2019 - A Clutter Free Life

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it would have been nice of them but I didn't even think to suggest it. Missed a trick there

Two more bags to the CS on Sunday and I have found out that I will be on the till more as the Sunday morning volunteer is going to uni. It won't help though.

I managed to buy a woolen jacket that I am intending to turn into a skirt before winter sets in. That was being on the till for you.

So bag total is 69. :T:T:T

Big week this week. DD going back to uni, so her room is going to be cleared, stripped and decorated to turn into my sewing room. Solar panels are being fitted on Friday and then we are off to visit family Saturday to Wednesday next week.

I will need a total rest after that as sufffering a bit with exhaustion.

IrishRose12

Mrs_Salad_Dodger wrote: »

Well Done IrishRose12 :T apologies for not including you in my main post Justin can be a right pain :rotfl: but will bump your numbers up when you boot him out :rotfl:

MrsSD

No apologies needed hum, but thank you:)

Loads done yesterday, 2 bags of recycling out into the boxes, 2 bags of rubbish, hovered upstairs, cleaned down wardrobe, drawers etc.
Also decluttered another monster orca spider from my room again:mad::eek: really really hate the things.

Have now ordered some super sonic sound plug thing that apparently keeps spiders away. If it works it will be the best £20 spent in my life :rotfl:

Wisdom tooth is being decluttered from my mouth tomorrow evening :T so nothing will get done for at least another day.

I'm currently sitting - well lying actually - with a hot water bottle on my side. It seems I have some sort of bite on my side that has gotten infected :eek: it hurts like bad, cant sit properly, stand or walk properly. Don't know what has bit me, when I was bitten or how long I'll be suffering for, but hey ho, add it to the list of things wrong with me...... if I were a dog you'd put me down :rotfl:
I personally thought it may have been a cyst that had gotten inflamed, but pharmacist thinks otherwise. He knows better I suppose lol.
Have been given antibiotics, but am holding off on taking those until I contact my dentist in the morning to check that it's ok to take them with me getting the tooth out tomorrow :undecided

Now of to declutter some popcorn and watch some stuff recorded on the TV box.

Barny1979

Barny1979 wrote: »

881-886. Old flasks to charity shop

887-888. Two tea chests given to friend to upcycle
889-913. 25 caster wheels given to friend
914. Wooden twine box to friend
915. Wooden medal frame given to friend

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Bonus declutter - washing machine that has been sat in the garage has now gone to DS2. I didn't think it was going yet so very happy. :j:T:j

nannywindow

Hello all :wave:
Been quite busy with the DGC, my Dad and RL the last few days, but wanted to pop in to wish IrishRose good luck for tomorrow.
While looking for the teasmade yesterday to go in our caravan, I found an electric facial beauty treatment thingy ( DD's I think :think:. Well if it's mine it hasn't done me a bit of good :rotfl: ) and an electric aromatherapy lamp, both of which will be going out the door, hopefully to the cs but I'm not sure if they take electrical items.
We had a tea party with the DGC and DD today as it's DH's birthday, so lots of party food and gooey chocolate birthday cake consumed .... nom, nom . That's my decluttering for today :rotfl:
Will be MIA for a while as we will be away towards the end of the week to sunny :cool: Devon :dance:, but I wish everyone well and happy decluttering.
So til I return - keep up the good work, you're all doing brilliantly :T:T.

My special thanks go to our cheerleader MrsSD :A
nan xx

oceanspirit

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parsniphead

Everyone is doing so well.

I, on the other hand seem to have decluttered my motivation. My house is like a tip again which is annoying as I got rid of so much stuff previously.

Anyone got a kick up the bum they wish to declutter in the direction of my backside.

choille

choille wrote: »

456 - One item posted.

466 - big bag to recycling bin.

Must tackle a specific area as seem to have stalled really.

469 - 3 things posted.

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

Monday was a damp dreary day but didn’t have any heavy rain - just bouts of drizzle I finally had my long soak, DH had his usual quick bath & DSis had her medium length bath - Goldilocks eat your heart out :rotfl: All off to the dentist - DSis & I were check up & clean but DH had a crown reattached & a Broken tooth rebuilt by layering some sort of plastic mix :eek: I did a very small & cheap shop in I*eland whilst DSis was being treated & then DH & I FINALLY persuaded her to buy a new mattress in D*eams (she has only been complaining about her 20+ year old French mattress since she moved in 16 months ago :rotfl:) All very space age - she did the SleepMatch test & learnt she needed a firm mattress, then tried 5 mattresses & bought the 1st one she tried - must have been comfortable because she almost dozed off :rotfl: She also bought an 8 year insurance & got a free mattress protector & bought a pillow & finagled a 2nd pillow for free :money: Delivery is Thursday & they take away the old mattress :j Harvested 5 more tomatoes Dinner was chips - with lo beef in gravy & baked hg tomatoes for DSis, lo pie & baked tomatoes & baked beans for DH & I had fried egg & baked beans. So no decluttering today apart from pennies :rotfl:
Wildlife tale of the day coming up :- Our regular squirrel visitors have been noticeable by their absence for the last couple of months we thought they might have been culled :eek: However over the last couple of days a squirrel has returned to raid the feeder of monkey nuts Unfortunately this morning he/she decided that monkey nuts were boring & beheaded our sunflower :rotfl: It chewed the stalk & took the whole flower (which we had been allowing to dry so we could harvest the seeds ) I suppose the squirrel gets the prize for ultimate recycling :rotfl:

3179 - 3188 Glass bottle & metal lid, 4 drinks cans, cardboard packaging, plastic bottle, food can, magazine, newspaper - Recycled
3189 Bag of kitchen detritus - Binned

Well Done:- oceanspirit; whmf00001 - shame you aren’t weighing your clutter - a washing machine is REALLY heavy :rotfl:; never too old, a tidy kitchen is a thing of beauty - well Done you :T; Picklepot; how exciting bit by bit - a sewing room :j - another washing machine disposal - shame something so large cannot be counted as 10 items :rotfl:; IrishRose12 - you are in the wars Please let us know if the plug works - I think we have one of those monster orca spiders in the living room - enormous thing & appears to be the cheetah of the spider world :eek: + well done on the decluttering :T; Barny1979; Belated happy birthday to Mr nannywindow :beer: & I hope you have a lovely time in Devon - will see you soon hopefully fully refreshed ; choille :T:T:T:T:T:T

Oh parsniphead It is such a shame that motivation is so easily decluttered However I would look at it as your ‘Decluttering Mojo has gone on holiday’ :rotfl: It will come back & as you asked sooo nicely - one kick up the bum coming your way :rotfl: but until it arrives just use the ‘15 minute rule’ - set your timer & pick up/bin/put away As you have previously done so much hard work on the decluttering front you should start noticing a difference quite quickly ;)Good luck

Happy decluttering everyone

MrsSD
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TamsinC

Cleared out the workshop today, just general rubbish that had been sitting around taking up precious work space. Stuff went in cupboards or on shelves rather than sitting around too. So other than the rubbish not much decluttering, just one small bookcase, saving the major stuff for another day and hubby to advise as most of it is his.

2111 - 2112 bags of rubbish to bin
2113 -2118 - 5 large cardboard boxes to recycling
2119 - 1 small bookcase sold on FB