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

DH’s cigarette run was a success. Left home at 10:00 a.m. & back by 7:00 p.m. The form was not requested & no one checked his ticket on the train. DH had really been looking forward to a BK burger but the shop at the Channel Tunnel was boarded up. However on the way home he managed to find a drive through that was open & had just enough space to stow 2 in the top box. Reheated in the warming drawer & thoroughly enjoyed by DH 🙂
I did post my parcel - padded knitted hearts to the local hospital. Also bought a few grocery items - kept my promise to myself - after all the P.O. shop was open all through lockdown. The rest of my day was spent clearing down programmes from the planner, drinking tea/coffee & pottering. Checked my card stash for posting & realised that I had been remiss 😔 - cue a walk to the Post box - 1 late & several may be late arriving 😔 Oh well at least I am back on track now. DSis & I had the lo cheesy pasta for dinner. 

Wednesday has been hot & sunny so far. Roundtuit’s ‘Stressy Bessy’ has taken up residence 😔 but I am hoping that ‘Weekend Willie’ will be strong enough to oust her 🤞

1437 - 1438 Kitchen recycling, drinks cans - Recycled
1439 Kitchen detritus - Binned

Sounds like you are going to have a busy day Nicnak 👏 now we know where Weekend Willie is 😉 😂


See you all later 😉

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

MrsSD ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️  🏅

1439/2020

garden_girl_2

Mrs S D, what are you actually using off your potatoes to grow new ones....please...
I have declutted more e mail/junk mail. Picked lovely beans from garden and a couple of courgettes.A friend has given me a spagetti squash, not quite sure what thats going to be like !!
Have declutted about 10 clay pots today on f bk, so a little bit of cash in. Also just got the last bit of money from all the surveys done recently.  Inc £35 m and S vouchers, £50 for Asda from now Shell Energy for having DD With them and how much we have used this year....we are doing well...are we not...lol plus cash into bank and paypal.... the books I sold to Ziffit a month or so ago, are slowly being replaced by f bk find!!! Grrr.... Really good and quick service from them, if anyone has to get rid of some...not always much, but better than a poke in the eye sith a sharp stick...as the saying goes. Take care everyons in the heat wave thats coming.....😎😎

TC77

Done at my dad's so hoping I don't come.back with anything. Phoned tip to see if I could take some of his things but next slot is middle of next week! 
Last night as I now have more space in shelves etc moved crockery from.bedroom ( don't ask why in bedside table and wardrobe - spare bedroom) and is now in kitchen cupboards and box of antiquarian books (I've had for 30 years s now about 130 years old) now in cupboard and CDs now in bedroom where the only cd player is! Much of these should go but  too big a task 1513- 1516 as also space in landing cupboard for hoover! 

Happy_Kitties

*334-337     birthday presents x4 taken by DD today including some very belated ones that should of been given in Jan
*338-339 makeup sponges x2 of DDs that she had left to soak and had forgotten about.
*340   DD took Duncle his Easter eggs!. Feel like i'm still in March sometimes. Forget we're in August!

Willowtree222

Evening,
I did the love round and got rid of various items. A tray, two egg boxes found in DDs toys as well as a few other toys, a tea leaf holder, and various other items that were in desperate need of putting in the bin. I cleared some bits out of the garage. I even managed to empty two IKEA boxes which are now full again of other things 😂. 
That does give space in other areas now though.
I've actually hung some pictures on the wall and found some decal that I have also put up. I've got loads of those.
Didn't count items but can see huge progress now in the house. 

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

Unfortunately Weekend Willie never turned up. Watered the garden. Made dinner - chicken fried in butter, boiled hg potatoes & sweetcorn. Yummy 🤤 

1440 - 1443 Kitchen recycling, drinks cans, glass bottle, cardboard packaging - Recycled
1444 - 1445 Kitchen detritus, plastic packaging - Binned

Hi garden_girl_2, I am slicing off a sliver of potato with the skin & eye shoots still attached. Fill a pot 2/3rds full of compost, place the ‘eye’ pointing upwards then cover with compost. Once the green stem/leaves start appearing cover with another layer of compost. When the greenery shows through again put another layer of compost over the top. By this time you will have about 15/16ths of the pot filled with compost. Water daily a.m. & p.m. The extra layers of compost appear to encourage strong growth. Depending how big your pot is dictates how many ‘eyes’ you plant. Good luck 😉  Well Done on the decluttering & harvesting 👏

Keep up the good work TC77  👏 Although only a few items gone it sounds like everything is falling into place - tidier & less cluttered. The CDs project/books project can be done in 15 minute stints - remember ‘eating the elephant by cutting into bite sized portions’ 😉

Great work Happy_Kitties 👏   Duncle will be so happy to get Easter eggs in August 😉 I have saved 3 eggs (Only £1 eggs) for our November birthdays - DSis, then me, then DH. 

Wow Nicnak well done 👏 Sounds like Weekend Willie is staying with you at the moment 😉 

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

MrsSD ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️  🏅

1445/2020

dannie

MrsSD, interesting comment you made regarding "lighter" and having "more space".  A lot of my paperwork, the hardest I find to declutter, seems to have a negative effect upon me.

Rootle

29/52 - some extra packaging out to recycling and an old packet of biscuits thrown out (not much but I was determined to clear 1 item from a pile collecting in the conservatory!)

bit_by_bit

DH just gone off for his timed slot at the tip and recycling centre to get rid of a lounge chair, a computer chair, two defunct screens and lots of other electronic bits. The two chairs didn't get into the house as from MiL but will count the electronic bits as two bags. First two bags of August. Plenty more to go .

newlywed

Food scraps into the neighbours compost pile. 

A load of recycling put into the communal bins. 

Not much else.... need to sort the freezer of all the bits that stay in there for months, as then I will have more room for proper food!