2018 - No Clutter To Be Seen

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)

Not that I need an excuse for sunbathing, edwink :rotfl:

Today was very hot again, so I am still pottering whilst making sure that DH & I were fully hydrated :rotfl:

DSis got up very late & then kept falling asleep in between watching telly & hydrating :rotfl:

In keeping with my two mantras - I have aired & made bed; done last nights washing up (oh, the shame ); washed up as I went along; done tonight’s washing up :T (dinner was herby breaded cod with new potatoes & petit pois - delicious); filled birds water bowls; 2 x washed down kitchen work surfaces; watered my very few flowers; emptied indoor bins to wheelie bins & lastly helped DH to create space in the garage - he may be able to get his motorbike in there soon :rotfl:

B1386 Small bag of garage detritus - Binned
B1387 - B1411 :j - Non recyclable (nr) packaging, 5 nr trays, 9 nr plastic bags, 2 nr plastic pots, nr plastic sweetie tin, 6 past their best sheets, blankets, duvet covers (from France & used as furniture protection :T) & a rather disgusting garden chair cushion - ALL Binned
B1412 - B1423 Four glass bottles, two plastic bottles, two plastic milk cartons, one tin can, three lidded glass jars - all rinsed & recycled
B1424 - B1427 Four small Cardboard Boxes dismantled & recycled
B1428 - B1433 Cardboard packaging, 3 leaflets & 2 newspapers recycled
B1434 Cardboard box dismantled & ready to go in loft (when it isn’t like a sauna :rotfl:)

DSis has given me a double quilt & a double duvet cover to be washed & put in CS bag & I have added a pretty indoor ceramic herb pot

B1435 - B1437 Bedding & herb pot for CS bag

:rotfl: As I am getting a bit absent minded I have just written a ‘To Do’ list for tomorrow :rotfl:

To a Clutter Free & Simpler Life

MrsSD
B1437/B2018

villagelife

897 - a shower gel used up eventually a nd thrown. I wasn't keen on the smell so it's taken a long time to leave the house!
897 - a bowl left at my sister's house. She let me know I had forgotten it but I have more than enough so she can keep it.

MrsSD I do like a list. It's the satisfaction of crossing things off when done..

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)

Today was hot again but very cloudy with an occasional brisk breeze so my pottering included washing our bedding & the cs bedding which has all been dried outside :T Now I just have to make the bed

DH & DSis went shopping in her car early afternoon & we are now stocked up with soft drinks for DSis, tonic for DH for his evening G&T & pale ale for me :beer:

In keeping with my two mantras - I have stripped the bed; DH & I have turned the mattress; washed our bedding & bedding for cs (need to make bed :rotfl:); washed up, dried up & put away as I went along; dinner tonight is from the freezer (2 portions of hm cottage pie with peas for DH & DSis and hm bolognese sauce with bread for me); filled birds water bowls; washed down kitchen work surfaces; watered my very few flowers; vacuumed downstairs & kitchen; made a fresh fruit salad; decanted sugar into jar; put all the shopping away; sorted post & sourced birthday cards from my small stash - will be written tonight & posted tomorrow but I need more cards so a small shopping trip tomorrow. No actual decluttering done but managed a few bits of day to day stuff

B1438 - B1444 Five nr plastic bags, two nr plastic packaging - Binned
B1445 - B1452 Two cardboard boxes dismantled, two cardboard packaging, two magazines & a leaflet, egg carton - Recycled
B1453 - B1456 Two plastic bottles, plastic milk carton, one tin can - rinsed & recycled

Lastly, I brought back two very large roasting tins from France to swap out for my roasting tins BUT :( they are too big for my ovens :( so

B1457 - B1458 Two roasting tins into CS bag

villagelife, re my ‘To Do’ list not much crossed off & more added :rotfl:

To a Clutter Free & Simpler Life

MrsSD
B1458/B2018

MrsStepford

Mr Stepford bought me a project book so that I can keep track of my Declutter thing.

Yesterday I stickered all my tins with Use By labels and cleared out the cleaning cupboard and reorganised. I don't think I'll need to buy loo cleaner for the rest of the year

My husband is signed up for Gift Aid with Oxfam. I sold four boxes of books to We Buy Books then he got Oxfam to print out some sheets of stickers and I stickered five boxes so far. We sorted out DVDs and the stuff which We Buy Books wouldn't buy is going to Cash Converters (two boxes). I'm also stickering stuff which would be impractical to eBay or take to Cash Converters. Once the sticker is on, it's going, so I can't sneak anything out of the boxes.

Ordered a new floor lamp today. Mr Stepford dismantled the old brass one last night and put it in the scrap box.

It's not worth collecting food tins and drinks cans. We collected 31.5kg over 1.5 years - and got 3.75 Really, what you want is the non-ferrous (non-magnetic metal). It's generally not worth buying any from boot fairs and charity shops as it's rare to get it cheap enough to make a profit. Besides, the idea is to get rid of clutter, not collect it !

