365 Days of De-Cluttering: Day 80

In the drawer I went through yesterday I found some very old prescription meds. Pain killers mostly from when various family members had to have oral surgery. Why I filled them I don't know and why they gave me prescriptions for a 30 tablets is even more a mystery. Frankly, the pain doesn't last that long and really wasn't that intense, I didn't use any of them. But I know you aren't supposed to just throw them away either. So I did some research. Basically, the USDA says you can just flush them down the toilet but conservation groups say no. Their recommendation is to desolve them in water, put the result in an opaque container and throw in the trash. That's for pill. For liquids, it recommends that you put it in something inedible like cat litter and then throw it in the trash. I have some dexamethazone that is in liquid form that I will do that with. That is what I'm discarding today.

365 Days of de-cluttering: Day 79

I started on the bottom drawer in the bath room today. For some reason I thought it might be the easiest. I threw out a bunch of stuff. Too much to list here but primarily old, almost empty bottles of OTC meds, about a dozen pairs of old glasses and old travel sized bottles of shampoos and conditioners.

365 Days of de-cluttering: Day 78

Yesterday I took a bunch of stuff to the Women's shelter. All the stuff is stuff mentioned in previous posts so don't count for today. I had my MG office orientation yesterday and the shelter is on the way. Now that I will be going in to do my hours at the MG office, I will be getting by the shelter more often. That's good. I can get rid of the donated stuff much quicker that way.

Today I cleared out the cabinet under my husband's sink. Oh boy, I can't believe what was still in there. Medical supplies brought home from my last child's birth. My youngest will be 20 in July. Needless to say they go in the trash. There was also some feminine protection, broken toilet fixtures and empty packaging as well. Mostly trash that some how hadn't made it into the trash. But now it's gone. Yay. Now on to the drawers. There are 3 of them. That should take me through the rest of the week.

365 Days of de-cluttering: Day 77

This post should catch me up. I moved to the master bathroom today. Specifically the cabinet under my sink. I found a box with a few tampons in it, a box with a few Today sponges and a pregnancy test kit. Well, since I'm in menopause I won't be needing those things anymore. :-) (and they are way out of date so my daughter won't be able to use them either.)

365 Days of de-cluttering: Day 76

This is for Monday's post. I threw away a scented bear that has been sitting in the den for about 3 years. It lost it's scent a long time ago.

365 Days of de-cluttering: Day 76

Still in the same drawer. I decided it was way past time to get rid of the jewelry and watch boxes that I've been keeping forever. I kept a few that had watches that I think we still have and use but the rest can go in the trash.

365 Days of de-cluttering: Day 75

I was at a horse show all weekend so this post is late. I have to try and do 3 today.

I found some rocks to throw away. Many years ago when Larry was in elementary school I went with him on a field trip. We went somewhere in north Ga to a mine where they let you pan for gold. We did and brought back the "gems" that we found. They've been in the drawer in the wardrobe where I keep the sweaters since then. I think it is time that they were moved out of the house.