2020 - banish the clutter

Happy_Kitties

Hope everyone is keeping safe and well.
Ive done some decorating touch up bits but havent done much decluttering. Neighbour has very kindly taken some items to the dump for me  and ive sent some neutral items to organiser so i can update totals
118- 122 items taken to the tip including paint pots and old laminate flooring.
123     quite abit of paperwork shredded
124     big crumbled envelopes-recycled
125     another t-shirt ready for CS sent to charity organiser instead for a charity auction
126      presents finally dropped off to friend.....with social distancing
127     DD mouthwash which has sat in the bathroom for at least 5 years-disposed of and recycled
There are some other things i just can't remember

68 neutral items now sent to organiser (aiming for 100 this year)

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

I really must get back into the habit of posting daily 😔 

Monday was overcast but occasionally sunny, rather cold & no real rain to speak of 🙁
DH pottered in garage, DSis watched TV, I spent the day reading (book 5 of the The Shipyard Girls series) AND cooking. Fried up onions, going soft carrots & most of my garlic - 2 bags in freezer & the rest used in an huge BOLOGNESE sauce. Managed to turn 750g of mince into 2kg of Bolognese sauce by the judicious use of cooked lentils & lots of dried mushrooms. 3 x 500g bags of sauce slotted into freezer. The rest used for dinner. Cooked rather a lot of pasta, so a bag of los has been added to freezer ‘soup’ drawer. 

Tuesday is shaping up to be a better day - fluffy white clouds, sunshine & warmth. DH took the Harley Davidson to the garage for repair & MOT came home on tube & DLR - everyone wearing masks 👏 DH finished the last of the hm soup for lunch. He got a phone call - Slight problem with a stuck bolt so DH was advised that getting it undone might cause more damage 😱 However he has just received a call to say that no extra damage - new bearings, new brake pads. (supplied by DH) & has passed MOT. DH will collect tomorrow. 

DH is now pottering in the garden - put up cages round 2 of the bird feeders - hopefully less bird seed will be wasted on the pigeons 🤞 
DSis & I are watching the 1951 version of Strangers on a Train atm. I have finished Book 5 of Shipyard Girls - really enjoying them & will probably NOT pass on to cs 😔 

1043 - 1049 Kitchen recycling, wine bottle, plastic bottle, 2 cardboard boxes, office recycling, paper packaging - Recycled
1050 - 1053 Bag of garage detritus, plastic packaging, kitchen detritus, living room detritus
 - Binned

Now into cheerleading which will take a while as so many of you have been busy 😉 👏

Hope your back is better villagelife 🙁 entering the Strong Woman championships was a mistake wasn’t it ? 😉 Hope the DS2 weight loss was intentional? Well done on the decluttering 👏

Great work roundtuit 👏 you are really getting the hang of this decluttering lark 😉 & so is your DS by the looks of it. I think I prefer drunk rats - they might forget how to swim 😉 Already into the 200’s 👏Congratulations on the new car - have you named her yet? 

15 years of faithful service from Pip 👏  You are so right roundtuit - the getting started is the most difficult part of decluttering 🙁 but once the mojo is with you make the most of it 😉

Boazu, TC77 is absolutely correct - clearing, decanting food stuffs is an excellent decluttering job - definitely counts 👏 As we are still having cold snaps, I would put the jumpers out - someone will find a use for them.

With you on the electronic decluttering elsien 😉 I really should sort mine out but 😉

Fingers crossed 🤞 nannywindow - It will give you a mood lift if the cs bag is collected 🤞

Excellent decluttering 👏 & I do like the ‘spot & swoop’ scenario. Great news re cs collection nannywindow 🙂 An island of lone socks plotting to take over the world 🤣 - or maybe turning themselves into face masks 😂 

How brave TC77 & well done 👏  Fingers crossed 🤞 that DD is successful 😉 You should count the 2 boxes of stuff as FOUR - the actual boxes & the sets of contents 😉 Rather annoying that she only did half a job but half is better than none 😉 Really pleased that you have an haven to relax in TC77 - especially a beautiful one 🙂 You can recharge your batteries, top up your Vitamin D & let the world get on with it 😉 What a great idea for odd socks 🥳

