Weirdest Items Decluttered - Part 3

"I don't know how weird this is but here goes. As part of the decluttering of the Super Fling, I took a good long look at my current hair do and asked myself the criteria "do I love it, does it make me smile, etc". The answer was a resounding "NO". So, I took myself to my favorite hairstylist with some photos in hand and told her what I was thinking about. The result is a wonderful new look that is easy care and really does make me smile each time I look in the mirror. Total weight only a few ounces but such a gain. I also "decluttered" my kids hair and they now look terrific too. Flying in North TX" - Flying in So. Calif.

234. The weirdest thing I flung...boxes of almost flung stuff from the last super fling boogie. I put them in my living room but somehow they never made it to the car to go to goodwill. Out they went this time!! Fluttering in Santa Cruz, CA
     
     
235. I decided to check out my coat closet and make sure there wasn't anything to fling in there and came across my extra bathrobe. I had it in there for the longest time just in case someone came to the door. I went ahead and added it to my stuff to fling since I now get dressed every morning. I also got rid of a drawerful of pajamas that were stained, uncomfortable, or had been worn so often they had tears and holes. I've had some of them since Jr. High school and I graduated High School over 10 yrs ago. Most of them haven't been worn in years. Flybaby in Washington state
     
     
236. I was going through a filing cabinet and came across two of those "your body is changing" booklets they hand out to you in 5th or 6th grade....I'm going on my 10th year high school reunion, and I think the "change" has long since passed...flung. PA Flybaby
     
     
237. Dear FlyCrew: My husband and I found a toy stuffed German shepherd dog (almost life-size) in our guest room closet. We gave it to our now 35 year-old son (who lives on the opposite coast from us) when he was a preschooler. He named her "Brenda" after a good friend of ours. Not knowing just what he would like us to do with Brenda, my husband put her in a big box, with a large red ribbon around her neck and sent it to him. We would love to see the look on his face when he opens up the box and sees Brenda smiling at him. - Flinging in NH
     
     
238. A couple of days ago I decided to go through some boxes I haven't opened since we moved nine months ago. I was not surprised to find the box filled with clothes that are the next size up for my daughter. What I was surprised to find was the three pounds of swiss cheese wrapped up inside the box with the clothes. Flinging in a suburbs of Chicago,
     
     
239. When my husband and I married over 30 years ago, an elderly friend of his family gave us a unique wedding present. She was very poor and had no money to spend, so she killed, plucked, and cleaned one of her geese, wrapped it in newspaper, and gave it to us. At that time, I had NO idea what to do with it, so put it in the bottom of my in-law's chest freezer where it "lived" until last week. Since I STILL have no idea what to do with it, it's FLUNG! (My grown son agreed that it was truly weird!) Flinging in Louisiana
     
     
240. As I led my hesitant family to clean out the Wrapping Room/Junk Room/Sun-Room aka "The Back Bedroom", we came across 6 presents, one wedding present wrapped, 3 wedding presents from my grandmother in which I was paid to wrap and deliver, and two items that were waiting to be wrapped and delivered. All of these couples now have children, plural! HOW EMBARRASSING!!! Also in this room is my stuff when I moved home from college, my sisters cake-baking station, and piles of my dad's childhood stuff my grandmother gives out at every get-together! Not to mention dads golf stuff and moms church retreat memorabilia. I flung about 75 lbs and it took about 4 hours, but the room is straight and tidy.... It feels SO GOOD. thanks! Learning to fly in Mississippi
     
     
241. Well, this is embarrassing... Every time I take a shower I look at an empty plastic bunny that used to hold bubble bath from the Easter Bunny (last Easter!). I had it in my mind, since my daughter still plays with it, to refill it with bubble bath NEXT Easter...just to save $1.50 or so!! After reading about all the weird stuff people have dumped, I finally have decided to ditch this plastic bunny TODAY! I can well afford a newly-filled bubblebath bunny for my daughter this Spring!!!
     
     The other thing that is leaving our house today is a heartache for my husband, BUT it has to go. It is our daughter's (she is 7) baby crib. We cannot get into the back closet because the crib has taken up all the space for about 6 years so I decided to put an ad in the paper and got a phone call last night. The family that wants the crib is adopting two children (1 year old and 3 year old siblings) from Russia next week and they need a crib for the baby. Well, I almost dropped the phone when the woman called because we also adopted our baby 7 years ago...we, too, were planning to go to Russia, took, however, in the meantime our daughter was born here in New England. So, to make along story short...the crib, naturally holds precious and dear memories for us, but I want to be able to give another family the blessing and joy of this beautifully carved crib (and reclaim space in our closet at the same time!). So, last night my husband got it out and today I polished it all up and tonight it will leave our house, destined for another loving home, awaiting another loving and beautiful baby. Knowing this helped ease my husband's pain of letting it go. So, off to another corner of the house...and thank you all for helping us clean and organize our house! God bless you all from the bottom of our hearts! - in New England
     
     
242. Last weekend my DH and I boogied 200 feet of "antique" barbed wire fence! Decades of vegetation had grown up through it and had embedded itself in the wire. The ancient bois d'arc fence posts were falling down and in some places we had to dig up the wire. The weird part? We found an even older fence under the first one! Did I mention all the poison ivy? Gone! Gone! Gone! Itchy (but happy) in Plano TX
     
     
243. 14 years ago we bought an armchair and settee. We also bought a roll of fabric to cover a second armchair when we could afford it - we never did buy one. Today the armchair and settee are being taken to be reupholstered and with them is finally going the roll of fabric to be used on the chair!! ( We have chosen a coordinating fabric for the settee ). I will be so glad not to have to think what to do with that big roll any more! Flying in the UK.
     
     
244. This is my 5th Superfling Boogie but the first that I've felt that I had something for you in this category! We were moving during the June Boogie and again a few weeks after the September Boogie and we still managed to miss this treasure. A box, 24x34x18 inches, filled with 3# coffee cans that were filled with EMPTY 1# coffee cans! My dh and I "THINK" they were left over from a cub scout project from when our ds was in 1st grade. He is now a burly high school Sophomore! Oh well! Our 14yr. dd immeadiately grabbed them to put in the station wagon for tomorrows recycling run! Still learning to Fly in Washington state
     
     
245. I was flinging left and right from under my bathroom sink when I found the pregnancy tests I had saved from when I was pregnant with my ds and dd. I finally decided to get rid of them because 1) That is just gross! 2) Who am I going to show them to? Not like people come over and say "hey let me see your old pregnancy tests"! 3) Not something I can put in the baby book or hang on the wall LOL 4) The proof that I was pregnant are my 2 beautiful children and they are much cuter to look at than a yucky OLD pregnancy test! 5) Most importantly, IT IS CLUTTER!!! So out they went!!! Learning to fly in MD
     
     
246. Hi FlyCrew~ I finally decided to tackle my bathroom closet. It's not like it hasn't been cleaned and "organized" because it has been at least twice a year. However, this time I decided to go through the "organized" baskets and boxes in there. So far I have flung watery lotion, ointments & creams but the weirdest items have to be make-up from when I was 18 years old in 1988. That would be 16 years ago!!!! How do I know it's that old? I found a price tag on one that let me know what store I bought it in and I know how long ago I lived there. I can also tell because I met my DH in 1990 and his mother is an Avon lady so I started buying Avon at that time. I threw away a lip balm that had a 1993 calander on it. I have always had eczema but as I have gotten older my face has become VERY sensitive to make-up so I am limited to eye shadow, blush, mascara & some sort of lipwear. So then WHY am I keeping the foundation, concealer and powder? OUT they went. I am also sensitive to lanolin so out went the various lotions & potions I can't use. I put the travel size shampoos in the shower to use, we live on a farm with livestock so vacations are FEW and FAR between, but threw out all those "packet" samples. Thank you SO much for giving me the permission and courage to toss things that aren't used or loved. I'm feeling lighter already! - trying to catch the updraft to really FLY in Minnesota
     
     
247. I just flung 19 shower caps - because I could never find one when I needed one- I just always bought a pack of new ones. Now I have a designated place for my ONE shower cap in my clean bathroom. Thank you! - Tennessee flybaby
     
     
248. I was decluttering in the bathroom, in an old cupboard way up high, I found old baby blankets (stained)(Baby is 12, grandbabies are 3 & 2, don't live here) and old curtains (UGLY) . I also found an old glucose meter that didn't work anymore...Gone!! Also tossed crimping iron and curling iron that were duplicates, also assorted other junk. One good thing, I only had to throw out a couple of things from under the kitchen sink as I do that quite regularly.
     
