2015 - No Clutter To Be Seen

Casati

Plodding on! I have to say the bedroom is looking A LOT better. Still a way to go though ...

Dragged out all the jiffy bags, boxes, bits of bubblewrap etc that are lurking all over the house ( I refuse to buy them new when I'm only listing cheap stuff on the e of bay) and packed the good condition ones away into one of those big plastic crates. I chucked away....

420. random bits of cardboard
421. A big sheet of polythene (?) I can offer no explanation for this.
422. Sme manky bubble wrap with hardly any functional bubbles. It was absolutely filthy, I can't think what it had originally been used for.

Also binned / recycled

423 shower gel used up bottle recycled
424, 425, 426, 427 went through some craft bits. Turns out I had 4 lever arch files of magazine pull outs and the like. Even if I live to be 120 theres just not enough hours in the day to make a fraction of that stuff. Chucked out 3/4 of it, so a massive amount of paper and three ringbinders GONE

428 a file full of recipe clippings- gone! (only kept 4 or 5 )
429, 430 two broken cd cases binned
431& 432 ancient catalogue & magazine recycled
433 pair of knickers binned. Elastic is broken. I think I've had these almost 20 years! Sure got my moneysworth...
434 Fancy ergonomic mousemat. A friend said something hilarious on facebook and I laughed so much that I knocked it off the desk and it broke into 4 pieces. Binned.

Jumble sale was today so I got rid of a few more bits to that:

435 & 436 books
437 kids art briefcase thing with contents
438 bluetooth headset Ive never used.


Realised today I'm not too far off reaching 25% of my target! I'm very surprised at myself. Paper recycling box is groaning. Not sure I'll be able to lift it to the kerb !

Goldiegirl

I've been quite active on the de-cluttering front over the last few days, mainly the kitchen and a couple of drawers in the 'study'


I've also solder our old freezer on eBay, which has was collected earlier.


The list is as follows




150 - 2 old hand drills – eBay
151 - 6 whisky glasses – charity
152 - 6 pint glasses – charity
153 - 6 sherry glasses - charity
154 - 6 wine glasses - charity
155 - 1 Baileys glass – charity
156 - 1 large fruit bowl and 6 matching serving bowls - charity
157 - microwave cookware – charity
158 - 3 bras – fabric recycling
159 - 1 jacket – charity
160 - empty ice cream boxes – recycling
161 - glass ramekins (freebies) – recycling
162 - stainless steel sugar bowl – charity
163 - 4 stainless steel egg cups – charity
164 - Grill pan (oven long gone) – tip
165 - Mug – charity
166 - 3 Lord of the Rings mugs – charity
167 - 6 coasters – charity
168 - 4 pairs of old glasses – to opticians for charity
169 - 13 rulers – bin
170 - Dongle for long lost computer programme - bin
171 - CD’s with copies of computer programmes 2004 – bin
172 - Assorted plastic wallets – bin
173 - non working pens – bin
174 - Stapler - bin
175 - old leaflets and brochures – recycling
176 - Freezer – eBay
177 - 2011 diary – recycling
178 - old envelopes, non sticky flaps – recycling

Goldiegirl

Elasticmoney wrote: »

How long to clear through this lot?


This is the tip of a very large iceberg. :eek:

It looks like there might be some interesting things in there...... let us know if you find anything good!

CookieMonsta

CookieMonsta wrote: »

265 - 262. 4 DVDs - CS.

269 - 266. Plectrum, keyring and 2 organza bags - binned.

270. 32MB usb stick - CS.

271. 12 inch scrapbook which I won't use as I use the Project Life system - CS.

