The Great Declutter Part 2

TudorRose

Good morning everyone.

Does anyone else find this empowering?
I am definately finding that posting here is keeping me up to the mark.

Brought down to work the bric a brac I had found yesterday and have already taken it to the charity shop opposite where I work.
This was a box of 4 candle hurricane lamp thingies which I got out of the garage in the summer intending to put them in the conservatory. Never did & have spent last 6 or 7 months walking round the box they were in in the kitchen. Don't know why I did that but like lots of people find it hard to let things go 'just in case' I might need it.
But now they are GONE, never to return:j

inaminute

Hi everyone,

Mavvysmum – I know how you feel as I too work full time so don’t have lots of time to declutter.
Pigpen - I think you’re doing a great job, in fact we all are even if its just half an hour a day, its going towards our goal of a clutter free house!
Megsmum – I did my tea towel draw too whilst cooking dinner but could only find 5 have no idea where they have all gone?!? Have they escaped to your house? :rotfl:
TudorRose - yes I too find this all very empowering although i'm still on baby steps with this decluttering lark!

In;
Food bits
Black and blue recycling bin now both empty
Filing trays to help organise and tidy up post & paperwork in kitchen

Out;
Carp out of tea towel draw
Mission accomplished – pile of clothes into charity bag outside to be collected

Charity bag was only half full which isn’t as good as I’d planned but they only wanted clothes. However, another charity bag has since arrived so will put other bits and pieces into that one.

Have a good weekend everyone and happy decluttering!

keys_2

Good Morning ...Well last few days I have tried to get round to doing explosion in 3 yr olds bedroom but have still not found time to do it :eek:...so looks like I wont have time now til lafter the weekend for it !!!!
Few days ;

OUT ;

• Green Recycling bin overflowing with bottles etc

• X5 Rubbish bags

• Bits of toys that dd had left around the house - The ones you get free in magazines that are really annoying when you stand on them ..;)
• Loads of cardboard that I had lying around are now in blue bin outside
  
• Ps1 went to a fellow freegler
  

In :

• Vacuum Cleaner I gained off a fellow freegler
  
• A pretty dress for DD
• Carrier bag of food stuff
• Camera case

• A pack of energy saving light bulbs {only 25p for 6 in home bargains }

Pending :

• Loads of old letters
  
• Toys out of DD room
  
• Xmas decorations and tinsel as freegler didnt show up
  
• Camping bag ; again freegler didnt turn up { so both are being relisted or going the tip }

I have loads more planned to get rid of over the weekend and not much time to do it all with friends birthdays I have to attend to , However I am going to hopefully find a few hours to clear some more stuff onto freegle

Have a nice weekend everyone

RuthG

A hint I was once given re getting rid of much loved but otherwise useless items:

Before you bin it/them, take a digital photograph. You will then still have captured the memory of the item, seeing it will bring back the memories of whatever they remind you of; but they are no longer cluttering up your home.

Hope this helps someone.

Ruth

mrs-moneypenny

IN
1 doz eggs
recycling bags - free from council when they think to leave them
post - dealt with and recycled or filed

Janebo12

Pigpen - try not to worry, I find that a little goes a long way - I try to not get overwhelmed by challenging myself for example, whilst the kids tea is in the oven for 20 mins, I have 20 mins to do something - last night I went through the craft cupboard in the kitchen and ditched a load of colouring books (not something that is necessarily seen, but it is still clutter - or perhaps try a really quick one, like whilst you are waiting for the kettle to boil grab a carrier bag and see how many thaings you can bin - it all mounts up.

Remember, it took a long time for your clutter to build up, so it is not going to go away really quickly, you just need to keep chipping away at it - hth.

IN:
2 x birthday cards for DD1s friends birthday parties this week and next week.

OUT:
1 letter to new Car Insurance company with proof of no claims bonus
3 x eggs - now all our chickens are laying we get 3 a day, but they are starting to mount up, so have made a cake to use some of them.

Right, 30 mins 'til I pick up DD2 from playgroup - I'll go and see what I can get done

Sending everybody some motivation.....:D

pigpen

I do the dishwasher and washing machines while cookng dinner or I wouldn't keep on top of that lot either.

I feel like I have been decluttering my entire life and am still living in squalor.. it is better.. for example I have less junk on the landing.. purely because I binned 2 cupboards and restacked some stuff in a wardrobe.. it is just better organised rather than gone.. Some days it is so overwhelming I could cry!

mrs-moneypenny

pigpen wrote: »

I feel like I have been decluttering my entire life and am still living in squalor.. it is better.. for example I have less junk on the landing.. purely because I binned 2 cupboards and restacked some stuff in a wardrobe.. it is just better organised rather than gone.. Some days it is so overwhelming I could cry!

i totally agree with you, i feel like i spend half my life moving things about and making one area look tidy by squeezing the stuff in somwhere else.

i do think since joining this thread and checking what is coming in and out of the house at least i am aware of the situation and even if only one thing more a day leaves than enters it is one less thing cluttering up the house

debidoodle

IN

Post all junk

Tea bags/sugar

Hubby has picked up my fairtrade order from Boots



OUT

Recycled junk post

Empty plastic, tin & cardboard to recycling

Have decluttered the spare bedroom today

empty boxes from under the bed have been recycled

bed cleared & everything put away

coats put away to the correct wardrobes

xmas wrap, cards, gift bags, bows & tags have been put sorted in a storage box with a lid to be put into the loft

birthday wrap, tags, bows, gift bags & cards have been sorted & in a storage box with a lid, will keep under the bed for when needed

wardrobe sorted & tidied I found 40 pairs of men's sock's that I must have bought hubby and forgot about. Now have an Ebay pile ready

cleaned windows, washed skirting's & lampshade & hoovered


PENDING

need to sort through dressing table, bedside cabinets, chest, ottoman & wardrobes in our room, this will be the weekend job

ASC

I'm not posting much but I am reading and getting support and inspiration from you all. Not much to report but there has been more out than in so I guess that’s still progress. I’ve cleared out the rest of the bathroom and started the paperwork. So far, two black bags of shreddings for the compost heap and another small pile yet to be shredded. I have been ruthless (I needed to be, I still had bank statements from 2001…:eek:)

The most significant thing though was having a neighbour pop over yesterday and I felt able to open my front door wide and invite her in without feeling embarrassed or apologising for the mess :j My ambition now is, like a previous poster said, to feel that way about upstairs too and be able to leave the bedroom door open when people visit.

A x