Hoarding - Springing Ahead

mcculloch29

My new indoor dryer has helped with tidiness by consolidating all the washing formerly drying on radiators etc into one place. It also means that I get the benefit of the heat rather than my son's shirt that he put on the radiator four days ago and hasn't bothered to remove.

This was the one on Specialbuys in A!di the other week, £9.99, I doubt if many places will have one left, but there may be some. Other indoor dryers are available but this is by far the most cleverly designed one I have had.

whitewing

noelphobic wrote: »

Not looking likely, as George Clooney hasn't turned up yet!

It's just occurred to me that even if he did I couldn't let him in because of the state of the place. :eek:

I reckon he has been blown off course. It is very blowy here but we are getting off very lightly compared to many people.

I hope everyone is safe and well.

VJsmum

noelphobic wrote: »

Not looking likely, as George Clooney hasn't turned up yet!

It's just occurred to me that even if he did I couldn't let him in because of the state of the place. :eek:

All you need to do is make us the hall stairs landing and bedroom are clear

:rotfl:

GreyQueen

VJsmum wrote: »

All you need to do is make us the hall stairs landing and bedroom are clear

:rotfl:

Oooooe-errrrr missus!

I was a good egg this morning; used a jar up at brekkie, had the lid in the bin and it washed and in the recycling before work.

Tonight I'm working on a sewing project which involved de-constructing a previous project to use the material for something else. This is tiresome as there is shedloads of stitches to unpick but it'll be better than buying new stuff and will reduce the ballast in the drawer on the sewing cabinet (a re-purposed CD/DVD storage unit). Having a quick cuppa then back to it. I have little bits of red thread all over my clothes.

Could this start a new fashion, d'you think?

mcculloch29

GQ, I just read back over what happened to you, boo hiss to the robbery. The police are doing one of their regular Bike Marking sessions down at the local youth centre tomorrow, I hope the weather won't put too many people off.

I have an odd , 2 foot, semi - circular shaped bit of plastic for storing placcy bags in, it was from Ikea years and years ago. It has a solid back with screw holes in but has never been wall mounted, and it isn't lightproof either. It lives on top of the fridge freezer under the stairs. (We have large hall areas and a small kitchen).

Once or twice a bag has biodegraded in it and I've been met with a shower of white confetti.

It was extremely confusing the first time it happened as biodegradeable bags were a relatively new thing, and I didn't really think they would break down in clean, dry air.

I wondered if I'd used that bag to carry a leaky bottle of bleach and it was a while before the penny dropped.

I put bags at the bottom of clean bins so that I have one to pull ready in to position when the old one is removed, similar system to GQ's.

GreyQueen

That business with the bags going to confetti is a serious WTH?! moment the first time it happens to you, but once seen always recognised. One of my anti-hoarding goals is not to have that happen again.

If you are going to use a placcy bag for deliberate storage over med/long term, perhaps it's worth a moment to see if it claims to be biodegradable?

I'n nearly finished unpicking many many lines of machine stitching from an oblong of vinyl cloth which I made to hold screw-drivers (the stitching formed the channels they slotted into, ITYWIM). Will be using it to make a sleeve of vinyl to cover the newly-purchased welded link chain to replace the longer of my two bike chains, which always lived inside the bike basket. Until I was broken into and they stole the chain.

The other chain was where it always was when the bike was stabled; holding it to a bracket on the wall. The vinyl cloth is to stop this chain trashing the paint jobs.

Y'know, if I added up the time which the bike shed break-in has taken me to deal with, inc waiting in for the Police, repairing stuff, purchasing replacement stuff, I have easily gone past 8 hours. And I still have to deal with the insurance claim and wait in Fri coming to have the bike shed door lock replaced as they'd ruined that as well. Plus my parents' time in coming up to help me in my hour of need. Plus nearly £40 of expenditures so far.

And for what? To steal a chain and padlock which between them cost about £15! For this they came with an angle-grinder........words defy me.

Actually, they don't but they'd never make it past the sweary filter so pls feel free to use your imaginations.

