wow Feydakin! I'll take a bike off your hands if you want...
j/k
So...i've finally recovered enough to tackle reposting (or attempting to) my original post that got lost.
So, i was making some really good headway up til a couple weeks ago when things came to a screeching halt b/c I got the mother of all flus. I am still coughing, but it's finally ALMOST to the point I can stand it today--ie not hurting my neck and giving me a headache from the strain. It's been a miserable couple weeks!) I donated a TON of stuff to goodwill and did a good job of sorting out a lot of stuff before it came in the house. We had the benefit of a couple solid weeks of good weather and NO rain, which was SUCH good luck b/c we had really overflowed the house. So in our privacy-fenced back yard, i spent a couple days with the overflow boxes (which had been stored in the basement for the most part, and were forgotten but needed sorting) and layed out two tarps and they were keep and get rid of, and then also had a trash bag. The keep stuff was either put where it went, or with similar items, or just decided to be dealt with later if it was miscellaneous keep. The GO stuff was either for goodwill or garage sale. The garage sale containers came inside against the front wall by the front door so I could take them straight out the door easily (as opposed to going into the 3rd bedroom which is being used for storage) without having to wonder what was for what. I then boxed/bagged up a TON of clothes and misc stuff for goodwill. It amounted to nearly a full SUV load.
Then a few weeks later, a friend in my neighbourhood organized a clothing swap for the women--a ton of folks contributed and then we got together to "shop" for "new" stuff for ourselves. It was a total free-for-all but there was SO much stuff left, which we knew ther would be, and the leftover items were donated to the "closet" of a local women's day shelter, so this way, they can pick out stuff to wear to interviews, etc. There was some really great stuff in there that people donated. So i was able to reward myself a little for having gotten rid of so much stuff without having to spend any money on it, and def brought home MUCH less than went out. So overall--WIN. And I helped pack up the venue and took a full SUV load of clothes, shoes, belts and some toiletries to that shelter.
I'm still going through more bags and boxes with the move, and then--I had a garage sale. It was poorly attended, which was surprising considering the gorgeous day it was and the prime location I'm in--we're talking only like 10 people stopped by! But having already started to detatch myself from the things, i packed up about half of it for a spring garage sale, and the rest got--you guessed it--packed up for another goodwill donation! I kept about 8 boxes of stuff, and about 2 boxes of it is crafty stuff that I'm going to try to sell on ebay so I can be rid of it.
I still have half a room full of misc boxes--some pre-sorted, some not--and a couple more boxes of clothes that I havent even touched, but my goal is to have gone through at least half of what is there by the end of this month and start my new year with a lighter load--and maybe having discovered some of my floors! and maybe walls, too!
WISH ME LUCK!
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I hate when that happens
