Simple Living

Name 5 items or tasks to get rid of or complete this weekend to make your life more simple or more green!

Mine:

1.  Boys clothes -- check for fit and get rid of those that don't or which they won't wear. I'll do a drop at the thrift store on Monday after I see if other kids want some.

2.  Books - I can't lift the boxes, but I can get boxes of books the boys don't read any more ready for DH to take to the Library for the book sale this fall.

3.  School supplies -- recycle paper can't use anymore, toss dried markers, evaluate status if pencil sharpeners, rulers, and so on.   Gather crayon bits into box for craft projects.

4.  Old herbs -- full moon coming up, good time to scatter the old herbs outside.  The few I managed to gather before my heart emergency are now drying and waiting to be put up.

5.  Old veggies/fruit -- compost

     

   

1) Clean out the fridge - I've been dreading this, I don't know why, I usually keep up with this and I've gotten a little behind...ugh, NEED to do this today!

2) Clear the pile of papers that are sitting on my computer desk (I keep trying to hide them behind the monitor but I still see them...lol!)

3) Get some bins so I can rid of the clothes that I cleaned out of my daughter's closet last week ... some don't fit her and some need to be donated, but I can't sort them until I have another bin to put them into (I don't want to sort them twice).

4) Decide what I should do with the 3 boxes of stuff to be sold at the yard sale that I'm not sure we are having anymore...maybe I'll just donate them and get them out of the house!!!

5) Finish cooking for my sister's party tomorrow.

Mine would be easier to name if it weren't raining outside.....  hmmmmm the outside work and chores will not get done anytime soon, according to the weather reports!

1.  I am planning to finish washing my sheers and re hang them... what I did so far looks so nice..... it puts me in a good mood.  I have one panel to wash yet, it has taken me about 3 days so far, there are soooooo many... I live in a house with floor to ceiling glass on two sides...

2.  As I'm having company on sunday, I'm planning to make a nice apple cake... with walnuts to serve with tea in the afternoon.

3.  I'm organizing our music CD's,  putting them in sections : jazz, classical, pop, new age, etc etc.... each section will be alphabetized...  so many I can't find anything when I'm looking for it...

4/5  the rest of my time , evenings and whatever are to be spent with dh, chatting, relaxing, having fun time together... the work will be there on Monday when I get back to it. 

have a nice weekend Shannon!

Not sure if I can come up with 5, but I'll try.

1) clean out fridge so I can see what all is exactly there!

2) straighten up the pantry cupboard (see above reason)

3) straighten out linen closet. (I also want to look into how much space I can save if I invest in some of those vacuum pack blanket storage bags.)

4)Clean/organize out my computer/desk area....wa-a-a-ay too much paper and dictionaries, CD jewel boxes lying around.

5) I'm gonna count something I did the other day which really helped. I let my DD, 25, go through all the makeup in my bathroom drawer and take what she wanted. There were lots of duplicates. Sure helped clean out that drawer!

LOL! The fridge seems to be a common theme.

Suzan, I would love so many windows! We don't have any curtains or sheers.  When I mentioned that when we finish renovating our old dining room into my office/workspace/craft room, DH looked mortified!

I'm not getting too far. I couldn't sleep at all Friday night, so yesterday was pretty much a wash. Finn's going to my sister's over night, and we might send Sorley off too, so maybe I'll get some more done.