Decluttering 2012, this year, definitely ...

loopychriss

BettiePage wrote: »

Good luck with your move! Keep us posted.

Thank you, nothing to report yet. Need to find a buyer for ours before we can make an offer on anything. Got a few lined up for when that happens though. I never thought we'd move again, because I was a craftaholic and had so much stuff everywhere. I had the 3rd bedroom as a craft room and it was packed to the rafters; hubby said that if I wanted to move that it would have to become a bedroom again, so I had to get rid of loads of stuff. To be honest I haven't done any cardmaking or scrapbooking for a couple of years so I really don't know why I'm hanging on to it all, I'm more into sewing now. Anyway...... 3rd bedroom is now a bedroom again and the craft stash is decreasing every few days as I find new homes for it all. I'm dreading the packing part of moving - when it's all hidden in cupboards and drawers it's not so bad.

Anyways, not much decluttered today as went to town for the morning and 'pottered' (reading and napping) this afternoon!

120. 1 old towel and 3 tea towels - fabric recycling
121. X box returned to daughter's BF after hubby fixed it (about 3 months ago!!!)

Got a friend coming tomorrow and I'm giving her some bits so there will be another couple to add to the list then.

rumblytum

I'm starting to see a bit more space in the home, but there's a long way to go!

Today:

65-75: 11 books to charity book stall :T

rumbly x

silentsister

Good morning all - here we go again!
29 books to recycling
12 to cs
This morning I'm going to move boxes (of the small, neat, storage variety) from the window sill to fill the empty book shelves - to prevent things walking into empty spaces!

30 mins later: window sill cleared (mainly), key to window lock found after much searching, window opened for the first time in the 21 months I've been here! :j

pavlovs_dog

I'm back again. Been doing lots of bits and bobs over the past week, but can't face sticking with one room until it is done. am currently taking the 'bit here, bit there' approach. Sure it will be easier in 2 weeks when OH goes back to work and is not under my feet!!!

Got up at 6.30 this morning and started work reclaiming my office. Have almost filled a recycling bag of paper that I brought home from work. New school year resolution is definitely to photocopy less!

Igamogam

pavlovs_dog wrote: »

New school year resolution is definitely to photocopy less!

Mine is to bring less home from school! I am moving to a new location in Sept and have had to completely empty my classroom - some stuff whent to the new place but most came home 'to sort out'I really need to be ruthless:eek:

pigpen

Pigpens 101/100 for July

3 handfuls of recycling/old letters etc from the paper pile.
1 broken vase
1 pushchair chassis (which I have kept in my front room for 4 years without using as it was broken) Parts poached for ebay
3 ebay items posted
1 tub paint to DS1
1 tub silicon sealant to DS1
1 2m length of fabric out.
1 binbag of rubbish from the girls room
1 bedside cupboard from Squeaks room
3 more tins of paint to DS1
1 holey sock!
1 carrier of old paperwork *fling*
1 carrier of old knickers
1 binbag rubbish from downstairs
1 baby nest thing to DD1
1 playmat to DS1
1 pair of holey socks
2 full sharps bins
20kg of clothes to clothes4cash.. any money I get is more than I would get if I sent it to charity shop!.. there were probably about 200 items in there but I will count each Kg as 1.
1 pair old trainers in the bin
1 binbag of rubbish flung!
1 broken mouse
1 DEAD WOOD PIGEON FROM MY FLUE!!!!!!!!!!!!! It was a bit like something from a Monty Python sketch.. you know the dead parrot one.
3 bags to the charity shop.. well put out for collection in the morning..
1 parcel posted.. 2 more to go tomorrow
3 carriers of shoes gone
1 bush
2 balls
1 beaker
1 binbag of sludge.. serious drain clearance!
1 carrier off with DS1
1 binbag from the girls room
1 outfit to DD1
11 bags of next returns
1 tree binned... it was growing in a wall outside!
1 mop binned
2 brooms binned
1 binbag rubbish from middle room
2 binbags from the back room
1 binbag from the hallway
1 jar of very OOD coffee which tasted rank apparently
1 broken car wing mirror which has been in my room for the last 2.5 years!.. we don't even have that car any more!
1 carrier rubbish from my room

1 little tykes rocker with a broken handle
8 ebay items
2 dressing up outfits to my niece
1 box of chocolates.. to the lady who sorted train tickets out for DS2's trip as a thank you.

1 shredded baby book
1 carrier of rubbish

AND.. I have sorted 2 boxes of stuff to charity or ebay.. I need to look through it first.

rumblytum

Hi everyone,
Despite the heat, have had a bit of a clearout:

76-79: 4 bags - bin
80: headphones for CD personal Stereo with rotting sponge :rotfl: - bin
81-82: 2 broken fans - bin
83-84: 2 pairs of shoes - cs
85: 1 book - cs
86-113: books - cs book stall

Woo hoo :T

Thanks for this thread everyone - you all rock :T

Am off to the coast now for a walk and fish and chips on the beach

rumbly x

ziggy2407

Apologies guys and gals for going AWOL, have really been struggling but have been trying to stay in touch with the thread and there are some fab totals and lots of fantastic de-cluttering, so heres my little update

Junk 100 in July: 72/100

62 Top (mine) - Charity
63 Top (mine) - Charity rags
64 Kids deck shoes - Bin
65 Book - Charity
66 DVD - Charity
67-71 5 x Childrens Books - Nephews little girl
72 Childrens jigsaw - Charity

Keep up the great work everyone :T

BettiePage

BettiePage wrote: »

Second chance bidder has just been and collected the headboard. £30 better off now

72. Old epilator - binned (although it has been replaced with a snazzy new one).
73. Empty 1ltr bottle bodywash - recycling.
74. Empty bottles of shampoo and conditioner - recycling.

75. Bedding set - CS.
76. Assortment of broken hangers - will tip when it's open again on Friday.
77. Hair dye - used.
78. Paperweight - CS.
79. Badly chipped (after I dropped it when drying up) Pyrex dish - recycling.
80. Bottle of bleach - bleached everything from top to toe in the house as m-i-l coming for the weekend - recycling.

silentsister

Hi ziggy2407, sorry you've been having problems - I hope things soon improve. Even so, you are still doing really well. And there's no pressure on you to do more than you feel you can