back wall. This means that there are ten big corners (one on each side of five shelves) in which to lose things. The bins I've put in place seem to negate some of that. I also totally rearranged what's in there, removed almost all the mason-jars-as-storage I'd been using for years, made room on lower shelves for the roasting pans and baking dishes that are so awkward to remove from a tight spot. Easy now. Whew. I've even left the footstool in there, open and ready for action so I can reach things on high shelves without a hassle. Time for a break now. Progress!!!
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