2021 MISSION DECLUTTER and CLEAN

Wednesday2000

I threw away some old knickers today as I bought new ones. I got rid of all the packaging I had outside into recycling and I threw away a bag of vacuum attachments I had forgotten about. I threw away my husband's old umbrella as I bought us both new ones. Some old socks were given to my dog to tear up as she loves them.

GrannyKate

A bit energetic this morning so need a lie down now.  Cleaned the car inside and out including the children's car seats.  Cleaned mould off garage door - so something off my diy/cleaning jobs.
596 - more tat found in car
597 - empty can of defrosting spray (not sure why I have been driving round with full and empty one this winter)
598 - emails etc deleted
599 - old car folder disposed of
600 - birthday presents delivered (yummy cake had)

nannywindow

Bit by Bit great news on the retirement. Enjoy, enjoy !

Out today a car battery and more scrap metal, thanks to the lovely scrappies 👏🏽. Also gone a full pedal bin of crafting bits and bobs from making Easter cards and lots of tiny bits of material/wood left from the Barbie furniture and soft furnishings made by us for our DGD. Hope she likes it, it's nearly all finished thank goodness as we wanted her to have it for part of her Easter present. I was going c0ck eyed with all the tiny stitching 😰 

Well done to everyone for their efforts.

Take care all

nan xx

greent

Congratulations on retirement, @bit_by_bit!  

bit_by_bit

Thankyou all for your good wishes. 💖💖💖 I am going to have a great time. Work and a mortgage just got in the way of how I have wanted to live my life since cancer 5 years ago. I had a great send off at work with lots of useful presents. I have to say one of the best days of my life.😁
I am looking forward to having a bit more energy for clearing and decluttering my house; a full redecoration and time in the garden,allotment, travelling but mostly enjoying time with friends and family. 😁

TC77

bit_by-bit sounds like lots to look forward to 
681-683 lever arch files picked up
684 -685 broomstick and vintage bucket picked up
A few more things put on freegle including dartboard ( found 1.5 darts )
put some packaging inside each other and some under bed - had been in DD old room of doom, and some recycled, rubbish out 686 -687 
Admin tasks done 688-691 including being charged twice by pc safety company 
some game parts in bin 692

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)

Thursday has been a mostly wet & miserable day ☹️ but there was a bit of sunshine this morning 🙂 DH went shopping on the bike - managed to avoid the rain getting to MrS & loading the bike but the journey home was in a downpour which stopped as he arrived on the drive 😔 Poor DH looked like a drowned rat ☹️ Hm soup for lunch - just a very small portion left. I sorted my post & wrote a menu plan up to the end of the month. DH cooked dinner - cheesy pasta 🤤 Plenty left for a pasta bake 🙂 which has been slotted into menu plan 🙂 Wudupa.

659 - 663 Kitchen recycling, magazine, 2 newspapers, drinks cans - recycled 

664 - 665 Kitchen detritus, plastic packaging - binned

Excellent cheerleading vulpix 👏🙂 Very public spirited with your litter picking 👏 & fingers crossed that your new coat will fit soon 🤞 Lovely to have something to look forward to & a Christmas party sounds ideal 🙂

You have been busy GrannyKate 👏 no wonder you are tired 😓 

Absolutely brilliant nannywindow 👏 I hope your DGD is appreciative & is allowed to give you lots of cuddles 😉

bit_by_bit, your retirement plans sound wonderful 🙂 Hopefully you won’t have to wait too long to meet up with friends & family 🤞🙂

Great work TC77 👏 hope you managed to get the 2nd charge returned 🤞

MrsSD  🏅🏅🏅🏅 ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Decluttering Target: 2021    665/2021

2021 Savings Pot:  £41.00 to end of March

oceanspirit

20 items of clothing gone to DSis for her daughter to try on.  She's grown again and now needs adult sizes - luckily auntie is a slim adult, wears similar colours and some of the clothes still have their tags on.

1 handbag also to DSis for her daughter

2 items clothing into bag for CS

1 item off reading pile

4 other items

Wednesday2000

I'm now making up a bag for the charity shop. So far I have a picture, a couple of books and a jigsaw puzzle, I bought that during lockdown and never used it!

It's quite bright weather here, white cloud and not raining at least. I fancy some chocolate and a cup of coffee so I will have to go out later as I don't have any coffee in the house!

mothernerd

More digging, a few more buckets filled, recycling to appropriate bins. Not counting any of these in my total, but I need to have some record so that when I look back at my day, I can 'see' what I have done. Final two 'kerbing' stones removed from back bed. Workman from next door popped his head over the fence to see what I was doing, offered to help (at a price, neighbour has his phone number if needed). Said mum wouldn't pay for it, I was the one who wanted it like this and I had to work for it. Mum says it can be done, if I pay for it! Will keep plodding.

Rained heavily earlier, thought I was definitely having a day off digging (probably do need to have a rest day - after I've been round moving anything that might be in the window cleaner's way). Was considering going to town (don't want to but have used all the compost and more buckets would help). Have checked and our schools seem to finish on the 2nd April so maybe I can leave it until next week. Do not want to be dodging hordes of teenagers.

Congratulations on your retirement bit-by-bit. That is my goal. I am mortgage free. I never had the income to get a mortgage so bought my house with savings and a loan from the bank in dad's name - we were both customers but the bank preferred to loan it to dad. It was a shell and I reckon I've rebuilt it twice (ie all the every few years things like rewiring/ damp proof course have come round for the second time). My first sink was an enamel one that the builders had mixed cement in (house was a bargain price because our next door neighbour was buying it for her granny to come and live near her but then neighbour's latest 'boyfriend' proposed and they were going to live in his mini-mansion in Southport).

My brother (middle child) died at the age of 47. My baby brother may die before me. The goalposts on pension contributions have changed so many times (and I've paid voluntary contributions in years when I didn't earn enough). I am determined to live to my retirement (just under 3 years now), live well and live long enough to justify all the sacrifices and wring every last penny out of this penny pinching, rob the poor whilst the rich and corrupt wallow in ill gotten gains government. Apologies for introducing politics. Decluttered one rant (back on topic)