2020 - banish the clutter

oceanspirit

1 item to CS
2 items UU

Not many today but plan for some good numbers over the weekend.

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?

Sorry I didn’t post yesterday  😐  - still not liking the new format ☹️
Wednesday was a damp day. We all bathed - separately of course 😆 DSis & I had the last of our free sessions - I booked 10 more sessions (comes with 3 free sessions 👏) but DSis is taking a break. I went straight home whilst DSis walked to the sm. DH left before us & rode down to his sister’s to hand deliver her birthday card - nice surprise for her 😊 
I sorted out some life admin in the afternoon.
Dinner was Snorkers (as per BoP on 5 OS Pleasures) with mash & plum tomatoes - yummy 😋 

Thursday has been rain, rain & more rain. A neighbour knocked on the door needing some metal washers - as my DH is the go to go, he searched the  garage & provided some 😉 

I have finished scarf no.26 & started no.27. More life admin done.
Dinner was chicken pieces fried in butter, boiled new potatoes, garden peas & fresh carrots + mashed sweet potato for DH & I - delicious 🤤 

389 - 404 Two lots of kitchen recycling, 3 newspapers, uu mini shower gel bottle, 2 glass bottles, 2 uu cleaning product bottles, cardboard packaging + from DH - 4 magazines & a large bag of recycling - Recycled
405 - 407 Small whiteboard & pen, 2020 Calendar, more paper bags - CS bag
408 - 409 Two bags of kitchen detritus - Binned

Well done villagelife 👏 we are neck & neck 🤭 

Excellent work Nicnak 👏 - are you sure you can’t come & help the rest of us 😆 Well done on biting the bullet re skincare products 👏 You are charging along Nicnak - through the 1700 mark  👏 

Brilliant work shangaijimmy 👏 An excellent decluttering tip - thank you 😊 for bringing it to the forefront of our minds. Having done so well on your first sweep, I have every faith that you will be just as successful on your second sweep - you are now in full decluttering mode 😉

Well done greenbee 👏 it is always somehow more satisfying when annoying jobs are done 😉 I love the handbag trick 👏 

You really have the bit between your teeth re office shredding EssexHebridean 😂 Excellent decluttering work at home applause. I nearly wet myself reading about MrEH’s dad 😂 

Congrats on the weight loss & the email decluttering boultdj 👏 

Brilliant work Natalia 👏 Another person aboard the ‘open the cupboard & admire the space’ bandwagon 😉

Good work ziggy2407 👏  ‘We are ALL amazing’ 

Good work oceanspirit 👏 A pesky box almost sorted 😁 Every item counts 👏 

🥳 another new person aboard the Declutter Bandwagon 👏 Welcome aboard FoxFace 👏  What an excellent start - clutter out, money in, debt paid off 👏 Wow, you are motoring 👏 and well done on the sales (what is that saying - one person’s junk aka clutter, is another person’s treasure) - you seem to have a lot of treasure 👏 Great idea from Primrose 👏 

It is so nice that we all inspire each other to do better, TC77 😊 Good luck to DD2 for her exams 🙂

Nice to see you ChasingtheWelshdream 😁   What a wonderful result and because I am so impressed that you have created a craft room, I am awarding you a Gold Star ⭐️ Re the 4 sewing machines are they all electric or do you have hand crank machines? The thing is as you are such a ‘crafty’ person, if you have the space in your new craft room, then I would keep all 4 😆 Good luck with R.o.D 1 - fingers crossed 🤞 that lots of toys are ‘reassigned’ to new homes outside of your home 😉 

Oh savvy 😕 I am sure it isn’t that bad  😛  in cheek  😂 I am really impressed at the repurposing - you have turned clutter into useful items 👏 You are an inspiration 🥳

Good work Happy Kitties 👏 

Keep up the good work Barny1979 👏 

Well Done Rootle 👏 on track for your 52 👏 

I do need to get back on track 😩 so I need to reinstate my ‘To Do Lists’ as a matter of urgency 😩 You are all putting me to shame 😉

