2019 - A Clutter Free Life

short_bird

559-560: 2 more books to charity shop pile
561: DVD to charity shop pile
562: pair of tights binned
563: inch of paperwork sorted and dispersed or disposed of.

sillyvixen

I really neEd, to get back into decluttering. On my day off on Friday, I cleared my work clothes drawer of all my larger size uniform (now all the new smaller sized uniform is tidied away), I also defrosted the freezer (some grim stuff been in there since 2016!), sorted a bag of clothes for the chazzer, and a bag of 10 books for the church book stall (which I forgot to take today!!).
I also purchased an onion and decluttered the veg in the fridge and the last of the lentils (with a bit of chilli and stock) Into a lovely soup for 5 lunches for the week.

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.

Saturday was a grey damp day in Prague - the city was weeping at our departure :rotfl: The wake up call we booked never materialised (the only failure by the hotel ) but fortunately DH’s phone alarm woke us both. Did our ablutions & were dressed & packing finished by 8:00 a.m. Straight down to breakfast - way too early for us so only had a small cooked breakfast, juice & coffee :rotfl: Back up to our room to pick up our bags & coats & keys returned by 8:40 then the nervous wait in the lobby for our taxi - arrived on time & a clear run to the airport. Slight problem at security - DH’s boots set off the alarm & my comb had to be put through separately - very weird Plane left on time & we arrived at City Airport a few minutes early :T Decided on a black cab home Arrived home just after 1:30 p.m. - DSis had cups of coffee in our hands within 3 minutes of getting in :rotfl: :T
Had more birthday cards to open & presents including a flat pack plant from our friends. DSis had even made me a birthday cake :j with sparklers on top
Lazy afternoon but I did empty suitcases, put away toiletries & unused clothing. Did 2 loads of washing which were put in td as London had welcomed us with heavy rain All folded & put away by bedtime :T DSis cooked dinner - M&S lasagne & garlic bread - very tasty.
Nice to sleep in our own bed
Sunday has been mostly dry but interspersed with showers - DSis did a small sm shop - in the dry :rotfl: but a lazy day for DH & I. Although I did manage to do some shredding (emptied the shredder bin), a small amount of paperwork, cut up a shirt for rags & added the buttons to my stash, cleared down a small selection off my planner including The Dublin Murders - odd programme :huh: & started knitting a scarf about half done. DSis cooked us chicken & chips for dinner with birthday cake for afters - mmmmm.

4030 - 4050 Plastic bottle, 4 drinks cans, 10 lots of paper packaging, 2 lots of cardboard packaging, cardboard box, newspaper, foil tray, 0.5” paperwork - Recycled
4051 - 4074 Three bags of kitchen detritus, 0.5” shredding, 20 lots of plastic packaging - Binned

Well done TC77 :T keeping the numbers moving :T Hope you enjoy catching up with your friends. Rapidly approaching 600 . Must be about time to visit Prague again TC77 - I imagine a lot has changed in 22 years

Wednesday2000, could you alter the favourite grey dress? Seems a shame to let it go . Spoiling your cats

Excellent work Barny1979 :T

Well Done Picklepot :T I am very impressed with all your positives :T

Nice to see you Gem-gem Decluttering & taking care of an elderly aunt - you really have been busy :T

Excellent work villagelife :T nearly at 1500

Well Done short_bird :T

Sounds like you are staying on top of your day to day decluttering sillyvixen :T The soup sounds delicious 🤤 Good luck with your re-entry into major decluttering


Keep up the good work everyone :T

MrsSD
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sillyme673

Deleted loads of emails. Another bag to clothes to doorstop collection. Had a clear out of my craft things. Have unsubscribed to loads of email newsletters.

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Person did not collect bedding bale so will put on local site for some-one else, or maybe local FB for a £5.

bit_by_bit

Another wishing you belated birthday greetings Mrs SD. Sounds like you have been having a grand time.

I'm happy to report a bag of clothing in them out given; for the CS. A pile of pallets and cardboard to the allotment. No actual decluttering for myself but rested so getting back to it after work today.

Picklepot

342 – CD rack new still with label on*
343 – 1 pair of uG boots now too tight
344 – Pack of new art pens (not needed gift)*
345 – Barely worn walking shoes, never very comfy*
346 – Bag for life cloth
347 – Bag for life nylon
348 – Insulated cool bottle
349 – Scarf
350 – large Piece fabric vibrant colour
351 – T shirt
352 – Mens leather gloves (unwanted gift)*
353 – Mans scarf
354 – Boxed gift mug themed game/thrones*
355 – Fabulous jobroown sundress sadly is all wrong for me*
356 – Rudolph bobble hat flashing light (too small for son)*
357 – nxt leather wallet*
358 – Leather purse
359 – Mini doodle gift set*
360 – Leather card holder
361 – Cricket ball
362 – Hand device for gaming
363 – Travel perfume holder*
364 – 100 emails checked and deleted

Positives of decluttering..
Imagining people going into the charity shop, in particular spotting * items and purchasing. These items in particular were bad buys of mine because they don’t fit me or are just not needed (unwanted/duplicate gifts). I imagine people being really pleased at their charity shop find and getting pleasure from these items that were stuck in my drawers

Wednesday2000

Mrs_Salad_Dodger wrote: »

Wednesday2000, could you alter the favourite grey dress? Seems a shame to let it go .

I decided to keep it in the end as I thought it would still be wearable with a jumper over it and it covers up my cold legs in winter.:)

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 has been a mostly dry day but oh so cold 🥶.
DH & DSis spent time in the garage adding some extra lights to one of his motorbikes. DSis has small fingers so DH makes use of her :rotfl:
I pottered all day - glued the sliding feet back onto the box footstool, oiled the hinges, emptied footstool & sorted/tidied the contents, dealt with a large pile of personal paperwork, started making a soup from los from dinner (sausages, mash & chopped tomatoes) & several pots & bags of bits & pieces from the freezer + lentils & stock cubes from stores.

4075 - 4089 Glass bottle, 2 drinks cans, 4 lots of cardboard packaging, cardboard box, 2 food cans, 2 plastic pots, 2 plastic trays, 0.5” paperwork - Recycled
4090 - 4091 Two bags of kitchen detritus - Binned

:hello: & welcome aboard the Decluttering bandwagon sillyme673 :j Well done on clearing so much electronic clutter :T

Yah boo whmf00001 what a waste of your time

It is still decluttering bit by bit :T keep up the good work

Excellent work Picklepot :T You are inspiring me with your positives :T & I really look forward to your posts every day - thank you :T

Great news Wednesday2000 :j so pleased that you decided to keep the dress


Keep on decluttering - said in the voices of Tess & Claudia :rotfl:

MrsSD
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villagelife

Small amount have left the house which is good.

1445-1448 books to League of Friends shop at work.
1449-1450 magazines to DH work.
1451 more paperwork shredded.
1452 a compostable bag from the Coop used for my food waste bin.