     

     Surprise!! I had so much fun with the mini-scavenger hunt in Weirdest Items Part 2 that I decided to keep going with it for Part 3. Congratulations to everyone who tossed boxes, hangers, dresses, and more. WOW! My inbox is full of your tosses LOL! Let's keep going! #245, 246, 247, 248 are the inspiration for this Scavenger Hunt Surprise. Even when we think that we have decluttered the bathroom, that sneaky clutter still finds a way in. I just checked under my sinks - 4 toilet paper rolls, MORE MAGAZINES (I need to talk to my dh about this LOL), and two empty bubble bath containers. OUT OUT OUT THEY GO! Quick, before you read any further, go into your bathroom with your eyes wide open and fling 3 things that don't belong! Go GO GO! Let me know what you find. Send an email to FlyCrew@flylady.net and put Flung1 in the subject line. FLING FLANG FLUNG!

249. Hi FlyCrew! Weirdest (also grossest) item: approximately 15 pounds of FROSTING. That's right, the stuff you put on cakes! I used to have a cake-decorating business, which only half-explains why I was saving odd flavors and colors of frosting! What was I going to do, mix them together and frost someone's cake? AUUGGHH! Plus, some of these were dated November 2002! EWWWW! Fling-flang-flung! Now I not only have my fridge back, but LOTS of tupperware and bowls. HOORAY! --Flyzygote in CA
     
     
250. FIFTEEN boxes of 2 year old Peeps and Bunnies! I buy them in bulk after Easter cuz they are SOOOO good to toast over the camp fire! However, it was hard to camp when the entire western states region was on fire!!! And after 2 years of sitting buried in my junk room, you couldn't get the stick in their little bunny butts if you tried to toast them!!
     
     
251. Actually my dh got to the freezer last week before Kelly did. At the time he asked me, "don't you think it's about time to throw out that breastmilk?" My ds is 18 months old and gave up taking breastmilk out of the bottle or sippy cup at about 10 months old. So by my calculation, that's 16 bags of breastmilk taking up our freezer space for 8 months! Now, I have to admit that this particular clutter does make me smile (what a special bond for Mommy and baby) but it's time to reclaim our freezer. So this morning, I kissed my ds and closed my eyes and put all the bags in the trash can! I think I can remember our special bond without looking into the freezer for a reminder. FLYbaby and spreading the word!
     
     
252. I am so new to this that it took me 3 weeks to shine the sink...well, the sink was clean, but the counters beside it and the window over it? On one side of the counter was a porcelain cannister in the shape of two cats snuggling, brightly painted and totally hideous. The lid was the heads of the two cats. It was a gift so of course I thought I had to keep it, and decided I would keep dog biscuits in it. Besides being ugly it was hard to pick up the lid without it slipping it out of your hands. So...while shining the sink counters, I opened it up and found the remains of some dog biscuits that had turned into compost. Perhaps the creatures who did that were the source of the teensy dead bug bodies all over the kitchen windowsill? The cats were flung! Flybaby in Florida
     
     
253. One never knows what's lurking in one's attic! This is my 3rd Super Fling Boogie, and I thought I knew exactly what things I had stored and where they were. I have a very small attic, and all my boxes are labeled, so it's not too difficult to go in there to fling. Well, lo and behold...and box I hadn't seen before. It was an old computer paper box filled to the top. The item on top was an old coloring book, but beneath it was a stack of Highlights Magazines from 1976-1979!!!! My dmil told me a few months ago that she had saved all of my husband's Highlights Magazines, and I thought "don't even think about it, they're not coming here!" :) Somehow this box of contraband clutter ended up stored neatly on the far, far end of my precious attic, next to my dh's Star Wars Figurine Collection (that's worth so much money LOL ). Out it goes! (And I'll be more watchful of anti-Flylady conspiracies!) Laughing and on the look-out in Ohio,
     
     
254. Hi FlyCrew. Just to let you know about the wierdest thing that I decluttered this week. I ventured into the cupboard above the fridge (at 5'2" it is never used!). Inside, I found my old makeup bag. I had replaced my makeup bag, and gave all of my old stuff (and bag) to my girls to play with. The bag was originally given to me in 1990, and I imagine that I gave it to my young girls in 1993. (How it happened to survive two moves is beyond me - but how it ended up on top of my fridge is even scarier!) Just sprouting wings in Ancaster, Ontario, Canada
     
     
255. From under my kitchen sink, I released 24 old Lean Cuisine containers! I had been saving them because they are the perfect size to fill with cookies for bake sales at church. I missed the last couple of sales, but kept hoarding the containers! My kitchen cupboard is a much happier place now! Diane in Minneapolis
     
     
256. I thought that I had been doing really well with my decluttering until I was sorting a large basket on my dresser. In it I found 3 flashlights that had burnt out bulbs. I have to pay over $5 for a 2-pack of bulbs. I only pay $1 each for the flashlights to begin with at the dollar store. I realized that I would never replace the bulbs. I then went through my cupboards and closets and threw out all the other broken flashlights I had been hoarding. I had been keeping then incase our power went off in a storm. I don't know what good they would of done. Well, I'm now going to go to the dollar store and replace the broken ones with ones that work. The awful thing is that I have moved some of the broken flashlights during 3 moves.
     
     
257. Well, I don't know if this counts as weird, but we have flung a queen matteress, the box springs, a Lazy Boy that had seen better days, a high chair that has gone through 3 children, two side tables, night stand, full size bed with rails, old computer and printer (like in the 1980's old!), and about 50 lbs. of kids' and adult clothes. We are apartment managers and for the longest time my husband would brings things like this home because we were low on furniture and we "needed" it. Well, after getting a new bedroom set and decluttering our living room, these things are gone! Some were donated but most had to be taken to the dump because they were in such bad shape! Now we can have people over and not have them ask us "which apartment did you get this out of?" What is that, maybe 350-400 lbs? FLYbaby in Oklahoma
     
     
258. FlyCrew I have been diligently flinging and shredding. During my shredding this weekend, I found bills, with checks in the envelopes ready to mail from 2000 and 2001. No wonder I my bills were late! I have modified this issue using Bill payer, which has been a Godsend. Thanks for the support and encouragement. My motto this year is: A Box a day keeps the CHAOS away! Flybaby in Arlington, WA
     
     
259. I am so happy, after 15 years of living here, my basement is finally getting decluttered. The weirdest thing I threw out was a breast pump - and my youngest is 16 years old! Better late than never! - PA
     
     
260. We finally sent our paddle boat packing! It had floated (barely) beside our dock for 3 years with no one to love it. Our new neighbors wanted it, so we said, "You come get it...it's yours!" Flung!! Off and on the FlyWagon in GA
     
     
261. Decluttered the contents of a fire-proof safe that had not been opened since 1996. There were only three items that needed to be kept. The safe itself was relocated to a more convenient area so that it could fulfill its intended purpose. --- Growing feathers in Niceville, FL
     
     
262. Hi FlyCrew, I thought it funny to find a package of disposable vacuum cleaner bags in our front closet, seeing as we have had a built-in vacuum since we moved into this house 3 years ago! Fling and Boogie! Langley, BC, Canada
     
