Hoarding - Springing Ahead

pigpen

GreyQueen wrote: »

Hi there, I was wondering if you'd like to see this man's idea; a whiteboard and markers for his child to draw on, and saving the results photographically?

http://www.mrmoneymustache.com/2012/04/20/nearly-free-kids-toys-that-keep-on-giving/

Obviously, it wouldn't help with artwork produced at nursery and school but it could be handy for in-house work. HTH.

Yes, it does.. you can photograph nursery and school clutter too and bin originals.. I have 2 folders of artwork on my lappy.

parsniphead

Fantastic Metalswan. Very inspirational.:T

IrishRose12

Only have time to pop in , will catch up on everyone later on. I was away for the weekend so no de-hoarding done, but more stuff brought in lol. But while I was away I managed to sell a few things on ebay. SO will be packing those up tonight and posting them tomorrow afternoon. Delighted that I've de-hoarded and made some money at the same time

GreyQueen

pigpen wrote: »

Yes, it does.. you can photograph nursery and school clutter too and bin originals.. I have 2 folders of artwork on my lappy.

I meant that the whiteboard wouldn't eliminate the out-of-household production of paper artwork; of course it can be photo'd and the physical drawing disposed of once it's made it's way home. Best solution IMO.

Been to the allotment to pick some beans for tea and decided to follow my little-and-often philosophy by tickling over some soil and depriving the weeds of a living. Have cleared about one-third of an area which is on special measures. It has a horsetail and bindweed infestation so am keeping it clear and forking it thru every 2-3 weeks to remove the regenerating weeds. I shall win, I shall, I shall. This was the derelict area nicknamed The Rough which I started clearing from scratch at the beginning of September last year. We've come a long way, baby.

metalswan, that sounds an awesome amount of decluttering. I feel such a lightweight by comparison, although I am assisting decluttering in the parental hoard.

Yesterday, having framed the great-grands, came the discussion of where to put them. So Mum decided to lose a pic from her bedroom and the ancestors will go on that hook. Pic is on the donate pile. I have also quizzed my brother about a pair of boots and a pile of books which is supposed to head out over three weeks ago and has been procrastinated about. Sometimes, you have to put the darn things in a bag and put the bag right in front of the door before people remember to take them.

I shall pester on a daily basis until they get taken. Because I am the evil bossy big sister................

Happygreen

GreyQueen wrote: »

Sometimes, you have to put the darn things in a bag and put the bag right in front of the door before people remember to take them.

I shall pester on a daily basis until they get taken. Because I am the evil bossy big sister................

GreyQueen, that made me laugh becuse that's what I have to do for myself to remember taking things :rotfl:.
I managed to take a broken office chair to the skip and will hopefully remember today to gather up some more stuff that has been lingering outside the shed for a few months, old paint, broken greenhouse glass...I really enjoyed the moment when the chair went into the skip!:T

GreyQueen

Happygreen wrote: »

GreyQueen, that made me laugh becuse that's what I have to do for myself to remember taking things :rotfl:.
I managed to take a broken office chair to the skip and will hopefully remember today to gather up some more stuff that has been lingering outside the shed for a few months, old paint, broken greenhouse glass...I really enjoyed the moment when the chair went into the skip!:T

I'm just the same; have to put it underfoot. I have a scrap of paper taped to the inside of my front door at eye-level with notes of stuff to do.

About 60 secs ago I emailed the brother about the boots and will talk to him tonight on the phone to make sure he's done it. It'll eventually be easier for him to do it than listen to me bang on about it - hopefully!

pigpen

7 ebeast items gone, 4 more to go today and a stack more to list when I get time.. I'm just so incredibly tried at the moment I can't face doing anything!

My Christmas shopping is almost done I think, I have a lot of bits I am making but they take time!

MyHappinessProject

pigpen wrote: »

7 ebeast items gone, 4 more to go today and a stack more to list when I get time.. I'm just so incredibly tried at the moment I can't face doing anything!

My Christmas shopping is almost done I think, I have a lot of bits I am making but they take time!

Go Pigpen!!! You are an inspiration to us all!:j

GreyQueen

Evening all.

Haven't spoken to the little brother to discover whether he has taken that stuff to the chazzer in his town, but I'll catch up with him tomorrow.

After work I took a donation bag of my own to Hoxfam, which was pretty heavy, and such a pleasure to drop that off. Un-shopping. Trusted myself to poke around in a few other chazzers but didn't see anything which had to come home with me.

Tomorrow, a teetering pile of library books will go back to the big shelf-space in the centre of town, and thus free up my sofa. Will also be making a legitmate errand to the reclamation yard (gawdelpme) which is a place of many temptations. I need two paving slabs. Just two slabs.

I do not NEED wrought-iron fencing, ornate chimney pots or railway sleepers. Might WANT them but don't need them, won't buy them, so there.

Have caught up with the candlemaking project which means that the current recycled candle will have to loiter in part-poured state until some more wax fragments come to me from my various, nefarious suppliers.

Have started reading a book from the read 'em and donate them shelf, so that will be the kernel of the next donation bag, and I did rag the two garments which had simply worn out. When the fabric itself is starting to give way, you cannot kid yourself any longer that these are viable garments - they'd had all the mending which the cloth could stand.

Righty, off to make some interwebulation and some small gains against the tidalwash of kipple which is ever-threatening to subsume my life.......but my bathroom is white, gleaming, uncluttered and slightly spartan, so I can go hide in there if everything else becomes a bit too much.:rotfl:

Keep up the fight, my lovelies.

catshark88

skeeter93 wrote: »

GQ, that is brilliant! "Until it's gone it ain't decluttering, it's shuffling." I've been shuffling for so long!

I thought it was just me! Am really trying now to put bags of recycling stuff straight into the car and to the recycling centre. Once they hit the cupboard of doom, they seem to take root in there...:rotfl: