The (Flylady inspired) Anniversary Declutter Mission

JennyJewell

Aww Dusty - why are you apologising when you have nothing to apologise for? Thank you for adding me to the list What would I like to achieve? To see my bedroom floor,lol! No actually it's that and just to be able to organise my life and save myself a fortune - I'm forever spending money replacing things I can't find because I am living in utter chaos!
So absolutely any help is greatly appreciated I work full time, have 2 teenage boys and have started doing Betterware part time, (quite honestly I need the money), so trying to organise the house and life in between but I will do my very best to do something,if only little, each day
Jenny

Dustykitten wrote: »

So Sorry Jenny. I've added you to the list. Have you got a plan of action as to what you would like to achieve?

Airing cupboard emtpy.
I've lost the will to sew tonight now so will do that tomorrow.

I'll be out most of tomorrow looking for DS1 birthday presents and the water will be off here but I will check up on you all when I return.

esmf73

Thank you Dusty, I was fine really I suppose - just the normal ladies pain I think! Still now I'm raring to go today. Will get DS1 off to school and settle DS2 down with some toys and then I'll be off - like a racing car. I find I'm more focused and faster in the mornings, after lunch my get up and go gets up and goes!

Now then, have done kitchen, toys and cupboard and have piled all the paperwork on to the sideboard that I use as a desk in the lounge. Will try to go through it later today! MUST get to post office today and that will be another load of junk out of my house. 40 mins till I have to pick up DS1 - ready steady GO!

Penelope_Penguin

Looks like I'll be doing shoes today, and finishing my paper jobs

1st Paper Monday
Label 50 photos - [STRIKE]25 done [/STRIKE];)
Review financial papers - recycle/shred/file
Pay DS's birthday cheques into the bank
Recycle papers

2nd Cotton Tuesday
Sew name labels into DS's new school trousers
Mend my trousers
Make progress on my quilting project
Buy new sheet for our bed :j
[STRIKE]Launder the worn out sheet [/STRIKE]and cut the good part of it to size as primer for upholstery project

3rd Leather Wednesday
Tidy and clean shoes in shoe basket
Take a hard look at the shoe store under the stairs

4th Linen Thursday
Tidy linen chest in bathroom
Tidy linen in sideboard

5th Wood Friday
Tidying or restocking your woodstore

6th Iron Saturday
Cleaning out the car removing all the clutter from the boot and side pockets; remove paint splashes
Empty and clean cutlery drawer
Clean sandwich toaster
Overhaul my bike

7th Day of rest! Almost lets pamper Sunday
With DD, declutter our make up stashes; might be a few swapsies :j

rosieben

1st Paper Monday
completed and sent off my ou assignment

2nd Cotton Tuesday
sorted out a few items of clothing for local jumble (had already done this last month)

3rd Leather Wednesday
not sure what I can do today as I only possess 2 handbags and I'm keeping both
I sorted shoes out last month
and I don't have any camping gear or saddles! :rotfl:

so today I might substitute freezer sort and inventory - I'm sure there's stuff thats been in there so long it's chewy as leather!

+ I need to do the shredding left from monday, its dust cart day tomorrow

Jassa

Hi :j
Dusty the electric defuzzer is a Neotec fabric shaver that is the size of a travel iron and has a defuzzing area about the size of a jam jar lid and is FAB. I think DH got it off the net (perhaps Lakeland - I'll ask him when he gets back from work) and was about £14. I've rescued loads of clothes that sister and friends were chucking. The battery ones always seemed too slow and pulled the fabric making it worse!

Flylady list isn't up so am going under the bed to say hi to my shoes for Leather Wednesday - do I have to throw some out?

Jx

Dustykitten

Thanks Jassa, I can't find one in the UK online so I'd love to know where it was from. Is it like this:

http://www.betterware.co.uk/productdetails.aspx?pid=056805&language=en-GB

I think QVC have done them too.

Linen cupboard stuff on bedroom floor and builder has just removed a huge chunk of plaster from inside the airing cupboard so expect it will be there for some time - I am not impressed!

Off out on a trip to get DS1 birthday presents now and have a busy day with DS1 to orthodentist and DS3 roller skating so not sure what I'll achieve but that pile is being sorted later and I need to find a temporary home for it all.

Have a good day.

Jassa

Dustykitten wrote: »

Thanks Jassa, I can't find one in the UK online so I'd love to know where it was from. Is it like this:

http://www.betterware.co.uk/productdetails.aspx?pid=056805&language=en-GB

I think QVC have done them too.

Hi Dusty - it was Scotts of Stow - it's on their website at £15.95 now. Can't do linky thing sorry. It's mains power only and a bit bigger than the betterware one.

toochoosey

1st Paper Monday
Anything to do with paperwork/photos/boxes of cards/kids pictures/books/magazines etc
Remeber some paperwork needs to be kept for certain periods of times
Shread confidential waste - this can be used in the compost/wormery; for pet bedding or packing up those ebay sales you will be making later in the week.

2nd Cotton Tuesday
Do you have summer/spring clothes stashed away which you could sort out?

3rd Leather Wednesday
Handbag sorting/putting away/rehoming
including camping stuff/sleeping bags/sporting equipment
shoes/boots - do any need reheeling/polishing/waterproofing
Shoe banks for recycling are in lots of supermarket carparks
Sort through belts and accessories.
Have you filled another bag for the charity shop yet?

4th Linen Thursday
Linen and airing cupboards.
Sort all your bedding, do you need that many spare sets
Again recycle/charity shop/rehome/sell but do not stash.

5th Wood Friday
Can include toys
Sorting cupboards/drawers
Desk drawer sort out

6th Iron Saturday
Cleaning out the car removing all the clutter from the boot and side pockets
Cutlery drawers and all those utensils you never use

7th Day of rest! Almost lets pamper Sunday
Sort out your toiletries/make up bag and enjoy a bath decluttering all those bath bombs/face packs/trail samples/candle lit of course!
Throw away stuff which has been open for a good while, gooey mascara and nail polish.
Not long now until you can start using the fake tan and need the sunscreen so your final declutter is a good exfoliate.


Have gone through the list and deleted what I have done and what doesn't apply to me xx

Triker

I'm in in a while, got horrible bellyache so waiting for painkillers to kill pain and then I'll get going.

Re handbags, guess today is the day to say goodbye to some of my beloved Kipling and assorted other bags that have been hiding in cupboards...ebay here they come.

I'll also declutter make-up bags as I've sorted through most of them (about 6) and they'll go into the car boot stash which is currently rammed in the shed.

Shoes will be sorted later, Most of mine are newish anyway, I have one pair of Uggs that I've lived in all winter and the rest are flyflots for summer, comfort is my middle name.:D

Pollybear

I did my shoe cupboard a couple of weeks ago so that's OK. I've only got two handbags, one daily and one for best, so I'd better keep them!