2020 - banish the clutter

Mrs_Salad_Dodger

1. WRITE AND USE DECLUTTERING & CLEANING “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
5. MSE CONTENT - WILL SAVE £££ RE THE DAILY POT CHALLENGE BUT AS A WEEKLY AMOUNT

Monday’s weather stayed nice - dry, sunny & reasonably warm. DH scarified & then mowed the front lawn. I carried on knitting - the sleeve is almost finished🤞

I decluttered most of the vegetables from the Veg Box (which contained 2 aubergines; white, yellow & orange carrots; sprouting broccoli; curly kale; 6 potatoes; cucumber; live lettuce; spring onions) 
Dinner was roast beef, roasted vegetables, steamed kale & broccoli, peas & the most delicious roast potatoes - crispy on the outside & fluffy on the inside 😋 

1896 - 1899 Decluttered - kitchen recycling, 2 plastic bottles, drinks cans - Recycling Bin
1900 Kitchen detritus decluttered into Wheelie Bin


You are saving money short_bird so I am rather bemused that you got warning 🙄 

Excellent decluttering Happy_Kitties 👏 Isn’t it amazing that Covid-19 will wait until
6.01 p.m. on Friday 😕 Hope that your circuit breaker lockdown isn’t too onerous 🤞

Good decluttering TC77 👏 Think of the space when DD1 takes all her stuff or when you send it all back 😉😉

Thank you bit_by_bit 👏 Excellent decluttering 👏 Congratulations on handing in your notice - finally 👏🥳 One Gold Star ⭐️ is on it’s way. Hopefully we can have a party to celebrate - socially distanced of course  

Wow MrsStepford - excellent decluttering 👏 & so well organised 👏

MrsSD ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️  🏅
Decluttered: 1900/2020
Money Spent £7.55

£2.00 into Savings pot - up to 24/10/2020

Mrs_Salad_Dodger

1. WRITE AND USE DECLUTTERING & CLEANING “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
5. MSE CONTENT - WILL SAVE £££ RE THE DAILY POT CHALLENGE BUT AS A WEEKLY AMOUNT

Tuesday is a lovely autumn day - bright, some sun, not too cold  & breezy. A perfect drying day so first load of washing done & decluttered to whirligig. 2nd load in wm. DH has done a mini L*dl shop. 

Plan for today is finish the sleeve from DH’s jumper. Then the hard work starts - knitting the collar & sewing up ☹️

1901 Decluttered cardboard box to Recycling Wheelie Bin
1902 - 1903 Decluttered garden detritus & kitchen detritus to Wheelie Bin

Hope everyone is keeping safe & well.

MrsSD ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️  🏅
Decluttered: 1902/2020
Daily Spend £0

£2.00 into Savings pot - up to 24/10/2020

newlywed

Decluttered a troublesome neighbour and with it a whole load of stress. So peaceful in our block today!

decluttered my Internet bookmarks on the laptop and tidied my iPad ones. Also sorted out my work bookmarks.  Some linked to websites that don’t exist any more!

Also decluttered a lot of money to the optician for new glasses and sunnies - my first varfocals but now I can craft in front of the telly again!

Rootle

38/52 - tidied out a section of wardrobe and binned a few bits and bobs like plastic hangers and an old pair of slippers. Looks like a tidy and organised wardrobe now!

TC77

I was about to count something again but checked and already counted!

1933 quadrant picked up 8 pieces but will only count as one

1934 bag of ex's stuff returned (small bag but good declutter)

1935 unsubscribed from items and electronic declutter

1936 another tile sample binned

Mrs_Salad_Dodger

1. WRITE AND USE DECLUTTERING & CLEANING “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
5. MSE CONTENT - WILL SAVE £££ RE THE DAILY POT CHALLENGE BUT AS A WEEKLY AMOUNT

I did finish knitting the sleeve yesterday 🥳 Dinner was pizza delivery.
Sadly my anniversary flowers are now finished but they did last 20 days 👏 so exceedingly MSE. Started raining about 11:30 p.m. & is still raining.

Wednesday is therefore a dark, miserable day but at least the weather forecast was correct  😉
The plan for today is to finally sort my paperwork 😉

1903 - 1904 Decluttered Lr detritus & more kitchen detritus into the Wheelie Bin

Great decluttering newlywed 👏 especially the troublesome neighbour 😉 I hope you didn’t get up to something nefarious to bring this about 😉

Good work Rootle 👏 steady decluttering

You are well on track on your decluttering journey TC77 👏 less than 100 items to go to hit your target 👏

MrsSD ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️  🏅
Decluttered: 1904/2020
Daily Spend £0

£2.00 into Savings pot - up to 24/10/2020

short_bird

Mrs SD I've obviously missed something? (Not difficult, I'm not a details person at the moment...) 
Does that mean every time the "new forum rules" notice turns up under a post that's a reminder that the poster hasn't mentioned money saving in their post?

nannywindow

Out from the bathroom a dead electric toothbrush head, an interdental brush and an empty shampoo bottle. All were replaced from the drawer so no unnecessary money spent.

I am trying to declutter the freezer and today I have taken out a bag of blackberries, picked from my own bush before I cut it down last year when we replaced the fence panels and I can report it's coming back stronger than ever ! Hopefully there will be loads next year, saving £££'s year on year.  Today's will be used in apple and blackberry pies. All I need now is my own apple tree !

Hope everyone is well or at least trundling along, many hugs and/or healing vibes if not.

nan

Mrs_Salad_Dodger

short_bird said:

Mrs SD I've obviously missed something? (Not difficult, I'm not a details person at the moment...) 
Does that mean every time the "new forum rules" notice turns up under a post that's a reminder that the poster hasn't mentioned money saving in their post?

Unfortunately short_bird I have no clue 🤔 I have now read the new rules half a dozen times & am no wiser - it is very frustrating 😖 The rules state that this is a money saving site & that the posts in a thread must be on topic. However I have had the banner when I have mentioned both decluttering & money saving + I added a signature 👿 Also, I have been totally unable to locate a Board Guide to ask for clarification.

I have decluttered a large plastic bag into the wheelie bin & because it is raining I am saving at least £50 by not visiting the butcher. DH has decluttered the contents of a coleslaw pot. Also saving money on a daily basis by only picking up free newspapers 😉

Sorry I can’t help ☹️

MrsSD 

short_bird

Mrs_Salad_Dodger said:

short_bird said:

Mrs SD I've obviously missed something? (Not difficult, I'm not a details person at the moment...) 
Does that mean every time the "new forum rules" notice turns up under a post that's a reminder that the poster hasn't mentioned money saving in their post?

Unfortunately short_bird I have no clue 🤔 I have now read the new rules half a dozen times & am no wiser - it is very frustrating 😖 The rules state that this is a money saving site & that the posts in a thread must be on topic. However I have had the banner when I have mentioned both decluttering & money saving + I added a signature 👿 Also, I have been totally unable to locate a Board Guide to ask for clarification.

I have decluttered a large plastic bag into the wheelie bin & because it is raining I am saving at least £50 by not visiting the butcher. DH has decluttered the contents of a coleslaw pot. Also saving money on a daily basis by only picking up free newspapers 😉

Sorry I can’t help ☹️

MrsSD 

Thanks, Mrs SD, I'm sure someone will be along shortly to clarify the rules. I suppose, on a declutter board, we're money saving as we're organising what we have!