2020 - banish the clutter

short_bird

936-948: 13 carrier bags to go when the supermarket next deliver
949: plastic box to bin 
950-953: kitchen detritus.
Might have an afternoon's work next weekend, will find out by Friday     

Mrs_Salad_Dodger

1. WRITE/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 - Difficult re MSE police
4. DAY TO DAY DECLUTTERING WILL HOPEFULLY CONTINUE
5. MSE CONTENT - WILL SAVE £££ RE THE DAILY POT CHALLENGE BUT AS A WEEKLY AMOUNT

Didn’t manage to escape the MSE police even though I wrote about decluttering & mentioned MSE - I am getting a bit annoyed as there seems to be no rhyme or reason & I have read the rules multiple times 😡 Please, is there a Board Guide out there who can explain/clarify?

Anyway back to Wednesday - dry, rain, hail, more rain then dry. DH emptied the old raised bed & prepped the area for the new raised bed. Then DH & I decluttered 2/3rds of the sleepers from the garage to the garden.  DH has built the first & second layers - dowels, screws & corner brackets (MSE as all items came from his stores in the garage) - so solidly constructed. Unfortunately before he could put the last screw the heavens opened & pelted us with hail 😣 before turning to heavy rainfall 😬 Tomorrow, weather permitting we will start filling the garden bed with the compost from the old bed, scrap wood we already had, foraged wood, leaves, olive tree cuttings & grass cuttings - saving lots of money & decluttering all the garden bags of their contents (MSE police please note - on topic, NOT repeated on any other thread & MSE)
Dinner was fried eggs, bacon, baked beans, oven chips & mushrooms - clean plates all round.
Veg box turned up a couple of hours ago - small avocados, teeny red onions, living lettuce, potatoes, sprouts, peppers, mushrooms & carrots.

1954 - 1956 Decluttered - kitchen recycling, plastic bottle, drinks cans into Recycling Wheelie Bin
1957 Kitchen detritus - Binned


You are welcome TC77 🙂 and yes I am chasing your decluttering number 😉 but not very successfully 😉😉

Little & often is definitely a good way to declutter Nicnak 👏

Unfortunately probably not a magic word, Happy_Kitties ☹️ However excellent decluttering 👏

Great decluttering & saving money retiredinfrance 👏 Shame it wasn’t pubs 😉 but now you are in lockdown it makes no difference 😕 

Good decluttering short_bird 👏 Fingers crossed 🤞 for the work. 

MrsSD ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️  🏅
Decluttered: 1957/2020
Daily Spend £0

£2.30 into Savings pot - up to & incl. 01/11/2020

Willowtree222

Thanks Mrs SD, 
I'm only doing it when my arm and back don't hurt too much. I managed 24 items yesterday. Mostly from sorting out paperwork and shredding the bits I didn't need. I managed to sort two drawers and check my Christmas present drawer. I think I have enough in there now. 
x

garden_girl_2

I have just typed A VERY LONG post and now its disappeared as I got distracted by a telephone call and a try from said person of a zoom meeting for later.... and the postman!!! grrr

I have been having trouble getting on to this forum to comment for days. I tried getting back in with my password...not worked, then I found an MSE e mail addess which I used and they said they would send a link...not worked... so I e mailed again and they gave me a temporary password to get  in.... it obvs worked!! ho hum...lol

I have sold a House plant and a walkers bum bag this week...very MSE, my tin of cash is rattling and rustling, all from sales during the last few months.

We have a BIT of a problem with our water into the house, we had a bill from water company last week increasing our monthly payments from £31 to £111 a month!! nearly had a fit when we read it...Obvs not correct but it would seem to have a leak from our meter/outside stop !!!!!! to our indoor stop !!!!!!. just had a man come and check and he thinks it could be just where the pipe enters the house....I seriously hope so, if not well im not quite sure what the  engineers will do, 2 or 3 options, 2 im  really not thinking about...arrrggghhhh....

So we are being very MSE and turning the water off outside morning and night to save it and make sure the damage is kept to a minimum, thank goodness for BR Gs Hm Care and our buildings insurance.... would cost thousands to put right if not...very MSE of us.    I want to put emojis in but cant find them on laptop which im using at the mo!!!

Ive been decluttering the bedroom drawers this week, now have a full cs bag of rags, also lots of dust decluttered as well.

Who knows if next time i try to get on here, it will work or not...fingers crossed... Bye for now. take care everyone.

garden_girl_2

THIS IS THE PAGE I LOST..... LOL just popped up as closing laptop down...

OMG ... I have had so many problems getting on to this forum since last time I spoke!!! thanks MSE for sorting it out..

