Decluttering 2013, the saga continues ...

pigpen

We are having a weekend tidy and fling.. The christmas stuff is still everywhere.. first job... the fabric stash is going to be dealt with... This is my mission for the month.

cte1111

Now I thought I wouldn't have time for the 100 item fling, but got the kids to sort through their books and decluttered:

55 books
7 magazines
2 Moxie dolls
3 brochures
Leaflets
Nail varnish
Dried up glue stick
Bear coat hanger
Thread
Non-glowing glo stick
3 completed colouring books

Also returned my Mum's sewing machine and chucked out a wine carrier

I make that 78 out of my 100 items!

silvasava

Havn't started on the 'Glory Hole' yet but I have managed to put some old recipes on my computer (VERY food splattered excercise book!!) & I bought a nice yellow lever arch file to store my recipes in. No I'm not procrastinating - honest - I WILL start the major work tomorrow

cte1111

Few more bits decluttered whilst doing bathtime:

2 little teddies
Dried up facepaints
Gap jacket (will probably ebay)

As well as lots of general detritus that I'm not going to count, as it should have gone in the bin long ago...

mineallmine

mineallmine wrote: »

I've set myself a mini challenge :j

I'm going to aim to declutter 100 things this weekend (over the next 3 days)

Feel free to join me :j

Brill start donna! Wow cte slow down you're showing the rest of us up! Brill idea to get the kids to sort through things. Come on silva make a tiny start this evening, go through a drawer or cupboard!

Right let's do this! Hubby has already been doing some sorting :eek:

First targets will be things:
Annoying or frustrating me, the generally in the way stuff
That have an emotional/negative attachment

Will be back to report progress later.

pleasedelete

Having read the phrase glory hole on here I used it to describe our annexe at a Christmas family gathering- telling everyone about our glory hole. I think I said that we had a glory hole in the annexe. A look of shock and horror crossed the faces of my children and their cousins-a mixture of embarrassment and amusement.

My son who is 15 led me to the kitchen and showed me the definition on Wikipedia.

Enough said.

Just to clarify we do not have a glory hole in our annexe!

vikki_louise

Decluttering isn't going great, feels like I never make a dent and end up feeling rubbish without any gain. Does anyone else seem to have bits of paper everywhere? Big, small, envelopes, notes, leaflets, statements, its everywhere!

cte1111

vikki_louise wrote: »

Decluttering isn't going great, feels like I never make a dent and end up feeling rubbish without any gain. Does anyone else seem to have bits of paper everywhere? Big, small, envelopes, notes, leaflets, statements, its everywhere!

Know that feeling vikki. All you can do is work through it, one heap at a time. Just pick up one pile of paper and sort it this evening. Perhaps start with a drawer, then you can keep the envelopes and other useful stationery in there.

Paperwork you need to keep - I've got a couple of these folders which are fine for keeping all the paper under control:
http://www.whsmith.co.uk/StationeryAndCards/Filing+%26+Storage/Files/Expanding+Files

Ooh now I want to buy one of the Jan Constantine ones... will have to resist.

wik

pleasedelete wrote: »

Having read the phrase glory hole on here I used it to describe our annexe at a Christmas family gathering- telling everyone about our glory hole. I think I said that we had a glory hole in the annexe. A look of shock and horror crossed the faces of my children and their cousins-a mixture of embarrassment and amusement.

My son who is 15 led me to the kitchen and showed me the definition on Wikipedia.

Enough said.

Just to clarify we do not have a glory hole in our annexe!

This made me giggle very much!! A few years ago we lived near a village that had a charity shop run for the local church - it was called 'The Glory Hole'...

My mum said once, what a super name, we should call our craft room that!!! I had to explain to her... lets just say she was rather shocked!! :rotfl:

wik

I have to say that my decluttering isnt doing to well Have had a day off, but was diagnosed with a Chest Infection yesterday and given nasty antiboticals!! So the only thing I shall be decluttering is this infection!!!