Hoarding - Springing Ahead

Pollybear

mcculloch29 wrote: »

I saw the '£3 for any book' in a newsletter email I got... can I find it now? Can I heck!

Maybe it was Green Metropolis

http://www.greenmetropolis.com/

They don't actually by the books from you, you list your books and if someone buys them they pay £3.75 and you get £3 of that money. At least that's how it worked when I bought a couple a while ago.

lobbyludd

I have labelled a cable!! thanks GQ, many more to go, and then I will throw without delving the remaining box of random connectivity in the cupboard. I sorted this cupboard 6 months ago and have never had cause to delve into the box. prime candidate.

long armed grabber is here, and it's great!!! in fact once this back pain goes I'm going to carry on using it - when I think of all that wasted time I used to spend bending (in a manner completely counter to all manual handling training I've received) to pick stuff up off the floor. no more people.

also, I have decluttered the urge to hunt down and kill the inventor of playdough and instead instituted a new rule: if it goes on the floor it gets hoovered up. I've not told the kids, I've simply put it into action, as I figure this way the stocks will deplete faster.

oh and some paperwork gone, not much, but every little etc.

whitewing

I got rid of 8 boxes of business-related stuff.

Also 1 bag of apples.

Potted up some plants that will form part of the family's christmas presents.

I've got a pile of good books that I've read. Not sure whether to keep them or pass them on.

DH is on a bit of a downer this week. I don't know why. He's usually fine. He seems unwilling - not taking his usual care. He'll maybe get DD up and dressed but will leave her pj's in the living room, and the hairbrush on the side. I seem to be constantly picking up after him. The good news is that I find the displaced objects unsettling, whereas before I wouldn't have noticed if the recycling lorry had reversed into my house and emptied its contents.

kayester

thanks for the welcomes.

been productive today. instead of doing a room at i time ive resorted to a corner, or area at a time.
pile of games sorted, and 4 small drawers sorted, lots of nick nacks in a bin bag make you feel so much better, I cant wait until that whole room is done

MummyBobble

Oh no GQ now I have to think about keys as well... I constantly find keys (door keys, window keys, padlock keys, keys of unidentifiable origin...) in random places (handbags, drawers, cupboards), most of which I haven't a clue what they're for. So that's it, once the chargers (and other electrical gubbins) is sorted tonight I'm going to start checking keys. If they don't unlock anything here they can go. Might not make a huge dent in the mess but it's progress

Keep at it kayster, you're doing better than I am!

mollythewestie

We've just had another mammoth de-hoarding session at the mollythewestie house today! :j

I've lost count of how much we have got rid of today, but it's about 7 bin bags of rubbish to the tip, 1 bin bag of clothes and a box of books ready to go to the charity shop and a child's pushchair which I am going to put on gumtree right now.

Other things we found lurking in loft included: Video tapes (which we can't even play now as we don't have a VHS player) and boxes of stuff that were still sealed from when we moved in 7 years ago.

mollythewestie

kayester wrote: »

thanks for the welcomes.

been productive today. instead of doing a room at i time ive resorted to a corner, or area at a time.
pile of games sorted, and 4 small drawers sorted, lots of nick nacks in a bin bag make you feel so much better, I cant wait until that whole room is done

Welcome Kayester,

When I started, I took a drawer or cupboard at a time and started very slowly.
If I didn't have much time I would put a carrier bag on the living room door handle (Or upstairs on a bedroom door handle) and would fill it by the end of the day, just by grabbing 1 or 2 items of rubbish from each room at a time, and putting it in the bag as I passed by.

Once I started, I couldn't stop and now everything (including husband and daughter if they stood still long enough :rotfl:) is put in it's rightful place or thrown away immediately.

mcculloch29

Pollybear wrote: »

Maybe it was Green Metropolis

http://www.greenmetropolis.com/

They don't actually by the books from you, you list your books and if someone buys them they pay £3.75 and you get £3 of that money. At least that's how it worked when I bought a couple a while ago.

Thanks, Pollybear. I don't think it was Green Metropolis that I saw, but it seems a great way to give to your favourite charities too. I sponsor two dogs with Dogs Trust and they are listed.

Rummaged at the back of a floor - standing cabinet in the bathroom and found two empty plastic spray/pump bottles being kept for no discernible reason plus an ancient non aerosol hairspray. All in recycling and bathroom cleaned too.

suzitiger

lostinrates wrote: »

Hello.

Any room for so done who hasn't been here for a while, or if I haven't been used for a while to I get chucked out as 'Richard'? Do you still use the term Dericharding since I left?

Hiiii lostinrates, I thought there was a regular missing, I enjoy seeing the pics of your house renovation It's looking very good

GreyQueen wrote: »

Allotmenteering is like having a secret lover; you're always wanting to be over there, thinking about it when you should be doing other things, spending too much money on inappropriate gifts and sulking when it doesn't do what you want........:D

Most of it isn't cutesy, although my shed does have gingham curtains as a nod to feyness and femininity. The rest is a bit like fighting in the trenches. Make sure that you have good boots (I have Doc Martens with steel toecaps), sturdy gloves, a sun hat or woolly hat depending on the season, and a GSOH.

The latter is the critical substance. I have a robust one ,but if that fails me, I have resorted to cussing.

Flasks of tea and chocolate also help.

I spent a lot of my childhood on my mum's allotment, we helped her in the beginning when she had to clear it so loving hearing about your ongoing battle with the rough
Also I found your comparison with having an allotment and having a secret lover HILARIOUS! I don't have one but I understand completely what you mean :rotfl:

Bits and bobs of decluttering going on here, trying to scale down my huge collection of books and clothes once more. Paperwork also needs another sort soon...sigh, does it ever end when you have hoarding tendancies or do they small changes in habits that I continually make help a bit eventually?

kayester

mollythewestie wrote: »

Welcome Kayester,

When I started, I took a drawer or cupboard at a time and started very slowly.
If I didn't have much time I would put a carrier bag on the living room door handle (Or upstairs on a bedroom door handle) and would fill it by the end of the day, just by grabbing 1 or 2 items of rubbish from each room at a time, and putting it in the bag as I passed by.

Once I started, I couldn't stop and now everything (including husband and daughter if they stood still long enough :rotfl:) is put in it's rightful place or thrown away immediately.

Thanks.
I seem to be on a roll today sorted the TOP of my draws. there was a jewellery box and 3 huge cases of make up and bits and bobs thrown in there.
sorted it all and all the cheap rubbish jewellery has been binned (not real gold or silver) so that isnt over flowing and makup doen to a little bag.
and a lot of space managed to put a lamp and a photo there so it looks nice.
Going to treat myself to a takeaway tonight :beer: