2021 MISSION DECLUTTER and CLEAN

Wednesday2000

I woke up early and went through my makeup and toiletries drawer. I threw away some makeup I never wear and I got out some body oil to use after the shower to use it up.

I also donated a dress and skirt that are too big for me now.

My husband needs to do the weeding this week as he is off work.

EnergyShifter

EnergyShifter said:

910. Cxd prime trial
911. completed electoral register form

DS has now successfully completed 2 overnight stays and if all goes well will be discharged tomorrow !!  It would have felt like an impossible dream 2 weeks ago but the meds have really kicked in and he's so much calmer.  Even though he has been as good as gold when he has stayed over I notice I'm still hyper-vigilant - hopefully that will start to settle down as time goes on.  I'm a little concerned as to whether he will comply with treatment when he's out as he's been very resistant - but I'm trying not to worry about the future too much and be grateful that he is so much more well than he has been. 

Did my invoicing - my income for August is a fraction of what I normally earn (an 1/8 to be precise) because I haven't been able to work & I'm self-employed.  Almost cancelled my long planned dentist appointment to have cosmetic work on a couple of teeth - but decided to plough ahead as I'm trying to fight going into a scarcity mindset (which I normally do).  Started back at work in a small way which is a relief so at least there's some money flowing in the right direction. 

912. shorts
913 & 4 - 2x t-shirt - dusters
915. A huge amount of money at the dentist
916. Invoice sent

Thanks for good wishes - love to everyone x  

Finstickle

Jumping o to update from a quick lunchtime purge.  I pulled out the box of toddler items and the first thing I saw was the Fat Face top I sold the other week but had to cancel as I couldn't find.  No idea why it was in there and don't have the patience to re-list so CS it is.

First scan through of box done.  

148-153 - clothing items to the CS.  Any hand me downs we are given I like to donate as would feel weird to profit, my DD is the smallest of her friends and no close girls so the CS gets them

154-157 - 3 really stained items and toddler tights into the material recycling

I also managed to photograph 3 bundles for listing which I'll do tonight, everything left is also in age category bundles so hopefully manage to do some more bundling and photos later

GrannyKate

Fingers crossed for you and DS @EnergyShifter

Not much to report in.  I took 2 DGCs swimming yesterday and cooked them Sunday lunch.  Then fell asleep on settee.  I stupidly left a wet smelly teacloth in washer and forgot to turn it on so utility room stinks today.  Now running an empty hot wash with soda crystals.  I bought them ages ago to clean machine so I will count that from my invisible to do list. 

1454-1455 Admin frogs done
1456 - Washer on cleaning cycle. 

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 😉

4. CLEAN & EMPTY SURFACE AREAS - DAILY

Sunday was a gloriously sunny & warm day. Two loads of washing including DH’s motorbike trousers done, everything dried outside except the trousers which were left out overnight. DH mowed the front lawn - ours & next door’s. He also took 4” off the front hedge (still too tall but DH will only trim gradually until it is a more reasonable height🤞) We then went into the back garden - hats on, drinks at the ready & started at the back & will be working our way around clockwise - sorting everything. I moved all the bits & pieces from behind the large raised bed - wood, spare wormery trays & various other bits & pieces. We weeded the two raised beds, pulled up an unrecognised plant & discovered it was a King Edward potato plant with one medium sized potato 🥔🙂, watered everything else - carrots, leeks, a single chard, a clematis cutting and what look like sweet potato plants 🤞We also weeded the ground around the beds. Next we moved onto the area holding the step for the window cleaner & one pot of rhubarb - moved, weeded & dug up. Will be flattening & laying a layer of bricks & a couple of spare paving slabs. We spent about 2 hours doing everything slowly 😉 The plan is to do a bit each day 🤞 Put all the tools away & I moved the required number of bricks from the stack ready for Monday’s endeavours 🙂 DH made dinner - one of his best ever cheesy pastas (9 different cheeses) with me being his kitchen porter 🙂 DH is still struggling with both his thumbs - cannot grip properly ☹️ Wudupa.

