Hoarding - Springing Ahead

calicocat

ALL papers sorted and filed away!!! That may well be the first time for around 3 years. This frees up half a bookshelf as have put elsewhere out of the way...I may be able to have space for last lot of books and then all books away too!!

That was going to be it for today but put more washing away and sorted another 3 bags of general 'stuff'. Bagged stew and in freezer. Then ended up on the preparing for winter thread again lurking, so ended up digging around for a curtain pole for conservatory doors and doing a winter shopping list.......WAY too organised for me.

Hope the book sorting went ok Wisteria.

iammumtoone

hello all

What a great site this is there is a thread for almost every thing

This is a thread I need, I am a horder and need to start doing something about it. I only have a small house and want a tidy home where I can move around freely without having to look at overflowing boxes of stuff everywhere.

I am not sure where to start? I also need some advise on what to do with the stuff I want to get rid of. Ideally I would like to take it to a charity shop so its out of the way but I am in debt (partly due to the fact I went through a stage of buying to try to make me feel happy - it didn't work). Therefore I need to sell it on ebay to start to clear the debt, but what do I do with it whilst waiting to list it, it seems I will just be shifting stuff from one area to another. Unfortunately I don't have an area that is out of sight (no garage/shed or spare room)

I have also joined the flylady thread as I need to keep up with the general housework along side of the de-clutter. Gosh I am going to be busy.

Any help or suggestions gratefully received

Thanks

roundtuit

Thank you for all the congratulations on the new job. :j
Welcome Wisterias - this forum is brilliant I hope these good folk inspire you as they inspire me.

I've given myself a day off today - I left black dog and hi-anxiety at home and I drove off on a 100 mile round trip to watch my son racing (go-kart). Three 2nds :T and an 8th - after the throttle cable stuck on and he went straight on at a corner :eek:. No progress made in the house, but I feel better for climbing out of my rut.

Congratulations to everyone who has made progress :T.

Rxx

parsniphead

Morning everyone

So I came back a while ago from taking DH to the train station and when I walked in I was just about put my coat on the chair but stopped myself and hung it up.:j:j:j I was standing right by the hooks though.

I did some de-cluttering this morning for about 15 minutes before going out which felt good.

I need to go and crack on with bathroom now or it will never be finished.

Have a good day all.

parsniphead

Sorry for hogging the thread this morning but I'm very excited.

So far I have washed two loads of laundry. Then I ironed the already dry washing (which I don't mind, I kind of like ironing), took it upstairs and then.........put it away.:j This is where it all goes wrong for me, it's a real sticking point.

I have also rehung the door curtain and put the chicken in to cook for later.

Now my sitting room that's another story, it looks like there has been an explosion of toys with numbers and letters written over the walls, thankfully only in chalk. The felts and crayons are confiscated unless we sit together, there is no way he is getting them while I'm dotting from room to room.

pigpen

I gathered up a bag of rubbish and one of recycling from my bedroom.. and put them out!!.

Bathroom and loo bins filled and emptied.

Kitchen recycling out too.

I have a few boxes to drop at chazzer which the boys are doing later.. I need to refind the homework table in the backroom.

wisterias

calicocat wrote: »

Good job.....quick tip...DO NOT start reading any of the books, or flicking through them. Go by immediate instinct, if you want it put on a shelf, if you don't, put in a recycle/charity box within 30 seconds. It just about killed me but I got rid of around 300 books some while ago, if you have too many all crammed in to somewhere they start to smell a bit I think, and then there is bookworm, not that I even know what that looks like. But I can remember someone talking about that on the original thread.....might have been Jo-Jo actually.


Ok.......I get it, my mantra was in fact pants....lol. I have the excuse of it being stupid o'clock. I even googled mighty mouse to see if memory of him was correct, was the only thing I could think of at that time.

