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MaryJane
Queen Bee
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MaryJane
Moscow
Idaho
USA
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 Posted - Mar 01 2026 : 6:55:45 PM
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Christine Kenney (#8680, bellepic) has received a certificate of achievement in Cleaning Up for earning an Intermediate Path to Zero Waste badge!
"I logged a 30 day waste audit in excruciating detail here: https://steamstead.blogspot.com/2026/01/trash-audit.html
3 Things I learned about my habits:
1. I don't think of myself or anyone in my family as a problematic shopper, yet we are receiving mail order packages nearly every day.
2. Even whole foods from the grocery store are shrouded in plastic film and packaging. It is impossible to completely avoid.
3. The prices at the farmer's market are often substantially higher than organic grocery store options.
Something I learned that surprised me the most: In an effort to reduce the amount of packaging, I refilled my daughter's empty mochi dessert container with DIY mochis. They aren't as pretty, but she actually prefers them to the store-bought. Now I've made several batches."
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MaryJane, Farmgirl #1 Plowin' Thru ~ giving aprons a good wrap for 45 years and counting ~
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MaryJane
Queen Bee
16897 Posts
MaryJane
Moscow
Idaho
USA
16897 Posts |
Posted - Mar 01 2026 : 7:10:41 PM
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Marie Listopad (#5142, churunga) has received a certificate of achievement in Stitching & Crafting for earning a Beginner UFOs badge!
"The bags and bins of unfinished projects – planned and not executed, started and almost finished, half-finished, mending – were out of control. They were everywhere – the living room, dining room, bedroom and in the deep, dark dungeon of the basement storage room along with boxes and boxes of craft supplies, fabric and yarn. Sorting all this would be a large job.
I started with UFOs residing in living spaces. I put each one in separate bags, named them and entered the name, type of craft, purpose, supplies needed, what stage of completion, where it is located, the goal of the project once it is finished, and the date I finished the project.
I didn’t get to the basement storage room until some people broke into the building, went into the basement, and stole whatever they could find. They got into my storage room because it wasn’t locked. How disappointed they must have been to find almost nothing except fabric, yarn and clothes that needed mending. I received permission from the HOA to place my boxes in the laundry room and go through the entire contents of every box. I picked up some fresh boxes from my job and went to work.
Next, I sorted all I wished to keep into boxes and bins in categories. The largest categories were Fabric, Yarn, Mending, and Projects. Other smaller categories were Stationary/Office Supplies, Macramé, Crochet Thread, and Craft Supplies. All the boxes are now labeled on three sides and neatly stacked in the storage space. If I need to find something, it should take me less time than before I culled and sorted everything.
The spreadsheet is now an Xcel workbook with tabs called Current UFOs, Mending and Finished. I am completely happy with this set up and find it very helpful as I can sort the list in a variety of ways. It is a useful database.
As I removed the contents of the boxes, I sorted everything into Keep, Donate and Toss piles. Three large tubs of yarn were donated to a charity which makes hats for people who need them. Ten yards of felt, a small pile of kits and other supplies I no longer needed were donated to a quilt shop for their fundraising event. I threw away very little, mostly broken or damaged things I couldn’t fix. "
MaryJane, Farmgirl #1 Plowin' Thru ~ giving aprons a good wrap for 45 years and counting ~
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