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Tuesday, January 12, 2010

One Small Change

So far, so good!

I'm doing well, so far, at getting rid of a few things each day. I have to say, it feels really good to actually look for things to either toss or stick in the garage sale box in the basement!

Today's five were:
Junk Mail, Small Drawstring Bag, Left-over Diapers (disposables! I'd never toss my cloth!), 2 Broken Toys, and 7 Magazines.

I realize that's actually 12+ items, not 5, but I was a bit behind from Sunday. ;)

It's kind of fun, getting rid of things- it's sort of like being able to take a deep breath.

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. Feels so good! :)

On another note (well, pretty related actually), this sounds pretty cool!

Our change for January? Sewing our own cloth diapers instead of buying disposables or buying pre-made cloth. This is good, because we aren't spending as much (per diaper), we're not contributing to adding grossness ;) to the landfills (and, by extension, water supply), and buying cloth diaper fabric online once a month uses less fuel to be delivered to us than when we were ordering a couple of diapers a week to add to our stash. I can make several diapers out of one yard of fabric, which is one delivery trip from the postal service rather than several a month.

How 'bout you? Wanna join in the fun? Go sign up at Hip Mountain Mama!

I'll let you all know how the diaper sewing goes (gulp!).

Wish me luck!

3 comments:

Hip Mountain Mama said...

Thanks for joining! Your first change sounds so awesome! Good luck!
Suzy

Erica said...

Good luck. (I am guessing you probably don't want the luvs sample i got in the mail the other day then. I really don't know how I get on these lists I don't even have kids.

Christina said...

Every room we redue or some kind of construction, i have been getting rid of (putting in a box for garage sale or giving to friends and family).....it does feel so good!!! I even told Jon that we have a new rule in the house if you buy new clothes you have to get rid of that many clothes in your closet as you bought!!! Or what ever we buy :)