2019 - A Clutter Free Life

savvy

Mrs_Salad_Dodger wrote: »

savvy, can he come back & sort the back garden :rotfl: Well Done on decluttering paperwork - I am sure it breeds :rotfl:

God it's never ending isn't it, and I've cut back on quite a bit of post etc, so no idea where it comes from!!

Ha yes he said he's happy to come back - bless him, he has learning difficulties so got a bit strimmer happy and caught a couple of my plants I was trying to keep....so am thinking I will try and tackle the back grass this weekend as it's MEANT to be dry at last :j:j that way I can save my raspberry canes from being strimmed :rotfl::rotfl:

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 started dry & sunny. We had a mug of tea/coffee, finished loading the bike, waved goodbye to DSis & were on the road by 11:32 . Good run to the Tunnel &. Managed to get on a train 20 mins earlier than booked :T France was gloriously hot & sunny & I managed to have a nap :rotfl: Stopped once for coffees & a baguette & were NOT the last to arrive at The Ib*s in St Quentin :rotfl: Showered & changed & then met in a bar across the road - there are 10 of us 4 couples & 2 singles. Couple of beers :beer: then wandered off to find somewhere to eat. Settled on Vietnamese - very tasty 😋 & an added bonus is that one of our group could speak Thai. An extra added bonus was that there was a 4 man rock band playing in the town square- so I got to boogey on down :eek: Le sol brille dans le ciel bleu :rotfl:
A great start to our holiday :T:T



savvy, I do love raspberries - prefer them to strawberries

MrsSD
1919/2019

choille

162 - Pair of boots chucked out as they are jiggered.

villagelife

Not posted for a while.

610-611 body wash sample used up and binned.
612 old dishwasher has been collected to be recycled
613 packaging for new dishwasher(which works) has been recycled.
614-615 shoe boxes recycled. DH wanted to keep them to put his shoes in but month later shoes have not been out back in the boxes.
616-618 bottles of mulled wine from about 3 years ago.
619 old pair of pants.
620 paperwork shredded. There is always paperwork to be shredded.

Hopefully be back soon with more done.

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

Ladies & gents ooh, er - we came off page 1 :eek: It all goes to pot when I am not posting :rotfl: Saturday started off bright & sunny & we were dreading the forecast 36 degrees Celcius :eek: as we were in full motorbike kit However, although it was quite warm it clouded over, so we didn’t fry :rotfl:
It was a 300 mile day to Colmar - but we cheated & did most of it on motorways - peage - not very MSE :rotfl: but was conducive to arriving early enough to have a shower & a few beers before dinner :rotfl: We saw a rabbit, 13 hawks sitting on fence posts & 9 hawks in flight + I saw a stork

The hotel we are are staying in (for 3 nights) is 650 years old or parts of it at least :rotfl:

Lovely evening - good food, plenty of beer :beer:, excellent conversation & I was given a free calvados :rotfl: Only money decluttered :eek:

Well Done choille & villagelife :T Paperwork definitely breeds :rotfl: no matter how much you shred there is always more :rotfl:

Leelad, hope everything is OK?

See everyone later

MrsSD
1919/2019

Barny1979

Barny1979 wrote: »

646. Rolls of carpet offcuts to parents.

647-655. Cardboard boxes recycled
656. Broken mug binned
657-660. Key rings into charity bag
661. Bag into charity

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

Sunday has been a gloriously sunny day but with a deliciously cool breeze. The hotel is a wonderful place - on many levels round a small courtyard. The lift has floors ‘0’, ‘B1’, ‘1’, ‘B2’, ‘2’, ‘B3’, ‘3’ The other 8 people have gone out on their bikes but DH is suffering after the long ride yesterday so we have walked right around Colmar Old Town - all cobbled streets. Colmar is known as Little Venise (stet :rotfl:) & there are motorised punts going up & down the waterway - you have to duck really low as you go under the very low bridges. About midday we sat outside a cafe & had a coffee plus a cold drink & were entertained by 2 accordion players :T - I love accordion music as it reminds me of childhood holidays in Italy There was also a mime doing the living statue schtick :rotfl: As my DH pointed out that is what happens when you don’t pay attention at school ha-ha :rotfl: We returned to our room for 30 mins then went for another wander & found somewhere to eat - foie gras, caramelised sauerkraut, tomato & little cubes of ‘jelly’ with toast for me & a plateful of cold meats & pickled sauerkraut for DH. Mine was dlicious & very light We were entertained by a cellist & guitarist playing mostly classical bits of music - they were excellent & very deserving of my donation We wandered back to our room & DH is currently having a nap & I am sitting in the courtyard regaling you with tales of our holiday :rotfl:.
Will return iPad to room & then potter off to buy a couple more postcards & a bottle of water. May even treat myself to an ice cream :rotfl:

Obviously the weather is really nice in the U.K. so no one is doing any decluttering

See everyone later

MrsSD
1919/2019

choille

Sounds a lovely holiday Mrs SD - you deserve one with all your cheering us on. You are so encouraging.

164 - two envelopes of stored self collected seeds scattered in the flower bed.

165 - Broken Garden Fork binned! Been lying outside all dead for ages.

166 - Broken Water pump binned.

Happy_Kitties

Loving reading about ur adventures MrsSD

*237 BN birthday card-recycling. Someone had spilt water on it and envelope stuck to the card.
*238-239 magazines x 2 recycling
*240 small cuddly into Christmas shoebox
*241 plastic wrappings to recycling point in Tesc@
*242 more paperwork decluttered
*243 plastic flap part for litter tray -recycling

I'm sure there are more things just can't remember. Slowly getting into the habit of naturally decluttering

Barny1979

Barny1979 wrote: »

647-655. Cardboard boxes recycled
656. Broken mug binned
657-660. Key rings into charity bag
661. Bag into charity

662. Wrapping into charity bag
663-667. Cardboard into recycling