2019 - A Clutter Free Life

Rootle

48/52 - Packaging recycling galore!

Barny1979

Barny1979 wrote: »

1532-1537. Video games sold on Facebook

1538-1541. Four bags of recycling, eg wrappers etc dropped off at house whose resident gets money for charity from Terracyle.
1542-1544. Cardboard recycled

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.

I have been very remiss in posting unfortunately NOT because I have been decluttering

Tuesday was a mainly dry day & I met a former colleague for lunch time drinks. Haven’t seen him for a while so 1.5 hours flew by while we caught up on all our news. Pencilled in a March meeting. DH put together the 4 dining chairs that were delivered a few weeks ago (we will be able to sit down at the table for Christmas dinner :rotfl: Lunch was hm soup & crusty bread & dinner was cottage pie mix (from the freezer) topped with cheesy mash with green beans & mixed vegetables also from the freezer with enough left for Wednesday’s dinner with carrots from freezer. 4 more items from freezer :j I am working very hard to empty the freezer for defrosting
Wednesday DH & I went to Kent to visit his sister & BiL & niece - ostensibly to book a 2 city trip to Russia. Coffee, mince pies & cake were consumed We managed to avoid the rain riding down but got wet coming home We have agreed on dates & what we would like to see but will not be booking it until 27th December. I gave a small jar of hm tomato chutney to DH’s niece & a rather wonderful gift from her was an extra large throw to cover my 2nd sofa. I was absolutely delighted as I had been unable to source one :j Dinner was the rest of the cottage pie with extra lo mash.

Thursday it has done nothing but rain 🌧 DH & I risked getting wet & dropped off the last lot of donations at the CS having been promised that the shop would be open I had to leave the bags outside - fortunately there is a covered walkway - as no-one was there. DSis went out in the rain & cast her vote (postal votes for DH & I ) DSis cooked dinner - M+S lasagne & garlic bread.
Have completed scarf no.12 & started scarf no.13 & DDis has repaired her umbrella :rotfl:

4611 - 4646 Nine drinks tins, 10 lots of cardboard packaging, magazine, 2 newspapers, 8 lots of paper packaging, 4 medium sized cardboard boxes, large cardboard box, 1” of paperwork, - Recycled
4647 - 4658 Three bags of kitchen detritus, 2 large carpet tiles, 6 lots of plastic packaging, plastic tray - Binned

Gem-gem, I need to take a leaf out of your book & empty, clean & declutter my kitchen cupboards - again :rotfl: My problem is that I have to find a new CS

Well Done TC77 :T I promise you another gold star if you hit 800 :rotfl:

Greenbee such a shame. Seems we are quite often thwarted in our attempts to save the planet & help our fellow human beings

Excellent work Wednesday2000 :T A tidy kitchen brings so much joy :DDSis is definitely enjoying her treatments more now

Well Done villagelife :T shame that your DH’s acquired skill set has never been used :rotfl:

More pennies in the bank Barny1979 :T

I had to laugh Siebrie I had visions of large items of clutter carrying in small items of clutter & settling in comfortably :rotfl:

Please make sure you look after yourself short_bird

Almost there Rootle :T

See you all tomorrow - hopefully a few others will pop in & let us know how their decluttering is progressing.

MrsSD
4658/4038

villagelife

Some more has been decluttered.

1569-1573 Christmas decorations which have seen better days and which I should have thrown away when I put them away after last chr.
1574 a calendar from DH accountant to DH work. In previous years it has say in the hall til March when I threw it out.
1575 book to League of Friends shop.

Have things to take to charity shop so will be back later.

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 rained on & off all day but the worst rain was in my heart at the result of the election “We are doomed, doomed I tell you”

Anyway, back to the matter in hand :rotfl: I have finished scarf no.13 & started scarf no.14. DH & I have finished the last of the hm soup - half a mug each. Dinner was pork steaks, boiled potatoes & garden peas with mashed sweet potato for DH & I.
DSis & DH mostly stayed in their respective rooms :rotfl:

4659 - 4663 Three drinks tins, food can, newspaper - Recycled
4664 - 4666 Bag of kitchen detritus, broken drinking glass wrapped in a large plastic bag - Binned

Well Done villagelife : Will you hit 1600? I really want to give you a gold star :rotfl:

See you tomorrow

MrsSD
4666/4038

IrishRose12

Hi guys. Hope everyone is keeping well.

My de-cluttering mojo has disappeared so not much happening here ATM. This is one of the 3 busiest times in school, the other 2 being September and June. I'd actually say December is the busiest as weve Christmas plays, various Christmas trips, events and visitors to us so we're all go go.

The house is a mess, due to Christmas gifts hiding everywhere, thembthe decorations that still haven't managed to be put up so you cant even see my kitchen table at the minute, and do.t even ask to go near the corner off the living room:eek: and dont even bother asking about the attic:(

But today some of that will all change the plan for today is to clear the kitchen table, put the decorations in their homes for the next few weeks, and put the boxes of then away. Then the corner will be attacked and blitzed whatever is in there hasn't been needed or looked at for over a week, so if it's not a gift, then it's going in the bin.

What is really annoying me this year is the amount of boxes we have from gifts bought online. The size of them from the likes of Amazon and the Disney Store for what the actual items are is just ridiculous, the Disney stores especially. Then you have the stupid amount of paper that's inside the boxes to pack j soothe items dont get broken etc. Just use a smaller box people:mad:
Yesterday we received 3 parcels from amazon alone. All 60cms long and 30 wide......with mountains of paper stuffing inside, to protect one insulated bottle Inside each box:mad: I ordered them from the same seller, so.they should have arrived in one small box.
I have sent both companies complaints regarding their packaging as I'm just sick of the wastage now. Aand the fact I only have 2 small kerbside recycling boxes and their packaging alone is taking up my one and only small cardboard recycling, leavening me with o room for other recycling.
We've now gotten.tk the point that amazon boxes just go into the wheelie bin as they're just too big. And if they're the seen on the large waste piles, then maybe Amazon will wise up to themselves.

It has made me promise that from now on in, were sticking to physical shops. And if an item cant be bought in a shop, then it won't be bought.

Its very unusual for.me to be up at this time on a Saturday morning so I'm off to make the most of it lol.

villagelife

I did go to charity shop yesterday but didn't post so here's some from yesterday

1576-1584 DVD's
1585-1607 CD's
1608-1618 magazines to DH work. He gets given some from people for him to read and then to pass on.
1619 various receipts no longer needed
1620 Christmas gift bag given to a friend with her gift in.

Barny1979

Barny1979 wrote: »

1538-1541. Four bags of recycling, eg wrappers etc dropped off at house whose resident gets money for charity from Terracyle.
1542-1544. Cardboard recycled

1545-1549. Five plastic stacker boxes and lids sold and collected by buyer on Facebook

notmy1sttime

Nice to see you notmy1sttime :j How often do you want me/us to chase you :rotfl: Remember you do need to clear lots of space for all your new Christmas presents :rotfl:

I have been unwell this week, so only the DS bike collected from FB sale. It is a big win though as was getting in my way in the kitchen.
Give me a few days and I could do with a kick up the rear mid week if isn't done, providing I am better.

villagelife

1621 unsubscribed from 10 emails.
1622-1623 duplicate take away menus recycled.
1624-1625 out of date vouchers recycled
1626 the pile of Christmas cards finally in the postbox. I write them about 3 weeks ago.

That's all for the time being.