I was able to gift my beloved nursing chair to a neighbor friend very sad to see it go, but also very happy to not have a giant semi disassembled chair blocking half the office. Also, sheâs another taller gal and so Iâm very happy to pass on a chair that was tall enough for me to lean my head back on! Her rocking chair broke after her second and theyâre pregnant with their third. Happy to have it go to someone I know and like and nearby and know itâll be treated well. Plus she passes hand me downs on to a big network of family, so Iâm glad to have the chair enter a stream of use that wonât end in the dump in 6 months!
Also finally swallowed my bad timing, and the FOUR brand new sleeves of pull ups I had bought immediately before my youngest decided she was Done with nighttime diapers is going to another neighbor.
Next up: giant project to rearrange my oldestâs room and try to make it more functional for all her LEGO and art pursuits.
Anyone have any experience with the ikea captains bed? SlÀkt?
I tackled both utensil drawers and ended up removing 1 set of plastic measuring spoons, I set of salad spoon and paddle, a ladle, a bunch of toothpicks, twist ties and elastics that have collected.
I have a baby silver spoon and fork engraved set that I was going to dispose of and bff told me to keep them and use them at my annual Christi party so they have been saved for now.
I also set aside my motherâs eye glasses for donation.
I have a bee in my bonnet with decluttering lately. Nothing will be as satisfying as the big basement project of my parents but I am trying to do a drawer here, a shelf there. It seems like the daily practice is starting to make a difference.
I got rid of a big box of baby toys we will no longer use and that feels great!
Pro tip I figured out earlier cleaning behind a big heavy piece of furniture in my kidâs room - a random thing fell behind it and I couldnât reach it with my hand but I could with tongs from the kitchen! And then I put a cardboard âskate parkâ he made a couple summers ago at camp on top of the corner table and his Beyblades arena on top of that - they both space hogs so theyâre welcome to be in what usually becomes a black hole for little trinkets, plus theyâre big enough that they overhang all the way to the wall, hopefully stopping any other little things from falling back there.
I spent way too long on that corner for it to look 85% the same when I was done but I canât leave a totally cleared surface in there. It wouldnât survive a single day.
Yesterday, sorted through the PROLIFIC art from kinder. Iâd already done a first round cull on most of it as it came in, so sadly there were virtually no easy things like coloring sheets. I had SIX full paper grocery bags and a giant art portfolio to go through. Kept probably less than 1/10th in a big memory bin weâll store. That was a huge undertaking. Followed it up by also cleaning and decluttering her downstairs art zone and her bedroom desk. Both kids were at summer preschool together and Husband helped me blitz through the tasks. all those areas feel so; so much better now. (And of course very inviting again, so she already went and Made Things and messed them up again but with how much we got rid of, it wonât go to hell again all at once)
contractor asked about old paint colour finishes (I had told him the colours, but didnât know if it was satin or eggshell orâŠ), and I took him to the basement to see what the cans had, and he was like âand we can take these away for youâ.
Which would be lovely, because we missed environment day where we would have needed to put them into our wagon and roll them to the event and find the hazardous waste disposal line and perhaps be stuck behind a bunch of cars
Used the time yesterday both kids were at summer preK to deal with the garage a fair bit! Couples boxes to goodwill, stuff rearranged, etc. progress! Level 2 charger gets installed next week.
Also, farm neighbor brought eggs and I remembered to give her the egg cartons I set aside for her.
Teacher neighbor got excess planner stickers and scrapbooking paper. Whatever she doesnât use goes into the teacherâs lounge I think⊠or given to her daughter, also a teacher. So, 3 wads oâ stuff that were hanging around to go away are GONE!
very sad to see it go, but also very happy to not have a giant semi disassembled chair blocking half the office. Also, sheâs another taller gal and so Iâm very happy to pass on a chair that was tall enough for me to lean my head back on! Her rocking chair broke after her second and theyâre pregnant with their third. Happy to have it go to someone I know and like and nearby and know itâll be treated well. Plus she passes hand me downs on to a big network of family, so Iâm glad to have the chair enter a stream of use that wonât end in the dump in 6 months!
all those areas feel so; so much better now. (And of course very inviting again, so she already went and Made Things and messed them up again 
but with how much we got rid of, it wonât go to hell again all at once)