     
263. I'm just starting the decluttering process--have needed to for years and I'm the eldest son of two packrats--but finally got the motivation to start when the shelf and hangers in the office literally fell down and out of the closet like those old cartoons the day after Christmas. Anyway, the oddest items in there so far aren't that odd--a brand new 14.4 kbps modem (still in unopened box) and a box of radio station cartridges (sort of like old 8-track tapes), but the item that takes the cake comes from helping a friend move several years ago and among the items we found in his house were... CANNON BALLS! --Albuquerque, NM
     
     
264. Dear FlyCrew, I have two weird items for you. Hubby is the worst packrat (I'm the second worst LOL) and doesn't like to part with anything. He's away in Florida for vacation and I now have a chance to clear out my laundry room. Anyway, I found: Eleven packages of Bestline Laundry detergent, hard as a rock, that DH has been wanting me to use for over 10 years in the laundry. I have refused to use this stuff because it didn't dissolve and took so long to chip off a brick for the laundry. One bar of surgical handsoap containing hexachlorophene, an antibacterial agent that was banned in 1972. Thank you! Sincerely yours, - in Jackson, NJ
     
     
265. I was cleaning my desk today and found 2 teeth. Not the kids' teeth, but my permanent teeth that were pulled 26 years ago before I got braces. I remember finding them in an envelope in my jewelry box during last year's Super Fling Boogie, but I thought I tossed them then. Guess not! (The scary thing is that I had 4 teeth in that envelope, and I only found 2 today. Eeee-yeewwwww!) They're gone now! South Florida Fly Baby
     
     
266. This weekend, DH and I were decluttering our junk drawer in the kitchen. We found two positive pregnancy tests that I had carefully saved in ziplock baggies. One was from July 1998 and the other from January 2000. My sons are 2 and almost 5! What was I thinking?! They are OUTTA here!!!! Flybaby in Southeastern, Pennsylvania
     
     

     Surprise!! Now I know what happens to all the teeth that the tooth fairy collects LOL! They end up in SHE homes. 265 and 266 are the inspiration for this one. Today we get to pretend to be the tooth fairy. This is a tricky scavenger hunt item, this may take you into places that have not seen sunlight in a number of years! We are looking for three things: old teeth (real or fake), or Pee sticks that told you whether or not you were pregnant, or Old medical bits and parts (this may include actual body parts, or the pins, crutches, whatever that went along with it.) Have fun with this one - it usually results in weird items! I think I still have one of those "spray bottles" from the hospital that you get after you have had a kid. Out it goes! Let me know what you find. Send an email to FlyCrew@flylady.net and put Flung2 in the subject line. FLING FLANG FLUNG!

267. This is my second super fling and it has been very productive. So far we have donated a perfectly fine but untuned upright piano (about 700 #), lots of clothes and toys, and I can finally find all of my usable placticware in the kitchen. The rest went to a nephew who is setting up a new household. My DD 6 1/2 is a super flinger. She has no problem letting go of anything that she no longer uses or loves. She cleaned out her bookcase and got rid of 30 or so books that will now go to cousins and others who can use them. Thanks for all your inspiration. Flying in North TX
     
     
268. As a homeschooling mom of 15 years, who is now a part time payroll person, I pride myself on the many creative project ideas I have had to do with my children. Only problem is, I am definitely a SHE and get a lot started but few finished. About 3 years ago I decided we were going to make lanterns out of punched tin cans. You know the old fashioned kind. I read that it would be easy to hammer in the designs if the cans contained frozen water. Then you'd just tap em with an ice pick to make the design. SO for 3 years, I have had old vegetable and soup cans filled with ice sitting on a shelf of my freezer. If I haven't done it in 3 years, I doubt I will get to it until retirement, if then! So i guess it's time to let them thaw and toss them into the recycle bin! Except now they're rusted! Lol This is just one of MANY ridiculous projects it is time for me to finish or let go. How about the goose eggs I got from my geese, who were given away over a year ago (I did blow and wash them first!!)? They've been sitting under my sink for 18 months, for -you know--sometime when I needed them!!!!! - in fl
     
     
269. From Buffalo, N.Y...Just found your website about a week ago. Already we have cleared out junk in the basement to the tune of about 200 pounds and are slowly cleaning up/organizing the whole basement. Tonight I took 15 minutes and started on my dresser drawers. My sock drawer has always been very organized for some reason. In the underwear drawer.........I "flung" out some really old, worn half slips and GIANT silky underpants from that belonged to my late grandmother. She wasn't big.....the style was just like giant pantaloons. Guess I left them in there when I inherited her bedroom set. Yikes..........they are flung now!
     
     
270. Hi FlyCrew - love reading these! My FIL used to drive a truck for a plastics company so every fling I seem to find more plastic ware to bless others with. This time, it was the 10 plastic ice-cube trays that I've never used (the cubes it made were too small) and 3 of those plastic compartmentalised boxes like you put fishing gear into. None of them have been used in 9 years of marriage! Another weird one was the mouldy inflatable mattress - did I think that folding it up and putting it in the garage would make it cleaner and nicer-smelling? Flying slowly in Melbourne, Australia
     
     
271. This one is too much. Several years ago my son purchased a baby bearded dragon lizard which inconveniently proceeded to die. Unbeknownst to me he put it in a sandwich bag and put him in the freezer. I found him today and had to call my son (who now lives in AZ with me in KY) to ask him what he wanted to me to do with him ( I had already thrown him out). He wasn't home and his wife told me I could do what I wanted, just don't send it to her she is flinging too. So put one bearded dragon lizard on your weird list. He was tiny so he didn't weigh much more than an ounce or two, not much help on the boogy weight I fear.
     
     
272. While doing a little "flinging" in the shed I found a box of old soaps that I collected (Avon) starting way back BC (before Children and my youngest DS turned 32 this last fall), but the weird thing was not the old soaps, I knew I had them. It was the box in with them... in it I found a roller skating skirt my mom had made me to wear in competition when I was young ( mom passed away in '62) so it has to be older than that, along with it were the boot covers, pom-poms, skate# for the meet And the program (with my name spelled wrong!) After a Good cry I let it fly. Feeling GOOD in Nebraska
     
     
273. 6 pounds of bread ends from our freezer. We now have lots of room for food. Peace, Ca Flybaby
     
     
274. I have been digging into various areas of my house but today I tackled our desk area which is at one end of our living room/tv room/everything room. We have had file boxes covered with a quilt on one side of the desk as well as two boxes under the desk. I cleared out about 20-25 pounds of catalogs and various papers as well as half a garbage sack and one file box of shredded bills, receipts etc dating back 3-8 years (the shredder overheated finally and stopped working). There were several strange papers including a receipt for an apartment pet deposit from around 1987 (gonna need that real soon!!!!!) and the animal shelter papers for the dog the deposit was for ----he was a puppy in 1987 and died an old dog two summers ago--those things have been moved six times. Why oh why ????? but it feels great to see them all go. decluttering in Midland, TX
     
     
275. I found an enormous, hairy spider, a wasp, and a very large and beautiful moth which had been collected by my son when he was nine. He's now nineteen. And I found his pet goldfish, Fruity, that had died when my son was five. He wouldn't let me flush it down the toilet or bury it, so we froze it. I also found a urine sample for a potential drug test---that was never needed. This was three years old.
     
