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40 Bags in 40 Days – Day 16,17,18,19,20

Zen — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:02:05 +0000

I didn’t end up pacing myself very well. I am running out of things to bag up! 40 bags is a ton of bags. I had way more than 40 bags, it just didn’t take me 40 days. I got on a roll and just kept going.

I am going to continue to clean my house, office and life of things that I don’t “need”. Any time I do, I will post it here. But I may not be able to keep doing a bag a day.

Is anyone else doing this? If so, how is it going?

40 Bags in 40 Days – Day 15

Zen — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 20:52:30 +0000

Today is DVD Cleanout. Is it bad that we have DVD’s that we haven’t ever opened? Oh well.

40 Bags in 40 Days – Day 14

Zen — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 20:50:57 +0000

Still Cleaning out CD’s. Could have many bags.

40 Bags in 40 Days – Day 13

Zen — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 20:49:30 +0000

Cleaning out our CD collection now. There are CD’s we have not listened to in years, and probably never will again.

40 Bags in 40 Days – Day 12

Zen — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 16:42:32 +0000

Sheets and Comforters. Sticking with the Winter turning into Spring theme, we are going through our linen closet and removing Comforters and Sheets that we no longer use or need.

40 Bags in 40 Days – Day 11

Zen — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 16:14:42 +0000

Shipping Boxes. No, I am not kidding. We have saved so many boxes for the possibility that we might need to ship something, that exact size, in it. I think we have one of every size imaginable. This is going to clear so much space in the attic! Best of all, all the material is recyclable. The county recycling pickup guys are going to be thrilled.

40 Bags in 40 Days – Day 10

Zen — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 16:12:26 +0000

Happy Birthday to Me! And to Griffin (our dog) too! I will bag the wrapping paper from all of my presents!!!

40 Bags in 40 Days – Day 9

Zen — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 16:06:21 +0000

Coats. As the weather gets warmer (finally), I have decided that we really don’t need all these coats. We went through one of the coldest winters I can remember this year, so if a coat was not warn, then we really don’t need it.

I regret not doing this sooner, as I am sure that there were people out there that could have made very good use of these coats during this very cold winter. But I am sure they will go to good use anyway, eventually.

We are donating 18 coats! Wow. I can’t believe we had so many. And these were “Extras”. Wow.

40 Bags in 40 Days – Day 8

Zen — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 16:00:51 +0000

Magazines. A member of my family, who shall remain nameless, has a bit of an addition to food magazines. Today I am helping her sift through all of these magazines. We will rip out any recipes that she wants and put them in the binder that I have created for her. This is a happy day for me.

40 Bags in 40 Days – Day 7

Zen — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 20:35:19 +0000

Unused Computers and Computer Parts. Being in I.T. I tend to collect “spare parts”. I tend to hold on to them until they are so obsolete, that their only good use is being a coaster!

I just know I am going to need something as soon as I get rid of it. But the whole point here is to rid yourself of you extra “stuff”. So here we go…

I am going to take all of my fairly current and working things to Reboot Services at Touch The Future. They will take your old computer and fix it up. They will then make it available to a person with disabilities. They also provide training to the person on how to use it. I have donated to them before, and they are great.

I think one of the greatest benefits of technology is to allow people with disabilities and shut-ins the ability to communicate with the outside world. Whether they can physically get to the outside world or not.