2019 - A Clutter Free Life

Wednesday2000

I have a bag made up for the chazzer and I will drop it off next Monday or Tuesday.

Some sunglasses, a drawer divider, two tops, a coat and a bag so far.

I have bought some new socks so I will go through the sock drawer and see if any have holes. I give old socks to my dog to chew up.:p

parsniphead

Cherryfudge wrote: »

One plant label (all I could find to dispose of while following MrsSD's excellent suggestion of raiding the cutlery drawer and pen pot - I think I did them rather thoroughly last time), some garden tidying and 10 spiders that had made their way into the house, They are now in the garden and I've locked the door to give them a chance to come to terms with their new situation.

New total 1,499.

Stop showing off cherry fudge. :rotfl:

Just catching up. This week has been a nightmare. I'm spending today catching up with tidying and the washing. Hopefully I will be able to declutter along the way.

I will be back.

Cherryfudge

parsniphead wrote: »

Stop showing off cherry fudge. :rotfl:

:rotfl:

parsniphead wrote: »

Just catching up. This week has been a nightmare. I'm spending today catching up with tidying and the washing. Hopefully I will be able to declutter along the way.

I will be back.

Oh dear - I hope things get better from now on. I think if things like laundry are getting to be a problem, then you could add all accomplishments along those lines to the decluttered list x

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 has been a mainly dry & chilly day - a couple of short gentle showers but not enough to water the garden DH finished the stand & the corn grinder has been bolted on. A thing of beauty & now has pride of place on the new patio. The new compost bins arrived & have been built by DH. He has started on a new project a small metal flat iron - he is busy getting rid of the rust pits The garden umbrella has been packed away but nothing else done in the garden today. Hm soup & hm croutons for lunch & I have utilised a coleslaw pot to freeze a portion of soup. All I did today was go shopping & make dinner Fresh spaghetti with a chicken, bacon & mushroom carbonara sauce. Delicious 🤤 & one portion frozen. DH is out for a couple of hours tomorrow & I might treat myself to a long soak :rotfl:

3123 - 3147 Glass bottle & metal lid, 5 drinks cans, 3 cardboard boxes, plastic tray, magazine, plastic pot & lid (freezer), brown paper packaging (wetted & put in wormery), 12 plastic bags (for CS donations) - Recycled
3148 - 3151 Bag of kitchen detritus, empty compost bag, small bag of garage detritus, broken glass pot & contents - Binned

Well Done Wanna Bee Free :T You should feel good :T

Well Done choille :T You haven’t stalled (unlike me ), you are just on a go slow

Now, now whmf00001 don’t you go putting yourself in a home before your time :rotfl: I take it your dd will be helping you with all these plans she has made

Well Done Wednesday2000 :T You do realise that each sock can be counted twice :rotfl: once as recycled as a dog toy & once as binned :rotfl:

parsniphead, I am with Cherryfudge - count your daily decluttering until you have caught up & then decide on your next decluttering project So Sorry your week has been a nightmare - hope next week is a dream

Happy decluttering everyone - maybe I might actually do some decluttering over the weekend :rotfl:

MrsSD
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oceanspirit

Yesterday's decluttering:-

6 items of paperwork recycled/shredded

sweetpea26

eventually get a chance to update .. not a lot but every bit helps

sorted papers burnt a few when lighting living room fire.
filled the recycling bin with cardboard and a collection of empty plastic bottles from bathrooms and bedrooms.
started a bag for the charity shop

have been busy and look forward to life slowing down just so slightly so I can get few more things sorted.
Keep Chucking

Cherryfudge

A rusty pin, two catalogues and a jar of spice (which went to work).

Not a lot but something.

bit_by_bit

A bit late but welcome serendipity2706. The first step in dehoarding s recognising you are a hoarder. It took me years to recognise my problem, and why. I am still struggling to NOT take other people's stuff or keep stuff because it may be useful. Books were my worst thing. I had thousands. I have taken virtually all to the CS, work ( a hospital with lots of book shelves) I take a bag to campsites, bnbs, hotels, abroad. Its been quite therapeutic. The current project, the Room of Doom, has taken months to get tot the point where I can see floor and wall and there is still a load of stuff to go. So don't expect big wins, lots of little ones are as good.


Having said that. A big win today :rotfl::T:j:T:j:T So pleased to take a van full of metal to the scrap yard. Only £9.60 but wow what a great feeling to have the pile gone. I am counting it as one large item.

I have two bags ready for the CS tomorrow when I doing sorting stint. Not counting until they are gone as there may be more by tonight.

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No Bravissimo?? shop near me so ended up putting them well wrapped, in a, Air Ambulance big box.

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No prob Mrsd, daughter will def help but I am not planning on a home, looking to selling house and getting a flat in a retirement style block. I am getting to have real difficulty with stairs its just that a 3 bed house (+ clutter of course) into a 2 bed flat (extra room for friends etc) is what is fraking me a bit - all that stuff to get rid of !!!!!