2021 MISSION DECLUTTER and CLEAN

GrannyKate

@3secondmemory - sorry to hear about your illness and holiday cancellation.  I remember talking to a nurse early on in pandemic and she said all the hand sanitising etc was good in one way but there would be consequences when it was all over as the other nasty bugs would be waiting for us again.  Several family members have had this awful cold which is going round and some younger ones have had covid.  DIL and niece both had horrible reaction to covid booster with severe headache lasting several days.  I have booked mine for Tuesday - hoping for the best.

I bought a replacement top yesterday for one I threw away but need a few more as my wardrobe has been depleted over covid - weight loss plan is going nowhere.  My sister arrives from US tonight - visiting our brother first and then coming here.  The paperwork has been a nightmare for her and rules seem to change every few days and contradict each other.  

Quite a few school runs this week so not much done.  Garage couldn't find anything wrong with car - I just need to keep an eye on it!  That opinion cost me £30 but I had to pay £16.50 for a taxi home when I dropped it off.  Buses run hourly but I missed one by 10 minutes as I had to take children to school before going to garage.  Lunch time I got bus back to garage with my rarely used bus pass so it was free.  I have printed off timetable so I will try and use more often. 

@TC77 - I also got rid of lots of glass and cutlery last year and I'm pleased to say I still had plenty for when I had an unexpectedly large influx of visitors a few weeks ago.  The nice thing is that everything has a place and you can see what's there when you open a cupboard.  Still weeding a few bits out when the opportunity arises.

Think I will do a cleaning grid for November and work my way through a good clean in every room.  A few odd jobs to do outside but mostly ok for the winter.   I may go and look for a few Christmas stocking bits before I pick children up today.  DS2 is going to take me to look at some kitchen blinds tomorrow - I have vertical blinds most places as I have very large windows and it gets very sunny at times.  Most of them are quite old so I have been replacing 2 at a time but I think a roller blind would be better in kitchen.  

1557 Lots of emails answered, saved and/or deleted
1558 Quiz done and paper recycled

vulpix

Goodness 3second memory. Get well soon xxx

 TC77, I love mid century stuff. I have collected since the 90's when nobody wanted it. Recently sold most of it for a million times more than I paid. At the moment I am collecting those bud vases with a coloured bubble base. I currently have 3. I have kept the black Phoenix, Port Merion coffee set. I love it so. I also collect those" mouse in a" top hat, sweetcorn ,piano etc ornaments. These are what I can't find. Mr V hates them so there may be skulduggery afoot. lol. Trouble with me is I love all styles and acquire stuff, keep it a while then ring the changes.

 My chuffin cat woke me up at 12:19 by cobbing A CONCRETE CAT off the window ledge ,now sporting a smashed ear, also broke a plant pot. I went down and lay on the sofa and the said chuffin cat insisted on lying under my nose all night. Gave up at 6am,went for a bath and other, fluffy cat is asleep in the bath, still there at 8am. Bless them. It's going to be a long day on about an hours sleep.

 I like the idea of a Friday frog .I will join you in eating at least one a week. I am busy this week as my friend is coming to visit. She is taking away masses of stuff ( 4 banana boxes and 2 big bags) for the charity shop she works at plus some trees and garden twine I have been saving for her. Oh and a bin bag of crochet blankets for Africa and some bubble wrap! And a partridge in a pear tree. Sleep deprived hysteria, sorry.

 938. Bag of cat toys given to DD2 for her cat. My cats prefer to play in the wood and sleep these days.

 Vx

Wednesday2000

3secondmemory said:

So …FantasyMe has crashed and burned. That cold I caught landed me in hospital on Monday. I’ve just got home this evening and obviously won’t be flying to Rome to catch my Ship tomorrow. 

I’m so upset but I don’t want sympathy- I was fully insured so I haven’t lost any money;  all the time spent researching and planning hasn’t gone to waste. 

What’s more important is to remind everyone not to become complacent. Everyone is immune compromised to some extent now because none of us have had a real cough or cold (or more dangerously, the flu) for a good year and a half. I feel I have been very careful but when I went to visit the new grandbaby, my grandson who had just started Playschool had caught his first cold. Obviously we were kissing cuddling and playing the entire time I was there. I just didn’t realise how quickly a cold could take me down. Within days I had a bacterial lung infection and couldn’t breathe then the inflammation spread to my spine and kidneys. It was frightening and I was sure I had Covid. 

