2021 MISSION DECLUTTER and CLEAN

GrannyKate

Got off to a good start today but still need to give kitchen a good clean later in the week.  I found some descaler in an overflow cleaning stash in garage - kettle still has some scale left so will try overnight with white vinegar.
1034 - newspaper read from cover to cover and recycled
1035 - Competition postcards posted
1036 - Presentation done for U3A group on Wednesday
1037 - Caught up on all competitions and surveys - another Amazon voucher - only £4 but it adds up.
1038 - Picture for CS
1039 - Cupboard shelf racks to CS ( too tall for my cupboards)
1040 - Descaled kettle 
1041 -1042 Boxes to loft - I each end.  I have 2 loft ladders as very shallow loft divided in half by massive water tank
1043 - Filing done
1044 - Bed cot side to go to recycling section at tip on my way to Mr T 
I only have children 1 night this week so will pop to small Mr T to get some things on the way to fetch them from school (I have a £1.50 voucher to use at Mr T) - there is a CS nearby as well.  

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 😉

Sunday was another scorcher. Kept up with the watering of the husband 😉😉🤣 He was feeling quite a bit better as evidenced by fewer visits to the bathroom 🙂 but being online with his friends who kept on about Covid19, DH booked an appointment for a lateral flow test - not feeling quite so well by the time he struggled back but result was Negative 🥳🥳

Upshot of DH being unwell is that he is 7kg lighter than Thursday but sunstroke is not recommended as a diet plan ☹️ Dinner was cottage pie with boiled cabbage & DH did manage to eat a small portion. 

Monday it was scorching hot by 8:00 a.m. - I had gotten up & dressed in order to cancel a doctor’s appointment (for a health check) - I can do without being nagged about lockdown lard 😉 Builder turned up to collect the last of his tools from neighbour J & return our spade 🙂 Phoned surgery @ 8:08 (19th in queue) finally answered 8:44 & call completed by 8:45 🙄 i.e. 37 minutes on the phone with about 37 seconds taken to cancel the appointment 🙄  DH woke up feeling a bit better but then came over all peculiar & went back to sleep. I have dosed him with Dioralyte & he now has a mug of coffee & a pot noodle.  I am just about to brave the outside & post some letters + do a small sm shop. Wish me luck 🤞

1146 - 1148 Kitchen recycling, newspaper, magazine - recycled 
1149 Kitchen detritus - binned

vulpix, Thanks for the kind wishes for DH 👏 Wow to the pounds lost 🤩 & the pounds gained 🥳

Well done GrannyKate 👏 Your 1lb loss is 1lb more than me 🙂 Great work in the garden - I hope you are wearing a hat, drinking lots & are slathered in sun cream 😉 Excellent work GrannyKate & good luck with the competition entries 🤞

You have been busy nannywindow 🙂👏 & ‘persuading’ DH to join in deserves a medal 🏅 What number Lockdown does that make nannywindow? They really are a worry 😔

Great work short_bird 👏

oceanspirit, everything counts👏 & hopefully you have some ‘me’ time 🙂

Excellent work Gem-gem 👏

Sounds like you had a wonderful time EneryShifter 👏😁 hic! Thanks for the fet well wishes for DH 🙂

bit_by_bit, apparently DH feels quite a bit better after his pot noodle 🙄 Decorating, cleaning furniture, decluttering - you are working so hard you will need another holiday 😉

Are you excited by DD coming home? even if the decluttering has to be stepped up 😉

Right I’m off - bus I think 😉

MrsSD   🏅 🏅 🏅 🏅 🏅🏅 🏅     ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Decluttering Target: 2021    1149/2021

2021 Savings Pot:  £164.80 to end of June

2Scratters

Hi Peeps,
My weekend has been on a bit of a roll and that includes tidying 2  out of 5 fridges out at work that were hoarding a weeks shopping between them. There was so much mould in them I felt quite safe
Yesterday was a good productive day. We finally got a pile of donated wood moved from off the back of the driveway, it was treated to the chainsaw into sizeable pieces then spilt with my birthday present to me - electric log splitter and then placed into the log store. We just paced ourselves as DH has lung disease and the humidity and closeness of the heat we just had to. Also uncovered another large pile of logs that are sat waiting and drying out, even that looked tidier I'm happier now it looks better out of the back door.
As I needed the stored museli that was in the loft to sort into weighed out portions, I also, as I say to myself I have always to bring something else down. I managed to located some not used boxes they have there a while and found some items that need listing onto the bay. I did a small tidy round of not so empty boxes and plonked stuff that would fit into them. Moved into a better location a couple of Christmas bits so they are on one shelf. Found a gold cross in the bottom of a not very full box, belongs to DS that will now await for a new chain and placed away for GD in the future. 
Used up the TGTG salad items that were not in best condition (we have had them for a week) also some fresh Jerseys given to us by a neighbour I managed to cobble together a lovely salad for tea.
2Scratters

vulpix

 Phew I have had a busy weekend.

 Saturday was work. Boss would like me to work Wednesday and Thursday doing officy stuff. He must be mad,I can hardly use a computer. I will get it but old dogs,new tricks and all that. Not too sorry to be off the coal face with Joe Public. He can be challenging at times.

 Sunday,we broke down the studio in the loft early doors before it got too hot.Just the desk still up there now. I emptied my gardening shed and condensed the contents into a sentry box. 2 blokes came to collect the shed. I live half way up a big hill,they carried the shed down the middle of the road to the bottom of the hill,then about half a mile after that. It was like carnival day with all the traffic crawling behind them. They should have just about got home by now!
 DD1 and BF came later and we emptied Mr V's shed,dismantled it,took it to the new house,reassembled then took it's contents and refilled. A curry was most restorative. 

