2019 - A Clutter Free Life

Cherryfudge

I haven't posted here since 17th April and I haven't managed to keep up with all your adventures, either. I have to recognise I'm not going to catch up on the reading though I'm sorry about it.
I've not done a great deal of decluttering at home though my notebook says 24 pieces of paper, six books, a catalogue, 2 broken plant pots, a plastic card and, on a baking day when I decided to use things up, some bananas, some eggs, a bag of flour and a bag of currants. (Total 38).
I also did some decluttering at Mum's old place: 2 defunct pillows, a destroyed tote bag, an ancient plastic inflatable cushion, some rather out of date deep fat fryer filters for a fryer that's already been binned, some 'oasis' for flower arranging, the centres of two rolls of parcel tape, a wad of blank calendar pages, a battered box and three cushions. There is also a heap of things ready to go to charity but I ran out of time on those so they will have to be added later. (Total 13).
Back at home we're slowly getting the living room back to rights even though there are still bits of decorating to do. Task of the day yesterday was assembling a new bookcase and I've decluttered 6 books to charity, along with some trousers that don't fit. (Total 7).

So that's 58 new items, bringing my total to 581. I think there's more which I'll add if and when I remember.

I'm definitely slipping on the 2019 items in 2019, though. If my maths is right I've to find about 6 items a day if I'm going to make it to the finish line.

Saver-upper

I continue to tidy up little messes we make them,which is making it so much easier to maintain the house.


A few days ago,items were binned:
440:a piece of ?belt/fabric
441:a slap band
442:junky toy binoculars
443:sweat band
444:assorted bits from bug hunting kit
445:magic trick you
446:Glow Station toy
447:bouncing toy

Today I took a load to charity shop-stuff I had been setting aside while "emu-picking" around the house recently.

448-486:39 pieces for textile recycling
487-488:2 cushion covers
489:unicorn pillow

Girl's clothes:
490:1 playsuit
491:1 pr trousers
492:1 pr jeans
493:1 pr leggings
494:1 cardigan
495-496:2 jumpers
497-499:3 t-shirts

Ladies Clothes:
500:1 blouse
501:1 pr leggings
502:1 pr jeggings
503:t-shirt with label
504:1 pr linen trousers
505:1 pr furry boots

506:Man's t-shirt

Games:
507:Snakes and Ladders
508:Action Zone extreme shot game
509:Too Model book
510:scurrying guinea pig toy

The rest:
511:Keep Calm Be Happy 3 CD set
512:handbag
513:hot water bottle

17 yo daughter has regained her interest in sewing over the last few months.She had a declutte r of her sewing supplies:

514:box set of 3 sewing crafts book
515-518:4 more sewing books
519-520:2 sewing magazines
521:large sample of fabric
522:bag of fabric scraps
523:roll of material

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

Odd day weather wise - kept threatening to rain but had no more than a few drops all day but oh so cold. All to the good though, as I managed to finish drying yesterday’s washing. DSis put the 2nd coat on the hall & cloakroom walls. DH put up a new light switch & glossed the four loose banisters. I have cleared some more paperwork & watched all episodes of the latest Line of Duty. How great that there is another series :T I am saving up the last series of GoT & will binge watch My DB phoned from Germany - was very chatty so had a lovely long conversation
We all fended for ourselves at dinner time.

1391 - 1407 Four plastic takeaway boxes, 6 plastic lids, glass jar & metal lid, 2 booklets, magazine, 0.5” paperwork, newspaper, cardboard box - Recycled
1408 - 1409 Two Post It pads - CS bag
1410 Uu can of gloss paint - Tip
1411 - 1412 Small plastic pot, plastic box - Binned

Thanks for the useful info Fire Fox.

