2018 - No Clutter To Be Seen

edwink

Hi everyone

Lovely to see more join the mse decluttering team:j. Well done to all those that are adding bits to their totals. Mrs salad Dodger you must be worn out you really should stop for a cuppa once in a while;):rotfl:

Not been home as been away for a lovely restful break to see friends and on our return had new carpets fitted and new beds delivered so been pretty busy here but I have managed to get my decluttering head on so here goes.

1 Pair broken £1 shop glasses
1 Battery operated toothbrush
1 Green leaking ink pen
1 Parasol stand gifted to lovely neighbour, I've never seen anyone so happy bless her
1 set of wheels from bed
1 bag of pieces of black out curtain liner

Both old good condition mattresses being collected by a charity next week. Have new bedding for the beds which is a luxury for us because our previous used sets were gifted to us from our friend who changes her bed sets every other year it seems. Just washed all of it and it will go to our local hospice charity shop when nicely folded. Will count those to add once they are ready to go out the door.

Can not remember my previous total:o so will add when I post the amount of bedding going out the door.

Edwink

+ 6.....????/2018

basketcase

Hi all!

Edwink – well done on not losing the momentum following your break. It can be tempting, I know.

Hope today’s decluttering went well for everybody. A quick update from me; I did better than I thought I would:

Beads from dismantled wooden curtain (we used to craft), 1lb
Double cassette (book), 0.5lb
Papers & card (inc MOST of a card index - I know!), 0.75lb
Instruction Manual/Car boot liner/Screwdriver (Inc for glasses - that's where they went!), 1lb
DAB radio - defunct, 2.25lbs
Bag of assorted rubbish + box, 1lb
Winter scarves & gloves, 0.5lb
Cowl, 0.5lb
Craft/Sewing items, 1lb
OOD Maps/Guide books, 9lbs
Recycling, 3lbs
Drawing pins/paperclips/bulldog clips, 0.5lb
Flower press/Parchment kit/Books, 2.5lbs
3 Mugs, 2lbs
OOD half-used toiletries, 0.25lb
Pratchett books (in Polish), 1.75lbs
Badgemaking Kit, 2.25lbs

Totals
Day’s total 29.75lbs
Running total 614.25lbs

Pottering off to watch Eurovision. It’s a guilty pleasure and a great excuse for Snacks n Pimms.:beer::D

edwink

Another load going from me today.

1 New Dorma Mattress protector CS
3 Blankets washed CS
1 Pair walking boots CS
1 Pink hat CS
10 Pillow cases CS
1 Tatty pillow case BIN
1 Blanket repurposed for indoor poorly hens

Sheets are drying by the stove tonight ready to fold and go to CS. Will add those to my next batch.

Edwink

470 + 6 +18 = 494/2018

Uncluttered_unicorn

Uncluttered_unicorn wrote: »

1402 Lip gloss, uu

Ok, I pushed on a little more today. A cluttered shelf was annoying me

1403 to 1404 2 old school ties to be returned to school (they are in the car so I'm counting 'em)
1405 Fan - cs
1406 Ornament - cs
1407 Sergei Meerkat, still in box - cs
1408 to 1411 Cards, pics, leaflet, study sheets - recycling and bin
1412 Broken charge - elec recycling
1413 Broken lightbulb
1414 to 1415 2 make-up items - bin
1416 to 1417 2 broken hangers - bin
1418 to 1428 11 hangers to cs
1429 Torn paper carrier - recycling
1430 to 1454 22 makeup items posted to charity which accepts lightly-used products, plus 2 pairs of socks, plus packaging.
1455 Old accounts book
1456 to 1461 glass bottles to recycling
1462 Conditioner bottle - hopefully our last . We have been trying to reduce our plastic usage, however after trying unsuccessfully to switch to solid shampoo and conditioning bars, we've admitted they just don't work for us, and bought a new brand at the local health food shop to try. V happy so have purchased 5L bottles and will refill as required. Should last ages and we've calculated will save 25 bottles going to recycling (or possibly, landfill ). The conditioner bottle is being recycled as I am going to fill a spare pump dispenser bottle rather than the original FiN one.

