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The Great Declutter Part 3 - 2011

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  • silvasava
    silvasava Posts: 4,433 Forumite
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    Ooh yes please! I'm up for the 30 - not posted for a little while so this is what I've got so far.

    1) Glass Cake Stand - Feecycle
    2) Trifle Bowl - ditto
    3/4/5) 3 Glass plates - ditto
    6/7/8) Empty vitamin tablet pots to recycle
    9) Form filled in for Caravan Site & posted
    10) Lily bulbs planted up - rubbish on the compost

    Will post next 10 -20 tomorrow (she says hopefully)
    Small victories - sometimes they are all you can hope for but sometimes they are all you need - be kinder than necessary, for everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle
  • Kaz2904
    Kaz2904 Posts: 5,797 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Combo Breaker Mortgage-free Glee!
    DH has completely cleared the patio today, it looks fab :). He's shifted our old rubbish bins towards the front of the house but can't bring them any further at the moment because they're half full of water and the drains are still blocked. The wheely bin is still at the front too because we can't get it past the other bins. None of the bins can get past me as I'm at the front end of the path rodding the drain (well, clearly I'm not anymore, I've given up for a bit, I'm exhausted. I need the loo but can't go. I think that having had the [STRIKE]experience[/STRIKE] pleasure of emptying out a 2/3s full 5 foot deep soil stack with a bucket :eek: has made my brain think, you aren't going until that drain's clear :rotfl:.
    He has taken a load of rubbish to the tip today, his car was chocca block. He's also taken the rest of the quartz stones down to his Mums house.
    It's lovely because when I've managed to clear the chuffing drain, I'll be able to empty the bin down it. I can then take the bins to my MiL's allotment so that she doesn't have to walk so far to get her water.
    Debt: 16/04/2007:TOTAL DEBT [strike]£92727.75[/strike] £49395.47:eek: :eek: :eek: £43332.28 repaid 100.77% of £43000 target.
    MFiT T2: Debt [STRIKE]£52856.59[/STRIKE] £6316.14 £46540.45 repaid 101.17% of £46000 target.
    2013 Target: completely clear my [STRIKE]£6316.14[/STRIKE] £0 mortgage debt. £6316.14 100% repaid.
  • mineallmine
    mineallmine Posts: 3,053 Forumite
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    Poor you Kaz - we've used these people in the past as they work with set fees - http://www.draindoctor.co.uk/ - hope you get it sorted soon :)

    Right back to the mini challenge.
    13. Costume Necklace (charity)
    14. Another magazine (charity)
    :) Declutter 300 things in December challenge, 9/300. Clear the living room. Re-organize storage
    :cool2: Cherryprint: "More stuff = more stuff to tidy up!"
    Less things. Less stuff. More life.
    :heart: Fab thread: Long daily walks
  • mcculloch29
    mcculloch29 Posts: 4,972 Forumite
    Rampant Recycler
    Here we go again...
    11. Bag of envelopes and junk mail from hallway.
    12 Slightly smaller amount from under lounge coffee table.
    13. Four mugs given to friend who also took...
    14. About eight books that I was going to take to CS.
    15 Old newspapers and magazines from multiple locations - recycled.
    16. Three doorstep collection bags from spurious "charities" - used for recycling.
    I'm over halfway!
    Erma Bombeck, American writer: "If I had my life to live over again... I would have burned the pink candle, sculptured like a rose, that melted in storage." Don't keep things 'for best' - that day never comes. Use them and enjoy them now.
  • Kaz2904
    Kaz2904 Posts: 5,797 Forumite
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    Poor you Kaz - we've used these people in the past as they work with set fees - http://www.draindoctor.co.uk/ - hope you get it sorted soon :)
    Thanks for that, if the brick cid doesn't clear it, the water board are going to have to come and do it because they'll have to lift the cover in the road to get to it. The blockage is past my drains nd into the main sewer. I'm quite experienced at clearing drains (lucky me heh :rotfl:) as we have a house that ws built in 1905 and they do need sorting regularly. I clear from the house regularly too and all drainage bits are gone through with vinegar to keep them clear. The waste that's in there isn't mine- I pulled out a fudge wrapper last night and my guys haven't had a fudge for years, they don't like them! I don't use wipes either so they aren't mine.
    If I call out a company to do this, they'll charge me and as I've already spent £20 (rods and chemicals), I'm not spending any more. They'll only do what I've done and then hit the blockage which needs to be cleared from the other side now. If only the blockage was between my back hole and my front. I could get the hose down the front and clear it away. Humph.
    Debt: 16/04/2007:TOTAL DEBT [strike]£92727.75[/strike] £49395.47:eek: :eek: :eek: £43332.28 repaid 100.77% of £43000 target.
    MFiT T2: Debt [STRIKE]£52856.59[/STRIKE] £6316.14 £46540.45 repaid 101.17% of £46000 target.
    2013 Target: completely clear my [STRIKE]£6316.14[/STRIKE] £0 mortgage debt. £6316.14 100% repaid.
  • mineallmine
    mineallmine Posts: 3,053 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Right back to the mini challenge.
    13. Costume Necklace (charity)
    14. Another magazine (charity)