Making sure that you recycle paper and plastic is a great help for decluttering.

I went through a lot of cook books and cut out the recipes. Stuck them on A4 paper and put in plastic pockets, then in a ring binder. You can sort them however you want eg starters, veg etc or by book and then when cooking, the plastic pocket is wipe clean

Used to have a lot of old shells in a dish in sitting room and moved those into a pot in garden as decorative mulch. Also wash mussel shells any time I buy them in Lidl and do same.

Been through jewellery boxes and identified some stuff to take to Cash Converters.

If you have old but CLEAN clothes which aren't in good enough condition to sell or give to charity, bag them and hand them to a charity shop for rags as many of them sell the unsaleable stuff to companies as rags.

I couldn't possibly work out how many tins, bottles and plastic stuff we recycle. Mr Stepford gets through 30 x 500ml bottles of Badoit per month and I get through 24 x 500ml of Evian for example. Also 4 x 250ml milk bottles plus 1 x 2L bottle per week.

Saver-upper

villagelife wrote: »

MrsSD I do like a list. It's the satisfaction of crossing things off when done..

And not just crossing things off when they are done,but also adding things to the list after you have done it,just so you can then cross it off :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:.


Took a trip to the charity shop today.Alot of it was partner's stuff (he is a hoarder).
Out of his mancave to charity today:
1063-1073:11 tankards
1074-1088:15 PC games
1089:DVD box set
1090:DVD


Out of the house:
1091-1093:3 raincoats
1094-1104:11 plastic toy animals
1105-1119:bag of 15 rags

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)

Today was cooler and very cloudy - at various stages during the day I thought it was going to rain but not a single drop.

DH helped DSis affix her TV to the wall in her room (he had all the proper tools) & then I persuaded them both to visit the attic :rotfl: - several items brought down for cs, garden & shed, tidied up & then added various appliance boxes & dismantled boxes which has created space in the spare room :T - apparently it was like a sauna in the attic :rotfl: and DH has oredered a new larger shed :T

In keeping with my two mantras - made bed this morning (after sleeping just on the mattress which is now completely aired ); washed up, dried up & put away as I went along; dinner tonight was using up all leftovers & use by items from the fridge - sm Chinese marinaded chicken legs & saut!ed lo new potatoes with gem lettuce & rocket for DSis, lo reheated hm cottage pie with lo salad bits for DH and lo salad bits & ‘use by’ sliced meats for me; (DSis filled birds water bowls); washed down kitchen work surfaces; watered my very few flowers; sugar bowl refilled, as well as tea bag & coffee jars; general tidying; visit to neighbour as she put DH forward for £100 for recommending the double glazing company she is using for her new windows & doors But they needed info to make sure he is entitled to the payment i.e. making it difficult to claim :mad:; tightened toilet flush handle;

B1458 - B1466 One nr plastic bag, two nr plastic packaging, nr plastic netting, three nr plastic trays, two nr plastic pots - ALL Binned
B1467 - B1471 Two cardboard boxes dismantled, paper packaging, cardboard tray, plastic fruit punnet - Recycled
B1472 - B1477 Plastic bottle, five tin cans - rinsed & recycled
B1478 - B1486 DSis’s TV box, games console box & seven dismantled packing boxes put into loft
B1487 - B1493 Four peony stands, garden chair & 2 directors chairs relocated from attic to shed
B1494 - B1498 Hockey stick, four 18” x 18” Hollowfibre Cushion Pads to CS

To a Clutter Free & Simpler Life

MrsSD
B1498/B2018

villagelife

898 a t shirt taken to charity shop
899 more paperwork shredded
900 last month's parish magazine recycled.

Reached 900.

I also add things I've done to my to do list so I can cross them off.

marmiterulesok

297-300 3 pairs of socks and 1 pair of trousers
300-329 30 dvds

Molillie

I've completely lost the plot at the moment. (heat-related laziness) From today I'm house and pet-sitting for a friend for a week, so thought I'd pop home for an hour or so each day and do some cleaning and organising stuff without being distracted by the internet and so on, as I'm going to take the laptop and tablet to the other house.
I keep seeing places to aspire to. Last week it was the flat of a couple who bought it after a "late" marriage. It was half the ground floor of a converted large house, and is lovely, with a beautiful garden, and everything inside very well-planned. The garden has old walls, and is very private, I think it must have been the original kitchen garden. They both had to get rid of many possessions to fit in there, and feel that it was so worth it, and they were lucky to find it after ignoring lots of advice to go for new-builds. They do get noise from the neighbours at times, but nothing too serious.
Hope everyone is doing well.

marmiterulesok

330-334 trousers
335-340 knickers
341-344 nighties