(Community picking-up for this year now totals 29 carrier bags, 3 binbags and around a dozen glass bottles hoiked out of ditches (bleurgh ). Maybe I would have been better weighing these collections a la Basketcase )

Mrs_Salad_Dodger

Bonjour tout le monde, the weather has been appalling this weekend - lots of rain, very cold & the sun only makes brief appearances - 5 mins at a time with no warmth
We are now giving stuff away as the cs van is turning up on Tuesday & we are hoping they take everything :rotfl: that is left :rotfl:

The French family friends made a brief appearance & were given a few things

F969 - F971 Toy tank, box of bath goodies & a game of Monopoly - DONATED

Yesterday we managed to sell (bargain basement prices :rotfl:) about 25 items so

F972 - F996 Dozen dressed Action men, extra Action men kit & clothes, various ornaments, crockery etc - SOLD

The new owners also bought about 25 more bits & pieces at bargain basement prices

F997 - F1021 Glass fronted bookcase, Couple of cuddly toys, coffee table, lamps, crockery, cutlery, ornaments etc

:j Yippee :j have breached the 1,000 barrier :j:j:j

To a clutter free 2018 :j

MrsSD
F1021/F20,180

retiredinfrance

Thanks, Basketcase. the shoes are really comfy and to be honest I didn't feel very tempted by what was in the shops. I need so little as I don't work and have some good outfits for when I need to look less like a French peasant.Well done Uncluttered - taking on litter. And Mrs SD- when I read that you were giving away items I was tempted to pay you a visit- but then remembered - the stuff is supposed to leave the house not be added to. Actually I did buy some UK stuff - clothes for myDGC I just love picking children's outfits and DS andDDinL are always pleased to get stuff -they work lond hours andoften don't have the time. As they have just left after a weekend visit the outfits are away and I can add to my total so far of 240
4 children's toys bought specially and now away with the children.
1 pr trousers discovered while looking for scarf yesterday - it was chilly.
2 crocheted Xmas angels discovered in drawer where I was keeping the toys .
2 books - so 5 items to CS total now245.
I must say that while looking for the scarf I realised that my chothes piles are all mixed up and this is the next place to hunt.
Keep up the good work everyone!

basketcase

Well done all! (I see you found your running total edwink)

As for Mrs SD :T:j:beer: on cracking the 1000 mark. That's seriously good going - especially when added to your UK totals.

Well, I was feeling quite tired and didn’t get up to much decluttering today. But I didn’t want to lose momentum, so I emptied a laundry basket full of what turned out to be dirty clothes, brought up by DD in the move, and cleared the top of my freezer where a few things were hiding in plain sight. I washed the clothes, but I’m not counting them because they’re to wear so aren’t clutter. Packed amongst them, for safe transport, was a fetching Art Nouveau style mirror, now stored.

Anyhoo. Today’s paltry collection is:
Mirror to storage, 1.75lbs
4xWine Glasses (DDs) to storage, 3lbs
Glass Cookie Jar to CS, 1.5lbs
OOD GF Stuff (which wasn't eaten because it tasted awful - as GF stuff often does. Presumably we were keeping it in case it mellowed like wine?! ). Now in food bin, 3.5lbs

Totals
Day’s Total 9.75lbs
Running total 624lbs

Which means I’m over 30% of the way to 2018lbs!:shocked: (Coo... :rotfl:)

Mrs_Salad_Dodger

Hi everyone,

The rest of the French family friends turned up & made a pretty good job of helping us clear out various items - guess about 120 - so

F1022 - F1141 DVDs, lots of toys, cuddly toys, ornaments, 2 plastic boxes, 7 poolside recliners + 7 Cushion pads for recliners, tennis racket, ping pong table with lots of equipment bats/balls, hiking pole, 6 jackets, jet wash & lots of bits & bobs
F1142 Large cart donated to our farmer friend
F1143 - F1172 Various odds & sods that my DH is taking home
F1173 Small freezer to DNeph

DSis has decided to donate some of the nicer bits left to her local cs & hopefully everything else will be snapped up by local large charity - with an enormous warehouse :T If it all goes then I will make a guesstimate of about 1,000 :rotfl: I did say there was a lot of stuff :rotfl:

I will love you & leave you fellow declutterers :rotfl:

MrsSD
F1173/F20,180 :rotfl:

Saver-upper

I have spent this week decluttering my front room.It is now done,just have a few random bits of paper that the kids havew written/scribbled on over the years.Some I will keep,others recycle.
Out of the house today:

Binned:
894:single cycling glove

Recycled:
895:pair of trainers that I had been wearing for months after the fronts had split so badly they were were flapping as I walked :eek:
896:pair of slippers,also well-past their best before
897-905: 6 inch high pile of papers (always measure an inch as "1" on my count),from the cabinet in front room I have been sorting through this week-alot of scrap paper,old bills and anything else with identifying info will be shredded.

villagelife

Everyone has been busy over the weekend
Well done MrsSD for reaching 1000

671 - a tub that had contained barbed wire binned.
672 - an empty bottle of engine oil gone
673- 674 a couple of plastic coverings for garden tools that are never used.
675- a random plastic handle
676- an old eggbox.