The Great Declutter Part 3 - 2011

tattycath

Didn't achieve what i'd hoped Tidied half of a cupboard but then my kids decided they would tidy their rooms-and gave me loads of their stuff to sort out.
Between us we managed to get a binliner full of rubbish-so it wasn't a dead loss. I didn't get anything else done though.

BungleGirl

tattycath wrote: »

Didn't achieve what I'd hoped Tidied half of a cupboard but then my kids decided they would tidy their rooms-and gave me loads of their stuff to sort out.
Between us we managed to get a binliner full of rubbish-so it wasn't a dead loss. I didn't get anything else done though.

tattycath - you might not have achieved what you hoped, but you did achieve something - half a tidy cupboard and a binliner of rubbish. That is so much more than I have managed over the last couple of weeks!

As I type this, I can hear the bin men emptying my wheelie-bin and I'm thinking of all the things that I can fill it up with again :rotfl:

I'm out all morning, so I'm hoping that I will have time this afternoon to finish off downstairs and hoover/mop before I start making dinner. Fingers crossed I can remain motivated!

Caty

BungleGirl wrote: »

As I type this, I can hear the bin men emptying my wheelie-bin and I'm thinking of all the things that I can fill it up with again :rotfl:

Haha, same, the recycling got taken this morning......our huge recycling wheelie bin was full to the top, plus we had an overflowing crate of recycling. Now to fill it up again!

tattycath

BungleGirl wrote: »

tattycath - you might not have achieved what you hoped, but you did achieve something - half a tidy cupboard and a binliner of rubbish. That is so much more than I have managed over the last couple of weeks!

As I type this, I can hear the bin men emptying my wheelie-bin and I'm thinking of all the things that I can fill it up with again :rotfl:

I'm out all morning, so I'm hoping that I will have time this afternoon to finish off downstairs and hoover/mop before I start making dinner. Fingers crossed I can remain motivated!

BungleGirl, thanks for your comments I really should do little and often as opposed to quite a bit but only now and again.
You achieved loads too yesterday!! well done.
I've got ebay parcels to pack and post today and a couple of errands to run.
Coffee first me thinks!

Skint_but_Optimistic

HI all and newbies! This declutter malarky is addictive!

We have begun decluttering the other house too and am going to make loads I hope from american quilts and various soft furnishings on ebay.

Load of old clothes being collected by charity today. :-)

DH has also started on the pile of random paperwork, including free newspapers and take away menus.

gillypkk

well i got nothing done yestwerday except for 3 loads of washing. not planning on doing much today exceopt for ironing all ive washed!

the kids took out loads of jigsaws while i was in the shower this morning so suppose now is as good a time as any to sort them out and check all the pieces are there etc...

Caty

The recycling bin is already 3/4 full again. 2 weeks til our next collection as well.

Skint_but_Optimistic

gilly, does that mean youre doing jig saws this afternoon? If youre checking they are all there??

(Im giggling as my sister used to call them sore jugs when we were small. What a nuttah)

Skint_but_Optimistic

Caty wrote: »

The recycling bin is already 3/4 full again. 2 weeks til our next collection as well.

can you pop some in the car boot when you go shopping and take it to a recycling point?

Caty

Skint_but_Optimistic wrote: »

can you pop some in the car boot when you go shopping and take it to a recycling point?

I can't drive, so no. But even if I could, our local recycling point is useless.....loads of bins, but all completely overflowing, all over the nearby road. They also are only collected every other week and are used by people who objected to having wheelie bins (explaining the overflowing)