AUGUST CHALLENGE

August Challenge
Tillie
Posted: 30 July 2013 - 03:45 PM
 

In this challenge we all post a daily tally of what has left our homes.
We can count by bags or boxes or
we can count by individual items.
Guestimates as to amounts in a bag or box count too.
I would also like to suggest listing some emptional baggage we should toss.

 

Replies (85)

MayMay
Posted: 16 August 2013 - 02:24 AM
 

WOW! WAY TO GO Mare! 😀

You're way past 400 🙂

Your grand total is now 441 🙂

THAT'S GREAT! 😀

YOU'RE DOING AMAZING! 😀

KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK! 😀

 
Tillie
Posted: 15 August 2013 - 05:58 PM
 

Since I last posted...

10 bags of kitchen trash
4 one gallon paint cans (all dried out)
1 empty can of spray paint (that dried out too)
1 bottle of Formby's refinishing stuff (solid as a rock)

Total 16
Previous total = 8
New total = 24 😀

 
Mare
Posted: 15 August 2013 - 05:34 PM
 

Well this helped to spur me on so!

64 yard trash
14 household trash
4 empty bags
1 empty box
2 paper towels
2 lysol towelettes
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87 for last night

 
MayMay
Posted: 15 August 2013 - 01:33 AM
 

GREAT JOB Mare! 😀

Your grand total is now 354. 🙂

You're half way to 400. 🙂

THAT'S AWESOME! 😀

I have a feeling that tomorrow you will be passed 400. 🙂

KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK! 😀

 
Mare
Posted: 14 August 2013 - 10:11 PM
 

I love doing this every day even if its minimal lately (still fighting the great slump of August haha) it helps keep me aware and focused.

16 yard debris
1 finished toilet pepare roll
1 empty tp package
1 can
1 can lid
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20 so far today.

 
MayMay
Posted: 14 August 2013 - 12:54 AM
 

AWESOME JOB Mare! 😀

Your grand total is now 334. 🙂

KEEP UP THE AWESOME WORK! 😀

 
Mare
Posted: 13 August 2013 - 01:29 AM
 

Hehehe thank you!

I still think the yard debris is cheating but I can live with that hahaha.

So far today:

1 empty dog food bag
1 empty soda litre bottle
6 yard debris
1 empty clorox spray bottle, broken
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9 so far will post again at the end of the day or midnightish

I love this where!

 
MayMay
Posted: 13 August 2013 - 01:16 AM
 

GREAT JOB Mare! 😀

You're passed 300. 😀

Your grand total is now 325. 🙂

WAY TO GO! 😀

KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK! 😀

 
Mare
Posted: 12 August 2013 - 11:44 PM
 

Thank you, I love doing this hahaha!

1 empty dogfood bag
1 empty dish soap bottle
2 empty cans and lids
38 yard trash
1 empty chip bag
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43 for yesterday (counting from the midnights haha)

 
MayMay
Posted: 12 August 2013 - 01:03 AM
 

GREAT JOB Mare! 😀

Your grand total is now 282. 🙂

I have a feeling that tomorrow your total will be over 300. 🙂

KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK! 😀

 
Mare
Posted: 11 August 2013 - 05:40 PM
 

Thank you MayMay its been really fun even though I am having a tired week haha.

Last night:
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1 bag of regular trash
27 yard debris
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28

 
MayMay
Posted: 11 August 2013 - 01:08 AM
 

GREAT JOB Mare! 😀

Your grand total is now 254. 🙂

You're half way to 300. 🙂

THAT'S AWESOME! 😀

KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK! 😀

 
Mare
Posted: 10 August 2013 - 01:21 AM
 

Hehehehehe.

Yesterday even though it still feels like today, I am up late... had a looooooovely chat with Sally tonight!

Not much...

23 yard trashes
1 bag of regular household trash
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24 this is fun, will do more tomorrow/later today really, if I get up at some decent hour. HA!

