2021 MISSION DECLUTTER and CLEAN

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. ONCE A WEEK LEAVE THE HOUSE (e.g. Go into city centre for bank & butcher;  go to local town for cs dropping off or buying; visit the pub with DH 😉

Yippee all the washing dried outside 🥳 I finished the hm soup for lunch. Dinner is fried chicken, boiled potatoes & frozen mixed vegetables.

1083 - 1084 Kitchen recycling, drinks cans - recycled 
1085 - 1086 Kitchen detritus, plastic tray  - binned

GrannyKate, thank you for sharing your thoughts. I hope that your world will open up a bit now that things are opening up a bit more 🤞You have been very busy decluttering &   cleaning 👏 BG have failed you miserably 😖 but fingers crossed that your complaints will result in some compensation 🤞enough to cover what you have spent & are spending getting it sorted out yourself. Hopefully now your DS has found you a good plumber you can get all the problems sorted. A good plumber is worth his/her weight in gold 😉
You must be getting very excited at the prospect of seeing lots of family even if not all 🙂

Everything crossed that this September you can have a full complement of children & grandchildren to visit with a resumption of photographs 🤞

An exceedingly busy week mothernerd 🙂👏 Not only gardening but cleaning & tidying. The family visit must have been wonderful - it is such a boost to our spirits being able to visit family/have family to visit 🙂 More to the point you have something to look forward to August BH 👏

What a brilliant result Gem-gem 👏🙂 Clutter out, cash in 🥳

Thank you elsien 👏 it really was a wonderful day.

Great work TC77 👏 and good for you donating most items to CS.

Good work mehefin 👏 How very sad for your neighbour & poor GD - 7 is very young to have to go through chemo ☹️ Sending good wishes that treatment has a positive outcome 

Great work Happy_Kitties 👏 and already prepping Christmas boxes 🙂 Sunshine is always a bonus & hope you got all your washing done & dried 🙂

MrsSD   🏅 🏅 🏅🏅 🏅 🏅    ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Decluttering Target: 2021    1086/2021

2021 Savings Pot:  £114.80 to end of May

mehefin

Thanks Mrs SD Granny is finding it tough going so trying to ease the load by decluttering some of DS's stuff to help out. Her gd has been in and out of horsepital since last summer. They are lovely neighbours and we really feel for them.

TC77

Mehefin,how good to have you as a neighbour while such a difficult time, so sad to hear.
Where has the weekend gone?
 DD1 cleared up 70% wanted to take my glass storage jars to make her cookies look good but I use them so she went off with my big cake tin where all the cake moulds and decorations kept so have to find somewhere else. 1040
Been listening to headspace about guilt and regret and feel abit  of baggage decluttered 1041

3secondmemory

Proud Charlie woke me at 4.30 this morning. Half asleep, I let him in not realising he was saying  ‘look at the mouse in my mouth, Mummy!’ 

I chased him upstairs with it and he jumped on my bed with it. This is when I realised it was still alive so I grabbed it and it was like trying to catch a bar of soap. He slipped out of my hand several times before jumping over the banister and somehow landing in my shopping trolley. The cat followed quick style and all hell ensued in the porch as I tried to open the door and kick him out! The cat was worse than a mouse, it was like trying to wrestle a python 😂😂

Took a good half hour to find where the bloody mouse was hiding and when I grabbed it by the tail, the feisty !!!!!! started doing stomach curls trying to gnaw its own tail off! I ran out of the house holding this thing at arms length and deposited it on the side of the green.  

I also rescued a bumblebee but that was far less traumatic 😂
The early start meant that I’ve had a four hour Headstart on everyone. I siphoned my bathwater out, it’s got Epsom salts in it so it’s fantastic for the garden. I use it on all my flowering plants and on the lawn. It’s why mine looks greener than everyone else’s 😃

I made a promise that if I finished all my potting up, I can take a wander down to the nursery and buy some tumbling plants. I didn’t think I’d be done by 10 o’clock in the morning 😂

Floss

Wow, that was an exciting start to your day @3secondmemory! I can well remember the days of field mice being brought through the catflap & played with up & down the stairs...

Gem-gem

3secondmemory said:

Proud Charlie woke me at 4.30 this morning. Half asleep, I let him in not realising he was saying  ‘look at the mouse in my mouth, Mummy!’ 

