40 Bags in 40 Days: Day 19

For all of those who are wishing that I would just get back to blog business as usual, too bad.  This is my accountability.  I am only sticking with it because I know that you would all know that I'm a quitter.  So, we only have 21 more days.  We're almost halfway there, but I would encourage anyone and everyone to start their own 40 days.  I am starting to swear by this thing.  So many things that I never thought I would be able to let go of I have let go of with out looking back.  I haven't regretted anything yet.

Today, I cleaned out  my laundry closet. The major thing cluttering up my laundry closet was all of my painting supplies.  Sigh.  I don't need those things--they served their purpose.  But I don't know that a DI is the best place for those either.  So, in keeping with my theme of think of someone who can legitimately use it, I emailed the theatre teacher at Olympus High School to ask if they could use any of it.  I know that paint was one of our major money-gobblers when I did theatre tech in high school.  I also offered her a bunch of scrap wood that lives behind my couch, and some canvas that I had laying around. 

Before:



After:




The presents for the high school!


So, join me again tomorrow when I clean out another virtual place:  the pictures folder of my computer.  YIKES!

Comments

Amy R said…
Did the high school teacher take it all?
March 5, 2016 at 8:13 AM
Hannah said…
I don't know yet. She said they might like some of it, but she was going to ask her set guy.
March 5, 2016 at 5:36 PM
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