2020 - banish the clutter

TC77

Thank you for my good star and the encouragement . Little done here and away with friends at weekend so will be pause although taking some bottles and chocolates with me so will count these
501 sorted some cables 
502- 507 razors or parts of binned 
508  pen binned 
509 boxes to recycling 
510-511 difficult emails sent and so not on my mind. Alot going on with  RL waiting for dd2 to declutter crutches...
Really does help reading posts  and get encouragement and ideas  

Mrs_Salad_Dodger

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

2. WRITE AND USE “TO DO LISTS” - MINIMUM 10 MINUTE BURSTS OF ACTIVITY UNTIL THE DECLUTTERING MOJO RETURNS (Thanks oceanspirit 👏)
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?

Tuesday’s dinner was a disappointment 🙁 The beef from MrA was full of gristle & tubules, the roast potatoes were poor & the gravy was tasteless - usually the beef from MrA is exceptionally nice but not this time. The lo beef was given to the Fox & even she struggled 😱 
Wednesday was a lovely dry & sunny day but windy & got more & more breezy as the day went on 😱 The day started badly - no bin collection - on strike 😡 but got better. Decided to deliver full CS bag to different CS than normal. DLR trains usually don’t have conductors but today we had a very entertaining chap who announced the weather forecast for the next few days & informed us that spring was officially starting on the 20th 👏 😃 The young man in the CS was wearing a mask & gloves - 1st person I have seen & I live on the IoD 😀 Actually bought 3 books naughty me. Dinner was burgers, chips & beans. I tidied the corner holding carrier bags & packaging. 

554 - 556 Cardboard box, kitchen recycling, newspaper - Recycled
557 Bag of kitchen detritus

Good work EssexHebridean 👏 Planning is good 👏 

Keep up the good work shangaijimmy 👏 

Every little bit helps Nicnak 👏 The motivation will return 😉 - I think it is currently on holiday with mine 😂 

Great work bit_by_bit 👏 I am sure your DD will be very happy 😊 & if she isn’t I would give her a sleeping bag & she can sleep in the Room of Doom 😂 - only joking .... really

Good work TC77 👏 Hope you have a lovely weekend 🙂


See you later

MrsSD
557/2020

ScarletRibbons

I haven't posted on here for a while, but thought I'd catch up.

We've been decluttering again - I'm always on the look out for stuff that we don't use any more, but since redecorating a bedroom we've rearranged and tidied things, so we now have quite a lot of stuff to go. I went through kitchen cupboards yesterday and decluttered from there as well.  The chazzer people will think we are clearing someone's house, well we are really, our own!!

I'm getting rid of a pair of shoes that I should never have bought, they've only been worn about once, but they might as well go. It's no good getting them out at intervals and trying them on, it doesn't make them any more comfortable. They weren't cheap either, but it's my own fault.

We have so much stuff to go we'll have to take it in the car ! i'm usually just taking the odd carrier bag, but this has been heavy duty de cluttering, it's a nice feeling though.

never_too_old

TC77 said:

Thank you for my good star and the encouragement . Little done here and away with friends at weekend so will be pause although taking some bottles and chocolates with me so will count these
501 sorted some cables 
502- 507 razors or parts of binned 
508  pen binned 
509 boxes to recycling 
510-511 difficult emails sent and so not on my mind. Alot going on with  RL waiting for dd2 to declutter crutches...
Really does help reading posts  and get encouragement and ideas  

Hi 
Did you know you can request a recycling bag from Gillette to send old /used razors to be recycled via Terracycle also pens can go to Terracycle as well.Google Terracycle and you should be able to find a local collector.

Rootle

11/52 - 9 CDs and 1 book to charity bin

shangaijimmy

Day 71
- Toy car that i stood on and nearly broke my neck - to CS bag!

