2021 MISSION DECLUTTER and CLEAN

EnergyShifter

EnergyShifter said:

87. fixed the back to front base of DS's gaming chair - it now rocks backwards instead of forward - which thinking about it does make more sense  (thanks again moneyonmymind) 
88. book for CS

89. framed a poster for DS' room
90. Put up whiteboard in DS' room
91. Assembled floor cleaner thingy - had it nearly 2 years!
92. drawer handles 
elsien - That is so awful - I really hope you work something out... 

vulpix

Oh Elsein what a pain.
Bit by bit it sounds like you have had a light bulb moment. I can identify with some of your points too. I had my light bulb moment about 8 years ago.
 In our last house the loft was boarded and contained several thousand single records from Mr V's days as a mobile DJ. I used to lie in bed and feel oppressed by the thought that they were there. He had a light bulb moment ,probably at the thought of moving them all to yet another house. He said he  made a good living from them and he would never use them again so off they went in a large van to the local hospice shop.
 I can't say I have been a hoarder but have in the past been a maximalist. I enjoy a much less cluttered environment now. I thought the house was pretty much moving ready as we went through the contents last year with the expectation of putting it on the market. As I am going through again I am finding more stuff to go. Perhaps I am enjoying the thought of not having to be the caretaker of stuff I don't need.
Today I did the airing cupboard and Mr V had a poke about in his shed.
 27. DVD player
 28 &29. power supplies
30,31,32 electric toothbrush chargers  all to electrical recycling at the tip.
33,34 old medicines taken to the chemist
35-40 unused toiletry items to local food bank
A bag of stuff put in the loft for when we can do a boot sale, a bag for the charity shop and a bag of rags for the tip.
tomorrow possibly the opposite corner cupboard in the kitchen.
Vx

basketcase

Elsien - that's terrible.  I felt my stomach churn in sympathy.  Hope it can be sorted.

StickyTheStickInsect

Another selection of bits gone via our local free site which equate to another bag and a bit, so up to 5.5 bags. Moving slowly but homeschooling the littles isn't allowing much time for anything else !!

basketcase

Good grief, but this thread moves!  Well done Mrs SD on keeping up with the cheerleading.  Have a medal!

I've not managed to post for a while, but I have managed to keep up with the one declutter action per day.  These were:

6 January - 12th Night clear up

Christmas actually got put away!  This is a first for me.  I usually take down the tree then the rest gets done in dribs and drabs throughout January. PLUS I consolidated the storage boxes and completely emptied 2, freeing them up for other uses.

Shan't list individual items, but they included Advent Calendars, Tree decs and loads of tinsel, candles, lights, party poppers, tableware etc

43 items added to 83 = 126

7 January - General clear up

A slow day, so I'll list my *cough* achievements

127-130 - Birthday presents wrapped and posted

131 - Cardboard box

132-133 - Bags of recycling

134-140 - assorted Christmas tea towels washed and put away.

14 items added to 126 = 140

8 January - General Living Room Declutter

Christmas outliers and decanting rabbit food to ex because that's where the rabbit's locked down! Potential re-gifts etc identified and put into 1 box.

PLUS I sorted out my craft trolley.  Oh how I miss the hair-raised emoji!  How on earth did I acquire 92 balls of yarn?!  Still, all now sorted and put away in labelled boxes, ready for use.

135 items added to 140 = 275

9 January - Top Drawer cleared & reorganised

There's a 3 drawer unit in the living room.  The bottom drawer's not long since been done, but the other 2 haven't. I'm doing them on separate days.  This one's been a general bits and pieces/before bed dumping ground.  Again, too much to itemise separately, but it included blusher, hair bobbles, ear plugs, painkillers, sunglasses, phone chargers, deodorant, batteries etc. Now keeping stuff we regularly use - command hooks, matches etc. All neatly corralled in old plastic trays

40 items in all

40 items added to 275 = 315

10 January - Middle Drawer cleared & reorganised

Mostly clothing, all of which was removed either to charity or to where my stuff is now stored. The drawer's now used to store my stationery, planners and phone chargers.  As these were cluttering up a part of my bedroom, I've included them in the total of 29 items in all

29 items added to 315 = 344

11 January - General Declutter

345 - chipped glass sugar bowl, recycled

346 - emergency beacon, to car

347 - dead credit card, binned

348 - dead NTS card, binned

349 - 2020 diary, reycled

350-1 - 2 brooms, returned to cupboard

352 - cotton wool roll, to supplies

353 - book, put with DD's stuff

I also noticed the hoover wasn't working properly and gave it an overhaul, which doesn't count for anything except an excuse for not doing any more decluttering! rofl

9 items in all

9 items added to 344 = 353

12 January - General Tidy of Verandah (1st of many...)

354-5 - 2 bags to hot composter

356-8 - seed trays

359-60 - plant pots

361- plastic tray

362-73 - twigs from dogwood

374-8 - strawberry runners that didn't survive to frost (to composter)

When I cleaned the living room window I noticed, to my amusement (I know, I'm warped!) the cartoonish outline of a pigeon.  It had obviously splattered into the window.  (Shouldn't laugh, but they've been a plague and it did look comical).  Tidying stuff up today, down the back of a large plant pot was...

