2019 - A Clutter Free Life

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I know what you meen Rootle but as there is only me I cannot justify upgrading, spend too much time viewing now. Nothing being done at the moment as back is still very bad, doc came and has given me stronger additional pain killers so hopefully will ease up soon. Can just about manage cooking from freezer.

villagelife

Been busy this morning. With the rain I'm not tempted to go in the garden.

1167 a hotter pad to cs
1168 paperwork shredded from AN work
1169 an old credit card cut up
1170 pin badge thrown away
1171 deals of material recycled
1172-1173 tubes of glitter to vs
1174 this book belongs to stickers to League of Friends shop with
1175-1176 two books
1177-1179 cards sent from stash.
1180-1181 insoles binned. They had holes in.
1182-1183 a wheat bag and cover that were beyond repair.
1184 a wicker basket
1185-1186 metal brackets recycled
1187-1192 selection of light bulbs both for car headlights and for the house but no longer have the car or relevant fittings for the others
1193 a tin recycled
1194-1195 two hooks
1196 bath sealant
1197-1258 plastic cups to work. I counted them all to give me any hope of reaching the target!

catz4m8z

Mrs_Salad_Dodger wrote: »

I am awarding you TWO Gold Stars 🌟 🌟

wow...dont think Ive ever gotten a gold star before, nm 2! Thank you!

Yesterday I filled up my trusty shopping trolley and took 6 old college books, 15 DVDs, numerous brand new pet supplies that I never used, 5 photo frames and 4 ornaments down to the CS.
Today was clearance day so I now have 3 empty bedrooms and zero clutter upstairs! I may have run around the bedrooms shouting 'echo!!' just for the effect!LOL
Also (this may be a first for the thread) I decluttered....a tree! It had grown in the wrong place and was pushing the fence over so handily the clearance guys are also tree surgeons and I am now 1 large ash tree lighter!

Cherryfudge

I've not been around for a couple of weeks as there's been very little to report, so I'm afraid I have just skimmed posts in an effort to catch up.

MrsSD, I love that you are beautifying a shared area! It makes me think I should make more effort.

I've done a round up of my lists since the end of September and the results are:
16 pieces of paper, two cardboard tubes, a broken lid, 2 mugs that got broken, DS2's empty beer bottle that was left in the kitchen, a bottle of olive oil finished & recycled (we had 3 for some reason), 4 tomato plants to compost and a mending project completed.

New total 1,893/2019.

Housework is looking neglected so I'm going to spruce things up briefly then head off to work. There may not be many more items to report this weekend as I'll be at work much of the time.

Keep up the good work everyone.

Wednesday2000

Wednesday2000 wrote: »

I have been busy all weekend so no decluttering done. I took a bag away with me for the weekend and I realised how uncomfortable the strap was so that will be donated to a charity shop! It is in very good condition so hopefully it would be okay for someone else as long as they don't have to fill it up too much.

I then looked through my wardrobe again and put in a vest top, a skirt and a dress as well.

I bought my hubbie some new warm winter jumpers so I'm going to go through his wardrobe again too.:)

The donation bag will be taken tomorrow. It is full up.

One messenger bag.
Three of my husband's jumpers.
Three almost identical purple vest tops that I never wear!
One black top.
Two dresses.
Two scarves.
One skirt.

:T:T:T

villagelife

Managed to do more today

1259 a photo binned - it was found on floor of the cupboard
1260-1262 screws and nails and rawl(?) Plugs a few of each.
1263 a ride token for a fair or something which one of the boys has left lying around.
1264 an extension lead given to a ner.
1265 an egg box filled with eggs given to same neighbour
1266 a napkin ring
1267-1271 glass bauble type things from MIL old house. DH will never miss them
1272-1274 three jumpers of DH to clothing bank
1275 plant pot to the garden.

That will probably be all for today but will try and do more tomorrow though working.

Cherryfudge

A few more bits to add to my earlier total:

2 pieces of paper recycled, a carton of cream cheese and some sweetcorn finished. Also lots of petals from houseplants swept up and added to the garden and a handful of long stems of kalanchoe potted up for DS2.

New total 1,899/2019.

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 down to earth with a bump - rained hard all morning - DH took DSis on the motorbike & dropped her off at the hospital. Follow up appointment re fatty liver - scan OK & now just has to see GP for annual blood tests. DH took ages to return - accident in the tunnel & DSis had to wait over an hour for a 5 minute appointment :eek: Then took more than 2 hours to get home - the 5 minute walk to the station was 25 minutes & then she decided to go shopping :rotfl: She picked up a lasagne & garlic bread from M&S - it was delicious & saved me cooking :T
Rained on & off all day but I did manage to find a dry 20 minutes to pull up the tomato plants (having stripped them of loads of green tomatoes). Plants composted & now need to find a Recipe for green tomato chutney.

3685 - 3692 Two drinks tins, glass bottle & metal cap, newspaper, 2 lots of cardboard packaging, cardboard box, magazine - Recycled
3693 - 3694 Bag of kitchen detritus, pair of rubber gloves - Binned
3695 - 3698 Four tomato plants - composted
3699 Broken computer monitor - Tip

Another one teasing us - TC77 but well done on the decluttering :TYou will sail past 400 over the weekend

Well done Happy Kitties :T powering to 500 :T

Hopefully you will replenish your savings swiftly short_bird & reduce your jobs to 2 rather 3

Wishing you a swift recovery whmf00001

Excellent work villagelife :T I would set yourself an interim target (say 1500) - might help to stop you feeling pressured

You are doing really well catz4m8z :T I love the picture of you running around upstairs shouting ‘echo’ :rotfl: I hope you have taken pictures of your empty rooms Do you have any plans for their use? or are you just going to run around them once a week yelling ‘echo’ :rotfl: Fortuitous re the tree & nice that you got it sorted before the fence fell down

Nice to see you Cherryfudge - Well Done on the decluttering :T Plenty of time to hit your 2019 target :T No beautifying today - too wet

Great work Wednesday2000 :T I hope you are keeping some clothes for you & DH :rotfl: or are you going naturist :rotfl:

See you all tomorrow - hopefully a drier day so I can do a bit of beautifying

MrsSD
3699/4038

Wednesday2000

Mrs_Salad_Dodger wrote: »

Great work Wednesday2000 :T I hope you are keeping some clothes for you & DH :rotfl: or are you going naturist :rotfl:

:eek:

Yeah, we still have a lot of clothes, well, my husband has more than me.

He forgot to take the bags this morning!:mad::rotfl:

TC77

I always read the posts even if I can't post myself as motivating and good to hear how people who are doing, and understand where others struggling.

Now at 397

397 rubber glove
398-400 paper clutter - sorted 2 lever arch files and other bits and pieces
401 - worked out which is old debit card and cut up other
402 - old loyalty card
403 - rubbish from bathroom
404 - hockey boots back (bought 2 pairs for DD to choose
405 - mug - knocked it over
406 - rubbish from DD2 room

reorganised cupboard and been through desk drawers (will need to do again)