2019 - A Clutter Free Life 27 December 2018 at 7:48PM edited 5 July 2019 at 9:05AM in Old Style MoneySaving 3.8K replies 319.6K views

Mrs_Salad_Dodger

1. SMALL TASKS WILL BE DONE ASAP
2. I WILL LEAVE A ROOM TIDIER THAN WHEN I ENTERED
3. KITCHEN WILL BE LEFT CLEAN & TIDY EVERY NIGHT
4. WHEN DEALING WITH CLUTTER I WILL USE ‘Daisy1571’s idea of ‘WHAT WOULD I DO WITH THIS ITEM IF IT WAS SOMEONE ELSE’S ?’
5. IF I WAS STARTING FROM SCRATCH, WOULD I BUY THIS?
6. BE LIKE A POSTAGE STAMP - STICK TO ONE THING UNTIL YOU GET THERE

Friday is a dark, overcast day DH went out at 10:15 a.m. for lunch with his old cricketing mates - he will be one of the younger ones :rotfl: He hasn’t seen some of these gentlemen for 10 years :eek: so they will have plenty to chat about :rotfl: DSis went out about 1:30 p.m. to find a new hairdresser the chap she liked has moved on from the salon
I have been flitting about :rotfl: not obeying mantra no. 6 in any shape or form. However I have now made a soup using up various odds & ends, so the worms have plenty of peelings to chomp down on :rotfl: I also ventured into DH’s office . I have dusted & sorted/tidied 13 of his 24 shelves & even left him an empty shelf :rotfl:, washed down his windowsill & vacuumed a small portion of the floor :rotfl: The rest of my clutter (2 boxes) is now downstairs ready for sorting :T & has been sorted

586 - 597 Four plastic takeaway boxes, 2 takeaway lids, 2 plastic trays, 30 year old tubes of hand cream & heel balm, bag of manky cotton wool balls, solid nail varnish - Binned
598 - 618 Small decorative bag with 6 bottles of nail varnish, tin of bath & body oil with separate spray tube, small bottle of aromatherapy essential oil (still boxed ), ‘The Liberty Book of Home Sewing’ (never opened ), box containing 9 glass jars for snow globes (2 of which contain decorations :rotfl:) - CS bags
619 Uu can of dry shampoo - Recycled


Cheerleading starts here

aimeemum, makes my head itch just thinking of it :eek:

Well Done Happy Kitties :T - as you say, as long as stuff is moving out albeit slowly, we are winning the war on clutter Really pleased that you are noticing the difference in your home You are working hard & so a Gold Star ⭐️ for you

Well Done never too old :T cleared the car boot :T Both the bathroom/cleaning products project AND the box of goodies count as Decluttering :T:D :rotfl:

Now sitting down with a coffee & watching the last 20 minutes of Avatar. Need to write a shopping list & I really need to eat something

See you later

MrsSD
619/2019

amycool

If someone could let DD's school know to stop sending her home with huge pieces of arts and crafts she'll never touch again, I would be grateful! A board game on A2 paper tonight!!!! I convinced her to bin it.

chupachups4

Good evening,

466-479: 14 items sold, 111 euros in the travel pot

And 10% of my next money goal completed

choille

9 things posted - reusing boxes and packing stuff so the hall cupboard is getting emptied of it.
I must list some more things this w/e.

Mrs_Salad_Dodger

1. SMALL TASKS WILL BE DONE ASAP
2. I WILL LEAVE A ROOM TIDIER THAN WHEN I ENTERED
3. KITCHEN WILL BE LEFT CLEAN & TIDY EVERY NIGHT
4. WHEN DEALING WITH CLUTTER I WILL USE ‘Daisy1571’s idea of ‘WHAT WOULD I DO WITH THIS ITEM IF IT WAS SOMEONE ELSE’S ?’
5. IF I WAS STARTING FROM SCRATCH, WOULD I BUY THIS?
6. BE LIKE A POSTAGE STAMP - STICK TO ONE THING UNTIL YOU GET THERE

Saturday started as a dark, overcast day but now the sun is out & it is a completely different day:T Have aired & made bed, DH has put a new bulb in the cooker hood & I took the opportunity to scrub the removable bits & both light covers. I have also used my new kitchen gadget (present from my DH ) - a flexible pan lid with a hole in the middle I can zizz my hm soups without splashing everywhere :T So the soup I made yesterday has been zizzed & is now on a low heat. DH got home about 9:30 p.m. last night - a bit worse for wear He had a great time catching up - unfortunately one of the older players died at the start of the year but he was in his late 80’s - so had a good run Because I ‘made’ DH eat last night, he was up bright & early with no hangover I was up in time to pay the milkman - with DH’s money :rotfl:
DSis’s hair cut/style yesterday was a disaster :eek: but she complained & is getting a free restyle today - hopefully with her original stylist who apparently has ‘NOT’ left. DSis is not best pleased as she was lied to :mad: - she would have made an appointment with him as he made such a good job last time Forgot to say that DH was actually more than happy that I sorted out just over half of his office shelves
No plans for the day but I am sure I will do something

620 - 621 Two plastic bottles rinsed - Recycled

Now into Cheerleading

Good luck with the toy declutter, amycool Congratulations on ‘disposing’ of the project :T but I hope you remembered to take a photo :rotfl:

Well Done chupachups4 :rotfl: you are making sterling progress :T Excellent idea to have special ‘pots’ for each stage of your adventure :T - reminds me of ‘eating the elephant’ :rotfl:

choille, more pennies in the pot :T with the added bonus of using up your packaging supplies :T

See you later

MrsSD
621/2019

choille

Thank you for cheering us along Mrs SD.

Barny1979

Barny1979 wrote: »

183-184. Some unused toiletries to charity
185. Placemats to charity

186-200. Cardboard boxes into recycling
201. Old tv to recycling centre
202. Old mat into bin
203. Piece of carpet into bin
204. Paper to recycling centre

aimeemum

So impressed by everyone - I'm determined to make some more headway this week - have stalled a bit with holidays etc. I have 2 bags to take to the CS, just have to actually take them, plus the kids are growing like string-beans so I sense yet another clothing sort coming along. Hoping to hold off needing any new purchases until Easter hols - which are only 6 weeks away! Eeek!

chupachups4

Hello all,

480-486: 7 items sold, 48 euros
487: 1 legging, recycling textile bin

Listed 4 items

Mrs_Salad_Dodger

Well, I let myself down because I have done absolutely nothing apart from make dinner - bacon, eggs, chips & baked beans - very yummy �� DSis, has had her free restyle but had to wait for the male hairdresser (Joel) for a couple of hours - apparently no appointments - you get dealt with in the order you turn up. He was disgusted with the original cut but has cut & styled it properly & it looks lovely if a tad short

622 magazine read & recycled
623 cardboard delivery box dismantled & recycled
624 - 626 DH has donated a pair of jeans & 2 pairs casual trousers - CS bag
627 magazine read & recycled

Bit of cheerleading now

choille, very nice of you

Well Done Barny1979 :T through the 200 barrier :T

aimeemum, fingers crossed �� that the kids stop growing for 5.5 weeks, have a growth spurt & then the new uniforms last until September :rotfl: Well Done on the 2 CS bags :T

Well Done chupachups4 :T even more pennies into the ‘big adventure’ pots :T

See you all tomorrow

MrsSD
627/2019