272. Sheets of lettering which I was using for scrapbooking but have now become rather grey and mucky - binned.

273. Cross-stitch patterns - binned.

274. Some old schoolwork - binned.

275. DVD - CS.

saver-j

Help! I've been reading along and slowly decluttering since the start of the thread, and normally reading inspires me to keep going. But currently I'm stuck. I'm sat surrounded by magazines / papers that I've sorted into piles but now have just stalled and can't bring myself to read them or even decide what to do about them. I read something someone else does with magazines a few pages back that I will do so will put those to one side to read in smaller chunks another time, but I have tons of articles I've previously pulled out of magazines etc, and other paperwork and just don't know where to start. Saying this sounds pathetic but I just feel I need some encouragement or I might just stick it all back in the cupboard.

Gingernutty

Separate the entire magazines from ripped out bits.

If you haven't read them now and they aren't essential to your hobby/lifestyle/career, then give them away.

You haven't read them in all this time and you aren't motivated to read them now - give them away.

Some charities will take craft or hobby magazines and there are waiting rooms crying out for fresh reading material.

The 'bits' you've ripped out - Just pick up one at a time.

What motivated you to extract it?

What does it relate to?

Can you put it in a pile of like articles i.e. similar topics?

Are they still in date? Has technology or knowledge outpaced the written word and left what you're holding too old to be of any use?

If that is the case, the put it in the recycling.

Just take it one bit at a time.

Saver-upper

Aww,bless you saver-j.I get like that,epsecially with "bitsy" things like pieces of toys,or bits of paper/stuff to read later.
Do you have a folder/file or even a pretty box box to store stuff you have decided to keep to read one day.Maybe you could divide articles according to interests,then,say,for 15 minutes in the evening,pull out an article,read it,then put straight out for recycling?
I guess the other thing you could do,if it wasn't too much trouble (travel,etc),is to scan and download onto a memory stick,throw away the paper copy= freeing up space.
Today my decluttering is very "bitsy",so I feel your pain.We could cheer each other on .

saver-j

Thanks gingernutty and saverupper.

Just writing down how I was feeling about it helped me to tackle one section, several articles now in recycling trug, some items in a pile to go in memories file.

Will keep going and try to switch off the voice in my head saying but it might be useful/its interesting!

Saver-upper

I have also had a very bitty day today.

Today was meant to be "THE DAY" that the 3rd bedroom was painted by OH.Last night (10pm!),I sugar-soaped the walls in preparation-took an hour for a tiny box room.

This morning OH did a few last minute bits of Polly-filling,the "canvas wardrobe" containing boxes of son's toys was emptied out-now it's contents are spewed all over the other two bedrooms :eek:Ditto the Trofast storage :mad:. Bookshelf was emptied and moved to second bedroom yesterday.So upstairs is,again.a tip.

After all that,father-in-law phoned and asked OH if he wants to come out car-shopping (to replace ours that caught fire about a month ago!)

Very kind of FIL,and we do need a new car,and we wouldn't be confident enough to buy it without FIL's guidance,but really,today??

SO here we are,5.30 pm,and no painting has been done.OH gone out again "quickly",but by the time he gets back,not sure anything will get done today.

Meanwhile,I have flitted from one project to another.With all bedrooms up-ended,I can't work in those-even if I wanted to declutter stuff to charity,there is nowhere to keep the stash until I get there next week

So today I have decluttered a small-but-complicated bundle of papers from kitchen bench.And it sounds like I now have the same problem as saver-j:instead of having one messy bundle,I have 2-3 smaller,messy bundles-some for recycling (gone),some to file properly (later ),some "not sures"-AND WHERE TO PUT IT ALL??!!

Was about to start decluttering another bundle of papers,but OH came back from car viewing,and work ground to a halt.

Saver-upper still manages a 1/2 page post on a decluttering thread without actually having decluttered anything...................

CookieMonsta

276. Very bashed-up and faded storage box - binned.

278 - 277. 2 Dvds that someone recorded for me many moons ago - binned.

279. Old cards, letters, newspaper clippings etc that were in the storage box - recycled.

280. Half-full bottle of window cleaner poured into another half-full bottle - bottle binned.

281. Cheap candle that I've half-burnt and now it won't light - binned.