Decluttering 2013, the saga continues ...

mineallmine

mineallmine wrote: »

Love the Monica cupboard

Doing Flylady thread this week, today is clean the kitchen :j

10. Gift tin. Recycling
11. Oil bottle gift. CS
12. OOD food. Note to self, stop buying gimmicky things
13. More OOD food/sauces

Work been very busy so not much decluttering but every little helps

14. Hand cream used up
15. Travel size moisturiser used up
16. Travel size toiletry used up
17. Face mask used up
18. 19. 20. 21. DVDs
22. Book returned to a friend, refused to keep it!

Pleased to see all the little odd toiletries being used up. Will do a charity run this week to get rid of the latest batch of donations.

:j

Yorkielass

Mixed weekend, gumtree buyers didn't turn up to collect things.

Few bits out:
23 - 42 Old Guiding magazines recycled
43 Old handbag too worn out to sell, binned.

We did have a big sort and tidy in our living room and a bit in the other areas too yesterday after I had a meltdown on Friday morning about the state of our house (we've been out a lot doing voluntary stuff the last few weeks and things were just getting dumped about).

We got 2 full bins of paper recycling from there but I didn't count how much.

Put the old sideboard we dismantled in the loft and identified 7 pieces of surplus furniture from our old house which we haven't used in new and listed them all on Gumtree this morning.

We're at home more this week and also next Sunday so I'm hoping we can continue with the sorting and cleaning then. I have a pretty high threshold for cleaning so it must have been bad last week!

Also got a pile of clothes for FB & a bag of old stuff for a 'c$sh for clothes' type thing that's started near us, going to give it a go.

Goldiegirl

Tiffany_Aching wrote: »

Hello

May I join in?

Hello and welcome, every de-clutterer is welcome here.


Here's a list of my activities for the last week or so


357 Old suit carrier – bin
358 Assorted vintage paperwork – eBay
359 Velvet evening trousers – eBay
360 1970’s film editor – eBay
361 Evening top – eBay
362 Checked blouse – eBay
363 Faulty LED bulbs –bin
364 2 Jigsaws – eBay
365 2 Books – Greenmetropolis

So, that means I've reached my annual target ! :j:j

I thought I was going to smash it, as I did the majority in the first few months, but it has been slower recently, but I've done it !!

I've got a few more bits which will go this month, but I always have a December break, then I'll start again in the New Year.

mrs-moneypenny

afternoon all

welcome to the new declutterers on the thread, sorry no answers here but you have my support.

managed to use up a couple of decorative candles, a bathbomb and a sachet of face stuff over the weekend

need to get some more sorted

well done everyone

anything out is better than something in

cte1111

Still working my way through the magazine pile, decluttered:

3 magazines
Calendar
Knitting pattern (will take to knitting group)
Sewing pattern
More papers

rosieben

rosieben wrote: »

.. Still have to tackle 2 bookshelves, the kitchen cupboards, my clothes and shoes and the craft room

I'm at 121 of my 300 in November now but I haven't touched any of the areas I mentioned above I stalled for the last couple of days but aiming to get back into it tomorrow.

Hello and welcome to the new declutterers :wave:

cte1111

Had another go at the play room whilst helping my daughter with her homework, she agreed to part with:

8 soft toys
2 dolls
2 homemade pots (we have dozens, kept the best ones)
4 assorted toys
My Little Pony beauty parlour

I'm trying to catch up so I'm up to 10 a day (started late), will aim to empty 2 toy holders into one by the end of the week.

cte1111

Cleared out a storage box in the lounge, decluttered:

2 books
3 magazines
Pile of out of date paperwork
Phone directory
Paint charts
2 folders

somerandom

Was shattered from being on my course all weekend so ended up falling asleep this afternoon instead of decluttering. Have a day off on Thursday so hoping to do better then....

Eager_Elephant

Tiffany_Aching wrote: »

Hello

May I join in? I have been struggling to get my house decluttered but find it so hard as we are a household of seven but I am the only person who seems to be bothered by the clutter, everyone else seems to come behind me and see the surface I have just uncovered as an invite to dump whatever is in their hand on that spot. My husband would be a hoarder of the kind seen on TV programmes if I gave him half the chance and my kids appear to have inherated this gene. I find the whole process of decluttering overwhelming and quite lonely, so the support offered on this thread is very much needed.

Is it possible to ever get a house decluttered when others don't give a monkeys? Has anyone here actually managed to do it?

So I have decided that enough is enough and this morning I am going to start to sort this out. As I find stuff that is dumped I plan to chuck it all in a box and let everyone know that they have three days to go through it, stake their claims and rehome, otherwise it goes to charity!


Feeling very positive about this morning and eager to get on and make a start

Hi Tiffany

I only have 4 in my house but we also have the issue of knowing where someone sits by the rubbish left behind:rotfl:

It will be tough sorting things out at the start when no one is on board but eventually I think they will get on board.

I agree with putting things in a box and giving them 3 days to claim it - I did this with dirty clothes that were in the bathroom but kept the bag hidden and then when they had no clean clothes they got the message:rotfl:.
Every time I got a bin bag out they all went running:rotfl:

Make sure you stick to your guns and actually get rid of things though.

My children have a habit of leaving rubbish everywhere which I pick up but really they don't learn as they never put things in the bin so I think I need to start making them do it:T

Good Luck