2018 - No Clutter To Be Seen

Happy_Kitties

More neutral items shipped out creating room in the kitchen.

But I am claiming
*388 a tin of chicken and mushroom soup-donated to food bank. DD picked it up by accident, has been sat in savoury cupboard for ages and much as I love mushrooms just not in soup. Forgot to put it in the collection point straight away so was shopping thinking I hope they don't think I've pinched the soup but all was good and someone will get the benefit from it

Still plodding on

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 DONE & PUT AWAY WITHIN AN HOUR OF FINISHING DINNER

Happy Kitties - every item out counts :T

Friday has been another dry day but again overcast & cold.
DH & I transferred the TV, DVD/VHS Player & Sk* Box from the coffee table to the new to me cabinet. DH had to enlarge the hole to get the wires through :eek: All the wires/cables are hidden behind the cabinet. The bonus is that everything still works :rotfl: He also spent more time working on the motorbike - he is still adding the fog lights but it is proving more time consuming than he thought. He has to finish it off tomorrow:D

I was quite busy today :T:D

I have Washed the kitchen floor, Wiped down kitchen tiles, Cleaned kitchen window & external door + window frame cleaned, Washed the hall & cloakroom floors, vacuumed the whole of downstairs, oiled my chopping board, thoroughly disinfected my kitchen worktops, moved the dismantled dining room table out of the living room & polished the wooden coffee table which is now being used as a coffee table :rotfl: rather than a TV stand :rotfl: & fed the fox :rotfl:

Re my 3 mantras: bed aired & made; washing up done; coffee jar refilled; general tidying

So not a lot decluttered except for dust :rotfl: but a couple of rooms definitely tidier & cleaner :rotfl:

C1971 Non recyclable - plastic tray & packaging - Binned
C1972 - C1975 leaflets, cardboard packaging, cardboard box dismantled, magazine read - Recycled

Happy decluttering :rotfl:

MrsSD
C1975/C2018

Wanna_Bee_Free

Wow MrsSD, I feel tired just reading what you’ve been up to! That is such good news about your DH’s eyes, I hope he enjoyed his fry up!

Thursday was a good decluttering day as 30 things went out the door, 1 to freegle and the rest to recycling. It was difficult, nostalgic clutter and I feel much lighter for it going.

OH got rid of a huge number of old cables. I was tempted to count them but they’re not my clutter. He still has a hige cable stash but it’s now half the size it was.

204/630. Happy decluttering everyone.

tboo

203 - 204) 2 pairs of trainers

205 - 212) 8 hats

213 - 214) 4 scarves

215 - 216) 2 coats

217 - 218) 2 bags


edit to add


219 - 220) 2 glass latte mugs

All to CS

Mrs_Salad_Dodger

:T Well done too :T

Wanna Bee Free, you have my unstinted admiration I have lots of nostalgic clutter but haven’t yet summoned up the gumption to tackle it

MrsSD

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 DONE & PUT AWAY WITHIN AN HOUR OF FINISHING DINNER

Tboo - :T well done :T my iPad spell checked you as ‘too’ :rotfl: on my previous post :rotfl:

Saturday & Sunday have been dry , overcast & getting colder

Saturday DH continued working on installing the fog lights on the motorbike. Unfortunately it is proving more troublesome than anticipated so DH is having to order a few more electrical connectors
I on the other hand had a ‘sofa day’ - never got dressed :rotfl:, paid the milkman, watched lots of telly & concocted a topping/filling for toast & sandwiches using a tin of salmon, chopped pepper, olives, capers, half a tin of sweetcorn held together with a dollop of mayonnaise & seasoned with pepper - all from stores :T Very tasty & got the seal of approval from DH

Sunday is already a better day :T I got dressed :rotfl:
DH & I have had a flurry of activity . DH has filled the bird & squirrel feeders, hung a new peanut feeder in the olive tree, replaced the battery in the smoke alarm & then used his height (6’2”) to assist me (5’6.5”) in moving or relocating items from the high kitchen shelves.
I found an unopened delivery box :eek: guess what - it was the small Kilner jars that I had not unpacked as I had no storage space :rotfl: Meanwhile I have been umming & aahing over donating a rather nice almost complete tea service (which last saw use about 5 years ago ) & as I wanted to put away the Kilner jars - decision made :rotfl: The CS will soon be in possession of a serving plate, 6 tea plates, 6 each of cups & saucers & a small milk jug. The empty delivery box containing the 12 x 0.25l Kilner jars was the perfect size for packing the cups, saucers & milk jug PLUS the bubble wrap & some bubble wrap from stores was perfect for the serving plate & tea plates. Problem solved :T The Kilner jars are now stored & the CS bag is almost full & will be delivered next week. I have also stripped the bed. First load washed & 2nd load in - will then tumble dry & remake bed.