More worrying is the fact that there is no longer shielding for  EcVs and those who have to work,  could feel obligated or be forced back  and be exposed germs that make them dangerously ill. I know we can’t live in sterile conditions but we know now that lots of small precautions can remove a large percentage of risk! 

So take care, stay safe and stay shielding as much as possible! 

I need to regroup and get over this. I’m in two minds about whether I should go away at the end of the month or cut my losses and give up on a bad idea. It might take a few days to get over this. At least I can think a bit straighter at home. 

Anyway take care, good night God bless x 

Oh, sorry to read that. Hope you feel a bit better soon.

I have a cold (?) at the moment, but I got a temperature and a cough so I have sent off a Covid test. Just waiting for the result. 

Wednesday2000

vulpix said:

My chuffin cat woke me up at 12:19 by cobbing A CONCRETE CAT off the window ledge ,now sporting a smashed ear, also broke a plant pot. I went down and lay on the sofa and the said chuffin cat insisted on lying under my nose all night. Gave up at 6am,went for a bath and other, fluffy cat is asleep in the bath, still there at 8am. Bless them. It's going to be a long day on about an hours sleep.

Oh no! Eek. 

My cat keeps sleeping on the radiator surround and falling off at the moment!

Blackberrycurved

3seacondmemory - oh no and yes it's scary but I also find the shielding scary. I don't want to be the Indigenous Aborigine killed by the common cold. I'm feeling rough but thank goodness it isn't flu and I'm sort of good I've had it because I'm building up some antibodies. Wednesday 2000 I spent yesterday looking for my car keys that the naughty Tabby had knocked behind the freezer such is cats. No decluttering but I hope to have some sort of list tomorrow.

Blackberrycurved

3secondmememory become sea as I'm using voice activated software. k 

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

Thursday is another bright, dry day with some sunshine but the temperatures does plummet as the sun gets lower. My day was writing a shopping list, sending DH shopping 😉, making a vegetable soup, getting DH to portion out the brisket (I did buy rather a lot from the butcher 😉🙂) I have put 3 portions in the freezer & we will be having the 4th portion over the weekend. DH & I then harvested the last of the tomatoes & dug up all the plants. We also found a potato plant & got 4 medium sized potatoes 🥳 DSis finally received a call from a doctor & apologies but he was unfeeling & arrogant & absolutely refused to give my DSis an appointment. Even after I had a chat with him & told him how worried she was 😖 All I could get him to offer was a call from the receptionist to book a telephone appointment with a female doctor (Sadly the really good doctor has left the practice 😔) I have told my sister to cry/sob/weep & hopefully get a face to face 🤞 It has really come to something when doctors are using the Covid environment as an excuse not to see patients at all. Rant over 🙂 Dinner was butcher’s lamb loin chops, mash & broccoli. Will do the wudupa later.

1929 - 1932 Kitchen recycling, plastic bottle, drinks cans, cardboard box - recycled      1933 Kitchen detritus - binned 

Thanks Wednesday2000 👏 now I just have to buy some 😉😉

Great work TheMsTeale 👏 I know we are all decluttering but we are allowed to keep things we love in a box whilst we decide their final locations 🙂😉 After all we are trying to create a harmonious space to live in rather than a cell 😉😉

Siebrie, I do like your magic attic 🙂👏 Not only do you reuse but also you donate to CS and gift to family. You are amazing 👏 A true eco warrior 🙂 (I am watching The Earthshot series)

Wow vulpix 🤩 Another eco warrior - rehoming so much over the years 👏 I am in awe of your success in reducing from a six bedroom house/s to a two bedroom house 👏 Here are several 😉😉😉😉😉😉😉😉 for you to use 🙂 Especially in the planting of ‘decluttering seeds’ which will in turn mean MrV will join you in earning the title eco warrior as well as putting some £ in the coffers 👏🙂 “So all this waffle is saying, keep at it, it gets easier as you go. At this house ,having the bedroom clutter free spurred me on to want the rest of the house the same. It will be like the Forth bridge, never finished but it is so much easier to live with less stuff.” NOT waffle just a lovely reminder to us all that we can be successful on our decluttering journeys although it will take time 🙂👏

Excellent work on dealing with a mega frog bit_by_bit 👏 and what a great interim use of the packaging as insulation 👏 Btw the beetroot chutney recipe can be found on “allotment-garden.org” & is Old Ma Donothey’s recipe.