Day 72
- Annoying squeaky dog toy that the dog ignores but DS2 is drawn to - to the bin!
- Dogs toy teddy that just seems to loiter around the living room - to the bin!
- Block of wood from on old chest of drawers that I found in the back of a wardrobe to the tip pile.
- 3 plastic things that were inserts from a cot bumper (also in back of wardrobe) to the bin 
- 1 pair of boys school pants to CS bag
- 1 toy dinosaur from Toy Story to CS bag (never played with and just hangs about)

* My plan for the next few weeks is to dispose of those annoying things that just annoyingly hang about

bit_by_bit

Thanks Mrs SD. DD is actually easy to please so she will be happy I am sure.
Sorted some clothes last night so I have a bag for the CS for the weekend. Going to try and get another one sorted for today. 
I suspect the CS will get overwhelmed wiht stuff if everybody has to have time off because of the  Cvirus. Always a silver lining somewhere.

StickyTheStickInsect

One bag to the charity shop and one bag of old sheets, duvets and towels to the Dog’s Trust. I also took some cat cones to the vets from the furball’s recent surgery but they only wanted one of them, so the other’s went in the recycling.
I also sorted out the small people’s felt tip pens and have put aside all the ones the don’t work, they haven’t actually left the house and won’t for a bit as I send them to a Children’s brain tumour charity but they have a minimum weight, so they accumulate in the shed until there are enough of them. The same is true for crisp packets and cat food pouches, it feels like it’s adding to the clutter but it’s ultimately doing something useful with stuff that’s would otherwise go to landfill.
13 bags gone !

Mrs_Salad_Dodger

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

2. WRITE AND USE “TO DO LISTS” - MINIMUM 10 MINUTE BURSTS OF ACTIVITY UNTIL THE DECLUTTERING MOJO RETURNS (Thanks oceanspirit 👏)
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?

Strange day weather-wise. Started off clear, bright & sunny & very breezy - ideal for doing the washing (which I did yesterday ☹️) However DSis did a load & some of it was put out on whirligig - unfortunately a rather heavy hail shower meant it had to come back in very quickly ☹️ 15 minutes later blazing sunshine so the washing went back out 👏 mainly dry but had to finish off in the td. Now very cold with a biting wind ☹️

Very lazy day - finished scarf no.30 & started scarf 31 + binge watched a German series -  8 Days - completely subtitled 😱’What would you do if you only had 8 days before a large meteor landed in Europe?’ I was absolutely gripped from start to finish - no spoilers as some of you may want to watch it 😉 Thought provoking especially in view of Covid19
DH moved some plants from a planter into the garden proper - maybe they will perk up 🤞 
DH made cheesy pasta (told you I was lazy today 🤭) - delicious 🤤 

558 - 560 Cardboard box, kitchen recycling, magazine - Recycled
561 Bag of kitchen detritus - Binned

Brilliant work ScarletRibbons 👏 A carload of stuff & biting the bullet on the shoes has earned you a Gold Star ⭐️ One of the difficult decluttering jobs is releasing an expensive duff purchase 🤭 Remember that nice feeling if you do stall in your decluttering 😊 

Thanks for the info never_too_old 🙏 

Great work Rootle 👏 

Great work shangaijimmy 👏 

Great work bit_by_bit 👏 Hopefully the CSs won’t be overwhelmed but as you say a silver lining 😊 

Excellent work StickyTheStickInsect  👏 You have earned your 2nd Gold Star ⭐️ 13/52 + I really like that you have a system to prevent landfill 👏 

See you all tomorrow 

MrsSD
561/2020

ailz95

I went through desk drawers and removed a lot of the bits and pieces that I was keeping to help a friend with their book keeping.  They've now found a real bookkeeper so the bits and pieces can go to a charity shop.  We were out yesterday, we went to Nylands at Crawley.  The cafe was packed.  We, and a lot of others it seemed, thought it would be quiet because of the Covid-19 business.  Luckily for us the two heavy downpours both happened when we were in the car.  The gardens were glorious, the magnolia was just coming into bloom, lots of spring flowers - and surprisingly warm in the sun, I was trundling round in the wheelchair with my coat open.
We also went to an Aldi in Crawley - busy too, queues even with every till open - they were out of toilet roll - and cucumbers - go figure.
Stay well everyone.  By the way Mrs. SD do you ride your own motorbike?