 
MayMay
Posted: 10 August 2013 - 01:15 AM
 

GREAT JOB Mare! 😀

Your grand total is now 230. 🙂

KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK! 😀

Your list suddenly made me hungry for McDonalds. Lol. 😉

 
Mare
Posted: 09 August 2013 - 06:26 PM
 

I love this idea too and yes it is very motivating hahaha I love counting the yard trash particularly!

Yesterday

7 pieces of yard trash
1 cereal box
1 draino box
1 plastic box liner
1 pile of old flyers
i hamburger box
1 fries box
2 old paper cups
1 McDonalds bag
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16

 
MayMay
Posted: 09 August 2013 - 12:59 AM
 

WOW! GREAT JOB Ali! 😀
KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK! 😀

 
diane
Posted: 08 August 2013 - 12:29 PM
 

Congrats Mare, Ali, and Tillie, on all that you have done. I must say, squalor goes to garbage without being written down, so I will get back to writing down today or tomorrow, still fun reading yours. Happy Tillie came up with this idea, really motivates.

 
Mare
Posted: 08 August 2013 - 03:01 AM
 

Wow ali, that is really inspirational, huge congrats and doing the happy dance with you!

 
ali
Posted: 08 August 2013 - 02:27 AM
 

ALL of the cardboard boxes that were in the driveway are on the curb for recycling pick up tomorrow.

ALL of the bulk garbage pick up items are gone.

2 large cans of trash at the curb.

With limited and expensive garbage pick up just getting rid of items has been a challenge but we are gradually figuring out the best system.

Happy, Happy Dance!

Optimism: Someone who figures that taking a step backward after taking a step forward is not a disaster, It's more like a Cha-Cha.

Cha-Cha-Cha.

Ta Da

 
MayMay
Posted: 08 August 2013 - 01:41 AM
 

GREAT JOB Mare! 😀

Your grand total is now 214. 🙂

You're past 200. 🙂

THAT'S AWESOME! 😀

KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK! 😀

 
MayMay
Posted: 08 August 2013 - 01:38 AM
 

GREAT JOB Tillie! 😀
KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK! 😀

 
Mare
Posted: 07 August 2013 - 10:10 PM
 

Today so far and probably it... I had an exhausted day and so slept a lot, but got up just to come here and check in with you all, so great to have this...

2 used coffee filters with grounds ugh
5 paper towels and wipes
16 yard pieces of trash
1 packaging materials from new shower curtain
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24

 
Tillie
Posted: 07 August 2013 - 04:22 PM
 

Previous total = 4
Since I last posted I have tossed 4 more bags of trash.
New total = 8 😀

 
Mare
Posted: 07 August 2013 - 02:33 PM
 

For yesterday:

24 yard trash pieces
1 cereal box
4 package wrappers
2 paper towels
1 empty coffee canister
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32
...and this is really helping!

 
MayMay
Posted: 06 August 2013 - 01:40 AM
 

WOW! AWESOME JOB Mare! 😀

Your grand total is now 158. 🙂

You're a little over half way to 200. 🙂

You're NOT cheating! 🙂

YOU'RE DOING GREAT! 😀

KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK! 😀

 
Mare
Posted: 05 August 2013 - 10:52 PM
 

I feel like I'm cheating with the yard trash, some are really small pieces.

4 yard trashes
3 wrappers from new items
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7 total

 
Mare
Posted: 05 August 2013 - 10:32 AM
 

Wonderful hob everyone this is going so well!

Yesterday 8/04
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2 bags of trash
52 pieces of yard debris
1 cereal box
1 cookie box
2 pieces of styrofoam
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58

 
MayMay
Posted: 05 August 2013 - 01:19 AM
 

GREAT JOB Tillie! 😀
KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK! 😀

 
MayMay
Posted: 05 August 2013 - 01:16 AM
 

GREAT JOB diane! 😀

After reading your list, I suddenly got Nirvana's song "heart shaped box" stuck in my head. 🙂

KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK! 😀

 
MayMay
Posted: 05 August 2013 - 01:13 AM
 

GREAT JOB Roxie! 😀

Your grand total is now 39. 🙂

KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK! 😀

 
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