2018 - No Clutter To Be Seen

Rose_Crow

retiredinfrance - Unfortuantely from what I've heard NHS won't reuse crutches etc. so if you hand them back they go in landfill


OH and I are having a huge clothing clear-a-thon today. Luckily he's 100% on board with the decluttering. So far we're up to 6 big bags of clothes (divided into CS good quality stuff and worn out stuff). It's amazing when you start digging this stuff out. We have obviously been very good at hiding it.

93-98. Bags of clothing
99. Unused hair straighteners
100-115. Plastic hangers (due to the amount of clothes got rid of we can use our wooden hangers only)
116-129. Books sold to MusicMagpie
130-145. Another 15 hangers (!)

retiredinfrance

Oh dear, Rose. That is so wasteful. Somebody somewhere must need them. Here in France, you have to buy them, but there is some reimbursement.This is where we couls start a new thread called, "New uses for used crutches."

Mrs_Salad_Dodger

1. IF I NOTICE SOME SMALL TASK NEEDS DOING - I WILL DO IT IMMEDIATELY

2. I WILL LEAVE A ROOM TIDIER THAN WHEN I WENT IN - WITHOUT HIDING THE CLUTTER EXCEPT for the wardrobe room which is currently the storage room (sr)

3. THE LAST WASHING UP OF THE DAY WILL BE PUT AWAY BEFORE I GO TO BED

:T:T:T villagelife :T:T:T being able to see the fruits of your decluttering labours - WELL DONE :T:T:T

Guineapigsqueaks, found it difficult to pick one :rotfl: I will read fully tonight but suspect I will probably be a mixture of all four :rotfl:

:T:T:T Rose Crow :T:T:T - SIX big bags of clothes :T:T:T Don’t forget that the cs will probably take the hangers as well :T Isn’t it gratifying when OH is fully on board makes it so much easier to declutter

retiredinfrance, one use for crutches - use them in the garden :rotfl:, put a lattice of garden string between them to form a trellis for climbing plants

Today was a mixed bag weather wise - but no rain - so a bit upset with myself that I didn’t take the opportunity to do a wash load
Instead, I finished semi sorting the last shoe box of photos. I didn’t throw away as many photos as I was expecting so I must have culled them quite well when I put them in the boxes :rotfl: The boxes are now stored in the wall unit.
I finally started on the wall unit decluttering & tidying. There are 32 cubbyholes - 10 were OK but I did remove 6 crystal tumbler glasses from one cubbyhole - which have been washed & dried & set aside to be wrapped up for cs. 19 of the remaining 22 cubbyholes have been culled, rearranged & tidied. Several bits for the cs - so some of the cubbyholes are quite bare :T:j Of the remaining 3 two have DSis’s stuff in them - I am hoping she will have a tidy but I am not holding my breath :rotfl: The last cubbyhole will be sorted tomorrow & I may even sort the 8 drawers again :rotfl: Bonus find - my shoe box of XMas cards :T

DH was busy in the garage again - trying to repair one of his motorbikes & trying to dispose of more clutter. Plus he is making dinner tonight - cheesey pasta - yummy :T

DSis was busy doing nothing except catching up on her TV programmes

Re my three mantras: aired & made bed; washed up; worktops washed down; general tidying

The Wall Unit tidy & the day to day decluttering generated

C786 - C806 Non recyclable - 5 plastic bags, plastic tray & netting, plastic tray & packaging, 6 lots of plastic packaging, 8 lots of 10 photos - binned
C807 - C808 Tin can, milk carton - Rinsed & recycled
C809 - C818 Three lots of leaflets, 7 more cardboard boxes broken down - recycled
C819 - C840 Three paperbacks, 9”x7” photo frame, 6”x4” photo frame, small cardboard photo frame, 3 old Lord of the Rings calendars (for crafting), unused Scrapbook, old style photo album with 2 boxes of photo corners, A4 Book/folder of transparent sleeves, 6 crystal glass tumblers (present from Cricket Team for doing the scoring but never used ), boxed & ribboned 2 book set of Confectionary & Desserts Recipes, still boxed Sandalwood candle in a glass - in CS bag
C841 - C844 DVD box set of series 10 Supernatural to DSis + Boxed set of Indiana Jones & 2 DVDs to DSis for sale

All in all I am feeling quite chuffed :rotfl:

May your decluttering mojo continue to be strong :rotfl:

MrsSD
C844/C2018

Flying_By

I'm a cricket, too! Seems to be a bit of a theme going on here! I'm sure I should be a butterfly or pondskater

Fiasco55

Back into it all this weekend.

2870-2882. Shoes donated to cs
2883-2893. Done in shoes chucked
2894-2971. Clothes donated to cs
2972-2974. Kitchen equipment donated to cs
2975-2979. Handbags donated to cs
2980-2982. Handbags chucked
2983. Cushion donated to cs
2984. Tray donated to cs
2985-2990. Opened beauty products chucked that I will never use again
2991-2992. Bedding donated
2993. Returned pair of shoes
2994. Returned top
2995-2999. Birthday gifts posted
3000. Birthday card from stash
3001-3008. Boxes recycled
3008-3012. Cleaning products used up
3013-3019. Items donated to food bank
3020. Cookery book donated

Happy_Kitties

No decluttering for me today, have been out for most if the day to an event where DD won a raffle prize which was carefully chosen for a further charity auction. Things out not in:D

Have decided that perhaps stepping off my soapbox could be a health and safety issue.......more likely to fall off it due to being in a wheelchair:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:.....and clumsy:eek:

guineapigsqeaks I'm terrible for my multiple cuppas first thing.......its a needs must thing:)

marmiterulesok

Yesterday no decluttering was done, but I took two loads of stuff to the cs.

villagelife

Guinespigsqueaks I am a ladybugs i think but with a son at home who is a butterfly and husband is a bee.

1138 a tankers that DS2 somehow managed to bring home for a friend in May has been returned.

marmiterulesok

So far I've sorted through and decluttered an old Filofax that I'll probably keep (was a present from mum) and got twelve handbags to go to the cs.
Also two pairs of scissors.
One luggage label: out too.

pixielottie

I think I've accidentally decluttered something that's not clutter :doh:

I'm an artist and every now and then I have something that I think oh this would make a good social media post, so I set the scene and take photos early. Well I used this grey and mustard throw for my back drop in a rush because it was my sisters birthday and involved a kitkat we wanted to eat :rotfl: and I vaguely remember now dropping it on the pile of charity shop stuff when I was done...

I took the stuff to the charity shop...

I can't find my throw It was nothing special, just an ikea jobby, but I liked it


Anyway totally counting it as an item if I don't find it!! I'm secretly hoping I will, that I moved it somewhere else, but I don't remember doing it if I did.

Anyone else accidentally decluttered none clutter? :doh: