Name one or two things in your house that you need to get rid of, You never use it, didn't want it, don't need it. Don't

[debm55]

include family members.

[Ocelot II]

1. Most of the contents of my garage.

It's where I put stuff that I don't use and don't know what to do with but I'm too lazy to get rid of.

[debm55]

2. Yes. I cleaned my garage out a few years ago. Makes it easier to get in and out of the garage.

[kimbutgar]

3. Old clothes I have an extra closet in a spare room

I donate some and news ones keep being brought back into my home!

I got the clothes horse disease from my Mother!

[debm55]

4. Thank you, kimbutgar, That is funny.

[beaglelover]

5. Nothing at the moment! We did a giant cleaning out of our former house in preparation of moving to our new

house last June. Maybe a bit too zealous in our clean out as I now look for 1 or 2 of my former favorite t shirts that must have made it into the donation pile.

[debm55]

6. Sorry about that beaglelover.

[MOMFUDSKI]

7. Nothing I can think of. I keep a pretty tidy

ship. I DO have to go through some clothing and donate. My husband, a pack rat, has lately been getting rid of some stuff! Wow

[debm55]

11. TY MOMFUDSKI. Your husband is cleaning and getting rid of stuff???? wow

[MOMFUDSKI]

8. Thanks Deb for your thought-provoking

questions. You are making us all think. Keep them coming!

[debm55]

12. Thank you.

[Walleye]

9. A crockpot. A friend gave me one, she likes hers, I may have used it once or twice ,but I don't get the point

I’ve gotten so now I don’t cook on anything except on the microwave, the coffee pot, or the toaster. I’m lucky, though, my local gourmet grocery serves ready-made dishes and they have a great chef. I spend a fortune there. Great question

[debm55]

13. Ty Walleye. Crockpots were very popular when I got married. I took mine to the thrift shop with an ice grinder, fondue

maker and ice cream maker.

[Kali]

10. old papers!!!

big and small parts/screws/nuts/bolts/plumbing fittings/scrap lumber, etc being saved "just in case" and will never be found when actual "case" happens.

[debm55]

14. Thank you Kali, That is funny.

[Polly Hennessey]

15. The Blender. Never use it and it is one of the new

ones made of plastic. Clear plastic never looks clean. I had one in my younger years and we made our daiquiris with it. It was made of glass. No more daiquiris, no more blender. 😛

[debm55]

17. Thank you Polly Hennessey.Yes, had the blender for mostly making drinks.

[Diamond_Dog]

16. All the junk down in the basement Mr. Diamond thinks he'll "need someday."

Plus .. . we have WAY too many Christmas decorations. I decorated the house when kids were young. Now I don’t even use half of it.

[debm55]

18. Thank you Diamond Dog. My husband fills the same way. Let me tell you Christmas decorations. I had an 8 room house. Each

room had it's own theme. After my son got to his teens, we kept one and gave the rest to Goodwill.. I was so tired of boxes upon boxes stored in the basement and trees falling out of the closets. Much better now

[lastlib]

19. Two chairs that I absolutely cannot sit in.

They are the most uncomfortable things mankind ever built, I think. I can't sit in them, and if I try to, I can barely get out of them.

Beyond that, half the stuff in my house--much of it left from my mother. A reckoning is coming.

[debm55]

20. TY lastlib. Is to do a little at a time. One room a week perhaps. If you try to do too much at one time--you won't get

very far. That's how I did it.Good luck.

[Niagara]

21. Not to brag but DU should be extremely proud of me.

Sometime in early February or March, I reached out to someone who runs a cat rescue and asked them if they accepted old, worn out, and mismatched bed sheets, blankets and comforters. They told me that they accepted these items, so I washed and dried them all, folded them nicely and donated them after a few weeks of organizing my old, worn out and mismatched bedding items. These bulky and unused items are out of my house and have been donated to an animal rescue. Bazinga!


In the last month, I have discarded and de-cluttered an estimated 80 pieces of unnecessary pieces of paperwork and or receipts. I may have lost count after 80, so it's possible that it was more than 80 pieces of paper "whatevers" that I got rid of. Boom!


I also recently handed down some nice but incomplete Sango dishes to people that needed them. I didn't need them at all.


I've purchased a few $5 gray woven baskets from the Dollar Tree and these fit perfectly in my kitchen cabinets depth wise. They hold my kitchen ingredients amazingly and I can even reach the top shelf basket since they have a handle on the side. Not all organization items work the same for everyone. Ka-boom!


It's only a start and I'm no where near being done. For me, it's a colossal dent in the right direction. It's not easy task to declutter for some of us. It's draining mentally, emotionally and sometimes physically.

[debm55]

22. I hear you Niagara. It is a draining job. I did one room a week. Slow but sure. KA-BOOM !!!!!! I am proud you!

[Niagara]

23. Oh my, Debbie. You've been a busy bee as well!

Nicely done, my friend!