2017 - No Clutter To Be Seen

somerandom

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843. wheelie bin green waste
844 & 5 - 2 parcels posted

846- dead bra
847 -dead socks
848 - dead washing up bowl

Saver-upper

Oooohhhh,this is a very special week for Saver-upper.In a few days I have a big birthday coming up (that starts with a 5,and ends with a number that may or may not be 0 ).To celebrate,I have worked very hard last week so I could take this week off to empty my loft :eek::eek:.I have been soooooooooooooo looking forward to it.If this week doesn't bring up my Clutter Out count by a few thousand,then nothing will :eek::rotfl:.
So,out of the house today:


From the Loft:

-To the tip:-
194-196:3 booster seats
197:oldhand-made clock,broken
198:extremely old baby gym.Second hand to me 16 years ago :eek:
199-201:bits of rubber that made up a dress-up alien outfit for son about 5 years ago
202-205:4 carpet offcuts
206-212:odds and bods of electrical cords,chargers,etc
213-214:2 bits of lino offcuts

-Donated:-
215-234:National Geographic magazines from 2007-2008.Beautiful magazines,but I haven't read them for years,and they are wasted in a loft
235-262:28 kid's DVD's.looking through them,you can see how kids viewing fashions change.Lots of Barney,Tweenies,Fimbles DVDs.I don't think these shows are still around now

-Recycled:-
263:old box that aquarium came in,at least 7 years old :eek:
264:nature magazine from July 2008
265:couple of batteries
266:son's craftwork from school,a paper mache ?elephant
267:paper shopping bag from Ayers rock,Australia
268:shoe box lid

-Binned:-
269:Christmas card decorating set


From around the house (different count),stuff that left was:

-To the tip:-
1813-1888: plastic bits: mostly toys,but also kitchen bits,coat hangers,etc
1889-1905:metal bits: bits of toys,metal rods,bits of tubing,bits leftover from assembling IKEA furniture :eek::rotfl:
1906-1915:wooden bits: painting sticks,shelves from old furniture that partner had kept "just in case",but never used,nor would know that we even still owned,bits leftover from assembling IKEA furniture :rotfl::rotfl:
1916-1923:8 tins that have been used for the MSE sealed pot challenge over the last 4 years.I don't know why I don't recycled them at the end of each challenge...........

-Donated:-
To sick children's charity:
1924:That's not my Polar Bear book
1925:Cleo and Casper book
1926:Peppa Pig noisy story book

Phew!!

noelphobic

Some good points

http://www.retirebeforedad.com/2017/08/17/clutter-home-money/

I've not done much lately, although I do have a little list to post. Will do that ASAP and hopefully that will give me an added incentive to get back on it.

Saver-upper

Day 2 of the Great Loft Declutter .

I spent the day climbing up and down the loft ladder,bringing down stuff and sorting it out.I wanted a "full day" of actually working in the loft,without running around delivering stuff.I have another carload of stuff to deliver to the tip and charity shops tomorrow.

But for now,out of the house today:

Binned:
270:bag of plaster of Paris and paints (must have been part of a kid's craft set)
271-272:2 strings of beads
273:neck decoration made of air-dried plaster (part of outfit for Greek day at school)
274:extremely old pair of headphones-probably 16-17 yo.

Recycled:
275-276:2 rolls of party streamers
277-282:boxes that very old video tapes came on (tapes going to the tip tomorrow)
283:box from Ben 10 goggles
284:cardboard sweets tube
285:shoe box lid
286:empty Chinese take-away container
287:aromatherapy face and body spray bottle,emptied first
288:tea-tree oil bottle,emptied first
289:bottle of sweet almond oil,emptied first
(the aromathersapy bottles are at least 17 yo-they were bought before I moved to England in 2000 :j
290:small roll of paper for kid's writing/drawing.Now creased to bits
291:I also found a couple of bags of pinecones,which the kids had collected.I went for a quick walk in the neighbourhood and returned them to a local wooded area.
292:collection of stones,again collected (I think by OH ).Have put those in the front garden.

I also found 2 very old video recorders.Will have a play with them at some stage,see if they still work,and decide what to do with them.

Saver-upper

Day3 of The Great Loft Declutter.

Recycled:
293:a child's paper maches mask
294:child's cardboard shield
295:old calender from Chinese restaurant and its box
296:another Christmas card making set-this is the 3rd one I have got rid of
297:old bottle of Eucalyptus oil (similar age to those rid of yesterday,about 17 yr:eek:),emptied and recycled
Donated:
298:never used silver plated6 x 4" photo frame,probably given to us wwhen eldest was born,15y ago
299:wooden photo frame
300-301:crystal-growing sets
302:The Dinosaur that pooped a Bed book
303:packet of erasers,unopened
304-312:Littlest Pet Shop vehicle and 8 characters,never used by my kids (think we bought it second hand)
313:Wallace And Gromit plasticine mould
314-316:3 more books
317:McDonald's toy,never opened
318:How The Grinch Stole Christmas DVD
319:plastic heart-shaped trinket box
320-323:4 children's bangles (pentagonal shape)
324:sticker machine refill pack unopened
325:pair of terracotta coloured curtains.