See you all tomorrow.
MrsSD
409/2020

Willowtree222

Sorry Mrs SD - I think once I have done mine, I will have seen enough/had enough to last me an entire lifetime. If I get back into this mess again then I will not be happy. x

greent

Latest batch of items from me:

651. tealight candles x 6 – used

652. hotel marmalades – consumed, jars recycled

653. hotel shampoo x2 – used, bottles recycled

654. 2 x broken coathangers – binned

655. broken hairbrush – bin

656 – 657. LOTS of paper from DS2’s room – recycled

658. BN pencil – shoebox appeal

659 - 669. broken toys/ random things from DS2’s room – bin

670 – 671. 2 boxes from DS2’s room – recycled

672. New book (DS2) – CS

673 – 674. 2 BN gifts (DS2’s room) – CS

675. Small bag of used batteries – recycled via smkt

676. Unwanted bag of pretzels – foodbank via smkt

677. broken pen – binned

678. broken goggles – binned

679 – 680. 2 broken toy vehicles – binned

681. Another very ood bag of filter coffee used up (2 down, 1 to go…)

682 – 683. Shower gel and body lotion from Xmas gift set used, bottles recycled

684 – 692. Bars of soap used to make laundry gloop

693 – 700. Sparkly pencils – donated to shoebox appeal

nannywindow

Hello all

Nothing much going on here. I did bin 4 batteries yesterday. Wow !! Today the DGD is coming for a sleep over so lots of food will be decluttered, not as much as her brother though. We will probably go through the craft stuff and use some of that mountain up too. Home made Easter cards anyone that look like a 5 year old has made? ( that's just mine ) I haven't done any cards for such a long time, I'm out of practise. I will be on a mission next week to do more sorting etc in between blood tests for me and DH . I have some shredding to do if the weather is too awful to go to the shed to start in there.

Happy decluttering

nan

Willowtree222

Did a tiny bit of little one's stuff. 18 teddies. I wouldn't mind, but you can barely see a dent and it looks like I haven't touched her room at all, but 18 teddies are now safely in the boot ready to be dropped off at the CS without her going back through the bag and pulling them out. 
Hungry hippo game in the bin (all the balls have gone)
two cushions
old hanger
Lots of other 'bits' from her room like paper, broken clips, tissues left out, and other things not worth counting. 
I'll just say 22 for the main items rather than try to count all the other bits. 
Will update signature. x

Wednesday2000

Two pairs of joggers used as rags for cleaning and binned. Old coat hangers (not space saving hangers) binned.

I have been rummaging through my stuff and organising it and I have found a lot of paper clutter, old packaging and unwanted paperwork. All of it has gone into the recycling bin.

I am dropping off my donation bags in a minute. They are very full. I added some items from my husband's wardrobe as well as some other dog related stuff that I haven't ever used.

  

TC77

Nicnak, my dd2 finally got rid of about 60/70 soft toys when she was 10/11 and the same again when 13 and now has about 15 ( aged 15). 
Down at my dad's and going to take some of his things to the dump 
 Been offered my mum's fridge magnet collection ( she died 10 years ago,). Taking 3 and rest to cs and one in the bin. 

savvy

FoxFace said:

Today I listed up some old skate parts (I play roller derby) and they sold pretty much straight away.

OMG sooooooo envious right now, an MSE friend does it too, and I've always wanted to do it but it was never down my way......but spotted a sticker in somebody's car last week for a local one! I think I'm past actually doing it, but would certainly love to go and watch!!
MrsD - aww thanks, love to repurpose because I can't afford to keep purchasing.............err yeah it really IS that bad lol, nearly every ex that has lived here has left something behind, and now the kids, and the grandkid now has bits and bobs here too for when he stays lmao.

short_bird

152: Refund of balance and deposit on Oyster card as I'm not in London so much: money back in 4 days...