A jewel

Next Monday I'm participating in a "decluttering" challenge with some friends, called the MinsGame (created by The Minimalists at their webite).  Basically the goal is to return/donate/recyle/sell/finish/ or trash a certain number of items for each day of the month.  So, Day 1 would be 1 item, Day 2--2 items, all the way to the 29th.  If a person completes it, they'll have taken care of 435 items!

I was so excited that I started a little early and started gathering possible items.  In 5 minutes I found 28 things in our guest bedroom!  The room in the house that gets used the least!  It was definitely eye-opening.

The kids got excited, too--there were walkie-talkies we'd forgotten about and an old photo album in the very top of the closet that they loved looking through.  I also found an old picture frame that I don't really like now, but I sure loved the picture in it and took that out to keep!

I love it!  Here we are on our wedding day, May 16, 1997, on the steps of the LDS Bountiful Temple.  So fun!