bonus items

This was the scene from the backseat of our moving car last night

as we returned home via the scenic route

from emptying the trunk of its contents in the deposit box

of a thrift store.

My husband and I completed a challenge TODAY--

each of us gathering and ridding the house of the number of items

to match the number of every day in February.

Today, the 28th, we totaled it all up...

812

Buoyed by the success, I proceeded to gather ten bonus items this morning...

primarily jeans and other denim items that (realistically) I will never wear.

It's been a great exercise.

We plan to continue on a smaller scale.

simplicity and purpose

You may well argue that my taste in decor doesn't lean toward simplicity...

 but given my attraction to these photos in magazines that caught my eye yesterday

 I am convinced that my purpose in creating a comfortable home is achieved

best for us by a simple combination

of old wood, books, warm colors and one-of-a-kind objects.
Not a lot has changed over the years when it comes to my purpose--
or the way I go about achieving it!

off my mind

I don't know why I thought about this this morinng

as I filled in the last page of my journal

(starting a new one tomorrow),

but I noted that the two things - besides toilet paper -

that I don't want to run out of are

ink cartridges for our printer and

salt for the water softener.

Of course, this morning we ran out of ink!

I also recorded on the last journal page

my two most dreaded of frequent household chores.

They are emptying the silverware compartment of the dishwasher

and folding men's undershirts.

There!

I got that off my mind.

four plus three

Tomorrow these four books will join three items yet-to-be-determined

to be the seven items I will dispose of

(matching the numerical day of the month - 7).

The exercise has been challenging in a surprising way--

that is, LIMITING myself to the actual number prescribed by the date!

By the way, these are DUPLICATE books.

I could not bear to part with any of them if they were my only copies.

Have you read any of them?

Such classics...

goodbye buttons

I have tins.  MANY tins.

Some are empty.  Some are full.

This one is empty now.

Yesterday it contained buttons.

I'm on a new adventure in simplifying this month

Today, that involves buttons...

If you're interested, read about it HERE.

And HERE.