2019 - A Clutter Free Life

bit_by_bit

You both are welcome choille and cat crazy

I have to say that I am often overwhelmed but I am getting my self a little better sorted which coincides with the clearance of the clutter.

I am having to take care of myself. more at the moment as a lot is going on and I am holding a lot of balls up in the air. Some things are coming to a finish (today I collected the last of the sponsor money in for the Moonwalk I did in May) :T and some will finish in the next 6 months (sorting my sisters estate out)

This week I decided against doing some extra volunteering in favour of me doing stuff I needed to do for me, including having a nap :rotfl:

Coming to this thread is keeping me going and cheered up.

Thankyou for the kind supportive comments Mrs SD

This morning I woke early and jumped out of bed to empty a box in the Room of Doom. I am almost to a rarely seen corner.

There are two big piles of sorted items. One is a pile of quilts and pillows which I will wash and store in the loft. When the RoD becomes a guest room I will not need a thing.

The is also a pile of winter coats. Once the 'boys' have been though them what is left will be shared between the local homeless centre and the refugee centre.

Right- off to see RoD :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Gem-gem

Hi,
Just quickly popping in. Have been visiting elderly relatives, harvesting and processing food, gardening (planting leeks) and trying to fit work in!
Still decluttering:
- Sold £13.50 worth of books /DVDs
Did a boot fair with my mum, she is moving so I only took a couple of things - sold £9.00 worth of bits.
- clothes sold £1.80 - cash for clothes
- discarded some old eyeshadows
- recycled packaging
- passed on some books to my mum and aunts
- brought loads of apples home from Mums - swapping some with a friend who has gone to pick some Damsons - to make Damson Jam.
Will catch up with the posts at the weekend.

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

Thursday has been dry with some sun but very cool in the shade & not as warm as yesterday. In fact it is now rather cold DH took the Goldwing in for new tyres - lots & lots of pennies decluttered & whilst he was waiting he treated himself to a full English breakfast- more pennies decluttered On the way back he stopped off at an sm & stocked up with cold drinks. DH has also inished the restoration of the corn grinder :T I did an sm shop - needed biscuits for the patio guys :rotfl: + a few bits & pieces. Picked three more hg tomatoes plus DH & I restaked the tomato plants. Tonight DSis will finish her Chinese & DH & I will finish our curries.

2923 - 2953 Three drinks cans, 8 foil trays, plastic jar & lid, leaflets, glass bottle & metal lid,
8 lots of cardboard packaging, 5 plastic trays, 2 cardboard boxes, 2 plastic bottles - Recycled
2954 - 2959 Bag of kitchen detritus, 5 lots of plastic packaging - Binned

I hope you were successful Cherryfudge. It really doesn’t matter if it is a small amount or not.

Well Done TC77 :T good numbers. Shame about the inconsiderate people not collecting their items :mad:

Well Done Catcrazy :T

Keep up the good work oceanspirit :T. I like the description “pile slides” :rotfl: I avoid that by throwing paper into boxes :rotfl: before sorting.

Well Done whmf00001 :T Home grown veggies - I am so jealous

bit by bit - I am awarding you a Gold Star ⭐️ for deciding to take care of yourself & you are getting a 2nd Gold Star ⭐️ for tackling the Room of Doom :T It definitely sounds like you are making headway but don’t forget to tie a rope round the door handle so you can find your way out :rotfl:

Hopefully the patio guys will take away the decking tomorrow so that will bump up my numbers considerably :rotfl:

Happy decluttering everyone

MrsSD
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choille

choille wrote: »

416 - 15 mags to CS
421 - 5 other items CS
431 - another big bag to recycling bin.
432 - I item posted.

433 - 1 item posted.

443 - 10 items shredded.

oceanspirit

19 items of paperwork shredded or recycled yesterday.

Also asked to be removed from several mailing lists to stop paper catalogues coming in by post. Will save me time and energy not having to pick them up and put them in recycling.

Cheapskate

Morning folks, been MIA for a few weeks - RL, school hols, and being away to blame - but getting back into the swing of things now!

Lost count of the number of emails I keep de-cluttering, must be in the thousands since I joined this thread!! Not counting them as such, as there are so many, but I am now in the habit of clearing out my inboxes a few times a day, to keep the electronic clutter to a manageable level. :rotfl:

Since we returned from holiday last week, I've chucked loads into the recycling bins/boxes, and we're starting to work our way through the freezers before I re-stock for winter/Br***t etc.

Got some bags of grass clippings to take to the tip today, will add when I've actually done it!

My sister who lives in the US arrives tomorrow (family wedding next week). When mum died 3 years ago, sis asked us to keep things she wanted util she could take or ship them back with her. She's been over once, and did nowt with them, so this week's her last chance before I sell/donate to CS!! My loft and DH's work has become a dumping ground for these things, and others, so this coming week is D-Day, so to speak!! Can't wait to see the back of these things, not good for my MH to still have mum's stuff that I don't want (chose my keepsakes at the time).

We're getting a skip early next week - we had a new bathroom recently, and the old one is in a heap on the drive. I'll also take the opportunity to chuck out so much stuff that I'd usually take to the tip - can't bl00dy wait!! :rotfl:

671-713: 43 items into recycling bin/glass box

A xo

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Well, I have cluttered my home up with 2 sets of emergency equipment issued at work and to my Mum when the electricity strikes were on (1970's ???) so have just opened up to check what is in there. There is an ordinary analogue phone, plug into the wall socket type, wind up mobile phone charger, torch + batteries, foil blanket (like to marathon ones), a reuseable hand warmer and radio + batteries. I am not a gloom merchant but an enormous just in caser (another name for a clutterer). These were issued FOC by EON. Pleased now.

never_too_old

Afternoon all

Havent had much to report recently im finding it hard to declutter too much when the children have lots of their things all over my house.

I have though been able to start decluttering my kitchen cupboards. Im slowly trying to eliminate plastic and store things in jars.Mainly because we seem to get weevils in doors and if you don't watch it they get into the packaging.I also have far too many things in my cupboard so trying to use it all up to prevent it going to waste.Im sure i dint need as many jars of sprinkles as i have :rotfl:

savvy

Whizzing in very quickly to log some numbers lol! Jeez July and August have been manic months indeed, so haven't got as far as I'd like, but have finally got round to recycling 12 water cartridges, 12 ink ones and sorted out a tub of junk and ditched 22 items there!
1113/2019

nannywindow

Hello
I've had a good day at decluttering :T. Decided to sort/clean out the spare bedroom, decluttered the dust and a black bag full of stuff, some binned and some cs. Also binned some broken toys belonging to the DGC, a till that no longer shuts, a few toy food items that are bashed/chewed/ well worn, 2 robots with limbs missing and some mechano. Managed to get 3 baskets of toys into 2 and removed 2 more wire basket shelves which DH has fitted into his shed to put his toys ..... er tools in :rotfl:. Binned a roll-on deod as it was empty ( not guilty was 'im my 'laud ) and used up a can of polish. I even got rid of a bedroom bin, why do I need a bin in every room when there's only the two of us most of the time ? Never mind I feel quite proud of my efforts today, even if I say so myself !
Happy decluttering all
nan xx