2020 - banish the clutter

greent

On a slight roll this week:

1351 – 1359. Lots more hotel s’poo & conditioner used up, bottles recycled

1360. Very old bar of soap finally used up

1361. Huge muffin cases at least 12 years old finally used up on huge carrot cake muffins 😊

1362. Several weird and excess coathangers binned

1363. several broken clothes pegs binned

1364. Shower gel used up, bottle recycled

1365. Pair of shoes – sold – ebay

1366. Box & packing paper from stash used for 1365

1367 – 1375. CD audio books – given away via fbook

1376. around a dozen batteries recycled at s’mkt

1377. box of cereal (wrong sort bought) donated to foodbank

1378 – 1383. CD audio books given to family member

1384. book given to same family member

1385 – 1396. Toys sold via fb00k

1397. Toy sold via ebay

1398. bubble wrap, packing paper & brown paper used on 1398.

1399 – 1400. Yet more hotel s’poo and conditioners used up, bottles recycled..

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Going to contact the local Hedgehog Hospital to see if they want the odds and ends and books we put out that no one took, they usually have a sale table out and lots more people walk past them than they do us.

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

So much for posting everyday 😞😞😞😞
Wednesday & Thursday not so good weatherwise but at least the garden appreciated a bit of rain though not nearly enough so still had to water 😱 I have now finished books 6 & 7 in The Shipyard Girls series - basically read for 2 whole days 😞 with a bit of TV & playing AB2. Wednesday night was baked salmon fillets(in foil with butter), boiled potatoes, last of the tomatoes (baked) & green beans. Not a single fresh vegetable left in the house/garage but more importantly absolutely nothing binned 🥳  The fish skin was left on the foil & given to Mrs Fox. She promptly picked up the foil, threw off the skin & licked all the butter off the foil. She then ate her sausage, gathered up all the fish skin & trotted off to feed her cubs. Sadly we are down to 5 cubs as one has been run over.

Thursday DH went out on the motorbike for the weekly shop - plenty of vegetables & topped up the toiletries. Also a rather nice surprise in the raised bed - the seedlings we thought & labelled as parsnips are in fact radishes 🤭 Dinner was bangers & mash with 2 tins of plum tomatoes. 

Friday is another overcast day. DH has gone off to the tip - unfortunately everything already counted 🙁 & then he will call into the powder coating place & see if he can collect the rack, cooking pot & magazine rack. My task for the day is to catch up on cheerleading 😉

1054 - 1058 Kitchen recycling x 2, cardboard packaging x 2, plastic jar - Recycled
1059 - 1060 Two bags of kitchen detritus - Binned

Here goes 😉

Good work oceanspirit 👏 keep it up 👏

Great work nannywindow 👏 What is that saying “one (wo)man’s junk is another (wo)man’s treasure” 

Well done boazu 👏 you really are getting into the swing of things 🙂 What a great idea boazu 👏 Have you been watching SpringWatch? I believe they did a whole section on hedgehogs 🙂🙂

Excellent work greent 👏 powering ahead on your decluttering 🙂 Yippee greent - 1400 items out 👏 you are ahead of target by quite some distance 👏

short_bird, my very sincerest condolences. Hopefully your Mum had a good life & you have  lots of happy memories to comfort you at this very difficult time. What a lovely thing to do, short_bird - memory books for the family. Is there anyone who can help you as it sounds like a mammoth task?

Keep up the good work Nicnak 👏 As you have hit your target & are still decluttering I can see that totals are no longer inspiring you 😉 You are now a happy declutterer 👏 I do like the idea of selling your display case so you have nowhere to put anything 😉

Keep up the good work villagelife 👏 - but do take care of that back of yours 🙁 Congrats to your sons on their weight loss 👏 Slowly, slowly catchee monkey 😉

Good work TC77 👏 Absolutely you should count using up hoarded cards when used - after all you are not going out & spending monies 😉 One of the great mysteries - perhaps use unloved toiletries for your hands when gardening?

Sounds like you are having fun on your decluttering journey  Wanna_Bee_Free 👏 Keep up the good work 👏

Sorry to read you are feeling low EnergyShifter 🙁 huge hug coming your way - virtual of course 😂

Great work roundtuit 👏 & a Gold Star ⭐️ is on its way for getting your DS on board 😉

See you all later.

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

MrsSD ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ 

1060/2020

villagelife

A bit more done 
875-876 more moisturiser samples used up
877 packaging recycled
876-878 magazines recycled.
Been taking it easy as feel tired at the moment and DS1 feeling low so spend time with him

short_bird

ah, there isn't really anyone I can enlist for the photo books, we're all geographically scattered over the Midlands, some without cars and some computer illiterate... It'll keep me occupied till the work picks up again. (fingers crossed)
429: plastic basket to recycling.
430-435: box of greetings cards and postcards winnowed down to keep, bin if glittery or recycle.
436-438: life maintenance tasks
I've integrated some household products into my stash, I came back with 3 !KEA bags and 3 boxes of stuff (small china, jewellery, a couple of vases, the aforementioned family photos) so they need to be sorted and put away so I can carry on with my own stuff.

TC77

1142- 1143 2 parcels of unwanted clothes back to shop
I've picked up small drawers for record cards from Freecycle - hope I'm.not going to clutter. Teenager uses record cards for exams but don't fit! 
Some paper declutter
1144-1146 - batteries recycled 

bit_by_bit

So sorry to hear about your Mum short-bird. you must be missing her.
Thanks for that lovely unexpected star Mrs SD. Nothing done since my last entry, maybe tomorrow.

oceanspirit

6 items off reading pile recycled
6 items paperwork shredded

ziggy2407

So very sorry for your loss @short_bird, I hope you find some comfort and happiness in making the memory books - what a wonderful thing to do for family

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

DH did manage to collect the powder coated items - they look great especially the magazine rack 👏
Dinner was ham, fried eggs, oven chips & baked beans with sliced lo sausages for DH & DSis - I didn’t have any ham.

1061 - 1062 Kitchen recycling, cardboard packaging - Recycled
1063 - 1064 Living room detritus, kitchen detritus - Binned

Good work villagelife 👏

Great work short_bird 👏 Good luck with the memory books.

Good work TC77 👏

You are welcome bit_by_bit 🙂

Good work oceanspirit 👏


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

MrsSD ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ 

1064/2020