2021 MISSION DECLUTTER and CLEAN

retiredinfrance

That was my third go at DH . I don't know a TH!

mothernerd

Very grey day but not actually raining so ventured out into the yard to see what I could do. Seven 40 litre tubs filled with soil moved to half way down the yard using my old dolly truck (one was much larger - an old kitchen bin that is 65 litres or more), 31 mainly 2 litre bottles filled with water, currently in the trolley but will be stashed behind the shed until required. There are over 60 there already from when I emptied the large buckets a couple of weeks ago (rain water and snow melt) but today's was from numerous sources - plant saucers, mlni greenhouse lids, stone buckets done last autumn had filled with water in the gaps between the stones). Many many half buckets shifted - trying to separate soil, stones and water and fill up any containers with a bit of room left in them. 

Scraped as many loose stones off the bed as I could, using the side of my trainer, then shovelled them into 3 small buckets. Went over the bed with a fork to loosen the soil and was trying to start the digging but it started raining (couldn't have done much more anyway). Did over an hour before the food delivery arrived, stopped to eat and put freezer and fridge stuff away and probably another hour afterwards. Waiting for the ibuprofen to kick in but not expecting to do much for the rest of the day - it's World Book Day so must get some reading in (dressing in character is optional). Apart from small amounts of rubbish to various bins, none of this is leaving the premises but it all has to be moved from where it is, sorted (or semi - sorted, it doesn't matter if the soil at the very bottom of the raised beds has the odd stone in) and then put back in the proper order before planting up. My seeds are romping away. The second set of pea shoots are about 6" long and some things only planted a few days ago are behaving like venus flytraps - shrugged off their seed pods and heading rapidly for the roof of their little greenhouse tops (prepared oblong salad box is an excellent fit with the large mushroom box seed tray, I was buying the odd one because to eat on days when I was low in energy but trying to eat well).

Current total 692/2021. Collecting my new glasses tomorrow and will do a few errands whilst in town but will do more at weekend. Pleased with what I have done - can see my clear working space.

moneyonmymindsam

Hope the glasses are nice @mothernerd
Wow thread is busy must be something in the air, do hope it wafts my way tomorrow 😂

So bag of clothes/shoes and other bits is growing but has not left the house, maybe tomorrow's job is to get it in the car with the aim to drop it off whilst out shopping.

Torn between selling and donating, I guess mainly due to being unemployed. I think if I donate it, it's gone and better to focus the brain on other more important things.

I still have to clear mum's when I'm allowed to properly travel and to be honest I'm dreading it - there isn't that much just feel under pressure to get it done. Think being so far away adds to that but all I can do is take it one step at a time. 

I've washed, dried and ironed the big curtains 90x90 (hasn't been done for a year) and to be honest I don't think I ever want to do them again.

Parcel out to niece - nearly 3kg box of
goodness knows what but mainly stocking filler type gifts, pens, gloves, hat, baking stuff and some sweets. 

2 more parcels to post already packed to go to the post office Saturday. 
Sam x

GrannyKate

No motivation today - will do better tomorrow;
491 Very Out of date left over jam thrown away - glass jar to recycling
492 Old phone box to recycling

short_bird

328-329: bag of rubbish and cardboard recycling out.
330: Cushion innards, 25% still to be swept up from in front of the washer which I will do as soon as the Zoom event has finished   
331: the usual 100 emails deleted
332-333: 2 more bags of crafting stuff sorted like with like.
334: large, broken plastic box recycled

TC77

Mrs SD   thank you for my medal,  have to own up to accepting bookcase from the same neighbour today - to be collected on Saturday but have ideal place to put it and very narrow so doesn't take up space  - actually 2 book cases one is for DD2
 - feel very sheepish about this, but more useful than the lloyd loom chair and drawers offered yesterday!
Abit more today, half day off work but ended up working abit throughout day,
Had people start on garden so lots taken away and shed down  counting as 1 as will be more and not done by me  489
old blanket that's been in shed to recycling 490 
unsubscribing 491
deleting emails 492 - can't believe how many!
item returned for refund 493
the receipts for extra xmas presents I think really have disappeared for ever ( over zealous decluttering)
gardening glove 494
out of date food 495
tidied my bedroom after feeling overwhelmed yesterday and few bits of paper etc binned 496
Going to do bingo sheet and also lists for time off tomorrow and most of next week.

mehefin

Not a good day.. decluttered nearly 180 squid to repair boiler!!

moneyonmymindsam

@TC77 sounds like a huge win today if you ask me 

balabooberlies

moneyonmymindsam said:

@TC77 sounds like a huge win today if you ask me 

Ditto !

TC......I can barely manage that on one of my good days.  Pat on the back !  

hugs

bala

x

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)

Vegetable box arrived late Wednesday night - kale, 5 potatoes, red onions, celery, Brussels sprouts, aubergine, courgettes, salad leaves.

Thursday was another overcast, chilly day but at least there was no rain 🙂 
Some good news today - all parties to paying for the garden wall rebuild have agreed on one builder (J) 👏 (DH’s preferred chap 🙂) DH has got in touch with J & he will pop round in the next few days to confirm the details & set a date to start the work 🥳🥳 
Hm soup for lunch for DH & me. Just the one portion left for Friday. I have spent the afternoon sorting paperwork - lots of it. We have a new lady fox - pregnant hence being able to identify as female 😉 Dinner was lo bolognese sauce with spaghetti for DH & DSis. I had spaghetti with tuna mixed with minced capers, cornichons, sun-dried tomatoes, hg olives & a dollop of passata. It was really yummy 😋 Wudupa
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497 - 508 Kitchen recycling, glass jar, 2 newspapers, 1” general paperwork, 6 booklets, drinks cans - recycled 
509 - 510 Kitchen detritus, 1” shredding - binned

Yippee, a quarter of the way to my target - one Gold Star ⭐️ for me 😉🙂

Wow D123456789 what a busy morning 🤩👏

You are definitely an Angel 😇 oceanspirit 👏 

Bit_by_bit, Busy at work, busy on the allotment & I imagine busy planning your retirement 👏 As a nurse, are TPTB really letting you retire 😉 I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for looking after us 👏👏

Excellent work greent 👏 Remember to update your signature to 250 😉 One quarter of the way to your target, so one Gold Star ⭐️  on its way 🙂

Your DD must have been so disappointed 😞 retiredinfrance  but she must have been happy that they were donated to charity 😉 Yippee to DH having had both his jabs 🥳 Have you had your jabs yet? 

Wow mothernerd 🤩 I was exhausted just reading how busy you have been 👏 Working that hard you must be sleeping well 😉 You are racing towards your annual target 👏 

Moneyonmymindsam, everything is crossed that you find a job soon 🤞 A mammoth task washing, drying & ironing 90”x90” curtains 👏 - no wonder you don’t want to do it again 😉 I am so impressed that one Gold Star ⭐️ is on its way 🙂

You are still decluttering GrannyKate & every item out is a win 👏

Great work short_bird 👏

You are welcome TC77 🙂 No need to feel sheepish about accepting bookcases 😉 especially as they will be used 👏 Well done on the decluttering 👏 I agree with moneyonmymindsam & balabooberlies - a huge win 🙂

Oh dear mehefin ☹️ but better to have a working boiler than not 🙂

MrsSD  🏅🏅🏅🏅 ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Decluttering Target: 2021    510/2021

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