2021 MISSION DECLUTTER and CLEAN

short_bird

short_bird said:

365-367: 2 bags rubbish, 1 box paper recycling
368-372: kitchen detritus
373-374: 200 emails out
375: bluray disc binned and inlay recycled - despite cleaning, wouldn't play. (kept the box for Justin...)

376: another bag of rubbish out
377: Large delivery box to recycling
378: box of mixed materials recycling out
379-380: 2 films watched and deleted
381: 100 emails out
Today's list: watch DVD to return to owner and thoroughly dust the hi fi electricals!

elsien

Thanks Mrs SD. 

This is part of my problem though; I have occasional mega blitzes but don’t keep on top inbetween. Need to try harder not to need the mega blitzes. 

Interim progress report. 

All cupboard doors and tiles degreased. Fridge cleaned inside and out. Walls sugarsoaped. Unfortunately this has fetched some tiles off  the wall so need to do a diy temporary fix.
Still need to clean the cooker, kick boards and scrub the floor which I hope to finish today although I am prioritising walking the dog! Inside cupboards can wait because I’m very very bored.

Quick question though - what do you folks have up at your kitchen windows. I had a blind which is revoltingly greasy - don’t want curtains or things  with slats because they annoy me but need something as it’s a side return that overlooks the neighbours. Can you get wipeable roller or Roman blinds? 

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1-24. CD Audiobooks sold on Marketplace
25-45. Video games sold on marketplace.

46-80. CDs into charity bag.
81-85. Shoes into charity bag.
86-120. Miscellaneous into charity bags.

121-123. Items sold on marketplace.
124-126. Shoes into charity bag.

127-130. Metal cd rack left out for the tat man

131. Clothes rack sold on marketplace 

132. Pair of shoes sold on FB

133. Old electric toothbrush motor sold on FB

134-140. 7 video games sold.

141-145. Some pictures sold on fb.

146-153. Books donated to a friend 

154-178. Food cupboard sorted, items binned as massively out of date.
179-200. Other items donated to local food bank.

201. Pair of boots sold on Vinted.

202-208. Books passed to a friend

209-212. Half used jars used up and recycled.

213-215. Three books passed to friend
216. Book into charity bag 

217-242. Items sold on FB

243-244. Books into charity bag.
245. Pair of shorts perished at the crotch binned 😂 

246-247. Items sold on FB
248-249. Boxes used to parcel up items to post.

250-290. Found a local charity shop that is still accepting donations whilst closed, so dropped off a load of bin bags with various clothes, shoes, dvds in etc, this morning.

291. Item sold on FB.

292-293. DVDs into charity bag
294-305. Various other items into charity bag.

306-309. Four bags of various food to food bank.
310-312. Various broken electrical items to recycling 
313. Bag of old batteries to recycling 
314. Pagoda in garden dismantled.

315-322. Random pieces of metal found in the garden put out for tat man

323. Old bath ripped out and smashed and disposed of

Happy_Kitties

121   A plastic thingy (haven’t got a clue what it is) in DMs things-recycling
122   A personalised decorative coke bottle from a wedding. Does it give joy now, nope so into recycling
123   Empty tube of puzzle conserve-recycling
124.  Made use of a practical box to send neutral items to organiser.
 125. More paperwork dealt with and shredded 

4 more neutral items sent to organiser = 52

Floss

@elsien I have some sticky backed "etched glass" film half way from the bottom, and a roman blind (which hasn't yet been let down!)

leelad

Afternoon MrsSD and fellow declutterers, first of all thank you MrsSD for the gold star for my wife and the medal for me. It was definitely a team effort with the bookcase, it does look the part in her bedroom.
As for today, feel let down by the weather. Was looking forward to blue skies and temperatures in low double digits, but it's been a day to wrap up well. Just been with my daughter at the park for a good hour, fresh air was good, but it was cold. Moaning over, managed to plant this morning 10 seed potatoes and 25 freesia bulbs. Hopefully that counts as decluttering ;-) did a tip run as well with the remnants of a free standing metal greenhouse which I had early last year. It got blew away in the storms so I learnt quickly that free standing greenhouses in back yards are not ideal in the bad weather. Next week we are having a new basin and bath screen fitted, so the damaged ones in there now will be decluttered to the tip. Will also look to clean the bathroom as well next weekend and give it some tender loving care. @Elsien we have blinds on our kitchen & living room windows. Cheers 🙂

EnergyShifter

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207. Returned item to Amazon 
208. Scarf 
209 & 210 -2 x balls of wool

211. Census done
212.  Shoes
213 - 222   9 x items of clothing 

elsien

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@elsien I have some sticky backed "etched glass" film half way from the bottom, and a roman blind (which hasn't yet been let down!)

I have a roman blind but it's got quite greasy. Not sure if there's a cleanable version.

TC77

@elsien I've just had a blind made for my bathroom, and I think some of the fabrics are wipeable - roller blind. Haven't put it up yet, but they made one to replace a velux blind much cheaper. (blinds2go) 
602 2 coats of paint on the bookcase but know I need to do another one.
603 phone case (Not used) to CS bag
604-605  emails deleted and unsubscribed
606 filing and shredding
microwave and kitchen cleaning

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)

Saturday was a dull, overcast & damp day. After yesterday’s flurry of activity, I let myself down 😔 I have only cleared down more programmes from the TV planner 🙂 + I have written & addressed March, April & May birthday cards. DH went out to try & find lacto free milk for DSis as there was none available on Friday 😬 Lunch was hm soup. Dinner was Chinese takeaway. 

626 - 628 Kitchen recycling, plastic bottle, drinks cans - recycled 
629 Kitchen detritus - binned

Balabooberlies, unfortunately no quick solution or short cut 😉 just paging back until I found your posts 🙂 I have the time & any excuse not to clean 😉😉

Great work Nicnak 👏 Doesn’t really matter how long it takes 😉 - the satisfaction when a large project is completed makes it worth the time taken 👏 One Gold Star ⭐️ is on its way for sorting the garage 🙂

Excellent work greent 👏 Doesn’t look like slow going to me 🙂  Please celebrate your successes 😉

You are welcome GrannyKate 🙂 You did make me smile with the tale of the truckle bed

& your comment about living to serve 😃

Good work short_bird 👏

elsien, Mega blitzes can have a place in the decluttering challenge but as you say, once done it is the boring day to day decluttering that can prove difficult 😞 However, you are aware & can work it into your daily routine 🙂 I have every faith that mega blitzes are in your past 😉 Excellent work on the cleaning 👏 & I agree that walking the dog is far more important 🙂

That sounds like great fun Barny1979 😉👏 Aggression taken out on the old bath 😂

Excellent work HappyKitties 👏 One Gold Star ⭐️ for 125/500 & one Gold Star ⭐️ for 52/150 neutral items 🙂 Keep up the good work 🙂 (Any luck with the weight loss?)

Shame about the weather leelad ☹️ but you still managed to make the most of your Saturday 👏 Planting out definitely counts as decluttering 👏 & spending time with your daughter is always a bonus 🙂 You even managed to fit in a trip to the tip 👏 How exciting, new sink & bath screen 🙂 not so exciting having to clean but needs must 😉

Good work EnergyShifter 👏

Good work TC77 👏 & a medal 🏅 for helping out a business 👏 May I ask, did you have to provide the measurements for the blind?

MrsSD  🏅🏅🏅🏅 ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Decluttering Target: 2021    629/2021

2021 Savings Pot:  £41.00 to end of March