2012 in 2012: Week 4 [First before/after pics]

Let's talk trash.

I mean about all the junk in our homes... 

What have we gotten rid of so far in 2012?

I honestly haven't thrown out much because of a family week of the flu. But what counts is that I am throwing things out and I always find myself thinking about the next thing to get rid of. Selling items isn't so easy, especially when you want to get good money for them. I suspect that during spring cleaning I will need several days where my mother would take the kids outside and I could focus on cleaning our closets, that's where the majority of our decluttering will take place and where hundreds of unneeded items hide.  

Moving on:

10 random old personal care items (trash)
5 husband's old [mostly empty] deodorants (trash)

1 handful small broken toy parts (trash)

1 closet full (more like overflowing, see below) of recycling (recycled, of course)

Total = 33 of 2012

YTD: made $50

before

after

Image: The before and after of our recycling closet under the stairs. See that white bucket? The recycling should be emptied whenever it is full - but what ends up happening is us waiting until the closet is full. I have a different system in mind, hopefully I'll get to it this year. The blue barrel houses our flour that we buy in bulk (in case you're wondering).