1677 - 1683 Kitchen recycling, drinks cans, 5 newspapers - recycled 

1684 - 1686 Kitchen detritus, garden detritus - binned + cuttings, weeds etc added to garden waste bag

Monday is another sunny & warm to hot day 😁 DH has phoned a garage & has taken in his Harley Davidson - the frame is slightly damaged but needs welding to pass next year’s MOT - they will check to see what can be done 🤞Best case scenario a bit of welding, worst case scenario the bike has to be scrapped 😭 The in between scenario is the bike has to be stripped to the frame, welded & rebuilt - a very expensive option. Damage caused by poor road surfaces & sleeping assassins sorry policemen 😡 DH is 😢, I am 😤 Anyway he will know in about an hour or so & will phone & let me know 🤞Just need to wait & see. DH just phoned (13:35) - the damage is not structural 🥳 DH is as over the moon as I am. 

3secondmemory what a wise decision - nothing much can ever be done on the weekend when it comes to officialdom 😔 Well done on tackling the lawn in stages - conserves energy & is a good way of confirming your hard work as you are doing it 👏 The Art History talk sounds wonderful 🙂 Will you be watching again 😉

Nice to see you mothernerd 👋 Hopefully you are on the mend now. Excellent work all round - measured & paced. Your mum is very lucky to have you & such good friends & loving family. The amount of work you get through (especially in the garden) absolutely astounds me & is an inspiration to us all 👏 Medals 🏅 🏅 🏅 for tip tripper, DS2 & his gf.

I am awarding you 2 Gold Stars ⭐️ ⭐️  - one for the amount of work you got through even whilst unwell & one for your organisational skills in the garden 👏 Btw the inside of your shed sounds like a work of art 🙂 Can I ask how big it is?

Great work Rootle 👏 you are definitely on a roll 🙂👏

threepenny_bit, a Bank Holiday in Canada but only 6 ☹️ compared to our 8 in England. I was curious & looked it up 😉 You have been busy 👏 & seem to be the correct person to ask about crab apples 😉🤞 Can I use them in making my green tomato chutney? Sorry to hear about the car ☹️ Everything crossed🤞  that the extra work will be reasonably priced 🤞

Good work ilovetea 👏 Every item out is a win 👏

Excellent work Finstickle 👏 A tidy & clean home after 3 hours - you are a whirling dervish 👏 who has gained a medal 🏅 What a great idea re toddler clothing - filling a box & then sorting in one go 👏

See you later - DH is back 🙂

MrsSD🏅🏅🏅🏅🏅🏅🏅🥇⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 

Decluttering Target: 2021    1686/2021

2021 Savings Pot:  £376.45 to end of September

threepenny_bit

Mrs_Salad_Dodger said:

threepenny_bit, a Bank Holiday in Canada but only 6 ☹️ compared to our 8 in England. I was curious & looked it up 😉 You have been busy 👏 & seem to be the correct person to ask about crab apples 😉🤞 Can I use them in making my green tomato chutney? Sorry to hear about the car ☹️ Everything crossed🤞  that the extra work will be reasonably priced 🤞

We get a few Bank Holidays here that you dont have and so it adds up to more than 6

There are 9 paid bank holidays

New Year’s Day: Friday, January 1, 2021

Alberta Family Day: Monday, February 15, 2021

Good Friday: Friday, April 2, 2021

Victoria Day: Monday, May 24, 2021

Canada Day: Thursday, July 1, 2021

Labour Day: Monday, September 6, 2021

Thanksgiving Day: Monday, October 11, 2021

Remembrance Day: Thursday, November 11, 2021

Christmas Day: Saturday, December 25, 2021

and then 3 that are optional for employers and different provinces may have different ones; not many give the Easter Monday . 

Easter Monday: April 5, 2021

Heritage Day: Monday, August 2, 2021

Boxing Day: Sunday, December 26, 2021

2 are called Super stats and I dont know why the different provinces choose certain ones. If you work super stats you get 2 1/2 x normally for  the bank holiday! 

