You are my hero!!

I am anally organized in all other areas but incoming paper is my Achilles heel.

hey I'm far from done on paperwork but have my current files done..still have to do recipes, warranties and instr book files, clippings and a few other areas..but i'll get it done..someday..

my shredder will be busy..after i did the shredding yesterday i spent another couple hours going through catalogs and magazines..am going to stop resubscribing..too many !!

I have tried and tried to unsubscribe to several catalogues, to no avail. I sent my nephew a one-year subscription to Highlights when he was a toddler. He is now in high school and I've since moved from CA to NY 6 yrs. ago and I'm still getting offers, complete with stickers!!!

Thank heaven for shredders :-)))

Hey Mustangs - I stand by my recycling can when I go through my mail. Toss, toss, toss.

Those of you with active shredders may want to pick up a bottle of shredder oil at your local office max/staples/ etc. - keep the machine in working condition (I don't know whats in it, probably light machine oil, but it isn't expensive)

Why do you need to shred all that paper? (Except if you use it for mulch or as packing material) isn't it enough if you shred only the pieces of paper with personal info on them?

i shred everything for mulch, i have mulched a 40 x 40 garden just since i bought my shredder..i cover the paper with other ..prettier..mulch..like bark..but i put the paper on first ..

i also shred a lot of cardboard..the kind that food products come in esp..the cereal box weight stuff..

i don't HAVE to shred it..but it sure cuts back on garbage..and we don't have a recycling place nearby here.

wish we had curb side recycling..we have to drive a long way for just a one day a month recycling place and it usually is full before you get through the line.

i'd rather be able to recycle right here at home what i can

just took another bag of shredded cardboard and paper out to the garden yesterday, even put it on top of a little snow.

Re: the little pieces of paper with personal info - In addition to the outside mailing address, nearly every catalogue has an inside order blank which also has name and mailing address on it. Every year when the medicare season opens, we are inundated with advertising for other health plans. Add to that the other advertising - I look through each one, as often names and/or addresses are inserted within the mailing.

Call me anal or paranoid (or too much time on my hands ;-), but identity theft is not an option.

Jessica, I'm with ya' - I too review my mail at the recycle bin before walking into the house. I have so much paper work between the Mustangs (501 3c) and my mother's estate coupled with a fear of the IRS that I accumulate a lot. Then there are personal items that need DH's input, but getting a sit down with him rarely happens.

that is a good reminder about the order blanks or info inside of catalogs and magazines that could be stolen..at least shredding those things eliminates that..sure it is hard on the shredder using it every day..but the cost of the shredder wasn't that much and it still works perfectly after nearly a year of daily shredding...it wouldn't cost that much to replace, but the value it has given me has been well worth it