We had a garage sale in the beginning of May with 3 other couples. I knew in the winter that we were going to have a sale, so I went through the house about 6 different times looking for items to get rid of.

Our guest bedroom was piled with boxes of what-not. Then a day before the sale, I went through the house again, and found a few more items.

So what's this all leading too???

Well, Easter Seals had sent out postcards saying they would be in the neighborhood today to pick up "Your unwanted items". So I went through the house again, expecting to find only a few things.

Five boxes later, my couple of things are waiting for pick-up.

I went through my clothes closet again, and said screw-it to all the clothes I've been hanging onto for when I loose some weight. I figure when I actually loose the weight, I would rather go to some garage sales (or end of season sales when the prices are 90% off) and get all "new" items to celebrate the weight loss. That was 2 boxes full.

Then I decided to go through my gift/decorations closet. I ended up with 3 boxes of decorations and gifts. Most of the decorations were hand-me-downs that I had gratefully received when I just started out on my own. But I decided now was the time to get rid of any of the ones that were only so-so.

As for the gifts, they were items that were free or that I had around the house that I thought people would like. But I figured since, I hadn't given them away by now, I probably wouldn't any time soon.

So the lesson for today is when your on the Simple Living path, one of the easiest ways to begin is to declutter your home. And after you do that, declutter it again, and again. And when you think you're done, do it two more times!!!

Check out my other site on cleaning and organizing various rooms. It's an older site that I haven't done much work on lately, but the information is still good. And I will be getting back to it soon. By the end of the month at the latest!

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