Summer fling!
 

No we are not talking about a holiday romance here :lol:

Okay...who is up for another home clearing out session?

Let's clear our homes and bless someone else with the goodies that we no longer use or don't have the space for. :D

Let the flinging begin!:cb:

Okay- so the first thing I am cleaning up is my desk at work :p

I am usually a neat freak with my desk but have been swamped lately. I need to tidy up, do some filing and trashing and dust everything.

Starting right now! :D

I've got six bags at the front door ready to go to the Sally Ann. :)

To the dead and blind people? I didn't know dead people needed used clothing. :)

I am preparing to a possible move. So I have been making a plan in my mind so far but haven't done anything. We've got about a million little stuffed animal friends that are going to have to go to a new home... and soon! Whether we move or not! :)
My main focus this month is going to be culling down on non-essential items in our home - like toys and chochkys and duplicate items.
Still striving for the zen-like feeling in our home. Someday... someday we'll get there!

Okay, I will go thru my closet this weekend. Even if I get back to size 18's, I didn't LOVE all that stuff. lol

well this weekend, i redid my whole desk and all my papers. actually got a second desk fo rmy computer to get it off my bill pay roll top desk. ok ok i know that adding usually means more clutter but in this case think streamlined. :p
still to clean thru 1) my clothes 2) my Daughter's clothes 3)kitchen cabinets 4) laundry room..

Ellis - wanna come pick up the bags & boxes I have had ready to go for months, while you are at it? :lol:

Noodles - I had to read dead and the blind twice. I was like, "WTF does she mean? Zombies come to her house?"

Mauv - No fair teasing me with a summer fling. I was all up for a summer fling challenge. ;)

:sunny: Ya never know with this desert heat, GJ!! :lol:

I spent Saturday cleaning the kitchen and the front entrance of my apartment.

Vacuumed, dusted, washed all the cupboard doors and counters, as well as the walls and baseboards. Then I cleaned out and rearranged the kitchen cupboards and tossed/donated items I don't use or have duplicates of.

Sunday I did the same thing in the bathroom and then dusted and rearranged the bookshelves in the livingroom.

Phew! Need a nap now....

Did a spring clean of the bedroom on Saturday afternoon - tossed a couple of bags of junk :cb:

Yahooo!!!!! Soon to be flung - our old mattress and box spring set! We finally caved and bought a new mattress set on the weekend and it arrives on Thursday! :cb:

The store will be removing the old set and taking it to a charity that reconditions and cleans the mattresses and then gives them to families in need. :)

Oh, that's cool, Mauvais!
And enjoy your new bed! Try not to bust the damned thing the first night, eh?

Well DH and I will have to "christen" it " :s:

Way to go Mauv!! You'll no doubt sleep better with the new bed. :cloud9:

I went through all the books in my basement and purged half of them. Whoo hoo. I LOVE books so that was a toughie. :^: Also went through my games and got rid of a goodly portion of them as well.

Yes...sleep, sweet sleep...:cloud9:

How come you didn't call me to give me some books??!!!??? :lol:

Mauv, enjoy the new bed. ;) bet you sleep tons better.
well we purged through kiddies clothes this weekend. can you say my kids have way too many clothes? i can and it makes my wardrobe look tiny. lol

The new bed is awesome- I haven't slept this well in ages!

I have tossed some more junk and have done some shredding this week! :cb:

I’m painting my bookshelves white, and in the process of cleaning, painting and reorganizing – I’m also trying to figure out which books and VHS tapes I can give away.
I find that books are hard to give away (even the ones I didn’t like all that much!), but it would be great if somebody else can enjoy them too… :halffull:

Mette, i guard my books. anything else but i just can't get rid of books.
well been flinging my old clothes. and working on a "need to be sewn " pile that had gotten way out of control.

I've been trying to purge some books - it is so hard to let go :( but I will pass them on so someone else can enjoy them :)

Everytime I see this thread title, I think, I would love to have a summer fling... :devil:

I have finished painting - and am in the process of sorting out books. And also sorting and organizing all my papers and stuff from last semester. I need to buy folders.

I've also gone through my closet and taken out all the clothes that are too big for me now. I don’t dare to throw them away just yet though. I think I’ll do this in steps – first from my closet and into storage, then – in a while – from the storage to Goodwill.

I’m looking forward to bookshelves where I can see all the books – and a closet with only clothes that fit.

Baby steps mette, baby steps :)

It’s been harder than I thought to get rid of the clothes actually. I had thought it would be pure joy in “getting rid of the fat clothes for ever” – so it’s a surprise to me that I find it scary. It’s not that the clothes are especially nice or expensive, because they really aren’t. I suppose it’s part the fear of gaining back the weight (I might need these clothes again!), and part the fear of change (these clothes are safe – now what will I wear?).
Yes. Like you said mauvaisroux: baby steps! :^:

Well done, Noodles! :cp:

Good going Noodles-set yourself free! :lol:

Flung some dead plants last night! :)

well i finally did it. flung my old way to big t shirts . tried to do it on the last fling and couldn't lol. Tiki will be so proud. how strange it feels to wear clothes that fit and i can't hide in.

:bravo: Heather! It is hard to let go of the comfy old stuff but it sure feels good to wear well fitting new stuff! :D

Heather – good for you! I’ve done that too: no more big T-shirts at the gym for me – I went and bought T-shirts that actually fit me. And yes, I do have fat on my stomach and on my back – but I still look much better than I did in those huge shirts! ;)

I’ve just delivered 4 plastic bags with books and VHS tapes to the Goodwill. Hopefully somebody will find happiness in my poor homeless books! :p

Yesterday we installed new chrome faucets into our bathrooms and the kids bathroom. The ones the builder installed were JUNK!! Cheap o' pieces of crap-they started to corrode! Then we decided to clean OUT the kids bathroom and so she went through a bazillion hair things, "girly" products like make-up, shower gels, etc..and we threw them out! Rest of stuff we'll donate. Today is my master bathrooms turn. Let's see what I can get rid of...OUT!! hehehe :D

Way to go flingers! :cp:

Got rid of a ton of old clothes, his and mine, this weekend to make room for some new clothes that we'll probably get this weekend. Yay.
Also, went through the bills and paperwork - again - and brought that to a managable level. And I even went through all my medical billing so I can get reimbursed from my medical expense account. Talk about a pain in the butt! And now it's done.