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

Wednesday has been a wet miserable day but I am so happy that the garden has had a good watering 🥳 DH did a mini shop at sm - milk, bread & soft drinks - still no ginger P*psi though 🙁 I played AB2 & cleared down more programmes from planner. Nice chat with G & also with E who has returned after a month with her sister who is an NHS worker currently dealing with the bodies of those who have died of Covid-19 What a grim job 🙁Dinner was chicken fried in butter with new potatoes, sweetcorn & garden peas 😋 DH has finished the bread pudding that wasn’t frozen. 

1095 - 1096 Kitchen recycling, cardboard packaging - Recycled
1097 Kitchen detritus - Binned 

Hope you are pleased that you are returning to work Nicnak & that all safety measures are in place. I know it will put a crimp in your decluttering plans but you are doing really well 👏 The tomato soup sachets would probably/almost certainly have been OK but I am with you on binning the marmite 😉 

Welcome aboard Ilovemycatsmadly 👋 So glad you found us 🙂 We love to see new people 🥳 and I agree with oceanspirit & elsien you have done an excellent job so far in trying circumstances. Thank you so much for trusting us with your story - I have found everyone who posts here is lovely as well as being inspiring. You should be very proud of yourself & to show my support for your courage I am awarding you a Gold Star ⭐️ I am looking forward to reading your future posts 🙂

Good work oceanspirit 👏 

Excellent work elsien 👏 You make an excellent observation about mental clutter - it is just as bad if not worse than physical clutter - after all you can actually see the physical clutter. I commend you for recognising the ‘challenge’ & facing it head on so one medal 🏅 is on its way. Well done 👏 Rather impressed that you are finding the Decluttering Journey getting easier 👏

Brilliant work TC77 👏 & what a great motivational tool - picturing how you wish your home to look 👏

Excellent work Gem-gem 👏 Please stay safe in your office.

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

MrsSD ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ 

1097/2020

Primrose

NicNak   You shouldn't have thrown that Marmite!!  It could be worth a fortune on the auction market,  Didn,t t you read recently thwt the manufacturers of Marmite have had to cease manufacturing Most of this product because a key ingredient is yeast, which is a by product Of the brewing industry.  With pubs and bars all closed The brewing industry has virtually come to a halt soMarmite fans will be scouring the supermarket shelves for whatever is left.

i remember years ago Bovril converted from a beef based product to a yeast one and Bovril fans rushed to supermarkets to buy remaining stocks.  Bovril caught a cold because the yeast version wasn,t popular and they eventually had to admit defeat and reintroduce the beef based version.  

Willowtree222

Hi,
I do remember but didn't think an out of date one would be any good!
I tasted it and it seemed ok but neither me or DD eat it so got rid.
The soup has milk powder and DD doesn't like them so that rules us Both out of eating them.
Trying to put measures in place, but if I'm honest, social distancing in a school doesn't exist. We try and try and set it out appropriately, but it's impossible to uphold. X

Primrose

I don't think many people deliberately ignore social distancing.   Some do of course, but it's very hard to change the habits of a lifetime isn't it?   Especially when it comes to spontaneous human gestures like hugging loved ones and good friends on meeting, etc. 

Willowtree222

Exactly. It's not often deliberate, they just migrate towards each other and us and I'm also guilty of forgetting and going over to help them before realising. It's so hard. X

oceanspirit

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Found some big storage jars at the back of a shelf in the store room and now have a big jar of dried apple rings instead of packets on a shelf.

short_bird

456-458: 2 tins and a plastic bottle to recycling.
459: another life maintenance issue resolved...

bit_by_bit

Another welcome to Ilovemycats. I am amazed that you are still standing. I am looking forward to seeing how you progress with so much to work through. Definitely a marathon not a sprint. 
I was sorting though a box last night and found some very old pictures, some of which I haven't seen for years and years. I will add them to the pile of boxes of photos, albums and frames which in winter we will sort through as a family. We have too many and too much of all of the above so there will be some sharing of pictures, some scanning and the rest will go.
I found another box of notebooks too. Mostly half used. Added to the notebook stash: two crates and a box full now.

TC77

So lovely to be part of this group... 
Been ploughing through old pc - it's on the dining room table and deleting files - had alot of problems with dd1 dad courts several times and she's hade mental mental problems so finding I have numerous copies of letters and documents. Spent an hour so counting as 3. 1181- 1183  I'm sure if something happens to me everything would be binned but don't want people seeing some things.
1184 broken glass 
1185 spare toiletries to dd1
Textile recycling in car but recycling banks full - will count when actually out! 
1186-1187 2 vouchers used up.
Take care everyone x