Lordy-lord. It has taken me hours (and I mean hours) to sort paperwork. Have done all the major stuff I think, have found everything I need to be able to get my hands on, all organised in files. I have to say I feel lots better. I was beginning to panic thinking I would have no clue where house ins,mortgage,and any other house details were if I needed them. Definitely feel like a load lifted now that done. Still have more to do which i'm doing after posting here, and before I fall asleep after beef stew. Then I need to shred some stuff.

After that bag up stew for freezer, and unless I get some bolt of inspiration that will be it and I will chill a bit.


Good luck with the books Wisteria.....i know how hard that will be, but it is doable......and you don't die after, it amazing.

Thank you calicocat.
Very well done with your paperwork:T
All those hours spent paid off - brilliant.

Missed your advice before I tackled books. TBH am not at the stage of easily letting go.
Blimey it was hard. Hard to believe! Despite never opening most of those book boxes for years, looked over 3 boxes and got one box to chuck.
I picked over the books when I moved and I have some really lovely precious books. They are a bit musty:o
Hooray - One box went - Plus - a very good pile of magazines and puzzle books into recycling bin to make up the numbers going out.
Hooray again!
I have a few strategies now for the next book sort - best one -is that I can get the book out of library if I ever need it.

Just to say I did appreciate the mantras you sent me and tried to thank you yesterday. MSE site threw me out and I forgot to go back. Thanks:) W

wisterias

parsniphead wrote: »

Books are really hard to go through. I have had to get rid of hundreds in the past few years. When my OH moved in he had as many and we both had to make a sacrifice. I still have loads and think its time for another cull.

I have binned about 10 bottles of various potions from the bathroom this evening. I had one toiletries bag and only knew three items which were in there so thought I could just get rid of the other. I did check and it was a lot of old junk. I feels very good.

First thing on the morning I'm going to have a 15 minute cull in the bedroom and see what can be got rid of. Well done on sorting the paperwork calicocatThe one positive is that I sorted my paperwork months back and shredded all the rubbish. I just need to finish filing it. It was one job I thought I would never get the end of but did.

parsniphead
I found out how hard it was! I thought - all boxed up - easy pickings -no - they are full of memories, ideas, loving dedications:)

Brilliant - you have done so well - very motivating :T
Am going to tackle the invisible room one box at a time - maybe have a loose target of one box a day. It's a start:) W

wisterias

GreyQueen wrote: »

Evening all.

Wisterias, glad to see that hanging with the Hoarders is helping you out. More power to your elbow.......and think of how much those books will be enjoyed by their new purchasers, and how the money from the sales will do good in the world. Isn't that better than having them gather dust and oppress you?

Today I went to my allotment and took the wheelbarrow with two huge bagfuls of seeding weeds to the tip. I also remembered the broken landline telephone which I'd replaced months ago. I'd taken it to the shed because I loop by the tip on the way home from the lottie frequently, and would take it then.

Only I kept forgetting to take it from the shed to the bike basket, would get to the tip, remember it and cuss, bike home and forget it, rinse and repeat the next time.

Anyway, it's gone into the electrics section so hopefully some bits of it can be scavenged. Now I only need to sand and stain/ varnish the corner shelf I got from the c.s. to hold the replacement phone.............*sigh*

I also went to the common with the wheelbarrow and wombled some horses' you-know-whats but that's to make next year's veggies grow. Honestly, I can barely credit that I have put literally TONNES of organic material into that bit of land and it's still level. Logically it should be a foot taller than the path.

Have been attending to the domestic arts this afternoon inc baking bread rolls and pizza and cooking kidney beans ready for a big old chili con carne tomorrow.

Errm, the kitchen is like a bomb site. A quick bit more interbulating then I best get in there and re-establish order.

I may be gone for some time.

Thanks :T
Well done on the weed clearing and trip to the tip. I have read a few of your earlier postings and love your attitude.
Thanks W

wisterias

pigpen wrote: »

Not magnificently exciting but.. I sorted 5 items into the CS bag and made DS3 put his old shoes in the bin.. I also binned 1 sock, a pair of holey tights and some elasticless knickers..

I hope that counts as flinging!!

pigpen
Thanks - you are so funny:rotfl: