The Great Declutter Part 3 - 2011

Penelope_Penguin

PenPen's 100 in 10 Challenge

Day 9; Sat

81. broken lever-arch file recylced and contents rehomed
82. DS's sheet split when he took it off his bed, so that's been recycled
83. waste basket of misc gibble to recycling
85. OOD insurance policy to recycling
86. perfume bottle emptied and recycled
87. shoebox to recycling
88. jar-end of beans soaking to cook tomorrow and jar to recycling
89 - 90. folders and contents from study shelf recycled

:T Mineallmine's Mini Undersairs Cupboard Challenge :T

91. cake tin to recycling
92. broken cardboard boxes recycled
93. torn carriers to recyling and replaced with more sturdy ones
94. DS's too-small walking boots to Freecycle
95. plastic bottles to recylcing
96 - 97. 2 folders to the dustbin
98. waste basket of misc gibble to recycling
99 - 100. boxes of toys to Freecycle

Time for another 100 starting later in the week :j this decluttering is addictive.

minuettoallegretto

Finished DS1's bedroom - they finally sent in a search party at lunchtime! I emerged with 3 black bags of carp (why do we all have so many fish in our homes?:rotfl:), a full vacuum cleaner, and the entire contents of his wardrobe for washing and sorting. Then he came back from cadet camp - absolutely worn out (he went to bed at 5 o'clock:eek:) - so sorting clothes will now be tomorrow. Still, not bad for one weekend.

short_bird

GreyQueen wrote: »

It's like the joke about the Police being called to your home and thinking it'd been ransacked by burglars and it always looked like that.

Ah, yes. That did actually happen to me many years ago:o

250 to 300 items gone from here after 2 sales (record & book, vintage) and delivering some stuff to the second hand vinyl and CD shop with the stuff that didn't sell at the fair. And quite a lot of it has gone through 2 or 3 house moves - not in the same boxes, I hasten to add:D- so this is pretty radical for me.

ETA: Thanks for the tip on the Bonne Maman, I'll see if our 99p shop in town has it tomorrow.

marmiterulesok

I didn't manage to sort/tidy/declutter the bookcase;it'll have to wait til next week.

Out (binned/put in cellar/for charity shop):

69 a broken outdoor thermometer

70 one jam jar

71 twelve books

72 four dvds

73 an old Game-Boy

74 a pair of sunglasses and case

75 a compass

76 thirteen books

Not so bad for the last few days.

bonsibabe

does getting DH to put up a curtain pole thats been lying for 2 years count? if so I've reached no 11 and all in one day and the day is not done yet!!!!! have almost filled another bag of carp for the bin so getting on really well ... about to tackle a load of laundry ... i just wish this migraine would disappear but am going to try and work through it ... time waits for no mum and all that lol

Juli

Juli wrote: »

100 in 10 days - part 2 - Started on back bedroom chest of drawers number 1.

31 manky ipod case
32 length-of-service pin
33 another Amazon box to recycling
34-42 boots, purse,2 skirts, blouse, swimsuit, dress, embroidered napkin, top - CS
43 old mothballs
44 envelopes, tags etc to recycling
45 airline eyemask & bag

46-54 skirt, 2 tshirts, blouse, trousers, 4 tops to CS
55 OOD cooking ingredient (not from the bedroom!)
56 tatty sandals
57 underbed store - CS
58 DVD
59 chipped mug - bin
60 sold item on ebay

juliebunny

bonsibabe wrote: »

does getting DH to put up a curtain pole thats been lying for 2 years count? if so I've reached no 11 and all in one day and the day is not done yet!!!!! have almost filled another bag of carp for the bin so getting on really well ... about to tackle a load of laundry ... i just wish this migraine would disappear but am going to try and work through it ... time waits for no mum and all that lol

Yes I am sure that definitely counts - won't ask what techniques of persuation/blackmail you had to use!! :T

cutiepieabf wrote: »

Auctions finished last night on ebay so got rid of most of them and those that haven't sold have gone into the carboot bag. Also, a friend of mine is doing a stall for Womens Aid in a few weeks and has asked for bric a brac so thats more clutter out of the way! MIL has just given us a hoover she bought and has used twice but doesnt like because it is too heavy! This has been greatly received as i was getting fed up of having to stop every two mins to put the foot back on our hoover. it is a snazzy vax worth £160!! and is meant for houses with allergies/pets so we should be cat fur free for 5mins lol. It will be interesting if not mildly disgusting to see how much dirt comes out of the carpets first use bearing in mind i hoovered whole house yesterday with old hoover but it is pretty old now. hmmmm......just packaging up ebay items for trip to PO tomorrow.

How has everyone else's weekend gone? its been sooo windy our fence has completely blown down (call to estate agents tomorrow...)

Oh I remember when I upgraded my hoover - the new one sucked the carp out of my carpets and i was horrified at how much the previous one had missed!!

B*mmer about your fence. Mine has been rattling for a few days now but still there - did lose it last year so a tad nervous....the plastic Argooos greenhouse still on the ground (VERY heavily weighted down) but the poles have gone through the plastic. Can't face doing any further investigations or repairs today....

2 people dumped a load of stuff at my house today for my friends charity shop so my dining area is just full of flipping clutter and I picked up donations from our local pet shop for the resuce kitties and woofies so my car boot is now full of dog and cat food - and can't get hold of her now to get her to take delivery...aaargh! :eek:
So much for de-cluttering!!

bonsibabe

juliebunny - no persuasion or blackmail ... i think he just got bored after 6 weeks of nagging lol i've hit number 12! another bag of carp filled ... DD1 and DD2 are sat eating (again:D) so time for a sit down and a ciggie and then back to work lol

FelinePrincess

bonsibabe wrote: »

i just wish this migraine would disappear but am going to try and work through it ... time waits for no mum and all that lol

Would you like to help me de-clutter some ibuoprofen?! During my decluttering process I have found so many half used packs of ibuprofen and I keep looking at them thinking "I hope I get a headache soon so I can use some up"!!! :rotfl:

Just listing a few pairs of shoes on ebay - I am sick of my ever changing ebay pile in the living room but it's nice to have 'free money' in my paypal account

mineallmine

bonsibabe wrote: »

well chuffed got number 10 of day one - a broken winnie the pooh tv off to the recycling centre. but hubby came back with a bike for DD2! but its in the shed so not in the house lol

Now I call that karmar - moving energy - basically decluttering and something you needed came back to you. Why not say to hubby to get rid of DD2's old bike?