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2020 - banish the clutter
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934-936 -glued bit back on laundry basket , and also wooden airing rack, and binned glue (very old and had to squeeze out of the side)937 - 942 insurance issue settled so sorted over 6 cm of paper, single sided made into A5 rough notepad with bulldog clip and clear wallets stacked neatly. Dragged on for over 18 months so great!943 - trousers CS944 - tights in draught excluder945 - found phone that didn't work and factory reset. - all data decluttered.14
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Just popping in as I have nearly finished a job I have been putting off. Last year we created a craft room for me but stuff keeps getting dumped. Today I have been sorting through all the stuff, homing like with like e.g. buttons, beads ribbons. I have a basket of projects to finish, it isn't over full and they are all small projects. I am lucky to have the space. It will no doubt refill but I have a place for everything now so that will ease the pressure.
Have a good day one and all.Wife, mother, gardener, nurse, Big C survivor. Officially retired at 55 2021 [/b][/b].Mortgage free April 2021Challenges 2024: Decluttering Campaign 32/100 bags plus 0 large items. Make £2024 in 2024#8 £0/£2024 Using my craft stash 0/52 Reading books 0/52 Donations for the CS/washing done from others (in and outs) in 2024 x 10 bags and 0 large items.11 -
316-319: magazines to recycling
320: book to recycling
321: another carrier of assorted rubbish and bits of paper sorted
322: books moved from temporary home in kitchen to !kea unit in living room (books and case moved in November when living room carpet cleaned, unit acquired February when friends cleared house on moving to America...)
323: another Really Useful box emptied
324: contents of carrier bag rehomed and sorted like with like.
325: another CD to charity shop pile.
Now to remake the bed...‘Keep your eye on the donut and not on the hole.’ David Lynch.
"It’s a beautiful day with golden sunshine and blue skies all the way.” David Lynch.13 -
Bin day tomorrow so did my usual of finding things and sneaking them in.
Old paddling pool that the rabbit chewed a hole in
2 cardboard boxes from the garage
another barbie
two half broken bricks (so one birick)
5 in total. Will update my signature later.
September 2017 Debt = £25330
Starting afresh.
You can do anything if you put your mind to it. x12 -
Recycled:
paper
flour bags (sr and plain)
garlic paste box
finished book (boot fair)
2025 Fashion on a ration 0/66 coupons
2025 Frugal challenge11 -
946 - 948 - 3 photos binned949 - 951 - picture frame and 2 cds to CS952 - paper declutter953 parcel posted954 cheque paid in for my dad955 digital photos labelled956 - tickets from theatre - kept from a long ago date - can't remember the play or who I went with! recycled.12
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Just popping back to say friend contacted me to say she'd been poorly and now on the mend. I'm so relieved! Was v worried about her. I think we all worry a bit don't we now. But we had a lovely chat and exchanged some pics of grandchildren and pets so that made my day. I've cleared out my lodger room as it's really unlikely I'll be able to get anyone for a while, covered the bed with a dust sheet, put everything in drawers and wardrobe so it's easier to wipe over, steamed the floor, washed the windows. It's so nice in there now I feel like moving in myself. One small bag of rubbish in black bin, no other decluttering.Magnolia Stellata14
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Hello been MIA lately, but still decluttering the garden when the weather permitted. Another conifer tree lopped down but it only had 2 thick branches left to do ( about 10ft high though ) so it's now all chopped up and waiting for disposal or dispersal around in the shrubbery. The two green waste bins were emptied today but I already have another big bag full that will fill one on it's own. I have binned a cracked tea plate and 2 pairs of holy socks, only one of each pair was holy but I threw out it's mate too, normally I would have kept the good ones for justin but I have no idea why.Hope everyone is well now, including all family members and friends. Hugs and healing vibes if not.nanFailure is simply the opportunity to begin again, but this time more intelligently10
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I went into the loft today. Only moved a few boxes to see what was there and managed to condense one box down into another so that I could bin it.
1 cardboard box!
September 2017 Debt = £25330
Starting afresh.
You can do anything if you put your mind to it. x9 -
Some done
758-759 two cards gone from my stash
760-761 two sheets of wrapping paper
762-764 more shredding done -the enormous pile is no more.
765 remains of a bottle of sugar soap
766-769 socks with holes in thrown away
Everyone seems to be doing well with their decluttering at the moment and reading posts does keep me motivated especially MrsSD cheerleading.11
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