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  • I'm really pleased with myself,because despite feeling rubbish today (a day off)I sorted through and filed/ recycled 99% of the paperwork cluttering up the sitting room table.

    Plus a few things down to the cellar.

    What a difference.:)
  • BabyBoots
    BabyBoots Posts: 544 Forumite
    I'm going to try and have a 3-day organising/decluttering/cleaning/home-making extravaganza, starting tomorrow! I have the house mostly to myself, but I am feeling quite rough, so let's see how much energy I have tomorrow;)
  • 81. plastic bags - to CS
    82. paper for stuffing/packaging - to CS
    83. crate out for re-use by fruit & veg company
    84. A4 folders - to CS
    85. book - to sister
    86. book - to friend
    87-89. young children's bedding sets - to CS
    90. bag of old paperwork - shredded
    91. unwanted knickers - to CS for rags
    92. glass - to recycle bin
    93. nasty shoes that cut my heels - in the bin
    94. nasty shoes that cut my ankles - to friend

    Why is it that the older I get the fatter my feet & ankles get?? :o
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  • Sue14
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    Still going very slowly this month, but on Saturday OH finally took some of the stuff to CS, can't count the contents as they've already been listed, but I will count the 2 boxes the stuff was in, as they've left a space in the shed. I will be filling that space with another box and bag of stuff for CS, that I found in the spare room today (again already counted), which will leave a bit of space in the spare room, and hopefully these will go to CS on Saturday. I also found a bag of 20 demo/cheat pc games in the shed, which I was trying to decide what to do with, and decided to send them to CS, so they went with the other 2 boxes.

    I had a huge box in the 'cupboard of doom', containing my new work uniform, so today I took the contents out and put them in a drawer, then ripped the box up and put it in the green waste bin. Last week we had to get a new rotary airer, as our old 1 was collapsing, and that has now gone to the dump, obviously I can't count that as it was replaced, but I will count the washing line, as I was going to keep it 'in case I needed it', but decided it wasn't worth keeping and that also went to the dump.

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  • pigpen
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    Why is it that the older I get the fatter my feet & ankles get?? :o

    They compress as the muscle tone reduces and the weight of your body squishes them wider.. you need to sit down more!!
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  • suzeesu2000
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    pigpen wrote: »
    They compress as the muscle tone reduces and the weight of your body squishes them wider.. you need to sit down more!!

    My hubby says that sitting down more is what's making my a*se wider:rotfl: when he recovered and got up off the floor, he said it was okay as there's now more to grab!! :rotfl:
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  • junior_j
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    1 stuffed bin bag of household waste , 2 overstuffed carrier bags of house hold waste (where does it come from?)
    half a bag full of recycling.. a ripped magazine , recycling and spam letter shredded for rat cage bedding :).
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  • cyclingyorkie
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    DD2 recently acquired her first boyfriend... who apparently wants to come over and meet us!:eek::eek::eek:

    So some very frantic decluttering over the weekend is called for! Will report back later...
    :jFlylady and proud of it:j
  • pigpen wrote: »
    I have disposed of.. 127/100

    2 carrier bags
    2 boxes
    3 huge plastic bags.. just doing a clothes/new school uniform reshuffle on the landing!
    13 items flung from kitchen cupboard
    7 kitchen earmarked for CS
    5 items shuffled out to the shed
    5 ebay bits posted
    2 binbags to CS
    2 binbags of stuffed critters rehomed
    1 biscuit barrel
    2 binbags of miscellaneous rubbish from the kitchen
    1 binbag of rubbish from my room
    2 binbags rubbish from girls room... I have no idea where it all comes from in there!
    37 bits of stuff (and 2 spiders and a crispy dead slug) from under the sink and a bucket of mouse poo
    5 pairs of manky shoes to recycling
    2 boxes of mouldy KK doughnuts
    1 empty perfume bottle
    2 binbags of rubbish from middle room
    1 carrier of paper recycling
    1 coat hanger
    1 broken belt
    1 pair of knickers
    27 bits of rubbish/labels/random scrabbage from my bedside unit!! where does it come from??
    1 set Lamaze wrist rattles
    1 box 6-9m baby stuff to DD1

    55 items on ebay.. 12 with bids!

    Pigpen, I bow down to you! ;)

    I received the email from ebay re the free listing so the plan for this weekend is to photograph as many items as possible. It's great that we have 9 days so there's not the mad rush to get it all listed on a weekend. Minor decluttering last night of an empty can of deodorant and one of hand sanitiser. This morning I also brought in to work for a colleague a bottle of the L'Oreal Elvive Extraordinary Oil as it just wasn't working for my hair and the bottle is massive! And 6 Breakaway bars from a multipack, just want them out of the house so I don't eat them! :)
  • BabyBoots
    BabyBoots Posts: 544 Forumite
    3-day house sort didn't start too well this morning - no hot water! I was starting to wonder how expensive this was going to be and how long there'd be no hot water, but luckily the plumber came out and fixed in 5 minutes and for free - moneysaving indeed!:beer:
    Anyway, whole house vacuumed (v small house!;)), except bedroom which is too cluttered to vacuum. Sink and loo cleaned, will clean bath and shower in a mo now the water's on. First laundry load in, now the hot water's back, and sun is shining ready to dry it. Next hot water job is the stack of washing up, then decluttering can commence!
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