Decluttering 2013, the saga continues ...

cte1111

Bag full of items decluttered from box room:

3 CDs
Bag
2 toys
Advent calendar
Leggings

Moving the old bookcase from my daughter's room exposed a very grubby corner, so gave this a scrub with some diluted bleach. Also had a go at the window frame and skirting board. I opened the window to air the room, the cat then could hear the birds in the trees so was quite keen to jump out and join them. He also helped me clearing under the bed in the box room, busy morning for him too!

bubblegumcola

Hello
Not done much recently, been working a lot and this dull horrible weather does nothing to inspire me. Will have to whack on the radio later which usually helps me get motivated.
Will report back later, hopefully I will have managed a wee bit. Everyone on here does so well I dunno how you keep motivated.

MummyEm

I've been sorting through paperwork today. I have sorted a big pile out in the kitchen ready to file, but it is too cold in the study so filinf will have to wait for another day. I have put the shredder in the kitchen and I'm slowly working through the pile. The shredder keeps overheating though so it's a bit stop/start!

The kitchen is starting to look clearer though so I'll keep plodding on.

donnajt

donnajt wrote: »

38. PEZ Sweetholder - recycle

39. Two packs chicken kievs - frozen
40. OOD pate - bin
41. Mouldy soft cheese - bin
42. OOD Feta - bin
43. 3x bacon - freezer
44. 2x packs sliced pork - freezer
45. 1/3 pack OOD crabsticks
46. 1/4 pack yukky cherry toms
47. 1/3 tub curry sauce from chinese takeaway - bin
48. Mouldy grapes - bin
49. Mouldy jar red pesto - bin
50. 1/3 bag OOD salad leaves - bin
51. Few old basil leaves - bin
52. Dried up chillies - added to bottle of olive oil
53. Turned sausages - bin
54. Slice Arctic Roll- DD
55. Mini milk ice lolly - DS
56. 14 sauce packets from Pizza House - bin
57. 9 OOD yogurts - bin
58. Freezer - emptied, sorted and put back - now closing properly!
59. Magazine - read - recycled
60. Glass (9 bottles/jars) - glass bank
61. Fourth dummy - washed - back in cupboard
62. Empty bottle of Laundry Detergent - rinsed / recycle bag
63. Watched final of Splash! deleted from Watchlist
64 & 65. Dummies 5 and 6 - washed and back in cupboard
66. Bag of paperwork - sorted into Action, filing, trash
67. Shred trash paperwork - recycle
68. New duvet found under stairs, swapped for DD's current one
69. DD's old duvet - bin
70. DD's bed stripped, fresh linen, old washed
71. Dummy No.7 - washed and returned to cupboard
72-75. Three kinder style toys and the eggs - recycle bag
76. Two missing mini wrestlers found under sofa - returned to wrestling ring
77. Broken clock - breaks my heart - bin
78. 3 Xmas cards found in bottom of DS toy box - recycle bag
79. My missing lipstick found in DS spiderman bag (little sod!)
80. Toy ball - charity shop
81. E45 cream found under sofa - returned to First Aid box
82. DS drew on wall (knew he couldn't behave all day) removed with jif/elbow grease
83. Charlie Bear's toy car - found in fridge! returned to Charlie Bear
84. Half packet of bombay mix found down sofa - hoovered
85 & 86. Two sofas moved - disgust!!! cake, sweet, choc wrappers binned, dustballs - hoovered yuk!
87. Yukky tin half eaten beans - bin
88. Half eaten tin of custard - bin
89

Kids are really behaving themselves - must be the artic roll and mini milk lol!

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Fourth load of washing in...

donnajt

aligerdie wrote: »

I keep flitting back to this thread to read and have half heartedly joined in some challenges but never completed them Why can't I stick to them?! :mad:

I need to seriously declutter. Badly. I can't find my passport & as I'm travelling to visit my brother in April, I need to find it sharpish. I've given myself a week to find it before I have to apply for a replacement as I can't risk not going....

So..last night I started in my bedroom. So far I have the following...

1-5: Bags of clothes for cash4clothes.
6-8: Bags of clothes for charity bin (yep, I haven't decluttered them for ages!)
9. 1 big charity sack full of old paperwork and envelopes.

And I haven't even made a dent Things built up after kiddie #4 was born, and I'm a little overwhelmed

Thanks all xx

Well done - you've sorted out loads today - try not to look at your home as a whole - section it up and attack from there - today I am doing the kitchen and living room - only because kids keep demanding my attention...I also keep a list beside me - really inspiring when you start to see how much stuff you have sorted thru, rehomed, gotten rid of

Good luck finding your passport x

CookieMonsta

Another 10 items sent to charity I really need to start ebaying more but I'm lazy!

mineallmine

mineallmine wrote: »

13.- 43.
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Busy day shopping, having lunch, sorting out things.

Right while iTunes is taking forever to update things on my ipod I'm going to do a quick whizz around for 15 minutes to find some bits to declutter.

Feel free to join me :j

hammyham

This thread seems like a good motivation! Yesterday I cleared the bottom of my wardrobe where my shoes and bags go - put 5 bags to get given away or ebayed, depending on whether my mum wanted them! Have also got 8 pair of shoes to go ebay today! Feeling rather organised x

Goldiegirl

Here's my weekly summary


78 Notes andduplicate paperwork relating to family history research – recycling
79 Receipts from2003 – recycling
80 CD’s containingback ups of old computer programmes - bin
81 CD ROMS freewith computer magazines – bin
82 Broken memorystick – bin
83 Worn out keywallet - bin
84 Cable to attachvideo camera to TV – bin
85 Paperwork frombills and bank statements box -recycle
86 Book - eBay

When it's written down it doesn't look that much, but the paperwork takes ages!

This week I'm turning my attentions to our bedroom. There's a few drawers that need looking at, and the real major task is my husband's bed side cabinet. He's put paperwork in there for years and now it's really heaped up. I haven't decluttered it before as it was 'his' and not really my concern. But I've had enough now, and he's authorised me to get stuck in.

I also want to look at the drawer of this desk where I'm sitting now. Just over three years ago I was made redundant - the whole office was closing and 250 people lost their jobs. So the contents of the office had to go, and at the end all of us were walking out with all sorts of things, with management blessing.

I've got loads of paper and things in this drawer. I'm just going to sort through it, and see exactly I've got in there.

I've earmarked Tuesday for all this work. I don't normally spend a whole day on it, but I want to get this done

mineallmine

mineallmine wrote: »

Busy day shopping, having lunch, sorting out things.

Right while iTunes is taking forever to update things on my ipod I'm going to do a quick whizz around for 15 minutes to find some bits to declutter.

Feel free to join me :j

Right then!

44. Bag of rubbish
45. Candle burnt/used up - it's a wide glass one from Ikea, don't recommend them at all. It burnt a pool of wax in the middle and left the outside unmelted. Only bought from a charity shop.
46. 47. Medical packaging, recycled
48. Bag of those horrid crystals used to keep stuff dry (quite toxic to have laying around :eek:)
49. Bubble wrap
50. Ear buds, bleugh
51. Plastic wallet
52. 53. 54.55. 56. Books returned to work friends :eek: