365 Less Things

Reducing our stuff one day at a time.

Day 241 Admission

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On July 21st Kelly was kind enough to point out to me that I had the same item decluttered on Day 152 and Day 183 and I thought today was a good day to explain how this  happened. I chose to explain this now because my husband I are flying out to Italy today for a month long vacation of exploring and soaking up the culture.

“So what does my vacation have to do with this duplication” you say, well I will tell you. From day 64 of my 365 less things challenge I have been trying to get ahead of myself by a month so that when this time came I would still have something to blog each day. I knew when I started blogging about my challenge on Day 64 that I would be going on vacation and wanted to continue during that month without a hitch. So I have to admit that for the last 177 days I have sometimes decluttered more than one thing a day to be able to achieve my goal.

As you know I take a photo of every item I declutter but that doesn’t mean that I use that photo on the day the item is decluttered. Usually I will put things aside for several days before I get the camera out and take several photos at once. Then I upload them to my husbands Flickr Page and use them sometimes to match with the post I am writing other times just randomly. As I use the photos I then add a description on Flickr noting the day the photo was used.

That is how I managed to use the same photo twice.  I obviously forgot to add the description when I used the photo the first time. I have since added a different photo to Day 183.

All that being said. I have tried to put in place enough posts to keep you reading until I get home. Three lovely ladies have been kind enough to write guest posts for me so I hope you enjoy their contribution. Two of these ladies have blogs of their own and all three often leave thought provoking comments that inspire subject matter  for subsequent posts and I felt they had something to offer you. I have had to do a lot of shuffling to get everything in place so please forgive me if sometimes things don’t flow the way they should. It has been a hard slog trying to get this all organised before I leave.

I will be checking in at internet cafés and on my husband’s iPod Touch as often as possible so please keep sending in your comments I will answer them as often as I can. I will miss not talking to you all everyday but I know I am going to have a wonderful time “alone” with my husband for the next four weeks. It is our first long vacation without the kids so we are going to live it up. So arrivederci i miei amici I will talk to you soon.

ITEM 241 OF 365 LESS THINGS

These curtain rod end aren’t much use to us anymore because we don’t hang curtains

Curtain Rod Ends

Comments

  1. Ack! If we were only (much, much) closer together. I just bought curtains on Craigslist today and now am in the market for rods.

    Have a wonderful, wonderful time. I know I’ll miss you, and I’m excited to see my blogs posted on the big world wide web!

    • Hi Cindy,
      thank you mate. I am sure we will have a wonderful vacation. I appreciate your help to fill some gaps in my blog I am sure the readers are going to enjoy them. Until next time, enjoy.

  2. Have a great vacation, Colleen! Italy is an awesome place. I loved Rome–the catacombs, Via Appia, Coloseum, Piazza Navona! Take photos!

    • Hi Judy,
      thanks! We’ll be jumping in the hire car in about 20 minutes to start the trip to Sydney Airport. I’ll be checking in when I can so keep the comments coming.

    • Hi Jo,
      that is the plan for sure, wonderful and relaxing. I walking tour here and cafe there and some wonderful time together.

  7. Colleen I wish you and your hubby the vacation of a lifetime. Your trip sounds like a dream come true and I’m thrilled you get to enjoy it. Can’t wait to hear all about it. ♥

  8. Colleen,
    Enjoy your holiday!! Thank you for taking such grand efforts to keep your delightful blog in action while you are in Italy! Thank you for your honesty. 😉

  9. Hi Colleen!
    This is my first comment even though I’ve been reading your blog for the last three months or so…
    I wanted to thank you for sharing your great experience on decluttering and minimalism and I wish you an amazing holiday: I’m pretty sure you’ll love Italy!!! Maybe that’s partly because I’m italian…. 😛 Enjoy it and take time to visit Umbria, my beautiful state 😉

  11. You deserve this time with your husband after all your hard work decluttering and writing about it for our benefit. Thanks, and have a wonderfully relaxing month!

  12. I agree with the poster that said to eat gelato daily! ;). I was in Italy/Greece in June and absolutely adored both. I DID eat gelato daily in Italy, sometimes more than once a day hehe.