2018 - No Clutter To Be Seen

Frogletina

670 - Empty gin bottle (don't ask, not mine - I don't drink gin)
671 - pen
672 - broken elastic bands
673-675 - tissue paper
676 - magazine
677-686 - pieces of bubble wrap
687-704 - cards/letters
705-706 - leaflets
707-751 - papers
752-753 - glass jars

frogletina

bit_by_bit

Sun shining here at last. What a horrible start to the day. So i haven't been here much, training for the Moonwalk is taking lots of energy and time.
This week I took an opportunoity to take a bag of books to work and give away a few items, CD's and books, plus two bags to the charity shop.
Current total is 22/52 bags.

Mrs_Salad_Dodger

bit by bit, well done :T - you are ahead of target :j

basketcase, fortunately nephew is in his own place :rotfl: so no sleeping on floors :rotfl:

Nothing sold today - have seen no one except the post woman :rotfl: & Fa..b..k Marketplace has been very quiet quite depressing really as there is probably enough stuff to fill two 3.5 tonne vans :eek::rotfl::rotfl::eek:

However just to keep the numbers ticking over the following stuff will be going to Tip, cs or England -

F783 - F815 Bag for Life of glass jars & bottles to Bottle bank, dismantled bed surround loaded in car for Tip run, 2 large crates of books for Tip, 2 large black bin bags for Tip, 3 small black bin bags in wheelie bin, four black bin bags of sheets & towels for cat shelter, 2 dresses + pair of shoes + clutch bag for cs, 2 black bin bags of bedding for cs, 6 toys/games for doctor’s waiting room, 5 CDs + ferrero rocher box of costume jewellery + empty watch box all for English cs + purse (hangs round neck) regifted to ME from DSis :rotfl:

Also my DNeph will be taking a chest of drawers, a sofa & his mum’s washing machine so F818

The 12th Tip run will be made tomorrow :T

Just as I was about to send this post - a walk in who may be interested in the 3 door glass fronted bookcase in dark wood :j He has taken the measurements & will be measuring up his home - hopefully it will fit then price negotiations can commence

To a clutter free 2018 in the U.K. & France :rotfl:

MrsSD
F818/F20,180 :rotfl:

ArtDecoGirly

I need to start this! I'm sick of stuff just everywhere.

Today I chucked out a handful of receipts that have been hanging around far too long to scan on to Receipt Hog and Asda Price Guarantee!

Mrs_Salad_Dodger

:hello: ArtDecoGirly & welcome :j

Now you have reached the magical point - you want to declutter :T and you have made a start :T

There are loads of excellent suggestions throughout the thread so there are plenty of options to mix & match until you find the style of decluttering that suits you
The one thing I think we all agree on is keeping a count of what goes out :rotfl:

You may choose to count items individually i.e. 2,018 items for 2018 - pro rata’d for 8 months
Or maybe 52 items for 52 weeks or as basketcase has decided you can proceed by weight & pick a target.

The MOST important thing to remember is that there is no such thing as failure :rotfl: Anything that leaves the house, any space you create & keep clear or anything that is allocated to a final place is A SUCCESS - a Tin washed & recycled ASAP or a newspaper/magazine read & recycled. Anytime you need a bit of a boost just post - someone here will be able to offer a pearl of wisdom :rotfl: Most of us have lost our ‘decluttering mojo’ at one time or another - we just post on the thread & hey presto some words of encouragement & the Mojo reappears:T:j:rotfl:

I for one wish you every success on your decluttering journey :T:j

MrsSD

basketcase

:hello:ArtDecoGirly! Everything that Mrs Salad Dodger said. I've only recently joined myself and think it's a great thread. Everyone here is so friendly, helpful and encouraging. And the best thing is, nobody judges you because you found a box of stock cubes with a use-by date of 2010 lurking at the back of your larder (or whatever) because most of us have come across something like that in our decluttering travels. Mine wasn't stock cubes but

