2020 - banish the clutter

Ms_Green

Nicnak said:

After adding a few more bits, I have taken the bag of clothes to the charity drop off. I think around 25 items in total. x

GREAT! the clothes that are too worn can be recycled!

Ms_Green

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 . 

A friend of mine has her sewing machine serviced once a year, like a car, maybe it needs some love?

VickyV

Been washing and painting walls today so only a couple of bits discarded

170-171: dead school trousers
172-174: 3 pairs of door handles (after finally being replaced)

Hope to de-clutter the kids to school tomorrow!

Vicky x

TC77

Little done here ... work taking over, and have DD1  who keeps staying her and leaves a trail of destruction, takes her little sister and my clothes and struggling mentally at the moment and requires lots of tlc. Hoping to declutter some of her worries

1717 - 1719 item sold, box and packaging - posted

Not quite 4 a day but confident that I will catch up soon

Stay safe x

Happy_Kitties

If i was doing the decluttering challenge for someone else's house i would have probably easily hit a 1000 by now.
Clearing out DM house, she is in hospital looking to go into a nursing home after so we've been really attacking the house. Fortunately one charity shop DM wants items going to are happy to take donations and havent stopped compared to the same charity shops in England.
For myself minimal but
371-373     birthday presents x 2 finally sent off (slightly late)
374    packaging for the above and for neutral items used (boxes are so hard to come by here so really making use of whst i've got left which isnt alot)
375    a big pile of plastic packaging taken to supermarket for recycling
376  a very beaten up cat toy-binned
377   large frame friend taking to the tip today for me

137-143   neutral items sent. Important now as organiser will be working on Christmas auctions
Slowly getting back into the swing of things

silvasava

Not as much as lots of you on here but I'm having a new fridge/freezer delivered so today I looked in my file for the destruction books for the old seperate ones. Found them and put them to one side to go with the old ones that will go on Freecycle. I also looked through my file and threw out the paperwork for items we no longer posses. If anyone is interested I use a ring binder with the loose leaf clear pockets to put the paperwork in. I also staple the receipt to the last page of the instruction book and in the case of large items where the serial numbers always seem to be on the back I write that inside the instruction book too. Its been a godsend in the past when repairs have been needed or guarantees checked.

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

Yesterday DH got home about 7:15 p.m. He had mixed weather including rain. However he has completed the 2020 Round Britain Rally 🥳 He had a southern fried chicken starter & pork burger & chips for his main course on Monday night & full English for Tuesday’s breakfast.
Our dinner last night was lo roast vegetables with lo savoury mince for DH & I. DSis had lo beef sliced in gravy with oven chips. DH really enjoyed the hm bread - he had a slice with jam.

Wednesday has started dry & sunny again. DH has filled the bird feeders & cleaned & polished the motorbike - lots of dead Welsh flies 😉 I still have no Decluttering Mojo 🙁☹️ so have only cleared down a few more programmes from TV planner. MrsG got an extra ‘free’ bag of carrots which she has donated to us. She is still thanking me for the apple crumble 😉 Our Robin is back from his holidays 🥳. DH & I have just had a bowl of hm soup with hm bread - definitely one of my best soups (even if I do say so myself 😉)

1614 - 1615 Kitchen recycling, drinks cans - Recycled
1616 - 1617 Kitchen detritus, plastic packaging - Binned

Useful info Ms_Green 👏 Such a shame about the books 😢 Like the idea of annual services for a sewing machine - especially for all those who use their machines frequently.

Good work EnergyShifter 👏 

Every little bit helps VickyV 👏 I did have to laugh at the notion of decluttering kids 😂

Keep up the good work TC77 👏 Best wishes to your DD & hopefully your TLC will help her gain her equilibrium 😇

Happy_Kitties, the only problem with decluttering someone else’s house is that what we think of as clutter may not be to the other person 😱 so getting decisions is even more wearying than the actual decluttering 😱 Hope your DM is recovering well & that you manage to find a good nursing home for her. Keep up the excellent work with your neutral items Happy_Kitties 😇

Nice to see you silvasava👋 Enjoy your new fridge freezer 🙂 What a brilliant idea for the receipts, guarantees & manuals - so good that I am awarding you a Gold Star ⭐️

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

MrsSD ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️   🏅

1617/2020

TC77

Thanks Mrs SD, Been v trying here!

Sold another of my glassware , packaged and posted 1720 - 1722

1723-1725  three batteries

1726 - 1727 mesh off cuts (from rodent proofing)

1728 sled

1729 item returned

1730 electronic declutter

1731 DD football membership paid and match details ready for weekend

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

Dinner was egg, bacon, oven chips & baked beans. Not very healthy but yummy 🤤 

1618 - 1620 Kitchen recycling, drinks cans, cardboard packaging - Recycled
1621 Kitchen detritus - Binned

Keep up the good work TC77 👏

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

MrsSD ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️   🏅

1621/2020

Willowtree222

Got rid of an old boiler and three radiators yesterday. The new ones look so much prettier.
Next week I will be replacing another four. 
I have a target of decluttering some of the boxes upstairs this weekend. I want to get through at least 5 of them. Some have been done and stayed empty, others not so. I also have loads of mini sample perfumes that I need to start using. I think I have about 10 of them so will use half of one per day. 
Here goes!