2018 - No Clutter To Be Seen

Rose_Crow

Had another busy one. Continued in the bedroom and cleared out 2 bedside drawer cabinets. We have just taken chest of drawers to the recycling centre due to the space created by getting rid of so many clothes plus the bits from the bedside drawers. The bedroom looks so much better just by getting rid of one piece of furniture!

146. Chest of drawers

In CS box
147-151. Ornaments / decor
152-164. Excess glasses

To recycling
165-169. Old / chipped mugs
170-174. Mismatched glasses

175-179. OH belts (he's a belt hoarder!)

Rootle

38/52 - I tidied through my jewellery box and about 5% was binned as broken or had lost a partner, 45% donated to CS, leaving 50% tidied and neatly put back

Guineapigsqueaks

Evening All

Had a sort out of my handbag ready for the working week. Various receipts in the bin and all tidy now. Been decluttering hair and fluff off the carpets and cobwebs off the ceiling with the vacuum cleaner. I obviously have a thriving spider community :eek:.

I need to declutter my eyebrows a bit or I'll struggle with wind resistance on the walk to work tomorrow.

I also managed to get to Aldi to stock up on their face cream. I love it and it's such good value. Was reminded why I do my main food shop online! It was crazy busy.

I'm going to have a cuppa, then find a hot spot to sort. It will no doubt involve paperwork .

Guineapigsqueaks x

bit_by_bit

I can't find when I last posted. I have been busy busy busy, mostly with moving stuff around the house to cope with a downstairs remodel and accomodate my nephew and get my DD back to uni.

I decluttered her and a hundred bags of stuff ( I think) this week . I am not counting any of it as it will all be back soon enough.

This week I have been given about 12 bags of stuff for the CS where I have started working. I took four bags in today after sorting. I have hung onto a few things that are more summer orientated and they don't want right now. The rest will go over the next few weeks.

DD has left a binliner of clothes which will also need sorting but I will do that in the week. There is a skip at work that I can put them in which raises money for the hospital. I should take a bag a day really as I pass it every day.

I have also taken a bag of books to work and will be taking another bag this week. I think I am up to about 45 bags with that.

I am amazed at how much stuff people are getting rid of on here. Had a discussion at my reading group last night and everyone agreed that they had too much stuff. One's mother had been a hoarder and had a bungalow stacked to the ceiling in all the rooms, including two bedrooms and the loft. My friend has take two years to clear it and lots of it has just been thrown in the skip, including every pillow that they ever bought.

Moving furniture out and developing proper places for storage is definitely making my home feel clearer and I like it. Unfortunately every time there is a space someone wants to fill it.:o

One of my main issues about getting rid of stuff is that I want it to go to the best place where it will be used rather than thrown. I am hanging onto the shorts because they would end up in the ragbag because they are out of season, which I find a shame. Fortunately there are plenty of places and ways to recycle and reuse now.

Working at the CS sorting through other people's stuff is also having an effect. I know what happens to it there, they are very good at not chucking stuff unnecesarily and they have a plan for most things so I expect an acceleration in decluttering as we head off into winter.

Mrs_Salad_Dodger

:cool: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

Lots of busy declutterers today :T

Fiasco55, 150 items out - that is an impressive daily total & by the way you are almost halfway through your 2nd lot of 2018 in 2018 :T:T An amazing total - Well Done :T

Happy Kitties, you are decluttering - lots of tea :rotfl:

marmiterules, decluttering bags to the cs is still decluttering :T I have 2 bags to take down but am getting disheartened that the cs is quite often closed when I try to deliver Plus you did well today :T

villagelife, I still haven’t worked out which one I am - think I need a list :rotfl:

pixielottie, If you don’t find it I can foresee a trip to the cs :rotfl: Have been very lucky so far as I haven’t decluttered any non clutter - I don’t think - touch wood :rotfl:

Rose Crow, well done on decluttering a large piece of furniture :rotfl: Instant space :T & you should give yourself a big pat on the back for doing the decluttering that led to the CoD being released into the Wild :rotfl:

