11-27-21, 08:14 PM | |
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Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: New Jersey
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Good job on the cooperative de-cluttering! Thanks for explaining the Thred up process. I might try it but if I have to wait until spring to send it there, I think I would rather bring it to the consignment shop. The proceeds go to the local domestic violence shelter. I brought DDs prom dress, my long formal dress and a long velvet skirt there yesterday. You get 50% of the proceeds but I may just let them keep it. While I was there I purchased a scarf. Much less room than a poofy prom dress though!
DD is home for the weekend and went through "her" drawer in the sunroom table and got rid of 4 hats. I am going to sift through my basket out there now. |
11-27-21, 08:34 PM | |
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Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: oklahoma
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Leslie - I wish I still had a local consignment shop. Right now my thrift store options are goodwill and salvation army. In Taos we donate to a thrift store that benefits victims of domestic violence. But I don't always think to take things from OK to NM for that purpose.
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Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: PalmTreeVille
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12-04-21, 10:12 AM | |
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: West of Chicago in the Illinois Corn Belt
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I hope all is well and we all experience a stress free healthy holiday season. I did my Christmas decorations on Thanksgiving day as I was by myself and took the opportunity. I donated my Christmas tree to the part time library I work at in a small town and then we/the library donated it to the local Historical Society. I have little trees around my place and putting up a regular tree is just too cluttered. I do miss putting out my ornaments that I have collected for many many years but I am good with the mini trees I have. I donated 3 boxes of decorations to Goodwill and then 2 boxes to the library. I had a little donations remorse as the library could have used the stuffed animals for the children's area and I gave those to Goodwill. Last night I went through the last bin and will make one more trip. I hope when all done I will have 3 empty bins. I feel good that I passed onto others some things that they will appreciate.
Stay well.
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12-04-21, 10:42 AM | |
Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: Snowman Land :)
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I was in AZ for almost three weeks with my dad and other family. Got home last night. Very long drive to do alone in two days! Well, Cyric was with me but no help driving or keeping away the sleepies!
Jeannine, your retirement party sounds very nice. I have plans to clean house then decorate, and the rest of the month I want to work on decluttering and organizing. We went through my mom's clothes, and last time we were at my father-in-law's I got some of my mother-in-law's clothes, plus my cousin gave me three bags of clothes she no longer wants so I have a lot to put away and make room for!
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12-04-21, 10:54 AM | |
Join Date: Jun 2003
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I am still going through my husband's things. After checking with my son who said "he does not mind if I do what I want" with my husband's collection of fanzines/music magazines (I've read them already and don't need to keep them) I found someone to take the huge stack of Beatles related ones. A friend of ours works in a record store and said there is a young man with autism who is obsessed with the Beatles and he asked if I would consider giving them to him. I think my husband would love that idea, and I love it also. They would be read repeatedly and appreciated. I have to arrange for my friend to pick them up, which he said he would gladly do.
I had my son contact the owner of another record store to see if they would like to buy the other fanzines and magazines. I know I could list them on ebay, but I just don't want the hassle. He has fanzines and magazines back to the late 1970s, so there is a lot to deal with.
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12-11-21, 01:55 AM | |
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Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: New Jersey
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Sherry, You are being so thoughtful in the way you are finding new homes for your husband's cherished items. I am sure Frank would appreciate that they are going to someone who really loves the Beatles.
Last Saturday I went through the paints and stains in our basement with DH because the local Haz Waste Collection day is this weekend. This is the last time they will be accepting latex paint so I really wanted to get it done. We consolidated the latex paint into 6 gallons (limit is 5 but hopefully they will take the extra or we may have to go in 2 cars) We boxed up 10-11 cans of spray paint, 11 cans of stain and now have 12 quart and 5 gallon cans of mostly empty paint drying out in the garage to be tossed in regular trash. It felt great to get it done but the workshop still needs alot of tossing and tidying. I am hoping we can tackle it together between Christmas and New Years. |
12-11-21, 09:48 AM | |
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Modify City, State of Fierce
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sherry7899 your thoughtfulness in sharing his collection is wonderful.
lreidgreen are you in the process of downsizing and moving ...or just a general shift in lifestyle? I went through closet storage where Christmas was stored and reduced and purged. I hadn't planned on working on it but I was there...so why not, lol. Happy decluttering...in big ways or small ways...it all counts!!
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