2019 - A Clutter Free Life

TamsinC

TamsinC wrote: »

525 - food processor to child 2
526 - juicer to child 2
527 - spiraliser to child 2
528 - potato ricer to child 2

Ug I wrote out a long post and lost it - but suffice it to say I decluttered a fair few things a
529 - 564 stuff to CS box. (possibly more but cant remember)

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

We left just before 3 p.m. & got stuck for 5 minutes within 500 yards from home :eek: There had been an accident & one rather wrecked car had been cordoned off with police tape but left jutting out into the road at an angle with all the debris still there :eek: Traffic was then appalling for the next 10 miles I didn’t think that many people were attending a 1 year old’s birthday party :rotfl: Anyway, the delay meant that we arrived just as the last children were leaving :T
I got changed immediately into my dress as rather warm by the time we arrived. Good job everyone was sitting down as it was the 1st time they had ever seen me in an actual dress :rotfl: even though I have been in the picture for almost 30 years :rotfl:
Dinner was eaten outside - baked potatoes with chilli con carne or chicken curry + the focaccia for dipping Birthday cake for afters - lemon sponge with green lemony butter icing. Birthday boy was a joy - he is a happy smiley baby & Apparently thoroughly enjoyed his day - 50 people - kids & adults :eek: Think he was probably happier with just 10 of us
Had a lovely time - lots of catching up & then birthday boy was put to bed about 8 p.m. at his grandma’s. His mum & dad then opened the gift from my DSis - they loved the clothes - a onesie with a Dumbo motif & a matching sun hat & a couple of t-shirts with whale motifs. The outfit matches his passport cover :rotfl: They also loved the money box (originally my nephew’s ). Mum & dad went home for a quiet night :rotfl: I was up & at ‘em by 8:00 a.m. - & DH’s niece was already up with her grandson watching Thomas the Tank Engine & Peppa Pig We all Met at a cafe in town & had breakfast, then dad took the birthday boy home & mum came back with the rest of us to collect her car & the gazillions of birthday presents .
Pleasant interlude with DH’s sister, her husband & his niece & her husband - several cups of tea/coffee & lots of reminiscing (I knitted ) Niece’s husband then packed up his tuba, ironed his uniform & went off to perform in a brass band. DH & I left about 1:45 p.m. - swift journey until a mile away from Dartford Tunnel - took 35 minutes :mad: The crashed car was still there jutting out into the road with all the debris - untouched :mad: & still dangerous :mad:
I have unpacked our overnight bag, put everything away & Done a wash like ad which is on the whirligig. Hope the rain holds off Have just washed an excessively long scarf I knitted + an old scarf of mum’s - for donation to CS.

2148 - 2149 Two scarves - CS

I will get back on the Decluttering Bandwagon tomorrow

How are you doing Theresa? Hope you have managed to start your journey to a clutter free life

Well Done to the following :- bit by bit - I have a picture of you dancing 💃 & picking up bits of clutter & tossing them out :rotfl:; Barn1979 - still plugging away ; Cherryfudge - wool is OK as you will knit something either as a gift or a donation ; villagelife - I am sure paperwork breeds ; chocolatelover93 everything helps :T rubbish & weeds are excellent things to get rid of ; TamsinC - don’t you just hate it when you lose a post grrrr - you are obviously like me in that you type it out & then forget immediately :rotfl:

Hope everyone has had a lovely weekend & see you all tomorrow

MrsSD
2149/4038

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More of mum's collections have been given away, a bag of nightwera has gone and another requested, 2 bags out for charity collection, 2 more of ornaments have also been taken and a bunch of flowers were given in exchange, lovely person who had stuff a few months ago. Have had one or two men asking about the bras that are for sale but they have not phoned for details, !!???? These are large sizes.

parsniphead

I have just posted this on my diary but I thought it's appropriate for here too.

British G@s finally coming on Wednesday to do my annual service after I've put it off for weeks due to the state of the house. Anyway this morning panic ensued about the state of the house. So follows a big of a brag..........

I have

Cleared and cleaned three bedrooms
Cleared and vacuumed the stairs
Completed cleared the cellar steps
Thrown out loads of stuff
Earmarked tons of stuff in the cellar to go to the tip later this week
Cleared some stuff from the kitchen

This was all meant to be done over the next two days so I'm pleased with myself. It means the rest of today and tomorrow can be used for more cleaning, clearing and decluttering. Perhaps I may even make it to the tip.

I will give the kitchen and bathroom a good deep clean after collecting DS from school.

It feels so good to be getting somewhere.

Cherryfudge

parsniphead wrote: »

Cleared and cleaned three bedrooms
Cleared and vacuumed the stairs
Completed cleared the cellar steps
Thrown out loads of stuff
Earmarked tons of stuff in the cellar to go to the tip later this week
Cleared some stuff from the kitchen

Wow! That's impressive!

Please will you come and do mine?

I hope you don't get exhausted or too wound up to sleep... save yourself a bit of time to go round appreciating all you've achieved.

choille

choille wrote: »

179 - ten things sold & posted yippee.

Lost count of other things sorted out.

Pleased the thread has reappeared.:)

182 - Three things sold & posted.

183 - Bag of rubbish gleaned from upstairs dumped.

nannywindow

Hello all
Sorry I have MIA again, but we've been on yet more holidays in our caravan, to sunny Devon this time and I have brought back a lovely deep sun tan ( and lots of washing )
I did declutter 4 novels whilst I was away, as I spent most of my spare time reading in the sun :j and then I donated them to the on site library. I also bought myself 2 new T. shirts ( sale items and couldn't resist ) but yesterday I managed to declutter 2 new unworn tops to my DD. Unfortunately she re-cluttered 2 sweat tops and a jacket that had belonged to SiL to DH :rotfl:. Oh well 2 steps forward and 1 back !!
I've also probably re cluttered the weight that I lost before the hols, too many ice creams and cream teas etc , so I'll have to address that too :eek:
Anyway I am back home til our next one in mid September, so I must now knuckle down and crack on with the decluttering.

I hope everyone is well, hugs a-plenty if not.
Happy decluttering all
nan xx

Picklepot

Am ridiculously excited :j
Dh has promised me a skip as long as i dont pull everything out until its here:rotfl:
We have decided a post it sticker saying SKIP in red on said items and master list of what and where they are will be fine until the day .Am i allowed to list them as stickers go on??

nannywindow

Definitely Picklepot. Red sticker to your hearts content and list away :j

parsniphead

Picklepot wrote: »

Am ridiculously excited :j
Dh has promised me a skip as long as i dont pull everything out until its here:rotfl:
We have decided a post it sticker saying SKIP in red on said items and master list of what and where they are will be fine until the day .Am i allowed to list them as stickers go on??

Only on here could someone get excited about having a skip. Congratulations and enjoy.:D;):rotfl: