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

Everything dried on the whirligig 🥳. I watered the garden, picked 2 tomatoes & several more are starting to redden 😁 (Watched Monty Don recommending taking out tomato foliage & felt quite ‘smug’ that I had already done it 😆)  I spent the afternoon doing personal paperwork. DH returned from his lung health check & the sm. Shopping put away, meat portioned, bagged & labelled & put in freezer & dinner started. Dinner was oven baked pork steaks, mash & corn on the cob (bought by DSis) + lo roasted vegetables for DH & I. The corn on the cob was lovely 😊 

1637 - 1642 Kitchen recycling, 3 magazines, 1” personal paperwork, drinks cans - Recycled
1643 - 1644 Plastic packaging, kitchen detritus - Binned

Good work Happy_Kitties 👏 glad you got some help 😉

Good work TC77 👏

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

MrsSD ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️   🏅

1644/2020

StickyTheStickInsect

Another bag to the CS today but also had DH and DS2 with me, and DH can't resit a shoe bargain so DS2 now has another pair of trainers ! But more out than back in, so not the end of the world 
DH is still on furlough with no return in sight but I went back to work on Monday, so a bit more normality. DD and DS1 are back to school and DS2 starts nursery  for the first time on Tuesday, so I might finally get a bit more done.
I hope everyone is well xx

short_bird

762-769: carrier bags to the food bank where I discovered someone needed
770-778: jam jars to the chutney maker at the foodbank!
I think I may have to get a replacement set of scales: have tried a fresh battery to no avail. Que sera, sera...

Wednesday2000

I did add the red hand bag to the donation bag along with a grey jumper and a black top. I went to a charity shop for the first time since March yesterday and I overheard the woman working there saying they weren't accepting donations so I had better call up and check before I take the bag to a local charity shop.

I went through our toiletries and threw away/ recycled some used up bottles. I have to use up some body lotion after my bath tonight too.

TC77

Preoccupied with things so not doing much but up early so pottered and did some tidying .
1735 brochures binned
1736 samples binned 
1737 general bits from sweeping 
1738 things put back in place.

oceanspirit

Lovely to see you back oceanspirit 👋🙂 Sorry that life has taken its toll on you 🙁 but well done on recharging your batteries a little. Now you just have to keep them charged & pamper yourself a little. Helping others is obviously very important to you but you really must take care of yourself. Is there anyone you can ask for a little assistance? 
Sorry 😐 I hope you don’t think I am being intrusive. 

Anyway, on to nicer things you have gone through the 500 barrier 👏 & have earned a Gold Star ⭐️ 

Not intrusive at all, I do know that I need to look after myself, but somehow that always seems to come last.  I need to find a way of changing that but not sure how to fit it in at the moment without withdrawing the support.  One of them is already mentioning that they are worried about the coming winter.

Thank you so much for my gold star.  I do feel as though I've earned it as it's not been easy this year!

Willowtree222

Hello,
Went through some paperwork today and binned a fair bit of it. I didn't count it this time x

Foofoopuppy

I really enjoy reading everyone's decluttering, and it also inspires me to look in other places for more to declutter
The third bedroom has now been cleared out, stuff was finally able to go to the charity shop - we were approaching the point where we were considering simply chucking it because it was just taking up space but luckily were able to take it out.
Mr Puppy has also finally unpacked the last of his stuff upstairs!! It is officially clear
We have two weeks off together now, so the plans is to put together the new drawers we have, and deweed the garden. 
Finally, we will hopefully be decluttering some stress, both of us have been very busy at work and so desperately need time off.

bit_by_bit

Just decluttered DD back to uni. I am going to miss her A LOT. 
Off to Manchester tomorrow and then I will be back on the decluttering wagon.

TC77

1739 broken tile 
1740 lots of shredding 
1741-1746 charity bag taken and some books and clothes added