2020 - banish the clutter

TC77

196 7 socks (1 pair and odd socks) into draught excluder - still have couple of dozen odd socks which I'm hoping to match up at some point.

197 used up last teabag (unusual flavour)

198 more old food out

199 tidied desk drawer - Mrs SD taking your good advise that tidying and cleaning count

Watched ' call the cleaners' - how do they do a whole house in 3 days when I spend a whole day doing a little corner!

2 things on freecyle and also after being offered 2 other things on Freecycle I contacted the person to say please offer to someone else!

200 - 205 lots of clutter from bathroom ( DDs but I had to clear - cotton pads/old make up/razors/ empty containers etc - undercounted as not mine)

Due to take daughter table/chair /socks and a few other things tomorrow night and over the week so will count when they leave the house

StickyTheStickInsect

Sorted through some of the children’s toys today and managed to fill a bag, so this will be off to the charity shop tomorrow, bag #8.
Perhaps more momentously, the post mountain is no more !! DH was away with work for a week, so I watched no telly and dealt with the mountain instead.

My aim this week is to declutter socks and pants, I’m sure DS2 is wearing some socks for 6-12 months and he’s 2 next week!

I’m struggling a bit with the new forum but hopefully will get the hang of it soon.

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?

Sunday continued as a rainy day - some heavy showers & oh the wind 💨 I did complete the birthday cards through to the end of January 2021 🥳 - written, addressed, marked with date of posting & weights for the overseas cards 😜  I used another 20 cards from my stash - which now needs topping up  Once done I spent the rest of the afternoon knitting scarf no.24

Dinner was pork medallions, boiled potatoes, green beans & fresh carrots, baked peppers, mushrooms & cherry tomatoes + mashed sweet potato for DH & I - delish 🤤 

287 - 293 Three plastic trays, 2 foil lids, cardboard box, cardboard packaging - Recycled 
294 - 313 Twenty birthday cards from stash - Used up
314 Bag of kitchen detritus - Binned

Great work Gem-gem 👏 

Good work greenbee - especially the forward planning 👏 

Wow RepentHoarder 🤩 you & your DH are working hard 👏  What flavour was your soup? Fully agree that cuddling DGS is far more important than making soup 😂 By the way as you are three quarters of the way to your target I am awarding you your 3rd Gold Star ⭐️. At the rate you are going you will reach your 500 target by the end of February 😉

I love it Nicnak 👏 Good work on the decluttering that you did manage to do 👏 

Excellent work winspiration 👏 not only with the decluttering but very impressed with the photo sorting 👏 

Good work Barny1979 👏 especially the medications 

Good work pixtotts 👏 I did laugh 😂  at the ‘coat tale’ 🤣

Excellent work ziggy2407 👏 

Good work TC77 👏 

Great work StickyTheStickInsect  👏 I was so impressed with the no telly watching so you could sort out the post mountain that I am awarding you your first Gold Star ⭐️ - congratulations 

See you all tomorrow 👋
MrsSD 
314/2020
 

EssexHebridean

Look at all the progress being made here - amazing how a weekend of grim weather  can incentivise us all isn't it! 

I actually started with a list on Saturday but then we did SO much yesterday I stopped listing.  
The bones of it though:
> CS
2 car mats
3 photo frames
craft stuff
an unopened pack of plastic champagne flutes
Assorted kitchen bits
Several more DVD's
Several more books

> Rubbish/Recycling
3 x old spice jars
An old rear wiper blade
some disposable plastic bowls - ancient!
A (very) old Sky broadband router
Another video
A cardboard tube with some very ancient posters rolled up in it
An insulated bag we got given with a cheese purchase
Nivea Micallar water cleanser finished and bottle > recycling
More assorted "stuff" than you could believe! 

> Other
Card making stuff set aside to post to a friend
A bag of shredding brought to the office and already shredded

MrEH did indeed take the charity bag that we have ready with him on Saturday morning when he went to the barbers - since then though we have filled two more so that will be a job for next weekend now! Also filled two rubbish sacks yesterday - it was too windy to take those out last night so they'll need to go tonight. I can actually start to see that we're making a difference now which makes it so much easier to carry on doesn't it! 

Happy_Kitties

9 neutral items sent to the charity organiser making 30 neutal items sent in total.
Waiting for DD to come home to take clothes to recycling bank as im slow with my general decluttering at the minute

ailz95

Before we went away last time, for our usual 3 night jaunt - DH decluttered car mats into the car.  They've only been waiting since we changed cars in August 2018  .  The car began behaving oddly on the 2nd day - no guts - I was thinking all sorts - it's a motability car - anyway I leant down and pulled, the car mat came from below the pedal, and the car was back to a gutsy little Citroen.

No decluttering here - I'm sorting out cupboard storage - which I have to do regularly as DH just puts things at the front of a shelf - though fair enough he can't find anything if it isn't at the front of a drawer or shelf  !

EssexHebridean

ailz95 said:

Before we went away last time, for our usual 3 night jaunt - DH decluttered car mats into the car.  They've only been waiting since we changed cars in August 2018  .  The car began behaving oddly on the 2nd day - no guts - I was thinking all sorts - it's a motability car - anyway I leant down and pulled, the car mat came from below the pedal, and the car was back to a gutsy little Citroen.

Haha this is brilliant! My drivers side mat creeps forward and "snags" on the clutch - drives me mad! 

villagelife

My first time posting on the new forum.
Had a trip to Iceland and lots of money was decluttered especially as stayed an extra night due to the winds here and cancelled flights.
Both sons have been busy while I've been away
273-bath mat
274-303 clothes gone to clothes bank
304-307 shoes
308 an old tatty cook book recycled
309 microphone
310 moisturiser sample used up and binned
311 mini toothpaste used up and binned
312 a belt
313 a glass
314-319 cans from DS2 bedroom.
That's all for now.

short_bird

138: the raw chicken defrosted for tonight's tea... rank

Willowtree222

1109 - book sold on ebay. x