Comments on: Getting Ready For the Holidays

By: Lee Anne

Lee Anne — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 01:28:15 +0000

We over-indulge too but we’re trying harder to only bring something in the house when we need it and if we can take something else out (of commensurate value/size). My 14 year old daughter has been trying to do this with her closet for a while and it is keeping things at bay, to some extent.

By: Mary at Sun2Create

Mary at Sun2Create — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 04:57:01 +0000

So true! I love freecycle and have lots to take to Goodwill a couple of times a year. But, I have made the decision to stop adding to the clutter buy choosing gifts more thoughtfully and with less of a monetary value in mind and more of the recipient’s nature and personality in mind.

By: coleen

coleen — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 21:37:11 +0000

Amy, keep us posted on the basement clear out, mine could use a good sort out. Lets us know any tricks for getting rid of things.

By: Meredith from Merchant Ships

Meredith from Merchant Ships — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 14:47:04 +0000

Amy, I think you’ve cut to the heart of the matter. We indulge ourselves so much, there’s very little we even want.

Sad. So sad. And I include myself in that statement.

By: Christi

Christi — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 13:11:27 +0000

I went through our playroom a couple of weeks ago, and I was amazed by the amount of stuff there was to get rid of it. Some of it was donated, some of it was given to specifice people, and yet another whole bag was just thrown away. And after all that, I STILL have several things that I’m planning to see if anyone in my MOMS club wants before I donate it.

The sad thing? The playroom still looks pretty much the same.

Thanks for the inspiration to keep going!

By: Sophia

Sophia — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 05:35:15 +0000

We recently decluttered toys in the form of a collection my son was no longer interested in … Little People. We had amassed the collection at thrift stores for anywhere from $0.25-0.99 each, including the big items (like the house, farm, etc.).

Like you, my son was more eager to get rid of it than we were … until we had moved it around 10 times in 3 months and realized that it HAD TO GO!

Fortunately for us, we listed it on Craigslist and got all our money out of it. Not bad for 3 years’ worth of play! We plan to do this with future toys as well, reinvesting the “profit” into new (or should I say, new to us) toys.

Great post!!

By: Devildogwife

Devildogwife — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 01:23:53 +0000

We’ve been doing lots of freecycling. It feels goo to know that our old stuff is being used by someone who really wants/needs it instead of just sitting around collecting dust.

In addition, our Christmas presents for 2 of my nieces will be some of my daughter’s old toys. I had talked to my sister about Munchkin wanting to give her old toys to her cousins, and she suggested using those as their Christmas presents. So, we’re decluttering old toys and making them into new toys for others.

As I get out the Christmas items, I’ll be sorting out items that we no longer need/use and pass that along to others as well. After all, it is the season of giving.