Clutter-weeding ... - Page 2

skysidhe · 01-06-2010, 07:08 AM

ya really who does that? In the spring time I mean,.

I do New Years clean and by spring time I'll be working on my garden. I need to chose the perfect climbing rose as a natural screen. I got plans about the kinds of perennials I want too.

limey · 02-12-2010, 03:13 PM

I knew I should put this thread where I'd find it again.
Yesterday Best Beloved and I took a whole load of board games to the charity shop. And I've liberated about forty books (so far ...) for other people to enjoy.
Tomorrow - a bedroom drawer, methinks!
And on Monday I'll post (=mail) a little piece of electronic equipment that I don't need any more to where it might be more useful ...

xoxoxoBruce · 02-13-2010, 01:13 AM

You go, limey.

SamIam · 02-13-2010, 08:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheMercenary

BINGO! Better take advantage of it before the government removes it from being an option. We have donated thousand of dollars worth of stuff that way. Including two cars.

Got any more cars? I'll come get it for you! I'm sure I can figure out how to become a tax deductable charity. Maybe the Church of SamIam.

skysidhe · 02-13-2010, 09:16 AM

Your cleaning chronicles are fun to read limey.

limey · 02-13-2010, 10:58 AM

Not one but TWO drawers got The Treatment today.
For someone who wears a skirt or dress only on about five days a year (if that) I had a helluva lot of pairs of tights (and stockings

).
Now I have a binful of ones with ladders, holes or bobbles, singles etc, the charity shop has a bagful of spares and I have just what I need.
Voting will open in another thread as to what I did with the suspender belt ...
(thank you sky

)

limey · 02-18-2010, 04:25 PM

Some of the jewellery stash got weeded today - a handful of rings, an armful of bracelets. I keep looking at all the jewellery-type stuff and thinking "Well, I might wear it someday", but I never do, so someone else can.
Oh, and a bronze owl from the dining room windowsill, and a big blue jug from the kitchen worktop that I never use.
All off to the charity chop tomorrow.
I'll keep the typo thank you!

Trilby · 02-18-2010, 04:46 PM

hee hee - charity chop ! It's the pork you give to the homeless!

limey · 02-19-2010, 08:28 AM

And, from the bottom of the crockery cupboard to the charity shop - one pressure cooker, one of those sets of pans that are three segments of a circle to fit on one stovetop burner, a vase I never use anymore: for recycling - seven glass jars and a small bottle.
Cleared enough space for the huge Christmas dishes my mum never used but I think I will - once a year.

limey · 02-19-2010, 12:23 PM

... and a box of books ...
My this feels GOOD

!

Pete Zicato · 02-20-2010, 04:06 PM

I just shredded a bunch of papers for 2004-2007. It does feel good to get rid of crap.

skysidhe · 02-20-2010, 10:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by limey

Some of the jewellery stash got weeded today - a handful of rings, an armful of bracelets.

I keep looking at all the jewellery-type stuff and thinking "Well, I might wear it someday", but I never do, so someone else can.

Quote:

Originally Posted by limey

... and a box of books ...
My this feels GOOD

!

I love riffling through books.

limey · 02-21-2010, 04:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by skysidhe

I love riffling through books.

I love books too, sky, that's the trouble! With so many that I ought to read on the shelves I don't know where to start. The other day I took a box of books to the charity shop and then went to the library and took a couple of books out to read. Perverse maybe, but there is the library, and online bookshops, so I think I've realised that I don't have to own all the books I might read one day.

skysidhe · 02-21-2010, 08:11 AM

I don't keep everything I read.

Our library is too small to be user friendly ( imo) so I search used bookstores. I can trade those books in on something else for a discount and I buy online and those books can be traded at a used bookstore too or given to charity.

limey · 02-21-2010, 09:57 AM

Today, for a change, I didn't so much throw stuff out as tidy it up. Have reduced the chaos that was in the gloryhole under the stairs to some sort of order, including moving two bags of dustsheets up to the attic and boxing all of the Christmas decorations ready for next year!

