2019 - A Clutter Free Life

gilly1964

Today has been extra busy

1463 - 1472 Kitchen cupboard doors to tip
1473 - 1474 Kitchen unit coving to tip
1475 - Broken veg rack to tip
1476 - Chipped glass chopping board to recycling
1477 - 1478 Glass bowls to recycling
1479 - OOD Fish sauce bottle to recycling
1480 - OOD Teriyaki sauce bottle to recycling
1481 - 1486 Rusty baking dishes to bin
1487 - 1488 Wooden chopping boards to bin, wood is split
1489 - 1493 Unused drinks bottles to CS
1494 - Shorts to CS
1495 - Various receipts to recycling
1496 - Dead flowers to green recycling
1497 - 1499 Plastic bottles to recycling
1500 - Yucky broccoli to recycling
1501 - Yucky courgette to recycling
1502 - Yucky mushrooms to recycling
1503 - 1504 Mugs to CS
1505 - 1510 - Glasses to CS
1511 - 1512 - Mixing bowls to CS
1513 - Greasy roll of Safeway turkey foil to bin found on top of cupboards. Morrisons took over Safeway in 2003 :eek:
1514 - 1519 Cardboard boxes to recycling

I think that is all of it, absolutely knackered now

nannywindow

Not much extra decluttering happening here today, except a roast chicken diner. That was followed by a home made trifle, using up some stale cake, a few raspberries that I inadvertently crushed when bringing home the shopping...... oops! and a jelly found lurking in a cupboard.) I only had to make the custard :j. Nom, nom !!
MrsSD if you're in Wales this week please feel free to call in chez nous for afternoon tea ........or anyone else for that matter, you'd all be most welcome. We could have a decluttering party _party_ :rotfl:.

Bunty I hope the ankle gets better asap
TamsinC result on the laptop, well done :T
Night night all
nan xx

Cherryfudge

I can't promise any interesting and/or entertaining items like some of those I've just read about, but today has been quite productive: moving a filing cabinet, hoovering up the thick dust behind it and sorting some of the junk that's accumulated in our room:
30 papers, gift bow, battered watercolour paints, random unidentifiable piece of plastic, small box, 2 boxes of cereal (these weren't in our room), a bit of rubbish (lost track of what that was), magazine, 2 plastic bags, catalogue, chocolate rabbit (42 items).

New total 1,441.

TC77

16 - broken cable
17 school uniform unworn
18 teapot given to my dad who returned now with daughter!
19 pile of paper - bin and put into reusable notepads
20 crayons together and for give away
21 good shoes for CS
22 -24 sports clothes for cs

Few other things for freecyle but will add when picked up.

It feels quite overwhelming and slower than anticipated. I have got rid of things earlier in the summer, feels chaotic.

Hoping can get to 50 for end of August or higher...

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 was a mixed day weather wise - some sun, some warmth, some rain, some breeze & finished very chilly. Up at about 9:30 a.m., played AB2 whilst drinking my 1st & 2nd cuppas Phoned bank & paid cc bill & sorted out a new savings account - 5% :money: Walked to sm - quite warm & avoided the rain showers :T. No decluttering apart from some movies off the planner Nice long chat to a couple of neighbours who were clearing up other people’s rubbish :A. DH carried on with ‘Project Corn Grinder’, DSis mostly in her room. Bacon butties for DH & DSis for lunch. Then dinner was sausages, creamy mash, plum tomatoes & lo butter beans. The 3 of us shared the 3rd hg tomato :rotfl: Another 260g of rhubarb washed, chopped & frozen.

2763 - 2780 Magazine, 6 lots of cardboard packaging, 3 lots of foil, plastic tray, 3 food tins, 3 drinks cans, glass bottle & metal lid - Recycled
2781 - 2783 Plastic packaging, 0.5” of shredding, small bag of kitchen detritus - Binned

Well Done :- gilly1964 - Good Numbers - you have worked hard over the weekend - no wonder you are knackered :eek:; oceanspirit; whmf00001; choille; bunty109 - hope the ankle is on the mend; TamsinC, always nice to earn some pennies ; short_bird; nannywindow - a decluttering party 🥳 - DH has our trip all planned out & I have no idea where we are going :rotfl:; Cherryfudge - rapidly approaching 1500 ; TC77 - you are getting rid of clutter :T - please do not get disheartened, I beg of you. You are making progress & as you get more into the habit of decluttering, you will find that you are disposing of more & more items :T:T:T:T:T:T

See you all tomorrow

MrsSD
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oceanspirit

17 old emails deleted
1 item of paperwork shredded

Had a theatre brochure arrive in the post and nearly put it in filing cabinet, however remembered that the information is all online so put it straight into recycling. I am on their email list so I really don't know why companies send out paper versions too.

