Five

I got rid of three things today which brings my total for the month up to five. I am hoping to at least double it tomorrow when we move the kids bedrooms around. I am feeling confident that we can get to fifty this month without a lot of effort.

So how did you do?

My September challenge is over. How did I do? I think I did OK. I did not throw out one hundred huge items, like I wanted to. I did throw out a ton of stuff, there is a huge hole in my garage where tons of crap used to live. We dumped a huge amount of boxes out of our attic to make room for more stuff which we can throw out when we can afford to remodel our house. I got rid of my maternity clothes and tons of baby clothes, well over a hundred items, for sure. I wanted more so I am continuing the challenge this month but this time I am throwing out fifty items.
Fifty items. I will be happy if I can make another huge hole in our garage so we can start to clear out and organize the inside of the house. So this month I will focus on getting rid of more crap and organizing the crap that is inside the house. That is my challenge this month, any takers?

Fifty

I think Matt hates this challenge. This morning I decided that I was going to get the girls to pick three toys to give away. Every time I picked up a toy they would quickly grab it out of my hands and say "You are not giving that away!" I distracted them by giving them small chores like finding all the instruments and putting them in a bin. The more I asked them to do the further they moved away from me. It is funny, the only one who would come near me was Jordan because she was afraid I was going to throw away a pocketbook or a baby.
Matt also stayed away, especially when I mentioned moving on to the garage when we were done in baby jail. I convinced him by promising that we would each throw away ten things and that we would be done in an hour. I do not even think we were outside for an hour and we each threw out our ten items. Matt convinced me that when we throw out a huge garbage bag filled with tons of different things that it need to count as more than "one".
Using his logic we are done with this challenge. I must have gotten rid of over one hundred pieces of clothes, one hundred toys and stuffed animals and one hundred pieces of paper. I must admit I liked Matt's logic but I had loftier goals. I wanted to get rid of at least one hundred big things. I wanted to see big gaping holes where stuff used to live. I wanted to look at a closet and say to myself "What can I put in here? instead of "Where can I fit this pill box?" I still have time and I am planning on making Matt get rid of ten things next weekend as well. We are at fifty "things" and counting and counting and counting.

Now they are playing with me

Danny called me today to ask if he could pick up the couch. "Pick up the couch? Of course you can have the couch, come NOW" They got here Danny took one look at the couch and said "I can't fit that into a mini van. I'm not going to take it." Why must they play with my emotions? Don't they know that I am a woman on the verge of a nervous breakdown?
Instead of the couch he took a mattress that he needs to bring back. That kind of defeats the purpose of my challenge, don't you think?

My challenge

I got rid of six towels today! Can I count them towards the hundred things I am giving away this month? It is funny how my brothers housing problems directly impact my ability to complete my challenge. I just need to have him pick a house and move so I can give him at least ten pieces of furniture. Then I need him to come over here and babysit my kids so I can get rid of another thirty pieces of junk.
Time is ticking away and my house is still filled with junk.

Eight

I got rid of eight "things" tonight. They were not just little things, they were boxes and garbage bags filled with clothes. I am finally making a dent in my challenge. Watch out because Dan and Tanya are moving into their house on Sunday and I am sure I can unload a ton of stuff on them.

One hundred things

My cousin Ann (my favorite commenter!) sent me a challenge today. She and her sister Joan are planning on throwing away one hundred things during the month of September and they invited me to play. I am so excited I can not stand it! I was planning on throwing tons of stuff out this month but now I have people to play with. I am going to have Matt ship off the three boxes of baby clothes to assorted friends and family next week so I get credit for those items leaving the house. They have only been in his trunk for a few days, what are a few more?
I am going to give Dan and Tanya some furniture that has been cluttering the house. Now they can clutter his. I just hope they do not give any of it back. I want the stuff to leave the house and never come back!