 Today, went to the tip and then shopping. Bought myself a new top from the chazzer. Evening wear! Just the thing for working in a cave.  More cupboards emptied and packed. Just built in cupboard and under the sink to do.

 409. 3 reed diffusers
 410. jeans
 411. stool sold
 415. sofa seat cushions to tip. intended to make something but didn't
 416. arm chair,tip

 Pounds gained £1155

 Vx

EnergyShifter

EnergyShifter said:

705. Morning routine - day 2/40

706. Morning routine - day 3/40
707. Citronella candle with lots of dead insects stuck in it - never actually lit the thing....  
708. bikini top

Thanks @bitbybit x

Happy_Kitties

301-302.  Chipped plates x 2 binned
303-304.  Books x 2 going to charity shop
305-307   Mugs x3 to CS
308-309.  Animal planters x 2 of DMs to CS
310.         Very big heavy glass juice jug of DMs to CS
311.         Half used stationary set of DMs into recycling
312.         BN teapot esp for use with tea leaves going to CS. It has just sat in the cupboard for ten years not used so rather someone get some use
 313.        Hot drinks mug to CS
 314.        Nibbles platters, never used so off to CS for someone to get use of them

Have started to decluttered more of DMs stuff dumped in my living room as I’ve bought a new settee and don’t have much space for it!

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 😉

Monday didn’t cool down until midnight when a very chilly breeze started & it looked like it might rain. 

My trip out met with mixed success - no prescription filled as I hadn’t realised the dentist didn’t put his stamp on 😔 Went into MrA to get the missing birthday cards I needed - managed 2 out of 8 - who knew that every child is aged 4, 14 or 15 🤣  However on the bright side I found a 1p in the chemist & a 1p in MrA.  Managed to find most items on my shopping list but still no coleslaw 😔 MrA was quite busy & only about 5% of shoppers were wearing masks 😖 I know I have been double jabbed but feel that it is not that big a deal to wear a mask whilst in any shop - although I do whip it off as soon as I am outside 🙂  The bus was the same - 95% no masks. It was so hot that the short walk from the bus stop to home did wipe me out ☹️

DH is definitely feeling better 🥳 I laid out salad bits for dinner & we all picked out what we wanted. Another small dinner for DH but he enjoyed it 🙂 All los were boxed & put in fridge  & I did the wudupa quite early. I also made a start on the fridge - glass jar of nasty seafood sauce emptied, washed & recycled & part used tin of kidney beans binned.
Tuesday started cooler & a bit overcast, still cloudy but brightening up & getting warmer. DH left about 10:15 - taking motorbike in for repair to a heat sensor & then will meet up with his DSis & his niece for a quick catch-up 🙂 I will probably empty & clean the fridge & try to be brutal - may be a waste of food but our health is more important 🙂

1150 - 1153 Kitchen recycling, glass jar & metal lid, office recycling, drinks cans - recycled 
1154 - 1155 Kitchen detritus, lr detritus - binned

What a busy & successful weekend 2Scratters 👏👏 Well done - one medal 🏅 on its way.


Wow vulpix 🤩 you have been busy 👏 See I knew you would be successful 🙂
I am awarding you a medal 🏅 for the picture of the 2 blokes & the shed - very Dave Allen - remember him? This led me off on a tangent to remembering the funeral race sketch 😂 If you have never seen it, it is well worth a watch 😉


Good work EnergyShifter 👏 I have visions of topless sunbathing 🤣 so sorry 😞 my mind does wander sometimes 🤣

Excellent work Happy_Kitties 👏 Good luck with clearing DM’s stuff so you can appreciate your new settee 🤞

MrsSD   🏅 🏅 🏅 🏅🏅 🏅 🏅     ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Decluttering Target: 2021    1155/2021

2021 Savings Pot:  £164.80 to end of June

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 😉

Pleased to say I started on the fridge cleaning 😉 Have cleaned & sorted the door shelves. I was brutal - contents of 3 glass jars & 2 small metal tins binned, containers washed, dried & recycled. Also a plastic lemon - juice squirted round toilet rim 😉 Everything else wiped down & returned & enough space to take 2 items from a shelf 👏🙂
DH has just phoned - the original fault has been fixed BUT a new fault discovered - the water pump is knackered 😱 We have agreed that the garage can do the work rather than DH 😉 not very MSE initially but looking to the future, should be more cost effective 🤞He has had a quick meet up with DSis, DBiL & niece. Picking up the bike, getting the garage to order the part & then meeting the family again for another coffee 🙂

1156 - 1161 Three glass jars & metal lids, 2 small metal tins & plastic lids, plastic lemon - recycled

Just having a peppermint tea & will then resume fridge cleaning 🙂

MrsSD   🏅 🏅 🏅 🏅🏅 🏅 🏅     ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Decluttering Target: 2021    1161/2021

2021 Savings Pot:  £164.80 to end of June

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 😉

DH arrived home about 4:30 p.m. He had a great time with his family - had a bite to eat & a good old chinwag 🙂 
I finished cleaning the fridge inside & out. Had to throw out some houmous - about a third of a pot & some ood cream cheese which had started separating - pot washed, dried & recycled - the happy coincidence from my pov was that they were both DSis purchases 😉 

1162 - 1163 Plastic pot & lid, magazine - recycled 

1164 - 1165 Kitchen detritus, ood food - binned

Dinner is going to be lo cottage pie with corn on the cob. 

MrsSD   🏅 🏅 🏅 🏅🏅 🏅 🏅     ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Decluttering Target: 2021    1165/2021

2021 Savings Pot:  £164.80 to end of June

Floss

MrsSD was your DHs illness a result of fridge roulette?