2020 - banish the clutter

Happy_Kitties

Happy birthday Mrs SD, hope u are having a good day
Been sorting through things including DM’s excess stuff that has been basically dumped with me
*462 BT box of DM returned to BT
*463 dregs of ood barbecue sauce bottle emptied and bottle recycled in a bit of a fridge clean
*464 body spray of DDs used up. Bottle recycled
*465 cluedo-recycling. Not sure if CS would have taken it. Was looking very battered and not sure if all the bits there.
Have stuff to go in clothes bank but will need to wait for friend to help me on Monday

retiredinfrance

Happy birthday, Mrs SD.
Keep safe and enjoy your day.

3forholidays

Happy birthday MrsSD. Hope you have a great day.

Willowtree222

Happy birthday, x
I decluttered some of my wardrobe, some socks, and some shoes. Got rid of DD's shorts as she won't be getting much wear out of them now. 18 items in total x

stellata

I collected up a big carrier bag of spare office stuff and dropped it off to a colleague who's still WFH. Also a storage box I decluttered the contents of ages ago. 

retiredinfrance

1 book - now in pile waiting......
1 pile of paperwork to recycling
Total 111/122
The paperwork may not sound like much, but , like Oceanspirit, I did all the easy stuff last year and this is a big big elephant. I had started dealing with admin as soon as it came in, but there was a huge backlog. I was using it to line the kitchen compost bin, but the stuff wasn't going out fast enough and I want to reuse the corner where the big pot sits for a magazine rack, so that I don't fall over the rack since it sits in front of my desk . Clutter is dangerous! So, this morning i grabbed a pile and sorted some for recycling after tearing off the details, then craftily MSE saved pages with a blank back to use in the printer to print DH Covid walks certificate. The small bits with details now go to our compost bin. Trouble is, this took some time and the pile looks much the same. 
Ah well.....
Keep safe everyone.

Foofoopuppy

Happy birthday Mrs SD!
@retiredinfrance it can sometimes feel as though you aren't making a dent, you just have to persevere and then one day you will look at it and realise it is suddenly much smaller! 
Not too much decluttering here, a few bits, but I've not been in a good frame of mind for it. I'm feeling better today, and have got rid of a load of polystyrene rubbish in the kitchen that initially wouldn't fit in the bin, and then couldn't be bothered. But it has gone now and that corner is clear, which also makes me feel better. 
Hope everybody else is keeping well x

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. JUST DO ONE THING (courtesy of bit_by_bit)
5. MSE CONTENT - WILL SAVE £££ RE THE DAILY POT CHALLENGE BUT AS A WEEKLY AMOUNT

Saturday was another crisp, bright day - lots of sunshine & slightly warmer than of late.
I had a wonderful birthday - lots of cards & several presents - chocolates from both my DSis & DH, a cookery book & candle in a ceramic pot from DSis, a silicon oven glove, fluffy dressing gown & flowers in a metal jug from DH. The mystery box from my friend B was a smokehouse hamper full of goodies - bottle of smoked olive oil, bottle of balsamic vinegar, olives, salami, pot of quince paste, dried mushrooms, Parmesan, chorizo, pot of smoked paprika, packet of coffee, Cornish Camembert & a bulb of garlic. She is a genius when it comes to presents 🙂
Video call from DB, phone calls from my friend & my nephew, DSis cooked dinner - M&S lasagne + garlic bread 😋 & she did the washing up 👏
Spent the day watching TV, knitting & a bit of time in the garden cutting up branches from ndn’s tree which DH & DSis were cutting down. All in all a grand day - who needs to get dressed up, go out to a restaurant & then have to get home 😉 😛 

Sunday is another bright, sunny day but quite cloudy. I got up early for a change & am sitting snuggled up in my new dressing gown watching Sharpe - drooling over Sean Bean 😉 I will get dressed - eventually 😉😂

2047 - 2051 Kitchen recycling, newspaper, cardboard box, cardboard packaging, paper packaging - Recycled
2052 - 2054 Kitchen detritus, office detritus, plastic packaging - Binned


Thank you all for your lovely birthday wishes - I was definitely spoiled 🙂😉🙂

Great work oceanspirit 👏 The description of your talents brought a smile 😀 to my face & the reminder that I used to be good with paperwork when I was working 😉 It is one of the mysteries of life that the work skills we acquire seem to desert us when we enter our front doors 😛 I rather like the distancing solution you have come up with to involve your friend - it will definitely stop any tears/mistakes 😇

Brilliant work TC77 👏 We were supposed to be getting our bathroom done, but laziness & then Covid19 put the kibosh on that plan. Oh well, I am sure we will get around to it ....... eventually 😉

Great work Happy_Kitties 👏 progressing rather nicely.

Good work Nicnak 👏 I think I need to empty my wardrobe again ☹️

Keep up the good work stellata 👏

Good work retiredinfrance 👏 I heartily agree with Foofoopuppy - if you keep persevering with sorting paperwork one day you WILL notice the difference. I also agree with you 😉 - clutter is dangerous both physically & mentally ☹️

Sorry 😔  to hear that you have been feeling down Foofoopuppy 😔 but very pleased that you are starting to perk up. It never ceases to amaze me how much getting rid of clutter can make the world seem so much better.

Hope everyone has a lovely Sunday 🙂

MrsSD ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ 🏅
Decluttered: New target = 2222: 2054/2222
Daily Spend £0

£3.20 into Savings pot - up to & incl. 15/11/2020

stellata

Yayy just sold a big thing on marketplace got £10!! I keep walking past the space where it was and thinking ooh, space!!

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. JUST DO ONE THING (courtesy of bit_by_bit)
5. MSE CONTENT - WILL SAVE £££ RE THE DAILY POT CHALLENGE BUT AS A WEEKLY AMOUNT

The cloud cover meant that it was actually quite warm today. After watching the motorbike races, DH finished cutting down ndn’s tree - he sent DSis up the ladder 😂 after working out where to tie the rope to make everything safe. No injuries 🥳 & DSis enjoyed wielding the electric saw 😉 I went out to drag all the wood into our garden & DH & I cut it all up & filled the raised bed. We then harvested the potatoes from 3 bags & a large terracotta pot.
Compost & foliage was added to the raised bed & we managed to get another 1.94kg of red skinned potatoes (with a lone white potato 🤔) 
Dinner is fillet steak, oven cooked - chips & tomatoes & mushrooms, fried onions, peas.

Yippee stellata 🥳 Well Done 👏 Enjoy the space 😉

MrsSD ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ 🏅
Decluttered: New target = 2222: 2054/2222
Daily Spend £0

£3.20 into Savings pot - up to & incl. 15/11/2020