And yes, I am the basketcase who's weighing everything. (The clue is in the name! ). BTW, my target's a little tongue-in-cheek and I shan't feel a failure if I don't reach it. And neither should anyone who decides to declutter, whatever method they use. As Mrs SD says, there really is no such thing as failure. Every piece of clutter out is clutter gone from your house and your life. It can also be fun and mildly addictive. But in a good way... :rotfl:

villagelife - I agree, it's roundabouts and swings weighing v counting. Shampoo samples... *sigh*
Frogletina –OK, shan’t ask about the gin bottle! I don’t drink it either. (DD reckons it evaporates! Hm...)
bit by bit – you’re cracking on. Well done on the books. Books are a hard category for me. Which reminds me, I need to box some up for sale at a car boot on Sunday... Where are you doing the Moonwalk (if you don’t mind me asking)?
Mrs SD – glad to hear your nephew didn't have his bed dismantled from under him! Fingers crossed that the walk-in loves the bookcase and pays a handsome sum for it. (Or, failing that, anything at all! )

So tired last night that I never posted what went out and my totals. Here goes:
10xA2 poly pouches inc 8xA2 card, 3lbs, Freegle
Radiator (oil filled), 26lbs, Freegle

Totals
Daily total 29lbs
Running total 183lbs

Loads to do, better get a wiggle on. Not sure how much will go today. Have to do the monthly shop and some admin that’s suddenly reached the GET IT DONE!!! stage. _pale_

basketcase

I'm finding I'm getting a kind of knock-on effect with my decluttering. Does anyone else get that? Let me explain what I mean.

I moved the plants from my bathroom window ledge to my bedroom window ledge, which meant that I could clean the bathroom one more easily. It's better for the plants there too. So far so good.

I then realised that, if I removed the stainless steel corner thingy on the side of the bath that holds shampoos etc and put those things in a couple of repurposed containers, the corner of the bath 'ledge' would be much easier to keep clean. So that's what I did. Bathroom window and bath/window ledges cleaned and demoulded. Yay!

Then it got a bit silly...

Because I decided to repurpose the bath corner thing in the kitchen, to hold washing up liquid, sponges, bottles of cleaner etc. These were currently in either a (repurposed(!) ) cutlery drainer on the work surface near the draining board or on the window ledge/under the sink. There were a couple of plants in the kitchen - one of which now looks lovely in the bathroom, without hampering future cleaning! The other I shifted while I cleaned the kitchen window & ledge. Then I stuck the thingy on the wall at the side of the window and put all the sink stuff in it. Now it's easy to get to the cleaning thing and I can clean underneath it. The plant (Rosemary, for the interested!) went back. This makes all round the sink MUCH clearer. Of course, it left me with a cutlery drainer...

My cutlery was being kept in 3 cracked-but-still-attractive-so-I'd-keep-them mugs in the serving/tea-making area. Well, the drainer is designed to hold cutlery and it's one unit, looks much tidier and is easy to lift to wipe underneath it. (You can see where this is going...) Yep, that's where the cutlery is now - following a thorough cleansing/bleaching to be on the safe side, of course.

Which leaves me with 3 mugs. They really need to go; probably to be used as crocks at the bottom of plant pots - either mine or Freegled. And they will be. Honest!

The couple of questions:
1 Am I the only one this happens to? (Surely I can't be...)
2 Given that all the areas mentioned are now far less cluttered and easier to clean, how much of this stuff can I count in my weigh-in?!:rotfl:

Rootle

18/52 - stand mixer returned to friend (in a cardboard box so that's out too!) and an olive oil bottle finally made it out with the standard glass recycling!? Why do some things just not make it out with the regular household chores!

The cupboard space freed up by the returned mixer is very pleasing!

Mrs_Salad_Dodger

basketcase wrote: »

I'm finding I'm getting a kind of knock-on effect with my decluttering. Does anyone else get that? Let me explain what I mean.