Let’s hope she has another mood in the near future, Nicnak 😉

Good work EnergyShifter 👏

Great idea Wanna_Bee_Free 👏

Thanks for the info ailz95 👏

Bit_by_bit, thank you so much for the charity shop info - so useful that I am awarding you a Gold Star ⭐️ Apparently BHF shops are doing a phased reopening so I am hoping that my local one opens soon - I only have one bag but it would be nice if I could drop it off as there is a market nearby 🤞 

Great work HappyKitties 👏 Over 125 items out so one Gold Star ⭐️ on its way. 

Thanks Dani_Mor 👏

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

MrsSD ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ 

1053/2020

supersaver1000

Started clearing the bathroom out today - chucked some really old body creams and lotions.  Then I sorted out my running gear - ditched some of the larger sizes that would fall down now.  Found out a couple of DVDs to donate to the CS, and a pile for DH to look through and decide if he wants to keep.  Starting small but at least I'm starting

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

Dinner was roast beef (DH bought ys from MrS - OK but not very tasty, the 2nd small joint will be slow cooked), roast potatoes  🤤, cabbage & Yorkshire puddings. DH & I had cherry jelly with summer fruits & squirty cream for afters. The jelly didn’t set very well but it really did taste of cherries. 

Well done supersaver1000 👏 & congratulations on the weight loss 👏


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

MrsSD ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ 

1053/2020

oceanspirit

4 items off reading pile recycled
8 items of paperwork shredded or recycled

nannywindow

On a roll after the cs bag collection. Gave DD the last of my curtain wire, hooks and eyes for her summer house. Now looking for more junk, sorry, items to donate to her

Keep safe and well

nan.

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I've decluttered the odds and ends that were on the bookshelves in the spare bedroom and moved the longest life and most bulky stores on to it instead, nice not to have things in boxes on the floor and the room looks ever so much tidier now.  

greent

Latest batch of items:

1301. More hotel s’poo & conditioner used up, bottles recycled

1302. mask made by DD when 10 (now 22) – binned

1303 - 1305. Another 3 piles of paper from DD recycled

1306. CD – CS pile

1307. Pile of paperwork relating to my Nan – recycled/ shredded

1308. doormat – CS

1309. can of nasty dry s’poo used up, can recycled

1310. chess set – sold – ebay

1311 – 1313. Box, paper, bag, bubble wrap and lots of airpaks used to post 1310

1314. as-new laptop sleeve (branded one) – CS

1315 – 1317. Items of clothing (holey!) recycled

1318 – 1326. Random items from my bedroom recycled/ binned

1327. 2 weird coathangers binned

1328. catalogue – recycled

1329. a bin full of random-ness from DD’s room (recycled/ binned)

1330. pair of virtually unworn trainers – CS

1331. unused slotted spoon – CS

1332. Several dead batteries found in kitchen drawer – recycled

1333. 2 pieces broken plastic cutlery found in drawer – binned

1334. keyrings – binned (freebies)

1335 – 1338. Unidentified keys (haven’t been used in years) – binned

1339. Large plastic bin (type used before wheelie bins) – given away

1340. non-working solar lights – binned

1341. rucksack with large hole in bottom – binned

1342 – 1344. Broken protractor, pencil sharpener & hairbrush – binned

1345 – 1346. 2 lots pf paperwork dealt with and posted off

1347. load of plant pots given to my mum

1348. old flip flops (too small and very worn – DS3) -binned

1349. ood bread mix (not sure where from…. As I make all my own from scratch) – used up, packet recycled

1350. book read and given to my mum

short_bird

419-420: food items from kitchen
421-427: take away tubs to local food group
428: canvas bag to local food group.
Bad news, all: my Mum passed away and I've been busy sorting out the funeral, the estate, the house clearance... have kept quiet about it on here till now, I reckon everyone has enough to deal with at the moment.

greent

Sorry to hear about your mum, short_bird (((hugs))) xx