I could not get in to comment, the box disappeared, then I tried to get on my profile and to log in, wouldnt let me do that either. so I sent an e mail and they said they would reply with a link, that didnt come, so i e mailed again, and they sent a temp password. Hooray it worked!!

I have made some cash this week MSE... sold a walkers bum bag type bag and a house plant. Tin is ratttling and rustling with all the cash ive made since lockdown... We are having problems with our main water supply at the moment, had a BIG fright the other day, a new bill came from Angl Water, changing our direct debit from £31 to £111 a month!!! Obvs not correct, to cut a long story short, we "supposedly" have a leak from our meter(stopcock) to the stopcock in the house. using about 4000 litres of water a day... dont know where it is, waiting for it to be investigated... so we are turning water off at mains night and morning after the nec has been done for the morning/day. Kettle, water jug, 2 pans filled in kitchen, bowl in bath and watering can filled in bathroom,,,,,just in case haha. Martins mantra...if is yellow, let it mellow, if its brown, flush it down... see very MSE...Its very worrying wondering where all that water is going, no loads of mud in garden, just hope it isnt under the house!!! Angl have had a few leaks down the front path so i thought it was because of them, see previous page it isnt...

TC77

gardengirl2 hope water gets sorted. Glad for emergency insurance - been used for our pest problem in walls and ceilings. Alas not the little mouse but huge rat in the ceiling! but wonderful pest man who may finally have found route of problem and with bathroom being done may get sorted - he's back next week. 
1976 large rat
1977 broken cd case
1978 old receipts.
1979 tidied desk draw and organised bulldog clips etc and found pile of paper unused one side so clipped for handy notepad (very mse) 
1980 other underwear bought but not needed as new washing machine working.
1981 unidentified bit of tech

TC77

1982 -1987 - 6 part used cold sore tubes one 2005, 4 x 2013 and 1 x 2015, realise I may have other ailments but finger crossed not the awful cold sores I had in 2013!

EnergyShifter

EnergyShifter said:

752-761 - 10 x tea-towels that are distinctly the worse for wear 

762 - letter to get my 25% discount for C Tax
763 - Birthday present & card posted to friend

Mrs_Salad_Dodger

1. WRITE/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 HOPEFULLY CONTINUE
5. MSE CONTENT - WILL SAVE £££ RE THE DAILY POT CHALLENGE BUT AS A WEEKLY AMOUNT

Thursday has been a dreary, wet & miserable day ☹️ There was just enough of a dry period for DH to put the last long screw in + 4 corner brackets on the 2nd row of sleepers for the raised bed 👏 I pruned the dahlia - just 2 flowers left 😕 DH also cooked cheesy pasta for our dinner 🤤 
I have finished knitting the 7th pair of hand warmers. 

After investigation of several threads, I have discovered that the appearance of ‘the comment’ is not random, it appears on every page of a thread, nor is it anything to do with the content & lastly it is nothing to do with mentioning/not mentioning any specific words. I will leave you all to work it out 😉😉 

1958 - 1961 Kitchen recycling, office recycling, bedroom recycling, drinks cans - Recycled
1962 - 1963 Kitchen detritus, bedroom detritus - Binned

Great work Nicnak 👏 Please take care.

That is not the way to declutter garden_girl_2 ☹️ Joking aside, I hope there is a speedy & inexpensive resolution to the disappearing water.  You are definitely having a torrid time ☹️

Good work TC77 👏 Hopefully when the rat is disposed of the mice will come back 😉 but restrict themselves to your garden 😉

Keep up the good work EnergyShifter 👏

MrsSD ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️  🏅
Decluttered: 1963/2020
Daily Spend £0

£2.30 into Savings pot - up to & incl. 01/11/2020

greent

Small check in from half term sorting out from me:

2001 – 2004. Bath toys – CS

2005. Gift box re-used for a bday present

2006. Ribbon and tissue paper re-used on a bday present

2007. Book given to nephew

2008. Soft toy – given to nephew

2009. Bath crackles given to nephew

2010- 2012 – books sold via fbook

2013. too baggy top – recycling

2014 – 2020. Too small socks (DS3) – recycling

2021. Worn out shoes (DH) – bin

2022 – 2029 – books sold via fbook

2030. Book donated to CS

2031. overnight bag – CS

2032. evening handbag – CS

2033 – 2040. Items of clothing – CS

2041. worn out shoes (me) binned

2042 - 2047. More items of clothing to CS

2048. Large cardboard box which has been in garage since 2019 broken up and recycled

2049. sports top which I don’t like on – CS

2050. lots of Sainz leg0 cards – donated

Very pleased, as I have now exceeded 2020 in 2020 Still 2 months to go to get rid of some more!!