2020 - banish the clutter

x_raphael_xx

Marpau Thank you for the info, I've found a knitting for preemies in my city. Sent them an invite.

Trawled through my video game collection yesterday, grabbed 16 to go, and went through a couple of kitchen drawers today with bf's help. 17 more things. (Extra kilners, rubbish scissors, duplicate spatulas etc, plus expired food - old flour etc)


153/2020

Primrose

I have a large folder containing the Order of Service Memorial commemorations for funerals of friends and acquaintances I,ve lost over the years, many of which contain photos I would like to keep. .

It seems somehow disrespectful and sad to bin them so I've no idea what to do with them short of asking for them to be put in my coffin so that they can accompany me in my own last journey ! Any ideas?

villagelife

Another knitting project that hospitals want are nightly coloured blankets for elderly patients. If these are out on the beds it's meant to reduce falls as there is more contrast than the standard hospital blankets.

Mrs_Salad_Dodger

Small lunch for me & lots of water :A Larger lunches for DH & DSis Have written & posted all my postcards :T Will be off to the beach later

Back to cheerleading - building up my Decluttering Mojo :rotfl:

Excellent work x_raphael_xx :T & enlisting the bf :T Over 150 items - you are doing really well :T

Excellent work gilly1964 - nearly 300 :T I especially liked no.280 :rotfl: Any chance of the thieves being caught? Over 300 :T & doggy cuddles :smileyhea. Thanks for pointing out the weekly email :T Last year’s decluttering thread also appeared in the weekly email - so I am really chuffed - 2 for 2 :j

Oh stellata, you have been in the wars but you have started :T Do take care - a bit of clutter can stay whilst you get fighting fit You really are on a roll stellata :T

Great work notmy1sttime :T and yes I DO BELIEVE YOU :rotfl:

Well Done phoebe1989seb :T tackling a cupboard of Doom :T: Fingers crossed 🤞 for a quick sale of the table 🤞

Great work villagelife :T remember slow & steady means you will NOT accidentally throw out something you want to keep . Just one more & you are at 150 items out :j:T What a lovely idea

Now you see what I am up against retiredinfrance . You are doing excellent work & DH sounds like he is getting with the programme :rotfl:

Thanks for the info Primrose :T. No ideas from me - as I tend to keep them as well.

Molly41, maybe try to find a shop that will buy them from you? Obviously made with love & nothing heartless about selling them on - they have made you happy & will hopefully make others happy Ignore me, I have just read on & seen winspiration’s post :rotfl:

Ha ha shangaijimmy :rotfl:

Excellent start haziefantazie77 :T ‘Tidied into a cupboard’ is decluttering as opposed to throwing it into a cupboard & being frightened to open the door again :rotfl:

Hope you are fighting fit now short_bird . You are also a prepper :T nothing like being able to hide away whilst unwell & not starving :rotfl:

Stocking your freezer & cupboards is NOT cluttering greenbee - another prepper on this thread :T

Excellent work radioles1408 :T I bet you are starting to see a difference

Yippee - I have caught up :T:j:rotfl:

Now DH & I will return to our room, put our cossies on & have a stroll down to the beach 🏝 Hope the water is warm

MrsSD
24/2020

gloriouslyhappy

Hi Mrs Salad Dodger, please count me in. This is the year I'm going to get organised, starting with the ten boxes and bags of papers awaiting sorting and filing! (That having to keep tax documents and receipts for five years is a right pain.) Then to tackle the vast quantities of rubbish - sorry, treasured possessions - left for us to store by the darling adult children on selling up and moving from house to tiny flat to take up studying again as mature students.

Am inspired by some of the posts I've read here, and think starting small but in regular spells will get me over the hump of feeling too exhausted at the thought of tackling such big jobs, what do you think?

greent

Above 2 posts about SmartAdv0cate both reported as Sp*m

151. Several sheets of address labels (from charities) – stickiness lost – recycled
152. DS2’s bday cards recycled
153 – 160. Plastic tub lids in excess of number of tubs – recycled
161 – 168. Very ood food/ drink items (packaging recycled, food to food bin)
169. Broken food bag clip – binned
170. Broken f1tb1t strap – binned
171. Broken water bottle (hole in!) – binned (kept straw part as a spare as I find they go manky)
172. Unused jar of cranberry sauce – given to my mum
173 – 174. 2019 calendars x 2 (children’s rooms) – recycled
175 -176. 2 non fiction books – CS
177 – 181. 5 books sold via fbook
182. Decorative box – CS
183. Birthday badge – CS
184. Large pile of old bday/ Xmas/ etc cards – recycled/ binned
185 – 188. 4 books sold via fbook
189. New lightbulb which didn’t work ☹ - binned
190. Bag of various batteries – recycled via s’mkt
191. Plastic tub which had held (leaking) batteries – recycled
192 – 200. Various make-up items/ nailvarnishes – binned


Latest batch of items gone from here above - am actually up to 236 but I like reporting in in round numbers

Willowtree222

Reported them too so hopefully will be removed.

I have decluttered a cherry beer from the fridge, a ripple and a packet of crisps.

I have several big items leaving the house tomorrow and Sunday so will update fully then. I am working through the socks. I seem to have an unusual number of odd ones and so have left them on the side. If by the time I wash everything and put it away they are still there alone, then they will be binned. x

StickyTheStickInsect

One bag of clothes to the children’s old nursery and I’ve sorted through the kids craft drawers and recycled a large bag of paper stuff.
I’ve also started to go through our toiletries and my sanitary stuff and am putting together a bag of unused items for the food bank but haven’t finished yet.

4 bags down, 48 to go !

short_bird

62-65: food past its best that I really didn't fancy this week.

(Must make a list of gluten free breads and confirm which ones are palatable.)

Marpau

RL getting in the way this week so progress is slow.
Did manage to sort out airing cupboard and now have one completely clear shelf.
One hat knitted for NICU today

77 pillowcase to rag bag
78 bathmat to cs bag
79/80 2 moisturizer uu