Remember

At 11 a.m. on 11/11, let us remember, and be grateful.

Book: Magic and the Modern Girl

Magic and the Modern Girl by Mindy Klasky My rating: I think this is my favourite book of the Jane Madison series, and that's probably because there's more at stake for Jane - in every aspect of her life - in this book than in either the first or second book. The business of witching is no longer the strange new world it was in the first book, and Jane has no need to prove (...

Net = In this week :(

At the workplace, out: me (well mostly). I start a new job next week. Same employer, different location my stuff, including personal care items, way too many kinds of hand lotion, framed photos, etc and so on, including a cardboard storage box that is ideal for storing the crazy casts of my feet that were an "in" earlier this week. At home, in: all the stuff from the workplace (...

Net = In this week :(

At the workplace, out: me (well mostly). I start a new job next week. Same employer, different location my stuff, including personal care items, way too many kinds of hand lotion, framed photos, etc and so on, including a cardboard storage box that is ideal for storing the crazy casts of my feet that were an "in" earlier this week. At home: all the stuff from the workplace (...

Out: 2 boxes and 1 bag of stuff, already accounted for in previous posts. But I mention this because today the charity-that-picks-up-your-stuff did just that. Hurrah! In: Two more empty cardboard boxes, that the donation cycle may continue. They'll be gone soon enough. 1 pair custom fit orthotics! Yay! Let's have less foot pain! 1 pair custom casts of my feet, which I get to store for ...

Thus far this week: Out: 1 birthday present of 2 Oakley t-shirts (posted to the UK at usurious rates) 3 paua shell necklaces from New Zealand (posted to lucky recipients, two of whom have received them already) 1 salamander-shaped hair clip (posted with one of those necklaces) 1 fridge magnet (posted with another of those necklaces) 1 knife block including knives (they've never been very ...

This week's outs

I'm finding that horrible January weekend weather is helping me keep on track, because heaven knows I do almost nothing about decluttering in the week. (Hmm. Perhaps I need to work on developing that habit.) So, this week's outs include: 1 tube Paula's Choice lip paint, which I got on sale on the website, sight unseen, and it turned out to be the wrong colour for me. Put it on the "help ...

I turned my energies to the work arena today, since that's where I am and it's a bit... eerily silent around here today. Out: - Numerous user manuals, cheatsheets, etc. for obsolete software ("Getting started with Windows 95!") - Weight Watchers 32 oz. water mug/jug whose lid had broken - Wooden foot massager thing that's made the rounds of the department and had no takers It's getting to ...

Day 4

Bathrooms are a really great place to start, aren't they? Because mine, anyway, seems always to be chockablock with stuff that ought to have been chucked a year ago, even though (because of limited space), I tend to have a clearout at least three times a year. There's also a bit of a preponderance of stuff that elicits the "what's that doing in here?" reaction. So! In the 'donations' box (which...

Slow start

I have been thoroughly enjoying your posts about your efforts thus far this year. I have put out a fairish quantity of recycling in the last couple of days, but nothing I'd really count as "decluttered", since it was all destined for the blue bin anyway. My hubby and I are on a kitchen-improvement bent at the moment, and although we went shopping today (details at my LJ if you're curious), by...