     
276. Dear FlyCrew, I'm pretty sure this qualifies for a weird fling. In 1991, I got to climb Mt. Shavano in Colorado with my youth group. On the day we went to the summit, I was tired and cranky and didn't want to go. On the way, I found a rock that was (believe it or not) shaped like an arrow and pointing towards the summit, and it gave me enough courage to keep going. I've held on to that rock ever since. I was rearranging my sewing room tonight, when my arrow rock fell and cracked in two pieces. So, even though I love it, I can not hang on to a broken memory. I took a picture, and that will be enough. Flying without rocks, An Army Wife FlyBaby in GA
     
     
277. I just completed the "fling" of my old computer and all of its hardware. About 45 lbs of annoying electricals to bless a friend who's son can fix it and she will be able to use it for her church work. Stuttering flutterer in Wisconsin
     
     
278. Hi FlyCrew, I got rid of a lot of junk today and the "weirdest" item was the unit that held the twine for my wheeled weed whacker. I replaced it with the newer one about a year ago. Wonder why I kept the old one? Flinging happily in CA
     
     
279. I received the OK from my youngest daughter to get rid of the "Duct Tape Prom Dress". It was entered in the national contest for a scholarship...it really was pretty...some people didn't know that it was from Duct tape...It was black, red and chrome. I even made a purse and the corsage and boutineer, her earrings, necklace and hair embellishments from matching Duct tape. Well, she wore it the spring of her High School Sr. year (2002). She actually wore it twice...the second time was to a dance and you were to dress in something "unusual"! Ever since the dance it has been thrown on top of a "pile" in the basement (soon to be sorted)! Anyway, the Duct Tape Prom dress is going to Duct Tape heaven! I choose to be changed this year! Duct Tape MaMa...North Central OH
     
     
280. From Tulsa, OK— 3 hosta plants, dug up by the root ball and then left to sit in my yard since last August. I had dug them up from a spot we decided to clear completely of miscellaneous plants and just plant over with grass, and my intent was to move them to another area in the back yard. I didn’t replant them right away, and of course they died. So there they sat for months in my front yard, dead as a door nail. The letter carrier won’t know what to think when he doesn’t have to step over them anymore.
     
     

     Surprise!! #280 and my two dead poinsettas left over from the holidays are the inspiration for this Surprise. This is a quick one. Yes, you are allowed to toss dead, ugly, or unloved plants! Take a quick walk through your home (or office if you were at work - I always had brown plants at work LOL), and haul out the plants that don't make you smile. You know, the ones that looked so good in the store, but then dropped all its leaves as soon as you put it in your home (can you tell I am plant-challenged LOL). Out they go! Let me know what you find. Send an email to FlyCrew@flylady.net and put Flung3 in the subject line. FLING FLANG FLUNG!

281. Well the first weird thing is that my husband woke up yesterday morning and announced that he was cleaning up his side of the closet. I asked him if he knew it was Super Fling Boogie week and he said no, he just decided it was time to do it. The weirdest thing he decluttered was 20 extra uniform shirts and 10 extra pairs of uniform pants from his job. I don't know how he ended up with that many extras, but they were in two different sizes so I know he was keeping some just in case he went back to the smaller size. I finally got him to realize that 4 sets was enough for a week and that if he ever needs the smaller size again all he has to do is return the ones he has and ask for new ones. I am very proud of him though. Between the two of us we boogied 11 garbage bags full of clothes, totaling 105 pounds!
     
     
282. Green tomatoes wrapped in newspaper and kept in a cool place for them to ripen. I brought them in from the garden just prior to the first frost which would have been late September here in Ontario. Now they are red and withered, and more importantly, gone. Overcoming my Fear of Flying in Ontario
     
     
283. My DH decided he was going to help me do a major fling in our bedroom closet, which has been "no-man's land" for years. We found a 30-year-old white polyester leisure suit with red topstitching along with a pair of coordinating red checked trousers among assorted other suits that haven't fit my precious DH in years. We also found a pair of completely destroyed white athletic shoes and at least several hundred wire clothes hangers; a notebook of tutoring materials from the community college where I taught English-as-a-second-language, dated 1989-90; yarn for a scarf I was going to crochet for DH while we were DATING back in 1972. I don't remember how to crochet! We also found a plaster casting of my right foot that was created to fit me with orthotics for my shoes back in 1985; invitations to our DS's high school graduation in 1997. He's currently a graduate student studying for his PhD; the beginnings of a home-made "Cabbage Patch Doll" I tried to create when my DD was little. She's now the mother of my incredibly precious 14-month old grand-daughter!
     
     Our master bath is also going through a full-fledged boogie since this past week our porcelain throne broke, flooding the carpeting that was in our master bath (carpeting was in the house when we bought it from the previous owners...didn't like carpeting in master bath but never changed it). DH was positively giddy when he discovered the carpeting was completely ruined! In the course of two days, DH & SIL have replaced the porcelain throne with a brand new one (HUGE thanks to our wonderful SIL who is a plumber and repaired the plumbing damage for us, at no charge, saving us over $1000.00), ripped out the carpeting, torn down the peeling wallpaper; the light fixture that DH positively hated all these years, and removed the 25-year-old shower curtain and rod. He triumphantly strolled to the trash bin and pitched it all in!! I was "ordered" to go buy new bath necessities that I truly loved and DH would then coordinate the remodel of our master bath to what I bought! Thanks to the fact that we have FACEd our finances, we have the cash necessary to transform our master bath and don't have to use any credit cards. And...thanks to 27-fling boogies over the past few months, we were able to quickly and easily move our necessary personal items into our clean hall bathroom for us to use while we remodel our master bath. Thanks, FlyLady! We're learning to spread our wings in Mesa, AZ!
     
     
284. I don't know if this qualifies for "weird", but this weekend I flung one pint of O Positive from my left arm. I started donating in 1999 when our local blood bank put issued a desperate plea for O+ over the radio. On Saturday I hit the two gallon milestone. I am happy to bless others with my excess, and I know it goes for a good cause. I would like to encourage all flybabies to do the same. Fluttering (and lighter by a pint) in Bakersfield CA.
     
     
285. I found a tent pole for a childrens space tent that my kids had 18 years ago, the tent is long gone.
     
     
286. In a 5-minute boogie of my linen (and medicine cabinet overflow) closet: Seven business ends from defunct and long-ago tossed douche bags. LOL What was I going to do with them. Have a douche-a-thon? Flapping away in MA
     
     
287. The weirdest item I have flung is a 4 1/2 lb. ice cream tub full of crayons. My youngest is 10 1/2 and prefers colored pens. Mansfield Flyer
     
     
288. I just threw out 22 negligees stashed in my nightstand drawer. My girlfriends threw me a negligee shower 12 years ago just before I got married. Well, I ended up pregnant on the honeymoon and wore only one of those little nighties. I always thought they would fit again someday. Well, although I am trim I am never going to be my pre-baby skinny again. Every time I think of them I feel terrible so out they go... a Flybaby in PA
     
     
289. FlyCrew, Lots of clutter flung it's way into the trash (with the help of my husband and I of course) this super fling boogie. But the weirdest of all had to be all of the bills we have accumulated (and paid of course) since 1992 - the year we married. For some unknown reason, I'd stash these envelopes with everything but the rip off portion you send back in my extra closet in boxes. Three hours and six garbage bags later, out they went! The good news is I now have a new system of dealing with bills and paper clutter so I never have to face years worth of paper junk again - who needs a power bill from 1992????? Florida FlyBaby (with wings... and closet... wide open)
     
     
290. So far I have decluttered 281 pounds of clutter. Some of the weirdest things were my clown props including a 3 foot foam rocket, a tipping table, a mosquito puppet that was light sensitive & would buzz when you opened his mouth, juggling hoops, red noses-including one for the car, a toy phone , 4 "mistle-toads", a spring bunny, spinning plates, an "apple" computer (frame with dowel rods with plastic apples on them) a bird collection (including a jailbird, a "stool" pigeon, a "two-can", a "Blue" J, a bird "dog" named "flido", and a "dove"-bar of soap! Thanks for helping me part with these!
     
     
291. This isn't necessarily weird but it shows what a "she" I am. As I was doing the fly spot alert for the hall closet guess what I found. My prom dress and granduation gown and cap from high school and college. I showed my husband my prom dress (we were high school sweethearts) he safety pinned it to my shoulders (I'm 7 months pregnant with baby # 2 I wasn't about to attempt to put it on). We then had a nice slow dance and a good laugh! After our dance and laugh I got the courage to throw it away along with gowns and cap. Sad at first but what a freeing experience!
     
