Day 8 was all about Pampered Chef. As a consultant, I have a lot of extra little things on hand for adding to someone’s order or giving out at a party. It kind of annoys me that I need to hold onto these…

For day 7, I looked to the bookcase. I found a stack of bookmarks I’ve been collecting from around the house over the last year or so. My goal was to reduce the stack of bookmarks to half and I actually reduced them…

This minimizing day 6 back in April was in 2 waves. I had some scrapbook stuff to give a friend and a local donation center. It is hard to decide who gets what sometimes, but I try to follow need and want. I don’…

I decided to go through a small clothes bag that contains special things like my dad’s old jacket and my prom dress among a few other things. I found some old caps and gowns from graduations – we don’t need those anymore – so…

The focus of day 4 was again cardboard plus a few items being unused around the house. I went over my daily number again and I was hoping it wouldn’t matter since there is a bunch to go. Items: 4 cardboard boxes plus…

The focus of day 3 was paper and cardboard. Items were piling up, so I didn’t mind going over 3 items today. I wanted them out of the house! Cardboard will be a frequent player in the game since we are working on…

A 2-part stackable set of dressers. They served us well for many years, but recently, we haven’t needed them much. I like getting these big things out of the way first. It is opening up some room in the house and I am…

With all of the clearing out I’ve been doing over the last few years (more posts to come soon about that), I’ve always wanted to participate in The Minimalists’ monthly Minimalist Game, so back in April I did! My blog was undergoing…