2021 MISSION DECLUTTER and CLEAN

tryingtoavoiddebt

So I managed to get DD’s room tidied and organised. I’m back to work tomorrow and though there is still much to do in the house I feel better knowing that both kids rooms have been organised and properly cleaned! Little bit of ironing to do tonight and bed to make up. I even managed to get my sheets out on the line for a wee while today for a blow!

Not much to report but 2 old storage boxes, very much past their best, carrier bagful of bits from DD’s room, cardboard to recycling and an old jigsaw missing pieces. Everything has its place again tho!

Plan for the weekend, weather permitting, is to declutter the garden of the old leaves and weeds. We’re putting out new shed up soon so we can take down the garage to start our extension so I need to get into the garage too and see what can go and what will move to the shed.

Happy decluttering everyone xx

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EnergyShifter

EnergyShifter said:
177. Shoe rack to neighbour

178.  long overdue optician appointment - (decluttered a good few hundred pounds as I need varifocals - but at least I will be  able to see properly again !) 

179. gift bag
180. spectacle case
181. Bundle of old instruction leaflets
182. Book 

vulpix

Hi, you are all going great guns. I feel a little bit of a fraud as I decluttered massively last year when we thought we were moving to another part of the country. That didn't happen and I still have itchy feet so I have occupied myself by bringing things in, mostly to renovate. On my back burner is awareness of getting rid of unnecessary "stuff". We will still move when we can and  I only want to take stuff I love or need to a new home.
 Today I have given my bird boxes and the cat house 3 coats of paint. I will bring the garden bench in and touch it up as the tin is almost used up. Gives me satisfaction to use it all up!
  I have started to renovate the mahogany chair.  Hundred year old dust, tacks and material taken off. A gentle sand with wire wool tomorrow and waxing then make a new seat. I already have everything I need and again I just love making good use of things and using them up.
 Mr V has cut up all the pallets now so the kitchen is looking much better. He won the bingo by the way.

 83. A wire to DD2. Mr V has a whole shed dedicated to wires. It is an achievement to get rid of one!
 Vx

Mrs_Salad_Dodger

1. KITCHEN WILL CONTINUE TO BE LEFT CLEAN & TIDY EVERY NIGHT

2. JUST DO ONE THING EVERY DAY (courtesy of bit_by_bit) OTHER THAN DAY TO DAY CLEANING & DECLUTTERING 
3. CLEAN ONE ROOM (TOP TO BOTTOM) EVERY MONTH (hopefully 3 weekly by the end of the year)

Wednesday was a mixed bag weatherwise - brilliant sunshine, thick cloud, heavy rain showers or light drizzle - but thankfully warm. Another session of tidying bricks - DH was in the car park again - threw lots of bricks into the garden - now about one third of the bricks left in the car park. Trying to get the mortar off/out of the bricks was hard work - only managed 60 bricks - my stack is now 7 rows high = 252 bricks. There are probably over 100 bricks in the garden to de-mortar 😱
DH has had replies from the letting agent confirming that the owners would like him to proceed with getting quotes & then when everyone has agreed - he can book a builder. DH has emailed 4 builders - 2 are coming tomorrow (Thursday)  - one at lunch time & the other at about 5 p.m. with a third one turning up on Saturday. 

We had pancakes for lunch 😉

Dinner was pork medallions in a mushroom & Marsala cream sauce, with a cauliflower & bacon gratin & peas. Absolutely delicious 😋  🤤  We will have the 2nd half of our takeaways as Thursday night’s dinners. Wudupa.
Vegetable Box arrived before midnight - onions, potatoes, a romaine lettuce, 2 large parsnips, 2 courgettes, kale, celery & a butternut squash.

