2021 MISSION DECLUTTER and CLEAN

retiredinfrance

I love reading everyone's decluttering stories and send hugs to all who are bereaved,  I ill, or indeed just tired, or struggling. I loved your outing story, Mrs SD, and hope you are both over your spill. I admire your courage getting on a motorbike. I was on one once and it scared me so much.

EnergyShifter

EnergyShifter said:  

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. 

685 & 686 - 2x morning routine
687 - 9 - 3 balls of wool to cousin
690 - sympathy card sent

Thanks for your encouraging words Leelad 
Sorry for your loss - Gers 
Have a great trip Mrs SD

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 😉

Woke up at 7:30 this morning to discover it had heaved it down overnight 🙂 We must have been tired 😉 Breakfast at the hotel is between 8:00 & 9:30 - we split the the difference & went down at 08:45 😂  Orange juice, coffee & 2 full Cornish breakfasts - 2 rashes of bacon, 1 proper sausage, fried egg, tomato, mushrooms, fried bread & fried potato + toast & marmalade. Whilst we were eating the heavens opened again ☹️ but sun popped out from behind the clouds by the time we finished. Both of us are feeling a bit battered & bruised but we set off about 10:30 - cloudy & cooler than yesterday but the rain held off. The traffic was awful - apparently G7 are meeting in St. Ives 5th to 13th June so security is shutting down roads, checking cars etc. Anyway we eventually got to a church with a cross & mounting steps took the photos & then headed off to the sea 🙂 Drove down winding country lanes & found a cliff top view of a bay - crashing waves the mist rolling in off the sea - very Daphne Du Maurier. Spent 10 minutes chatting to the National Trust lady, then set off to Perranporth. By the time we arrived about 2.15 p.m. the sun was out & warm, blue skies with wispy white clouds - lovely 👏🙂 Had a cream tea 😋😋 in a beach cafe watching the kids & dogs running around on the sandy beach. Got back to hotel about 4:30 p.m. - DH having a nap & I am downstairs having a beer 😉😉

Nice to see you ilovetea 👋 as you say, new month new start 🤞

Will post this & be back in a few minutes with the rest of the cheerleading 😀

MrsSD   🏅 🏅 🏅🏅 🏅 🏅    ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Decluttering Target: 2021    1090/2021

2021 Savings Pot:  £114.80 to end of May

Mrs_Salad_Dodger

Back again 😉

You have been a very busy bee vulpix 👏 As you say, your hard work is paying off & things are coming together 🙂 but probably not fast enough for you 😉😉 How lovely to have a DS visit - Life Batteries charging up 🙂 Please don’t tire yourself out with too much overtime - I realise the money might be handy but if it stops you getting things done then it is not that great ☹️ Money to spend, but no time to spend it 😔 You must be so looking forward to the wedding 🙂 do you have your hat 😉

Good work short_bird 👏

Gers, it sounds like your couple of days in your own home have fully recharged you 👏 I am wishing you every success in clearing the personal items with the minimum of sadness - and yes I would have been distracted by all the personal correspondence 😉 Your plan is clear & concise & hopefully the flat will sell quickly when it hits the market 🤞

I cannot resist 3secondmemory 😞 I never knew you smoked. 😞😉🙃 Ignore me - your landlord sounds very mean 😠 Wow, you worked extremely hard to get it all packed neatly - one medal 🏅 on its way 👏 Your cat loves you sooooo much 😉😉

D123456789, getting the super king size winter duvet washed & dried is major decluttering 😥 Well done 👏

Great work TC77 👏 especially getting quotes 🙂👏

Off again to wake DH & get dressed for dinner. 

I will be back later to describe dinner 😉 & finish the cheerleading 🙂

MrsSD   🏅 🏅 🏅🏅 🏅 🏅    ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Decluttering Target: 2021    1090/2021

2021 Savings Pot:  £114.80 to end of May

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 😉

Back again 👏 Changed for dinner, DH having a quick shower & getting ready.

We also find that day 2 is worse 3secondmemory ☹️ Seems like our bodies want us to be proud when we have worked hard BUT then believes we should be punished for thinking we are still 20 😉😔 You get another medal 🏅 for siphoning water - you are definitely doing your bit to save the planet 👏👏 Congratulations on the weight loss 👏🥳 unfortunately shoes are the one thing I have to try on so cannot order from internet - it sounds like you are the same 🙂 ‘Loathe’ is not too strong a word for how I feel about shopping for shoes & clothes 😔 I would love someone to find out my likes & dislikes, tell me what would suit me & then go out & buy it 😉😉 but I suppose that is hoping for too much 😉😉

Excellent work oceanspirit 👏

Vulpix, I just sit on the back & leave all the driving to DH 😉 means I can always have a beer 😉😉 Good work on the decluttering 👏

Off to dinner 🙂 back later 🙂

MrsSD   🏅 🏅 🏅🏅 🏅 🏅    ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Decluttering Target: 2021    1090/2021

2021 Savings Pot:  £114.80 to end of May

3secondmemory

My former 35ft Ash Tree! 😂 I didn’t get it at first until I re-read that post. I use talk2text but you have to enunciate properly😃

I tempted the old girl with a Lickey licks but unfortunately she threw that up shortly after I took the photo.

