2015 - No Clutter To Be Seen

sparrer

Gave my neighbour free rein to the black hole of Calcutta (3rd bedroom) last night, she's taken a large black sack full for an upcoming Marie Curie jumble sale. Still masses in there for the first car boot sale of the year, due in a few weeks time.

oldtractor

took some of the many pictures and photos down. re hung 2 have about 20 to store away.

mamaninie

500-520. (approx!) packing box of general loft detritus/carboot items to charity shop.
520-530. Utility room gutted - massive lots of jam jars to recycling - they were all savoury ones and I tend to only jam not chutney, so branston pickle jars tend to have a lingering whiff to them:rotfl: Also lots of those little glass pudding dishes to the cs - I know people like them for tea light holders for weddings etc lots of laundry products binned that I don't like or use and have been keeping for years - finally acknowledged that while I might use them, in reality I will always choose something else over it. Gone now :j

jillbe

Good evening all declutterers.......:j

707 empty babywipes packet - binned
708 polythene postal bag - recycling
709 plastic milk container - recycling
710 empty mouthwash bottle - recycling
711 envelopes, labels etc - recycling
712 leaflets - recycling
713 plastic water bottle - recycling

CookieMonsta

323. Pair of DH's pyjama trousers that have stretched - binned.

333 - 324. 10 items sold on ebay.

Barny1979

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107. Shaving cream pot used up and into recycling
108. Tub of vaseline never used, to food bank
109. Bottle of eyewash sealed, to food bank

110. Some old toys sold and parcelled up to post
111. Pair of boots never worn and listed on local FB sales page

Saver-upper

I have had a lovely decluttering day today.It was a day off,and normally when I have a day off,I spend the beginning of it tidying the house (endless battle,there),THEN get on with trying to declutter.
Today I gave myself permission to just "potter" :I had a list of about 20 things to chose from doing,and I just did things as I felt like:

- decluttered an A4 expanding folder.Not a busy folder_I had set it up last year for papers that I need "on hand": permission slips from school,receipts/payment cards from school,latest Tesco clubcard vouchers,etc.It didn't have alot in it,but I hadn't used it for a few months,so now have removed/recycled out of date stuff,and set it up again to use
-while I was at it I decluttered the kitchen drawer it lives in: lots of random stuff chucked out right there!
-went through a built-in wardrobe in the box room,where I have been storing all the stuff I am currently advertising for sale,so I am not searching around the house when someone calls to collect something
-I photographed and added more items to the wardobe.When I get a chance,I will list some more stuff to sell
-from the wardrobe I sorted through dressing-up outfits.Some to go to charity(will count when they leave the house),others transferred to girls' new bedroom.Anything Halloweeny I bagged up and put in the loft.

Binned today:

807:papers from folder
808:junk from kitchen drawer (mostly papers)

From dressing up box:
809: headband
810:broken something (can't read my writing!)
811: plastick-y-flower-on-a-pencil-ly-looking-thing
812: plastic glasses
813:fairy wings
814:zebra mask
815: practical joke toy

From loft:
816: musical teddy toy (kept for sentimentality but it had gone mouldy)
817: broken coffee cup,again put in loft because at the time it been a gift,but really WHY?A broken cup!

Also binned:
818: sticker maker with no stickers,and looks like it is missing parts
819: novelty torch that doesn't work properly
820: kid's magazine,recycled

Tonight I also finished daughter's passport application form/had photo counter-signed,which I have been putting off for about 3 weeks,so that will be posted tomorrow,and will be nice to have out of the way.

While all this was going on I also washed and hung 3 loads of washing,and folded and put away a couple of others:well,for a family of 6,just hanging up a couple of loads takes about 20-30 minutes-is it just me??

Fiasco55

Still not back at my flat..the bathroom saga continues.

I've been popping back to still try and get some things done, but not as much as I would like.

326. Spare wood flooring moved into storage and I can now fit my vacum cleaner in the space in the hall cupboard
327-329. Toiletries used up
330. Boxes down to be collected for recycling
331. Used up 2 bottles of contact lense solution
332. Used up a bottle of bleach
333. Put back my storage shelves into hall cupboard and all of the stuff that was on them.

mrs-moneypenny

March is going to be my month for major decluttering!
As mentioned earlier the puter tower died of old age it had been struggling for the last few months. Took the hard drive out and someone I know and trust will attempt to move my photos and stuff I would like back from it. But I was really the only one in the house who used it and it was on a huge old buildings society desk taking up a corner of the lounge. There are a couple of laptops in the house and I waas given an iPad for Christmas so big decision made.
Yesterday the puter table was taken out and disassembled, all the stuff that was under it or in the drawers is now piled on the table and today's task is to go through it keeping only what is useful or has special memory attached. If it fits in the filing cabinet or the sideboard it can stay is the rule.
So far I have filled a plastic box with old cheque book stubs, broken calculators, note books and various bits of rubbish that were stuffed in the drawers rather than dealing with them at the time.
It will be a long but satisfying day I think.

jillbe

Hello all, lovely morning - cold but dry!!:j

714 large egg box - recycling
715 bag 4 life - foodbank
716 glass jars, bottles - recycling
718 metal foil container - recycling
719 clothes labels - recycling
720 feta cheese, olives, crisps - church lunch
721 empty matchmakers box - recycling
723 plastic peanut butter jar - recycling
724 bookcrossing paperback - wild release