Thursday is for Tossing

WAY TO GO ME! I didn't think I'd make it a year but there's still a long, long way to go.

373. boxes (son's room)
374. toys (son's room)
375. snowman (son's room)
376. foam peanuts (son's room)
377. clay thing (we have no idea what it was suppose to be)(son's room)
378. 2 magazines (1998) (living room)
379. schedules, etc. (living room)

Thursday is for Tossing

Only one week left until I've been doing this a year!

366. magazine (2000) (living room)
367. adult gloves (my room)
368. child's wool mitts (my room)
369. hat (my room)
370. seeds (expired 10/2006) (living room)
371. winter mitts (my room)
372. goggles (son's room)

Thursday is for Tossing

359. bike helmet (my room)
360. adult gloves (my room)
361. child's gloves (my room)
362. child's winter mittens (my room)
363. wind pants (son's room)
364. 4 pens (living room)
365. magazine (1999) (living room)

Thursday is for Tossing

Still same cupboard, same shelf.

352. windpants (son's room)
353. pjs (son's room)
354. snowpants (son's room)
355. sweat pants (son's room)
356. short sleeved white shirt (son's room)
357. snowsuit (son's room)
358. 2 magazines (1991 & 1999) (living room)

Thursday is for Tossing

Continuing in the same cupboard.

345. snowsuit (son's room)
346. windpants (son's room)
347. short sleeved shirt (son's room)
348. 2 magazines (1999) (living room)
349. fall jacket (son's room)
350. polo top (son's room)
351. sweat suit (son's room)

Thursday is for Tossing

There's a cupboard in my son's room that is mainly for storage. I started pulling out the stuff from the bottom.

338. winter jacket (son's room)
339. fall jacket (son's room)
340. blue sweatshirt (son's room)
341. snowsuit (son's room)
342. windpants (son's room)
343. short sleeved shirt (son's room)
344. long johns (son's room)

Thursday is for tossing

Well, I didn't have as much expired food stuffs to get rid of as I thought I did, but strange it made so much empty space.

331. 2 bags of flour (expired 2/09 and 6/09) (kitchen)
332. bag of glutenfree flour (expired 6/09) (kitchen)
333. box of whole corn flour (expired 11/08) (kitchen)
334. bag of gluten flour (don't know when expires but over a year old) (kitchen)
335. box of buckwheat flakes (expired 5/09) (kitchen)
336. container of candied orange (don't know when expires but over a year old) (kitchen)
337. 2 containers of bubble bath (still haven't found anyone with a bathtub!) (bathroom)

Thursday is for Tossing

I'm doing something that I've wanted to do for years. I'm pulling out everything from my food cupboards and going through them instead of just pushing things around.

324. Fruit and Veggie cleanser (over 7 years old) (kitchen)
325. TVP (expired 4/09) (kitchen)
326. cough syrup (expired 10/06) (kitchen)
327. baby food (expired 5/07) (kitchen)
328. candied cherries (expired 1/08) (kitchen)
329. tinned green beans (also over 7 years old) (kitchen)
330. polenta (expired 12/08 & 2/09) (kitchen)

Thursday is for Tossing

The graduation ceremony and party went really well. Shamefully I had to still hide things in my bedroom in the corners that were out of sight from the door. But I'll still carry on.

314. candle (living room)
315. papers (son's room)
316. school calendars (son's room)
317. rock (living room)
318. doll (my room)
319. plastic flowers (living room)
320. potpourri (living room)
321. papers, travel brochures, etc. (living room drawer)
322. 3 knitting magazines (living room)
323. candy papers (living room)

Thursday is for Tossing

Why is it hard to get rid of silly things - like the very broken laundry basket that has been replaced but still hanging around?

305. broken toys, etc. (son's room)
306. 5? magazines (living room)
307. fan visor (son's room)
308. boxes (my room)
309. laundry basket (my room)
310. 2 belts (my room)
311. papers (my room)
312. keychain (hall)
313. alarm clock (my room)

Thursday is for Tossing

Pictures have been backlogged because I keep putting off updating!

298. pasta (expired 1/09)
299. pencil case (son's bedroom - why was that kept!?)
300. box from old souvenir (living room - same question as above!)
301. shredded receipts, etc. Finally got the shredder working. (living room)
302. knitting patterns (living room)
303. instant camera (expired 6/05) (living room)
304. snake bite kit (expired 4/99) kitchen

Thursday is for Tossing

Not long before the party. I've started baking things to put in the freezer but we aren't eating things up fast enough to fit more stuff in!

