I am so thankful to MH & LH for telling me about Freecycle. Have you heard of it? It is a yahoo group where you can offer up to others the things you don't want anymore, and of course try to get things that others no longer want. Sometimes you can even post a "wanted" ad so if someone has an item that they didn't even remember they had sitting around in their basement, you can take it off their hands. Here's an excerpt from the main page:
" Boston, Massachusetts Freecycle(TM) is open to all who want to "recycle" that special something rather than throw it away. Whether a chair, a fax machine, or an old door, feel free to post it. Maybe you're looking to acquire something yourself! Everything posted must be FREE, legal and appropriate for all ages. Freecycle is a movement of people interested in keeping stuff out of landfills while building a sense of community."
I wanted to share about Freecycle because I was so immensely blessed today by another Freecycle member. Timo and I took a short, 2/3 mile walk today to go pick up some maternity clothes. Another member had offered this lot of clothes and I hadn't "won" it, but a few weeks later she wrote me to say that the original person who had contacted her apparently didn't want the stuff, was I still interested? I replied in the affirmative and arranged to pick them up. Well, I just got done sorting through the two huge trash bags full of clothes, and I really hit the motherlode!!! I can't even count the number of tops - long sleeve, 3/4 sleeve, 1/2 sleeve, short sleeve, no sleeve - some t-shirt style, some dressier. Also some dresses and skirts, a nightgown, and a pair of shorts. Wow.
Completely, amazedly blessed.
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that's great!
i am too lazy to look through those emails to sort through what i might want.
It's so much easier now with the new way that Yahoo! is formatting it's group "Daily digest" emails. You have a list of the topics, which should include whether it is an OFFER, WANTED, TAKEN, or FOUND, the item, and the location. Then if you see something you like you click on a link that brings you to that message in the email. After reading it you can click to go back to top, and look at the rest of the headings. Much easier than before :) The problem, though, with waiting for the daily digest (and not checking the website a few times a day) is that a lot of the time by the time you respond to something, it has already been given away. This time I just got lucky!
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