New plan...time to see some movement!

jwil

teapot2 wrote: »

Well done on all those listings - hope you get lots of sales

Thank you, so do I

jwil

I've given the bathroom a good clean this morning, pulled everything out, cleaned all the tiles and the bin, got the towels and the shower curtain in the wash. It is amazing how much easier and quicker it is to do these things without all the clutter and also when I keep on top of it all!

I've decided to get rid of the loo roll holder. We have no need for it really and it keeps having a little puddle of wee underneath it when little jwil's aim is out! The airing cupboard where they are stored is right next to the toilet, so there's no real need to have them on display! It's leftover from our previous house where there was no cupboard in the bathroom. It's only taken me 9 years to figure out we don't really need it :rotfl:

jwil

I made a start on photos this afternoon. At long last! I've got rid of one photo album which is ruining the photos and 77 photos gone so far. The youth of today don't know how lucky they are to be able to see and edit photos immediately :rotfl: Still a long way to go, but I've been putting it off for a couple of years!

savingholmes

Great progress there. I struggle to let photos go - well done you. Enjoy your holiday.

jwil

savingholmes wrote: »

Great progress there. I struggle to let photos go - well done you. Enjoy your holiday.

Thank you, I'm just doing the easy wins at the moment - blurry, rubbish, out of focus ones. The rest will be harder!

jwil

DH and little miss have insect bites on their legs. I've given the whole house a good hoovering and am going to buy some flea spray later. It shouldn't be that, as both the cat and dog are treated, but I've got a bit paranoid.

I've cleared out under the beds to hoover underneath them, and have decluttered the old cot mattress and cover. I've also gone through a lot of my stuff that was under the bed - didn't realise there was so much! I've displayed my wedding flowers (I had silk), no point in them rotting in a box, might as well enjoy them!

I've had another go at photos. They are all together now. I have so many, it's going to be such a huge job! I've had a quick go through and pulled out the obvious ones to go, but they need proper sorting so I can go through and get rid of the duplicates and the ones which are very similar. Then I want to try and make a sort of scrapbook for holidays along with the other souvenirs I've kept. I'll have to think about how to do that as I'm not in the least creative!

jwil

End of month update:

2019 aims and totals:

Totals:
Debts at LBM - £34,557 ---- Jan 2019 - £21,040
Mortgage (2018) - £119,124 ---- Jan 2019 - £117,196
Car (2018) - £3,500 ---- Jan 2019 - £2,200
House repair fund required (2018) - £7,500 ---- Jan 2019 - £6,282

2019 payments.

Debts - [STRIKE]£21,040[/STRIKE]/ £18,741 - 10.93% cleared (£2,299 cleared)
Mortgage - [STRIKE]£117,196[/STRIKE]/ £114,512 - 2.29% cleared (£2,684 paid off)
Car - [STRIKE]£2,200[/STRIKE]/ £1,850 - 15.91% cleared (£350 paid off)

Emergency Fund - £40.68/ £1,000 - 4.07% reached (£959.31 to go).
House repair fund - £1,460/ £6,282 - 23.24% reached (£4,822 to go).

Weight - Lose 28 lbs - 27/28

Mortgage overpayments - £71.00

jwil

jwil wrote: »

Declutter update:

Decluttering 2019:

827-851. Collectors cards
852. Cot mattress
853. Mattress protector
854. Lampshade
855. Tinsel
856-857. Ring box
858. Tape box
859. Laces
860. Tape case
861. Bauble
862. Window sticker
863-864. Broken necklace
865. Watch
866. Tin sweets
867. Table decs
868. Tape
869-1023. Photos
1024-1029. Clothing
1030. Dolls head
1031-1032. CDs
1033. Handkerchief
1034. Plasters
1035. OOD Medicine
1036-1039. Wedding cake
1040-1041. Sim cards
1042. Toy parts
1043-1047. CDs
1048-1059. Pens
1060. Pen case
1061. Novelty toy
1062. Magnet
1063-1064. Pregnancy tests
1065-1068. Baby socks
1069. Notepaper
1070. Bookends
1071-1074. Gift bags
1075. Bag handle
1076. bag
1077. Bricks
1078-1079. Candleholders
1080. Key cover
1081. Tile
1082. Tape converter
1083. Makeup bag
1084. Bag
1085. Carrier bag handle
1086. CD
1087. Fixings
1088. Tape
1089. Bottle opener
1090. Bracelet
1091. Bra extender
1092. Paperwork
1093-1097. CDs
1098. Crepe paper
1099. Tissue paper
1100-1006. Clothing
1007. Socks
1008-1009. Pens
1110. CD
1111. Hand throttles
1112. Cup
1113. Toilet roll holder
1114-1191. Photos
1192. Photo album
1193- 1205. Photos
1206. Pen

Decluttering 2019 totals:
Books: 71
Magazines/papers: 120
Ebay parcels: 533
Other: 1206

Total: 1930

Ebay listings: 655

Survey/other earnings:
Amazon: £50
Paypal/cash: £104.47
Other vouchers:£42

Kitten868

4 slices of wedding cake and 2 pregnancy tests? What did you do with them?

Cannot believe how much you've cleared off the mortgage! You'll be sub 100k in no time.

And well done on being more relaxed and throwing yourself into having fun with the kids. Overall jwil you're doing brilliantly! Xxxx

Kitten868

Oh and hobby craft do photo boxes that are brilliant for storing your standard 6x4s. Save you sorting out photo albums... same job I've been putting off 6 years lol x