I chased him upstairs with it and he jumped on my bed with it. This is when I realised it was still alive so I grabbed it and it was like trying to catch a bar of soap. He slipped out of my hand several times before jumping over the banister and somehow landing in my shopping trolley. The cat followed quick style and all hell ensued in the porch as I tried to open the door and kick him out! The cat was worse than a mouse, it was like trying to wrestle a python 😂😂

Took a good half hour to find where the bloody mouse was hiding and when I grabbed it by the tail, the feisty !!!!!! started doing stomach curls trying to gnaw its own tail off! I ran out of the house holding this thing at arms length and deposited it on the side of the green.  

I also rescued a bumblebee but that was far less traumatic 😂
The early start meant that I’ve had a four hour Headstart on everyone. I siphoned my bathwater out, it’s got Epsom salts in it so it’s fantastic for the garden. I use it on all my flowering plants and on the lawn. It’s why mine looks greener than everyone else’s 😃

I made a promise that if I finished all my potting up, I can take a wander down to the nursery and buy some tumbling plants. I didn’t think I’d be done by 10 o’clock in the morning 😂

I feel your pain with the mouse. I am a proficient mouse catcher, with a bucket and piece of card. 

Cat brings mouse in. Meows with mouse in mouth. I hear and run to hallway. Cat drops mouse. Mouse is stunned for a few moments. (I have bucket that lives in the hall). Quickly grab bucket and turn it over, placing it over the mouse. Place card gently between bucket and floor. Turn bucket upright with card tightly on the top. Quickly, leave house with bucket and release mouse. 

boultdj

I don't miss the mice being bought in, but I do miss madam furry, she was a good mouser, use to leave dead one's outside 4 of the houses when we lived in the terrace.

Out for me, a ripped nighty, used up mayo bottle, the shredding done and 378 emails decluttered.

Gem-gem

Three spice jars uu and recycled. 
Meatloaf prepared, plastic containers binned.

15p milk and h/g strawberries from 2020 turned into strawberry ice-cream. 🍦🍧DH cut back bush in garden - branches recycled. 🌿

DH washed windows outside the back of the house, I cleaned the inside back windows. (We only pay the window cleaner to do the front - as we don't want them climbing on top of our extension). Grey water put on garden - no chemicals in water.
Two loads of washing done - soon to start ironing.
washed vegetable draw from fridge and cutlery tray from drawer - crumbs and veggie bits removed. 

EnergyShifter

EnergyShifter said:

568 - 672 - 5 x  clothing items from charity bag 
673 - blanket
674 - morning routine

I'm pleased to say I'm in much better spirits than I have been of late. I'm still having waves of sadness but the feelings of anxiety have reduced and there have even been times over the weekend that I've genuinely felt happy! I've kept myself busy for most of the week but had a bit more time to myself this weekend -didn't want to make plans in case I had a reaction to Covid jab like I did the first one - thankfully so far so good so I managed a little decluttering.  

675. 2nd Covid Jab 
676. spare keys to friend
677. picture to friend
678. potting bench - friend
679 & 680 - 2x morning routine - now extended to include "unwinding anxiety" app
681 & 682 - 2 items repaired
683 - pot cover
684 - eyebrows waxed. 
Thanks for supportive messages. 
Love the term "Life Batteries" @Mrs SD - your event sounds lovely ! 
Have a good week everyone x

leelad

Evening MrsSD and fellow declutterers, first of all, I send a virtual hug to @EnergyShifter, my wife suffers from a generalised anxiety disorder and for most of today she has been either on her phone playing games or sleeping, escaping from it all. Keeping yourself busy is the key I think, though it's easier for me to say this. From looking at this from afar, her condition is tiring and it takes a lot of energy out of you. So credit to you @EnergyShifter for doing bits of decluttering here and there and battling on. Keep going and take it one day at a time.
As for me, all my container plants are outside now enjoying the sun which is an achievement in itself, a good bit of decluttering done indoors over the bank holiday weekend with vacuuming and cleaning and it was my birthday as well on the Sunday. Presents themed around chocolate, football and alcoholic beverages. 😉 I must make headway with online selling of clutter in June (repeat several times as I look to get some sleep). Cheers 🙂