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2021 MISSION DECLUTTER and CLEAN
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Good morning.
A busy day scheduled today. DD 2's pine king size bed being dismantled and delivered, a big job. Banana boxes of DS books which were under the bed need loading into smaller boxes and then putting in the loft ( banana boxes of books too heavy for me with my dodgy shoulder). Under bed needs hoovering then our bed moving into that room ,bedding washed etc. Hoover where our bed was and assemble our new bed! Writing it down makes it seem like a two day job.
I also want to give the garden bench sat in the kitchen another coat of paint ,and make dinner. All this activity as my cleaner starts work next Tuesday when her children go back to school.
I made lemon cheese yesterday with left over lemons from Shrove Tuesday. I also did another section of garden and knitted a baby hat. Just not enough hours in the day.
107. hair product given to me by DD2,I didn't like it either
108.Dress only ever worn 3 times.Too big.
Pounds lost 11 lb
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Been busy this morning
334-337 chopsticks
338 bottle opener
339-343 skewers
344 nut cracker
345-353 various bits of cutlery
354-355 broken clothes legs
356 pizza cutter
357 tongs
358 star cookie cutter.
The sad thing is the two drawers still look full and I"ve cleared them before!
It is stuff out of the house though which is good.9 -
Am in the office today with our Chair, CEO and 5 of our Execs, so am decluttering teabags, coffee & milk at an alarming rate! Still, it's getting my steps up 😁
A further 2 ebay parcels went yesterday, 2 today and I have bids on another 6 so far. The heap of to-be-listed doesn't seem to be reducing though!2021 Decluttering Awards: ⭐⭐🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇 2022 Decluttering Awards: 🥇
2023 Decluttering Awards: 🥇 🏅🏅🥇
2024 Decluttering Awards: 🥇⭐
2025 Decluttering Awards: ⭐⭐9 -
I didn't get to do any cleaning or DIY today but have decluttered a few things. I went out to cabin to water seedlings and made myself bring box of stuff in to sort through. Apart from lego which is sorted in boxes out there, I think there are about 10 boxes still to sort. Hopefully there are only another 3 or 4 in the loft.
484 Box from cabin containing mix of my stuff, Mums and MILs - about 90% read and disposed of and 10% kept for sorting again later. It is hard doing these tasks but I can't just keep everything for ever.
485.Flowers mostly decluttered to brown bin but a few blooms saved and cut down for small vase
486 Scrap book of holiday Mum took with my late brother, SIL and family 35 years ago. Sent to SIL today.
487 Meat delivery from local butcher arrived and I managed to get it all in my freezers and disposed of packaging
488 Letter posted renewing a membership
489 All waste bins round house checked and emptied.
490 Went out to car and reclaimed rubbish from side pockets and floor - the banana skin was an unexpected find courtesy of DGs. They have wrecked my map book but I like to have one in car so won't throw it away until I have new one.2025 Decluttering Campaign 635/2025 🏅🏅🏅🏅(🏅🏅) 🌟🌟
2025 Weight loss target 13/16 lbs
2025 1p Challenge 195/3658 -
Hello everybody. Long time since I have posted but I've been reading every day. Envy you all with gardens. I live in a first floor flat. Window sills are a bit small to grow things.
Got rid of a few bits since I last posted. Not many big things so still look cluttered. Must try harder
310,another bag of paper shredded, 311-329, 19 items sold on e-b*y. 330,Packaging for those.Will count as 1.331-332,2 books in charity bag. 333-339 ,6 crafty items to a friend. 340-342, £ items to food bank. 343-344. 2 items of OOD items to bin. 345-366 Items sold on e-b*y . 367. Packaging for them. 368-371 4 items so on marketplace.. 372-376. 5 sml candles used up and containers re-cycled.
Getting there slowly.
Ilovetea xx
Make £2024 in 2024 £1161.08
Declutter 2024 things in 2024 1522/2024.
NSD's in August 11/209 -
Grocery challenge Feb £107/£100-epic fail due to cake and biscuits
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Okay, work has been done.
Think I can safely say 1 black bag of stuff out. So 9/104 (I think)
But the best thing is the 6 boxes of like with like.....all to be kept. This has created a physical and mental space for me to carry on. Feel chuffed.
Thanks for all your motivational posts. I read every day.
bala
xAKA : Bala La Boo & Bala Baloo
According to a lovely poster I am Bala the Brave who wrestled a Tiger. You know who you are.....
I HAVE A GOLD STAR and A MEDAL and a Title !7 -
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179-200. Other items donated to local food bank.
216. Book into charity bag
245. Pair of shorts perished at the crotch binned 😂
248-249. Boxes used to parcel up items to post.8 -
balabooberlies said:Okay, work has been done.
Think I can safely say 1 black bag of stuff out. So 9/104 (I think)
But the best thing is the 6 boxes of like with like.....all to be kept. This has created a physical and mental space for me to carry on. Feel chuffed.
Thanks for all your motivational posts. I read every day.
bala
xGrocery challenge Feb £107/£100-epic fail due to cake and biscuits
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so much decluttering going on !
Bala that's great getting like with like
I'm feeling overwhelmed this evening , can't find my tin with old receipts (big items like tv) and nor more recent receipts - I bought several things at Christmas as alternative presents always intending to return and sure I put them some where safely but i may have thrown a couple of weeks ago when I didn't make the link between items in one corner and receips in another room. The CS will do well! My house is too big for me and DD2 and spread over 3 floors so I have couple of places to keep things as may want stationery etc but it makes the like with like out of the window. Abit fed up of it. Tomorrow work on the garden starts so have been emptying shed as it's going, leaks badly so most things are in the house .
484 -485 item sold , packaged and posted
486 email deleted and unsubscribing
487 postal receipts recycled
488 old lists and notes recycled.
Neighbour clearing their mum's house and invited me to see if anything I wanted. Managed to resist - far too much in my house.
Fingers crossed garden goes ok, and I can get motivated again, and try and do like with like, Frustrated about lost receipts but will get over it. Looking forward to CSs opening again!
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