A Simpler Life 2018

Mrs_Salad_Dodger

Kitchen cupboards, drawers & fridge/freezer all sorted - now I have to find the next project :eek: . Plenty to choose from, but I won’t stress about it

A Simpler Life is only ten tonnes of clutter away :rotfl::rotfl:

MrsSD

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Primrose wrote: »

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I belong to my local East Medway branch and could be out and about 7 days a week if I had the time, its great, and a good way to meet up with other people. So many different groups and interests available and for me the £15.00 per year is well worth the money in subs.

Mrs_Salad_Dodger

Yippee - I found my next project - The ‘Wall Unit of Doom’ - shredded a 6” stack of 10-15 year old personal paperwork and condensed five cubby holes into four :T with a few items including a Linguaphone (English/Italian from 20+ years ago & ashamed to say I never learned ) put in the cs bag for delivery next week.
I should say that this is the third time that the wall unit is a project :eek: but each time I manage to get rid of more ‘stuff’

To a Simpler & Clutter Free Life

MrsSD

Mrs_Salad_Dodger

The mountain of crates & boxes in my house has been reduced by about 40% :T:j:T The crates & boxes have been restacked so now have way more floor space :T. DSis has purchased all the storage that can fit in her room - all her clothes are now unpacked, as is her bedding & she has started opening her boxes of ornaments.
Quite a bit of stuff has been donated to the cs & there will probably be quite a bit more.

My DH has been decluttering his office & I have continued with keeping the kitchen & living room clutter free & tidy, keeping up with the laundry & finding donations for the cs.
I now have access to the whole Wall Unit of Doom, so will gradually sort through that again.

I am waiting for a collection date from the cs as I now have the following for collection which will create oodles of space :rotfl:

An extra long single bed, mattress & headboard, a free standing single pine wardrobe, pine bedside cabinet, orthopaedic chair, 4 garden chairs, 4 large terracotta plant pots & 2 Carlton Rigid Suitcases. Once they have been collected we will have space in the spare room, the loft, DH’s office & a less cluttered garden :T:rotfl:

My Simpler Life is gradually coming into view :rotfl:

MrsSD

Mrs_Salad_Dodger

Additionally: 5th terracotta pot & 2 bags of children’s books. Will arrange for collection when we get back from our motor biking holiday :T:D

Might get my first ever spa visit :rotfl:

See you in a fortnight

MrsSD

bexster1975

Have a fab break Mrs SD

Bexster

Molillie

First proper day back at home, and I've had to spend the morning decluttering my email box, as the provider closes tomorrow. I had already started this, but always got bored or distracted, so the compulsion is all to the good. I'm forwarding stuff to keep to a different email account, but the one I'll be losing is of several years standing, and I realise that I've kept things from people who have since passed away, etc. which I shall now be deleting. I'm also using it as a chance to unsubscribe from many things. It will be great to have something under control.

Mrs_Salad_Dodger

Hiya
Now at my DB’s house in Germany. Our motorbiking holiday is almost over but it has been the Simple Life we crave - other people doing the cooking & washing up :rotfl: other people making the beds & of course seeing new places & drinking wayyyyy too much

See you all next month

MrsSD

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Hope you enjoy the rest of your holibobs msd!

I've been out of the loop for a while- so much has been going on in rl that I've had no time to get on the boards!

Anyhoo, to cut a long story short, I'm going to be decluttering like I'm moving house over the next couple of weeks - I'm not moving but I am having a major refurb so it all has to go! I'll be reusing almost nothing as the furniture and flooring in all the rooms- other than the living room and bathroom - was all bought for the cheapest price possible somewhere between 10 and 20 years ago! :eek: it's done me well but has gone well beyond the use by date!! :rotfl: the kitchen needs redecoration but the wiring and cupboards are okay for now; the living room will need a redo decor wise as the rewiring includes that room.

I've started the clear out already - 15 bags of books and a coffee table donated; dd has cleared out a lot of her stuff: I've got a taker for the chair and probably the bookcases and I may be able to re-use a wardrobe and chest of drawers if they survive the move upstairs

However, there's still a long way to go and I'm going to make a list and spend an hour a day doing something towards it....

I'll let you know how I get on :D

Molillie

how are you getting on, Squirrelgirl? It will be so great when it's all done! Thinking that you'll move seems a good way to really assess what you can't do without. (also, pretending that you are emigrating, and can only ship out stuff at huge expense)