2018 - No Clutter To Be Seen

Mrs_Salad_Dodger

edwink wrote: »

I'm up to 470 now with these two items.:j

1 Nail cream finally UU
1 Leave in hair conditioner finally UU

Looks like you and your family are making real good progress in France Mrs Salad Dodger. Has all the clearing out got to be done by a certain date?. If so will that be achievable now you have made so much progress?. Hope so because you all seem to have worked so hard sorting through everything.:)

Edwink

470/2018

Edwink, well done on your decluttering every item counts & takes a weight off your shoulders & your mind :rotfl:

We are signing the papers on Friday, but the new owners to be have agreed we can stay for another month So what isn’t sold will be taken to Tip or if large pieces of furniture remain they may be stored with our local farmer friend :T

What is that saying - ‘I am sure it will come out in the wash’ :rotfl:

Will report later on items out

MrsSD

Uncluttered_unicorn

Mrs_Salad_Dodger wrote: »

We are signing the papers on Friday, but the new owners to be have agreed we can stay for another month So what isn!!!8217;t sold will be taken to Tip or if large pieces of furniture remain they may be stored with our local farmer friend :T

MrsSD

Magnificent effort Mrs SD. After all your hard work at home, your heart must have plummeted when you saw the task awaiting you in France, but I'm pleased to hear that your DSis is right on board and you're making progress. :T

Mrs_Salad_Dodger wrote: »

U_u, I am well impressed :j Decluttering externally as well as internally :j

MrsSD

Thanks . It's something I've done now and again since DD was small. She is 13 now and would be embarrassed at Mum's weird habits , except for 2 things - 1. the recent surge in interest about the impact globally of litter, especially plastics, and 2. our village has entered the Keep Scotland Beautiful competition for the first time, so (for once) I'm not the only person wandering around doing odd things in public :eek:. There are work parties, but they also want to hear evidence of people just doing stuff on their own, hence why I'm now keeping a tally of the outside clearing-up too. It's an ongoing activity as we're on the coast so there's always stuff washing up or being blown in.

villagelife

548 - 553 books to League of Friends w. I carried them across a field for a mile to the bus stop so keeping me fitter.
554 old bag of DH he decided it was time to throw it away.

Mrs_Salad_Dodger

Thanks for the encouragement U_u :T

Today not so much has gone out BUT DSis & I did have a drs appointment :rotfl:

F427 - F431 Small bin bags of clothes to clothes bank
F432 - F438 2 Boxes full of Cardboard, 3 large black bin bags of general rubbish, box of metal bits, box of small electricals to Tip tomorrow (10th Tip run)
F439 - F441 French children’s books to drs waiting room
F442 - F449 Electric strimmer, Laurel & Hardy figurine, 5 Glass dessert bowls, hairdryer - SOLD
F450 Recycling wheelie bin now full

DSis is taking the following to England -

F451 - F459 Double bed & mattress, TV table, TV, X-Box, 2 Bedside cabinets, 2 comfy swivel chairs
F460 My 30 year old G-Plan dining table is coming back to me :rotfl:

Everything else will be boxes of photos, paperwork, ornaments, clothing & personal bits & bobs

Still loads to sell but hopefully the weekend will see an influx of people for the house clearance (Vide Maison) :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl: which started on Monday & will be on daily 11:00 to 18:00 until just before we leave :rotfl::):rotfl:

So onwards & upwards:)

MrsSD
460/F20,180 :rotfl:

Frogletina

252-253 - shampoos
254 - box of toiletries
255 - handwash
256 - hand cream
257 - jigsaw
258 - shower cap
259 - bra
260 - stockings
261 - glasses case
262 - diffuser bottle
263 - cigarette end (not mine, don't ask!)
264-277 - pens
278-652 - papers
653-667 - booklets/leaflets
668-669 - books

frogletina

basketcase

...may I join in? I've read my way through the whole thread and am inspired by you all.

For the first couple of months I combined a broken wrist with flu/post-flu. Couldn't do anything much - except look at the mess, which made me feel increasingly :wall: Now I'm recovered and something HAS to be done!

Trying to decide how to calculate the decluttering, I know I won't stick to logging individual items. If I try that way I'll give up, which I really don't want to do. Also it's difficult to decide if a bag of 25 tapes should be 1 item or 25, when a bag of plastic bottles is only 1 bag.

Soooooo... I've decided that I'll take the "weight off my shoulders" concept (sort of) literally and aim for 2018lbs in 2018! That's 144st 2lbs (I think). :eek:

So please may I play? I'll weigh what I'm decluttering before it leaves the house. Don't know if I'll manage the whole amount, but there are piles of books, clothes and a few household things like microwaves and furniture to go, so who knows?

If nothing else, it should be entertaining watching me try...:rotfl:

Mrs_Salad_Dodger

:hello: basketcase,

I like it :rotfl: Though I am curious how you will weigh furniture & large items :rotfl:

I am intrigued though and will watch with interest and lots of encouragement :T:T:T

The 10th Tip run was made this morning.

F461 Bag for life full of glass items to bottle bank
F462 - F464 Black bin bags of general rubbish for Tip
F465 - F467 Items SOLD - an axe, portable DVD player & a Bell’s Jug
F468 solid wood Table - SOLD
F469 - F472 Boxes of English Books to be sold in England - DF was an avid collector
F473 Crate of books for Tip

Slowing down a bit now but still a lot to sort & sell

MrsSD
F473/F20,180 :rotfl:

villagelife

555 a large old hat that was buried in the garden has been binned.
556 a broken cable binned.
557 some old metal from the garden.
558 some paperwork shredded.
559 old pair of shoes binned.

basketcase

Thanks for the welcome.

Mrs_Salad_Dodger wrote: »

:hello: basketcase,

I like it :rotfl: Though I am curious how you will weigh furniture & large items :rotfl:

Eeerrrmmm... :doh:

I'll think of something...

Think I'm going to have to set up a few parameters. I'm not going to include day-to-day recycling (eg finish milk, wash bottle, recycle). But if, say, there's a bottle of wine that's been around for a while (it could happen! :rotfl: ) and I drink that - not on my own. Probably. - and recycle the bottle that'll count as declutter.

Anyway, first batch of stuff:
Dyson (freegled) 16lbs :eek:
A4 card (freegled) 3.5lbs
A4 paper (freegled) 2lbs
Bag of assorted rubbish (broken stuff I was keeping etc) 2.5lbs
Old cassettes and back-up CDs 2lbs (Kept some as I do use my son's old ghetto blaster)

Make that a total of 26lbs. Not good with numbers, but think that means if I can average about 8lbs/day to the end of the year, I might make it!

tboo

117 - 119) 3 glasses to CS
and
Just filled 2 charity bags full of DH's work shirts/teeshirts that either he doesn't wear anymore or they don't fit him now
Not counting them