Stash for Good

day 17: kids’ collections

Its been a busy couple of days, and with Spring Break starting and the BCTF strike, there have been lots of little people in our house.

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day 16: kitchen gadgets (and other junk)

The good news is that I’m over 50% through bootcamp! The bad, that I am starting to hit areas ‘owned’ by other family members.

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day 15: accessories for normal living

“The basic thing nobody asks is why do people take drugs of any sort? Why do we have these accessories to normal living to live? I mean, is there something wrong with society that’s making us so pressurized, that we cannot live without guarding ourselves against it?” ~ John Lennon While accessories are figurative in […]

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giving up shopping for Lent

In keeping with the purpose of this project, I have decided to not purchase anything we don’t need during Lent (February 22nd to April 7th). Originally, I had planned to try this for the one month of Bootcamp, but realized that Lent dovetails nicely with the time until we leave for Hawaii. And is therefore a […]

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day 14: act of faith

If “A library implies an act of faith” (Victor Hugo), then does choosing to eliminate your personal library define one? I love my books and they generally reflect where I have been in my life, good or bad. The non fiction books outline our journey from struggling with infertility to struggling with a colicky child […]

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day 13: stash reduction doesn’t end in the staging area

Today is my day ‘off’, or when I return to my most demanding job, managing my home life. I spent the morning driving around and dropping items off – thanks again to Christine for assembling her resources list for Vancouver. The list helped me make the following stops: Mount Seymour Thrift Shop, for the fabric, […]

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