Ach well, pretty small beer compared to the many woes which flesh is heir to. I shall now pootle offline, round up the last bits of red thread and go to bed. The vinyl cloth will be ready to sew tomorrow and is supple enough to go thru the machine, so that's a fast job.

Laters, GQ xx

Frugalsod

mcculloch29 wrote: »

My new indoor dryer has helped with tidiness by consolidating all the washing formerly drying on radiators etc into one place. It also means that I get the benefit of the heat rather than my son's shirt that he put on the radiator four days ago and hasn't bothered to remove.

This was the one on Specialbuys in A!di the other week, £9.99, I doubt if many places will have one left, but there may be some. Other indoor dryers are available but this is by far the most cleverly designed one I have had.

I found that while I left my clothes to dry on radiators and over doors it also meant that I put them away quicker. Though if you have a family who treat the radiator like an extra wardrobe not much you can do about that.

roundtuit

:wave: Morning everyone
Momentum has been kept through the week as promised. I can now open and go through the living room to kitchen door without using it like an airlock .( It all makes life simpler doesn't it? )
That mainly involved the removal of a large cardboard box - containing 5 small books; said box was donated to DS's dad who has a penchant for sturdy boxes -he takes veg from his allotment to auction in them. (I'll deal with the books over the weekend - probly cs material, might even be bin as they are elderly reference books and no use to man nor beast I suspect!)
Mr T delivered groceries at 20 to 9 on Tuesday night - and they were ALL put away before I went to bed that night. I used to put the frozen and chilled stuff away and trip over the rest for days , but that was the old Roundtuit!!! There's a new one emerging who likes to see floor :T
There's a cs bag by the back door slowly filling up with 'others might use that I won't' stuff - although there does sometimes seem to be a force field around it which makes it hard to let go of items. Said force field gives out 'how do you know you won't need one' vibes!!!! I'm getting better at ignoring the pangs it brings on :T. Something I read on here helps - I tell myself that if I find in the future I actually do need one I'll go out and buy one!


So far today: I've decluttered tea and toast; put out rubbish and recycling; fed birds; written birthday card to send to friend's husband; been blown to the post-box, posted card and battled my way back. Took my breath away at times, most unpleasant: but I'll have caught the morning collection. (like I said previously - more energy :T.
Going to wash pots now - not many to do compared to when we started this lark :A
Love to all
Rxx

roundtuit

Where is everyone? :search: :think:
There's not a dirty pot, pan, or utensil in the house. :T.
I've unpacked what - I think- is the last bag of clothes that DS brought home in the summer . Clean clothes, but I've sorted them for washing to freshen them up, and first load is in. Washing pile now consists of 2 pairs of jeans, a boiler suit, and a tea towel. It's never been so small -hoping to have it down to zilch by tomorrow evening :j
DS's dad says this no longer looks like a hoarder's house just an untidy house! Erm, thanks.... I think :rotfl:I do still have a vast amount of boxes stacked in the small bedroom and in the cupboard under the stairs, but the spaces I live in now have floor rather than corridors - IYKWIM. There's still a way to go here too, but it's so much better than it was.
Right I'll crack on.
Rxx

noelphobic

VJsmum wrote: »

All you need to do is make us the hall stairs landing and bedroom are clear

:rotfl:

to get to my stairs you need to go through the living room and dining room. To get to the bathroom you have to go through the kitchen. I don't actually have a hall as the front door opens directly into the living room. The landing is tiny. The only rooms he wouldn't have to go in would be my son's room and the spare room - and they're probably the tidiest in the house at the moment, not that that's saying much! Also the curtain track in my room has been broken for ages so the neighbours would get a show! :eek:

Which has just reminded me that my joiner is due to come back soon to finish some jobs off for me. If I sorted the bedroom out a bit and bought a new track or pole I could get him to fit it for me. I've been wanting to get the room completely redone with fitted wardrobes etc but it makes sense to put a cheap curtain pole up in the meantime. I got some curtains for the living room for £7 a while ago to replace the ancient ones I had. If and when I get the living room done I may well end up with new curtains but for £7 I'm not bothered.