2019 - A Clutter Free Life

aimeemum

Managed to get hubby to declutter a full bag of old engine parts from the bike he is breaking off my kitchen table and into the wheelie bin!!

Fire_Fox

Thank you for cheerleading Mrs Salad Dodger. :kisses3:

No further decluttering to report. Procrastinated by deep cleaning my hall, but became bored with that as well ... Threw all the cloths/ pads and my scruffs in the washing machine, so I can start procrastinating afresh another day.

bit_by_bit

MadamMim2013: Sorry to hear of your troubles. I went through a period in my life where the Police were knocking virtually every week for something one or the other DS's had done. DH decluttered Son no 1 for continuously stealing. It was a tough time and now he is settled with a wife and is honest.

The other one is living with me again after leaving home. If he is up to anything he is good at hiding it.

All the best and I hope it doesn't come to the decluttering of your son, but if it does I am sure you will have tried everything. Hugs

bbb

MadamMim2013

bit_by_bit wrote: »

MadamMim2013: Sorry to hear of your troubles. I went through a period in my life where the Police were knocking virtually every week for something one or the other DS's had done. DH decluttered Son no 1 for continuously stealing. It was a tough time and now he is settled with a wife and is honest.

The other one is living with me again after leaving home. If he is up to anything he is good at hiding it.

All the best and I hope it doesn't come to the decluttering of your son, but if it does I am sure you will have tried everything. Hugs

bbb

Thank you so much for this.. It can feel so lonely when dealing with it all, I’m just ashamed that DS2 behaves in this way.. He has some difficulties with his emotions and isn’t always particularly mature (though he can be) yet at 15 he does know what’s right..
I know I am a good parent, DS1 is on his 3rd year of college, has a job, gf and is kind, respectful, etc.. So it does annoy me when people generalise that its always the parents doing when a teen behaves badly.. It’s not..
Thanks again.. I shall continue to persevere and know that things can and DO get better!

chupachups4

176: 1 item sold, 8 euros in the travel pot

listed another 11 items

Barny1979

Barny1979 wrote: »

20-21. Two carpets cut up and taken to the tip

22. Another carpet taken to the tip

Gem-gem

Hubby and I have been cat sitting (me at weekends) at my mums so decluttering has slowed down.

28. Have been making lots of cards. Using up old bits. Bits gone into the bin that cannot be saved / used.
29. Finished two more books and passed them on to a friend of hubby.
30. Bagged up another £30 worth of books / DVDs for WE BUY BOOKS.
31. Unwanted mail into the bin.
32. Plastic recycled as necessary.

pixielottie

I have a strange feeling I never posted the last post I came in and wrote I tend to get this page up and write them down as I go, it helps keep me motivated, a bit like ticking off a to do list - but then I got distracted and shut the laptop without hitting send oops!

I've not done much this week it's been a really really tough week mental health wise, which isn't something I've struggled with in about 10 years so that's thrown everything off completely >.<

158 - 163 - lipsticks (yep still chipping away at them...)
164 - 169 - out of date teas I have too much tea...
170 - 172 - old hair dyes used up
173 - face mask to the boyfriend
174 - birthday chocolates finished! (My birthday was May!!!!)

I have a day at home tomorrow so I think I'm going to try and locate the shelf I took out of my bookcase, it should fit back in since I got rid of so many DVD's. I think I'll use it as another shelf for art stuff and then it's tackle the desk time.... wish me luck! My desk is embarrassing... I've not used it in a year >.<

Cherryfudge

This will sound a lot more than it actually is, but as I've been working on clearing Mum's old house, then had an onslaught on the out-of-dates in the medicine cabinet at home, 62 items have gone since I last posted here.

I love reading all the decluttering adventures so I hope to catch up, at least in part, but there are something like 165 posts since I was last here and I struggle to get internet at the old house so all my favourite threads get neglected. I suppose there's some small compensation in that I actually get rid of things rather than just reading about other people doing so .

Happy_Kitties

110 -another padded envelope used
111 - sales booklet into recycling. (Did cut the cover up to add extra protection for the item in the padded
envelope above)
112-113 -items finally dropped off at CS

No doubt will add more to the list later. Struggling to get posted as the cat is being very demanding