I seem to have taken over this thread! Last night I worked a bunch more.
Recycling: 15 magazines and catalogs.
Garbage: 2 old vinyl portfolios with broken zippers. A 2012 calendar. A bunch of old toys that weren't worth donating. A bunch of papers scribbled on by DGSons. Was fun to look at them before I tossed. A bag of old print cartridges I have no idea if they were full or empty (I used to refill).
To the GW Bin: Toys no longer used but ok to donate. A huge amount. 1 checkbook binder. 1 11X17 bulletin board (1 of 2 I found) and 1 6x10 white board. 1 hanging folder frame.
I have a stack of stuff in garage that I've listed but no room in the rolling bin. The recycling bin is full also. I have read about other people running out of space...and always thought, good grief how much stuff did they have...and now I'm right there. We always hear, "you can't organize clutter" - well I'm here to say sometimes that might not be entirely true. All this stuff was put neatly away somewhere. I'm appalled at what I'm finding. Also, rethinking 1st decisions (even when I don't know I'm thinking about things again) has me going back to spaces pulling more out. This has been an interesting experience.
So, here I am again. More to the garbage: 1 pair old tennis shoes. Batch of odd envelopes. Computer power supply (DH kept when we had new one installed - kept for parts
) but he said ok toss.
In the GW bin, cheese knives, a diet kit, 1 picture frame, and
drumroll 81 vhs tapes. I kept 24, will probably get rid of those too when I get tired of looking at that box!
Loading up was hard. I couldn't move the big tape box so had to divide into smaller boxes / bags. Oh, I also took the little push lawnmower (toy) and much-used big wheel bicycle. DH requested I take those. He knows I'm doing this and is ok with it so far.
I went inside the shop this time. It was really funny seeing my stuff on the shelves with prices attached. No qualms at all, made me smile. I almost bought a tray to replace a metal one (rusted) we use every day but I could not bring myself to bring it home!