2020 - banish the clutter

oceanspirit

2 food items uu
7 items binned
2 items CS
2 items paperwork recycled
2 other items recycled

Bedroom tidied and had a bit of a spring clean today.  Still one more box in there needs going through but it's good that one room is very nearly done.

Barny1979

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146-162. Royal memorabilia to charity bag

163-190. More memorabilia to charity bag.

191-200. Old paint tins binned
201-205. Cardboard recycled 
205-210. Items to charity bag 
211-213. Charity bags dropped off at charity shop

214-220. Out of date medication disposed of.

221. Lego donated to local school 

222-232. 11 games sold on Facebook 

Happy_Kitties

*35-46     clothing items to cs
*47          cat magnets to CS
*48          booklet into recycling
*49          old birthday card found-recycling
*50          junk mail booklet-straight into recycling

Hoping to do more clothing items tomorrow  

TC77

Does anyone know how you find your own posts? I can't remember what number I was on!

I added 15 this morning, and another 10 today with books and uniform back to school and some tidying downstairs and clothes away in my bedroom. 

Thanks Mrs SD for reminding that tidying counts

Mrs_Salad_Dodger

TC77 said:

Does anyone know how you find your own posts? I can't remember what number I was on!

I added 15 this morning, and another 10 today with books and uniform back to school and some tidying downstairs and clothes away in my bedroom. 

Thanks Mrs SD for reminding that tidying counts

Page 100 appears to be the last time you numbered but you have posted a couple of times since then. HTH

MrsSD

TC77

Thank you Mrs SD, found where I am

230- 254 items recorded yesterday

255 - 256 subscription cancelled and junk mail cancelled.

Weekend with another storm so staying in and hopefully more decluttering and tidying.

Hope everyone stays safe this weekend.

Wednesday2000

I haven't been on here for a while but I have been steadily making my way through my moisturiser stash. I can't remember if I said this on here but I counted up and I had 25 moisturisers dotted around the house! Ridiculous. It is because they are in small jars that I wasn't aware how many I had.

I have used some up as body lotion, some as foot cream and put two by the front door so I remember to use it every time I go out. I put one scented lotion in my handbag. I still have 18 of them left!

I am going to go through my pyjama drawer today and see what needs getting rid of too.

It feels quite Springlike today so a good day for some Spring decluttering. It is going to be horrible weather this weekend, though.

Mrs_Salad_Dodger

1. DO NOT PUT OFF TO TOMORROW WHAT CAN/SHOULD BE DONE TODAY

2. WRITE AND USE “TO DO LISTS”
3. LEAVE A ROOM TIDIER THAN WHEN I ENTERED
4. KITCHEN WILL BE LEFT CLEAN & TIDY EVERY NIGHT
5. WHEN DEALING WITH CLUTTER I WILL USE ‘Daisy1571’s idea of ‘WHAT WOULD I DO WITH THIS ITEM IF IT WAS SOMEONE ELSE’S?

Thursday was a miserable dark & wet day ☹️ I did nothing apart from pottering & a bit of paperwork & ‘made’ dinner  - baked beans on toast for DSis & cheesey beans on toast for DH & I - needed after roast dinners 2 nights running 😆 DH was busy in the garage repairing a portion of the handrail from the banister & DSis did her washing then drying in the td ☹️ In between spending the day watching N*tfl*x in her rearranged bedroom. She now has a new narrow storage cabinet & I have a bedside cabinet to donate to CS 👏 

Friday has started out dry, bright & sunny but breezy. The 3 of us were supposed to be going to The Motorbike Show at the O2 but I woke up feeling like I had been run over by a steamroller 🤕 & the cold has set in leaving me headachey & shivery - yah boo sucks 😒 but every cloud has a silver lining see below 🤭 
So DH & DSis have gone off together - DSis has been making noises about doing her CBT (compulsory bike training) - I really don’t envy my DH ☹️ 

I have put the wm on & am snuggled up on the sofa.

341 - 347 Plastic tray, plastic pot, bag of kitchen recycling (foil, tins etc), glass bottle, large cardboard box, 2 newspapers - Recycled
348 - 349 Shredding, bag of kitchen detritus - Binned

You are welcome StickyTheStickInsect  👏 Hope the birthday party 🥳 is enjoyable & the 2 year old enjoys his boxes 😂 

I for one think you are doing a grand job with the help you give your daughter TC77 👍 especially as it is helping you declutter 👏 Good work on the decluttering 👏 You probably noticed that I have no idea how you find a previous post 😂 - I just guess at a page number 🤣 & work from there!

Good work villagelife 👏 especially having to clear out a cupboard - AGAIN !

Excellent work EssexHebridean 👏 you & MrEH are doing a grand job 👏 

Nice to see you keeping up the decluttering momentum Rootle 👏 

Great work shangaijimmy 👏 

Everything helps ziggy2407 👏 keep up the good work!

Great work stellata 👏 Yippee to Crocs 😁

Excellent work oceanspirit 👏 It is a great feeling to have one room almost done & think how great it will feel when it is completely done 😉

Clutter out, pennies in Barny1979 - well done 👍 

Good work Happy_Kitties 👏 

Great work on the moisturiser stash Wednesday2000 👏 at this rate you will have used it up by the end of June 😉

May see you later 👋 
MrsSD
349/2020

nannywindow

Today lots of gunk from the grill pan.... yuk ! My fault for leaving it toooo blummin long between cleans  . Also recycled some cardboard boxes for items that DH kept just in case they went wrong and had to be sent back. ( We no longer had some of the items either ) and a bath sponge binned ( but was replaced )

Happy decluttering all

nan

EssexHebridean

I seem to have spent most of today decluttering - definitely starting to notice a real difference now though! 

Started this morning with some tidying in the bedroom which lead to various items making their way to rubbish/shredding. A well past it’s best boot bag and a pair of knackered wellies have gone to the bin, and three old dressing gowns from the back of the door have gone to the CS bag (2 of them) and one to the washing basket as it needs a wash before it can also go to the CS. The bedroom door now opens back fully for the first time in YEARS - and I now realise how much it’s been annoying me that it wouldn’t open fully previously! 

Also in there: 
a few more makeup items > bin
a couple of very old toiletry items from the stash > bin
some more toiletry items from the stash that were still good but I won’t use > CS bag
some jewellery items that I’ll no longer wear > CS bag
Some jewellery items that are well past it > bin

moved on to the spare room again - have sorted some stuff for MrEH to check - old software CD’s etc - and a load more paperwork has gone to either the shredder or the bin. 

Sorted through 3 drawers and have amalgamated the contents into just two. Put a load of old photos into an album that has free space. Found two old Filofaxes that I have stripped - some stuff for keeping, some for shredding, and the rest and the folders themselves have been binned. 

Lots more general tidying all over the place too - another full black sack has gone to the bin and the next has been started, and I have created another 2 CS bags today as well - aiming to get those out of the house tomorrow morning! 

It’s all feeling SO much clearer! 👏🏻👏🏻

Have a fab decluttery weekend everyone - the weather certainly lends itself to staying in and making space!