2020 - banish the clutter

garden_girl_2

Mrs SD, tooth extraction was private, we do have denplan,  but it dosent cover extracts....think the plan we are on is a bit of a con really. Does anyone else have a dental plan with any companies. Our dentist has reduced monthly payments to £5 during Covid, as obvs they cant do check ups and hygenists appts. Only energencies!!

VickyV

Hi everyone! *waves*

I’ve started trying to declutter (in our 14 day post-holiday self isolation) and have started on the boys’ bedrooms and one of the bookcases. So far I’ve sent 5 bin bags to the charity shop and binned another 2. There’s loads more to do so I’m aiming to rid the house of a further 100 items by the end of September! Also, I’ll need to add an extra item to cancel out any non-essential item that comes in!

I’ll see how it goes but I’m quite excited and looking forward to getting some tips and tricks! 

Vicky x

EnergyShifter

EnergyShifter said:

547. dead toilet brush
548. More paperwork ..... 

549 & 550 - spruced up 2 x bedside cabinets

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

Monday was mainly bright & sunny but oh so cold 🥶 I have everything 🤞 that we have an Indian summer 😉 DH did a mini sm shop. He also mowed the front lawn+ scrubbed the birds water bowls. 

I had  mini burst of activity - descaled the kettle then used the solution to descale the mini fountain thingie. Cooked the apple crumble destined for the neighbour. Made the call to the bank & sorted out various transfers etc. then sorted out the paperwork. Watered the vegetables as the rain held off. DH & I finished the hm courgette & potato soup for lunch. Dinner was pork steaks with roast potatoes for DSis & mixed carrot, sweet potato & parsnip mash for DH & I + the last of the frozen peas - all from freezer + hg chard including stalks stir fried with bacon bits - yummy 🤤 

1566 - 1573 Kitchen recycling, plastic jar, magazine, 4 booklets, drinks cans - Recycled

1574 - 1575 Kitchen detritus, 0.25” shredding - Binned

Nice to see you ailz95 👋 Sounds like a wonderful visit & how pleasing that Odi passed her test 👏 It can be a bit disheartening when lots goes out & you still cannot see any spaces but be assured that if you persist with the decluttering it will happen 😉 Just remember not to fill up any spaces you have cleared 😉😉 To cheer you up 🤞 I can confirm you currently have 5 Gold Stars & if your numbers are 48/52 & 1422/2020 you are well on your way to earning two more 😀

Great news nannywindow 👏 Does your DH have a project in mind for the straight bits or is he a Justin? 

Oh dear garden_girl_2 ☹️ Seems odd that extractions aren’t included as usually that means you will have fewer dental problems so fewer claims 🙄 We are hanging onto our NHS dentist for grim death. 

Welcome aboard the Decluttering Bandwagon, VickyV 👋 nice to see you. What a great start - 7 bags of ‘stuff’ out of your home - that earns you a medal 🏅 especially as only 2 of them were rubbish 🙂 I have added you to my list - not as menacing as it sounds 😉 -just a way for me to reward you when you reach milestones 🙂  Your excitement aka mojo will take you a long way on the decluttering journey 🙂 So again welcome & we look forward to reading about your successes 👏

Good work EnergyShifter 👏

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

MrsSD ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️   🏅

1575/2020

nannywindow

Who knows about the things he has in his head MrsSD. He waffles on about things and I tend to switch off

Lots of food will be decluttered today as it's the DGS's 11th birthday and as there is no school til Thurs it has fallen upon me to throw ( well cobble together ) a small family party with cake. As DD and SIL both work in schools, only DD will be able to escape and attend  

Hope everyone can have a good day decluttereing.

nan

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

Tuesday started dry, sunny & blissfully warm. Waved off DH who is Round Britain Rallying in Wales. He will be out overnight - he booked the hotel & dinner to avoid our Scotland experience 😱 DSis is hobbling around - something wrong with her foot but she has no idea what. I have done sweet f*nny *d*ms apart from have a long soak & wash my hair. 

Have stripped the bed & will be putting on the winter bedding
Although it stayed dry all day the temperature went down & there were several overcast spells. DH has just phoned, had glorious weather all day & is now safely ensconced in his hotel room. 

1576 Drinks cans - Recycled
1577 - 1578 Office detritus, kitchen detritus - Binned

DHs are a law unto themselves 🙄 but I bet you wouldn’t swap him 😉 nannywindow. 

Happy birthday to the DGS 🎂 

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

MrsSD ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️   🏅

1578/2020

Ms_Green

Good Evening!

It feelt like to much of a commitment (and I havent had time to post) so I never joined around the new year...

but some day in the not so distant future I will own only one book case for my own "grown up books" (the kids stuff are naturally decluttered when they grow out of stuff) and less than one shelf of paper work!!! (Books are hard to let go of but realising I will never be able to se the smal print in paper backs again helps!). We have tended to move around alot and Im tired of carrying heavy things....

EnergyShifter

EnergyShifter said:
549 & 550 - spruced up 2 x bedside cabinets

551 - spruced up a decorative fire-guard - painted with chalk paint - very shabby chic now...  
552 - spruced up a "found" chair 
Forgot to add the chair from last week - A neighbour left it outside their house to be taken - it's lovely and is perfect for my living room / office.  I've noticed the quantity and quality of items left to be taken improved during lockdown and has continued to be good.  I "found" a lovely fortnum & mason basket on my walk this morning!  I realise I'm meant to be decluttering but some things are just too good to be left...  

TC77

Nothing done at home but going to paint mesh for rodent deterrent later today and tomorrow my DIY person is coming to help. Weekend helped my dad and took electronics/ textiles and old plastic and odds and ends ( fixings for a 1980s roof rack. ) Convinced dad that they won't fit new ones . Fingers crossed I can get root canal work and keep tooth and dd2 16th.  Planned clear out at weekend. Take care all as schools reopen and transport gets busier. X

Wednesday2000

Mrs_Salad_Dodger said:

3. I WILL ENDEAVOUR TO BE NICE TO EVERYONE & TRY TO SEE THE FUNNY OR PECULIAR SIDE TO AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE 

You are a better woman than I am. Someone on another forum is really winding me up at the moment. I have restrained myself so far and am just ignoring him. Lol.