Hoarding - Springing Ahead

nitnurse-not2

Gentleorange,
Just a couple of ideas
If it is lots of smaller things you could always take a carrier bag full each time you go out and empty the bag into a street bin.
If you work do you have a skip that you can sneak some stuff into?
Any neighbours that would let you top up their bins on bin day?

HTH.
xx

sjprmc01

Hey folks, hope everyone is getting on well with their de-hoarding mission!

I've been MIA for a while, I think coming on here and being accountable for my actions/lack thereof messed with my head a bit!

I cannot say I've been any better at not bringing clothes into the house, I've been VERY rubbish, but I have been very good at getting rid of (donating to others) the clothes that don't fit/that the kids are never going to use (mainly ones that appear here purchased by granny)

I have had a bit of a decluttering day today mainly involving the cupboard of doom (half of its contents are still spread across the livingroom floor) and managed to fill the standard sized wheely bin with old letters/catalogues and toys (junky ones like mcds things and broken things) I still have this habit of not being able to quite finish off any de-hoarding task I take upon myself, and of leaving said unfinished clutter lying around doorways for whatever reason!

Anyways, a spot of good news WE FINALLY BUILT UP ELDEST DD'S WARDROBE (seriously, building ikea furniture is the stuff of marriage break-ups!) she could probably have done with two wardrobes actually, but we are getting there with trying to find a place for everything!

Florenceem

I see that Eba. are putting up charges to include postage soon. Is it worth doing Eba. anymore? Very tempted to send lots of stuff to the charity shop.

pigpen

Florenceem wrote: »

I see that Eba. are putting up charges to include postage soon. Is it worth doing Eba. anymore? Very tempted to send lots of stuff to the charity shop.

No.. I've not thought so for a while.. the buyers are all fruitcakes who rip you off at every turn and the ebay policies favour these nutjobs.

car boots, and facebook selling pages are the way to go!

Florenceem

pigpen wrote: »

No.. I've not thought so for a while.. the buyers are all fruitcakes who rip you off at every turn and the ebay policies favour these nutjobs.

car boots, and facebook selling pages are the way to go!

I can't do car boots - we don't have a car. I will look into using Facebook - thanks.

Gingernutty

Gingernutty wrote: »

Dining room
On a folded dining/kitchen table next to the desk: [STRIKE]a mountainous pile of training files and papers[/STRIKE] a small pile of training files from my previous job and which would be useful if I ever go back into that industry (looking increasing unlikely ), a bottle of nail varnish remover (useful for removing ink from my wall planner), a little Ferrero Rocher box holding my spare Ventolin inhaler and spacer, a pile of cds for CashConverters/[STRIKE]Music Magpie[/STRIKE] [STRIKE]and some old medicine tubes and inhalers for the pharmacist to get rid of[/STRIKE].

[STRIKE]Under the folded dining/kitchen table next to the desk: a lidded box containing a variety of envelopes and packing/wrapping items, greetings cards, spare folders and folder dividers.[/STRIKE].

There's nothing under the folded table anymore. I've thrown/shredded so much of the training files, that there's space on top of the table for the box and there are four empty files (3 of them large, lever arch files) for the charity shop.

The recycling bin is almost completely full of shredded paper. :eek:

S'funny, as soon as I look at something critically, I seem to want to do something about it.

cyclingyorkie

Well I have decluttered a DS!

They finally moved into a des-res yesterday, not without hassle and grief along the way! When I asked his g/f what food they'd got in she showed me a pot noodle!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I then offered to make his pack up for today!

So we are well and truly in chaos! DS has moved some, but not all, of his stuff. (In his defence he is working all hours at the moment - he got home at gone 7 last night!)

When he made it to the aforementioned des-res he discovered they had chosen the worst possible day to move in - they are near the football ground and York City were at home last night!

DD2 is motivated like never before - DD1 is having DS bedroom and DD2 can finally have her own room. I am looking forward to demolishing her cabin bed - I have been changing at least one bunk/high sleeper for 18 years! She is going to have a spare double bed from my mums!

The cabin bed has a wardrobe in it (didn't ever have a big enough drop for my girls) - so where to put the clothes before a new wardrobe is ordered? (there has to be a gap so I can wash the carpet....)

Decisions, decisions....

Florenceem

cyclingyorkie wrote: »

Well I have decluttered a DS!

They finally moved into a des-res yesterday, not without hassle and grief along the way! When I asked his g/f what food they'd got in she showed me a pot noodle!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I then offered to make his pack up for today!

