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It's out the door...

July 8th, 2007 at 06:11 pm

Extraneous stuff, that is.

With my younger two daughters, I pulled out stuff from the garage attic space. Some was tossed, the rest was bagged up for donating, and what didn't fit into bags, went to the curb with a free sign posted. I know I could have held a garage sale, and made a little money on our cast-offs. With a lack of time and the consideration that these toys and items had gone through my four at the very least, I chose the easiest solution. Bit by bit, people have stopped to take away items.

The results - less stuff at my house and the fun of making a few families' day.

Goodbye, Little Tykes slide, picnic table, workbench and kitchen set. Farewell, bikes and trikes in many sizes small to large, ALL in pink and purple. Adios to everything else that found it's way to my house, but now, it's really time to move on.

Wow, I think I'm entering a new stage of my life (more like easing slowly into it, as my my youngest is 10 - ha!) Some things take time, I guess.

Take care!

Posted in My Family, Making do, Using up, Do Without | 4 Comments »

4 Responses to “It's out the door...”

  1. nance Says:
    July 9th, 2007 at 12:57 am 1183942646
    1183942646

    Goodwill is a good alternative, because they will give you a receipt for tax purposes. You can deduct what they charge, per item.

  2. littlegopher Says:
    July 9th, 2007 at 01:59 am 1183946368
    1183946368

    Oh yes, I agree, nance. We donate to ARC stores all the time, and collect those receipts for taxtime. The charitable stores nearest to us don't take large items and furniture, so it was fun to see others 'be at the right place at the right time' - just as we had been many times as we acquired the stuff. Kind of a RAOK toy continuim!

  3. boomeyers Says:
    July 9th, 2007 at 05:02 am 1183957324
    1183957324

    Keep it up!! Purge, purge! It is so freeing! I can't wait till my girls go back to school, so I can purge without the "help"!

  4. littlegopher Says:
    July 9th, 2007 at 01:13 pm 1183986819
    1183986819

    Make that a 'continuum' - it didn't look right, and found with a check of the dictionary that it wasn't, but couldn't edit my comment.

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