2019 - A Clutter Free Life

notmy1sttime

Well I wont say I am feeling 100% but I have managed to take a bag of items to charity shop and dropped 4 well over due books back to the library - good job they dont fine anymore!

villagelife

Thank you for the gold star MrsSD

More ha s left the house.

1627-1629 shampoo and body wash samples used up.
1630 an insole
1631-1633 old shoes.
1634 more packaging
1635 a broken had
1636-1637 old bits of coving
1638-1642 old accounts,diaries etc
1643 a small cot mattress
1644 scraps of material
1645-1646 metal rods
1647 shoe shine box
1648 used up tin of show polish
1649-1650 show cleaning brushes
1651-1659 books to League of Friends shop

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 mixed day weather-wise - occasionally dry but mainly overcast & rainy. DSis spent the day in her room, as did DH.
I did one load of washing & drying. Sorted & cleaned the 2 shelves in the lower larder + emptied one of 4 shelves in the larder.
Dinner was lo beef warmed through in gravy, mashed potatoes, last of the cauliflower & broccoli, & carrots.

4724 - 4735 Two drinks tins, 2 x cardboard packaging, large plastic jar & plastic lid, 2 booklets, small metal pot, 2 plastic pots & lids, glass jar & plastic lid, cardboard box - Recycled
4736 - 4739 Bag of kitchen detritus, 2 plastic bags, bag of office detritus - Binned

Well Done on decluttering split shifts short_bird :T

Good work notmy1sttime :T especially as you are not fully fit

Well Done villagelife :T rapidly approaching the 1700 mark

See you tomorrow when I will attempt to finish the larder plus defrost & clean the freezer & clean the fridge.

MrsSD
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short_bird

Mrs_Salad_Dodger wrote: »

Well Done on decluttering split shifts short_bird :T

Yes, well, there's not a huge amount to do in the city centre that doesn't involve spending money...

622-625: fridge oddments
626-627: DVD's back to owner along with
628-632: Xmas/birthday goodies as they're popping into my workplace.

never_too_old

Afternoon all

2 sets of outside lights ,steamer and various Christmas decorations all listed for free on facebook marketplace.Hopefully they will go soon.Decided now my tree was up and decorations done i dont need the excess decorations so will let them go to a new home.:D

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.

Now please do not think me completely bonkers but I stayed up all night to catch the ‘bin men’ as I was expecting them early They do such a good job that I like to give them a Christmas box *Unfortunately or maybe fortunately* :rotfl: they arrived about midday. The envelopes were accepted gratefully with the comment ‘makes a change from being sworn at’
Because they turned up so late it gave me the opportunity to finish emptying & cleaning the larder & rearranging the contents when I re-stacked the shelves + I sorted the Br*xit cupboard & the extra cans located in a couple of the cubbyholes in the dining room wall unit :T
Whilst DH went to the sm, I emptied the kitchen fridge/freezer & had enough space to relocate the contents into the garage fridge/freezer :T The kitchen fridge/freezer has been switched off at the plug & is now defrosting - it is really badly iced up, so hoping another couple of hours will see it completely free from ice 🤞 Then dry freezer, wash & dry freezer boxes & give the fridge & shelves a really good clean
DH & I have a bowl of hm soup for lunch & DSis had a steak slice heated in her microwave. Meanwhile I am still knitting scarf no.15

4740 - 4746 Two small plastic pots, 4 x cardboard packaging, glass jar & metal lid - Recycled
4747 - 4753 Uu biro, 4 x plastic packaging, 2 ood bottles of salad dressing - Binned

Well Done short_bird :T - way too cold to stay outside & if you go into a shop you feel obligated to buy something

Well Done never too old :T & very generous to donate your excess tree decorations

Might see you later my fellow declutterers :rotfl:

MrsSD
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gilly1964

Hello All,

I hope we are all getting organised for the festive period.

This year is a quietish one for us as stepchildren, their partners and our grandson will be in Spain with their Mum and stepdad.

I am looking forward to the break, but also a little deflated that we won’t see them for over for a week.


Decluttering is ongoing

2105 - TV sold on FB for £50
2106 - 2107 Cardboard boxes to recycling
2108 - Polystyrene to tip
2109 - 2114 - cans to recycling
2115 - bottle to recycling
2116 - 2119 toilet roll inners to recycling
2120 - 2121 used up shower gel and conditioner to recycling
2122 - 2236 - various taps, plumbing parts and pipes to scrap merchants
2237 - wellies returned to grandson
2238 - 2246 - Christmas presents delivered to their recipients
2247 - 2262 - unsubscribed from emails
2263 - 2395 - deleted emails

Before I go I would like to issue an award

Mrs SD - 52 gold 🌟, one for each week of 2019 for all your encouragement and enthusiasm in decluttering all our homes.

Happy Christmas to you all and see you in the 2020 thread xx

Barny1979

Barny1979 wrote: »

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

1550. Cardboard box recycled

Mrs_Salad_Dodger

gilly1964 wrote: »

Hello All,


Before I go I would like to issue an award

Mrs SD - 52 gold 🌟, one for each week of 2019 for all your encouragement and enthusiasm in decluttering all our homes.

Happy Christmas to you all and see you in the 2020 thread xx

Thank you so much gilly1964 :T what a lovely surprise
You must be feeling very happy that you exceeded your target
Looking forward to seeing you on the 2020 thread which you have probably noticed is already set up :rotfl:
Thank you again :T:T

MrsSD

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.

Freezer fully defrosted, wiped down & dried together with the baskets + the fridge & shelves etc fully cleaned & dried down. Switched back on - isn’t an empty fridge/freezer one of the 7 household wonders :rotfl: Only a few items in the fridge at the moment - milk etc. The rest is in the garage fridge/freezer & it is pouring with rain so can wait until tomorrow Couldn’t be ‘arrised’ to cook so takeaway curries for DH & I but Chinese for DSis. Added advantage is that tomorrow’s dinner is sorted DSis is in the bath as she is meeting her friend tomorrow morning @ 10:30 a.m. :eek: can’t see that happening but I may be pleasantly surprised 😯 DH is out for leaving drinks with one of his ex colleagues - someone he actually likes :rotfl: I may sneak out & buy a pressie for DH

4754 - 4764 Two drinks cans, glass bottle & metal lid, 7 foil cartons, bag of DH paperwork - Recycled
4765 Bag of kitchen detritus - Binned

Ticking over nicely Barny1979 :T

See you tomorrow when I hope to be starting on scarf no.16

MrsSD
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