2020 - banish the clutter

Willowtree222

I've started the weekend again!

581- old pillow
582 - bath math
583-390 - old paperwork under the bed
591 - bedding set no longer needed
592 - single book sold on ebay- posted
593 - old costume CS
594- 402- plastic cups in the car to give to work for art projects
602-412 - plastic bowls and plates for the above
612-415 - three old dressing gowns to give to CS
616 - Brillo pad box with no brillo pads actually in it
617 - empty flash cleaner
618-625 - old jewellery bits of earrings, necklaces - all costume jewellery

I'm still going. I have a set of books on ebay and I have another two boxes of books going out probably tomorrow now.

Have a lovely Saturday everyone. x

Foofoopuppy

So, house searching has borne fruit and we have had our offer accepted!
Whilst gathering documents needed we had a sort of all paperwork, so everything over 3 years old is now gone. Also decluttered some biscuits which have been around for far too long!

newlywed

Decluttered the kitchen worktop and mostly returned things to their correct place. Excess of spices added to the storage box, rather than causing clutter.

And... three packs of tea binned. One was quite pricey but so disappointing and just looking at it annoyed me!

Also found some cherry bakewell tea so currently sipping that. Need to rotate teas more often so I actually use some up.


Also decluttered the raised bed of veg that didn’t grow. Since he foxes keep digging it up anyway. Recovered it with netting in the hopes that the foxes will get bored.

Mrs_Salad_Dodger

1. DO NOT PUT OFF TO TOMORROW WHAT CAN/SHOULD BE DONE TODAY
2. WRITE AND USE “TO DO LISTS”
3. LEAVE A ROOM TIDIER THAN WHEN I ENTERED
4. KITCHEN WILL BE LEFT CLEAN & TIDY EVERY NIGHT
5. WHEN DEALING WITH CLUTTER I WILL USE ‘Daisy1571’s idea of ‘WHAT WOULD I DO WITH THIS ITEM IF IT WAS SOMEONE ELSE’S ?’

Friday remained dreary & rainy & I never did get back to bed DH & I went to my hearing aids checkup appointment - everything fine so just need to be more consistent wearing them Posted a few letters & then DH & I went to our usual pub & spent a few hours drinking beer (too much :beer: :rotfl:) & making plans. Even had pen & paper to make notes :rotfl: DH texted my DSis to ask her to put the dinner on but she never read her messages . I put the cottage pie on to heat up & then DH & I promptly fell asleep for 1.5 hours Dinner was extremely late & DSis decided to have something else - fried eggs on toast. Her portion of cottage pie will now be the starter for my next hm soup :T
I fell asleep, sitting up on the sofa & I was woken up by the milkman collecting payment - 2 months worth Slightly brighter weather today & no rain - yet :T
The plates etc have been wrapped in newspaper & bagged up for the CS. Yet another lazy day but I do need to do a small sm shop otherwise no dinner tonight

157 - 160 Three newspapers, cardboard packaging - Recycled
161 - 163 Bag of kitchen detritus, 2 pairs of DH’s Sunday underpants - Binned (Only 29 items behind )

Wow ailz95 :T really well done on the clothes decluttering :T You are motoring along & still found time to have a few days away Hopefully a bit of good news I am awarding you TWO Gold Stars ⭐️ ⭐️ - over halfway to your target of 52 bags to CS :T

Excellent work shangaijimmy :T Give yourself a big pat on the back for maintaining your commitment :T

Great work greent :T

Good work radioles1408 :T

Great work villagelife :T. You are so right that summer is for outdoor decluttering

Brilliant work EssexHebridean :T. You really have piled in :T & with such a great start you will be invigorated to carry on .

Great work eandjsmum :T

Good work Barny1979 :T

Good work TC77 :T

Excellent work on decluttering books Nicnak :T you are definitely on a charge to your next target :T

Great work HappyKitties :T chugging along nicely :T

Nice to see you somerandom :j. Glad DS is on the mend I will let you off re buying a top in the CS :rotfl: as it was only one

:j:j Great news Foofoopuppy :j:j. Here’s hoping that everything goes smoothly & that your decluttering continues apace :rotfl::T

Well Done newlywed :T especially biting the bullet with the expensive tea you decluttered your ‘annoyance’ as well :rotfl:

See you all later my fellow declutterers you never know I might actually do some decluttering

MrsSD
163/2020

elsien

Foofoopuppy wrote: »

So, house searching has borne fruit and we have had our offer accepted!
Whilst gathering documents needed we had a sort of all paperwork, so everything over 3 years old is now gone. Also decluttered some biscuits which have been around for far too long!

Yes, I've just decluttered the chocolate fingers still sitting there from Christmas. Very moreish.

Not feeling well this weekend so I've contented myself with two Lino off cuts put outside the front. If they don't vanish overnight I'll take them to the tip. Some had taken the rubber mat, although it was out there over a week. And the bags of material I couldn't find a home for have gone to a local primary school for craft which makes me feel better than recycling them.

Gem-gem

February and my new challenge starts.
Three small boxes of chocolates emptied into a tin. Boxes and plastic recycled.
Seed potatoes placed into egg boxes. Small box broken up and recycled.
Cellophane binned.
Pen binned
Contents from Dyson binned.

Glenda

Some more decluttering completed this weekend

130 Binoculars CS
131 fish finder CS
132 Glasses case CS
133 old padlock binned
134 Name badge binned
135 Umbrella cover binned
136 Key ring CS
137 -140 sample shower gels UU
141 broken padded coat hanger binned
142 broken balloon pump binned

Cleaned and cleared my freezer out, unfortunately I had to bin 3 packs of steak pieces that had been in there for 14 months

143 -145 steak pieces binned

Quick question - can you freeze tomato puree? I have a tendency to leave it in the fridge to long after it has been opened and usually have to binned half a tube or tin.

Willowtree222

626-628 - wax melts that were out of date
629 - old dishcloth found at the back of the cupboard
630 - children's reigns CS bag
631 - sunglasses old case and bag
632- 640- 8 packets of seeds given to work for the growing section

I still have so much to do!
x

greenbee

Glenda wrote: »

Quick question - can you freeze tomato puree? I have a tendency to leave it in the fridge to long after it has been opened and usually have to binned half a tube or tin.

Yes. Stick it in a glass/plastic pot or even in an ice cube tray and it'll be fine. You can freeze most things.

shangaijimmy

Day 32 - busy day with a variety of things going on so managed virtually nothing. However I did spot 1 item loitering in the garage:
- 1 old big winter work coat taken to work for those in need with the dirty jobs!