Spring Cleaning!

There's something therapeutic about doing spring cleaning each year. Old with the old, in with the new. Or, maybe not new. In with the clean! It's such a lot of work each year, but I feel so much better after its done.

One of my biggest items on the list is decluttering. I hate clutter. And, with a toddler, it's hard to keep up with it. I clean one area and he's already into making his mark on another area. But, this year, if something hasn't been used in the last year, its outta here! I'm serious about that. There are a few websites that I plan to fully use in order to accomplish this monumental task.

Craiglist: Even if there are things that I'm willing to give away for free, they are going on CL. I might even do a "Curb Alert", letting all of my local area know there's stuff to be picked up at the end of my driveway...FOR FREE!

Paperbackswap: www.paperbackswap.com. Bookmark it! If you like to read and keep buying books - whether they are hardcover or softcover, but they are just sitting around collecting dust, this site is for you! It's much easier than amazon or ebay to use for "selling" your books. It's really easy. All you need to do is create a profile and put in the "ISBN" number on the back of your books. The site will collect all of the info for your book. Then, usually pretty quickly, you'll get notified that someone wants the book. Bring it to the post office, mail it out (you need to pay shipping yourself) and once they receive it, you get a credit for the book. Then, you can buy books with credits. The only time you pay for anything is when you ship out books. That way, there's no questioning how much something is going to cost to ship and then quoting a price to the buyer. I've used this site a bunch. It works. Try it.

With that, I'm off to finish cleaning my bathroom.

xoxo!