Bent rolls of leftover Christmas wrap: “I can always iron it.”

A broken watch: “It may never tell time but I can use the crystal for a magnifying glass in a survival situation.”

Ugly $8.99 wind chimes: “I only bought them to change a twenty.”

Partly used bottles of the wrong color makeup: “Who knows, maybe I’ll get a tan next summer.”

Dishpans and buckets that leak: “These might be cute outside somewhere with petunias planted in them.”

Faded bedspreads and curtains from former homes: “Maybe I could dye them.”

Stacks of empty adding machine, aluminum foil and freezer paper rolls: “I’m saving them for when I have grandchildren.”

A chain smoker: “It takes a lot more guts to face up to cancer than to quit smoking.”

Cheap bargain-store tools you’ve found to be worthless: “I’ll save these to loan to the neighbors.”

Three extra cars: “I’m the victim of a materialistic society.”

Half-read books you couldn’t force yourself to finish: “If I get jailed, snowed in or hospitalized, these will be my salvation.”

Old chamber pot: “I’m saving it for a white elephant party.”

Lidless cookie jar: “Throwing innocent objects into the garbage seems merely a step away from murder!”

Cheap ballpoint pen that mostly skips or won’t write: “Maybe I can pick up some cheap refills.”

Bottles of expired vitamins: “Well, we’ll just have to take twice as many of them now.”

Pantyhose with a two-inch runner up one leg: “I can always wear them with slacks.”

Long outdated packets of garden seeds: “Those expiration dates are just gimmicks to get you to buy new seeds.”

Twenty-year old love letters from past romances: “But my old girlfriend put so much work into these.”

The dresses you used to wear with go-go boots: “I can always convert these to tunics.”

Stacks of old Christmas cards: “I’m keeping them until I find time to cut off the backs to use for writing grocery lists.”

Old school papers: “When I’m President, it will be necessary for history. They’ll put my kindergarten papers in a museum.”

The ultimate lame excuse: “But Don, if we all dejunked our houses, the nation’s land fill sites will be exhausted much sooner.”

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Get rid of the TOO MUCH in your life
…the junk, litter--the stuff !

Consider carefully the ten big killers of clutter:

1. It takes up your space--everywhere including in your mind, on your body, in your garage.

2. It takes up your time to tend--looking after it, storing it, explaining it, and protecting it.

3. It takes your money for space, heat, and insurance.

4. It takes your respect and dignity. Junkers are treated badly. People carrying, keeping excess aren't admired much.

5. It sets a negative residence message to friends and family.

6. It inflicts a burden on others around you who have to view it, dodge it, and later go through it.

7. It's an active disorganizer. It confuses direction, gets in the way of progress and production.

8. It causes/enhances accidents--wrecks, fires, injury (hernias, too).

9. It's an enemy to the environment, creating waste of resources to handle.