Hoarding - Springing Ahead

GreyQueen

Morning all.

Feeling toxic with a cold so glad that I have today booked as annual leave. It's purely co-incidental as was booked months ago for a routine hospital appt.

Am looking at things I can do before and after appt to use the time most efficiently as I have to go to the hosp on public transport and need to factor in more journey time, as well as getting on and off the bus in the bus station. Golly, but aren't appts at nearly midday a PITA?

Texted a friend last night to see if they wanted X and will wait a couple of days and then take to the c.s. if I haven't heard back from them. I am also reading some books which I've started but put to one side, so they can be donated again. I want to read them but there's always something more distracting coming along...........:rotfl:

Hi, my name is GQ and I'm a Bookworm......

Still fighting with my deep love of packaging materials, although the Pr*ngle tube mountain has been conquered as I've made them all into candle moulds and they're destroyed when unpeeled from the finished candle. I may just have succumbed to a tube of pringelalikes and have added another tube to the cupboard, but that's the only one on the premises.

Was grubbling in the cupboard where I keep my plastic containers, a constantly-used supply which gets reorganised a few times a year, when I saw my cache of plastic Pr*ngle tube lids. Must go thru that cupboard later today and have a cull. Dunno what I thought I was going to do with a dozen of those. I do have one under the stack of round weights to my OS balance kitchen scales, to stop them marking up the inside of the cupboard, but other than that, I can't think of any use for them.

I threw into the recycling two glass jars this week. I've had to limit myself to buying jam in boring glass jars to control my lust to keep them all, but it's a small price to pay.

Keep on keeping on, lovely peeps, and heavy respect to those fighting with contents of lofts. That's a tough nut to crack.

pigpen

Well I've had a pretty productive week.. I sorted the landing inc the wardrobe and bedding cupboards and filled 2 binbags.

I sorted Christmas presents and binned 4 medium sized boxes of excess packaging and cardboard.

I now have a full wheelie bin the day after bin day and 6 binbags and 2 small boxes for chazzer.

My sister didn't come help sort the toys but I sorted the 2 non-cutlery drawers in the kitchen.. I did cutlery one last week.. and I filled 2 carriers of rubbish and half a carrier of recycling.

My kitchen is starting to look clear and usable it is so much better.

I am getting my bread maker down later and making bread for the first time in 5 years later because I have the space to make it.

I still have 2 cupboards to sort through but I am getting there.

Freezer 3 is empty and ready to defrost!!!

GreyQueen

Well, was having my tea and pal who'd I'd offered X to texted saying she'd like it so went over there and am now back.

I've also found an outlet for my stray packaging materials; their craft sessions with the Beavers. Yippee!

Have also decluttered my fave mug today as it had suddenly developed a big crack, how or why I do not know but it's now in the bin. I thought about getting another from the c.s. then remembered Santa is bringing me a new mug as "a little else" for under the tree so I shall hang fire for 2 months and then it's replaced itself.

I do have a few other mugs, but this was especially nice. It had kittens on it, dammit..............:rotfl:

calicocat

Hello folks,

Will post quickly as O2 are messing about with the local aerial and my phone keeps crashing. This has however meant that I have been sorting the house today instead of mooching around on here as usual.

Pink room........Very slow progress (but I expected this), I flew round sorting out all the other rooms, bet this one room takes weeks in comparison. did sort out spaces better in the units I have and sorted some books to give away, this freed up some space to move some books out of pink room down to bookshelf in dining room.

At work tomorrow so will be asleep friday probably, so plan is to revisit at the weekend. Mobile company say work won't be finished until 3rd, so this will mean I probably won't get any internet coverage other than tiny sporadic bits until the evening if at all.

Hope all are well.

parsniphead

Bennifred wrote: »

I'll tell you what - going on holiday to a rental house (so tidy and clutter-free!) doesn't half spur you on to shift some of the junk when you get home! Well - for a few days at least.................

Hello all

After returning from 5 days in a caravan I have to agree with the above. The clear surfaces and clutter free floors were lovely. We actually came back 2 days early which was good as I'm itching to get going on the de-hoarding. What a saddo eh.

Will return tomorrow with a list of what I have achieved.

kayester

kayester wrote: »

Need
Duster, long and short
New mop
Cloths
Mop bucket
cleaning sprays

bought all of these from home bargains. mop and mop bucket came together and got 2 heads with it too anf wasnt very expensive for a very good quiality
I start Monday

whitewing

kayester wrote: »

I start Monday

Hmm, that sounds like one of my perfectionist/procrastinator comments.

I sorted through my email inbox as I sat waiting for an engineer who never turned up.

I'm sure I have done other small dehoarding stuff but I can't remember. That may be a good sign that it is being an automatic routine!

suzitiger

:eek::eek::eek: I last posted on the 14th october??!

I've been neglecting you for the toiletries thread, my apologies

Not a lot of stuff has gone out recently but i have tidied a lot up and I have been making a conscious effort to tidy and clean the kitchen everyday and the living room which has made a big difference :j

I need to get back on here though because the clothes are becoming a problem again. I've had a quite a few INs recently and no outs...everything I have I am reluctant to part with even though I know I have way too much. I have one wardrobe and one large chest of drawers in the bedroom full and I am happy with 90% of the stuff in there as i think its a reasonable amount to have and the other 10% doesn't matter so much as its stored fine with no issues so it can stay to make life easier.

HOWEVER in the spare room there is another wardrobe FULL of clothes. They are in that wardrobe because I don't wear things in there as often. So WHY am I keeping them? Many things haven't been worn in well over a year and probably won't be as I choose other things over them from my bedroom wardrobe...sighhhh and such are the woes of us hoarders....

Suggestions for what to do please folks

mcculloch29

Out - spare hairdryer to DGD as she has nicked the one I gave to DD, her mother, and Am@zon gave me a shiny new one to trial.
Out - books to DGC along with a few surplus toiletries, plus a few bits set aside for Christmas but needed now.
Out - huge cardboard box that DS got out of loft and then left out, blocking radiator in my office. Now recycled.

kayester

whitewing wrote: »

Hmm, that sounds like one of my perfectionist/procrastinator comments.

I sorted through my email inbox as I sat waiting for an engineer who never turned up.

I'm sure I have done other small dehoarding stuff but I can't remember. That may be a good sign that it is being an automatic routine!

haha i really am starting monday, other half back at work and DS at school so just me and DD