     
292. My husband and I are decluttering our college text books that we have been hanging onto for a year or two, just in case we ever wanted to sell them back to the bookstore...yeah, and get $5 for a text book I paid $90 for two years ago? Not worth it! We instead decided to list them on half.com. We have sold and shipped off almost all of them, blessing college students looking for good deals on books, and blessing the two of us with a little splurge money! I'm so excited...I'm going to use some of the money I made to buy a Flylady feather duster!
     
     
293. I opened a drawer that I had "organized" a while ago. In the drawer were 2 shoe boxes of cassette tapes. The first box held Spanish language tapes from the 3 semesters of Spanish I took at the community college 10 yrs ago. Did I really think I still needed those? The second box held tapes I made of all my LP records before I moved overseas. I listened to those tapes for several years so they were worth the effort, but I haven't listened to them for at least 11 yrs. Only 2lbs, but a huge weight off my shoulders! Fluttering in Florida
     
     
294. I have been holding on to...get this...almost every pair of blue jeans (with ripped knees) my son and daughter owned since they were around three years old - they're now 10 and 13! I've been saving them in a box in the attic, thinking that "some day" I would cut them up and make some wonderful keepsake like a denim quilt or pillows or something! Finally this weekend I took them out of the attic, told my DD what I was saving them for, and she very gently and kindly gave me a look like "mom, you've got to be kidding" and then kindly told me to toss them, with my DH chiming in right along with her! THEY'RE GONE!!
     
     
295. I opened a cardboard box and found dozens of old plastic floral picks –actually they weren’t flowers but absolutely junky fake fruit – bananas, apples and nuts the same size. I think I was going to make some sort of craft – but really, they were sooo ugly. In reflecting, I realize I have had that box about 30 years and had moved it at least 6 times. However, the box was heavy because it also contained a huge slab of wax for making homemade candles. Minnesota Flybaby who tries all crafts or at least buys the supplies.
     
     
296. Thanks to flylady, I did a "fling" on my Christmas decorations as I put them away for the season. I culled a full black garbage bag of crushed and battered red velvet bows, silk poinsettas, gold spray painted pine cones and miscellaneous "repairable" ornaments and decorative tins that have graced my home in years past. I have not used any of them in over 8 years, but I saved them anyway "just in case" I needed something for any Christmas craft projects I might want to make for gifts...HA! Like that'll ever happen! Truth be known, even if I had the time (which I don't) I HATE DOING CRAFTS! That's why God made craft fairs and gave me wonderful artsy-craftsy friends who need to be appreciated instead. Next season when I open my boxes of ornaments I will be greeted with the peace of enjoyment rather than the harassment of guilt. FLYing high near Green Bay Wisconsin!
     
     
297. One of the weirdest things I've flung is a full sized antique weaving loom. Bought it some years ago in hopes of learning to weave. Never learned, never even figured out how to set the thing up. It was so large I didn't really have room for it, so it would keep getting moved from one spot to another, finally ending up in the garage. I would just fee such guilt every time I'd look at it for the money I spent for something I wasn't using. Flinging it was such a relief. I flung the guilt too. A PA Flybaby!
     
     
298. An entire garbage bag of plastic grocery bags that I had cut into strips with the intention of crocheting them into beach bags. Needless to say I never got it done and they went out in the garbage today. - from Rapid City, SD
     
     

     Surprise!! Oh, Oh, OH! You are NOT alone in this one! This could be huge! #294, 295, 296, 297, and 298 are ALL this inspirations for this scavenger hunt surprise!. See if you can find just ONE old craft idea that you collected the stuff for and know deep down in your heart that you will never do. Don't feel guilty about this! Not for one little minute. We SHEs are amongst the most creative people in the world and we collect craft stuff. Now don't think too hard on this one, just go go go - you know exactly which thing is in your home that you will never do or finish. Let it go, so you can find the room for the activities you really love. Half finished scarf - here I come! Let me know what you find. Send an email to FlyCrew@flylady.net and put Flung4 in the subject line. FLING FLANG FLUNG!

299. I just tossed 30 years of guilt! In the form of canning that I don't even know for sure what it was! Yes, some of it was canned the year I got married - 1973! As my DM-I-L (85) watched me pour black gunk that was marked 'Crab Jelly' down the sink, she asked, "Does it really ever get too old to use???" LOL Flybaby in Edmonton, AB
     
     
300. Weird and smelly! 10 pounds of sourkraut that did't "work". Has been in my extra room since fall. Was a lot of work so kept giving it another chance. Was scared to taste it and it stunk. Finally took it out and the top had gone powdery mold so the compost got fed! Maybe I'll try again this fall. It took me 10 years of planning to try the first batch. Thanks for the fun read. Kelowna B.C.
     
     
301. Just flung 6 jars of homemade chili sauce from my (BO) mother in law as a house warming gift in 1991. She called as soon as she got home to tell my to throw it out. She had just tated it and there was so much salt in it that she couldn't eat it. YOU explain why I kept it Maryland
     
     
302. We just flung an entire kitchen's worth of Corian countertops to the curb. Why is this weird? They're not from our kitchen! Some family friends were remodeling their kitchen with granite countertops and offered their "old" (only 3 years!) Corian countertops to us. Now, I've been flying for 2 and a half years. I knew better! Their counter layout was different than ours. The counters were different dimensions. The color didn't really go with anything we have in our kitchen. But... It's Corian, for pete's sake!!! Maybe we could piece it together somehow! So, the countertops lived in our in-laws' garage for a couple of months, and then in our shed for a few more months. Today, we finally measured everything and faced the reality that it wasn't going to work. They are now at our curb with a "Free" sign waiting to bless someone else. I feel about 275 pounds lighter and have (hopefully!) learned a lesson finally! Flybaby T in Texas
     
     
303. My BO husband, inspired by my paltry efforts during Superfling Boogie, rid our household of the one bit of clutter HE has contributed: about 500 annual reports and investment literature from various companies. This filled up about 10 paper grocery bags!! Who knew. FlutterBaby in Ann Arbor, Michigan
     
     
304. FlyCrew, Dog shampoo and related items.....haven't had a dog in over 10 years. - in MS
     
     
305. I just did a quick clean in my fridge and found a package of yeast that expired in November 1999. Something from the last century! It's not that I haven't cleaned the fridge since then but this time I actually took the shelves in the door out and scrubbed them, and that gem fell out of the top shelf. It's little, it doesn't weigh much, but it's FLUNG! Chenango County, NY
     
     
306. FlyCrew, I bought some art brushes, a paint pallet, a how-to watercolor book, and some special paper not long after I moved into my new condo in 1987. Unfortunately I put it in a corner of my "art studio" and forgot about it. Yesterday I needed to rearrange the file cabinets and bookshelves to accommodate a computer and I pulled everything out of that room. One of the things I found was that bag with the watercolor supplies. I was excited....that is, until I started pulling the items out. It turns out the 16 year old art brush bristles had disintegrated into dust! I ended up tossing everything out. If you don't use it you lose it.....well said. -- in Boston
     
     PS I'm glad the super fling came at this time, as I hadn't really been in the studio in 3 years (long story). Now with the furniture rearranged, cleaned up as well as decluttered, I like the feel of the room again - I feel like I want to spend time doing my artwork. Change must be in the air, because today I received an offer to do some artwork for money. Yippee. Thank you for everything you all do. I appreciate it more than I can say.
     
     
307. Hi FlyCrew, I’m off the fly-lady listserv, but am still fluttering with the web site. I was laughing about all these SHE’s and the crazy things they were hoarding until. . I’m tackling my basement and in a box I found a nice wall sconce I’ve had for 16 years. Not a big deal, but the glass candle holder which went with it has been broken for 14 years. All this time I’ve been “getting around to” replacing it! AND, I’ve moved TEN TIMES! Ten times I”ve boxed this thing up and moved it! Now it’s off to Goodwill and I’ve got one less box in my basement. Fluttering in Toronto, Canada.
     
