2020 - banish the clutter

Willowtree222

Nothing from me today. x

Gem-gem

Spent the late morning / early afternoon getting rid of more dust. First went round with a feather type duster then Washed all non fabric light fittings in kitchen, living room, hall x2 and bedrooms x 2.
Spent the late afternoon in the garden reading my book, enjoying the glorious sun. 

Recycled: 
unwanted post
neck cream container
beer bottle x 2
face wash box

Homemade Birthday card posted

TC77

671 - 690 - items to food bank

691 letter posted

692 form scanned

693-695 - hall floor scrubbed (old fashioned way) using up some special floor cleaner, then mopped repeatedly, and polished (existing polish), using up part of old sheet (already cut up as ghost costume from years ago for dd). Looks good but took a long time

696 finished off other draught excluder stuffed with socks (don't think I counted the other day).

Hope everyone staying safe x

being more conscious of using up food and trying to eat healthy although no lbs being decluttered. Will try and paper and rubbish sort in advance of Friday bin collection - I keep thinking they may stop or reduce collections so want to make the most while I can!

StickyTheStickInsect

I have finally managed to clean and clear out the fridge which is long overdue. A carrier bag full of out of date jars went in to the rubbish. I’ve managed to convince DH that we don’t need to have three different types of beetroot in future !
If I’d actually thought it through I have done it on a week when we actually have our bins collected but nevermind 

I hope everyone is doing well, stay safe x

StickyTheStickInsect

Nicnak said:

Nothing from me today. x

I think you are entitled to a rest Nicnak! I hope you and LO are having a relaxing Easter holidays.

basketcase

Nicnak said:

Nothing from me today. x

Likewise

short_bird

211-213: fridge items that sneaked past me.
214: drinks coaster to bin
215-217: 3 cd's to charity shop pile

Marpau

Been missing for a while we had booked a 3 week holiday 1 hour after landing we got a message saying we needed to return home this took a week to arrange decluttered lots of stress! So we are back and had to self isolate for 2  weeks.
267-269 coasters to cs
270 necklace to cs
271-276 6 books to community library
277 puzzle book recycled
278 Bra recycled
279-280 magazines recycled 
281 broken glass recycled
282 decorative tin recycled
283 candle holder recycled
284-285 2 mugs to cs
286-289 glasses to cs
290-291 2 baby bottles to cs 
292-296 5 balls wool from stash uu
297 pepper pot to cs 
298-299 chutney uu and tub recycled
300 cake decorating turntable to cs bag
301-302 box file and contents recycled
303 magazine recycled
304-305 life admin completed travel insurance claim cancelled train tickets.
Kitchen cupboards are all cleaned and pristine several items uu as we are unable to go to shop.
Bookshelves cleaned and tidied unwanted books ready to ship out when this is over.
Bedroom cleaned hoovered and cleared ready for decorating next week so much easier to do now there is no clutter!

Mrs_Salad_Dodger

1. WRITE AND USE “TO DO LISTS” - MINIMUM 30 MINUTE BURSTS OF ACTIVITY AT LEAST TWICE EVERY DAY

2. KITCHEN WILL BE LEFT CLEAN & TIDY EVERY NIGHT

3. I WILL ENDEAVOUR TO BE NICE TO EVERYONE & TRY TO SEE THE FUNNY OR PECULIAR SIDE TO AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE
4. DAY TO DAY DECLUTTERING WILL CONTINUE

Tuesday was a Gloriously sunny & warm day. Used Google translate to write short notes in French to add to boxes containing Easter Eggs. All wrapped ready to post. I phoned my usual P.O. & it was business as usual 😁  DH drove me round on the motorbike - parcels posted & paid for by card. As the P.O. is at the back of a shop, I also did a small shop - milk, potatoes, a couple of bananas, 2 packets of anti-bacterial hand wipes 😁, box of cornflour, sliced loaf. We drove home the long way - so took 6 minutes instead of 3 😆 
Once this situation is all done & dusted, I will make a point of picking up a few items in the shop whenever I am posting parcels or buying stamps. 

Rest of the day was spent knitting whilst watching TV 😞 
No cooking - DH treated us to pizza as 2 for 1 Tuesday. Plenty left for lunch tomorrow.

695 - 696 Kitchen recycling, magazine - Recycled

697 - 698 Bag of kitchen detritus, bag of office detritus - Binned
699 - 700 Boxes & wrapping paper from stash used for Easter Eggs - Posted

Good work Abbafan1972 👏 

Great work villagelife 👏 

Nicnak & basketcase - I agree with jinnyisacat - everyone is entitled to a day off if not many 😉

You have been busy Gem-gem 👏 & a deserved reward of reading out in the sunshine 🙂

Great work TC77 👏 especially the hall floor 👏 Our council appear to be collecting only the rubbish & not the recycling.

StickyTheStickInsect, I am your DH’s kindred spirit - I do love beetroot 🤣 Well done on the clean & clear of the fridge 👏 

Good work short_bird 👏 

Oh Marpau what a nightmare 😖 Did you manage to get out of the airport before you were told? TPTB have not been very good at getting people back home & it sounds like you had to do it all yourself 😡 Mind you, you have made excellent use of your self-isolation 👏 so I am awarding you your 2nd Gold Star ⭐️ 

Keep safe everyone

MrsSD ⭐️ 
700/2020

boultdj

Not a lot here, hoovered all rooms, 1 load of washing done and dried, 70 emails deleted and flea tablet decluttered into the cat on the 4th attempt.