If it can't be worn in public, out it goes.

November 26 through 30th.

Out-grown and worn-out clothing, to the Orange recycling bin. Tat to the garbage.

On the way out.

Before we get to Disney, it's important to know exactly how many Princess shoes we have in stock: it would be silly to get a pair that we already have. Here are two left shoes and a right, all unmatched, all too small: into the Orange bin they go.
Below, a bag of stones gathered from various jacket pockets and doors: into the garbage.
And a few torn and out-grown clothes, also to the orange bin.

Tidying Up

It's been a few months since we have done a thorough tidying in the girls'room. Since we are thinking about what they will need from the US, it seemed like a good time to go through and see what is actually still of use and what needs to be discarded, recycled or given away.

• So, here's a piece of electronics that is too young for the girls and
• too technologically obsolescent to be desired: one day outside with a note saying" Free for the taking", then the Orange bin.

Here are the crayons and pencils that I cleaned out of their art box.

• This entire bag is filled with broken pieces of toys, tchotchkes from Überaschungeier, toys from fast food chains or that come attached to children's magazines, and the equivalent.
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Here are various odds and ends, broken school materials, broken headphones, more tchotchkes.

• Here are magazines, catalogs and other printed material that has been cluttering up my shelves

Worn Out.

Cleaning out the drawers, starting to pack for a trip, clothes to discard. The German is packing half his suitcase with clothes he plans to discard in the US and replace with new purchases.

Sifting through the piles

It seems that whenever I sift under T1's bed, I pull out a goodly bit of material that can make its way into the Greenpoint bag for plastic discards: too many packaging discards.

And here is some paper that isn't the day to day recycling: these items were saved and had already made their way into long-term pileage before I pulled them out to discard.


The clothing either had holes or was dingy to the point of embarassment: if you can't wear it in public, it may be time to hit the Orange recycling bin: gone!

Empty Boxes

Going through the seasonal turn over, getting rid of the broken boxes. In total, we took four of these to the recycling station.