284. sweat pants (my room)
285. short-sleeved top (my room)
286. 2 travel toothbrushes (my room)
287. 2 combs (my room)
288. skirt (my room)
289. t-shirt (my room)
290. summer dress (my room)
291. sweat shirt (my room)
292. 2 pens (my room)
293. expired (3/2005) unopened spice package (kitchen)
294. son's school papers (living room)
295. binder (my room)
296. wall lamp (my room)
297. pamphlets (son's room)

Thursday is for Tossing

Late again!

277. jacket (my room)
278. son's school papers (living room)
279. hair combs (my room)
280. 4 magazines (1981-2003) (living room)
281. 2 picture frames (my room)
282. mini puzzle (my room)
283. crocheted dog toilet paper cover (my room)

Thursday is for Tossing

On one blog I read the blogger counts everything, so I decided to separate the English and Finnish magazines that I read and count them as two items because there were more than usual.

270. 3 English magazines (2001-2002) (living room)
271. child's black sweat pants (son's room)
272. child's book (my room)
273. package of balloons (who knew that they could meld together?) (my room)
274. skirt and blazer (my room)
275. 7 Finnish magazines (2001-2003) (living room)
276. child's petangue balls (my room)

Thursday is for Tossing

Well I really fell behind! I didn't want to miss a day so I had to force myself to find 14 things to get rid of! One of these days I'm going to look at my old posts and count how many magazines I've gotten rid of because I still have untouched piles and I'd like to have a bit more incentive.

256. beige jacket (my room)
257. patchwork pullover (my room)
258. 5 magazines (2000-2003) (living room)
259. cleaning brush (kitchen)
260. batteries (kitchen)
261. expired dates (11/2008) (kitchen)
262. 3 children's books (my room)
263. navy blue jacket (my room)
264. stripped top (my room)
265. flowered blouse (my room)
266. black short-sleeved blouse (my room)
267. green child's sweatpants (son's room)
268. black child's sweatpants (son's room)
269. expired (4/2008) chocolate bar (my room)

Thursday is for Tossing

Decluttering has become such a drudgery!

249. 2 clip toys (son's room)
250. toy soldiers, etc. (son's room)
251. expired food (kitchen)
252. toy gun (son's room)
253. toy microphone (son's room)
254. toy phone (son's room)
255. 5 magazines (1991 - 2008) (living room)

Thursday is for Tossing

We've been trying to work on my son's room this week. We packed up all of his medals that were hanging on the wall and now that area looks so bare.

242. travel guides, maps, etc. (living room)
243. bag of tiny toys, etc. (son's room)
244. 3 balls (son's room)
245. 5 yo-yos (son's room)
246. timetables, course pamphlets, etc. (living room)
247. catalogues (son's room)
248. 2 magazines (20o1 & 2004) (living room)

Thursday is for Tossing

I can't believe that there is still expired food in my cupboards. I need to take everything out and check the dates!
235. 12 Pringles containers (son's room - he has outgrown his collection)
236. empty cookie package (kitchen - reminder of our last trip home)
237. 4 magazines (living room & son's room - 1991 - 2007)
238. shredded receipts from Jan - June 1999 bank statements (my room)
239. 4 telephone books (living room)
240. course catalogues (living room)
241. expired nut packages (kitchen)

Thursday is for Thursday

My son's finals are finally over. I haven't thought to ask when he'll hear the results but I know it will be a while. Now we can spend time on his room. At least I hope so! He still has to focus on studying for his university entrance exams.

228. Long-sleeved top (son's room)
229. undershirt (son's room)
230. boy's dress pants (son's room)
231. shredded receipts from July - Dec 2000 bank statements (my room)
232. strawberry licorice (kitchen) (a souvenir from my last trip home over 5 years ago)
233. 4 magazines (2000-2004) (living room)
234. containers (kitchen)

Marcia at Organising Queen is having us focus on our computers this month. I'm not doing well. I only decluttered 21 emails and I have so many email accounts to go through.

Thursday is for Tossing

I still have a lot of bookmarks to go through and either put them in files or delete. I try to shred 2 months of receipts a day but for some reason I hardly noticed them this week even though they are sitting quite close!

221. boxes (my son's room)
222. pizza boxes that I've saved (one's from 2001) in case we need a large piece of cardboard (kitchen)
223. play dough mold (son's room)
224. shredded receipts from Jan - June 2000 bank statements (my room)
225. 2 magazines (2202) (living room)
226. sport shirt (son's room)
227. sleeveless top (son's room)

This week's Challenge from Marcia the Organising Queen was to delete bookmarks and blogs from our computers. I was able to delete 45 bookmarks but I still have a long way to go.