So we are well and truly in chaos! DS has moved some, but not all, of his stuff. (In his defence he is working all hours at the moment - he got home at gone 7 last night!)

When he made it to the aforementioned des-res he discovered they had chosen the worst possible day to move in - they are near the football ground and York City were at home last night!

DD2 is motivated like never before - DD1 is having DS bedroom and DD2 can finally have her own room. I am looking forward to demolishing her cabin bed - I have been changing at least one bunk/high sleeper for 18 years! She is going to have a spare double bed from my mums!

The cabin bed has a wardrobe in it (didn't ever have a big enough drop for my girls) - so where to put the clothes before a new wardrobe is ordered? (there has to be a gap so I can wash the carpet....)

Decisions, decisions....

Can gf cook?

cyclingyorkie

gf is a better cook than DS! Mind you he is hopeless.....

calicocat

cyclingyorkie wrote: »

Well I have decluttered a DS!

They finally moved into a des-res yesterday, not without hassle and grief along the way! When I asked his g/f what food they'd got in she showed me a pot noodle!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I then offered to make his pack up for today!

So we are well and truly in chaos! DS has moved some, but not all, of his stuff. (In his defence he is working all hours at the moment - he got home at gone 7 last night!)

When he made it to the aforementioned des-res he discovered they had chosen the worst possible day to move in - they are near the football ground and York City were at home last night!

DD2 is motivated like never before - DD1 is having DS bedroom and DD2 can finally have her own room. I am looking forward to demolishing her cabin bed - I have been changing at least one bunk/high sleeper for 18 years! She is going to have a spare double bed from my mums!

The cabin bed has a wardrobe in it (didn't ever have a big enough drop for my girls) - so where to put the clothes before a new wardrobe is ordered? (there has to be a gap so I can wash the carpet....)

Decisions, decisions....

That sound like some massive swap-shop!!....of rooms.

Hello everyone, been at work last few days so not much thrown out, and i'm totally done in. Whilst on shifts had roofer out...the next rain will see if that's sorted I guess. went down to old place to empty final stuff (so it's now crammed in house and car).......the fridgefreezer and cooker have been 'stolen'...so that's good, need to get council to remove carpets and wardrobes from carpark if they don't go missing over the weekend...with a bit of luck they will disappear too. Far rather that than being dumped. A friend said if it doesn't go walkies, instead of putting 'free' on it, put 'a fiver' and it's sure to go in two days.!!

SO...today so far have,

Been to asda for pillows, duvet, clothes airer,bath nonslip thingy for mum coming.
Homebase for curtain rings and hooks, paint for PINK room.
Food shopping (should have got a bottle of wine as fancy some now, may have to go out again.
Chopped up lemons and limes and put in freezer for drinks, made up spare bed (with help of idiot cat), hung curtains in spare room and what will be dining room, carried more stuff upstairs to what is now the dumping room, emptied (well a bit) the car of junk, put new batteries in bug-bat, done 2 loads of washing and put out on airers.

Has anyone else noticed lots of wasps around already???...must have been the hot weather...bug-bat at the ready but not sure if it's stong enough shock for a wasp...time will tell.

Need to tidy up loads as mum coming with plants and the 'garden plan'...she doesn't like mess and clutter....she's in for a bit of a shock. Also I haven't even decided where I want what in garden and will be remodeling it next year anyhow probably....never mind. she seems to have got mainly herbs which is what I like so that's good...bless her.

I hope everyone is doing well, i've been so busy haven't had time to read it all, and have skim read it to be honest, I thought I would read quickly today, then make a post with a plan as this helps me do it if I write it down on here for all to see....bit of 'have you done your homework' thing going on.....if I say it on here then I have to do it. anyone else feel a bit like that or am I just weird?...lol.

PLAN.....tidy up so it looks tidier for mum tomorrow. try and do something with I think the last box of books but have run out of shelf space now so not sure what. Hoover my bedroom. Put all cat stuff in one place instead of stuff in every room. (idiot cat go out onto roof other day too...took 2 hrs to get her back in as basking on hot tiles and a huge lorry coming down the street to scare her into it)......put up fly/cat screens on upstairs windows.!. Do garden with mum, find local tip for garden rubbish. Relax and do nothing saturday with some luck. All to be done by sunday anyhow if not before.

I'll be back soon with progress report, and good luck to those still at it.