Decluttering 2013, the saga continues ...

PudseyDB

donnajt wrote: »

Well...here goes my hour:

1. Washed up 101 mugs and dinner plates from yesterday
2. Dried up and all put away
3. Painted frame white to match living room
4. Sorted cutlery drawer, hoovered out crumbs and cleaned tray
5. Recycled plastic cutlery
6. Threw away 2 odd forks (no ideas where they came from!)
7. Sorted take away menus - overs into recycling bag
8. Toy packaging - recycle bag
9. Bendy straw -r ecycle bag
10. Fixed broken doorbell and put back on front door
11. 2x bottles Lambrini given to Dad
12. 1x Karaoke machine returned to Dad
13. Broken tupperware - bin
14. Washed hair
15. Washed trays and put away
16. Put away all tins etc from shopping
17. CLeaned fruit bowl, put new at bottom and old at top
18. Spiderman Lunchbox - give to nephew
19. Bagged up rubbish and taken out to bin
20. Cleaned bin and relined with bag
21. washing on, out and hung on airer
22. washed my dusty pimms jars and relocated to kitchen cupboard
23. Caravan toys bagged up ready for mother in law
24. Last of day moisturiser finally used up - glass bottle bank
25. Straightened up living room
26. Made beds
27. Put away laundry

... there you go 60 mins off to have a bath!

You managed all that in one hour????????????????????? wow!

donnajt

BEST DECLUTTER EVER.....Kids back to school!!!!!!!!!!

28. Hotmail account - junk deleted, unsubscribed 30+, deleted 12 old email folders, inbox
empty
29. Empty game packaging - recycle
30. Junk box cleared - rubbish
31. Junk box cleared - items returned to original homes
32. Kids crafts / Paint box, sorted and combined
33-44. 11 More DVDS to music magpie
45. Music Magpie order confirmed - collection Weds - yippee!
46. Slimming World Mag - read - passed on to friend
47-50. 3x Summer Dreses - charity shop
51-53. 2x Beach towels - charity shop
54. Shopping bag -c harity shop
55-56. 2x Small Picnic mats
57. Felt tips, pencils, crayons collected, sorted and put into one pencil case
58. Approved Foods boxing, broken down, recyled
59. LAST AVON BOX - broken down - recycled
60. DIET STARTS...joined MyFitnessPal ... feeling quite motivated lol!

Lilyplonk

Good morning all :hello: - looks as though the weather is warming up again - albeit every-so-slightly ..............:j.

:T to all you e-bayers - I've never quite got my head around the whole thing, although my DS2 does it regularly. I'll have to try to get him to do some selling on my behalf ................. :think:.

And well done on the decluttering/organising front - there's so much going on with you all AND you've got young families and work to contend with at the same time. You certainly put me to shame - can you all give me a good old boot up the jacksie, p-l-e-a-s-e!!!

A lovely lady has collected my Freecycled 'folders/files etc' so that's 'another couple of boxes of stuff' shifted .

My unwanted single bed is finally going to my DD tomorrow - so the entrance porch will be much clearer. Base/mattress/head-board DO take up a bit of space in an area of 4ft x 7ft - especially when there's a meter cupboard, chest freezer and plastic drawers in there as well :rotfl:!!

Managed to pick up all the 'hacked off' branches that I did last week PLUS managed to get rid of the majority of 'some spikey bush' that looked half-dead - all now in the Garden Waste Bin for next week :j. I forgot that I'd also bought a 'pruning saw' last week, so will continue to work on the remainder of the 'spikey bush' till it's all gone.

I 'have a plan/idea' to create some kind of 'paved storage area' for the various wheelie bins, to get them off the footpath - we're almost walking on the damp, muddy grass to get past them .

Off for a spot of [STRIKE]child-squashing[/STRIKE] baby-sitting this afternoon - as DD is at College.

I'll pop back in again later to catch up with all your efforts - Lilyplonk xx

donnajt

PudseyDB wrote: »

You managed all that in one hour????????????????????? wow!

PudseyDB - I was focused lol - trying to get this house straight and trust me I am not getting anywhere fast today!

good_advice

Lilyplonk wrote: »

Good morning all :hello: - looks as though the weather is warming up again - albeit every-so-slightly ..............:j.

