Memorygirls - Make Do and Mend

angelaf_3

Hope the boys are better soon.

I can really relate to the really looking at your environment thingy. I've been decluttering seriously for about two years now off and on at really does make a difference. I get frustrated though because I can't get it done quick enough but patience never was my strong point.

Never thought of myself as a negative person when I was younger but find lately I have to work really hard not to be. Which I don't like and I'm trying to change with a vengence.

Good luck with the challenge it sounds very exciting and you deserve it.

It has been hard work emotionally though, with guilt feelings and am I doing the right thing with getting rid of somethings and I've also been surprised at how threatened some people seem to be by my doing it.

crickett1234

What I have a real problem with when I am decluttering are the thoughts of "oh, so and so gave that to me" or "that belonged to Great Aunt Gertie and it would be a shame to get rid of it". Well, stuff that. I am throwing away the thing, not the person who gave it to me. And if I want to remember it in great detail, then I should just take a digital photograph of it. Takes up a lot less space that way! I haven't actually got round to implementing this you understand... its just that mental breakthrough that I have had!!

vandanfc

Hi MG

Knobs posted - you should get them tomorrow.

Just read Mr Big's next installment. Interesting !!!!!!

Memory_Girl

Vandanfc - you rock girl. i had just got myself over here on my super slow dongle to pop a post up saying that he'd sent us all a piece of homework and you've beaten me to it.

If you want to find out whats happening on our "transatlantic challenge" then click on my homepage and you can catch up.

todays work was about finding what your personal survival budget is - the minimum you need coming in to stop yourself drowning.................. someone needs to throw me a lifebelt cos my figures look like pants!!!!!!#

Hopefully tax credits peeps will get their act together soon though

MG

Memory_Girl

vandanfc wrote: »

Hi MG

Knobs posted - you should get them tomorrow.

Just read Mr Big's next installment. Interesting !!!!!!

you made me spray tea all over the place when i read this - my first though was "who is this knobs chappie?"

back to the cleaning - and mopping up of tea of course.

mg

MrsMoo2U

Never watched "sex and the city" so no idea who Mr Big is.

All of this though puts me in mind of Charlies Angels. Brought a smile to my face reading his challenge (whilst hearing it in Charlie's voice) Of course the TV version was better than the film, but does that show my age?

ClootiesMum

Mutter mutter mutter

Although I can access MSE @ work (for the moment) there are only 3 computers in the canteen where I can access your homepage.

So you've had me running back & forward like a dingbat - Thank you.

Must remember to bring in my netbook tomorrow to check ALL the details at my desk.

Will work out the necessary figs when I go home (they're all on a spreadsheet as you would expect from a reconciliation analyst )

Catch up later

Emsky*

I might sound abit mental but where are we posting our figures for the challenge??

clairewop

i've started reading your thread from the beggining you have some fantastic ideas.

started writing your recipies down too

MrsMoo2U

Just realised that I am going away on Thursday until Monday. So I must go and buy a dongle thing tomorrow. Never even thought about one of these before so I would be grateful for any advice as to which kind to buy. I really must keep on top of this challenge whilst still having some fun. My challenge for myself anyway is to find more of a work life balance so this could be the start of it. Shouldnt be too bad working the figures out as I have already started to that anyway. I assume that we dont need to post these publicly.