I use crab apples in my rhubarb chutney every year and it is great. We dont get the nice sour bramley apples that I used to put in chutney so crab apple is a great alternative. Then the rest of the apples I put in slow cooker, then push them through a sieve once cooked and use it as apple puree. The puree is pink as I leave the skin on the apples. 

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 😉

4. CLEAN & EMPTY SURFACE AREAS - DAILY

Good work Wednesday2000 👏 I like the delegation of weeding 😉

Absolutely brilliant news EnergyShifter 🙂 Well done on the decluttering 👏 Hopefully now that your DS is coming home you will have the time & energy to pick up a bit more paying work 🤞

Excellent work Finstickle 👏 Very impressed that once you make a de ision you get on with it 👏Good luck with the selling 🤞

Well done GrannyKate 👏 I have been throwing in a handful of soda crystals with each wash - reducing detergent & keeping smells at bay 🤞

Need to toddle off & cook dinner 😱 Back later 

MrsSD🏅🏅🏅🏅🏅🏅🏅🥇⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 

Decluttering Target: 2021    1686/2021

2021 Savings Pot:  £376.45 to end of September

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 😉

4. CLEAN & EMPTY SURFACE AREAS - DAILY

So, it remained sunny & hot all day. Let DH have a coffee then we resumed work in the garden 🙂 DH laid on the ground & put in the 30 brick platform (I was the gopher - getting all the tools he needed, passing him newly dusted bricks & disposing of all the slugs that moved in overnight 😱) - bedding them into the soil and the sand that we added. I then brushed in lots of sand to fill the gaps. Slopes very slightly left to right but it will do the job 👏 We will lay the slabs tomorrow & move onto the next section. We also composted the gone to seed lettuce & soil + I moved slabs closer to their final resting place & also tidied up bits of garden furniture + returned the old unused bricks to the large stack. Not as much done as yesterday but more physical & the day was hotter. Yes we were wearing our hats & drinking lots 🙂 Had a nice chat with ndn who had unfortunately broken his 2nd vacuum leaf blower 😬 DH & I then a nice chat with the neighbour across the road - he has one ginormous red tomato on the plants I donated & cannot wait to pick, slice thinly & have in a sandwich with a thin slice of ham - he was almost drooling 🤤 Invited him into our garden to inspect our sadly still green tomatoes 😉 none of which are the size of his red tomato 😉 ☹️ Chatted for a few minutes then he went to play football with his son. Dinner was pork steaks, mash & cabbage for DH & DSis. I had some los from freezer & fridge heated up in a frying pan - wouldn’t you know it - pork medallions in mushroom Marsala sauce, boiled potatoes & added lo spaghetti bolognese - very tasty & went together surprisingly well 🤔 + more to the point I have a little wiggle room in the freezer 😉 Will do the washing up etc after watching Silent Witness.

1687 - 1688 Kitchen recycling, drinks cans - recycled 

1689 - 1690 Kitchen detritus, garden detritus - binned

Very interesting threepenny_bit 🙂 (Google was a bit naff then 😉) Definitely approve of the Super stats pay scale 😉😉👏 Thanks for the info about crab apples - I will be sending DH off to collect a bucket full 😉

MrsSD🏅🏅🏅🏅🏅🏅🏅🥇⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 

Decluttering Target: 2021    1690/2021

2021 Savings Pot:  £376.45 to end of September

vulpix

Hi, Thank You for your kind words Mrs SD.

 Nothing done for me, I feel dreadful. Went for a covid test today, no result yet.

 Work yesterday where my predicament doesn't improve. I think I have decided to give my notice tomorrow. I have thought of nothing else last night and all day. I don't get paid enough to be raising someone else's child. I am disappointed in myself that I got very cross yesterday after a load of back chat and door slamming.

 Vx

skogar

Sorry to hear that you have been poorly Mrs SD. Hope you are now fully recovered.

Vulpix - sorry to hear that it's still not good at work wishing you all the best with whatever you decide to do workwise.

Back from week away now so need to get cracking again on the tidying - snag with being away is more stuff from holiday to put away now we are back but that is done now and did some brief tidying tonight - still plenty to be done though.....