2020 - 'Nothing in your life will change until you make the decision to change'

jwil

Having Wednesday off has made this week go really quickly, I'm very glad it's the weekend though.  Same again next week which will be nice!

I've got lots of listing to do, and otherwise just carry on with the tidying and cleaning.  After little miss's birthday next weekend I plan on putting up the Christmas decs.  I wanted to start putting up some lights, but DH is refusing as our rule is after her birthday.

I want to make sure I've got everything that needs to be posted so I can start posting those off to relatives as well.

Have a good weekend everyone

beanielou

jwil said:

Kitten868 said:

No one would consider you wasteful jwil. And I think its positive you know when something is beyond repurposing. Plus its good hes seeing just how useless it is to keep things so long. Xxx

Thank you   I must say I've been guilty of keeping stuff because I don't want to put it in the bin too.  I do now realise that there's no point in using my house as a landfill site if nothing else can be done with the item!

This is a good thing for us to remember
I am guilty of keeping things in case something breaks down. 

savingholmes

Glad DH is at least getting furlouogh and decluttering. I too think you are a wonder with ebay. Good the defaults are dropping off too

jwil

beanielou said:

jwil said:

Kitten868 said:

No one would consider you wasteful jwil. And I think its positive you know when something is beyond repurposing. Plus its good hes seeing just how useless it is to keep things so long. Xxx

Thank you   I must say I've been guilty of keeping stuff because I don't want to put it in the bin too.  I do now realise that there's no point in using my house as a landfill site if nothing else can be done with the item!

This is a good thing for us to remember
I am guilty of keeping things in case something breaks down. 

I'm the same and it's taken me many many years to change!  I now consider how easily I could replace something if I need to.  But it's also all those little bits of tat, that I don't want, a charity shop couldn't sell, and I couldn't give away.  I just have to realise they are bin fodder, and learn from it so I don't do it again!

savingholmes said:

Glad DH is at least getting furlouogh and decluttering. I too think you are a wonder with ebay. Good the defaults are dropping off too

Thank you.  We are all getting there slowly.

jwil

This morning I have done a deep clean of the front room.  Pulled out as much of the furniture as I could to clean behind it, wiped down the skirting boards and cleaned the windows.  It's still a bit messy, but at least it's all clean now.  It's ready for putting up the Christmas decorations now 🎄🎄  DH is in the middle of sorting some stuff, hence the mess, but hopefully once that's done, it will be tidier again.

Kitten868

Omg I totally relate to having to throw tatt away and never being able to look at it the same way again. Things I considered cute before make me shudder.
Glad you're clean and ready to christmassify your house xxx

NeverendingDMP

Dont worry that you threw away the old bags. Doing so and posting about it was useful as I've learnt food banks need bags donating. Not something I've ever thought about to be honest. Ive put food in a strong decent bag for them to help store but never considered to give extra bags.thankyou beanielou and jwil.

beanielou

NeverendingDMP said:

Dont worry that you threw away the old bags. Doing so and posting about it was useful as I've learnt food banks need bags donating. Not something I've ever thought about to be honest. Ive put food in a strong decent bag for them to help store but never considered to give extra bags.thankyou beanielou and jwil.

Honestly that is fab. 

Decent carriers are such a help as the thin ones  break so easily unusually at the wrong time when the bags are just going out to delivery!  

jwil

Kitten868 said:

Omg I totally relate to having to throw tatt away and never being able to look at it the same way again. Things I considered cute before make me shudder.
Glad you're clean and ready to christmassify your house xxx

Yes me too!

NeverendingDMP said:

Dont worry that you threw away the old bags. Doing so and posting about it was useful as I've learnt food banks need bags donating. Not something I've ever thought about to be honest. Ive put food in a strong decent bag for them to help store but never considered to give extra bags.thankyou beanielou and jwil.

beanielou said:

NeverendingDMP said:

Dont worry that you threw away the old bags. Doing so and posting about it was useful as I've learnt food banks need bags donating. Not something I've ever thought about to be honest. Ive put food in a strong decent bag for them to help store but never considered to give extra bags.thankyou beanielou and jwil.

Honestly that is fab. 

Decent carriers are such a help as the thin ones  break so easily unusually at the wrong time when the bags are just going out to delivery!  

Thank you.  Yes, Beanie, thank you as I've learnt that too.  I do have a nice pile of Iceland carrier bags which are strong, so I shall send them that way

jwil

Well we managed to get some of our lights up yesterday, so that's a bit cheerier now   We'll save the tree and the rest of the decs until after little miss's birthday.

I'm doing some more listing today.  Loads of the items I listed last week are selling (it's the kids stuff) so I'm going to have a nice job of packing this week!  DH's stuff continues to trickle out too, so it's all going the right way.

I've ordered some more gifts today, and so just have a few to get now. I'm going to try and get the wrapping done too.  I've got to go to the farm shop at some point to order our turkey joint and get a sack of potatoes, then most of the food will be done too.  I need to wrap and post the ones that need to go elsewhere as a minimum!