2020 - banish the clutter

EnergyShifter

EnergyShifter said:
553. dead rug

554. spruced up cast iron door stop (I can't stop spraying things with chalk paint!! - its become an obsession) 
555 & 6 - decluttered 2 x email accounts .... 

Woke up in much better spirits today which was a relief!  Had a surge of energy - chucked loads of DS' notes in recycling (already counted - they had been pending his approval) & dropped bag of my nicer stuff to CS (again - already counted) - felt nice to get them out of the house.  I had some less nice stuff which would normal go to more local CS but they are no longer taking stuff - so I've left those things outside my house for people to take & will bin them  if they are not taken by Monday morning.... 
557. Dead hoover utensils bag
558. pendant - broken
559. book 
560 & 561 - 2x silver rings
562 - necklace
563 & 4 - 2 x dead silver cloths
565 - 571 - 7 x DS' books
Mrs SD - I will definitely need to change my name to chalk-monster - I bought 8 more tins of chalk paint spray from poundbusters today !!!   

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

Saturday I got up at 8:15 a.m. to brilliant sunshine - expecting milkman to turn up for payment. He was a no-show 😠 
DH & I spent an hour or so in the garden - topped up the compost in the potato bags/pots; cut down a couple of plants; thinned out the foliage on the tomato plants; harvested the last of the lettuce & rocket; harvested a few spindly sticks of rhubarb; trimmed front garden hedge. 

Then we moved into the kitchen - prepped lots of vegetables - 2 full large roasting trays of vegetables - aubergine, swede, potatoes, cucumber, butternut squash - roasted in oil.
Large pan of savoury mince with green beans, hg tomatoes, 2 tiny hg carrots, frozen peas, mushrooms, lentils. DH made cauliflower cheese.
Dinner was savoury mince, mashed potatoes & cauliflower cheese. DSis is in my bad books as she barely tasted the savoury mince & decided that she didn’t like it - I was spitting feathers 😡 no ingredient in there that she doesn’t like - so no ffing idea 😡 
Sorry 😐 for the rant.

1598 - 1602 Kitchen recycling, plastic pot, drinks cans, 2 cardboard boxes - Recycled
1603 - 1604 Plastic packaging, coffee tin of kitchen detritus - Binned

Oh dear Nicnak 🙁 At least you’re loss will be someone else’s gain 🙂 You really must stop watering your DD 😉 That was what I call a spurt - Tip run & returning borrowed items 👏 You certainly have got back in the swing 👏 

Wow VickyV 🤩 👏 Your September target was 100 & you have smashed that so one Gold Star ⭐️ on its way 🙂 Absolutely brilliant 🥳

Gem-gem what an excellent use of your profits 👏 Nice to keep neighbours onside especially when you read articles or see programmes about bad neighbours ☹️ 

Gem-gem, I have yet to make any red onion relish but the green tomato chutney recipe I used this time around was Riverford.co.uk - Green Tomato Chutney. Unfortunately I have to wait 6 weeks to taste test 🙁 Next lot will be a different recipe - I have 3 more to choose from. 

Good work TC77 👏 

Great work EnergyShifter 👏 or should that be Chalk-Monster 😂

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

MrsSD ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️   🏅

1604/2020

Willowtree222

Thanks Mrs SD. 
I packed up 18 items of her clothing and they're in a bag ready to go into the tip. Sorted out two paperwork drawers and binned a load of it. 
A few other bits and pieces have been got rid of, but it isn't anything to jump up and down about. x

Wednesday2000

I have been doing some decluttering and reorganising the past few days. I got rid of lots of packaging into the recycling bin. I chucked away a few bits away. Can't even think what they were now.

I was thinking about whether we will have another lockdown and I have ordered a bulk load of tinned beans so I rejigged my kitchen cupboards. I moved my vitamins and the first aid box around and found new containers for them both.

I found my nasal irrigation/ salts that I completely forgot I bought! I will have to try that out soon.

I have started a bag for the charity shop. So far in there is a book and a jacket I don't like. I am dithering about a red bag too. That might join them.

nannywindow

Hello all, not a lot has been decluttered here of late, but today I found more sm carrier bags tucked away behind the mower in the shed and also lots of scuttling spiders   The bags have been dispatched and the spiders ran away...... cowards . All lawns front and back have been cut and the cuttings have filled a green waste bin ready for collection. Some brambles coming over from next door ( empty house ) have been made short work of too. I also wanted to declutter the weeds today but the heavens opened before I could even start  That's now on my " to do " list for a dry day.

