Small and Big

May 2nd was a very random night

1-6: bottle of recalled medicine--check yours because every bottle in my house was part of the recall. http://www.mcneilproductrecall.com/

7: One old shirt with holes. I set up a small bag in the laundry room to toss these things in b/c the donation place takes them and does something with all the scraps. I have a system now instead of running around on pick up morning!

8: bunch of random papers on the office bulletin board

9: broken pencil sharpener--why did I keep this so long?

10: 2 of the exact same card games that we will never play.

May 3rd was about the big things sitting out in the way. You know those things you just step over while you mumble under your breath about how you have to do something with them.

1-3: packages to mail that will all arrive by the end of this week.

4-9: stuffed animals the kids got on Easter. Yes, 6 brand new ones I stepped over at least 100 times in the past few weeks.

10+: 2 huge packages of kid paper and 2 chalkboards given to my BFF. Sorry for adding stuff to your house but the boys will use it & you can mail me whatever they have decided to write.

This is where the craft stuff went on Sat night. I just need one more wipes container for the markers in the middle and it will be done.

Birthday Gifts

I'm dipping my toe in slowly but with goals. For the entire month I will accomplish the 10 things--either get rid of or find homes for the items around my house I have been ignoring. That is a little bit a day that hopefully adds up to a lot.

For the 1st, I picked items from K's birthday party. Her birthday was in Jan, the party was mid-Feb. Like every parent, we have lots of toys. She received many clothes this year that were put away quickly. The toys made it to corner of the downstairs living room, gifts bags and all. There they sat. Out of the way, but in the way. We don't go downstairs often but I always knew they were there. To end April we got toy storage units and I knew a bunch of the craft type items would go there. So while I did not toss that much, I got a lot cleaned up.

1. stamp set
2. package of googly eyes
3. package of pipe cleaners
4. playful patterns set I can't wait to play with
5. construction paper
6. many glue sticks, because no one buys just one
7. a necklace
8. many highlighters
9. many markers
10. The reusable bag a bunch of this was in and some cash stuck in a card.

While putting this away, some christmas and easter craft items were put into their correct bins, K's craft bin was organized, kid writing paper was sorted and random items were recycled. It felt good to finish. Sorry no pictures since my camera was not at my house.

Off to do day two right now.