Will be back later to finish cheerleading 😉

MrsSD   🏅🏅 🏅 🏅 🏅 🏅 🏅 🥇🥇      ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ⭐️

Decluttering Target: 2021    1933/2021

2021 Savings Pot:  £466.45 to end of October

TheMsTeale

Sorted and boxed a pile of books, put some of them I don't need in a bag to take to the charity shop tomorrow.

After months of putting it off, I have finally signed up for an exercise class starting at the beginning of November.

2Scratters

@GrannyKate not sure if you still prefer verticals, there are companies that now sell just the slats you need to replace. If your track and cord is fine it can be very cost effective.
 I have only just today ordered some for us and am looking forward to moving into the bedroom once they are here. Why I had to dilly dally about this for weeks is beyond me. Also got Blue light card discount too
A little something I have noticed over the C19 journey and we are in it now is no one was suffering with colds. Takes me back to being little of the rhyme of cough and sneezes spread diseases. So the masks did there job. Little ones can also relate to that now probably.

2Scratters x

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

Friday was mainly dry but slightly cooler. DH had a call to pick up the re-upholstered bike seat, so off he went + did a mini shop of junk food 😉 No Friday frog - so it will have to be a Saturday ‘super frog’ 🤞 Had hm soup for lunch - quite tasty but a bit thin - sadly no coconut milk 😉😉 Dinner was oven baked salmon fillets, boiled potatoes, frozen mixed vegetables + roasted tomatoes for DH & me. DSis never got her call so has to wait until Monday & will probably have to make the call to the surgery. Wudupa.

1934 - 1937 Kitchen recycling, 2 newspapers, drinks cans - recycled                               1938 Kitchen detritus - binned 

Oh bother 3secondmemory 😔 Sending virtual hugs & pleased you are on the mend 🙂 If at all possible try to take the trip at the end of the month - it might just be the tonic you need 🤞 I wholeheartedly agree that all the precautions we wisely took to avoid Covid have left us vulnerable to colds/flu. I confess I am a hugger but have resisted reverting back to my hugathon ways on the couple of occasions I have met up with family. One hug on arrival wearing a mask & a second hug on departure but usually unmasked - although it is particularly hard for me to resist spontaneous hugs. The only person I hug extensively is my lovely DH 😉 As you say the more of us who continue the small precautions the less risk. 

Great work TC77 👏 And what lovely compliments 🙂

Excellent work on the Friday frog oceanspirit 👏 Very pleased that one of us is keeping up 😉

Great work Liverpool_Anne 👏 you have been busy 👏 Welcome to the Friday Frog Club👋 - although I have let the side down this week ☹️

GrannyKate you have been busy 👏 Good news about the car 🙂 You must be really looking forward to seeing your sister 🙂 but the paperwork sounds like a right palaver 😔 DH & I are off to America on a motorcycling holiday in April so am hoping that paperwork isn’t still a nightmare by then 🤞Good luck with cleaning grid 🤞

vulpix, you do have to love your bundles of fur 😉 even if they do rule the roost 🙂 Excellent decluttering 👏 and welcome to the Friday Frog Club 👋

Wednesday2000, fingers crossed that it is just a cold 🤞You will have to turn the radiator off 😉😉

Loving the cat tales Blackberrycurved 🙂👏

Well done TheMsTeale 👏 both the decluttering & signing up for the exercise class 👏 

How exciting 2Scratters - new blinds 🙂👏 I remember that slogan & it also calls to mind ‘Ring a ring a roses’ 😱 

See you all later 🙂

MrsSD   🏅 🏅🏅 🏅 🏅 🏅 🏅 🥇🥇      ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ⭐️

Decluttering Target: 2021    1938/2021

2021 Savings Pot:  £466.45 to end of October