     
308. Dear Flylady & Girls; I was a flybaby wanna be. I have been visiting your site for 2 years now, and have got my morning and evening routines perfect. I am however a BIG procrastinator, and wanted to wait until I have enough time to do it all perfectly. Well no more. I "jumped in where I was", and joined my first super fling boogie - 15 minutes at a time. Not that these are wierd, but WOW - 40 mens dress shirts that he will never fit into again, 6 month old clothing for twin girls (they are now 5 years old) clothing. I still have 4 different sizes of work clothes for me (I'm a payroll SHE), 25 years of paperwork junk (I've kept every pay stub & credit card receipt) and 2 households of Junk (when my father passed away, we inherited his junk too - he was a packrat to beat all packrats) - OUT IT'S ALL GOING (I've made the call for pick up & bought the paper shredder) - I knew I became a full fledged flybaby when I would hold something up and ask my husband and children if it made them SMILE!!!!! I can't thank you enough for helping me FLM (finally love myself) - WINGLESS FLYBABY IN ONTARIO
     
     
309. I'm from Derry, New Hampshire. I'm a "Flybaby"; today makes 1 week, and what a difference!! Here's a "wierd" item my DH found in the fridge: He pulled out a brown frozen square and asked, "What's this?" As soon as I saw it, I remembered; last spring my DD picked up a glob of mud at the soccer field, shaped it into a square, and decided to see what would happen if she put it in the freezer. Needless to say, it was promptly forgotten about and has remained unseen until yesterday! I'm off to declutter my freezer now...15 minutes!
     
     
310. I don't know if you consider this weird, but definitely ironic. I was decluttering my family room and came across not one, but 2 books on how to declutter my home. They were under a huge pile of seldom used items. I had to laugh. I had read them, but obviously never got any further. I am still a flybaby, but am already making way more headway than I did when I purchased the books:) Thank you. - from Downingtown, PA
     
     
311. We had a problem with our drain in the master bathroom shower so we'd been using the shower in the other bathroom for several months. My husband and his buddy finally fixed the drain, but left the old dried putty they had cleaned off the drain sitting in chunks in the bottom of the shower stall. That shower has been fixed for about 4 months and we haven't used it once because of that stupid putty sitting in the bottom - neither one of us ever just grabbed it and threw it away! It's finally gone and I'll be using the shower stall for the first time in over a year - funny how great I feel when I look in there now! New flybaby in Michigan
     
     
312. I'm donating my "molecular hairsetter." Anybody remember those? After seeing the infomercial, I couldn't live without it. I have used it two times about 8 years ago (or whenever it was I ordered it--it's been so long I can't remember). It's been taking up room in my linen closet, and every time I see it I feel guilty. Before FlyLady, it never would have occurred to me that these are two good reasons for getting rid of it. Thanks! Fluttering in Ann Arbor, Michigan (yes, the same household as the annual reports)
     
     

     Surprise!! #312 gave me the idea to play "gadget inspector". This Surprise is going to take you on the hunt for the gadget you thought would work and all it did was add clutter to your home. Quick, go find ONE gadget that has turned into dust collecting clutter! Get your kids involved, see if they can find ONE toy that has never worked, never been fun, or just didn't live up to expectations. Here we go, fling, flang, flung!! Let me know what you find. Send an email to FlyCrew@flylady.net and put Flung5 in the subject line.

313. I'm sure I'm not the only one who's done this, but my husband and I were cleaning out our kitchen, including the freezer. We both looked at each other when we came to the large foil-wrapped object...we both knew exactly what it was...we unwrapped it carefully, chipped off a few bites, made *horrible faces* and promptly re-wrapped and TOSSED the top layer of our wedding cake! Why is this weird? We've been married two and a half years!! Now that it's gone, our freezer is *empty* except for the ice maker! Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!! A Flybaby and her hubby in Austin, TX
     
     
314. A stable. Yes, we got rid of the old stable on our property, which has been unoccupied for 20+ years. It once held 2 horses and a pony. (my husband's when he was little. The horses were long gone by the time I met him). It still had a bag of lime, a bug zapper, some hay, and some hoof-cleaning chemicals, plus some other junk in it. Blech! We had to hire 3 guys to take it out and it took them 3 trips to the dump. Yay! Now I don't have to look at it, or worry what my young sons might found out there when they go exploring. It's got to be a couple thousand pounds. A friend came over and said it was bittersweet -- not for me. I don't have any horses, I don't need a falling down stable, it's gone. Wheeee!! Dallas, TX
     
     
315. Isn't it amazing how often we keep memorabilia from bad experiences? I've just flung 'mementoes' of my biggest motorcycle crash! In May 2002 I was hit by another motorcycle while racing my Harley Davidson (legally, on a track). I've just flung my smashed up helmet, scuffed and torn gloves, and the plaster cast from my broken wrist (very attractive in Harley Davidson orange!). What's most surprising, though, is that I actually view my big crash in a very positive light. You see, while I was housebound with a badly smashed wrist... I discovered Flylady! My baby steps began with only one useful hand but lots of time to work. My dressing table (first ever Hot Spot) has been immaculate since May 2002 and much has followed. Flinging more clutter... I finally decided to give up racing, at least for a while, and sold another race bike - to the man who crashed into me! He and his wife came and stayed for a night, toured the farm and bought a spare motorcycle and chassis. We've become really good friends and are likely to keep in touch long term. Flinging with glee In New Zealand!
     
     
316. Can anybody tell me why on earth we packed and moved a whole slew of return-address labels with our _old_ address on them? Or, for that matter, why on earth I saved half a dozen swatches of the fabrics I _didn't_ choose for my bridesmaids' gowns? Flapping madly in Cleveland
     
     
317. FlyCrew I sorted all my Christmas Decorations and donated over 75 pounds of bulbs, lights and ornaments. As I was sorting I picked up a giant cardboard box in the basement and there were 20 boxes of what I thought were icicle lights for our porch. The boxes were totally empty. The lights are on our porch and then we have one box for them. My husband laughed about me finding the boxes, he said that as long as I thought I had lights I wouldn't buy more. So true LOL. So we recycled all the empty boxes and have a lot of room. I didn't make it getting all the Christmas clean-up by Jan. 9, but I sure made a lot of room and a huge donation towards someone else's future holiday. Thanks a lot. Flybaby in Battle Creek
     
     
318. Two 16 pound ten pin bowling balls, bowling shoes and carrying bag. My brother in law had been storing this at our house for the last five years and never used them. I phone and got his permission to get rid of it and they now bless a youth bowling league. PS. FlyCrew I love the way you guys make your web site so much fun. Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada (Note from FlyCrew: THANKS! We have a ton of fun doing this!)
     
     
319. I may have the prize for the oldest cards. I tossed out several cards addressed to me with my maiden name and I've been married for 46 years! I've had a thing for keeping cards and finally tossed out sympathy cards from my father and mother's funerals, 20 years and 8 years ago, get-well cards from a surgery I had 21 years ago, Christmas cards from 2000, 2001 and 2002. I've only just begun to fling in southeast Michigan!
     
     
320. Hi! How is this for weird? While decluttering the cabinet above my fridge, I found and flung, 14 empty Malt- O- Meal boxes that my dh had saved for the "valuable" coupons that could be received if the proof of purchase were mailed in. They were dated 1994 and 1995. Also found and flung, 7 very yellowed Food Sections from our local paper, dated 1990. Never used any of them. A wedding cake topper from 1987 was mixed in, and it wasn't even mine! Forgetting about "Some day" and living Today! One month of flying under my wings, never be 'grounded' again! My dh and I thank you from Illinois!
     
