So today my H admitted he’s been ready to haul out some stuff in the garage covertly since he was afraid I wanted it—I told him go for it! I was just to tired to take care of it myself. So back of my car is full.
H just returned from time with his siblings at the family cottage. It is a junked out mess and he was frustrated with his sister who did not want to toss anything (!!!). I nearly burst our laughing as he told me about it. It was great that he “sees” things differently. That said, we have not yet tackled the storage room…
Did a quick sweep of the garage and disposed of an old bucket, a rug that Mr. stashed away “to put under things,” and some random crap. 
Mister knows better than starting another box labeled “electrical s…t,” but I still have to be vigilant. 
Added a couple dozen blank greeting cards to my bag-in-progress.
I finally got DH to take to the dump the cushions from our This End Up furniture that the dog peed on, a few odds and ends including a suitcase with a broken zipper, and a $79 rug from Home Depot that’s been sitting rolled up in our basement for five years. (“It’s perfectly good! We’ll use it one day!!”) Hooray!!
Excited that my kids are agreeing to part with stuff that’s been stored here for years. I’ll usually text them a photo of the item and they’ll either ask me to chuck it or hang onto it until the next time they’re home. I must be wearing them down because lately they haven’t wanted to save anything.
Sent away a small bag of doilies and other needlework decorations.
Lots of books have been taken to the library lately, and my husband was kind enough to take the 7 big bags that weren’t picked up to Goodwill. Slowly but surely we are getting rid of stuff.
A friend gave me the Marie Kondo book. (Another friend had given it to her and she wanted nothing to do with it.) So I read it. Very fast read.
It’s useful, but kind of creepy. She wants you to thank items that you are discarding for their service and for the joy they once gave you. She also wants you to thank your clothes at the end of every day, as you hang them up. She provides the dialogue.
She also says that she’s been fascinated by tidying since she was five years old. Oh my.
@VeryHappy — we had a thread going on Marie Kondo awhile ago. I used her method to much success. Maybe if you don’t feel like thanking your clothes then they don’t bring joy and should be discarded. 
I like a lot of my clothes and have gotten rid of a lot of things that didn’t bring me joy. But it never occured to me to thank my clothes.
Some people have suggest thanking a higher power for having the clothes in the past and now being able to pass them on to someone else.
I actually like the Marie Condo method of folding panties and organizing in the drawer. I refuse to speak to them though. It’s weird enough that I open the drawer to admire how nice it looks with a silly grin on my face ?
DH and I just purged so many cubic feet of boxes from old phones and accessories. Emptied a small battered desk that was tucked in a corner of our living area and now destined for the dump.
Just got rid of an antique baby grand piano (needs restoration) through pianoadoption dot com. Did the Marie Kondo thing and thanked it for its service (it’s been in my family almost 50 years) and it makes me feel really good that it isn’t going to a landfill.
I think the Marie Kondo thanking thing is really stupid except for the fact that it actually is very helpful. It was really hard for me to get rid of some jeans that I wore when I was 70 pounds heavier that made me look as good as I was going to look. But I thanked them for their service and felt better letting them go.
I had some free time today and I’m tackling the large closet I have in my master bathroom. I’m taking a CC break but I have a large bag of stuff for the trash. Organizing all the random stuff that gets stuffed inside. A few things to add to the giveaway pile.
I can’t even count how many hotel bars of soap my H has insisted on bringing home from trips. I tossed the really old ones. Put the rest into Marie Kondo style boxes. I’m going to insist my H start to use them or find somewhere to donate them.
Also have numerous travel pouches from business class travel. For now I’ve emptied them out and stuffed them in a larger one. Why I’m keeping them I have no clue. I don’t think they are worth giving to the thrift store.
Back to work!
Imagine having to move this grandfather?
https://www.seattletimes.com/business/tame-the-paperwork-monster-before-it-eats-your-money-memories/
I recently diposed of a giant pile of canceled checks… why we had them - mystery! I kept the very first check Mr. wrote from our joint account and tossed the rest in the shredder box.
Wowzee-- cleaned the garage floor acrylic. Went over every bin of earthquake supplies (many). H and I did not argue! Today we cleaned our very large storage room.
Did argue but not very much. Left alone he would approach hoarding I would be Kondos twin. So it is clear that 60% left is his, 30% family and 10% mine. That 10% will be down to 6% very very soon. I love! purging.
Tonight, before we parked ourselves in front of screens, DH and I set a timer and worked together clearing off a table in our bedroom that has been piled high with crap forever. Even better, we both felt like we could have kept going when the timer rang but felt we should stick to our bargain.