Hoarding...not just on TV

yellowdots

Hi everyone

I haven't caught up on the thread yet and am about to rush out to the gym before I change my mind and stay in the warm.

I wanted to post about a picture I put up on the living room wall last night, a picture which my son bought me on a school trip when he was 12 (he is now 23!!) and I liked it so much I had it framed.

I spent so many years faffing around with where best to put it and then there was hmm well this room isn't nice enough for it yet or maybe aftter I've decorated and so on, that when I came across it again during a bit more sorting out, I decided to put it on the wall and measured and marked for the hook right there and then.

I wanted to say a massive thank you to everyone on this thread because I now know I am already thinking differently, thank you, thank you. So after 11 years I can now enjoy this picture :T

But I also hope this can be a nice little warning to anyone who is pondering and spending too much time thinking or deliberating over items, the years will wizz by.

The living room isn't perfect, isn't freshly decorated but the picture looks lovely on the wall.

Brighton_belle

GreyQueen wrote: »

It's actually kipple not kibble. Hope you're not offended by the correction..........

LOL, moi, offended? *hastely hides greyqueen lookylikey doll with pins*. Noooo, I love Kipple even more:D

I've been away 48 hrs and come home to more pages of wonderful insight. Big welcome to few more new names if I am not mistaken, though I hesitate to name them in case you've been posting on here for ages and I've been oblivious:o

I was only home half an hour before I was up in the attic tackling one of my sacred cows - I faced up several years ago to my [STRIKE]collecting [/STRIKE]hording useful pieces of wood when I had help sorting my attic and was encouraged to store like with like ( a great way to see if you have duplicates).
It was a revelation how many 'shelves' I seemed to think I might one day put up(over 30 pieces).
It stopped me collecting from that day onward but I have never been able to get rid of those I already had. Well they are all now on the landing, waiting a trip to the dump/recycling centre.:j
And that came about through my 'shame' of putting the bike back in the attic (though it feels ok to defer a decision I was finding too difficult - better to deal with stuff I would find easier at the mo) and wanting to offset that with removing something else the equivalent in weight to the bike.

Also on my 2 day trip I realised that I never use my big hardshell suitcase (as I don't do big holidays) I was given 2nd hand 10+ years ago and I really ought to offload to a c.s. That is also now down from the attic:j

Blossomhill - glad you are ok:eek:

GreyQueen

Glad to have you back posting, BB. But you can't possibly have a GQ-a-like voodoo dolly as you don't know what I look like..............:rotfl:*

I've been dying to ask; HOW do you get pushbikes into your loft? The only ones I personally know of have hatches waaaay to small to admit anything other than a small kiddie bike or possibly a unicycle.

C'mon, eager minds wanna know.

I have gifted 2 bags of useful stuff to the c.s. this afternoon, only had a quick browsette in that one c.s. (which stands on a street full of them, so it was very restrained of me ). As I stepped back out empty handed, I thought how light and free I felt, doing this un-shopping.

I'm now getting skittish at the thought that there may be Christmas presents incoming which will take up my precious space......or money which people will later ask me what I spent on and there is an expectation that it will be on a tangible item, rather than an intangible.

Last year, I got around the problem by spending my present money on a lorry-load of manure for my allotment. Bet the people who gifted me the money were glad that I didn't want that lot giftwrapped.

* I look a lot like Nigella, but lovelier, of course.

Brighton_belle

GreyQueen wrote: »

Glad to have you back posting, BB. But you can't possibly have a GQ-a-like voodoo dolly as you don't know what I look like..............:rotfl:*

I've been dying to ask; HOW do you get pushbikes into your loft? The only ones I personally know of have hatches waaaay to small to admit anything other than a small kiddie bike or possibly a unicycle.

C'mon, eager minds wanna know.

It's grey and wears a crown...sufficent surely?:D

Ah, yes I forgot it's not normal to move in somewhere and wihtin a week get a carpenter to cut a new loft hatch 3ft x 2ft wide :D...that's how I get a bike in the loft - front wheel first. A job that definitely needs 2 people though.

carlislelass

2 bags to the cs and the shredder emptied twice after going through old receipts

katep23

imataloss wrote: »

Hello all, no decluttering done here for the past few days. We went away for 24 hours and had a lovely time. Managed to come back without buying any more stuff. Popped into a few CS earlier today and they were asking for donations. Will have to do some decluttering and get the things to my local ones.
It seems as though everyone has been very busy while I have been away. We are off work tomorrow too and hoping to take some of the rubbish to the tip. Well done to everyone for their acheivements this week.

It's not just the "outs" but the lack of "ins" that make a difference :T

Brighton_belle

katep23 wrote: »

It's not just the "outs" but the lack of "ins" that make a difference :T

Absolutely:T Decluttering/dealing with hording issues is definitely a two pronged issue.

ellie99

katep23 wrote: »

It's not just the "outs" but the lack of "ins" that make a difference :T

so so true!
I've brought a LOT less into the house this year - it started because I'm earning a lot less now - but now I find myself looking at things in the shops thinking "that's nice, but it's STUFF!" I'm lucky enough that I don't actually NEED anything, I already have more than I need.

Another huge pile of old paperwork cleared out the house tonight

blossomhill_2

ellie99 wrote: »

Following on with the greetings card theme, from my children -

"I wish we were allowed to write the name on the envelopes"

Well, I can re-use the envelopes if they leave them blank!
I've got a huge stash of envelopes.

ellie99 - Could you grant them their wish? What does an envelope cost - 10p, 20p? They could decorate the envelope with stickers for the younger ones, or best handwriting if they are older and it would make it so much more personal

well done on the paoperwork BTW!

I am looking for quirks in our house today - quirky things like "don't fully shut the bathroom door as you can get locked in" and seeing them through visitors' eyes with a view to getting them sorted before Christmas - the thing is, to someone else, they sound like bizarre rules and no-one feels welcome in a house full of rules.

I'd like people to be able to open cupboards to look for a mug/spare loo roll etc without being scared to in case they meet an avalanche

Result of yesterday's car crash - walked straight into house, picked up things I was dithering over on the work surface and binned the lot! Definitely a "life's too short stress reaction" :T

I usually bin a year's worth of documents in January - utility bills etc - doing it now so it's all gone before Christmas instead of after

alec_eiffel

I've been wondering about the envelopes - how do you get them back if you've given the card to someone? Am I being really dense or something? But if you send something you don't have the envelope and if you don't send something why would you need an envelope?

I'm not being an oddity about it, it's a genuine question.

Glad you're ok after the crash blossomhill.