What are we organizing today (2017)?
#484
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Got it all pulled out and cleaned thoroughly. Still putting back but with the purpose of letting go of some things. Lots of donation items such as empty baskets and containers. Having fun with it too. Few more hours this evening and then back to cutting tomorrow.
#486
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Join Date: Feb 2018
Location: North Carolina
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I spent the day cutting scraps into 7" and 8" squares, just to get some control over these stacks of fabrics piled all over the 2nd floor of my house. I can't see any improvement yet. Yikes! What a gigantic mess!
#487
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Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: Va.
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Sillysusan- every little bit helps. Keep it up and you’ll get those stacks tamed!
yesterday I threw out a bunch of stuff (actually put it in the recycle bin) and also put some books in the donate box. Didn’t get and entire shelf cleared off, but it was a groundbreaking moment for me to decide that I am not going to re-read every book that Faulkner wrote- Ikve been hanging on to these books for 40 years thinking I’d like to re-read them some day- that means I’ve moved them to 7 different houses... it felt good to decide to let them go.
today I am going to look through my gardening and DIY books to see if there are some I am ready to part with.
Rob
yesterday I threw out a bunch of stuff (actually put it in the recycle bin) and also put some books in the donate box. Didn’t get and entire shelf cleared off, but it was a groundbreaking moment for me to decide that I am not going to re-read every book that Faulkner wrote- Ikve been hanging on to these books for 40 years thinking I’d like to re-read them some day- that means I’ve moved them to 7 different houses... it felt good to decide to let them go.
today I am going to look through my gardening and DIY books to see if there are some I am ready to part with.
Rob
#489
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Join Date: Feb 2018
Location: North Carolina
Posts: 2,414
Sillysusan- every little bit helps. Keep it up and you’ll get those stacks tamed!
yesterday I threw out a bunch of stuff (actually put it in the recycle bin) and also put some books in the donate box. Didn’t get and entire shelf cleared off, but it was a groundbreaking moment for me to decide that I am not going to re-read every book that Faulkner wrote- Ikve been hanging on to these books for 40 years thinking I’d like to re-read them some day- that means I’ve moved them to 7 different houses... it felt good to decide to let them go.
today I am going to look through my gardening and DIY books to see if there are some I am ready to part with.
Rob
yesterday I threw out a bunch of stuff (actually put it in the recycle bin) and also put some books in the donate box. Didn’t get and entire shelf cleared off, but it was a groundbreaking moment for me to decide that I am not going to re-read every book that Faulkner wrote- Ikve been hanging on to these books for 40 years thinking I’d like to re-read them some day- that means I’ve moved them to 7 different houses... it felt good to decide to let them go.
today I am going to look through my gardening and DIY books to see if there are some I am ready to part with.
Rob
As for the books, I have shelves of old Agatha Christie paperbacks. Not as literary as Faulkner, but I can't get rid of them. I haven't reread any of them for years but no one would want them... old paperbacks... and how can I just throw them away?!
#490
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Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: Va.
Posts: 5,753
Thanks for the encouragement! I went back to the scraps and cut 6" squares also...
As for the books, I have shelves of old Agatha Christie paperbacks. Not as literary as Faulkner, but I can't get rid of them. I haven't reread any of them for years but no one would want them... old paperbacks... and how can I just throw them away?!
As for the books, I have shelves of old Agatha Christie paperbacks. Not as literary as Faulkner, but I can't get rid of them. I haven't reread any of them for years but no one would want them... old paperbacks... and how can I just throw them away?!
I am finding it easier to let go of both hardbacks and paperbacks these days because I've developed arthritis and/or carpal tunnel in both hands and find it painful to try and hold a book open to read. Now I do most of my reading either on my kindle e-reader or on my iPad.
Off to find something to throw away, donate, or sell today....
Rob
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