Week Two Roundup

This week has been quite unusual with all the snow and the subsequent schedule juggling, but I managed to get all my posts in despite the fact that both my six year old and my one year old were basically hanging on me like monkeys for days on end while we were trapped atop our frozen, beautiful hill. It’s been a challenge keeping them both entertained and although I did post all my items, I have yet to actually help several of them exit the premises. Here’s where it all stands for the week:

Item 1, Week 2: Baby Walker

This item went to my little nephew, who will hopefully enjoy it as much as my Caden.

Item 2, Week 2: Large Wicker Basket

This item will be dropped at the thrift.

Item 3, Week 2: Wooden Doll Cradle

This item was rehomed to a high school friend of mine whom I met just earlier today to make the transfer. What a small, small, connected world we live in that literally 15+ years after the last time I saw her, I could end up conversing in the parking lot of a Pizza Hut with someone I haven’t seen since high school! What a different scene, too - picture dueling minivans packed with two kids apiece and all the accompanying gear. How times have changed since homeroom!

Item 4, Week 2: Mission Style Rocking Chair

This item was listed on Craigslist, but hasn’t sold yet. Keeping my fingers crossed on it since I really don’t want to lower the price on this one.

Item 5, Week 2: Duvet Set

Just listed! Someone take this off my hands, please, perhaps with the blue lamp below as well? First $30 makes it yours.

Item 6, Week 2: Blue Lamp

Just listed! Could this be yours for only $10?

Item 7, Week 2: Room Divider/Screen

Just listed! This’ll head off to the thrift unless someone pipes up to save it from its fate…

Thanks so much to those of you who’ve been following along for the past two weeks as this thing has gotten underway. Right now I’m not sure whether it’s a handful or more who’ve been reading, but to those of you who’ve made comments and left feedback, please know that hearing from you really does help me to keep making progress on this project. I’m grateful that you’re here. So, what do you think so far? Do you have any questions?

Week One Roundup

This week was insanely productive. I got rid of my seven items and also got started on moving the studio to the new space and packing up the baby’s room until it’s time to move him into his new room. I also bought the supplies I’ll need to repaint my studio desk and to paint one wall in my new space as a blue (!) chalkboard wall.

The other project I’m working on is organizing my jewelry, shoes, clothes, and closet. As a mom, I’m usually lucky to get cleaned up and get my clothes on in any given day. It seems there’s never time to organize my own space without a babe running wild in there with me, which means my bathroom’s a disaster area under all the dressing-related stuff that’s been thrown about in the rush to get a kid to a more kid-friendly room as. quickly. as. possible. So I’ve been cleaning out and organizing my clothing and have a new donation for next week because of that effort, but I’m also working on a project that involves chicken wire, old frames, and my disorganized jumble of jewelry. But more on that DIY organization project in another post…

Here’s where we stand on the items that we’re getting rid of this week:

Table and Chairs:

Counting as two items; listed on Craigslist. This set that may take a while to sell at this price, so if there are no serious offers in the next two days, I’ll lower the price.

Sealy Mattress Set:

Over 40 responses in about two hours between when I listed the mattress set and when I checked my email. Gary from Marietta ended up taking it to furnish the basement bedroom he’s working on. The best part of Gary’s visit was watching him back up our steep driveway in a Suburban with a trailer attached. It took him a couple of tries. Good clean fun. :)

18 Pair Vertical Tension Shoe Rack:

Sharon picked this up on her way back from helping a friend in Atlanta. She’s going to organize her closet with it.

Athletic Wear:

I unfortunately don’t have a picture of this bag! As soon as I gave the items to her at the trailhead where we park, I said to my friend, “I really should take an iPhone picture for the blog before there’s no picture at all.” But I didn’t. C’est la vie. Three technical shirts and a pair of running pants went to my sweet exercise partner that morning. 

Two BIG boxes of kid clothes and baby items:

Counting as two items. There were probably fifty or more items tightly packed in these two boxes, which were dropped at American Family Thrift on Wednesday. I don’t ever get the tax deduction slip when I make a donation. Do you? How does it work?

So there you have it! A successful week one with all seven items sold, given away, dropped at the thrift or picked up by Craigslisters. It’s been a great feeling making this amount of progress in a single week. The mattresses alone caused enormous sighs of relief…

How was your first week of the new year? Did you do anything unusual?