Because I don't have enough to do...

I used to be a pack rat.
I thought I might need EVERYTHING someday.
Turns out, I never really needed all of the things I thought I would need.
It's operation recycle.
I thought I wanted a garage sale again this year, but really, it's a lot of work for a couple hundred dollars.
I think this year I'll donate my old clothing and baby gear/goods to a women and children center around here. I'll get a receipt and then instead of getting cash after a long hard weekend, I'll get it back in taxes.
I guess I'll feel better about it too, which is a good thing.

I have this habit of saving each and every magazine that comes to me for some reason. I mean, it has done me good in a way. When I was pregnant with Miles, I would re read all of the parents magazines that I saved from Logan. Then it got to a point where I got so sick of reading the same things over and over. I still have a bookshelf in my bedroom that must have 200 magazines in it. I have Parents, Vegetarian Times, Better homes and Garden, Shape, Runners World, Kraft (which if you don't get this, you SHOULD! It's FREE!) and many other odds and ends that I got along the way. Most of these I would save simply for the recipes.
I'd go through and think, ah! I'll make that one day!!
But who was I kidding! I'd never find that recipe again in the 200+ magazines I have!!

So, my job to focus on in my spare time this month is going through ALL of my magazines. I'm going to cut out each and every recipe I will use, and can the rest of the magazine. I will never use any beef or pork ones, so that takes away half! It will be a strange feeling, bare empty shelves that once contained hundreds of magazines. But really, who needs 200 magazines?

I'm going to cut out the recipes and make my own cookbook.
200+magazines down to one book.

Anyone in the market for a bunch of parents magazines? ;)