Tired of Clutter

I am really tired of clutter… I want to get rid of stuff and I think I am really ready to do it… mentally of course since energy is a bit lacking at the moment…

I have listed two items on Kijiji (like Craiglist)

A high chair that is way too bulky and I don’t want to deal with anymore and a Excersaucer that we don’t use…

I called the recyclo-centre, (a local community buisness that sells items that people donate (really cheap) and then hires adults that have never had a job and have not been in school for a few years to give them experience.) and asked them to come pick up a double bed that is just taking up space in the play room.

Now what I would love to do is go though each room and take everything away that we don’t and will not use. It is a bit of a daunting job but I really need to do this… it is so hard for us to keep the house clean because of the clutter. So many things don’t have a place of their own and just gather up on surfaces…

Two weekends ago I attacked a few Kitchen cubards and really cleaned them up… it feels great!!

I joined a challenge on MDC for the month of October… get rid of 500 items. It may be a lot but I think that it will be easy also…

I am just tired of having stuff… stuff that I never use. Stuf that I don’t think that we will ever use, or we can replace one day if we really need it again…

So my goal is to get rid of things, big and small. To have a place for everything. To be able to keep the house clean easily. To change my bad habits of leaving things hanging around.

So at the top of my head:

I have Linens that I no longer need… (we had quite a few sets of sheets for our old double bed that is in the guest room and since the bed is rarely used we don’t need as many anymore since we have a King)
a recumbant excersise bicycle that is never used
Put the remaining sheets etc (after I got rid of the extras) in the cubards in the laundry room
Put away all of the toddler size sheets and blankets that we will not be using until the next babe is a toddler (and we don’t need as many as we have)
Get rid of kids clothes that I don’t like and that I do not want to hand down.
Get rid of the ugly dresser that is in the guest room and that is housing the linens and wrapping stuff.
Try to repair of get rid of our old TV
Get rid of clothes that I no longer wear
Get rid of toys that I don’t like and that the kids do not play with
Clean up the bathroom cubards, throw out anything that is expired or that I don’t use anymore.
Get rid of a few cloth dipes that we never use…