     
321. More gross than weird. I decluttered a very nice thermos. It had chicken soup in it from October. I had placed it on a shelf in the garage-to get back to later. Needless to say, later never came so I threw it out! Flybaby in Ga
     
     
322. Hi FlyCrew! The weirdest thing my DH and I have flung is a small package of 10-year-old purple M & M's. A friend bought them for my DH 10 years ago at the M & M's factory in Las Vegas, but he couldn't bring himself to eat them because then he wouldn't have them anymore. Finally he has seen fit to part with them :) Also, from some boxes I got from my Mother's garage I personally a bunch of my clothes from high school, including flung a pair of jeans and a pair of shorts that were so holy nobody could have worn them without having something underneath. Apparently when I was 15 I thought I would want them for sentimental reasons when I was 28 years old, but i was wrong. Out they went! Still flinging in Portland, OR
     
     
323. I have been fluttering for 6 weeks now. I removed an 8" diameter clay flower pot that had been 'living' in my bathroom for 3 years, squeezed between the toilet and the wall. My SIL had given it to me for my birthday, probably full of nice bath items, which is why it ended up in my bathroom and never 'moved'. The flower pot has been faithfully storing empty toilet rolls and junk mail. Out of the bathroom ....and I put a nice plant in it and gave it to my best friend for her birthday. She was thrilled, and loves clay pots!
     
     I also flung a 2.5 foot-long wooden staircase spindle that I inherited when I bought the house 3 years ago. It had been mounted horizontally in the laundry room, and had 7 brass coat hooks on it, a relic from the 60's! I dug it out of the attic, and surprisingly, it only took me 5 minutes to unscrew the coat hooks (which I needed) and saved me at least $10 in hardware supplies!
     
     That got me motivated to unscrew an 18" long wooden bracket from the bathroom door in the basement. I had boogied the huge coat rack/shelf years ago, but never got around to taking off the support bracket - all of 30 seconds with a screwdriver. Who needs a coat rack in a basement bathroom anyway???
     
     My biggest item for the day was donating 16+ pounds of plastic TOMY trains, tracks and the plastic TUB. I picked it up FREE at a moving sale in Singapore about 10 years ago (and 2 countries ago), even though my DS already had a train set at that time. I bought more trains in the next country, but the 3 DS's probably played with it 5 times in 10 years. Today I will donate it to our neighborhood clothing shelter, where children can play with the trains while their parents 'shop' for clothes.
     
     The smallest item boogied - a lego-sized, broken plastic airplane engine. I have diligently sorted and kept this piece for 12 years, 4 moves to 3 countries. Did I ever find the original airplane? Did I ever try to glue it back on? NO.....what was I thinking? How could this little airplane engine have any meaning to my 3 DS' toys? Or to our cluttered home? The weight and size of this little piece of plastic are negligible, but the change in my mindset by releasing this tiny piece -- is enormous! Fling. Flang. Flung! (and I didn't look back)!
     
     Thank you and blessings to each of you for sharing. Now that I know I am not alone, and have chuckled at your boogie stories, I am beginning to FLY! ........a Single Mom in Kansas City
     
     
324. I loved reading about the boogied bridesmaid dresses. I boogied mine years ago but still had a long black woolen winter coat dating from the early '90s. I hadn't worn it for years and pulled it out of the cupboard recently, thinking it just needed a good dry-cleaning. While I don't mind wearing oldish clothes, I'll be darned if I'll ever be caught dead in *shoulder pads* again! I looked like a footballer! That coat, with several others, was donated to charity and now my DD has more room in her cupboard (yes, it was in DD's cupboard. Shame on me!). Flying in southwest England
     
     
325. Not only am I enjoying the decluttering in my own home, but I just spoke with my mother, and she too is enjoying this! I am actually very proud of my Mom-she took some really beautiful coats, hats, scarfs and mitts that are my fathers down to a men's shelter. (the catch is, my Dad wasn't really ever going to wear these again since he died in October of 1994! Purple puddles) - having lots of fun being a new flybaby, in Ancaster, Ontario, Canada
     
     

     Surprise!! #324 and #325 reminded me that old outgrown or unloved winter coats will not keep anyone warm if they are stuffed into a closet or rolled up in a ball. For this Surprise, see if you can find ONE coat that no one in your family wears anymore and add it to your blessing box. It has been very cold in many parts of the world this winter. Let's make sure not a single winter coat goes to waste. Check the kid's coat sizes too! Go Go Go! Let me know what you find. Send an email to FlyCrew@flylady.net and put Flung6 in the subject line. FLING FLANG FLUNG!

326. I went through my sock drawer and tossed all the weird colored socks I had. I had army green, bright yellows, florescent pink, purples, etc. These are all socks I had bought on clearance with no thought of the item that I owned to match them or I got rid of the outfit that matched it ages ago and never got rid of the socks. I knew I was going to tackle this drawer during the Super fling boogie however I did not think I would purged thirty pairs! Plus, I made room for the colors I would wear: black, white, blues, browns, and the occasial pair that matchs something I own. I will be wearing these instead of ugly socks! Flybaby K in Denver
     
     
327. After 3 super-flings, I really don't have a lot of stuff left. But, while going through a cabinet I came across a nice, but tarnished, silver chafing dish. The weird thing about this is that it was a wedding present (I have been married for 33 years), we have moved 10 times (from Maryland to Hawaii and several stops in between), and I have never used it. It's in the box and we're on our way out the door. . . . Still trying in Ohio
     
     
328. I just boogied a whole trash bag FULL of shabby steel toed boots out of my life. I have no idea why I have hung on to them so long, they were either worn out or hurt my feet which was why they were tossed into a bag! I have worked at my job for 5 years and own 2 nice new pair of steel toe tennis shoes, so why I still had the bag is beyond me. I cleaned out my jewelry box and found several dried flowers from high school (I graduated in '94) and even a rose I was given from a choir director for a solo I did....in 1989! Buh-Bye! FLYbaby J from PA
     
     
329. Hi FlyCrew- Our weirdest item is an Angelica slipper (from the Rugrats). Not a pair of Angelica slippers, mind you. Just one. DD had a pair of them when she was about 5, and we came across the 'sole' survivor this weekend. Four huge rubbermaid tubs emptied, and 98% of the contents have been flung. The trashmen won't like us tomorrow! Flinging and fluttering in Georgia
     
     

     Surprise!! We are getting close to the end now, only TWO more Surprises left! #328, and #329 set the example for this Surprise. This could be interesting LOL! Quick, as fast as you can, find ONE pair of shoes, boots, or slippers that don't fit, are worn out, or never worn. Get the kids involved in this one too! "Those boots are made for walking...and they're going to walk right out of here...." Let me know what you find. Send an email to FlyCrew@flylady.net and put Flung7 in the subject line. FLING FLANG FLUNG!

330. Just flung a bottle of champagne received in the hospital the day our son was born. It has been in the refrigerator since we brought the baby home. the "baby" is 16 years old! - Georgia
     
     
331. This is definitely a SHE here: My daughter was tossing her old, drawerless dresser, so I ventured into the garage to find the drawers. Not an easy task, with all of the stuff stuffed into it. I pulled 11 bags of clothes that had been set aside to take to charity over the past 3-4 years (yes..off it went into the truck and to the donation site). As I was pulling out some painting tarp from a pile of boxes, out comes an opposum! It was huge, and scared me so much I scrambled to the other side of the garage. My screams went unnoticed by my dh and ds who were sanding a door outside the garage. The opposum scuffled off into the back of the garage, and I made my escape. We still haven't figured out how to fling the opposum!
     
     
332. Two lids from dog food (so that you can give the dog a partial can and save the rest to be fresh in the fridge). The weird thing is that I haven't had a dog in 13 years, and definitely not one small enough to only eat part of a can in over 20 years. I will NOT admit how many times I have moved these plastic lids with me! But they're gone, now!
     
