2021 MISSION DECLUTTER and CLEAN

vulpix

Not the best photo but you get the idea. 

Wednesday2000

That cake is cool!:)

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

Tuesday has been dark, dreary & cold. Dealt with a few frogs - DH helped me renew my 60+ Oyster Card; I phoned bank, paid CC bill (in full 😉) & checked accounts; got DH to send English CC bill to DB in Germany; contacted DH’s niece to try & sort a 60th birthday party for my DH - I have left it a bit late but we might be lucky 🤞 & dealt with my post. Spent the rest of the morning & afternoon nodding off.

2111 - 2113 Chocolate box, leaflets, newspaper - recycled 

Back to cheerleading 

Great work Gem-gem 👏 Btw, Keeping up with the day to day recycling etc counts as focussed decluttering 👏 you are stopping new clutter building up 😉

Lovely cheerleading post, vulpix 👏 Great decluttering 👏 & I promise I won’t tell your mum about the ladders 😉😉 I agree that you have to be in the mood to sell, so fingers crossed that the mood will take you next week 🤞Brilliant news about the roofer 🥳 It was definitely an amazing weekend, vulpix 🙂 The gin was definitely ’lush’ & I am not usually a gin drinker but it would have been rude not to try it 😉 Good luck with the frogs 🤞Shame about the paint ☹️ Your cottage sounds delightful & it must be such a pleasure to see it all coming together 🙂😊 Re the under-stairs pantry - did you see Stacey Solomon’ decluttering show & the solution they came up with - sliding storage for shoes & out door clothing. Would be perfect for a holiday let 🙂 Of course you should be excited about getting a new roof & insulation 🥳 I am in awe of your crafting vulpix & the reindeer food packages look great, as does the container 👏

Good work TC77 👏

It was a remarkable cake, GrannyKate. Do you have any photos of your mum’s celebration cakes? I would love to see a couple 🙏  Excellent work dealing with frogs 👏 

ruby_eskimo, I still cannot get my head around the skill involved 🤩 especially the lacework 🙂 Great work 👏 Re the items for sale, do you set a time limit & then just donate if not sold? 

The cake was made by a friend of the family, Wednesday2000. 

MrsSD   🏅🏅🏅🏅🏅🏅🏅🥇🥇      ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Decluttering Target: 2021    2113/2021

2021 Savings Pot:  £566.45 to end of November

bit_by_bit

vulpix said:

Hi,

 Bit by bit, I think that you are doing great in your enforced stay at home. I stay at home most days and do next to nothing!

Now @vulpix you know this isn't true. You are a full on dynamo when you haven't stopped to plan your next move  Thankyou for your kind words.

Congratulations on the new home @accidentalglixch 

Wow @Mrs_Salad_Dodger What a cake;  what a weekend. It all sounds fabulous with lots of great memories to carry you through to your next meetup 

For me: another bag to the cs today plus two books I sold posted. I cleared the top of the stairs cubby which actually meant clearing my RoD some more to accomodate the contenets. Stuff that is listed online. Reasonably painless plus I emptied three boxes.

I had a fab day yesterday attending DD first graduation, the one for her degree last year. So proud of her. No hand shaking, a 'doffing of the hat' instead. She has a second one on Friday; for her Masters. I am dropping her and her grandparents off then sloping off for a few hours retail therapy until they are ready for picking up. 

I still haven't had the PCR test result but three lateral flow tests say I am clear. I can chase it tomorrow but I ahven't stayed in as you can see above. My luck it will be positive when I finally get it.

EnergyShifter

Just popped on to say - That cake is truly incredible Mrs SD!!! 

TC77

:Loved the cake Mrs SD, and glad you got to wear your skirt - sounds a wonderful weekend. 
2053 recycled receipts from posting things etc
2054-55 DIY man put up shelf and rack in shed (no effort from me) but did take things out of house and put on the shelf and rack, and repaired door handles - using up spare ones I had
2056 - 2057 stuff to DD1 who then gave me stuff for charity shop - some taken with my CS bag 2058 - 2059 (some stuff I kept to sort and wash) 
2058 packaging out
frogs breeding faster than I can eat them!

2059-2060 frogs eaten

TC77

2061 emails deleted

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

Cleared down several programmes from TV planner. Dinner we ordered in - Chinese. Wudupa

2114 Kitchen recycling 

2115 Kitchen detritus - binned

Lovely post bit_by_bit 👏 Great decluttering 👏 That sounds like an absolutely fabulous day at your DD’s graduation ceremony & all the sweeter for waiting 😊 Very kind of you to let the grandparents attend the 2nd graduation 👏 Very well done to your DD 👏 Must say I am not impressed at how long you have had to wait for your PCR test result 😖 Fingers crossed that the result confirms your lateral flow test results 🤞

Not sure I would have the skill to make a cake like that EnergyShifter 😔 let alone the patience 😉

I am still beaming TC77 😁 Great decluttering work 👏 especially the frogs 👏 Think your number should be 2062 😉

MrsSD   🏅🏅🏅🏅🏅🏅🏅🥇🥇      ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Decluttering Target: 2021    2115/2021

2021 Savings Pot:  £566.45 to end of November

Liverpool_Anne

Hi all, 2 frogs dealt with today p!us a trip to the hospital for my diabetic eye test. Also wrapped and posted birthday present and card for my DSis. The queues in the post office were quite long, I know it's getting to the busy season but it was quite ridiculous really, not helped by one of our local post offices being closed down. I also started to do some sorting on the computer, deleted about 100 emails but nowhere near enough, this is a frog that will take a good while to sort out but I will try to do a bit every day from now on.
@Mrs SD that cake is amazing, hope it tasted as good as it looks. I have done a little cake decorating and I really enjoyed it.  I looked into doing a further course but what was on offer was either decorating cup cakes which I'm not fond of, ( much too sweet and all icing and very little cake), or a 2 hour evening course that involved baking a cake every week and then decorating it. I just thought by the time the cake was cooked and cool enough to decorate it wasn't going to be enough time to do the sort of decorating I wanted to learn. Plus I know how to make a cake so just seemed a waste of time and money but I will keep looking . The weekend sounds wonderful. 
Yes I think some of the problems with builders is the shortage of materials combined with a backlog of jobs due to covid shut down and everyone is trying to get things done after spending more time at home and wanting to make changes etc.
@vulpix , absolutely great news about the roofer.   , I can really understand your excitement. I think the quote is very reasonable and I agree if someone can't turn up to give a quote it's their loss. I hope it all goes to plan and you can crack on. As you say the domino effect can really knacker things up.
@leelad, nice to see you back
Take care everyone

Liverpool_Anne

@elsien, forgot to say I agree with Mrs SD you can never have too many gardening / diy clothes. I can get through a couple of changes a day if I am doing a mucky job, plus this time of the year outside work needs several layers