Decluttering 2012, this year, definitely ...

Fizzbitz

Morning everyone

I am surfacing from all the chaos around me like a whale coming up for air!!! Busy times but making progress in the slinging department!

65 - 72 Plastic bottles (r/c)
73 ex-glue stick
74 broken candle plate
75 broken hanger
76 gone off perfume
77/8 2 boxes of cards written and sent
79 dead pen
80/1 plastic containers (r/c)
82 random joke can (r/c)
83 obsolete bun warmer
84 blunt pencil sharpener
85 dead answer phone
86 dead battery
87 gone off eye product
88 mouldy box of tissues
89/90 worn cables
91 broken chorded phone
92 box of papers - shredded (r/c)
93/4 2 packages finally wrapped and posted
95 unwanted dvd (cs)
96 broken biro
97 ancient pot pourri
98 large cardboard tube (r/c)
99 bag of carrier bags - back to sainsbury's
100 remains of embroidery project
101 bag of candle ends (freegle)
102 bin bag of misc carp - tip

Washing machine on for second time already and chilli in the crock pot!

Am off and submerging again.....

Keep slinging - we're getting there.

Fizz

suzeesu2000

Everyone is doing really well. I am just doing the normal rubbish stuff, haven't flung anything extra but am so in the habit now of shredding carp instantly, no piles of it waiting to be done. The big bay windowsill has actually stayed free of carp since I cleaned last week :eek: pleased about that.

Have changed all my bakeware except the two roasting tins, now only got silicone ones which are brilliant, can squidge them up and fold them to store, so now all neat in one box. :T

Made nine fabric hearts for my drawers and wardrobe so have used some fabric remains too, and used up a bag of cotton wool that I had no use for as the stuffing, works well.

Have a HUGE list for things to deal with in the new year so am hopeful this thread is going to continue please OP?

Have a great rest of the day folks and please try to find a few minutes to catch your breath too.

Goldiegirl

Wow Fizz, that's an impressive load of clutter out of the door !

Lily, your new flat is really taking shape now, it must be very exciting for you.

suzeesu2000

79 - pair of hubby's undies, fell apart! Bin
80 - bag of shredded paperwork - recycling
81 - cheese grater box thing - bin

All paperwork filling done this afternoon too. Been a good day.

Becky_2

I wish all my fellow declutterer a Merry Christmas.

Thanks for all your support over this year.

Becky_2

I forgot to mention this weekend's achievements in my previous post.

* All washing done, ironed and put away.
* All mine and OH's winter shoes have been polished with shoe polish and sprayed.
* Threw away one shoe polish that had gone dry.

We are going away tomorrow for 4 days. Once we are back I shall be cleaning the oven, I feel embarassed every time I look at it.

dannie

Hi declutterers,

Since my last post, just the usual recycling, rubbish and compost out. More condensing of health info. that I already have a copy of and one free household cleaning product used. Just one garden seed to dry out and that should mean all of them can be stored until next spring. Saturday and Sunday had a good tidy up finishing odd jobs. Some of the original sellable scrap metal was put in my recycling bin whereas the rest will be put away for now. That's all folks for now.

happytails

Morning!! Already walked the dog and ready to face the day!

todays in's will consist of - new batteries of varying sizes for the kids xmas gifts, 7 birthday cards for january and my inhaler from the docs with any luck. Oh and MIL is dropping the kids Xmas presents off.

Outs will just be general rubbish and MIL's Xmas present.

Yesterday i did manage to get most of the washing done and all the dry stuff was put away i even hoovered all of upstairs with the nozzle attachment of my hoover as the main bit doesnt work atm and i havent looked at it properly lol

Today i need to dry the last load of washing and do our bedding as Evelyn major sicked on it this morning. I also need to carpet clean the lounge carpet ready for tomorrow (mainly for the pictures lol) and i think thats it?! Oh and we're walking to the highstreet for the stuff we need to avoid the car parking LOL

Its free Ebay listing week from Boxing day so going to list some stuff if i get chance x

Lilyplonk

Good Morning :wave: all - Hope the decluttering is going well .

I've just put out the wheelie bins for the final time at this house - both LARGE Recycling Bins are full to the brim - the Household Waste Bin isn't too bad (never is) - Food Waste Container is full (as usual). All the shredded paperwork/letters/bills etc are sitting in the Garden Waste Bins - and will have to wait for the next tenant to move in, when they'll go out with the grass clippings.

I haven't any more boxes to move at the moment - they've all gone for now - but we need to work our way through sorting / flinging / donating / freecycling / boxing the remaining [STRIKE]junk[/STRIKE]items.

Had to bring 2 large dinner plates BACK from the new place last night - I'd forgotten about needing them for Christmas Dinner :rotfl:. The kitchen is beginning to look like 'mine' - only much tidier :j - with most of my items in it .

I decided on an Asda trip at midnight last night - got there around 12.45 - not a carrot or swede in sight! I asked an assistant when they'd be putting them out, to be told 'We have done - there was a stampede when we opened the doors, and they cleared us out!' :eek:. So now need to go back to shopping centre to see if I can get some at the little fruit/veg shop in the main precinct ...................

Apart from that little job - there's just presents to be wrapped today and I'll get a relaxing evening tonight with Midnight Mass later on. One of my Scottish friends is in a choir taking part in a televised Carol Service on Alba TV tonight - so I need to watch that to see if I can spot her.

Mr Turkey is sitting in a very large glass bowl defrosting nicely and I'm going to go and mix my stuffing in a few minutes. Sprouts / Parsnips / Broccoli have been blanched and are in the freezer - I could get the potatoes peeled and into water in pans with lids on. I've a feeling that I've got some carrot & swede mash in takeaway containers 'somewhere' in the freezer but it might take some finding ...............

Right then folks, one more push with decluttering this afternoon and the downstairs will at least be presentable 'just in case of visitors'.

............... and 'just in case' I don't get back on here before tomorrow evening, and to everybody - here's to 'tidier and more organised times ahead'.

love Lilyplonk xxx

loopychriss

Just like to wish everyone on this thread a very Happy Christmas and hope you enjoy it, whatever you are doing. Hubby and me are having a quiet Christmas... just the 2 of us, doing what we want when we want. I might not even get dressed!!! Got a turkey crown defrosted so that needs to be cooked, will do that tonight as we're going to my daughter's for a family get together in a couple of hours to give the grandchildren their presents

Hubby has even said that if there's not much on TV he wants to watch, he'll start stripping the woodchip wallpaper off the hall, stairs and landing! I told him not to go too mad - that can wait until Boxing Day!!!

Finally managed to wrap the rest of the presents: I decided yesterday to make a Christmas sack for my grandson, with his name cross stitched on it. I'm not known as "Queen of the Last Minute" for nothing!!!

I finished it last night, so then thought I'd better make a bag for granddaughter as well. Hers doesn't have her name on though. Did that this morning, then made another morsbag for a Christmas pressie for sis in law. So, nothing much got done here today except that! So what... there's only the 2 of us. It's only us who have to sit and look at any mess we make, so we're going to have a nice, peaceful, stress-free Christmas Day. Hope everyone has the Christmas they'd like too... xxxx
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