It’s the last day of the Fall 2019 Minimizing Game, and today we have more than 30 crocheted granny squares. These were my first attempts and making these squares. Over a year later, my crotchet work is much more even, and I decided to make the afghan out of a different size and color of squares. These went into textile recycling.

 

For the Minimizing Game Day 29, my kids once again helped me. This is a box of way more than 29 very large legos (and the box they came in) for kids under 2 or 3 that my kids say they are too old to play with.

The Minimizing Game Day 28 consists of:

1. Play-Doh Game Nadim doesn’t want.
2. Ripped gift bag.
3. Crib sheet.
4. Another.
5. Small hat.
6. Twisted yarn.
7. Black knot of twine (hard to see under the yarn).
8. Toy bus.
9. Toy car.
10. Four
11. Clothes
12. Pins
13. Don’t Need.
14. Two
15. Coloring books.
16. Plastic foot.
17. Craft item.
18. Plastic toy ladder.
19. Small puzzle.
20. Broken headphones.
21. Small thing looks like a steering wheel.
22. Very small plastic cat.
23. Cat toy Oz doesn’t want.
24. Small plastic cage.
25. Some dried-out stickers.
26. Small toy in plastic bag.
27. McDonald’s toy.
28. Nadim’s old underpants.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For the Minimizing Game Day 27, my children offered to help, and they are volunteering this box of more than 27 blocks that Samir got for his first Christmas, almost 9 years ago. They’ve gotten a lot of use out of them, but they are baby blocks, so it’s time to let them go.

The Minimalism Game Day 26 consists of:

1. Body pillow that Nadim shredded somehow (not pictured).
2. Cereal that I bought for Nadim a year ago but he hates it and so does everyone else (not pictured).
3. Craft project of Samir’s that went wrong and resulted in tiny pieces of plastic everywhere (not pictured).
4. A different but similar craft project (not pictured).
5. Four
6. Pieces
7. Of
8. Clothing.
9. Something that came with PS4.
10. Another.
11. Crazy straw.
12. Two buttons.
13. Eyeglass cleaning cloth.
14. Light-up ball that doesn’t work.
15. Terrible whistle.
16. Small plastic frog.
17. Top from clay.
18. Marshall.
19. Chase.
20. A turtle.
21. McDonald’s toy.
22. Purple thing but who knows what it is.
23. Plastic thing what is it?
24. Powder that was stale and unflattering.
25. Thomas.
26. A small car.
27. Glow stick that doesn’t glow.

The Minimizing Game Day 25 consists of:

1. Three
2. Pairs
3. Old underwear.
4. One toy car.
5. Another.
6. Pants
7. Too
8. Small for Nadim.
9. Expired medicine.
10. Tiny underwear of Nadim’s.
11. We have 10 water bottles in our house. Getting rid of this one that has a sharp lip.
12. Three
13. Old
14. Glowsticks.
15. Old notebook.
16. McDonald’s toy.
17. Ten-year-old gloss.
18. Small plastic tube.
19. Turtle.
20. Plastic knife.
21. Broken controller.
22. Nadim’s outgrown shoes.
23. Dried-out baby wipes.
24. Bow tie.
25. Ruler.

The Minimalism Game Day 24 consists of:

1. A baby blanket.
2. A small tie.
3. A broken nightlight.
4. Box from a working nightlight I’ve had for almost two years.
5. Broken hanger.
6. Three
7. Pairs
8. Underwear.
9. Plastic horse I’ve had since 1978. Samir broke it last year and it’s too sad to keep now.
10. Small plastic football.
11. Some kind of decoder?
12. Book I haven’t looked at in years.
13. Paper bag.
14. Kid sunglasses.
15. Another.
16. – 24. Clothing that’s too small for Nadim and some stuff I don’t want anymore.

 

The Minimalism Game Day 23 consists of:

1. Karate belt that isn’t Samir’s (and no name on it).
2. Sample square for a project.
3. Keurig pod thing I don’t use.
4. Cloth book holder.
5. Belt too small for either kid.
6.  Very tiny lotion.
7. Why
8. Are
9. There
10. So
11. Many
12. Of
13. These?
14. Very small dice.
15. Where
16. Did
17. They
18. Come
19. From?
20. One lonely chopstick.
21. Three
22. Broken
23. CDs.

The Minimalism Game Day 22 is in just under the wire and put together in a hurry. Behold: 22 single, mis-matched socks!

The Minimizing Game Day 21 consists of (top to bottom, left to right):

1. Expired vinegar (this had the added treat of being so expired that something was growing in it).
2. Saline that my kids hate so much they cried at the sight of it.
3. Expired ibuprofen.
4. Expired painkillers.
5. Expired cat ear drops.
6. Box of screws.
7. Photo in frame of people I don’t know.
8. Box of sticky notes.
9. Fancy pencils given to me by someone I don’t like. The pencils are nice, but remind me of the person every time I see them, so I’m getting rid of them.
10. More screws.
11. Dry marker.
12. Another.
13. Gross battery.
14. Bad nail clipper.
15. Paper flags.
16. Hanging thingies.
17. Wrench.
18. Card for game we don’t have anymore.
19. Fire stick we don’t use anymore since we have a PS4.
20. Card you’re supposed to keep until you get your passport (I got mine 3 weeks ago).
21. Abandoned paper project.