Enough is enough - the great declutter

dobs

Earthmother hope you and your family feeling better soon!

Missyg wow you are v organised, could you come and do my house next?lol!I'm having a c section so won't feel like decluttering afterwards for a while, just lke i've been kicked in the stomach by a pack of donkeys!

I really must join freecycle, been thinking about it for a year now!

missyg_3

Great Mary43, I hope you enjoy your trip. 19 days off when you thought you only had 4 is quite a bonus! Your Christmas and Birthday baskets sound very nice and very MSE, do you put them together throughout the year?

Earthmother I hear ya about the bus nutters I have had some really positive encounters through Freecycle as well though, I think it's those that keep me going! Glad your person turned up! Are you having a new kitchen?

Pigpen :T You might end up with £200 or even more! I am excited for you that you've already gone over your target! My target was £100 and I'm at £71 now so it's creeping up streadily and I've got my fingers crossed! I'm looking forward to the final minutes... it's the first time I've used Turbolister so the first time it will all finish at roughly the same time for me! Hasn't ebay just had a management change or something like that? The new person is perhaps trying to make their mark with a few changes... feedback becoming a one-way process is a pretty radical step, not sure how that will pan out. Ebid definitely worth keeping an eye on.

Dobs, have you had a c section before then? Forget the decluttering for a while, just enjoy your precious new baby and concentrate on getting back on your feet! (But I still want to hear from you on here!) Good luck with everything x

Well I have sorted out the packaging for the stuff that has bids, only 18 of 85 items so far but I knew the CDs were going to be hard to shift and they will probably end up in the charity shop.

mary43

originally posted by missyg
I hope you enjoy your trip. 19 days off when you thought you only had 4 is quite a bonus! Your Christmas and Birthday baskets sound very nice and very MSE, do you put them together throughout the year?

Ooops.........wishful thinking there........I put 19 when I should have put 10.............lol (slight typing error!) Still, its more than I thought.

Hadn't heard about the baskets idea till I joined this site at the end of last year and saw them on the Special Occassions board. Thought it was a briliant idea and a lot of peeps there started doing them early so I thought I might as well do the same. We don't have any of the big cheap shops here like Poundland (price I pay for living in small rural market town........lol) but we have got three charity shops..........always stuff in there that someones had as unwanted pressie so I've been getting bits every week and making note of what its costing me, counting in birthdays as well. So far so good........haven't added it up yet but MIL's birthday one is around £6 and ex foster girl is around £5. If I keep that up then I'll do ok. Hardest ones will be teenage grandchildren but they have so much I normally give them money -might make a change for them to have a box or basket of allsorts..........lol

earthmother

Thanks for that vivw - Natural Surroundings and the brewery sound good - I'll add them to my ever growing list of things to do. We're there for 2 2-day breaks - if the weather is good, we'll be on the beach building loads of sandcastles with the kids, but if it's a bit grotty, then that's when all these places kick in.

vivw_2

earthmother wrote: »

Thanks for that vivw - Natural Surroundings and the brewery sound good - I'll add them to my ever growing list of things to do. We're there for 2 2-day breaks - if the weather is good, we'll be on the beach building loads of sandcastles with the kids, but if it's a bit grotty, then that's when all these places kick in.

What type of beaches/seaside towns do you like? As I lived and bought up my kids in Norwich I know quite a few places

earthmother

vivw wrote: »

What type of beaches/seaside towns do you like? As I lived and bought up my kids in Norwich I know quite a few places

Quiet ones - we're not into funfairs or amusements (other than the odd push-penny machine on a soggy day). If we can build some castles, have a nice simple meal, and maybe ride a donkey, we'll be happy. We also need good, fairly level, beach access and close parking, as hubby is disabled and uses a wheelchair/crutches.

We were planning on trying Yarmouth - neither of us have been since we were children (our holidays with the kids having been in Lincs rather than Norfolk so far), but recall it as being fairly easy to get around etc - but if you know of anywhere else, then it would be great to have some local knowledge.

vivw_2

earthmother wrote: »

Quiet ones - we're not into funfairs or amusements (other than the odd push-penny machine on a soggy day). If we can build some castles, have a nice simple meal, and maybe ride a donkey, we'll be happy. We also need good, fairly level, beach access and close parking, as hubby is disabled and uses a wheelchair/crutches.

We were planning on trying Yarmouth - neither of us have been since we were children (our holidays with the kids having been in Lincs rather than Norfolk so far), but recall it as being fairly easy to get around etc - but if you know of anywhere else, then it would be great to have some local knowledge.

Yarmouth is very level and parking is easy if you get there early but quiet it is not. The trouble with a lot of that coast line has been erosion so there are sea defences around a lot of it that make beach access more difficult. Don't go to Hemsby - full of amusements and rides [will cost a fortune ] . Winterton, caister, sea-palling and Mundersley are all worth going to for the sandy beaches and from what i remember fairly easy beach access. If you like an old fashoioned seaside town you can't beat Southwold . Only problem is the slope to the beach. At the habour end kids go crabbing.

earthmother

Thanks - you've given me plenty to work with there. I'll tell hubby, and he can have a delve through the mapbook and see which he likes the look of in terms of driving.

I do seem to recall him muttering about Southwold already, so that's promising.

vivw_2

Southwold is also the home of Adnams beer.......very drinkable. There are even little cafe type places on the beach that sell cups of tea/coffee....all very civilised

Lemon_Tree

you're my neighbour then i'm in Needham market.

I've started the decluttering bit again just listed 23 dvd's, still umming and arhing about the piano though, but with what i've just read on here about ebay i should list it sooner rather than later and see how it does and let the decision be made for me