My youngest daughter was "sure" that she would never get rid of anything. "No problem," said I, "But don't forget you have to tidy your room before you can go stay at your friend's place these holidays." She cleaned up her room on Friday - and found that she did, indeed, have quite a lot of things she doesn't use or want.
I spent the day on a general tidy up of the main living spaces, and together with my daughter's discards, I threw out some things - grand total 65 items to give away, including: 3 photo albums, 1 CD case, 1 hot pad, 5 items of clothing, 1 hat, 1 pair of shoes (brand new), 5 ornaments, 1 headband, 1 fur collar, 2 mini books, 2 hair accessories, 6 pieces of jewellery, 1 wallet, 1 radio, 1 bucket, 1 stamp album, 2 bamboo boxes, 2 hat boxes, 6 audio CDs, 1 CD rom, 3 DVDs, 11 books, 3 bookmarks, 1 moneybox, 1 bell, 1 gift box, 1 music box.
I also decided to declutter one bookcase - this one is "my bookcase" - the one where I keep books of most interest to me, including gardening books and magazines, housekeeping, parenting etc books, and books I've been meaning to read/preview and find a home for. It has been overflowing for some time! I prefer bookcases to only hold as many books as comfortably fit on the shelves, not stacked 2 deep.
So I cleared the shelves.......
So I cleared the shelves.......
Much better! I still need to go through the gardening magazines, keep what I need (I find these particular magazines an even more valuable source of info that my books), and let go of the rest, but time did not permit today.
42 books and 10 DVDs added to the for sale box.
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