Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Giving it the old heave ho

The Hubs is cleaning out his studio. Selling items on craigslist, which is nice. To date, he's gotten rid of:
  • an old keyboard
  • a broken reel to reel
  • a broken drum machine
  • a reverb machine
Can you believe people will pay good money for things they have to fix?


Tuesday, April 20, 2010

300!

I broke 300 lbs. today!

I tossed 9 lbs of computer parts, an 18 lb down pillowtop, and 2 phones

You'll be seeing more computer stuff in the future. The Husband is a computer/electronics/ I can fix anything that's broken kind of guy.
The only trouble is, even though he can fix things, he doesn't and ends up with a collection of broken items.

Sunday, April 11, 2010

Maybe, if you 've been looking at my list on the left, you've noticed a lot of "glass jars" and "mason jars"? And, maybe, you have thought that's a little weird. This girl eats a lot of pickles and mayo. No, I'm not just finishing my condiments and including them in my list.

I'm a crafter. I knit, scrapbook, paint, sew, and whatever else in my free time. I have (what used to be the dining room) a studio devoted to all things craft. And I liked, PAST TENSE, to keep everything in clear jars. Separate. For example, I had one jar for black buttons, one for blue, one for green. Very serial killer-like.

Along with the purging of a lot of this, I'm combining everything and getting rid of the hundreds of jars. Giving me a nice, clean look in my studio which makes me very happy.

Today's lot was more clothes, a few cds and dvds, and 46, yes, 46 magazines.

Today's total: 29.4 lbs.

Thursday, April 8, 2010

the first wave


Another 23 lbs please! Cleaned my closet of all the outdated clothing, numerous work out apparel, and shoes that don't fit! That was the first wave. I will continue to pare down the closet (and the husband's) Next up: the linen closet

Friday, April 2, 2010

slow and steady



Managed to get into husband's office and clean off one bookshelf. I got rid of 30 computer games and their subsequent manuals. 8.6 lbs!

Husband not really into the "getting rid of things". He understands why, but he doesn't like it. I have to prepare myself for a debate each time I start. Must tread gently. I think the major kitchen overhaul was too much for him. So I have to do one piece (ie. one bookshelf instead of a whole room) at a time. Maybe if I dressed more like my pinup girl, I wouldn't get too many refusals, no?