     
333. Hi, FlyCrew! I'm not sure how weird this is, but i just cleaned off the top of my upright freezer. (DH was getting on to me about it because the sides were getting really hot....there wasn't enough air flow getting to it because of the mess on top!) Anyway, I flung about 200 or more paper delivery bags, some with the little raffia handles, some not, from a home business venture that failed. They were all neatly packed in a basket and set on top of the freezer for over a year. The sad thing was my hessitation to throw out the ones with handles!!!! I started to think that I could use them as gift bags for birthdays/Christmas/whatever! It only took 10 seconds before I stopped myself from it! Now I just need to figure out what to do with all the un-sold product I have in boxes....it's all been paid for (by me), and SOME of it can be used by my family....can anyone tell me where to donate unused make-up, face creams, etc.???LOL FLYing lighter in West Georgia (note from FlyCrew: Try calling your local Women's Shelter, they may take the makeup, etc.)
     
     
334. I finally tossed the disposables squirt bottles used to keep stitches clean after having a baby. I had two bottles, one each from my last two kids. I also tossed a few spice containers that were my mom's from when I was a girl (I'm 32.)
     
     
335. Today (1/10/04) my husband and I cleaned out two rooms. We must have thrown out a little over 100 magazines that have been dated back in '86. We also threw out a bunch of those AOL load up cd's, about 12 to be exact. Why did we still have those? I don't know. Needless to say we have one cleared room that will be transformed into our daughters room and a clean closet in which to store our other items that we still use, in the other room. We also threw out a bunch of old computer cords and keyboards and scanners and printers that were never going to be used again. And the best part is that my husband took it all to the dump already so we won't have to worry about it later. I feel so liberated and 'Wow' this feels nice. Thank you all for all you have done for me and my family. Flybaby no longer weighed down in Farmington NM
     
     
336. Today, my husband and I took a box on Encyclopedia's (yes in hardback) to Goodwill to sell. They were my grandparents, and I used to love to read them as a child. Of course they were from the 50's or 60's, so they were completely outdated. Although I of course had all of the yearly updates to up until 1986. My family thought I wanted them, and I thought they wanted them, and as it turns out, no one wanted them, so out they went! I can now get to my son's floor in his closet, and it is such a burden lifted from my shoulders!
     
     
337. Hey All, New flybaby here. My husband and I are flinging our master bedroom/bath. I threw away a box full of............ boxes! Fling flang flung! ~Flinging away in Richardson, Texas
     
     
338. This is my 4th super fling. I went to the refrigerator and decluttered 4 lbs: 20 duck sauces, 40 mustard packets, 10 soy sauce packets, 1 easter bunny (not sure what year), salt packets that turned orange from soaking up spilled duck sauce, 4 McD's salad dressing packets and 10 non-diary creamers. I don't know why I saved them from every take-out chinese and fast food I brought home but I never used them. Slowly gaining lift to fly - Pennington, NJ
     
     
339. 9 boxes of coffee-type cake mixes that we bought at a discounted price that were still in the cabinet from 1999. We bought them for a "pre Y2K" food supply - like that would have helped if we didn't have any thing else to eat!! LIMIT is truly the goal this year - even my husband is catching on. Thanks for the encouragement! Just Learning to fling in TN
     
     

     Last Surprise!! Food from the previous century! Yup, you guessed it, we are hunting down those last bits of food from any year with the number "19" in the expiry date (yes, even salad dressings and marshmellows have expiry dates stamped on them. Check your food stash and see if you can find ONE food thing still in your home from the previous century. Let me know what you find. Send an email to FlyCrew@flylady.net and put Flung8 in the subject line. FLING FLANG FLUNG!

340. This has been an amazing four days. I flung and shredded up to 25 lbs of paper bills, receipts back to 1989. For some reason I was using that 7 year rule for everything. I also managed to fling, one of those large going away cards given to my DH & I when we left Canada for a two-year stint in Australia in 1979. I guess the idea keeping it was not to forget the people who signed the card. I have flung many old toys, my girls are now 20 & 22. I flung a 3 yr old silk flower bouquet from a wedding, skeins of wool and cotton flosses that will never get used, plastic glasses with promotional logos, glasses loosing their finish that belonged to my grandmother who passed away in 1986, mugs (my gosh, mugs from university days, Oktoberfests), Oh my goodness, this is only the beginning and feels great. I am thankful I read the recent newspaper article. I am on a roll. New flybaby, Langley, BC
     
     
341. A few months back I did a declutter in my Mom's home - she had spices in her spice cabinent that are older than me (and I'm 28)!!! Back then McCormick actually put the year on the jar - I flung 1974, 1978, 1980 and 1982... My parents moved in 1982 - I can't beleive they took the 1974 spices with them even at that point! I didn't tell her - do you think she'll miss them??? -- FLYbaby in Virginia
     
     
342. OK FlyCrew, I used to think of myself as Semi-Organized, boy was I kidding myself! I've been Flinging and was amazed at some of the things I've found. Calendars, dating back to 1996 and every year since! Ok, so I can use a calendar, but why'd I SAVE THEM???? You know the carbon copies in your check book?? I found boxes of them! I assume I have every check carbon since 1996 as well. (I was just looking at the dates on the top copy in each box) How about a tin?? Ok, Tins aren't strange, but I found one filed to the top with Kool-Aid points. Funny thing is, my kids rarely drink kool-aid anymore, and we haven't used the envelopes with the points on them for years!!! And we obviously never cash them in, what would I want with an umbrella that says Kool-Aid on it???? Learning to Fling and Fly in Indiana.
     
     
343. FlyCrew, Thinking "weird" as ODD: I have "let go" of 750 pounds of CLOTHES (by guess-timation). I'm, NO, I've BEEN a packrat all my life and am learning new ways. These are not clothes that I can actually wear. Letting go the BIGGIE clothes was not so hard, just a little scary. On the low-carb eating plan I've lost 35 pounds body weight and ALL the 18W-1X and over clothing. Our church has a missionary project for a town in Siberia whose weather get down to 35* below zero and can use winter and summer clothing. The hardest part was finally letting go of all my FAVORITE small clothes even from the time of pre-marriage/college (19-21years old and I just turned 56). I kept some of the size 14 and am in 16. I cannot figure why its so hard to let go in my head. The boxes are at the site, I will not go back to retrieve anything, and I need to be FREE of all this STUFF just sitting around in boxes, the last time I went through to get this STUFF out of my closets and hidey-holes, labeled the boxes, was 1990! Now...to continue tossing on the paper clutter/STUFF in boxes...so sorry this is long...guess I just needed to say a few words over the 'dearly departed'...in SLT CA "Free At Last"
     
     
344. This is my first Fling and it is has been great. I flung a roll top desk that I have moved with me for the last 20 years. It was put together by an ex husband and I kept it in case any of our kids wanted it. Well after two flooded garages and umpteen moves - no one will ever want it, so flung it goes. Also flung the childhood toddler bed of my 19 year old son. Finally decided hand me downs aren't always a welcome thing!! I may even be able to park my car in the garage before this SUPER fling boogie is over!! Thanks so much for the fun you put in blessing my home! FLYing in Brownwood Texas
     
     
345. I finally got around to flinging a key from the lock for my high school locker. I have NO idea where the lock is anymore since I graduated from high school 8 years ago! The worst thing is that I hung it up... still on its neck chain... on the key rack by our main door when we moved here 3 years ago! -NS, Canada
     
     
346. Weird, humiliating, but true....we found in a John Deere coffee cup (in a baggie) the dead tick that was removed from our daughter after being out in the weeds, that we were saving for the Dr. to see if she would have a reaction THREE YEARS AGO.....AND we moved since then too and BROUGHT THE TICK WITH US!!!!!!!! Flinging away hundereds and hundreds of lbs. happily in Ohio
     
     
347. Two huge and two small pumpkins leftover from Halloween that weren't carved. They've been sitting on my kitchen floor. No more stubbed toes.
     
     

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