Rootle - 50% of your jewellery gone :T Very impressed

Guineapigsqueaks, a decluttered handbag - how I wish . If the wind is blowing in the right direction maybe the eyebrows will act as sails :rotfl: sorry I couldn’t resist :rotfl:

bit by bit, 8th September page 62 :rotfl: It sounds like you are really enjoying working in the CS :T Perhaps before & after photos of your cleared spaces & letting everyone know how happy & relaxed you feel having clear spaces

Today started off a bit overcast but quickly brightened up with clear blue skies & a warm sunshine.
Met our neighbours at the Chinese restaurant & they treated us to Dim Sum - first time experience for all 3 of us. Absolutely delicious - DH & I enjoyed every dish but DSis found a couple that she was not a fan of. Conversation flowed between the adults but the 3 kids were
glued to their devices :rotfl:
Had a nice stroll by the dock, picked up a bit of litter & then we went off in separate directions (the neighbours are having an extension built so are staying somewhere else while the work is being done)

As the weather was so nice DH & I decided to do some work in the garden. So he filled up the table top garden bed - 3 bags of compost mixed with vermiculite and worm cast & I planted out my lavender plant which DH had divided into 4, an sm basil plant, 2 calendula, a mini rose and a rosemary plant. Put a bag of top soil on as well & then watered in. Looks wonderful :T The flowers will be moved into the garden at a later date - once I have drawn a garden design & decided which herbs to grow :rotfl: Whilst I was doing that, DH sorted out the wormery - blocked tap was leading to smelly worm cast :eek: DH also laid the anthracite coloured slabs in a single row in front garden of the shed. If the weather is nice tomorrow we will lay the decorative gravel. We also found all the garden tools & relocated them into the shed.

Meanwhile DSis was busy doing nothing except catching up on her TV programmes and caught up on some sleep :rotfl:

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

The garden work & the day to day decluttering generated

C845 - C867 Non recyclable - coffee tin filled with plastic tray & packaging, 3 plastic bags, plastic tub & lid; 6 large plastic bags (emptied of gravel, compost or top soil), 5 plastic garden pots, old washing line, water damaged plant fleece, plastic tub & lid, rusty tin, ruined pair of garden gloves, water logged cardboard packaging - binned
C868 - C869 Tin can, milk carton - Rinsed & recycled
C870 - C878 Three cardboard boxes broken down, toilet roll tube, 3 lots of cardboard packaging, large egg carton, paper packaging - recycled

Tomorrow need to make phone calls, sort a bit of paperwork, menu plan & do some housework incl a couple of loads in the wm. Then either finish the wall unit cubbyholes & drawers or find a new mini project.

May your decluttering mojo continue to be strong :rotfl:

MrsSD
C878/C2018

marmiterulesok

pixielottie how annoying.I don't think I've done that before...

I think I'll go through the filling cabinet today and do a paper declutter.I foresee a lot of shredding.

villagelife

Spent time in the garden and

1139-1140 bags of assorted rubbish binned.

candygirl

Have come to a bit of a halt over the weekend, as my pain's quite bad at the mo.Have decluttered a CJ off Eggheads autobiography to Mum.It's a good juicy read :rotfl:
Will try n do a bit more today, if the naughty staffies will let me

Happy_Kitties

While I remember.....

*277 DDs flippers sold on eBay!!!!:rotfl::rotfl:
*278 box and packaging for the above
*279 sticker sheet used up and completely finished off

still decluttering the tea:D

Rose_Crow

Oh Mrs SD I'm so happy to lose that item of furniture, it's made a huge difference and I'm in love with our bedroom now

Good news, my local Sue Ryder charity shop is more than happy to take the crutches. I asked when I spotted a walking frame for sale and they said they sell crutches quite readily so I'll drop those down next week. Also found another charity shop that takes electricals (some cs don't like electricals as they can't test them). She's more than happy to take my iron and ironing board (we don't iron a think in our house, OH shirts are all non-iron, we just hang them up to dry and they look great). I'll also drop my hairdryer there as well since I never use it.

180-192. Books sold to Music Magpie
193-202. Books donated to cs
203-206. Certificates taken off the wall (no longer relevant)\