40 Bags in 40 Days for Lent. In case you missed my initail post, click here for the background.
Otherwise, here is an update.
As you saw in a previous post, I got the laundry room finished. Yeah! It's so useable and clutter-free. I was even able to fold laundry on the counter! Amazing how wonderful it feels to have a clean and easy to navigate space.
From there, I cleaned out my closest and dresser. I'm not much on having excess clothing, so I just got rid of a bag from each.
Next up was the section of the kitchen that works as an office/china cabinet type area. In the picture below, it looks almost clean. In reality it is a junk storage area!
From this area, I got rid of a couple of boxes of just random junk, old computer software and a lot of trash!
The hardest part so far was going through my recipe boxes. I got rid of three of the four boxes. In the past, I was one that would cut out interesting recipes and glue them on notecards for future use. I had hundreds of cards. But today, if I need a recipe, I just google it and go. So, no need to keep them, just to keep them. I did keep the recipe's that I use or that I have from my grandmother, but so long, never used recipe for some exotic concoction.
Today, I sorted clothes. I got rid of at least three boxes worth of kid clothes plus a large box of my own out of season clothing.
In addition to all this, we've gotten rid of TWO TRUCK LOADS of stuff from the garage!! This alone counts for probably 50 bags!
Doug mentioned that at somepoint I'll have to stop getting rid of stuff, but for now, we are both loving the 40 days of cleaning out the house!!
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