2019 - A Clutter Free Life

choille

choille wrote: »

652 - Big bag of plastic recycled.

662 - bottle bank visit.

667 - 5 newspapers shredded for packaging.

668 - holey tee shirt cut up for dusters.

672 - 4 things posted.

682 - Big bag of plastic recycled.

692 - big bag of paperwork on bonfire - always satisfying that.

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.

Tuesday has been another dry day but oh so cold 🥶
DH took the motorbike in for a major service - roadworks & traffic meant that he took 1.5 hours for a 45 minute journey grrrr 😖 He had a late breakfast & an hair cut & came back by tube & DLR. He will pick the bike up tomorrow. Why do men have their hair cut really short when the weather is so cold - my nephew does the same thing
DSis spent all day in her room trying to rid herself of a headache - with no success

I cleared another series off my planner & finished 3rd scarf & started on 4th.
Dinner was the 2nd half of Monday’s Chinese.

4209 - 4225 Two drinks cans, 2 plastic takeaway boxes & lids, 4 plastic lids, booklet, 5 lots of paper packaging, large cardboard box, glass bottle & metal cap, plastic bottle - Recycled
4226 - 4227 Bag of kitchen detritus, sponge scourer - Binned
4228 - 4230 Two 2020 calendars, small notebook - CS bag

Well Done Barny1979 :T Your CS must love you.

Well Done choille :T 700 here you come

Happy decluttering everyone

MrsSD
4230/4038

Picklepot

389 - 1 shirt to textile bag
390 - dealt with post on arrival (mainly junk mail)
391 -50 items of paperwork recycled shredded binned or filed
392 - half wheelie bin tidying garden for half hour


Struggling to make big in roads just baby steps at moment

Happy_Kitties

*497 ood first aid item-now in recycling
*498 magazine-recycling

Really haven't had a chance to declutter so it's just bits as I go along at the minute

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Went to haitdressers yesterday, I go to a training centre so cut and blow dry costs £7, very good. When I went I took a curling wand, only used half dozen times and a box of lovely heated rollers, they were very pleased and of course they will have to be PAT but they will be good for the students to use on the wigs.

Barny1979

Barny1979 wrote: »

1451-1476. Items to charity bag

1477-1485. More China to charity bag
1486. Damaged China bell into bin

Barny1979

Barny1979 wrote: »

1477-1485. More China to charity bag
1486. Damaged China bell into bin

1487-1500. More China to charity bag

TC77

575 -582 Donations to food bank
583 -584 recycled batteries
585-586 old toiletries not used binned

Used some old fabric to make draught excluder and starting to stuff with odd gloves and socks. Will count another day.

Hoover uncollected by freecycler.

587 DD2 threw out lots of papers and file - i put in the bin and encouraged (nagged) so counting as 1
tidies one surface in bedroom and put thing in right place.

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.

Wednesday has been yet another dry day but again so cold 🥶
DH picked up the motorbike - needed new rear brakes before it passed it’s MOT - then the full service. Good journey to the garage by DLR & tube but then had to wait for the bill as computer problems 68p short of £600 :eek: Then his nightmare began :mad: DH was returning via Sa*nsb*rys but the traffic was absolutely horrendous. Finally got to sm, shopped & got home about 7 p.m. having left the house about 11:30 :eek: He really was not a happy bunny :mad:

DSis cleared several of her programmes off the planner.

I had a more productive day Remembered to pick up my gloves only to discover that one of the seams had a hole Cue needle & thread & a quick repair (as per number 1 mantra :rotfl:) Used my Freedom Oyster card for the 1st time :j Posted cards, then walked to Charity shops. Dropped off the pastel scarf & baby blanket at the clothing CS & then walked the few yards to the main CS which had a board over the door Discovered that several youths had smashed the glass & stolen the till :mad: You couldn’t make it up :mad:
Luckily the charity “I Community” had opened up another shop - a bit smaller & crammed to the gunnels ; The donation most appreciated was the stack of plastic carrier bags :rotfl: I asked if there was anything particular they needed & discovered that they have started doing street food & are spending a fortune on plastic food containers my cue to offer plastic takeaway boxes - once I retrieve them from my Recycling Bin :rotfl: Lovely chat with the ladies & then I headed off to find the Chinese Massage Centre which I had googled.
Having had my birthday massage & enjoying it, I decided that I would treat myself once a month I have a consultation booked for Friday & then probably a massage & maybe even acupuncture :rotfl: getting very adventurous in my old age :rotfl:
Got back & fished out the takeaway boxes & lids from the Recycling Bin, washed again & added 4 more from my supply :rotfl: - 7 in total

Dinner was lamb chops (from the butcher) with mash & mixed vegetables.

4231 - 4253 Two drinks cans, glass bottle & metal cap, from DH - 11 magazines, 1” general paperwork, 3 foil trays, 3 lots of cardboard packaging, plastic pot & lid, newspaper - Recycled
4254 - 4259 Bag of kitchen detritus, 2” of shredding, 3 lots of plastic packaging - Binned
4260 - 4263 Four takeaway boxes & lids - CS bag

Well Done Picklepot :T Baby steps are nothing to be sad about There are only a certain number of large inroads that can be made - RL gets in the way

Well Done Happy Kitties :T the bits as you go along are just as important as the big decluttering projects

Excellent work Barny1979 :T A Gold Star ⭐️ is on it’s way to you - another milestone reached :T

Well Done TC77 :T Personally I would have counted as TEN at least 5 of which would be for the stress of having to nag :rotfl:

Happy decluttering everyone

MrsSD
4263/4038

Picklepot

393 dealt with post on arrival
394 de cluttered a friend ( is that allowed ?) and sent best wishes to two people ive not heard off for a while


decluttering positives

Letting go of things that don't work for you allows new things to come into your life (not necessarily 'stuff')