378 - 384 Kitchen recycling, 3 magazines, drinks cans, large bag of office recycling, plastic pot - recycled
385 Kitchen detritus - binned 

Great work GrannyKate 👏 cash for clutter 🙂 & cash for surveys 🙂 Forget the cleaning, you have small people who will require all your attention 😉 unless you can rope them in 🤣🙃 A three month cleaning grid 😱 Small people seem to cause chaos wherever they go 😉 

Shame about the gloves moneyonmymindsam ☹️ sounds like the 3bay sales money is earmarked for a decent pair of gloves when the shops are open 😉

You have been very busy mothernerd 👏 decluttering, growing seeds & cooking👏 What a palaver with your CPAP machine ☹️ Wow mothernerd, another busy day 🤩 You have a market garden in your home 😉

Thank you so much BarbCh 👏 I am blushing 😊 at such praise. Again you have hit the nail on the head - “battling our own demons” & “on our own journeys” - you are so right & thank you for popping back 😉👏 You have a way with words 🙂 which brings things into focus - at least for me 🙂 Thank you again 👏

Great work Nicnak 👏

Excellent work gilly1964 👏 I do like your approach to sorting out the loft - it happens the same way in our house 😉 You have had a great result with the amount of clutter released from the attic 👏 Poor dog ☹️ Presumably the boxes were full of stuff 😉😉 What a lovely thought - two year olds on prescription 🙂 Your poor hubby - Ouch 🤕 

“ DGS has started potty training and in the last month has only had two accidents.  When he wants to go he shouts help help and does the wee wee wiggle ” thank you so much for that delightful picture - I am grinning from ear to ear 😄

Sounds like you have had a lucky escape 😉 - now the hard part, getting your redundancy promptly 😉🤞
Re your colleagues, perhaps when the world starts again you could arrange a lunch date or maybe an evening meal? 

Good work TC77 👏 & well done on persevering with the mobile phone refund 👏

Great work tryingtoavoiddebt 👏 & well done on getting both kids’ rooms clean & tidy - at least for a little while 😉😉 Sounds like you have a busy weekend ahead of you 🙂 Hopefully the building works won’t be too noisy or disruptive 🤞

Good work EnergyShifter 👏

You are certainly not a fraud, vulpix (wagging finger emoji)  You might be re-cluttering but all in a good cause 🙂 Renovations/up cycling are keeping you out of mischief vulpix 😉 If you are busy you are not spending money 😉😉

MrsSD  🏅🏅 🏅 🏅⭐️⭐️

Decluttering Target: 2021    385/2021

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EnergyShifter

Gilly: Sorry to hear that you are experiencing problems with your redundancy calculation.  Hopefully HR will sort it for you but if not try the ACAS helpline - it's very good and free to use 

Carolyn12

Hi decluttering ladies/gents, 
I am a long time lurker of this thread and I am on my own mission to declutter and minimise ‘stuff’. I was just wondering if there is a place where clothes can be recycled? I have been hanging on to clothes that are holey/too small/worn or a combination of all three. They are no good to donate or keep for charity when the shops reopen. Are any of the clothing banks, usually at supermarkets or the like, for recycling rather than donation? I don’t like to just throw things in the bin when they could be recycled.

Keep up the good work!

BarbCh

@Carolyn12.... I think most recycling places have bins for clothes etc.... some charity shops collect them and weigh them in for cash.... and if there is a lot you might be able to weigh them in yourself but a bit extra cash....
I personally use them for rags.... for cleaning car, dusting etc.... always remember my nan using grandads old Y Fronts for polishing! Makes me laugh now! 

-taff

Most charity shops sell their unusuable clothing for rag so as long as you tell them it's for rag, they will still happily take it. Pennies is better than nothing.

gettingthrifty

Agree with -taff When i donate to charity shop i put my raggy clothes in a separate bag marked " textiles" They tell me it saves their time having to sort them and they can sell them by weight.
Hope that helps

short_bird

231-235: 2 bags rubbish, 2 bags mixed materials recycling, 1 bag paper and card out.
236-237: another 100 emails
And that's it for this week apart from taking the stuff I sold to the post office so already counted. oh!
238: finished roll of parcel tape...