2020 - banish the clutter

short_bird

561-562: 2 TV series deleted: Not because I've watched them but because I've not been enthusiastic about finishing them.
563: emails pruned
564- 567:4 more books read, 3 were eBooks
568-570: extra bag of rubbish generated, paper and mixed recycling - all 3 out to the relevant bins.

stellata

Left some shed stuff out the front. A hose, a bucket and some pots, they all disappeared. I put a sign on saying free please take. Am sorting out my food cupboard this afternoon, I'm pleasantly surprised at how much I have! It's already half way thru July and I haven't had to dip into the bank account for supplies at all yet. Having found this enthusiasm for selling stuff I think I'll keep going in the hope of surviving the month on the profits

TC77

1395 large cardboard box 
1396 tray , came apart today, needs re- glueing bit someone picked up. 
1397 wooden pencil case
1398 old food used up 
1399 foundation binned 
1400 garden bags 
1401 scanned and send papers

Happy_Kitties

So far 265 items decluttered from the house.
Was gifted a box from a delivery of my Christmas present (present now tucked away by DD) but box meant i was able to send out more items to another charity organiser.
So 14 items posted today=99 neutral items sent out-so close!!

StickyTheStickInsect

I haven't any cluttering to report but realise that I must talk to DH quite a bit about this, because today @Mrs_Salad_Dodger, he asked how Mr SD's ralling aroung Britain was going and maybe we could think of growing a bit of garden veg, as your lettuce had been good !!! Lockdown has created many strange things, DH and veg growing is one I thought I wouldn't see, so a gold star to you Mrs SD :-)

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 was a bit better weather wise - some sun, some blue sky & quite warm. But still no promised & longed for rain 🙁 Wonders will never cease, I did actually do some work apart from watching TV & playing AB2 😉 Completely emptied the fridge & cleaned it thoroughly. DSis had to throw away well ood potato salad & the dregs of some Caesar salad dressing. I am not counting the cost as she had paid for both items 😉 However I will count in my decluttering numbers 😆 Everything was wiped down before being returned + I decanted the contents of 5 large/medium opened jars into 5 smaller jars (from my stash) - duly labelled & dated. Only 2 of the larger glass jars were recycled, the other 3 were added back into stash. I also descaled the kettle. Dinner was chicken fried in butter, boiled new potatoes & the ‘farm shop’ corn on the cob 🤤 DSis & I finished the hm trifle - DH was asked but declined a portion.  I have noticed more planes flying over - I rather miss the silence of lockdown 😞 A gaggle of geese flew over the house heading north - such a lovely sight 🙂

1314 - 1320 Two large glass jars, kitchen recycling, drinks cans, 2 plastic bottles, plastic pot - Recycled

1321 - 1323 Kitchen detritus, tub of potato salad, small plastic bottle of dressing (😞 I really cba’d to clean & recycle 😞) - Binned

Excellent work garden_girl_2 👏 Nothing boring about earning money from surveys - very MSE 👏 Very generous with the garden plants 😇

Brilliant work boazu 👏 decluttering hg veggies into your tummy 🥳 Can I ask what dried goods you stock up on? I am a bit haphazard 😞

Great work short_bird 👏 Good on you for deleting TV series that did not meet your standards 👏

Excellent work stellata 👏 not only on the decluttering but also avoiding accessing your bank account 👏 very impressive & very MSE 👏

Great work TC77 👏 through 1400 which I believe means you are on track for 2020 🙂

Absolutely brilliant result on the neutral items Happy_Kitties 👏 sorry I missed a gold star for reaching 75/100 - so one Gold Star ⭐️ on its way - sooooo close  for your next one 😉

Thank you so much StickyTheStickInsect 👏😊  - gold star added to my collection. How very gratifying to learn that your DH actually listens & hears you 😉 so many DHs seem to switch off 😉. Has he decided what to grow? How about rainbow chard - it can be used in salads but also cooked. Unfortunately it is like spinach when cooked. - you think you have loads & are then sadly disappointed 🙁 However it does seem to grow well, doesn’t need staking as it is quite sturdy - just needs watering a.m. & p.m.
My DH is thoroughly enjoying his Round Britain Rallying - next week I think he is off to Yorkshire. Yippee, more farm shop goodies 🤞


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

MrsSD ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️  

1323/2020

Willowtree222

Morning everyone,
Three sets of uniform so far in the charity bag or the bin if they are beyond saving. 
I'm going to list her school shoes that she didn't get round to wearing on eBay tonight. As well as a dress and possibly a laptop. Not sure yet! 

villagelife

1033 - a broken bowl.
1034-1036 various bits of wrapping paper, ribbon and gift bags as had to wrap colleagues retirement present. 
1037-1038 egg boxes with eggs in to neighbours

Things are still leaving the house- it's slow but still in the right direction.

[Deleted User]

Hi Mrs SD I've tried to cover things that will store well even if they go by their best before dates(most things do by quite some time) but things I use everyday anyway rather than things that are seen as prepping foods for survival.

Tea - loose leaf and tea bag
Coffee - instant and ground
Rice - short grain for puddings, basmati, risotto rice and ground rice.
Flour - self raising, strong bread and chapati
Sugar granulated and dark brown.
Porridge oats
Dried pulses - split red lentils, puy lentils, chick peas, canellini beans, split peas both green and yellow, turtle beans, black eyed peas.
Salt
Herbs and spices
Stock cubes
Instant mashed potato
Packets of 5 minute pasta with sauce, flavoured cous cous, flavoured rice, Instant noodles.
TVP soya mince and chunks
Dried Milk powder
Pasta - shapes, spaghetti, lasagne, tiny for soup.
Dried fruits - sultanas, raisins, cherries, prunes, apricots, dates, apple rings ,mixed fruit for cakes.
Nuts and seeds - walnuts, cashew nuts, ground almonds, sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds.
Cuppa soups of various flavours
Instant cappuccino sachets, instant hot chocolate, instant flavoured tea.
Gravy granules
Nutritional yeast (vegan flavouring that makes things taste cheesy).
Home dehydrated fruits and veg as we grow them.

I'm sure there are some other things on the list but without going to check that's the bulk of it.  Enough for the two of us to cover the winter months.  Nothing fancy, all basic ranges but all things we've eaten before that taste OK.  Hope that's useful.

Michellelh

Hello everyone I'm back and mostly caught up on all the posts. It’s been a few months since I last checked in, the decluttering slowed down due to all the charity shops being closed. During this time I was still decluttering bits here and there into bags to go to the charity shop but just couldn’t take them anywhere.

This weekend I have 2 bags to drop off bringing my total to 9/20 bags.