2020 - banish the clutter

short_bird

973-982: 10 more greetings cards to the charity shop bag 
983-986:4 DVD box sets returned to owner
987- 989: 3 bags of rubbish out
990: 1 bag paper recycling to relevant bin
991: 1 bag mixed materials recycling to the bin (decided to invest in capsules of "good bacteria for the gut" rather than getting the little drinks because of the amount of plastic they use)
992-995: The usual 100 emails deleted and unsubscribed
996-997: Birthday present and card given to ex as won't see him on the day
998-1002: 5 face coverings made for the ex: as he wears glasses and headphones, made them so the elastics go round the back of the head rather than behind the ears, less tangling. (The elastic came from his late mother's sewing stash.)

daisy_1571

Have spent a lovely day in my cupboard which instead of being a craft/computer cupboard has more recently become the Cupboard of Doom so today i sorted, chucked and categorised to my hearts content and its been lovely.   Up to 130/1000 so good progress made.

Daisy xx

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)

Wednesday started off so well - got up 9:00 a.m., (dry but cold) mug of tea, tiny bit of paperwork, put all the saved (for the raised bed) cardboard into the recycling wheelie bin, delivered 2 carrier bags of food stuffs & toiletries to Whitechapel Mission & bought a large bag of onions in the market, posted birthday cards. Hm soup for lunch.
The day went downhill from there - I kept falling asleep & it rained. In my awake time I have almost completed knitting a 3rd beanie. Eventually woke up long enough to make dinner - pasta shells with a Bolognese meat sauce - one of my good ones 😉 Washing up done, dried & put away. Veg box received - will check when I get up Thursday.
To add to the downhill nature of the day, I have a toothache, sniffly nose & feel rather nauseous 🤒 but no temperature & no new cough. So L*ms*p & bed.

2071 - 2078 Kitchen recycling, drinks cans, plastic bottle, glass bottle, 2 newspapers, large cardboard box, cardboard packaging - Recycled

2079 - 2081 Kitchen detritus, pair of my Sunday socks, plastic packaging - Binned

Surprising how many little sayings bring back happy memories, retiredinfrance 🙂 You are very well organised retiredinfrance 👏 & hopefully with all this reporting of vaccines we may get some of our old worlds back eventually 😉

Great work TC77 👏

Good work nannywindow 👏 Definitely charge a peppercorn rent 😉 

Hi there M.E. 👋 Nice to see you & you will notice that rearranging & tidying will creat space 😉 Do you have a room that could be used for everyone else’s clutter - maybe get them to sort & take away 🤔 Remember to give them a time limit & if not gone then the items are yours to do with as you will 😉😁

Moving steadily to your 500 target Happy_Kitties 👏 Remember you do NOT want to reach it too soon 😉 otherwise you might feel obliged to set another target 😉😉

Excellent work short_bird 👏 Over 1000 so one Gold Star ⭐️ on its way 👏

Brilliant daisy_1571 👏 You are really motoring along - 13% already 👏

Stay safe everyone.

MrsSD ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ 🏅
Decluttered: New target = 2222: 2081/2222
Daily Spend £10

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

MrsStepford

Husband is taking a box of in-date gluten-free food to the food bank. 
Started a potential eBay storage box for decorative accessories which I'm bored with
Bought an eco-friendly pine chest of drawers to store DVDs in.
Brought some paperback fiction up from sitting room bookshelves to fill empty DVD tower thus giving more space downstairs
Got two eco-friendly pine bedside cabinets to keep books and paper off floor. 
Recycled two plastic-lined jute bags for life as bins for landfill and recycling, in bedroom.
Put the new bathmat thing in the bath as it had been gathering dust on landing for no reason
Massive amount of recycling went out today. 
Bought a pine bookcase which has gone on landing for DVDs
Gave husband a roll of food bags and told him to put masks in there and bin away from home
Pulled out veg going manky for a pot au feu so it didn't get wasted and tidier fridge. 

TC77

Mrs SD - I'm going to have to get my skates on to chase your nos!
Had bathroom done - with extra work to stop roland and micky visiting... almost stressful, and ordered things online that weren't needed, and also found coat I bought in 2 sizes - kept the large one!
2056 - 60 parcels returned
2057 - cardboard recycled
2058 - 59  old toothbrush and few random bits binned
                              

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)

Thursday has been a bad day 🤕 Got up early feeling cold & shivery & nauseous. DSis was up quite early to go for her blood test & they sneaked a flu jab 😉 DH spent some time tidying the garage, then usual Thursday sm visit.

I have spent the entire day wrapped up - napping, knitting & watching TV. I stirred my stumps to peel some potatoes & used up the rest of last nights Bolognese sauce to make ‘cottage pie’. I also did the washing up, dried up & put away. I have kept myself dosed up with hot lemon or blackcurrant drinks all day. 

2082 - 2087 Kitchen recycling, 3 large plastic pots (from garage), 2 newspapers - Recycled

2088 - 2089 Kitchen detritus, garage detritus - Binned

Excellent work MrsStepford 👏 you have been keeping busy 👏

Good work TC77 👏 It will keep us on our toes if we are chasing each other’s numbers 😉

MrsSD ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ 🏅
Decluttered: New target = 2222: 2089/2222
Daily Spend £10

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

Willowtree222

I've put these before but the tights and clothes have officially left the house and are now with their new owner.
I've been using up lots of things so at least another 5 items have made their way out. 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)

Woke up 7:00 a.m. sweating profusely but I had put the winter duvet on top of the medium duvet 😱 Got up & put on my fleecy dressing gown, had a L*ms*p, watched 15 to 1 & went back to bed for a couple more hours. My tooth is giving me real gyp - no wonder I am feeling nauseous. Apart from the toothache & nausea, I am definitely feeling a lot better. 

Unfortunately the toothache is making it difficult to eat ☹️ although having said that, I could do with losing weight 😉 DH has started converting the old raised garden bed. DH also cooked dinner - cheesy pasta. Very tasty although I had to suck & swallow as chewing is too painful 😖 

2090 - 2094 Kitchen recycling, 2 newspapers, drinks cans, plastic bottle - Recycled
2095 Kitchen detritus - Binned

Great work Nicnak 👏 steady progress 👏

MrsSD ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ 🏅
Decluttered: New target = 2222: 2095/2222
Daily Spend £0

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

TC77

Mrs SD - hope the toothache gets better... do feel for you.. one of the thing which calls for strong painkillers
2060- 2063 4 diy bits broken binned
2064 paper declutter for accreditation which I finally got - should have applied 20+ years ago but piles of paper out
2065 receipts recycled
2066 glued chest of drawers (DD1's which came back with her 18 months ago and is downstairs - don't think she is taking to next place so incentive to mend to be kept or given away
2067 sorted large pile of hangers - some to be put for hanging washing and others for DD1 or give away.

basketcase

@Mrs_Salad_Dodger

Hope you're feeling better soon.  Take care of yourself.  Deep sympathy re the tooth.  Can you get an emergency appointment?  Not sure what your lockdown regs are.