My home is a mess

Buffythedebtslayer

alec_eiffel wrote: »

Ooh, it makes we feel all wonky to think about things being under the bed. When I de-hoarded my house I set up a few rules and keeping under the bed clear was one of them. I have no idea why, under the bed is a really sensible place to store stuff but I just have it in my head that I don't want to have anything there! Weird.
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You see this is why I love this thread, we all have these things that make us the way we are. Me? I cannot have different things on shelves- eg CDs and Books. needs to be one or the other. The 8 boxes under the bed each have one type of thing in them. Yesterday when I did my wardrobe the boxes at the bottom had to be symmetrical..........
:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Buffythedebtslayer

Deleted_User wrote: »

sanded, wiped over and painted the windows in the conservatory this afternoon so far, then filled the holes and cracks. I know you're supposed to do it the other way around but glad I did it this way as the new paint showed the holes up so had more of an idea of what needed doing!!

just taking a few minutes rest to let the filla dry then will go sand down the ledges again and redo the little bit of paint. wont take long to do that, then will do the wall area underneath before we lose the light.

car boot stuff to be organised later and put out with the other crates of carp in the garage, DM's going to help me with that tho

right better get back to the grindstone!

Am impressed.

Bloody good work.

Buffythedebtslayer

Right.

Paperwork is my Kryptonite. I would think about 75% of my clutter is paper. I do everything online and so ignore my post and now have boxes (maybe 5?) of post and school stuff combined..............

Any how I have a box to empty this afternoon.

so I shall report back later

xx

Emm-in-a-pickle

WOW, Buffy & Theatregirl, you`re both going at it full steam ahead - keep up the good work, it`s lovely when you can start to see the difference you`ve made.
I`ve done a few little jobs today, plus a last-minute visit to farmshop & Mr M`s. The Menfolk should be well-vittled till I get home. I`ve also planned my first post-op cooking effort, bought a nice ham - well in date - and some apple juice, and a celeriac for celeriac mash. Also my kind Mr. Farmshop said he`ll be happy to deliver (doesn`t normally) I`ll only need to phone.
DGD is at her other grandma`s, but she`ll be here after school next week to `organise` folks (organised chaos!)
Happy de-messying all. x

alec_eiffel

Buffythedebtslayer wrote: »

You see this is why I love this thread, we all have these things that make us the way we are. Me? I cannot have different things on shelves- eg CDs and Books. needs to be one or the other. The 8 boxes under the bed each have one type of thing in them. Yesterday when I did my wardrobe the boxes at the bottom had to be symmetrical..........
:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

:j I do all that type of thing too... too much time on my hands maybe?

Bennifred

Oh god - I have a joiner coming here in less than an hour to measure up for new windows. That means I can't even shove the boxes of "stuff" into a spare room - he'll be going into every room

Oh cringe! Talk about pigeons coming home to roost......

fannyadams

Deleted_User wrote: »

on the subject of getting rid of cutlery btw - does anyone on this thread know a good or safe way to get rid of or recycle old knives?

It's gonna sound weird but ...take them to your local Police station - ours have a knife amnesty about once every other month and you can take anything that could be used as a weapon in there and they'll get rid of it for you.
HTH
FA
x

Buffythedebtslayer

Bennifred wrote: »

Oh god - I have a joiner coming here in less than an hour to measure up for new windows. That means I can't even shove the boxes of "stuff" into a spare room - he'll be going into every room

Oh cringe! Talk about pigeons coming home to roost......

Yep, been there done that.

Hope you survived with some pride intact, am convinced if you are worried about it, it is not as bad as you think.

I once stayed at a friend's house and same out smelling like a manky hamster cage and she totally thought her house was fine...........people moved away from me on the train I smelt so bad and Mum opened the door to me and said what is that smell??

so am sure we all fine here xxx

Bennifred

Buffythedebtslayer wrote: »

Yep, been there done that.

Hope you survived with some pride intact, am convinced if you are worried about it, it is not as bad as you think.

I once stayed at a friend's house and same out smelling like a manky hamster cage and she totally thought her house was fine...........people moved away from me on the train I smelt so bad and Mum opened the door to me and said what is that smell??

so am sure we all fine here xxx

Survived! The joiner was either totally unfazed or a very good actor
So now I have a couple of weeks so that the place looks a bit better when he come to actually fit the windows - a definite incentive. Thanks for the reassurance Buffy!

Buffythedebtslayer

sonastin wrote: »

:T go buffy :T

but you know what comes next...

when you coming over to do mine?! :rotfl:

Oh I stalled so badly!!!!

I did empty a box and filled a bag with shredded paper but as it was nearly dinner I had to put all the "sorted" stuff back into the box!!

I got up early this morning to "do stuff" but am hungry so again stalled!!

Today I want to put new legs on a table..........

Happy Demessying all
xx