October 2025 - Sort, Tidy, Declutter!

[Nancy]

I have been doing a bit at a time...
got the fabric in the drawers in the sewing zone yea!
pillows & pillow forms are going in the basement a tote I have available for that.
silk flowers are back down stairs sorted and in the tote if not in season yea!
A bit of progress in three rooms.
Bonus found some green strips I've been looking for.
Put away the white ribbons and taking that basket out of there and three others too.
Trash got taken out too.

[Nancy]

Spiffed up the current zone the butterfly room.
Did that 1st thing before I was fully away.
Yea for a cleaned closet and I had a spot for the things I wanted to put away
after I'd doen the sorting!!!

[Kittykatt]

I had a bag through the door for a charity collection today. That gave me the inspiration and motivation I needed, and I filled the bag with clothes. I just need to out it outside the front door this morning, and someone will come and collect it. There's still a lot to do in my wardrobe, but it's a good start.

[Harriet]

Kittykatt, good job on finding motivation, getting a bag out for charity pickup. Here we used to have The Kidney Foundation trucks that came around and would pick up donations, if you put bags out at your mailbox. They only accepted bags. That wasn't as convenient as it sounds, because you would have a bag out for a while waiting on the truck, and maybe in the rain. Also, you waited until they called to let you know that were going to be starting another pickup trip soon, and you might not be ready. That service hasn't been coming for a while, and I wonder if it's because Goodwill has opened more places.

It really is a lot more convenient to just put things for Goodwill in the trunk of the car or something and do that on your own schedule when on other errands. BUT the motivation to get something done in time for a pickup isn't there anymore.