Week 8: 52 bags in 52 weeks
Every week that goes by, the clutter gets a bit smaller (through donations to Goodwill, family / baby hand-me-downs, women & children shelters or the trash)
Week 8: Time for our first pass at tackling the basement, i.e. the kids’ playroom!
We first layed everything out and then organized into plastic bins. A bin of just balls, just cars & trucks, just stuffed animals, then the larger-than-life letter puzzle pieces, the expandable tunnel tents, and a miscellaneous bin too.
During the organization, we decided what stayed and what could go. Our first purge yielded 1 bag of donatable toys, 1 bag of donatable stuffed animals, and 1 bag of trashed toys.
Peter Walsh from OWN has great advice for your kids’ toys (view the video HERE). Essentially, bins help you and your kids set limits for the amount of toys. For every new toy brought into your home, one toy needs to go out the door.
I’m sure we’ll hit the basement again later this year …
Next week, maybe the kitchen glassware / plates?
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On My Mind...
- @sprintcare returned phone using buyback pgm wks ago, was received by the recycling pgm in error, no one helping me & still don't have crdt
- It's a Friday when you see this! Join us in Hanover Park @ Time Out West Sports Bar, 1130 E Lake St 'til 11: http://t.co/pFrcP3eO
- Raising $ for Parkinson's Research on Sunday morning at Brookfield Zoo, would love to have you there too: http://t.co/OgEsAGPa #FocusOnACure