OH has observed that decluttering makes me happy. What makes me happy is that we were able to eat together on Saturday night because the breakfast bar is now clear, and that I was able to use an aromatherapy oil burner yesterday evening because the sideboard is now clear and I could actually see that I have it - it was a present from OH several years ago and last night was the first time I've used it.

I am looking forward to being able to clean my home quickly and efficiently. At the moment it is an overwhelming task (I noticed last night that my armchair is attached to the wall by a thick tangle of spiders webs ) so it just doesn't get done and it's really not nice living in a cluttered, mucky home.

Cherryfudge

Your post resonates with me, oceanspirit. I felt good about the tiny corner I cleared and cleaned yesterday even though I couldn't see it when I was in bed with the lights out, and I've already moved some stuff over there! At least it's clean and there's less in it than there was.

I'm currently taking a course on resilience and one of the things that's come up is the importance of regularly practicing the skills that help us get through things. One is being part of a supportive community (thanks Mrs SD!), another is breaking big tasks down into manageable chunks rather than looking at the whole and being overwhelmed. I think we're all at the stage of working on small chunks, whether it's the corner of my bedroom or making a list of all the things that went to the charity shop or the bin during the day. The research says this is a good way forward! So focus on what you are achieving (keep using your aromatherapy burner, have another meal at the breakfast bar tonight), and add the other achievements one by one.

nannywindow

The garden decluttering is still ongoing here and I have filled 3 green waste bins, 2 of mine and 1 borrowed from next door. The bin man cometh tomorrow so that will save us a tip trip this week :j.
More purse decluttering this morning, money for SiL's birthday, gaming headset for DGS's birthday and also a gaming headset for DH's birthday. Unfortunately DH's don't work so we will have to return them on Wednesday, as tomorrow is earmarked for replacing the last 2 fence panels. I am hoping to reuse these panels elsewhere in the garden to try to stop someone's dogs (2) traipsing through :mad:.

Happy decluttering everyone.
nan xx

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

Up late today - 11:00 a.m. having originally woken up at 6:45 which was way too early for me :rotfl: No decluttering - apart from ingredients for a focaccia The focaccia is made, the last of the hm olives have been decanted into small jars with olive oil rather than brine. DH has dropped off the Harley Davidson seat for recovering. He has also just transferred money from an account he had forgotten he had into his current a/c - enough to pay for the patio :j Hope he finds a few more forgotten accounts :rotfl:

2784 - 2785 Small plastic bottle bag, plastic packaging - Binned
2786 - 2787 Small glass jar filled with olives & a bottle of red wine for friend
2788 Cardboard packaging - Recycled

Tomorrow we are off to Wales, so will pack our bags later. Even though I won’t be decluttering (apart from pennies ) over the next few days, I will pop in to cheerlead

Well Done on the digital decluttering, oceanspirit :T. Nice that your OH is paying attention & noticing that the more you declutter the happier you are Tangible results for your hard work in decluttering & fully agree with Cherryfudge - focussing on your achievements will bring great pleasure (Shame my DSis doesn’t notice but at least DH does ) Silver lining, if you have spiders you should have no flies :rotfl:

Cherryfudge sounds like a good course I remember years ago it was called ‘Eating the Elephant’ - you can’t eat a whole elephant but you can eat bits :rotfl: Love the description ‘A Supportive Community’ - describes all of us to a ‘T’ :T

Anyway I shall love you & leave you & wish us all plenty of decluttering mojo

MrsSD
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oceanspirit

Have a lovely trip to Wales, Mrs SD.

Today's decluttering:-

8 items of paperwork into recycling