2020 - banish the clutter

TC77

Morning, 

my charity shop and textile bank take clean rags/odd socks etc which all go into making mattresses etc so please if you can don't bin anything they may take....off to chip away at the clutter..

bit_by_bit

My CS does the same TC77. I am looking forwar to taking my bag of spring/summer clothing in in April. No point now, it will just end up in the rag bag.
Good news today. I decluttered my sisters car so now have a space on the drive. got to nip to the bankl to put the cash in.
Got a bag to of stuff for the CS.

We finished decorating DD bedroom in the week and are going to put up her bed and move her draws in this weekend. This involves house jenga. I  don't want the wardrobe from her room to go back in or go into the guest room. I want to feel that DDs room is completed and have room in the guest room (Room of Doom) as empty as possible so we can decorate properly. The wardrobe is currently on the landing and will be dismantled and put in my craft room. DH not too pleased about that but I have told him if it doesn't get done this way it will slow me down. I know my barriers and things in the way that I can't move myself are one of them. Got to tidy up a bit in there but it will be ok.

I have lined up some people to take various items including a large 2 draw set of of filing draws and a piano stool I got which has been upholstered. Nice to look at but we never use it for sitting on and have never had a piano. lol

oceanspirit

5 food items UU
2 items to OH
1 box paperwork shredded or recycled
So, a total of 8 items since 21st February.  I need to clear 55 items today in order to catch up!!

Willowtree222

Afternoon all, 
Mine is really starting to slow down now. It will be bits and pieces as I have tackled a lot of the big stuff. 
13 books of little ones in the boot for the charity shop via the work lady
1 pair of socks - binned
1 plastic box - binned
2 printer cartridges sent to recycling
17 items. I will get a few more bits decluttered over the weekend, but it wont be huge numbers. Shredded all paperwork today, but not counting it as it is bits and pieces. My dad has also come and removed 90% of the things from my garage that I was storing for him whilst his was rebuilt. My garage actually looks like a storage space now. 
1803 is my new total. x

newlywed

Recycling gone into communal recycling bins.

oh has books and an old suit to donate so new bag is started. 

Blouse I only bought in December (charity shop) but now it fits I have realised I’m unlikely to wear it. That’s the reality so time to pass it on (and learn a lesson). 

Bath mat gone - it was marked and thick towelling and takes days and days to dry inside a flat in winter. Replaced.

Need to get on and sort the pile of receipts out.... it’s building again.

shangaijimmy

Day 60
A bit of tidying done today but not hugely motivated to do anything but sit    Anyway I've found a few things for bin and/or CS:
- 1 DD game to CS (too old for it now)
- About 10 pieces of various toys to bin
- 2 kids magazines to recycling

I may to add to this later, but if not I'm happy enough.

short_bird

153: shower storage caddy finally replaced
154-159 Recycling for February including an extra bag of paper
160: generated an additional bag of rubbish 

Sa1sysoo

Sa1sysoo said:

Filled up another page in my notebook, so time to add on here again.
94. Video Game
95-109. Books to Ziffit
110. DVD on eBay
111-114. Books on eBay
115. Body Scrub UU
116-120. Pine cones on sticks
121-122. Refillable Bottles from a Theme Park
123. Manager Book given to a friend
124-133. Cheap Coin Belts
134-139. Out of Date Nuts and Raisins in the bin
140. Bag of Icing Sugar binned
141-158. Plastic tubs recycled
159. Dead plant
160-191. Beer glasses to the Charity Shop :beer:
192-195. Bottle Openers to the Charity Shop :beer:
196-215. Test tubes used for shots to the Charity Shop :beer:
216. Christmas Penguin Tin
217. Body Scrub - UU

The kitchen is looking much tidier and it's so much easier to find things now. Plus, we can open drawers without their being a tangle of bits in there. :j So freeing! :A

Latest notebook page filled, so:
218. Nail Varnish binned
219. Pen Used Up
220. Poster to the Charity Shop
221-230. Magnets to the Charity Shop
231. Coffee Mug to the Charity Shop   
232. Camera Instructions recycled
233. Eyeliner thrown away
234. Laces thrown
235-236. Travel show cleaners thrown
237. George Foreman Grill Cleaner/Scraper to the Charity Shop
238-242. Misc packets from the fridge thrown away
243. Sleeping Mask to the Charity Shop
244. Barbell freecycled
245-262. Weights freecycled
263-266. Dumbells freecycled
267. Pen Used Up
268. Box Set Ziffited
269-270. Pants thrown away
271. Ring to the Charity Shop
272-284. Single socks thrown away

newlywed

Cleared out the fridge of dodgy looking food.
cleared out the used jars for Justin. Added to the recycling.
decluttered the receipt pile with shredding scissors. 

Sue14

I made a start on the ‘cupboard of doom’, and instead of putting things back in that I need to sort out, I’ve left them out in the bedroom so I can gradually sort them instead of leaving them in the cupboard for a few more months. Also sorted the drawer of doom, still some bits to sort through but it’s looking a lot less ‘doomy’ than it was.

Things I got rid of during the sort out:-

1. 15 old birthday cards – recycling

2. t-shirt CS

3. & 4. 2 blouses - CS

5. Toiletry bag - CS

6. Soft toy - CS

7. CD - CS

8-25 17 books – CS

26 & 27. 2 jigsaw puzzles - CS

28. Car air freshener – put in car

29. Electrical surface mounting box – CS

30. VHS videos – freecycle

31. 2 cushions – CS

32. Medical cushion – freecycle

33. Pedometer – CS

34. Pile of paperwork – filed/shredded/recycled

35. 6 old diaries – pages recycled, covers binned

36. 2 tubes of glue – dried up so binned

37 & 38. A vase and planter taken to my parents grave

The following belonged to my late DH and I know he would have been telling me to get rid of them as he no longer needs them, but it’s been so hard to let them go, I’m sure he’ll be proud of me for doing so.

39. Trainers (almost new) CS

40. Slippers (hardly used) CS
41 & 42. toiletry sets

43 & 44. Novelty gifts (unused) – CS

45 More paperwork shredded/recycled, all belonged to my DH, mostly his work stuff and pension documents. I had no reason to keep them this long, as they all paid out the death benefits when he passed in 2016, but even this was hard to get rid of. I had to empty the shredder about 6 times, and it overheated at least 4 times, lol, also had another pile that didn’t need shredding.

I thought I was finally going to get rid of the wok, that I’ve had on shpock for a while, last week. I accepted the offer then got a message from the buyer asking if I could send it to her, as she doesn’t drive, I wasn’t willing to do that so she told me to cancel the offer.