2020 - banish the 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 started off hazy but quite warm. The sun finally managed to break through & raised the temperature but clouds ⛅️ kept the temperature in the low 20’s. DH went out on the motorbike (Round Britain Rally) Packed his picnic & left just after 9:00 a.m., returning just after 6:30 p.m. He had a great time & managed to get some fresh vegetables from a farm stall - complete with honesty box - potatoes, broccoli, cauliflower, tomatoes, spring onions & a bottle of apple juice. DSis had a long soak in the bath. I finished re-knitting the baby bonding squares - I have 12 sets now. Watched a dozen episodes of Ghost Whisperer 😞 Also knocked up an hm soup which has been zizzed & taste tested & very tasty it is too 🤤 Nice animal story now - DSis walked up to the main road & saw 5 yes FIVE fox cubs - little bundles of fluff chasing each other around  on the pavement adjacent to the 10 foot wide strip of wooded scrubland. Lots of undergrowth for the foxes to hide in. 
Dinner was home cooked fish, oven chips & peas.

Wednesday is another cloudy day with the sun trying to break through but still warm with a pleasant breeze. DSis has gone out for her meds, DH has washed & is now polishing the motorbike. I am being lazy - again 😉 

966 - 969 Two plastic bottles, bag of kitchen recycling, cardboard packaging - Recycled
970 Bag of kitchen detritus - Binned

Great work Nicnak 👏 New target duly noted & the rate you are going you might have to set a new one by the end of the year 😉 So now on 2219 👏 

You are more than welcome EnergyShifter 🙂 Great decluttering applause & am slightly jealous of no. 274 - sweet pepper seedlings 🌱.  🤞 you get a good harvest 🙂

Good work TC77 👏  & short-bird 👏 

Excellent work bit_by_bit 👏 I have to admire your determination on the book front & as you have done so well I am awarding you a Gold Star ⭐️.  I notice that you are now on 5 large items & your bags target is ticking along nicely. Keep up the good work 🙂

You are all putting me to shame but at the moment I have CBA’d Syndrome 😆 so not even managing to do my 4 mantras - numbers 1 & 4 have gone completely out the window 😩 


BE KIND. STAY SAFE. BREAK THE CHAIN. SAVE LIVES.

MrsSD ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ 
970/2020

Willowtree222

Got rid of the whole artex ceiling from upstairs. Does that count? x

Mrs_Salad_Dodger

Nicnak said:

Got rid of the whole artex ceiling from upstairs. Does that count? x

Absolutely counts - one for each room + the landing.

short_bird

384-387: 2 mother in law's tongue plants and 2 saucers to the downstairs neighbours as they're moving out. 
388-389: 2 vintage suitcases to the hallway 
390: post redirection form printed, hope to get to the post office tomorrow before the sun gets his hat on...

Willowtree222

Start 2219
I cleaned out the garage (not going to count ceiling as it's still there minus the bits!).
So
58 items gone from the garage. A few bits listed.
5 Soap bars I made in 2017
2 pieces of soap equipment date of 2017
12 pieces from a candle making kit I bought in 2017
Bags, wood left overs, clips from God knows what, and broken tools. 

New total is 2277

nannywindow

Nicnak now that's decluttering to the extreme, an artex ceiling ....... love it !

I read that the charity shops are going to be swamped when they open and may have to stop taking things through the doors quite quickly. But today I saw a " table top take away " which was mostly kids books, toys and games. Would work for any items I suppose.

The green waste bins have been emptied so I have filled them up again and will have to wait for the bin men in 2 weeks time.

We were lucky to catch the scrappy man this morning and he took both electric heaters. Yea !!

Binned the plastic paddle end of one oar, it's twin is still in the shed, but the wood handle has been repurposed into the legs of a folding stool for the garden.

Lots of packaging from fruit, either binned/ recycled as we had an online delivery this morning, although all types of wastage is still way down.  Also in recycling a large empty plastic car oil bottle and 2 cardboard boxes for items we no longer have.

MrsSD take a few days off and enjoy the good you are doing for all of us in cheering us on. I didn't know that was a syndrome, must remember that excuse !     

Keep up the deluttering all

nan

Willowtree222

Thanks Nan, 
I have seen quite a few table top take aways recently. 
The artex ceiling had to go, it was such a messy thing that attracted dust, spiders webs, and just looked cluttered and untidy. I have three rooms left to go now. One is the spare room and the others are kitchen and living room. I did every room upstairs apart from the spare, hall, stairs and landing, downstairs toilet as well. The guy was supposed to give me a quote and so far he hasn't messaged. I think he had enough after doing the upstairs. Poor guy! He did an amazing job though. x

TC77

1052-1056 ink cartridges
1057 parcel posted
1058 garden stuff 
1059 another parcel return ( other was sale) 
Been working using dining room chair with cushion and now standing up more as v uncomfortable! Social distancing walk. 
Thanks for the idea of using margarine tubs to freeze foods. Done a big cook and I'd just eat large quantities so going to freeze more ! 

Gem-gem

Been doing some major decluttering. Finally finished decluttering the folders from the loft, from when I left teaching six years ago. I only have a two folders left that are at my office. 

Four folders binned. Seven folders of various sizes kept - stored away to be reused. 

Five bundles of plastic wallets gathered ready for boot fair. 

Paper - have recycled half a big bin!!!!
Resources sorted and placed in boot of car, ready to go back to the office. 

Book - placed in boot - ready to go to the office.
Lots of laminated sheets - binned. 

Went through files at work - deleted lots of files.
Tomato plant recycled - died. 

Lots of weeds pulled up and recycled.
Wine bottle recycled.
smashed jar (with sauce still inside) binned.

We have a bird bath in the garden, not only have I been watching the birds use it but also two wasps keep visiting it!

bit_by_bit

Thanks for the shiny star Mrs SD. I think your body and brain are telling you to have a pause. No stress. recharge your batteries and you will be at it again soon enough. I have whole months of CBAasd itis and don#'wworry about it any more.
I have been watering at the allotment today and took some more bits off a wooden frame that was once a swing seat;before my ownership. It now stands at the entrance of my allotment but needed attention. Luckily we have plenty of wood so bit by bit I am bringing parts home. DH is cutting them out and finessing them. In the end I will have virtually a whole new pergola for the price of a few coach bolts. I even have a tin of blue staining for it for when it is reconstructed. That was from a few years ago. A quick look at the interweb tells me a new one would be at least £100 and the size and strength of ours more like £200. 
Today I have been working in the RoD and taken out two huge binliners of packaging (bubblewarp and envelopes) and two bin liners of carrier bags of all varieties that we have collected over the years. The thinner ones will be used for the CS but the others I will store neatly in a large sealed box in the garage and use them when the bags we use now get to worn out to use.
Also removed was another bag of CS clothes, and several more bags of books.  I have a load of paper to clear: essays, research articles and guidlines. they are all out of date and so I am going to put them in the recycling. I also have stash of paper (backs of old letters) kept for writing on but seeing as I have two huge boxes full of notebooks I will recycle/shred that as well. I have found more stationary than I will ever need so need somewhere to take it or send most of it. 
The garage is getting full but the house is starting to look better.