2021 MISSION DECLUTTER and CLEAN

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)

Lunch - DH & I finished the hm soup & DSis had a bacon sandwich. Dinner -  DH & DSis ended up having the lo fish pie with peas. The hm ready meal from the freezer was pork medallions in a mushroom Marsala sauce with boiled potatoes & I also had peas. Tonight’s dinners mean that there are no los in the fridge & I have a bit of wiggle room in the kitchen freezer 👏🙂  The hm trifle was delicious - I had used trifle sponges, 2 packets of strawberry jelly as the 1st packet completely soaked into the sponge. The 2nd packet was made up & had my one & only tin of fruit cocktail added. Bird’s custard & whipped up Elml** double cream. I couldn’t be ‘arrised to find the jar of hundreds & thousands 😉😉  A large enough trifle for 2 more nights 🥳 
P.S. DSis did washing up & left to drain 👏👏   I dried & put away. 

204 Drinks cans - recycled
205 Kitchen detritus - binned

Thanks for that Brackenfield 👏

Lynnsey30 it is not just the rain 😉 - if it is dark & dreary all I want to do is hibernate 😉

Wow Viking_mfw 🤩 Almost 2/3rds of the way through your Minimalist Challenge 👏 I am so impressed 🥳 I am sure 😉 that you will get rid of the storage box rather than fill it 😉

Ah yes moneyonmymindsam but still something out 👏 & a lovely encouraging post to Viking_mfw 👏😉

Excellent work EnergyShifter 👏 and you really did salvage your day 🥳 So much so that your success in creating a beautiful little office has earned one Gold Star ⭐️ which is on its way 🙂

Great work TC77 👏 I must admit that sleeping in a converted loft sounded rather romantic 🙂 but you have found the flaw 😉 

Good for you VickyV 👏 👏

MrsSD  🏅 ⭐️⭐️

Decluttering Target: 2021    205/2021

Savings Pot: 

VickyV

Just the one item decluttered today, unless I can count the melancholy that I have made a start on by getting myself out for a run! It was horrible and wet and I was fairly convinced that some essential part of me would give up the ghost, but it’s done. Should get easier now I’ve broken my 2021 duck!

56: pair of DS2’s threadbare socks (there may be a pattern emerging!)

Big hugs to everyone who is struggling. ❤️ I try to remember that this too shall pass. 

Vicky x

gettingthrifty

EnergyShifter said:

EnergyShifter said:

121. Posted birthday card to cousin 

Felt really down  today -  struggled with the weather / lockdown / living on my own combination !  Managed to salvage something of the day by forcing myself out for a long walk and then assembling a flat packed desk (with several pages of instructions) this eve!   My little upstairs office is looking really nice now
122.  Assembled desk

You pulled a bad day round.
Good for you !

gettingthrifty

Morning team 😁
Mrs SD you are fabulous! Thank you for setting me straight. Sone days my heads in a shed🤣
Forgot to post yesterday , had a day of dithering..im onto the sentimental stuff..oh heck🤔
Confession..my son is 26 ive whittled his school books down long ago to one small bag..but really? Whats the point of keeping them? Plus i have a bag of cards from DH and DSs ? Birthday ..christmas...why? But i did manage..
116 shirt to textile bag
117. Sorted birthday drawer got rid of random gubbings ..bent cards ,badges banners etc
118.125 emails/15minutes  checked filed or deleted
119." Clean"cardboard into wormery

Can anyone remember the feng shui idea that letting go of stuff allows new to come into your life..?
Is it a coincidence x 2 friends from long ago are back in contact? ( or maybe its lockdown boredom 🤣🤣🤣)

pamsdish

Brackenfield said:

 Cant have a cat flap or leave a window open as neighbours cat comes in and beats my cats up. 

Have you considered a cat flap which only let's in your cats using either their chips or little tags on the collar? 

We got one after neighbours cat sprayed in our house it really is a game changer, we love it

My sister got one of these after a neighbourhood cat came in, fought her male cat, then smashed its way out of her cat flap. It does require cats being microchipped,

Floss

I've got a microchip catflap - it's great and my cat comes & goes while others peer in through the flap but can't get in.

balabooberlies

gettingthrifty said:

Morning team 😁
Mrs SD you are fabulous! Thank you for setting me straight. Sone days my heads in a shed🤣
Forgot to post yesterday , had a day of dithering..im onto the sentimental stuff..oh heck🤔
Confession..my son is 26 ive whittled his school books down long ago to one small bag..but really? Whats the point of keeping them? Plus i have a bag of cards from DH and DSs ? Birthday ..christmas...why? But i did manage..
116 shirt to textile bag
117. Sorted birthday drawer got rid of random gubbings ..bent cards ,badges banners etc
118.125 emails/15minutes  checked filed or deleted
119." Clean"cardboard into wormery

Can anyone remember the feng shui idea that letting go of stuff allows new to come into your life..?
Is it a coincidence x 2 friends from long ago are back in contact? ( or maybe its lockdown boredom 🤣🤣🤣)

I am going to run with that one.  Am desperate for 'new'.  Thank you

x

vulpix

I would love a cat flap. At the  moment my only exercise is getting up several times an hour to go and open the door for the cats for them to be disappointed that I have not turned the outside heating up or switched off the rain or snow! They then go and look out of the upstairs windows to see if the weather is better up there! I would have to have a microchip cat flap as they were rescue cats from a cat hoarder and had not been socialised at an early age. Consequently I don't think they would take very well to a collar. I was thinking last night that I don't have a piece of outside wall that doesn't have a kitchen unit or  radiator attached. I will have to investigate if I can get a cat flap fitted into a double glazed patio door. I just don't fancy a cat flap in the front door.
 Cleaning today. I hate it. The house is tidy which makes it always look better than it is, but I need to clean as it makes me feel better when it's done. I find a million things to do to put it off. 
 With all this time on my hands I am thinking about changing the furniture in two of the bedrooms. Not new, non of my furniture was new for me. As I have always been mindful of waste and the planets resources I have always recycled and made do and mended. I have always restored or refurbished furniture, used it then sold it on. There are very few things in my house that I am attached to. My husband asked me the other day what I would save if the house was on fire. I thought long and hard and couldn't think of anything. If pushed it would be my engagement ring and a watch I had for my 50th.
 65. massive wall map sold on fb
 Pounds gained  £70
  Vx

moneyonmymindsam

Morning, cleaning today well thinking about it thus far. That's an interesting thought vulpix other than the dogs I'm not sure what I'd save. Reminds me to put passport and other important documents into one wallet ready to go if needed, not that I'm planning to set the place on fire anytime soon. 😂
Doing a roast chicken later today I need something homely and hearty.
Back later if I have any declutterering success. 
Sam x

gettingthrifty

Bala   your welcome lets  see what happens!
Vulpix - you made me think.many of my cats have done it. Yelled, howled scraped at the door to come in..you open it..and they have to stand for a ridiculous amount of time and have a think about it.🤨