I moved the plants from my bathroom window ledge to my bedroom window ledge, which meant that I could clean the bathroom one more easily. It's better for the plants there too. So far so good.

I then realised that, if I removed the stainless steel corner thingy on the side of the bath that holds shampoos etc and put those things in a couple of repurposed containers, the corner of the bath 'ledge' would be much easier to keep clean. So that's what I did. Bathroom window and bath/window ledges cleaned and demoulded. Yay!

Then it got a bit silly...

Because I decided to repurpose the bath corner thing in the kitchen, to hold washing up liquid, sponges, bottles of cleaner etc. These were currently in either a (repurposed(!) ) cutlery drainer on the work surface near the draining board or on the window ledge/under the sink. There were a couple of plants in the kitchen - one of which now looks lovely in the bathroom, without hampering future cleaning! The other I shifted while I cleaned the kitchen window & ledge. Then I stuck the thingy on the wall at the side of the window and put all the sink stuff in it. Now it's easy to get to the cleaning thing and I can clean underneath it. The plant (Rosemary, for the interested!) went back. This makes all round the sink MUCH clearer. Of course, it left me with a cutlery drainer...

My cutlery was being kept in 3 cracked-but-still-attractive-so-I'd-keep-them mugs in the serving/tea-making area. Well, the drainer is designed to hold cutlery and it's one unit, looks much tidier and is easy to lift to wipe underneath it. (You can see where this is going...) Yep, that's where the cutlery is now - following a thorough cleansing/bleaching to be on the safe side, of course.

Which leaves me with 3 mugs. They really need to go; probably to be used as crocks at the bottom of plant pots - either mine or Freegled. And they will be. Honest!

The couple of questions:
1 Am I the only one this happens to? (Surely I can't be...)
2 Given that all the areas mentioned are now far less cluttered and easier to clean, how much of this stuff can I count in my weigh-in?!:rotfl:

:hello: basketcase - reading your posts does make me smile & I hope makes other posters smile too :T

Re 1. You are not the only one who this happens too BUT the big difference is I am never as successful as you have been probably because I still have too much stuff & not enough tidy rooms:o:eek::rotfl:
However reading your post has planted the seed - so when I return home with DSis in tow I will start with the wardrobe & general junk room (classed as a bedroom but only wide enough for a single bed :eek:) - if I can sort that out (including donating the single bed to cs - perhaps I should start weighing things :rotfl::D) I will be able to empty our bedroom - apart from the bed & start prepping our bedroom to decorate One good thing is that the colour scheme is already decided :rotfl: This would mean that we would have 2 rooms completely done & could then have more success with allocating items :rotfl::rotfl: obviously still manically decluttering as we go along :rotfl:

We have also decided to copy our neighbour & have the bathroom redone but that is for later in the year when hopefully the weather is better :eek: should be ‘funny’ with 3 people using a tiny downstairs cloakroom :eek: :rotfl: :eek: :doh:

Anyway that is the plan & now it is here in black & white I am counting on you to ‘remind’ me :rotfl: or should that be ‘give me a quick boot up the ‘arris’ :rotfl::rotfl:

Re 2. The mugs can be weighed :rotfl: and then you just have to ‘weigh’ the warm glow of satisfaction & pride in your achievements :) I.e. 3 rooms tidied/sorted with loads of items repurposed :T - I would imagine anywhere between 24lbs up to 75lbs :rotfl: as divisible by three:rotfl::D:D

I look forward to reading your decision:rotfl:

To all our other posters, sorry if I am hogging the thread at the moment & please start posting again as everyone’s successes help keep us all motivated :T

(DSis & DH are currently on the 12th tip trip :T )

To a Clutter Free 2018

MrsSD
F818/F20,180 :rotfl:

Kwidge

I'm a little late to the party buy gonna get stuck in! Better late than never right? I'm going to be moving to another city soon so need to start decluttering in a big way. Very inspired by all your great work folks!