2021 MISSION DECLUTTER and CLEAN

Siebrie

@dumpling Would it be helpful to 'allow' yourself to live NOW, rather than in the future? Be realistic, maybe even have a realistic planning about what you will work on today, this week (limit yourself to make it less daunting). Finish that bit of crafting, and only then take on the next bit. Hide stuff in boxes, if it helps. Once you have worked through most, then you can go out and buy what you need for just the crafting you will do today/tomorrow/this week, nothing further away.

Maybe invite someone over to craft with you, where they bring a snack and you bring the crafty bits?

villagelife

I am doing small amounts still. Loads need to be done but little and often is the best way for me I think.

865-867 old masks

868-869 small bag and pouch

870 a strap for a swimming costume which I have never used.

871 an old hair tie.

872 an old moisturiser

873 a plate I broke!

874 old mat

875  bag of rubbish

876 shredding.

Hopefully will manage some more this weekend.

vulpix

dumpling like Siebrie says start small. I don't know about card making supplies but there must be FB groups you could investigate with a view to selling some stuff on. As for wool, I buy wool from FB for my charity knitting but only if it is less than retail price. (skinflint) Wool sales seem very popular.
 I didn't see the TV programme. I don't know how helpful that type of intervention would be to a viewer as it isn't available to most of us. Don't feel guilty. The crafting supplies helped you at a low point, now you can release some to help someone else.xx


 Sounds like you are having a lovely Scottish adventure Mrs SD.My kind of holiday. We are thinking of having a tour of the North East later this year. If anyone has any suggestions for accommodation or places to visit I would be grateful. I have been to The Angel of the North where I fell over in some mud! But other than that never spent any time there.

 When we lived at a much bigger house I went Christmas decorating crazy. Tree in the porch, hall, sitting room, dining room, conservatory and kitchen. ( I was recovering from breast cancer and I think it helped me at a low point.) At the last house just a tree in the porch, kitchen and sitting room. This house will only have space for a tree in the sitting room. I have given away or sold a lot of decorations already. I will have to be very ruthless with it all this year. It's not as if we move to a bigger house again there will be nothing to buy in the shops! I love it so though, unwrapping old friends every year. I love everything about Christmas. The planning, wrapping, decorating. I have started buying the odd gift already when I see something suitable. I will be all done by the beginning of December then hopefully this year I can go out shopping for the atmosphere and not panic buying.

 Today the agenda is finish emulsioning the bedroom wall, laundry and make something for dinner. It seems to be drying up outside so if I get my skates on I could do a bit of gardening later.

 Vx

Floss

@vulpix Lindisfarne, Beamish Museum, Durham, Seahouses, Bamburgh, Alnwick...

Liverpool_Anne

@dumpling, you can list wool on Ravelry, you don't need pictures just list your stash and what you are happy to sell. Other craft stuff goes well on fb.
@vulpix a few years ago we went up to the NE in a borrowed camper and loved Lindisfarne, we stayed at the barn at beal which was lovely.

ruby_eskimo

Morning all.  Reporting 652 - 662 as emails that I've decluttered, but actually it's 10 mailing lists that I've unsubscribed from plus a few hundred emails deleted. My work inbox is ridiculously tidy, just can't seem to keep on top of my personal one, so trying to invoke the same rules and just have a tidy up on a regular basis.  

Looking back I haven't really mentioned that I've also been working through decluttering and organising my rather large makeup "collection" too.  I used to have a really big problem with just buying makeup and toiletries and while I managed to nip the spending in the bud, I still had a lot of things to use up.  Toiletries wise I'm fine now, just have the things I'm using with no backups, just buy when things are running low.  Makeup wise I have LOTS and went through the whole thing last year and tossed all the expired stuff that needed to go and donated all the still good unopened things I didn't want to the local refuge.   I've been keeping a list of the things I've used up so far this year and just haven't added it to this total so now I'm adding 105 items to the list of things that have left my house this year - which takes me to 767 gone.  Not sure I'm going to get to the 2001 target I set myself (actually I probably already have done that if I were to count all the individual bits of paper that I've shredded and recycled!)

@dumpling are you a member of any crafting groups?  Could be an easier way to offload some of the extra things (for a price of course).  You could just list one type of thing at a time and see what happens so you don't have to feel like you need to list everything to sell all at once?  What was it that inspired you with your crafting before?  Maybe see if you can find that spark again? 

villagelife

A kitchen cupboard cleared as I went to look for the dehydrator to dehydrate some mint.

877-878 cheese grater

879-880 a couple of lids

881 dish

882 -883 a couple of bowls

884 a Pyrex dish

885-886 plastic supports

I may clear more later

short_bird

Mrs_Salad_Dodger said:

 Had a few bears & were in our room by 9:30 p.m.

  
That's a great typo.. Or was it??

2Scratters

@TC77 aww those popper beads I loved them.
Saving 10s for a holiday with my aunty and went and spent it on a pair of corduroy shoes!! Yep still got a thing for shoes but they are massively whittled down. Having to learn £SD and then once I got to grips with that decimalisation kicked in!! Why can I still do the conversions? Some things just don't declutter that easy.

Gem-gem

Good evening everyone. 

Mrs SD thank you for my medal. It is always nice passing on things to family/friends. It has been great to catch up with everyone. I feel like life is finally returning back to normal.

Regarding my fruit bushes I have the following: 
3 blackberry bushes ( thornless ) plus another one that has sprouted this year - with no fruit. 

3 blueberry bushes
8 raspberry bushes
13 blackcurrant bushes. 

On the look out Damsons, I want to make some chutney. 

Made DH three S&K meat pies today and a mince and onion one for myself. Also made a shepherds pie and a couple of jam tarts with the left overs. 

Yesterday, made a Victoria sponge cake, using up eggs. DH will take some to scare with his friend at football on Saturday. I will take a slice to my elderly aunt along with some strawberry jam.

Decluttered £65 - went to the dentist. 

Recycled: 
cleaning bottle
plastic meat containers
toilet
envelopes