I've been stuck inside the house for four days straight.
It's a good thing.
Let me explain.
Let me explain.
Since our county has been basically shut down because of the snow storms,
the roads are iced over and I am a Southerner
who is terrified of black ice and have no clue how to drive on it,
it means the only place I have had to get really familiar with and tour
is the inside of our home.
While touring, I've taken notice of what I've come to place value on.
I need to lighten my load.
Purge and clear the surfaces and corners.
I don't have Cabin Fever!
I have Simplifying Sickness!
Purge and clear the surfaces and corners.
I don't have Cabin Fever!
I have Simplifying Sickness!
I came up with an acronym that I feel describes those items
that I once cheerfully welcomed into these four walls,
items that formerly were special, that are now surplus:
As most of you know, and now the rest of you that didn't know, are about to:
We are spending this year staging this home in order to sell it next year.
So, today, with no where to go, and nothing better to do,
I gathered the first pile of THIS year's S.T.U.F.F.
that will be donated, recycled, sold (on eBay or Craigslist) or taken to the dump.
( I no longer hold yard sales--
we get more $ back in a tax refund at the end of the year
than we EVER make holding a yard sale.)
An article about the pros of donating and the cons of yard sales:
What we use to itemize our donations:
Do you wonder why, if I am organizing and purging,
I am donating a huge rolling cart of organizing bins?
Because I am also donating and simplifying what was in those bins.
A bin of too-small clothing, a laptop case, CD player, toys, a bolt of fabric.
To Goodwill you will go.
I do not need a set of Christmas china.
I do not need a set of Christmas china.
I do not need a set of Christmas china.
To eBay you will go.
Mr. Beefcake got a new theater system for Christmas.
So, out with the bulky DVD player, speakers and monitor.
To Craigslist you will go.
Once treasures, for which my favor has faded.
We now pass them on.
My Simplifying Sickness is ongoing.
About once every two months, I load up the car and make several stops.
Here's what we did with one load of last year's S.T.U.F.F.
(That is NOT our leftover Gin box. Really. I dunno where it came from.)
Plywood, old PC monitors, brooms, plastic blinds, old paint, gardening pots, cardboard.
To the
First stop.
Get that receipt so we can itemize S.T.U.F.F. on tax forms.
Second stop.
Most anything can be recycled.
Other items that I will sell on eBay.
Click here to read about my eBay closet.
To eBay you will go.
S.T.U.F.F. sold on Craigslist last year.
To Craigslist you did go.
The longer I'm stuck inside, the bigger the S.T.U.F.F. pile grows.
I'm thinking my house should be empty sometime...shouldn't it?
So, what do you do with all your
Need some more ideas on how to to get rid of your S.T.U.F.F.?
There is a great post here, written by Thrifty Decor Chick.
I like her idea of a hosting a S.T.U.F.F. swap...hmmm.
Don't be obsessed with getting more material things;
be content with what you have.
Hebrews 13:5a