More to type up for today,but must go out now,so to be continued........................................

Saver-upper

Continued......

Also donated: (Clic Sargeant)
326:packet of endless landscape cards (myriorama)
327:cardboard assemble your own tree-house
328:hanging shoe storage
329-330:2 handbags
331:jumbo storage bag,never opened
332-335:4 DVDs
336-337:2 wooden dolls
338:tiny metal jug ornament
339:plastic pearl bracelet
340:pretty cardboard box for storage
341:Lacoste "shell" handbag-not sure where it came from.I think one of the kids bought it from a charity shop
342:Baby Genius sleep CD


To the Tip:
343:spinning art painting set
344-355:gift bags
356:toy dog's house
357-366:very old video tapes
367:Pixel Chic game which my kids could never get working,and I certainly couldn't today
368-426:59 pieces of plastic tat
427:ceramic bell without a ringer
428-430 kid's pink clock and 2 extra interchangeable faces
431:musical baby toy
432:another kid's clock
433: plastic cup
434:beaters
435:plastic tat part of toy
436:chunky paint brush (pre schooler)
437:plastic truck
438:kettle
439:plastic toy cup
440-442:3 random sticks
443:unidentified art piece by one of my kids
444:piece of perspex from hand-made clock I took to tip the other day
445:plastic spider
446:bag of IKEA assembly bits
447:Dust Buster
448:Polly Pocket plastic toy
449:17yo answering machine :eek:
450:electric hand-whisk
451:it's box
452:Fisher Price carousel toy
453:metal from a keyring

Found another list of stuff I donated today:
454-457:more DVDs
458-459:VHS tapes :eek:
460-461:2 cassette tapes :eek::eek:
462:pair of kid's slipper boots
463:photo key chain from a cracker
464:tray of wooden craft beads
465-469:wooden vase and 4 paper flowers
470:Hello Kitty book
471:Dictionary of local slang
472:Rescuers Down Under children's book
473-474:2 photo albums
475-476:2 unopened boxes of paint brushes
477-478:Read Along CDs (Beauty and The Beast opened but never used.CInderella unopened
479-488:10 frameless photo frames,all except one unopened
489-493:5 more assorted frames
494:star-shaped candle
495:unopened packet of Princess crayons
496:Learn to Paint set
497:kid's T-shirt
498:friendship bracelet
499:Topsytail
500:nail stickers
501:Barbie cardboard book
502:1 pr kids jeans
503:1 pr kids leggings
504:sleep mask
505:file folder

Donated to Cats and Dogs Home:
506-509:4 duvets.I have been storing these in the loft for years waiting to find someone to donate them to because I know they are not recyclable.Cats and Dogs home were very appreciative :j.

Phew!!:eek:

somerandom

somerandom wrote: »

846- dead bra
847 -dead socks
848 - dead washing up bowl

849. Old boiler - replaced.... (its taken me soooooo long to get around to this) :T

tibawo

Well done all on your decluttering. Not been on for a while but have been doing bits here and there. I have had time over the last couple of days to get on with things as once i dropped the kids off at school i did not sit down for a quick cup of coffee which then turns into an hour or two, I actually managed to motivate myself to do some things of the to do list first. This included taking things to the allotment, putting the knackered suitcase that had grown roots by the door to the bin. The house looks airier and i have already got my two tubs ready for me to sort through when i watch tv tonight!

Saver-upper

Day 4 of The Great Loft Declutter (took yesterday off for my birthday _party_ )

Recycled:
510-512:3 empty playdough pots from a kit,which has been set aside for donation
513-514:2 other bits of plastic tat
515:cardboard shield made by one of the children at school
516:empty roll from Christmas wrapping paper (of which I found another 71 full or part-used rolls :eek::eek::eek::eek:)
517:empty yoghurt pot,used for kid's painting when they were little
518:scraps of Christmas wrapping paper
519:paper gift bag
520:huge bundle of old instruction manuals for all sorts of things: kid's car seats,Baxi boilers,kitchen appliances that were in the house when we moved in nearly 18years ago-stoves,extractor fans,stove-top...Ikea assembly instructions,kid's toys......

521-522:I also found 2 plastic food containers and matching lids,so have bought them down to the kitchen to wash and start using again.

Binned:
523:rubber glove that made up part of the alien costume I had listed here when I got rid of it the other day

I have also today set aside lots and lots of clothes and toys to donate.I am itching to list them here right now,but I don't want to break my rule of only listing stuff after I have actually decluttered it,ie,it has left the house.

eandjsmum

Yeah a box of books finally out of the house:j


Forgot to take ood medicine to pharmacy this morning though. :mad: