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2020 - banish the clutter
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Morning all,
I've hoovered and have a window open.
A few nick nack and odd bod type bits from kitchen, bedside cabinets and spare room out. Rescued a paperclip from the bag (why I do not know) and put a large cardboard box under the bed.
3 big bags presents out hallelujah.
Put a bag ready in the wardrobe as I sort down in future, I can pass the clothes on to a relative but have kept it for now as living in a tracksuit is not really real life.
I have rewarded myself and purchased some trainers so had a moment of madness there but no doubt the will get worn so didn't really mind spending out there.
Still no food, so no idea what's for tea but will think of something.
Hope everyone's getting on OK I think I am avoiding the paperwork basket so maybe that's tomorrow's job.
Sam xGrocery challenge Feb £107/£100-epic fail due to cake and biscuits
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I can't count how many pieces of paper i got rid of today but it was a few hundred.
I wanted to start a journal business many moons ago and created pages to go into a filofaxThat was about 5 years ago and they've sat in the house untouched ever since.
All thousand of them are in paper recycling so not going to waste. Another two drawers cleared upstairs too. Handful of items in the bin, the rest given a new proper home.
XSeptember 2017 Debt = £25330
Starting afresh.
You can do anything if you put your mind to it. x8 -
Nicnak said:I can't count how many speed o got rid of today but it was a few hundred.
I wanted to start a journal business many moons ago and created pages to go into a filofaxThat was about 5 years ago and they've sat in the house untouched ever since.
All thousand of them are in paper recycling so not going to waste. Another two drawers cleared upstairs too. Handful of items in the bin, the rest given a new proper home.
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Grocery challenge Feb £107/£100-epic fail due to cake and biscuits
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I've just changed it to make sense. It was pieces of paper. XSeptember 2017 Debt = £25330
Starting afresh.
You can do anything if you put your mind to it. x8 -
2383 -2384 2 items from old bathroom, one taken by someone and one binned
Think I'm going to struggle with anything more this year.
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1. WRITE/USE DECLUTTERING & CLEANING “TO DO LISTS” - MINIMUM 30 MINUTE BURSTS OF ACTIVITY AT LEAST TWICE EVERY DAY2. KITCHEN WILL BE LEFT CLEAN & TIDY EVERY NIGHT3. 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)Day 1 continued with helping DSis to wrap her parcels; scrubbing electric plate hob - 2 rings thoroughly cleaned, one 2/3ds done & one 1/3rd done; wrapped 4 beanies, packed ready to send to DB in Germany.
DH & I had hm soup for lunch with crusty bread 😋 Dinner was oven baked pork steaks, mashed potato & green beans 😋
2294 - 2295 Kitchen recycling, drinks cans - Recycled
2296 - 2303 Four beanies, 2 cardboard boxes, bubble wrap, brown paper
2304 - 2306 Kitchen detritus, lr detritus, office detritus - BinnedExcellent work moneyonmymindsam 👏 Good luck with the paperwork 🤞
Brilliant work Nicnak 👏 that definitely bumps up the decluttering numbers 😉Good work TC77 👏 You just need 16 more items/bits to earn another gold star 😉Taff, your numbers will shoot up if you can sell your books + pennies in the bank 😉MrsSD ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️🏅
Decluttered: New target = 2500: 2306/2500
Daily Spend: £0£5.00 into Savings pot - up to & incl. 13/12/2020Be Kind. Stay Safe. Break the Chain. Save Lives. ⭐️2025 Savings Pot Challenge: As a monthly amount, running total = £299.00
Jan £5.00 Feb £12.74 Mch £23.26 Apr £32 May £43 Jun £50 July £62 Aug £71 Sep Oct Nov Dec Grand Total £8 -
I am the master of my fate; I am the captain of my soulRepaid mtge early (orig 11/25) 01/09 £124616 01/11 £89873 01/13 £52546 01/15 £12133 07/15 £NILNet sales 2024: £209
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Had to go into my shed to find the winter cover for the outside tap, s0d's law it was in the back corner even though I thought it was put towards the front, on a shelf. On the way through from the front I found several pieces of plastic, more broken carrier bags ( I swear they're breeding in there ) an unwanted hose reel along with bits of it's hose and a plastic plant pot holder, the type that holds 12 pots. All are now binned.Recycled 2 empty plastic bottles, a large cl0ver tub and an ice cream tub. Stewed some sad fruit but had to throw out some into the food waste caddy... I hang my head in shame. 4 bananas that turned very quickly have gone into the freezer ready for cake/bread.Hugs nanFailure is simply the opportunity to begin again, but this time more intelligently8
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4 books to CS
1 dead plant out out in flowerbed
1 pile of old envelopes which had stuck together to recycling
6+42=48/365
The envelopes .
With lockdown here i couldn't get any " non French " Christmas cards and I had left it too late to order on line so I got the Christmas box out and you all know where this story is heading............ So, I had enough for this year and I looked at my stash of 50's vintage ones and they will do for next year with new envelopes. They are all still in the packs about 40 in total . I thought of selling them but they are more valuable to me as they are - all with Christmas flowers and foliage. All i have to do now is to remember about them.
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