We're halfway through the year almost and everyone is tossing away! Keep up the great work!

Wow! I didn't post a single thing on this thread for the month of May. It certainly wasn't because I didn't toss anything though. Life has a way of getting totally out of control every May due to end of the year school stuff for my job and for DD. I'll get back on track now (I hope).

Just read back through the previous posts and saw that question about why didn't I just let my ducks (the rubber ducks) go down stream. Well, to be quite honest with you, I never thought about it. It sure would have been easy enough to do though as there is a river right by our house.

Back to my most recent tossing - As was inevitably going to happen, my tossing has slowed down drastically. (Hey, a person can only toss so much stuff before there isn't anything left to toss. )

Two things bit the dust this past week, so to the dumpster they must go:
- George Foreman grill
- Vacuum cleaner

They both served us well for many years, but they were finally beyond repair. I will have to wait until fall to replace them though due to the EXTREME financial creativity that I must do in the summer each year. Luckily, I did save a little out of each check for the past few months so I have a bit saved to at least pay the rent.

Previous Total - 1353 + 2 = 1355 items tossed in 2012

More tossing....

Gave to DS for his "new" house -

- Laundry basket (I ended up with 4 of them so I figured I could spare one)
- spice rack (won't fit in my cabinet)
- 3 wire racks (also won't fit in my cabinets)

1355 + 5 = 1360

Wow Carol, how impressive!!!!

I cleaned, purged out the refrigerator. I tossed a total of 32 items, (well, I counted a few onions). Refrigerator is sparkling clean and everything out of date or close to is gone.

309 +32 = 341

I missed the whole last month, but my tossing was just minimal, usual stuff, so I'm not counting last month.

Soooooo I decide I am going to wash the dark tan sheets in the guest room and grabbed the wrong bottle...they are speckled now from the bleach. So since I have 2 other sets for that bed, out goes that reminder of a brain dead day.

I also tossed a 2 inch stack of papers too and found some more manuals of things either long gone or gone to the ex....6 more items. Went through the "electronics" drawer in the office and found a couple cell phones to donate and 10 other items no longer needed-power cords, car cords, cables, etc. And 3 ink jet cartridges to the trash as well.

24 + 847 = 871

beaglelady...This afternoon I took an old sheet with a colorful print and made DD a new skirt maybe you could do that with your newly speckled sheets.

During work break, cleaned out a good chunk of paperwork out of my work bag. Paid online bill, wrote out ck and have to mail out, wrote emails, uploaded 2 photo albums and emailed out to friends. Out to dinner with extended family. Folded and put away clean towels. Made plans w. friend for weekend.

Good job all!

Tossing mostly recyclables over here - cans, bottles, papers, plastic containers, etc.

Did toss the old kitchen scrubbie - but replaced it with a new one, so it doesn't really count (not that I am keeping a count, any more).

It feels like I have tossed everything I can bear to part with and yet, there's still so much! I need to part with a few (lot) more...

fri, i tossed an old fur jacket. that was so hard to do!

mary

Did you donate it Mary or toss it. Yes, sometimes things are difficult to toss, but before you know it you won't remember it!

Just tossing empty bags and papers from the basement,recycling.