50 Things (Summer 2010)

I've read in multiple places lately the idea of getting rid of 50 things. Going through to purge your life of clutter and unnecessary items. We've moved cross-country twice in the last 3 years and on our move south we had TWO MOVING TRUCKS! When we returned we crammed everything we kept into one. I've endlessly put things on craigslist and ebay and taken tons and tons of things to Goodwill and St. Vincent De Paul. Part of me doubted that I would really be able to find 50 things I was willing to part with; after all, I've purged a lot in the last 3 years. Regardless I thought I would look and in a few minutes had a giant heap. This looks like it will be easier than I thought. I'm going to list my 50 things for this summer (as recommended by the articles) as I find them and then hopefully can make this a seasonal habit.

Summer Purge:
1) Unity Candle setting from wedding. (offering it to little sister, otherwise donated).
2) Puppy Pad tray (the dog that needed it went to a new family a year ago...)
3 -9) Cookbooks that are not vegetarian
10-11) Two brand-new teething rings where the liquid leaked out (trash)
12) Brand-new scented candle - we don't do scented candles (offering it to family or donate)
13) Gifted Decor, not our style (donating)
14) drying rack for dishes that is too big for our counter (donating)
15-19) Like-new novels that aren't bad but aren't good. (Sisters or donating to library)
20) Easter Bunny stained glass - donating
21) French Horn Case (going to try craigslist otherwise going to a local school)
22) New bottle of black poster-paint. (Going to sister's classroom)
23) Giant bag (50+) of decorative pencils (Going to sister's classroom).
24) Pink Sweater tank-top. Lets face it, sweater tank tops are a bad idea. (donate)
25) Pet-a-Paws which didn't work so great. Returned to CVS for $10 :-)
26) Large bag of stale "greenie" dog treats - garbage
27-29) Nice like-new dog toys that my dog doesn't like - (gave to the neighbor's new puppy)
30) The idea that my writing isn't good enough to share (gave out 2 copies of my manuscript)