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Hoarding - Springing Ahead

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  • Tinwhistler
    Tinwhistler Posts: 1,256 Forumite
    edited 30 August 2014 at 12:56PM
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    This is worth a watch


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyr5shE2nSs


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jZFVdqJNrk
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  • parsniphead
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    pigpen wrote: »
    5 more items put on ebeast..


    You'll be so proud of me... I made a start on the landing!!! I emptied a box filled 10 years ago.. 90% is in the bin and I have a carrier for DS1 and bits for OHs mum and half a dozen bits for CS .. it will be gone if it kills me!


    all the Christmas stuff has been put away so there is a visible fire surround in the girls room!!

    I have sorted Pixies clothes and flung a broken chest of drawers. I have a box of clothing to be made into stuffed sheep for my 3 girls. and I sold lots of knitting patterns!

    It is utterly trashed upstairs now but it is reducing the volume of carp very slowly!!

    I think the boxes and bags stuffed with bits are the hardest to sort. I can't face them at the moment.
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  • silvasava
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    Loads of Cherry tomatoes decluttered from the fridge & made into soup & a couple of elderly lemons made into Lemon Drizzle cake for DH. Fridge cleaned & tidied - thats my quota for today lol
    Small victories - sometimes they are all you can hope for but sometimes they are all you need - be kinder than necessary, for everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle
  • GreyQueen
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    :) In the past few hours I have returned from the hometown to my city with a whole load of random Stuff. Was so twitchy about it that, after having a quick cuppa, I saddled the pushbike and rode over to the [STRIKE]dump[/STRIKE] beg pardon, household recycling facility, and put some stuff into the relevent categories. Today it was metals.

    Then I went on to the allotment with a fencepost which I treated with wood preservative and have stashed in the shed. If all goes according to plan tomorrow, I shall take some more stuff lottiewards and do another wood treatment and then that project will be well on its way to completion.

    Most of the Stuff is timber for either the bonfire or projects, depending on how sound the wood is. So, it won't be in the shed more than a few weeks. I also have some textiles for recycling and some smallish donations to add to the next charity-shop bag.

    Memo to self; it ain't decluttered until it's completely accounted for and gone-gone-GONE.

    Keep up the sterling work, lovely peeps. GQ xx
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  • VJsmum
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    Today I have decluttered the caravan.

    Having spent last week in it, and actually having some time to myself, I had a good sort out of cupboards and realised that there was a lot of stuff in there that we no longer had any use for. The children aare older now and are likely not to come away in it many more times and it had a load of cricket sets, tennis, badminton, kids drink cups and so on that weigh heavy and so cost more in the petrol when towing and clutter up the space.

    It is beautifully empty now - though the house is rather cluttered again,

    On another note DD is off to uni in a few weeks and so a load of stuff will leave her bedroom. I have permission to go in and deep clean and sort - I won't throw anything without permission, but it will be a pleasure to do something positive in there. Mind, it is so cluttered at the moment, I am not sure how much difference it will actually make once she has gone.
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  • skeeter93
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    Supposed to go to the swap meet with a carload of stuff tomorrow... so of course it's been pouring yesterday and today. Do I fill the car or don't I... so tired of the stuff in the house, and online selling is moving things so slowly.
  • whitewing
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    Yes, fill the car.

    Got a birthday present and cards out, but a new present (for someone else) in.

    Got about 5 things that have been sitting in the boot of the car actually distributed.

    Can't sleep so the dwasher is on and so is the washing machine. May as well get a head start on the day while I have a soothing drink.

    We are definitely into our routines better now.
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  • GreyQueen
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    :) LOL, read that as VJsMum had decluttered a caravan, not the contents of one.....must get my head examined, can't blame my eyes as had a recent eye test.

    Have been doing a wee bit of signwriting this morning (new numberplate for the allotment) and will let that dry and get that up there soon, probably tomorrow. Will be heading out shortly on an errand to turn some carp into (a small amount of) money.

    Will then head off to the bike shop to get something tweaked and eventually make it up to the allotment, probably this afternoon now. Have lots of little bitty things to do, all in random directions, IYKWIM. The fruits of being away from home for the best part of 4 days.

    At least the library website was functional this morning, so was able to renew the books online, so one errand in person not necessary this morning.

    Right, going to get a bit more interwebulation then outta here. Have a good decluttering day, one and all.
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  • elona
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    DH is decluttering the garage and moving storage around so it is a garage with shelves rather than a dumping ground with no room for a car IYKWIM ;)

    DD have been sorting through stuff in the study - old photos, reports, work related stuff of DH's from years ago etc. The look of shock and respect on their faces when he said he had written an inspection guide and textbook was sweet.

    Unfortunately our nearest charity shop is closed due to flooding but will try to keep sorting and removing stuff.
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  • silvasava
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    DH's Aunt on the phone to me today for AGES - so while I talking I managed to declutter 2 drawers of off colour drawers (knickers!) & a couple of bra's. Hmm that doesn't read right - I mean they're a shade of grey...Oh you all know what I mean :o
    Small victories - sometimes they are all you can hope for but sometimes they are all you need - be kinder than necessary, for everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle
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