2019 - A Clutter Free Life

Hermia

71-72) 2 make-up bags thrown away due to manky-ness.
73) Skirt sold on ebay.
74-75) 2 ornaments sold on ebay.
76-90) Job lot of craft supplies sold on Facebook.

bit_by_bit

Mrs Salad Days: Thanks for your suggestion but those glasses were pretty mouldy and nasty. They were brittle plastic and some were cracked too. I hope you are feeling ok now.

I just want to say that your cheerleading certainly encourages me to come back and see what your thoughts are. Thanks for the encouragement.:T:T:T

Today I took three bags to the CS. One was rags one picture frames and one clothes.Now on 8/60

It is a lot easier to take stuff now I work in one, lol, but still don't put everything in mine. I have three bags of books in the hall for the Oxfam shop but as this is in town I will be taking them Saturday.:D

Today found some lovely glittery jewellery at the bottom of a bag but had to rifle through used face wipes and odd earrings to get them. Yuck. :eek:

I was on the till for three hours and in that time took about 85 bags of donations, most of it giftaided. It makes me happy that so many people are not just throwing stuff out. I just wish they could hang onto their Christmas stuff for September as so much is going in the bin as there is nowhere to store it.:(

Also decluttered today: a blanket that has taken me ages to crochet and should have been a gift at Christmas for my DD. SHe has it now and is very happy. There were 49 large patches to sew together. Gonna have a rest from crochet for a while now.: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

Sunday - A cold damp day with hailstones :eek: Apart from posting birthday cards the only ‘item’ decluttered today is my DSis :rotfl: Due to the doctor’s concerns about her sleep apnoea she is on her first night of a sleep study :eek: DH took her to the hospital for 8:00 p.m. Probably another 2 nights of study
I spoiled her today - bacon sandwich for lunch & pork escalope in herbed breadcrumbs with boiled potatoes & green beans for dinner. I made my F*tb*t super happy today :rotfl: - green stars across the board :j as I walked to & FROM the sm so saved bus fare as well I am keeping up with my daily mantras but have done nothing else today

Cheerleading starts here

MadamMim2013, Well Done :T you have been a busy declutterer :T You do know Sunday is a day of rest :rotfl:

Seaotter, Well Done on your Kondoing so far :T Pretty impressive total so far & already reaping the benefits 2019 is YOUR YEAR :rotfl:

Wanna Bee Free, I am with you in that seeing other posters lists reminds me of items I can look at Can I borrow the 5 minute declutter?

Nannywindows, decluttering food stocks :T I did scare myself so I am now paying attention & making sure I don’t get cold :eek:

Downshifterella, good luck with the wardrobe declutter

CAFCGirl, the pantry released you :rotfl: it had obviously been begging you to sort it out :rotfl: The pantry is happy & you are happy :T Win-win

CRANKY40, Well Done :T - I hope you said thank you to the weather :rotfl:

bunty109, another busy bee - Well Done :T Perhaps you should let OH do all the cooking, laundry etc - then he might appreciate your decluttering :rotfl:

somerandom - 2 cupboards of doom sorted :rotfl: Well Done :T

chupachups4 - one more thing than I managed :rotfl:

Tfoz, I am jealous - not only burning paperwork but also drinking Kopperberg :rotfl:

Hermia, watching those pennies rolling in Well done on the decluttering :T

bit by bit, you are doing really well on your decluttering :T - are you sure you are doing it bit by bit :rotfl: maybe it should be ‘large bit by large bit’ :rotfl: I do not envy you sorting out donation bags _pale_ - that sounded yukky Sounds like they confused rubbish bag with donation bag

I look forward to my self appointed cheerleading role


MrsSD
187/2019

Wanna_Bee_Free

Morning,
My five minutes yesterday went well. More recipes out the door and knowing those left are interesting we se3m to be trying more of them too. Lots of unpacking done too, and started dealing with Mount Washmore.
Mrs SD please borrow the 5 minute declutter. I wanted a New Year resolution that wouldn’t pileon any pressure but increase my consistency in decluttering as it came in fits and starts before. I can do more than 5 mins if I’m on a roll once I start. Gettibg started at all is half the battle for me.

bargainhunterss

chocolatelover93 wrote: »

Hello everyone!

Also got rid of some more rubbish and bits from the kitchen. It's such a positive experience. And I feel so much better now that my table is clear. I'm enjoying meal times up the table with my DS and he is too. He's been asking lots of questions and what things are which is really nice and it's helping my mental health a lot too (I know I keep saying this but I didn't realise how much the clutter was getting me down as well) I actually sat in my living room the other day and felt happy. When I walk into the house and see how clean and tidy it is in there I don't mind the toys and I feel more at peace (again sorry if this sounds odd or I keep going on haha)

C xx

It’s not weird at all! I feel so much better when I walk into the living room and there isn’t random carp everywhere (the usual state of affairs), or into the kitchen and there be dishes everywhere. I feel on edge if I know one of the rooms is a tip!

abbe89

I had a big decluttering day of my clothes yesterday. Almost Marie Kondo-ing (focusing on whether I loved items and really needed them) just without thanking the items I'm getting rid of!

2 bags to go to the charity shop
1 rag bag
1 bag of rubbish

And about 15 things to put onto ebay which I'll do this week.

Just my underwear left to do - but it was too chilly yesterday to be trying stuff on to see if it fits before potentially making decisions :rotfl:

Ginmonster

I didn't get any decluttering fine over the weekend but I did get to enjoy the results of some I'd already done. We had friends over on Saturday night and used the dining room to have dinner and play board games. It's completely tidy (it still has too much stuff in but it's actually usable instead of everything being piled up on the table).

Yesterday my neighbour popped round with a card, a box of chocolates and a bottle of wine to say thank you for all the kids clothes I gave her which was lovely.

I'm back in the groove again today and started by taking 8 cardboard tubes from wrapping paper in to the 6 year old's school as they had requested supplies for junk modelling. I suspect I'll see some of our back again as some kind of deeply interesting creation though so it's only a temporary win.

I'm making a concerted effort to burn through our scented candle collection at the moment as we seem to have loads of them. It's very easy to forget you've got them.

It's good to read what everyone else is up to. It makes you think what else you could be decluttering in your own home.

abbe89

Ginmonster wrote: »

I'm making a concerted effort to burn through our scented candle collection at the moment as we seem to have loads of them. It's very easy to forget you've got them.

I'm doing this as well! I've always 'saved them for best' but when the drawer I keep them in became full and couldn't fit the ones I got for Christmas in I decided to start enjoying them. My flat smells lovely at the moment haha

parsniphead

Keep warm Mrs Salad Dodger. That sounded like a horrible thing to deal with.

I've just decluttered a cheese and pickle toastie.:D Apart from that nothing else done. I think I will have a little go after picking up DS later.

Ooh.....I lied. Two Christmas cards gone which were lurking. I must learn to pace myself.;)

Seriously I would like to have all walkways and the stairs clear by the end of day tomorrow so I can have a good go on Wednesday when DH is at work.

Happy_Kitties

*99 bits of my mums or collected for her-given to her.

Frustratingly she gave me a bag of bits back. On a positive note some are for going this weekend when I meet with DD and the other items are for a charity auction but will need to keep them for about 6 months first for the charity so I count these as positive neutral items that will be shipped out by 6 months. It's just finding storage with the other items without looking cluttered but getting there-slowly!
One item will go into my CS bag. If I get my act together these can go tomorrow-happy days!