Hoarding - Springing Ahead

silvasava

Arghhhh - you've been peeking in my kitchen & greenhouse. All those Ice Cream tubs and plastic trays and plant pots and butter tubs and.........
Still I did sort out my sewing box & put all my zips, bias bindings, tapes etc colour coded into ziplock bags - smug? Moi?

ginnyknit

I think its part of our problem, saving things to put things in - guilty as charged

Took a bag to the cs yesterday and a big santa draught excluder my neighbour gave me - had to wait till I went to CS awy from here so she wouldnt see it - it was ghastly Have 3 parcels to post now as I have sold a few more bits I made :TI have long way to go but actually feel as if Im getting somewhere.

Silvasava well done getting organised :T

alfsmum

Out: 5 books sold yesterday and 6 jigsaw puzzles to CS today :T

In: only edibles which will soon disappear

skeeter93

This year I've done well at getting rid of the extra storage from packages. I told myself why am I using this when I have paid (too much) money for tupperware that is sitting there unused? But stuff I can use for postage? That has accumulated so much I had to throw out a bagful last week...

GreyQueen

skeeter93 wrote: »

This year I've done well at getting rid of the extra storage from packages. I told myself why am I using this when I have paid (too much) money for tupperware that is sitting there unused? But stuff I can use for postage? That has accumulated so much I had to throw out a bagful last week...

You should see my brother's cache of stuff-to-wrap-stuff-in-for-postage if you think you've got problems......bag after bag and box after box. He does run a small business selling books online, but the supply of packaging still seems to exceed the demand. I even found a bin-bag full of it stashed in the loft on the last visit.

Thinking on my new acquistions, I will turf out another top to make way for the new shirt, so two in, two out. It'll really be three out, as the corduroy shirt is replacing the very wornout and much-mended one which was ragged, but this was I am not going above current inventory levels.

For the last several years, I have had a slight sense of dread at this time of year, for what I might be given and what kind of space it might take up. Sounds like I'm an ingrate, but some of my relatives haven't been to my home and don't understand the space constraints here, and hearing about it isn't the same as actually seeing it. If I'm lucky, they will give me something small and consumable - have asked the kid bruv for some bubblebath.

Am continuing to keep on top of the daily drag in in terms of pizza leaflets and misc opportunities to take up everything from misc religions to misc cuisines.

thriftwizard

A bullet has been firmly bitten here; this morning I'm taking an unspecified number of fairly-hopeless old sewing machines to the charity that takes them out to Africa. Most of these are going to be scrapped to pay the fares of other more useful ones. It's very sad to send things that were once good tools to die, but they're not doing anyone any good at all lurking in the far reaches of my home. If they were saveable, I'd have done it by now. I've said to the collector, 4 or 5 (one is actually worth saving, they'll have the tools to put it right) but I suspect the real number is nearer 9 or 10 - that's a LOT of floor space we can have back.

Plus an accordion is trotting off with its new owner today, freeing up some bedspace in DS1's room, and the Large Item is off on its way to Wales. And hopefully I'll have some time to tackle another area that's been preying on my mind - the porch has crusted over with clutter again, and I need it to store logs in!

silvasava

Well done Thriftwizard - GOLD STAR!
Many years ago I went to a presentation on tools for Africa where an organisation refurbished the tools for small communities to use. Their ethos being help people to help themselves. Unfortunately they no longer operate in my area. I did try to give my computer to a charity a few years ago but was told they don't take anything over 5 years old :eek: so it went to a local scout group for the lads to learn on
Off to declutter some chritmas cards to the postbox & maybe rethink my packaging stash........:o

ginnyknit

Excellent idea Thrifty. I know when I sent hand sewing kits to the Gambia they were became treasured possessions so they must feel like a miracle has hppened when they receive a sewing machine.

I made an executive decision too last night. I have made a lot of crochet blankets and none of them have sold so am going to contact the local childrens cancer ward and see if I can take them down for families to take home with them. If they are well recieved I will make more and use up the stash.

roundtuit

Good Morning all x

I've booked a couple of days' Annual Leave to tag on to the weekend which I intend to use to good effect and prepare for Christmas. I'm working up to and including Christmas Eve so I was starting to panic a little at all the 'need to dos' spinning round my head.

A bit of good news to share first - this week DS started fulltime paid employment with the local Council. So that's one worry less.

I've put out the rubbish and fed the birds - their breakfast included the pastry from a pork pie I was given as I liked the pork but not the pie!

I think I'll put some music on and make a start in the kitchen - speak to you later

Rxx

ETA It's trying to snow here - but only managing to sleet at the moment.

thriftwizard

In the end I took 7 machines (the other 4 being definite "prospects" for resale) - two working, one for refurb, three for salvage and just one for scrap, a hopelessly rusted-out old Jones. The accordion is still here, and I'm waiting for a Freecycler to pick up 4 large cushions, two pairs of curtains and a big rug. Not best pleased with him; I specified quick pick-up and he said he could pick up early this afternoon, so I offered them to him, but now he's saying could he pick up tomorrow morning... I'm not going to be in, so no, this evening or on your bike, mate! If he can't, one of my friends also asked (but later) and I know she'll pick up when she says she will. I know people's best-laid plans oft go astray, but I've had this happen so often lately that I Am Not Amused.

Things are starting to come together a bit, thanks in part to the encouragement I get from you lot; some areas of the house look almost acceptable, but there's still a lot of sorting/selling/chucking/giving away to do.