02-12-2010, 03:13 PM	#17
limey Encroaching on your decrees Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: An island within the south-west coast of Scotland Posts: 7,016	I knew I should put this thread where I'd find it again. Yesterday Best Beloved and I took a whole load of board games to the charity shop. And I've liberated about forty books (so far ...) for other people to enjoy. Tomorrow - a bedroom drawer, methinks! And on Monday I'll post (=mail) a little piece of electronic equipment that I don't need any more to where it might be more useful ... __________________ Living it up on the edge ... of civilisation, within the southwest coast of

02-13-2010, 01:13 AM	#18
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	You go, limey. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

02-13-2010, 10:58 AM	#21
limey Encroaching on your decrees Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: An island within the south-west coast of Scotland Posts: 7,016	Not one but TWO drawers got The Treatment today. For someone who wears a skirt or dress only on about five days a year (if that) I had a helluva lot of pairs of tights (and stockings ). Now I have a binful of ones with ladders, holes or bobbles, singles etc, the charity shop has a bagful of spares and I have just what I need. Voting will open in another thread as to what I did with the suspender belt ... (thank you sky ) __________________ Living it up on the edge ... of civilisation, within the southwest coast of

02-18-2010, 04:25 PM	#22
limey Encroaching on your decrees Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: An island within the south-west coast of Scotland Posts: 7,016	Some of the jewellery stash got weeded today - a handful of rings, an armful of bracelets. I keep looking at all the jewellery-type stuff and thinking "Well, I might wear it someday", but I never do, so someone else can. Oh, and a bronze owl from the dining room windowsill, and a big blue jug from the kitchen worktop that I never use. All off to the charity chop tomorrow. I'll keep the typo thank you! __________________ Living it up on the edge ... of civilisation, within the southwest coast of

02-18-2010, 04:46 PM	#23
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	hee hee - charity chop ! It's the pork you give to the homeless! __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

01-06-2010, 07:08 AM	#16
skysidhe ~~Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.~~ Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 6,828	ya really who does that? In the spring time I mean,. I do New Years clean and by spring time I'll be working on my garden. I need to chose the perfect climbing rose as a natural screen. I got plans about the kinds of perennials I want too.

02-13-2010, 09:16 AM	#20
skysidhe ~~Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.~~ Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 6,828	Your cleaning chronicles are fun to read limey.

02-19-2010, 08:28 AM	#24
limey Encroaching on your decrees Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: An island within the south-west coast of Scotland Posts: 7,016	And, from the bottom of the crockery cupboard to the charity shop - one pressure cooker, one of those sets of pans that are three segments of a circle to fit on one stovetop burner, a vase I never use anymore: for recycling - seven glass jars and a small bottle. Cleared enough space for the huge Christmas dishes my mum never used but I think I will - once a year. __________________ Living it up on the edge ... of civilisation, within the southwest coast of

02-19-2010, 12:23 PM	#25
limey Encroaching on your decrees Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: An island within the south-west coast of Scotland Posts: 7,016	... and a box of books ... My this feels GOOD ! __________________ Living it up on the edge ... of civilisation, within the southwest coast of

02-20-2010, 04:06 PM	#26
Pete Zicato Turns out my CRS is a symptom of TMB. Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Chicago suburbs Posts: 2,916	I just shredded a bunch of papers for 2004-2007. It does feel good to get rid of crap. __________________ Talk nerdy to me.

02-21-2010, 08:11 AM	#29
skysidhe ~~Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.~~ Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 6,828	I don't keep everything I read. Our library is too small to be user friendly ( imo) so I search used bookstores. I can trade those books in on something else for a discount and I buy online and those books can be traded at a used bookstore too or given to charity.

02-21-2010, 09:57 AM	#30
limey Encroaching on your decrees Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: An island within the south-west coast of Scotland Posts: 7,016	Today, for a change, I didn't so much throw stuff out as tidy it up. Have reduced the chaos that was in the gloryhole under the stairs to some sort of order, including moving two bags of dustsheets up to the attic and boxing all of the Christmas decorations ready for next year! __________________ Living it up on the edge ... of civilisation, within the southwest coast of

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