2020 - banish the clutter

Mrs_Salad_Dodger

You would have thought so short_bird 🤔 but I wouldn’t hold my breathe waiting for a clarification & the removal of the banner at the top about ‘Spam’
My DH has just had a new office chair delivered & will be dismantling the old broken office chair to declutter to the Tip. 

The large cardboard box is being filled with all future cardboard packaging in anticipation of building the new raised bed.
Will add numbers later.

MrsSD

Rootle

39/52 - a pair of boots freebie recycled! I've been meaning to do this for years but was always too nervous, social anxiety maybe but in current conditions I was able to leave them outside for collection and didn't need to meet anyone. Very chuffed!

oceanspirit

Long time, no post again!

I have been taking your advice Mrs Salad Dodger and making more time for myself.  OH has been doing a couple of the phone calls on my behalf which has helped.  Now working on next decluttering goal which is to finish the paperwork and clear out my desk by the end of November.  I want the desk out of my home as I have its much smaller replacement already so there's no need to keep it any longer.

I love a Christmas tree up during December however haven't managed to have one for years due to lack of space and also energy to actually decorate it.  With 2020 having been a difficult year for us all, I feel it's important to have the sparkly tinsel and lights that I so enjoy in my home this year as I'll not be eating out or going shopping at all so won't be able to enjoy the usual Christmas atmosphere.  As I said to my DSis, we'll all have to create our own magic this year.

Scores on the doors for the past few weeks:-

17 items of paperwork out and 144 old emails deleted.

Happy_Kitties

Making most of tip runs with DM stuff, I slipped in a couple of my bits
*451             old mop -tip
*452            DDs string of flamingo lights that don’t work - tip
*453-454    candles sold on the bay of e
*455            packaging to package the candles
Trying to do things in blocks of 5 now to make life easier
 

retiredinfrance

93 old torn sheet to CS for the animal bedding section
94 top to CS  too warm for summer and too thin for winter
Decluttering is really saving me lots as I can see what I've spent money on and quite often like the top it was a " bargain". I now look through a pile on the shelves of the walk in dressing room every morning and assess each item. 
I have repurposed long sleeve t-shirts as pyjamas tips and nightwear is now sorted. New elastic in a pair of trousers and I don't need to buy any for the next year or two.
I too have a CS habit, mainly books and ornaments, but as I give back the books I don't feel guilty. Also , let's face it, books are a real joy at any time but especially now. With Covid  I don't pop in like I used to and the purse is not being decluttered as much.
I'm also decluttering the apples from our free - loads of them which should last until Christmas.I shall count them as
95 apples.
Total at 95/122

retiredinfrance

Sorry, I forgot to send hugs and hope to stay safe to everyone.

TC77

Wow Mrs SD thanks for reminding less than 100 items. Hoping I may make 2500 . Having bathroom done 2nd Nov , not sure if I can count old items if being replaced. Taken few things to my dad's to store as my shed is falling apart, will count when out of the car
 3 batteries recycled 1937-1939. 

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

Guess what 😉 no paperwork done 😔 However I have finished knitting another pair of hand warmers & tidied up a corner of the lr. DH cooked dinner - stir fry using up lo vegetables with the addition of mini prawns, black bean sauce & noodles. Very tasty. DSis had reheated lo pizza. 

1905 - 1907 Decluttered - kitchen recycling, large bag of office recycling, glass jar into Recycling Wheelie Bin
1908 - 1914 very large cardboard box, 4 cardboard boxes, 2 lots of cardboard packaging - for new raised bed
1915 - 1918 Plastic packaging, Large bag of office detritus, kitchen detritus, large plastic bag - Decluttered to Wheelie Bin
1919 Broken office chair dismantled for Tip run

Brilliant decluttering nannywindow 👏 I am very jealous of the blackberries 😉 Perhaps a dwarf apple tree.

Yippee Rootle 👏 39/52 bags decluttered = a Gold Star ⭐️ on it’s way 🙂

Lovely to see you oceanspirit 😊 Excellent decluttering 👏 I am so chuffed that you are taking time for yourself & have enlisted OH to the cause 🙂 One Gold Star ⭐️ for you & a medal 🏅  for OH . Here is hoping that the paperwork decluttering is swift & painless & that the office desk can be decluttered quickly & replaced with its smaller cousin 😉

Excellent work Happy_Kitties 👏 I see you got the dreaded New Rules message 😖 

What a brilliant idea retiredinfrance 👏 Inspecting your clothes & then repurposing or decluttering them on a daily basis - this earns a Gold Star ⭐️ + a 2nd Gold Star ⭐️ for the apple harvest. 

TC77 - Absolutely you can count the old bathroom fittings in your decluttering total 🙂after all you are not going to keep them are you?😉😉

MrsSD ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️  🏅
Decluttered: 1919/2020
Daily Spend £0

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

garden_girl_2

I have just looked at when i  checked in last ....it was 3 Oct, where on earth has that time gone  ?!
I have been decluttering quite a few bits.... started sorting out recipe, keep fit/health, gardening files, thrown loads into blue recycling bin. Then started on my 2 drawer filing cabinet, o crikey, dozens of letters about benefits, taxes etc etc. I filled an apple sized cardboard box for blue bin, in letters, leaflets, booklets etc.,  also shredder box also full of personal stuff to be done. Not finished yet!! Thats for another day..
Putting some bits away today in wardrobe top cupboard, found body lotions etc, so then sorted bathroom cupboards, threw old bottles out and put lotions in instead. Lots of empty bottles in bin, i save a few for short breaks away to decant shampoo etc, but did i really need half a carrier full,  NO...so half have gone.
Carrier bag nearly full of odd bits for CS. Will wait to be full before getting rid. 
About 20 used batteries also waiting to get rid of, dont know where they will go yet, may get ndn to take next time she goes to Al i. 
D D still waiting for house to be finalised. Searches should have been done this week, why does it take so long...grrr. not that we want her to go,  but will be 2 miles from work instead of a 45 min drive, esp in the winter, not a nice road. We will have a spare double bedroom and a big built in wardrobe to fill up, so we can have a good sort out of ours and the small bedroom,  where everthing gets dumped at the moment, esp all the winter coats, sweatshirts, etc.,which are squashed in a little wardrobe.
Take care everyone. Keep safe

stellata

I've painfully taken apart a tv stand so it goes in the bin, and put of all things a trouser press in the car to go to the tip. It's been fixed to the side of my wardrobe since I moved in. Just have to fill the holes now.