379 - a dead pigeon.  (Which, even if they are a plague was definitely NOT funny)

And that's about it.

Except, I feel I owe Mrs SD an apology for not being able to equal last year's tree disposal story.  This one was perfectly well-behaved, a veritable prince amongst evergreens, and we were sorry to see it go.  Pity, People could do with a laugh...

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. CLEAN ONE ROOM (TOP TO BOTTOM) EVERY MONTH (hopefully 3 weekly by the end of the year)

Another Tuesday over & done ✔️ Dinner was chicken pieces fried in butter, mash (should have been boiled potatoes but over cooked 😞) with green beans & carrots from freezer.
Washing up done.

96 - 97 Glass jar, empty sweetie box (last of the XMas chocolates) - recycled

98 - 99 Kitchen detritus, lr detritus - binned

Oh balabooberlies thank you 👏 Brought a joyful tear to my eye 🙂

😖 elsien so sorry 😞 

You are welcome gettingthrifty 🙂

Good work EnergyShifter 👏

Excellent work vulpix 👏. I do love the idea of being a Maximalist 😉 so much nicer than being a hoarder 😉😉 You are officially a Declutterer 🍾 going through your items again & finding more to declutter 👏

Great work StickyTheStickInsect 👏 finding time & energy to declutter even though homeschooling 🙂

Thank you for my medal basketcase 👏 (No apology needed - very nice to have a ‘Prince among evergreens’ - a good news story 🙂 Although I did read back on the 2020 thread p47 & p50 - it really was a ‘demon Christmas tree’ 😉) 
Great work on the decluttering & a lovely way to record & report 👏🙂
🤢 re the dead pigeon. We are luckier, in our garden a dead pigeon rarely lasts long - we usually only see a few odd feathers rather than a dead bird 👏😉

MrsSD  🏅 

Decluttering Target: 2021    99/2021

Savings Pot: 

TC77

Wow so much decluttering, 
92 bug clean up in kitchen and decluttered yukky stuff from sink and drainer 
93 emails deleted

94 plastic tongs melted and binned 
95 -96 toiletries used up 

ScarletRibbons

I was interested to read other posters' talking about family unloading stuff on to them, my parents were like this - once my mother was arranging a van to bring a sideboard over to us, without asking first if we wanted it, and she was very put out when I told her we had no room for it, she suggested that we put it behind the sofa! fat lot of good it was going to be there!

They also tried to push off an upright piano on to my sister, who had no room for it and had never expressed a desire for a piano!

Strange isn't it - they would also take on anyone else's old stuff then complain that they didn't like/want/use it but hadn't liked to say no.

Odd outlook on life some people have!

2Scratters

Morning Peeps,
I have finally got to an end of such of posts. Wow well done every one. I have already picked up a couple of ideas for moving forward. I am going to write a list of what I have done not what I need to do, that will always bring success. I did wash up last night albeit not after tea but was all done before end of night, left tidy before bed. Looked nice this morning
I wont be counting items, I am however very happy in getting stuff moved and out of the house. i have this week watched the minimalist and checked out the Kondo way, not for me but I am ok with that I am not deterred. Been here 5 years now and am semi retired now and its still ongoing. We did move a 4 bed into a 2 bed. I always will throw an item a day and if I enter the loft my rule is something has always to come down. We  recently purchased an ex display wardrobe which has been reduced to fit into a bedroom looks lovely. left over items will be used for loft craft space, DH workshop/shed extra cupboards and the other waste/clutter from it will warm on our multi fuel burners. Clothes however I am struggling to get rid of, timeless items which could still be worn and no one be non the wiser. (I am no fashionista) Think I need to do some declutter on me too!!
Keep on keeping on for 21.
2Scratters x

elsien

ScarletRibbons said:

I was interested to read other posters' talking about family unloading stuff on to them, my parents were like this - once my mother was arranging a van to bring a sideboard over to us, without asking first if we wanted it, and she was very put out when I told her we had no room for it, she suggested that we put it behind the sofa! fat lot of good it was going to be there!

They also tried to push off an upright piano on to my sister, who had no room for it and had never expressed a desire for a piano!

Strange isn't it - they would also take on anyone else's old stuff then complain that they didn't like/want/use it but hadn't liked to say no.

Odd outlook on life some people have!

I recall working in a care home with someone who was moving to more independent living. The care home manager donated a very good quality absolutely appalling taste carpet (think 70's bright orange swirls)  and had it delivered to the person's flat without asking them. The person declined to have it fitted and requested it be removed as it was blocking their hallway.
Cue very long protracted argument between me and the manager who felt that the person was being completely ungrateful and should just go along with it, until the manager finally agreed to take it away again. Just glad I was there or the person would have been steamrollered into accepting it. 
As you say, some people.