    15.16. Bag of rubbish bits and recycling from bathroom (bin) (recycling)

    Right a quick shower...
    Then a quick blitz of the living room...
    :j
    :) Declutter 300 things in December challenge, 9/300. Clear the living room. Re-organize storage
    :cool2: Cherryprint: "More stuff = more stuff to tidy up!"
    Less things. Less stuff. More life.
    :heart: Fab thread: Long daily walks
  • 666paw
    666paw Posts: 332 Forumite
    Morning all

    My de-cluttering is still continuing, so far today I have;

    Recycle
    1 sack shredded paper
    1 sack cardboard/papers
    1 sack clothingRecycle

    Tip
    1 office chair
    Plastic wrapping from fridge
    Polystrene from fridge
    3 pumpkins that had rotted:(

    More later once i've gone through a few more things.

    666.
    MFI3 T3 # 75
  • Lemon_Tree
    Lemon_Tree Posts: 10,202 Forumite
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    had a slow start yesterday,
    1 binned old hand blender
    2 kitchen veggie bin added to compost
    3 flowers to compost
    4 tin of brushing wax used and put outside where it belongs

    should get more done today
  • mcculloch29
    mcculloch29 Posts: 4,972 Forumite
    Rampant Recycler
    Morning all, Rain here, so definitely no temptation to go shopping on the trike. Hope your morning is brighter.
    Carrying on from yesterday...
    (Eve Pollard has literally just said on Radio 2 "You know how you have a lot of clutter in your house that you feel you must clear up...?" Talking about the Queen Mum's record collection. :D )
    17. Broken coffee machine to leccy equipment recycle.
    18. Hotel shampoo bottle used up and to bin
    19. Cream hair conditioner used up- tube already cut up - cap and remains of tube to bin.
    20. Bathroom bin emptied.
    21. Bedroom bin emptied.
    22. Huge bag of scrap and gibble from home office to recycling/bin.
    23. Office bin emptied too.
    24. Kitchen bin emptied.
    25. Evening bag put aside for friend's car boot sale.
    26. Review Notes from live music club messaged to friend to put on FB, originals put in bin.
    Almost there with 30, wonder how far I can go?!
    Erma Bombeck, American writer: "If I had my life to live over again... I would have burned the pink candle, sculptured like a rose, that melted in storage." Don't keep things 'for best' - that day never comes. Use them and enjoy them now.
  • silvasava
    silvasava Posts: 4,433 Forumite
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    Kaz2904 wrote: »
    If only the blockage was between my back hole and my front. I could get the hose down the front and clear it away. Humph.

    You would not believe the picture that this conjures up!:rotfl::rotfl:

    Good luck with the rodding/clearing though its definitely a 'pooey' job
    Small victories - sometimes they are all you can hope for but sometimes they are all you need - be kinder than necessary, for everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle
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