On Thursday I cleaned out my office, replacing our somewhat awkward computer desk with a corner unit I spotted outside the thrift store when dropping off a parcel at the couriers. It was a real find - I've been looking for the right desk for 5 years! Funny how when you start releasing stuff, the things you actually need seem to appear. PTL! Some neighbours, however, were sitting outside a nearby café, and when they saw me picking up the desk called out "I thought you were getting rid of stuff - not collecting more!" LOL Can't get away with anything in a small town!
As I cleared out the office, I put aside 32 items for giving away, including 3 various CD/DVD carry cases, 24 computer games, a bag of beads, a pottery mouse, a cross stitch kit, a devotional book, and a jar.
I also created a poster to add to the board outside, of 4 items for sale - a motorbike, a wardrobe, the old computer desk, and a popcorn maker. I added another 3 books to my bag of books to sell as well.
These things would have been put outside on Friday, but it rained all day long. On Saturday morning (today as I write) it was still raining. I checked the forecast - and it shows rain for the next week. On the one hand, I'm so pleased it's raining - we've been suffering a drought for the last three months. But at the same time, I want to get rid of this stuff. So I got my husband to help me move a small, heavy "shed" from the paddock to the top of the drive, so I can put things that would otherwise be rain damaged in it, and I went ahead and put out things on Saturday - something of an experiment, as weekend there are often a lot of kids at the skate park across the road; we didn't want them taking things and being stupid with them. It went well most of the day - until a certain group of teens did just that, so from now on I'll stick to putting things out on weekdays when school is in session.
As I cleared out the office, I put aside 32 items for giving away, including 3 various CD/DVD carry cases, 24 computer games, a bag of beads, a pottery mouse, a cross stitch kit, a devotional book, and a jar.
I also created a poster to add to the board outside, of 4 items for sale - a motorbike, a wardrobe, the old computer desk, and a popcorn maker. I added another 3 books to my bag of books to sell as well.
These things would have been put outside on Friday, but it rained all day long. On Saturday morning (today as I write) it was still raining. I checked the forecast - and it shows rain for the next week. On the one hand, I'm so pleased it's raining - we've been suffering a drought for the last three months. But at the same time, I want to get rid of this stuff. So I got my husband to help me move a small, heavy "shed" from the paddock to the top of the drive, so I can put things that would otherwise be rain damaged in it, and I went ahead and put out things on Saturday - something of an experiment, as weekend there are often a lot of kids at the skate park across the road; we didn't want them taking things and being stupid with them. It went well most of the day - until a certain group of teens did just that, so from now on I'll stick to putting things out on weekdays when school is in session.
Meanwhile on Friday I had sorted out another 266 items to give away - 236 plant pots plus 1 piece of fabric, 9 items of clothes, a rag rug, a bike helmet, 10 books, a picnic bag, 1 flexi tub, a potter's wheel, a chest of drawers, and a lidded wooden box. Later I added to it another 8 items - 5 pairs of shoes, another helmet, a tennis racket, and a decorative wooden wheelbarrow.
So totals from the first week: 488 items set out to give away, 78 items for sale. Considerably ahead of the initial goal for the week - even if one discounts the 236 plant pots. Hmmmm.....we really do have a lot of extra stuff we don't need!
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