Take care all

nan

EnergyShifter

EnergyShifter said:

560 & 561 - 2x silver rings
562 - necklace
563 & 4 - 2 x dead silver cloths
565 - 571 - 7 x DS' books

Spent a really nice day catching up with life admin and pottering around- indoors and out... My house looks sooooooo tidy at the moment - really satisfying 
572 - 5 4 x garden items
575 -    dead top 
576 -    cleared & washed down the decking... 

TC77

1700 - 1703  CS bag - 2 pairs trousers and miscellaneous

About to ring friend in California whose house has been destroyed in the wild fires so put things in perspective

1704 - 1708   left over mesh, tile, garden waste, hydrangea planted, card for posting

1709 -  1714  sports item returned as not DD taste, 3 tins of paint returned as found left over at my dad's (didn't know what type so bought 3 types)

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

Sunday has been another bright, sunny day & reasonably warm 🙂 Another day of no  decluttering apart from foliage from the tomato plants - hoping for a few more to turn red but if not then more green tomato chutney to be made 😉 The rest of the day has been spent clearing down programmes from the TV planner. DH did a tiny sm shop & filled up with petrol. He also blitzed all yesterday’s vegetable peelings & fed the compost bin.
Dinner was roast beef, roast potatoes, lo cauliflower cheese, one tray of the roasted vegetables prepared last night, Yorkshires, peas & sweetcorn. DH made gravy from scratch. Absolutely delicious & DSis practically licked her plate clean 😉 The only problem with a full roast dinner is the washing up - there is just so much of it 😱 

1605 - 1606 Kitchen recycling, cardboard box - Recycled
1607 - 1609 Kitchen detritus, empty compost bag, plastic packaging - Binned

Oh Nicnak 🙁 wagging finger icon - you should be jumping up & down - you are not only doing day to day decluttering (as I am) but actually doing proper decluttering - clothes, drawers etc 🥳 Keep up the good work & please do NOT sell yourself short 😉

Great work Wednesday2000 👏 If you don’t want to be seen as prepping for another lockdown, you can call it prepping for Br*x*t or normal winter prepping 😉 Winter prepping will add an air of normality to the whole idea of stocking up 😉

Another one who gets a wagging finger, nannywindow 🙁 Again you are decluttering in the garden which is NOT day to day decluttering. Please keep up the good work 👏

Great work EnergyShifter aka Chalk Monster 👏 You have worked hard & are now reaping the rewards of your decluttering - a restful, tidy home 🙂👏

Good work TC77 👏 Sorry to hear about your Californian friend, hope he/she is as OK as can be. You are so right, it does put lockdowns & wearing face masks into perspective.

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

MrsSD ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️   🏅

1609/2020

TC77

Hi Mrs SD , just spoke to my friend and she says she doesn't miss 90% of the things she's lost, and having to list all she had is quite daunting. 
Can't do much during the week with work but will continue to chip away! Needs to be over 100 a month to get to target

bit_by_bit

Just dropping in to say hello.
An amazing amount of decluttering has gone on since I last posted. 
Nothing gone this weekend but planning on decluttering DD at the weekend. There is a lot of her stuff around the house so it will feel empty. Going to miss her. 
I must also confess. I have bought stuff to sell at the CS this last month, just because I know if not sold it will end in the skip. All has some value on the bay of e but have to be careful not to keep recluttering. Most of it i don't want and have no emotional attachment to apart from the le Creuset oven dishes.  Also given a load of stuff from a neighbour which will also sell to the tune of £100 or so. On a positive note a donation goes back to the CS with each sale. 
I am pleased to say that I got my sewing machine working yesterday. I was trying to make face masks but the stitches were jumping. I checked online to troubleshoot and was told to change the needle. I did that and adjusted a tension and it works. Funny thing is is that I have had that machine for over 30 years. I have sewed 4 wedding dresses (not all mine), hundreds of curtains, inumerous gifts all on the needle that it came with. Mmmmm. They said change it every eight hours of use . Anyway. I did have spares so no problem LOL   
I have plans for nearly all the fabric that I have in the cupboard now. I will be starting on that for Crimble plus making baby blankets for African newborns. An African colleague tells me many newborns die from simple hypothermia in her country.   
Overall I think the next few months are going to be good but busy.