Re my 3 mantras: bed aired & to be made; washing up done; sugar bowl refilled; general tidying

So, counting the tea service as separate items :rotfl:, numbers are as follows

C1976 - C1981 Non recyclable - 2 plastic trays & packaging, 2 lots of plastic packaging, empty plastic bird seed bag, small plastic bag of general detritus - Binned
C1982 - C1987 Plastic packaging, leaflets, 2 lots of cardboard packaging, cardboard box dismantled, magazine read - Recycled
C1988 - C1994 Two milk cartons, 2 glass jars & lid, 3 tins & lids - rinsed & recycled
C1995 sturdy, medium sized cardboard box relocated to attic
C1996 - C2018 Serving plate, 6 tea plates, 6 saucers, 6 cups, small milk jug & packaging - cardboard box, 2 lots of bubble wrap - to CS
C2019 - C2029 Eleven Christmas cards from stash - have decided to give cards to all my neighbours rather than just the ones I know by name

Ta-da :rotfl: From now until the end of the year I will have a new numbering system - I will NOT be counting individual items Each day anything binned or recycled from food preparation or the kitchen will be counted as 1 + hopefully 3 extra items for the week - from anywhere else in the house. Target to the end of the year is 10 ‘items’ per week.

Wish me luck

Wishing all my fellow declutterers success in one Last big push clearing clutter before the full ‘madness’ of Christmas :rotfl:

MrsSD
C2029/C2018

Happy_Kitties

While I remember!

*389-392 charity items x3 posted
*393-395 packaging for the above (really noticed a difference in how much this has decreased)
*396 item my mum wanted-delivered today, it has been rattling around the house
*397 jam given to my mum that I can't eat
*398 gift bag of presents-to my mum's aswell

Still plodding on!

Happy_Kitties

*399 spare gift that has been sitting in present box for a few years-donated to toy collection
*400 plastic wrappings- recycled in a collection point in morris@ns

Woohoo have hit 400 just 100 to go before the end of the year now

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 DONE & PUT AWAY WITHIN AN HOUR OF FINISHING DINNER

Well done Happy Kitties :T

Weather is starting to take a turn for the worse - drizzly, chilly & windy
Tuesday I met an old friend & DH went to sm:D Wednesday DH & I went to Borough Market & spent shedloads Had something to eat - venison burger with cranberry sauce in a bun for me & wild meat sausages with salad in a baguette for DH. Absolutely delicious. We were going to go home but decided to try & find the pub that was purportedly shown in The Pickwick Papers TV programme. We found a ‘pub’ & spent a couple of hours drinking pints & chatting - making plans etc. Badly timed decision to go home during rush hour BUT we were lucky & the tube was not crowded :T:T. Only had to wait a few minutes for the bus for the 2nd bit of the journey :T

Re my 3 mantras: bed aired & to be made; washing up done; sugar bowl refilled; coffee jar refilled; general tidying

Ta-da :rotfl: From now until the end of the year I will have a new numbering system - I will NOT be counting individual items Each day anything binned or recycled from food preparation or the kitchen will be counted as 1 + hopefully 3 extra items for the week - from anywhere else in the house including the garage. Target to the end of the year is 10 ‘items’ per week.

Week 1: Monday = 1, Tuesday = 1 + motorbike full of metal, cables, empty paint tins etc from garage; Wednesday = 1 + several delivery boxes broken down & recycled so Running Total = 5

Happy decluttering

MrsSD
5/10

candygirl

MRS SD someone was asking about you on the daily the other day .Glad you're ok , n your Day in London sounded fab!
I'm still being very lax re decluttering, still feeling a bit wobbly, with lots going on Can't wait to see the back of 2018