2022 DECLUTTERING CAMPAIGN MrsSD

donna73

@oceanspirit , herb and spice infusions sound interesting 😀 what have you used? 

Beautiful quilt @vulpix 😍

I didn’t think I’d have much paperwork to sort - turns out I was wrong! It was fairly quick to do as I have files with sections in for different bills etc I was just shocked at how much stuff I had that was very much out of date . 

445-446 2 mugs CS
447 last years national trust book- recycling 
448- 597 149 items of paperwork - filed/shredded/recycled 😳😱
598 cut scrap paper up & clipped together for shopping lists 
599 -600 2 candle holders to CS

The box that I’ve been filling for the CS this week has been dropped off, so the porch is empty for a mo - until I start gathering again next week. 🤣

bit_by_bit

Thankyou for my🏅 @Mrs_Salad_Dodger. I am so glad your mammogram was clear, a weight of your mind for a while at least.

Great on welcoming the bees @Floss I hope you don't get any worst than ropey.

Happy birthday for yesterday BBB  Big hugs and hope you feel beter soon. 

Thats an amazing amount of work done there @sumb7170

Hope you are feeling better soon @Floss. I hope it doesn't get worst than ropey.   

I am gla d the funeral went smoothly and you could spend time with the people you cared for most @mothernerd

Wow; just wow @vulpix . That is amazing, even more so as it was done by hand. I am glad you are feeling better at last. Hope your fingers recover soon. 

So now to my achivements, lol 

Cleared two frogs today. One was stopping a direct debit that I am paying an not using the service provided. Very please  with that one.

Over the allotment DS2 and I we put in two deadwood fences. One made of cherry (wood from home tree)  and about a foot deep and 15feet long. Easy enough as I had done the prep work. The second was using straight whips from my corksrew hazel (also form home)  made with posts from an old windbreak.

Prep made for the next fence also using recycled posts (points chopped and put in the ground) and recycled old style hazel rod fence that I removed from the back of the plot. So nothing spent apart from time and very please with the results. 

The garden is now full of wood I wombled yesterday but most of that will be going into making a private sitting area at the plots for my plot buddy and a small greenhouse. i am very lucky.

Siebrie

dreamyd said:

My clutter triggers are clothes, craft materials and stationery (mostly pens and notebooks). It feels as though a lot of it is weighing me down, and I've got to the point where I just want to get rid of it and have a more 'grown up' house at long last.

MarieKondo (and many more declutter gurus) emphasise to focus on 'now-you', and to get rid of 'past-you', 'future-you' and 'fantasy-you'. Would that help your mindset when making decisions about what to keep?

balabooberlies

Nope Mrs S.D.........am still spitting with jealousy !  

HOWEVER, drum roll please,............because of explaining myself on here self knowledge has been emerging.  Ergo (you know I love that word  ) I have decided that there is no good lamenting that I have very few skills and am all fingers and thumbs.

In the interest of at least meeting some of my yearnings and understanding myself (so keeping things very simple) I am going to learn how to knit.  My goal is to be able to knit blankets.  That's it !

sweet and simple.

If I achieve that I will be over the moon.

bala

x

weenancyinAmerica

Car has been towed to the mechanics. Funeral yesterday was for an old friend - 60 years since started school and church together. He will be missed. My roommate and I walked to the funeral - about a mile. But it was after dark when it finished, so someone drove us home. Arrived home just in time to be picked up and taken to my volunteer job helping at the Family History Center. Have saved a lot of money on gas this last month - car only worked for one week- but it was the right week since it was the week of preparing for the Library Book Sale, having the sale, and then our monthly Board meeting. It was nice of the car to die both times this month in our driveway rather than when were away from home. Not easy in Southern California to get along without a car - but I am experimenting. Will have a lot of home time for decluttering over the next few days.

balabooberlies

Sorry for your loss Wee Nancy

x

vulpix

Go Bala with the knitting. Tbh I find sewing easier than knitting. I would teach you how to sew with pleasure. If you can thread a needle you can sew. In fact you can do anything you set your mind to Bala. 

Bit by bit you are on a mission. I admire your bravery. You take on anything and everything. 

 I have just taken dil’s prezzies to DD1. She is southbound tomorrow after work. Her BF is on a course not far away from DS and DIL so they are visiting for the weekend. 

I am at a loss. No craft on the go. I will have a look in my stash over the weekend for inspiration. 

 My last weekend at home. I am back at work next month. Looking forward to it. 

 January has been a non month for me. Fresh start in February. Back to my flinging best!

Vx

Baxtersmum

Hi 👋 
Not a great deal done today, my little helper has been bored and needed lots of attention today so we cleaned out a few bits from the shed and listed them on eDay.
Some craft bits have been Decluttered by my little love and some glitter in the dyson drum makes it look like a disco ball. We both Decluttered 40 winks this afternoon.
2 eDay items wrapped to go, won’t count them until they’ve left the house. 

Have a lovely relaxing evening xx

Suffolksue

Bala you tube is your friend ,if you have to buy needles ,may I suggest bamboo ones ,a little more expensive but much kinder to hands 
you can do anything you want 

balabooberlies

Suffolksue said:

Bala you tube is your friend ,if you have to buy needles ,may I suggest bamboo ones ,a little more expensive but much kinder to hands 
you can do anything you want 

Thank you Sue

now to learn how to use utubey thing !  

x