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The (Flylady inspired) Anniversary Declutter Mission
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Week 2 - New List
1st Paper Monday
[STRIKE]Pay insurance cheque into Scouts account
Reimburse my personal ccount for this cheque[/STRIKE]
2nd Cotton Tuesday
Make progress on my quilting project
Use old laundered sheet cut to size as primer for upholstery project
3rd Leather Wednesday
[STRIKE]Get DS to polish his school shoes :cool:
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4th Linen Thursday
Create fancy dress outfit for DH from charity shop shirt
5th Wood Friday
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
Overhaul my bike
7th Day of rest! Almost lets pamper Sunday
With DD, declutter our make up stashes; might be a few swapsies :j
8th Wool Monday
Defuzzing before Saturday's party
9th Bronze Tuesday
[STRIKE]Take yourself into the garden and get some sunlight on your skin - great for your Vitamin D levels which are at their lowest this time of year.
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10th Pottery/china Wednesday
Wash and replace our KLM Gin-Palaces :beer:
[STRIKE]Have a cup of tea in your favourite mug - have your lunch off of your best plate.
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11th Tin/Aluminium Thursday
[STRIKE]Cake tin - make that Simnel cake [/STRIKE]:bdaycake:
12th Steel Friday
Sharpen any knives that need doing.
[STRIKE]Steal an hour to yourself - you all must do this and do something just for you; the idea of all this hardwork is to give us more time and space to be us.
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13th Silk Saturday
Make your legs silky smooth for spring by decluttering those hairs
14th Lace Sunday
[STRIKE]Mothers' Day [/STRIKE] Mothering Sunday:p:p today so hopefully tea and cakes with lace doilies :rotfl:
:rudolf: Sheep, pigs, hens and bees on our Teesdale smallholding :rudolf:0 -
Penelope_Penguin wrote: »Wash and replace our KLM Gin-Palaces
I tried googling this and got your post :rotfl: Please share what are these?
Time to declutter some wine;)The birds of sadness may fly overhead but don't let them nest in your hair0 -
Dustykitten wrote: »I tried googling this and got your post :rotfl: Please share what are these?
Time to declutter some wine;)
I'm decluttering wine, too, and DH has popped out for a takeaway curry (as we're child free for the night). Don;t tell anyone, or I lose my OS Board Guide stripes
As you know, DH does a lot of business travel, and each long-haul flight KLM give him a delft house , filled with Bols GIN :beer: They are really pretty, but need [STRIKE]dusting[/STRIKE] washing thoroughly:rudolf: Sheep, pigs, hens and bees on our Teesdale smallholding :rudolf:0 -
they are very collectable Penny full or empty - they sell well on ebay and some better than others!! I knew what they were and I love them!
I had to find room in a cupboard for all my new medication so i decluttered my hoard of pharmacy paper bags - dont ask!!!!
Anyway i will get more everyweek so it will build up again!
I think i did some other bits but cant remember now - will update list tomorrow.
toots xxPeace will be mine
could do better - must try harder
Live each day as if its your last
DFW Nerd #1000 Proud to be dealing with my debts
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Toots - I so get the pharmacy bag thing, I can't throw paper bags away!
I've decluttered loads of receipts from the drawer, checked them against the credit card statment. Just a couple of bank statements to do so that is another good job done.The birds of sadness may fly overhead but don't let them nest in your hair0 -
Week 2 - New List
1st Paper Monday
2nd Cotton Tuesday
Make progress on my quilting project
Use old laundered sheet cut to size as primer for upholstery project
3rd Leather Wednesday
4th Linen Thursday
[STRIKE]Create fancy dress outfit for DH from charity shop shirt
[/STRIKE]
5th Wood Friday
Empty fireplace of coal dust and prepare for wood fires
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
Overhaul my bike
7th Day of rest! Almost lets pamper Sunday
With DD, declutter our make up stashes; might be a few swapsies :j
8th Wool Monday
Defuzzing before Saturday's party
9th Bronze Tuesday
10th Pottery/china Wednesday
Wash and replace our KLM Gin-Palaces :beer:
[STRIKE]Have a cup of tea in your favourite mug - have your lunch off of your best plate.
[/STRIKE]
11th Tin/Aluminium Thursday
12th Steel Friday
Sharpen any knives that need doing.
[STRIKE]Steal an hour to yourself - you all must do this and do something just for you; the idea of all this hardwork is to give us more time and space to be us.
[/STRIKE]
13th Silk Saturday
Make your legs silky smooth for spring by decluttering those hairs
14th Lace Sunday
Mothering Sunday today so hopefully tea and cakes with lace doilies:rudolf: Sheep, pigs, hens and bees on our Teesdale smallholding :rudolf:0 -
I can join in today. And what a nice one it is:)
I am still on last weeks list, working on Tuesday, cotton, sorting out my wardrobe.business mortgage £0))''(+ Barclay's business kitchen loan £0=Total paid off was £96105 PPI claimed and received £13527
'I had a black dog, his name was depression".0 -
I have just delivered 1 car load of stuff to the charity shop -7 black bags. Last week had 2 car loads to the dump and still have lots to do. My cutlery drawer is now 3 cutlery drawers and very very tidy. I even found some tiny silver coffee spoons and 1 of my sons went off with those as he likes espresso. Have loads to put on freegle so will keep sorting and tidying. :jI am working on the principle of if I down size will I take this with me and if the answer is no then off it goes. Books on amazon and good clothes on ebay0
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I have just delivered 1 car load of stuff to the charity shop -7 black bags. Last week had 2 car loads to the dump and still have lots to do. My cutlery drawer is now 3 cutlery drawers and very very tidy. I even found some tiny silver coffee spoons and 1 of my sons went off with those as he likes espresso. Have loads to put on freegle so will keep sorting and tidying. :jI am working on the principle of if I down size will I take this with me and if the answer is no then off it goes. Books on amazon and good clothes on ebay
Wow grunnie,
What a lot of things decluttered. Well done.business mortgage £0))''(+ Barclay's business kitchen loan £0=Total paid off was £96105 PPI claimed and received £13527
'I had a black dog, his name was depression".0 -
Hi :j
Not managed to meet my declutter target of 5 items
Silk Saturday - must try harder!- silky scarves/pashminas tidied and 1 thrown out as it was badly pulled
- silky legs now - defuzzed this morning and used loads of body oil
- deep conditioning hair mask found to use tomorrow so hair will be like silk
- ties were done last week
- tights/stockings tidied - 1 pair thrown
- undies drawer tidied but nothing thrown away
- paint cans tidied (silk emulsion) but none thrown way
JxI could give up chocolate, but I'm no quitter!Shoe love is true loveDebt-free 21/12/09 and determined to stay that way - still DF 09/10/170
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