2019 - A Clutter Free Life

Ginmonster

I took a bag of books to the charity shop today and have got another one ready to go tomorrow. Keep moving moving forward, even if the steps are small. 😀

Barny1979

Barny1979 wrote: »

390. Bubble wrap donated to charity
391. Decorative tin to charity

392. Marble fireplace to tip
393. Wood to tip

Gem-gem

Empty chocolate wrapper recycled
Two books passed on to my aunt
Unwanted post into the recycling bin

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

Another gloriously sunny day so stripped the bed & remade with the summer bedding. A good drying day so washed the winter bedding & line dried DH mowed the grass - front & back. DH also made a booth for paint spraying the old balance scales - he used an old tea-chest laid on its side & attached the builders vacuum through a hole in the bottom of the tea-chest. Such a clever clogs DSis & I walked to sm past the dock - a crested grebe & a coot are still nesting Sm was a bit busy but managed to get out in about 30 minutes. I did a bit of pottering in the garden & the shed. Also decanted some more home grown olives into small Kilner jars for gifts. Dinner was salad with fried chicken - again :rotfl:

1489 - 1494 Empty beer can, glass jar & metal lid, 2 drinks cans, 2 lots of cardboard packaging - Recycled
1495 - 1498 Carrier bag of kitchen detritus, empty plastic compost bag, small bag of garden detritus, plastic flower pot - Binned

Well done Cherryfudge :T Congrats on the gardening job - perhaps you can count the lbs you are decluttering :rotfl:

chocolatelover93, Well Done on both lots of decluttering :T :rotfl:

Well Done on the computer decluttering ailz95 :T Re squirrels - they completely ignored the Squirrel Hotel we bought so it was donated to the CS. We now have a squirrel feeder with a lid that clanks :rotfl:

Happy Kitties . As long as you are decluttering something you are winning You are working hard at reaching your neutral items target & you are still ticking over on the other type of decluttering :T. Do not be so hard on yourself I am absolutely positive that your decluttering mojo will return

A bag of books is NOT a small step Ginmonster and 2 bags in 2 days is a major achievement :T Please do not sell yourself short

Well Done Barny1979 (You should definitely be decluttering by weight :rotfl:) & Gem-gem :T

See you tomorrow

MrsSD
1498/2019

somerandom

somerandom wrote: »

319-321: 3 x books to friend
322: 1 x book to a different friend
323: set of notes - friend
324: old shirt DS

235- 255 - 20 x clothes to CS
256 - top used as painting top
257-9 - 3 x packs of OOD vitamins
260-262 - 3 x sheets of corrugated plastic from old shed
263 - full wheelie bin - green waste

I've almost certainly decluttered more than this but haven't been keeping track. Generally my focus has been elsewhere - mostly on DS & supporting him during his stressful exam period.

DP is down and is making great inroads on my garden which is super-kind of him and is making a huge difference to how my home looks.

Today will be spent clearing up and packing as I'm off on a much needed holiday tomorrow :j

oceanspirit

Cleared some more paperwork from the box.

16 files - contents shredded or recycled

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Not so much de-cluttering as up/down cycling. MT squarish oil bottle being cut in half lengthwise to put in shower rack )(hey never stay stuck on the tiles so hanging on nail outside) they will have holes in base and instgead of veg seeds will actually get some small flower plants to put in, also some old tin cans to make "plant pots" after drilling and painting. Will have to stop watching UTube I think but it keeps stuff out of bins and re-uses instead of buying pots which I end up cluttering the place with. Also use inside of crisps packets to make sort of reflective screen for seedlings so they grow upright, still putting old cardboard packets in bottom of plant pots, hope that does disintigrate just like the little bought pots, and toilet rolls insides. Trying hard.

never_too_old

Afternoon all

Slowly starting to clear up and declutter again.DD is staring to move things to her new house.Still a lot to go but its on the move.
I have purchased a few storage solutions for my kitchen just have to wait for OH to put them in then i can move things around and clear a bit of work top space
New shoe storage unit has also been fitted so no more tripping over shoes when front door opened.
So definitely work in progress and you never know by the weekend my dining room table might be visible once again:rotfl::rotfl:

Also had a charity bag and box of bric and brac collected this morning.

Rootle

18/52 - 2 broken earrings and 1 that had lost its partner and a pair of pants into the bin.

Slow progress, plod, plod, plod.

bit_by_bit

I haven't been in for a little while as I have been a little busy on the allotment while I am free. I am on holiday for two weeks. This week was allotment and 'sorting', next week Greece with some friends .

Unfortunately I have been totally out of sorts physically having done the Moonwalk on Saturday night. 26.2 miles. I did burn a lot of calories in the 24 hours between getting out of bed on Saturday morning and completing the walk on Sunday. 9200 plus the total walking distance was 33 miles in 24 hours. then I did 3 more getting home. It was the cheapest night I have ever had in London

Apart from decluttering calories I have managed to get something done that has been waiting for a while. I had 7 bags of stuff for the local refugee charity. I dropped them off today. This included a bag of sanitary wear, a bag of blankets, a bag of boots, 2 bags of sleeping bags and 2 of coats.

They were very happy and gave me a cup of coffee. I have seen more indepth list which I can help them with so I said I would be back in a month.