Day 36 - Hair Stuff, Cartons, & Random Toys

I little bit of organizing out in the garage turned up these egg cartons (1&2) and plastic containers (3-9). They must have fallen behind our *extra* barbeque at some point when I was still saving them.

10. A Carebear costume
11. Huge hair clip
12. Bubbles that keep getting left out (I warned her)
13. A train toy that got left here by someone
14 to 19. Hair claw clip things
20. Rubber freebie bracelet
21 & 22. Random dog toys
23 & 24. Lidless markers
25 & 26. Hair bands I didn't make use of with my full-haired baby. Gave to a friend.

Katie

Day 35 - Plastic boxes & Magnet Toy

This is another toy I've slipped away and DD#2 hasn't asked for. Almost 3 years ago we lost all but one of Belle's 'shirts' and pieces have been disappearing and littering my floor since we got it. We also have a Cinderella set of these but it has stayed more intact and I want to offer it as consolation when DD#2 figures out Belle is gone.

These plastic containers I saved and we put the sets of "squishy princesses" in them. Each princess with her own clothes/accessories in each box. Now it's too much of a pain to keep them separate. They all swim together in a plastic shoebox and my life is easier. I just keeping telling myself that it's really OK if Flounder mingles with the Briar Rose dress.

There are also a couple more fake flowers, a Color Wonder marker that is all dried out, and a Princess pin that is rusting.

One random, additional thought: Today I had to throw away my Sunday newspaper. A few weeks ago I resolved that if I hadn't read my Sunday paper by Monday night I had to put it straight into the recycling bin. No more stacks of Sunday papers on top of the fridge until I have "time" to read them! Well, it happened last night. A Sunday paper not even opened. So this morning I flipped through the ads to pull out coupons, pulled out my very favorite (small) section, and recycled the rest. Then I stood over the recycle receptacle, perused the front page of my little section of paper and then let it go. Ouch! But hurrah for one less thing littering up the kitchen.

Katie

Day 32 - Baby Clothes, Hats, Bibs, Formula, Gear

Today it's lots of baby items.

1. dishwasher basket
2-3. formula given to me that I'll pass along to a bottle feeding friend
4. A broken Barbie chair I decided not to fix
5. A broken Cinderella that was cake topper I decided not to fix
6-7. Shoes that give DD#3's feet an owie
8-12. Bibs that don't give good enough coverage anymore
13-14. Slippers DD#1 really wanted to contribute to ProjectTwentySix.
15. Wipes container I used to carry in the diaper bag
16. Broken kid sunglasses
17-21. Sunhats we don't get enough sun to use
22-26. Outgrown baby clothes

Sweet DD#1 really wants to be involved in ProjectTwentySix and frequently brings me a pile of things to get rid of. Usually very little of it is stuff that would qualify, like trash/papers, or it's stuff I can't let her get rid of, like shoes that she needs or will keep for the next sister. I'm trying to think of ways to get her involved but haven't been able to do much yet other than let her take photos with me. I'm hoping we can focus on the Project here in the next couple of days and do a big clothes purge as we pack up and part with many summer clothing items. She would be a big help with that.

Katie

Day 23 - More Plastic Containers & Egg Cartons

We had a party a while back and one of the guests mentioned needing egg cartons for some backyard chickens that were producing very well. I thought, "Well Shoot, I have some of those in my garage!" so I gave her several cartons, but I don't remember how many. Probably about 10, but we'll call it 4 to make the photo add up to 26.

1 to 6. More plastic containers
7. to 11. lids for plastic containers
12. to 14. A few more egg cartons ( I was saving these for a food bank that can use them, but I'm trying to simplify. I'll donate egg cartons again after ProjectTwentySix is over and I can reasonably do it with my newly found time and space!)
15. Another birthday card
16. Tights - we have ridiculous amounts of tights with four daughters.
17. & 18. Lids for Avent bottles
19. to 21. Cloth diapers to be recycled. They're just getting frayed so badly it's not practical to use them!
22. Broken kid sunglasses
23. to 26. Those egg cartons I gave away to a friend mentioned in the story above.

Katie

Day 22 - Plastic Containers

Is this sad or what? I have had all these plastic containers out in my garage forever. In the past I've used some for freezing beans or tomatoes, but this is just excessive. I was also saving them because a close friend had an acquaintance who volunteered at a soup kitchen. Apparently the soup kitchen was always looking for containers like this to send leftovers with folks. So I saved them, and gave them to my friend, who then gave them to her acquaintance, who took them to the soup kitchen. Sound complicated? It was! Then my friend fell out of touch with her acquaintance and then my friend moved to Texas. So I guess I don't need these anymore!

Katie

Day 20 - Wire Shelves & Kitchen Misc.

1. Giant peroxide bottle. I was able to pour contents into two other, smaller bottles in my bathroom and first aid kid.
2. Baby doll diaper with ripped tabs so it doesn't stay on
3. Broken kitchen shears
4. Crown lid to princess chapstick
5. & 6. Cricut Mermaids saved and enjoyed from a birthday invitation
7. Kid scissors that don't cut
8. & 9. Hello Kitty postcards that DD#3 scribbled all over
10. to 16. Butterly window clings that were on the window for 5 months and are totally faded.
17. to 26. Pictured below. Wire racks & baskets given to a neighbor looking for storage solutions. It worked out perfectly because I was looking to get rid of this!




Katie

Day 19 - Baby's Room

1. to 3. Size 2 nipples for bottles
4. to 6. Size 3 nipples for bottles
7. & 8. Large avent bottles
9. to 11. Small avent bottles
12. & 13. avent bottle lids
14. & 15. souvenir cups the girls got at Disneyland a year ago
16. Dried flowers from birth of DD#3. Love them, just not pratical to keep them.
17. & 18. avent pacifiers
19. to 26. seashells

I sorted through some of the 'baby' drawers in the younger girls' room and found much I could part with. I should have counted the individual parts of the bottles, but that's OK. It'll make up for when I miss one here and there.

Katie

Day 17 - Paper Products

1. DD#1's dollar store baton that broke, leaked liquid, and stained the carpet. Grrrr.
2. Kitchen timer that still works, mostly, but falls apart all the time.
3. Kid sunglasses, broken
4. Child's book
5. Miniature flower basket
6. My Little Pony bracelet
7. Tall birthday candles
8. Marker with no tip
9. Easter napkins
10. Birthday napkins
11. to 16. Plastic containers without lids
17. to 23. Styrofoam cups (yuck!)
24. Broken cabinet girls used for Barbie wardrobe. Don't want to fix it.
25. Red paper plates, napkins, & plasticware
25. Birthday plates & napkins

We had a big party and I searched through my paper products bin. I found lots of things I didn't need including the stuff in the photo. But I still have a lot I'm not ready to toss out yet . . . maybe by the end of ProjectTwentySix.

Katie

Day 6 - Digital Camera among other things

1. to 8. These are little serving trays DD#1 wrote her name in and I can't use them at a party or anything so they're just collecting dust.
9. & 10. Paintbrushes that I keep tripping over.
11. & 12. Random toys that don't belong to a set.
13. Kid art project
14. A blank immunization record. I just rely on the pediatrician for this
15. A package of face puffs (I think)
16. & 17. Worn out shoes destined for textile recycling
18. Magazine I kept to read, but now is just taking up space
19. to 25. Kitchen "baby" washcloths that are only for faces. Totally stained and added to our bag of textile recycling.
26. Digital Camera - set in the pile of electronics in the garage waiting for our city's recycle event where they take anything that plugs in.

Katie