Day 275 - Really, Really, Really Old Candy

I don't even know how old this candy is, but I remember it in this same box in our old house that we left over 5 years ago. 

Those little suckers are stuck solidly to the bottom of the cardboard box, too.  Totally gross, but I still snuck it out because I'm sure DH would have objected.  In fact, I better bury it in the trash or he'll ask me why I tossed it out.  Shhhh.

Katie

Day 274 - Office Paperwork

I dug a little in the office today and found a pile of papers I could toss.  Most of this is paperwork from mystery shopping we have done over the years.  The company recommends you save your notes in case more details are needed or something, but I think 4 years is a bit long don't you agree?  Also included are a pile of advertising postcards from an animated film project DH was involved in back in 2002 & 2003.  It's called Agents of the Spirit if you're interested. 

Katie

Day 273 - More Kid Bits

Have you noticed a trend of kid stuff?  We've been busy rearranged our family room and finding new places for/getting rid lots of kid gear.

1. Lid to a music box
2. Electric box
3. Puzzle
4. Heart basket
5. Streched out bracelet
6 & 7. Marker lids
8 &10. Pieces of Dora colorform
11. Piece of a book from a Build-a-Bug activity kit
12 to 14. Miniature Littlest Pet Shop habitats
15. Bowl
16. Pencil Pouch
17. Hair 'claw'
18. Miniature LPS Dog
19. Squinky Bracelet
20. Squinky Cake Charm
21 to 26. Replacement parts for Leapfrog magnet barn

Katie

Day 272 - Strawberry Shortcake Toy

This is a very fun toy Joanna received for her birthday but it has all these small pieces I pick up whenever the kids play with it which has been less and less lately.  It doesn't match any other toys we have either so it's a large, stand-alone toy and just too bulky.

1. Market
2. Market counter
3. Instructions
4 to 22. Small pieces of toy: doll, furniture, food, shopping accessories
23. Broken hairband
24. Expired medicine
25. Baby hair clip
26. Lice comb

Katie

Day 271 - Stuffed Animals

Gah!  Somehow I didn't get a photo of this.  I had them all arranged on my bed but I guess I didn't snap a photo before I distributed everything to consignment, donate, and garage sale.  I don't want to reassemble it all because it's 10:50 pm and I want to go to bed. 

I purposefully waited to select these 26 because my kids would have freaked.  But I had every stuffed animal in the house bagged up for 6 weeks and they haven't asked for them even once.  They were bagged due to the headlice for 2 weeks and I just didn't get to unpacking them because of harvest things and travel.  Tonight I unpacked one bag (of 6), the one with stuffed animals.

I got rid of 26 items including a pelican toy with 3 seafood treats, lots of beanie babies, a couple of souvenir-type animals, some baby loves, an Elmo puppet, a quacking duck puppet, a run-around-mouse cat toy, a monkey, a kangaroo with joey, and lots of others, obviously. 

I kept 16 items - most very small and licensed characters.  Minnie Mouse, Elmo, If You Give a Mouse a Cookie mouse, Angelina, Super Grover, Tigger, Curious George, and that little turtle from Finding Nemo.  All of these are the size of Beanie Baby.  Then there are a few other "special" ones I kept, like a chipmunk, a dragon, a talking elephant, DD#2's special Whiskers cat, etc.  The remaining stuffed toys take up 30% of the space they used to.   This is after I've already weeded out stuffed toys several times, some on Day 230 and Day 156. 

Really sorry the picture didn't turn out!

Katie

Day 270 - Clothes

Some clothing items that have been piling up in that corner of my bedroom.  I picked a couple things out of my closet to make it 26. 

1 & 2. Shirts of DH's that have spots I haven't been successful at removing. 
3 & 4. DH's swim trunks
5. Pink pants I bought for DD#2 at a yard sale for 50 cents then realized there's no button!
6 & 7. DD#4 outfit that got ruined somehow.  The same stain is on both pieces.
8. T-shirt from our old Wednesday night club at church
9. Shirt from DD#3 which has an impossible stain.  Even bleach wouldn't do it!
10 & 11. shoes outgrown by DD#4
12 & 13.  Shirts from my closet that are really too small.  I was sure I'd lose a few more pounds to make them look cute, but those pounds didn't disappear so no need to hold on them even longer. 
14. Outgrown bathing suit
15 to 26. 6 pairs of socks - 1 DH, 2 my own, 3 DD#4.

Katie

Day 269 - Miscellaneous Junk

So today I pulled 26 bits and pieces out of the box in the corner of my room.

1. VBS craft from my cousin's kiddo
2. VBS craft from my own kiddo
3. A lego instruction sheet
4. Broken mug - so sad because I love this huge cup!
5. Gluestick lid found under the couch
6. Chapstick lid found under the couch
7. Twisted pipe cleaner found under the couch
8. Part of a dress-up shoe
9. VBS craft from kiddo (another one)
10. Kid flosser
11. Key to a car we don't have any more
12. Crocheted pin
13 to 18. Markers without lids
19 to 22. Cassette tapes we aren't interested in
23. Magnet toy from that math book
24. Lice comb
25. Sunglass lens
26. Broken hair band

Katie