Hooray for Kate

The old tent that Mom and Dad's neighbours gave me in the late 80's when they moved... gone! It worked great as long as it didn't rain, then it always seemed to drop right on my head. I have another (2 actually) so I'm still ok for camping next summer.

The gigantic Shop Vac that was perfectly fine (if it just had a new motor) and someone was throwing out... gone! After over a year of sitting there waiting for me to get a price on getting the motor fixed... it's off to the scrap pile.

The grocery bag full of sand... I don't know where that came from. How does a bag of sand make it into the basement of our house?

Here's my system.... everything gets categorized into 4 areas... keep, eBay, yard sale or trash. I pick it up and ask myself "Do I need this?", then if I don't, I ask myself "Can I sell this for anything on eBay?" If not, it goes to the yard sale pile for next summer and if it's not even
yard sale worthy, then it just goes to the trash. It's actually quite freeing to de-clutter.

Why am I purging? Have you seen the size of those kids' toys??? We thought we had a big house until strollers started being wheeled in, massive Little Tykes toys took root, and stuffed animals started their quiet march to Kate's room. Wow, does this stuff pile up quickly. Lets hope she enjoys books... they take a lot less space!

# posted by EssGeeEff : 2:49 PM