I was feeling really tired and overwhelmed this afternoon so I had a  chat with my coach and she’s called a pause on this last week. We are going to start wk3 again next week. I get carried away with what I think I should be able to achieve. 

I had a lot of confusion about what day it was last week and I still ‘disconnected’. Not a good sign at all. 

TC77

@3secondmemory , wow you've done so much. I can't believe your landlord did so little. 
Nothing done here on declutter front. Been for a nice walk with a friend after work and now the supermarket. I think will be next week before I get back in the swing of it. 

greent

Finally I have another update!

501. wasp jar (smashed from tree by weather) – binned

502 – 511. Books and storage tin for them – sold – fb00k

512. book – sold – flebay

513. 2 padded envelopes reused from stash on 512.

514 – 515. 2 expensive shower gels finally used (poss 3 years old), bottles recycled

516. broken keyboard – recycled

517. lots of packing paper to CS

518. eye mask – UU

519. face mask – UU

520. gift bag and tissue paper from stash used on present

521. outgrown school jumper to CS

522. Large box used for CS items

523. body cream – UU, pot recycled

524. face cream – UU, pot recycled

525. cracked glass – recycled

526. several cracked takeaway tubs/ lids – recycled

527. tin of paint 2/3 full – given away via fb00k

528. empty tin of paint (approx. 1cm dried up in bottom) – binned

529 – 530. 2 tree seedlings given away

531 – 532. Lots of crocosmia bulbs in 2 pots given away

533. more crocosmia added to green bin

534 – 535. 2 sets of solar lights (non working) – recycled

536 - 537. packs of nasturtium and pumpkin seeds used up

538. old slippers – binned

539 – 541. Weedkillers and pesticides used up, containers recycled

542. bottle of linseed oil UU

543 – 544. 2 plants given away

545 – 546. 2 pairs of too small shorts – given away

547. old damaged doormat – binned

548. some of my bday cards – recycled

549. some of DS3’s bday cards – recycled

550. broken plant pots – recycled

551 – 600. Items of clothing to CS ragging

Happy_Kitties

291-293 old clothes items x 3 clothes recycling
294.       birthday present popped into post today, only a day late and I used some packaging that as soon as it arrived and item taken out, birthday present went in a treat so quick turn around of the box 
295.       another glut of cardboard out for recycling

Have some items on the bay of e so hopefully by the weekend I will hit the magical 300

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 😉

Dinner was delicious 😋 🤤  We both had crab risotto drizzled with truffle oil as starters. DH had shellfish linguine in a rich butter sauce & I had fillet steak with a blue cheese sauce, butterfly chips, mushrooms & tomatoes - no comparisons as we both had what we wanted. DH had Eton mess for dessert - I was too full as had had breakfast & a cream tea 😉 Sat & chatted for another hour whilst we finished our beers, then chatted to our lady host for 15 minutes. Now in our room & about to go to bed 😉

Nice to see you retiredinfrance 👋 Finally you have properly sunny weather 🥳 You have been busy & nice to see your DH is on board 😉😉 Well done on getting all your stuff to cs & regional recycling centre 👏 Brave decision on curtailing your cs visits but don’t go cold turkey 😉 one visit a month is perfectly acceptable 😉 I have always been on the back of touring motorbikes - big bikes, pillion seats like armchairs & top speed two-up of 85/90 mph. I think if I had got on the back of a sporty motorbike I would have been scared 😱 

Good work EnergyShifter 👏

Sorry for being a pedant 3secondmemory 😔 Sounds like some interesting times with talk2text 😉 Your cat looks beautiful - beautiful colouring 🙂 Well done to both you & your coach for taking a step back 👏 Your landlord is at fault here - he put a spanner in the works with getting the Ash Tree chopped down & leaving you to tidy up 😖 Good luck with restarting Week 3 🤞

TC77, going for a walk with a friend is far better than throwing out a few bits of toot 😉👏

Excellent work greent 👏 I need to check my Gold Star chart & see if I owe you a gold star 😔

Great work Happy_Kitties 👏

MrsSD   🏅🏅🏅🏅🏅🏅    ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Decluttering Target: 2021    1090/2021

2021 Savings Pot:  £114.80 to end of May