:T to all you e-bayers - I've never quite got my head around the whole thing, although my DS2 does it regularly. I'll have to try to get him to do some selling on my behalf ................. :think:.

And well done on the decluttering/organising front - there's so much going on with you all AND you've got young families and work to contend with at the same time. You certainly put me to shame - can you all give me a good old boot up the jacksie, p-l-e-a-s-e!!!

A lovely lady has collected my Freecycled 'folders/files etc' so that's 'another couple of boxes of stuff' shifted .

My unwanted single bed is finally going to my DD tomorrow - so the entrance porch will be much clearer. Base/mattress/head-board DO take up a bit of space in an area of 4ft x 7ft - especially when there's a meter cupboard, chest freezer and plastic drawers in there as well :rotfl:!!

Managed to pick up all the 'hacked off' branches that I did last week PLUS managed to get rid of the majority of 'some spikey bush' that looked half-dead - all now in the Garden Waste Bin for next week :j. I forgot that I'd also bought a 'pruning saw' last week, so will continue to work on the remainder of the 'spikey bush' till it's all gone.

I 'have a plan/idea' to create some kind of 'paved storage area' for the various wheelie bins, to get them off the footpath - we're almost walking on the damp, muddy grass to get past them .

Off for a spot of [STRIKE]child-squashing[/STRIKE] baby-sitting this afternoon - as DD is at College.

I'll pop back in again later to catch up with all your efforts - Lilyplonk xx

Kicked! get started! and post what you have achieved please.

Guineapigsqueaks

Afternoon All

Did weekly shop this morning, rewarded myself with nice bacon sandwich and cuppa for brunch when I got home .

Mucked out Guineas, they don't half produce a lot of poop for little creatures.

Booked car in for MOT and service in a couple of weeks, preparing myself for that expense :eek:.

Was going to have quick tidy/declutter/dust and hoover of my bedroom, might have to sort my hair instead before school run, mega frizz from drizzle here today. Would wear hat, but dentist after school, would definitely look bit odd in dentist's chair with woolly hat on :rotfl:.

Hope to get some decluttering done before bedtime tonight, fingers crossed x

silvasava

OOh OOh - waves frantically - Forgot to say DS & partner came round on Saturday & decluttered a small bookcase, light fitting & chrome towel rail from our loft

Lilyplonk

good_advice wrote: »

Kicked! get started! and post what you have achieved please.

Logging in from DD's PC .

Ouch! many thanks for that, good advice!!!

Think maybe I should do a daily list of what I plan to do - then cross off all the things that I achieve .......... might keep me on target a bit better - thanks for that as well.

speak later - Lilyplonk xx

pjran

I've had to buy a few essentials (handbag, clothes and new luggage) so there's more coming into my home than decluttering.

I will try harder, starting tomorrow. I have sorted lots of paperwork, burned and shredded loads of receipts

Keep up the good work :T

DundeeDoll

Having a few days of consolidating before the next push next weekend. My successes are:
1) Had 14 people for a committee meeting last night. Took me 30 mins to clean and tidy whole of downstairs and stairs, boot up my puter, take family coats upstairs to put on guest bed so people could hang up their coats, and move chairs
2) during meeting someone asked about 2009 meeting. I'm secretary, and due to tidy puter files was able to find relevant part in seconds
3) my inbox at work was empty at going home time
4) all my regular jobs were done and i know exactly what still needs doing
5) i can find my shoes, watch and rings in the morning
6) i always have my thinsulate gloves and hat in my bag so could put them on when it was cold for going home tonight
7) i never forget my meds cos they are now in one of those 7day pill things and i leave up the last one taken so i know where i'm at
8) my bed is always made before i leave the house
9) my work files are all organised sensibly
10) i always know where the scissors and tape are.
11) my kitchen drawers are all tidy, ditto desk, ditto front room cabinet
12) my airing cupboard is all sorted, with double sheets and duvet covers on one shelf, singles on another so i no longer have to find the right size
13) my bathroom is almost up to hotel standard (sealant needs redoing) with matching towels and accessories
14) my dvds are all in alphabetical order and in the right boxes
15) i no longer have videos clogging up the cabinet
16) i no longer have out-of-date food
17) my diary is my best friend
18) my car is decluttered
19) i only have clean clothes i wear in my bedroom drawers
20) my guest room is fit for guests