2020 - banish the clutter

Rootle

26/52 - an old bedside table that had been left outside now at the tip (forgot to include in previous post).

newlywed

Planted 3 plants in the garden today. Waiting for 3 more but in the meantime, decluttered the kitchen where the plants were sat!  

basketcase

   I'm sneaking in behind Michelleth - also absent for a while.  I've been lurking, but decluttering slowed for a while.  I couldn't really see the point of taking stuff that was hidden in cupboards out to be an eyesore in bags because the charity shops weren't open!  Then I thought "Don't be idle" and took a load of stuff out.  Then I hurt my shoulder so it just sat there anyway!  Aaargh!

   However, it got better, I started bagging stuff and got rid of a fair amount of it.  The Mojo has returned from it's long holiday.  (I blame Covid-19 - it got stuck at an airport and couldn't get back...

  I've recently got an allotment!  Far sooner than I'd anticipated.  A load of stuff buried at the back of my hall cupboard was things I'd held on to "for when I got an allotment", So it's gradually making its way down there.  Amongst the pile was a large tin of seeds - now hopelessly OOD.  There were a lot.  Like over 100 packets!  *blush*  I've decanted them into a large jar and am going to make them into seed balls for the birds in winter.  That way, they at least feed the birds and some may even germinate... erm... afterwards!   Those and the 100 or so modules for raised beds make for a reasonably impressive total on their own. 

   There's loads of other bits n pieces too - old make up bags, ring binders, dried up screen wipes, old pens.  The list goes on.  I may get round to listing them, if I get enough spare time and energy, but they add almost 500 items to my total.  What a huge amount of stuff I'm living under!   I'll potter off and update my signature with the new total.  If I can work out how!

Primrose

Just a thought for anybody disposing of cotton sheets, pillow cases, duvet covers.  In our  area more people are making cotton reusable and washable face masks for charity Fund raising because now they are becoming compulsory in more public situations, people won,t want to waste increasing amounts of money on the disposable ones,  Worth enquiring around and offering them for this cause?

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

Thursday was dry, hot & sunny. Lazy day which I will draw a line under 😞 DH did the usual Thursday shop. Sausages, mash & tinned tomatoes for dinner. Nice aside - our mouse 🐁  ran across the width of the garden (from the safety of the garden box) in order to access the bird food in the ground feeder. DSis & I spent at least 10 minutes watching him feeding & then hiding in the hedge then back to the feeder. It might be a narrow garden but I think we have a very brave mouse 🐭 - there are at least two neighbourhood cats that come into the garden 😱 

1324 - 1325 Kitchen recycling, newspaper - Recycled
1326 - 1327 Kitchen detritus, plastic packaging - Binned

Good work Nicnak 👏 keeping up the momentum.

Good work villagelife 👏 remember slow & steady wins the decluttering race 😉

Thanks for that boazu 👏 I have added a few things to my list that I had forgotten 👏

Nice to see you Michelleh 👋 Well done on keeping up with the decluttering 👏

Great work Rootle 👏 Another milestone reached, so one Gold Star ⭐️ on its way 🙂

Good work newlywed 👏

Woo-hoo 🥳 nice to see you basketcase 🎉 have missed you 😉 “Mojo stuck at the airport” that did make me grin 🙃 500 items out earns you a Gold Star ⭐️ - well done 👏 You could set up a corner of your allotment & just throw in handfuls of ood seeds - you never know you might get some veggies 😉 Hope you post a bit more often now that you are back 😉

What a great idea Primrose 👏 One Gold Star on its way 🙂


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

MrsSD ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️  

1327/2020

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Just decanted some home grown berries from the fridge into a large and hopefully delicious Summer Pudding, 2 x kit-kats and 2 cups of coffee into the workmen who have arrived to sort out a leak in the roof of our newly done garden room and some rhubarb from the garden into a crumble for Hubs.  I've also just decanted some of the crusts from the bread for the summer pudding into me!

basketcase

boazu said:

  I've also just decanted some of the crusts from the bread for the summer pudding into me!

Waste not want not... rofl

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Absolutely, I don't do breakfast but come 11.30 I'm rumbling ....crusts 'r' us was in my kitchen this morning!

basketcase

As they come, or do you butter?

[Deleted User]

Oh as they come, I'm a purist!