Kids' Toys Day 1 and 2 - Week 8 Day 1 and 2

Today we worked on kids' toys.  My girls have boxes that they keep under their bed and they get filled with junk.  We worked on one today.

Total items thrown away: 6 items

Total items for the challenge: 575 items; Goal for the day - 360 items

For Day 2 we did another box:
Total items thrown away were 16 items

Total items for the challenge: 591 items: Goal for the day - 370 items

Keep pressing on,
Steph

Garage Day 2 - Week 7 Day 5

I'm back!  I've been busy with some new changes in our household.

After our loss last year of the precious 81-year old lady who lived with us for over 2 years, I wasn't sure I'd ever want to add another person to our household in the same way.  It was so tough losing her and the loss is still felt throughout our household.

Just before Christmas, I was approached by my boss to see if I would be willing to take another person into our home.  A gentleman needed a home in two weeks.  His care giver was moving and he couldn't move with her.

I spent last week painting and cleaning out this room, in preparation.

I'm still not done painting.  I have some touch-ups to do and pictures to be hung, but it's live-able.

This week is beautiful and I can get out to the Garage and do that other side that I've been planning to work on for over a week.  

There wasn't a lot to throw away, actually all the trash bags that must go to the dump are in this side of the garage.   But that has already been designated as trash.  

I simply straightened up in this area - moving the saw where it goes and putting all the trash in one pile.  Then we swept the floor, dumped the sand that was in the wagon in the garage. 

Nothing was thrown away today.   So the total remains the same at 569 items and the goal for today was 350.

Keep pressing on and stay encouraged even with small steps,

Steph

Game stuff - Week 7 Day 4

Last night I was able to work on the game box that gets filled with the pieces I find throughout my cleaning.  I don't always have the time I need to put them where they are supposed to go, so I have a little box that I collect the game pieces.

So I sorted them and was very particular about what I saved.  This is a project that I need to do with the kids involved.  I don't know to which games the pieces belong, and they do.

I threw away a lot of cards that aren't full decks, so I hit the jackpot yesterday.

Yesterday's total was a conservative 90 items.

Total for the challenge: 569 items; Goal for today was 340 items

Keep pressing on,

Steph

Holiday things - Week 7 Day 3

Yesterday, I worked on the Christmas things around the house.  I saw that the tree was tilted at an almost 45 degree angle.  It was a little Charlie-Brown Christmas tree so it wasn't too hazardous.  But I did feel like it was time for it to go.  So I decided that it was time to clean up the holiday stuff - my snowmen stay around for January.

I sorted all the kids ornaments and put them in bigger boxes with their manager sets that they make during VBS. I also decided to have specific totes for specific items.  So the tree things - ornaments and garland etc all in one tote, outside lights and hooks in another tote and the wrapping stuff in the red tote above, because the wrapping paper fits inside.

I found lots of things that don't need to be part of my Christmas ornaments.  But I'm working through the totes in my storage room and have an inkling that there is a missing tote.  So I'll keep working my way through that room as I have time.

Total items found for this day: 36 items

Total items for the challenge: 479 items; goal for today: 330 items

Keep pressing on,
Steph

Garage Day 1 - Week 7 Day 2

Today we were to start working on the garage.  I did one of the stalls today.  The other was planned for tomorrow, but it's completely booked so I'm not sure it will work.

I didn't throw anything away today.  Well I guess I did.  An old box, but that was it.  I put the tools away and swept the floor.  It looks so much better, but I didn't get a picture of the better.

I hope you all have a great Christmas!  I don't think I'll be back on here till after Christmas, so I hope you all enjoy time with family.

Steph

Garden shed - Week 7 Day 1

Today was the Garden Shed, where we keep fencing and containers for planting, fertilizer, tools etc.  It gets very cluttered, because people don't hang the tools up as they should.  And things get put here that don't belong here.  I decided the chairs should just go to the toy shed, in a corner.  It's actually the same shed as the toy shed with a divider down the middle and it's accessed from two doors on the outside. 

We found several things to throw away, but mostly it's nice to be able to walk all the way to the back without tripping over things

It's a dirt floor, which we are hoping to change and the shed is falling down and we would eventually like to re-build it.

Total for today: 22 items

Total for the challenge: 465 items; Goal for today 310 items

Keep pressing on!

Steph

Toy shed - Week 6 Day 5

 This area doesn't look horrible.  But the kids and I went in with the idea of being very selective about what stays.  The chair stayed but I'm not sure what to do with it.  It works but we don't have a place for it in our house right now.  Our oldest is considering moving out so there may be room for it soon. I just need to find a seat cushion for it.

This picture is blurry.  We found 17 things for the trash: balls that don't hold air, a bike that is missing a gear shift, etc.  And we put away all the sand box dump trucks that don't need to be out in the weather.  We were done long before the timer went off.

Total for the day - 17 items

Total for the challenge - 443 items; Goal for today - 300 items.

Keep pressing on! Enjoy this season!

Steph