Throw Out 50 Things (part 3)

November 30th, 2008 by monnibo

Those books I mentioned in Part 2 I tagged with BookCrossing IDs and then emailed the local hospital to inquire about donations. I live near 4 hospitals so hopefully they’ll be able to float around there for a while. Onwards and upwards I go!

18. I threw away seven re-recordable VHS tapes. I used to use them when I couldn’t get home in time to watch the new CSI or the new Gilmore Girls. Now I have discovered the joy of internet television.

19. I threw away over 20 old floppy discs. Thanks to Serena for jogging my memory that these have been collecting dust!

20 – 35. I got rid of over 20 CDs (but I’ll just count it for 15 items because I don’t recall the exact number). I have all this music loaded onto my computer, backed up on my iPod… so I don’t really need to keep the CDs. I was inspired by my boss at work; he has over 3,000 CDs and has been slowly ripping them to his new Mac. Then he brings the CDs into work to see if we’d like to rip any. Afterwards, he donates the CDs (in batches) to the Kettle, a local program to help those in need.

BIG SHOUT OUT:

Both Serena & Jeannie have met their personal decluttering challenge! Go give them a big round of applause!

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7 responses about “Throw Out 50 Things (part 3)”

Chan said:
December 1st, 2008 at 7:12 am
Wow! Congrats to them, and you’re fast on their heels… I’ll do my pale weekend update shortly.

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Marie said:
December 1st, 2008 at 12:25 pm
Oh gosh, I really should get started on decluttering. It’ll have to wait until I get over the flu though (so why am I sitting in front of the computer?!), before I can go rummaging.

It’s been years since we used VHS, partly because we got Tivo and partly because our VCR died. So I really don’t need any VHS tapes we have, with the exception of one which is a video of DD’s ultrasound.

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Beth said:
December 1st, 2008 at 4:31 pm
Well done!
I’m only on 12 items right now (since I’m counting groups of some things). It’s tough to do when I’m working full time and with all the Christmas stuff going on.

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Grace said:
December 1st, 2008 at 7:14 pm
great idea about the VHS’s so many of them can go, new project for tomorrow

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Serena (Savvy Verse & Wit) said:
December 2nd, 2008 at 5:34 pm
Thanks for the shout out! I had a good time decluttering. I totally have to get into ripping those CDs so I can get those donated as well. I have hundreds of them!

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Serena (Savvy Verse & Wit) said:
December 2nd, 2008 at 5:35 pm
You will get there! Keep at it, though I think you must have met your goal by now. :)

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Marie said:
December 3rd, 2008 at 12:15 pm
You’re such a good influence. :-) I’ve started, and am following your example of blog reporting to keep track of it. 10 down, 40 to go!

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