Organizing Wednesday!
Slow progress this week, but progress nonetheless.
I tended to focus on kitchen drawer and bathroom cabinet clean up this week. The goal was not to do major upheaval, but to practice a little maintenance.
Some things just needed to be thrown out:
Expired dog shampoo
Empty medicine containers I keep to send medication to my daughter’s dad’s house – how many do I really need!
Half empty conditioner tubes
Two bottles of cologne that lost their smell
3 packages of fortune cookies
3 wine corks
rubber bands from veggies
twist ties
It’s fascinating the way these things creep into my tidy places! Why do we keep this stuff?
I also managed to take a tub of stuff to our local SPCA Rummage Store. Let’s face it, if you don’t actually get the stuff out of the house, it does not count as purging.
I once was the queen of tubs! Instead of actually getting rid of stuff, I would stick it in a tub. There! Out of sight and put away! Wrong!!!
My house soon overfloweth with tubs. Now when I send a load of stuff out the door, I send the tub along with it. You can’t rely on filling up tubs you don’t have.
My other project this week was to make a candle.
I love candles! The trouble with most candles that I buy is that they never completely burn to the bottom. I decided to try to salvage the remains by remelting them (in old clean cans over water). I had enough leftover wax to make a whole new candle – with three wicks so hopefully it will burn all the way. It felt good not to waste all that wax!
If you need any inspiration, go to Organizing Junkie and check out all the 28 Day Challenge entries.
How was your week?
Sandra