Well Done Wednesday2000, you have worked hard & made use of items in stock - some clutter can be repurposed :T

Well Done nannywindow - very brave getting rid of clothes :T

Well Done on the decluttering Happy Kitties - you did make me laugh 😂 re the present :rotfl:

Excellent work Elika0215 :T You really have caught the Decluttering Bug Also very nice that you are earning some pennies - do you have a specific treat in mind for your pennies? Enquiring minds want to know :rotfl:

Well Done chocolatedrinker - you & your OH worked hard over the weekend :T:T Sorry to hear about your MH issues, but well done on tackling them. What a wonderful word to describe decluttering - cathartic I think you have hit the nail on the head :T

Well Done on the decluttering Cherryfudge :T Look at it this way - you have already reached several milestones :T 12, 52 & 365 :T So set a mini target - maybe 619 As long as you are noticing a difference in your home e.g. clear table, easier to vacuum, easier to find items etc, the numbers don’t matter too much. The sense of well being & working towards having a place for everything & everything in its place is your grand reward for embarking on the Decluttering Journey :rotfl:

Well Done Saver-upper - excellent work on the decluttering :T

See you all tomorrow

MrsSD
1412/2019

notmy1sttime

I am having a new kitchen fit so my room is currently very cluttered and the kitchen uncluttered - we don't even have units in at the moment. In preparation at the weekend, I threw out 3 bin liners, 3 liners for recycling and 5 smaller charity shop bags, plus one bag of animal stuff for a friend. Oh and 5 pairs of glasses donated to vision aid overseas - it was like a museum of old prescriptions.
Really pleased with how much stuff I no longer own! Going to do the same in every room when house is back to normal.

oceanspirit

Had a good day on Monday and 147 bits of paperwork left either shredded or via recycling. Spent yesterday recovering (chronic fatigue) and feeling down that there's still so much to do and my little home still seems so full of stuff.

The nearly full recycling bin shows how much has gone, which helps.

Today is another day and there is 1 item ready to go into the CS box - I will put that into my total tomorrow.

Wednesday2000

Mrs_Salad_Dodger wrote: »

Well Done Wednesday2000, you have worked hard & made use of items in stock - some clutter can be repurposed :T

I know, I was tempted to buy some smart new canisters but I thought I would check what was lurking in the back of my store cupboards.

Some clutter has been there so long that it almost becomes invisible!

Happy_Kitties

Quick post from me, will be able to have a read properly later

*188-189 two items to food bank that I was given that have just been sitting in my cupboard waiting to be dropped off
*190 more plastic wrappings dropped off at supermarket collection point including the carrier which broke as I was going in.
Hopefully back later

Cherryfudge

Mrs_Salad_Dodger wrote: »

Well Done on the decluttering Cherryfudge :T Look at it this way - you have already reached several milestones :T 12, 52 & 365 :T So set a mini target - maybe 619 As long as you are noticing a difference in your home e.g. clear table, easier to vacuum, easier to find items etc, the numbers don’t matter too much. The sense of well being & working towards having a place for everything & everything in its place is your grand reward for embarking on the Decluttering Journey :rotfl:

I like my mini-target - thank you Mrs SD You aren't doing so badly yourself, all that steady progress is adding up beautifully.
I'm going to declutter my ironing pile now.

chocolatelover93

Hello everyone,

Parsnip - I have a Shark Cordless hoover, best thing I ever bought! Did cost quite a bit but I wouldn't be without it! Did have a cheaper one that was carp it was an old Vax one and with a 2 year old, my hair that falls out evereywhere and 2 cats we needed something a bit better so splashed out on the shark lol.


Finally put them bits for sale on FB and already sold 2 of them!!

C xx

bit_by_bit

Well I forgot to take the books to my DB but did pass a heavy duty bag of vases on to my MiL yesterday.
Normal decluttering service will resume next week as I will have done the Moonwalk and have 2 weeks holiday to recover in. The first week is at home. I have booked in decluttering, appointments, allotmenting and lunch and evening meetups with a host of people.

The second week I am going to Greece with some friends to have a rest.:T