2022 DECLUTTERING CAMPAIGN MrsSD

OWD_nana

Thank you so much @MrsSD for my star and @wort and @-taff for your kind words and sachet of TLC. Much appreciated.

Hope all are as well as can be and not also struggling with these cold dark days as i am. 
Decluttering is ongoing, if slower.

145. Unwanted summer duvet given to a friend to use as a mattress cover.
146. Broken bottle brush
147. Old microfibre cleaning cloth to rags
148. Uncomfortable knickers also to rags.
149. Broken hanger binned
150. Fleece CS
151/55. Books to CS
156. Make up divider box C.S
157. Bag of shredding
158. Cardboard box packed full of paper/leaflets etc RC

Motivation a bit lacking or should i say get up and go lacking, more to the point. The paperwork seems never ending but i will get there eventually with the help of all you lovely folk.

florianatwobob

Operation Garden continued today. More dead bits into the garden waste bin. The bin men will not love me when they move the bin on Friday! 

It was lovely to spend some time enjoying the glorious sunshine (even it was a little chilly at times). 

Gem-gem

Cleared out and tidied up my bedside cabinet. 

134-136 A handful of paper / receipts / packaging from tights. 

137. Ruler (bf)
138. Headphones (bf)
139. Earplugs (binned)
140. A plethora of small bits and bobs (binned)
141-142 fit bit watch strap and charger (bf)
143. Chocolate box (recycled)

Erasers, post-it notes, pencils and pens placed back into the office. 

DH and I went out for a two hour walk this afternoon, we found 6p. 

Took stock of frozen grown fruit in the freezer. Mum has a jelly strainer that I can borrow, so will be able to make redcurrant jelly - have two full tubs of redcurrants left. 

Will return mum's electric rice cooker on Friday. Borrowed it at end of October - have not used it once. 

Hope everyone has a good week. 

TheCraftyForager

Another busyish few days here - although having to take it a little easy as I had a D+V bug(or something like it) a couple of days ago.  It seems to be one thing after another at the moment - immune system seems to be wrecked since Covid.

Anyway, today I managed to sit and sort through a few more boxes.  One was a large box full of notes, handouts etc from my undergraduate degree - I graduated in 1996....  can't put them in the recycling bin yet as it's already full this week!

I also found a box full of random leaflets etc from when I worked in a different city for a year in 2013.  Why do I still have that?!
I've done a mountain of shredding and converted an old frying pan to a plant saucer by taking the handle off.  Also managed to get some lovely plant pots I had for my birthday outside by buying some hellebores and a crazy spirally grass to go in them - feels good to be getting stuff out and putting it to use.
A couple of charity shop boxes filled and lots of stuff taken down to my 'waiting room' for (my Dad's) tip run later this week.
I'll update my total when things actually go out.  

Deni_debt-free_dreamer

hi all
i gave my friend an unused carton of non-dairy 'milk' as i tried that type and don't like it and donated 10 sachets of cat food to another friend as my cats don't seem to like the fishy flavours.  We 're obviously very fussy chez Deni 

ilovetea

Deni_debt_free_ dreamer.   My cat won't eat beef,pork or lamb!  Didn't know that but the hedgehog sanctuary were very happy with it !.

Good rid of a few little bits today.
257-258  Kitchin rubbish and recycling.
259 small teapot. Friend is going to decorate it.
260. box of ribbon for another project she is doing.
261-266  600 + emails.
267.  75 + photos from computer.
 Went through some cross stitch kits. Didn't throw anything out but found some to put on e-bay :-) 

Take care everyone.

   ilovetea  xx

Marpau

Things are moving along here managed to fully empty dining room decorate clean carpet and move furniture back over last 3 days. 

101 patio swept and furniture cleaned.
102 laundry pile decluttered bed linen changed
103 managed to find local man who repaired Dyson. Once collected hoovered whole house.
104 emails deleted
105 important documents filed
106-109 2 items sold 2 lots packaging from stash. Tidied packaging and binned tatty bits
110 old curtain fittings kept for Justin binned
111-117 items to CS bag
118 cardboard packaging to recycling 
119 box of glass to recycling 
120-125 items from dining room to CS
126 CS bag collected 
127-140 newspapers recycled
141-142 magazines to neighbour
143-148 magazines recycled 
149-150 Friday frog renewed travel insurance and booked holiday 🏖

Off to update signature

donna73

Happy Monday everyone, been reading back through posts and can see its been a busy weekend! 

We’ve decided we want to decorate our bedroom in the Easter holidays , so we’ve spent time this weekend decluttering and shifting furniture about to try out a new lay out  

my list for Friday plus the weekend…
601-611 tat from the telephone table cupboard, binned / recycling 
612 10 items from telephone table returned to their homes 
613 4 apps deleted from phone 
614 - 643 30 items from daughters room -recycling 
644 cushion cover - CS
645 throw - CS
646 ornament - given to son 
647 bowl of crystal , given to daughter 
648 -649 towels 
650-657 cushions/ bedding - CS 
658 - 659 packaging - recycling 
660 exercise contraption CS
661 laundry basket - given to son
662-663 cushions given to son 
664 old birthday cards x10 -recycling 
665 broken board game
666 4 apps deleted from ipad
667- 672 clothes CS

When I saw this challenge at the beginning of the month , I thought finding 2022 items to get rid of this year would be almost impossible! I’m now feeling excited and equally horrified that I’ve managed to get rid of not far off 700 in January  🙄😱😂
I’m really going for it at the moment, because once exams start again in March , I’ll be kept busy invigilating. So many areas of the house are looking so much better. Most of what’s gone was “hidden” in cupboards and drawers, but just knowing it’s not there is so freeing.

Thanks for all the inspiration everyone and for starting this @Mrs_Salad_Dodger! By the way , what’s the game you mention at the top of your posts? And have you weaned yourself off it ? 

GrannyKate

Not much to report as I have had small people most of the weekend.  They remained squabble some but thankfully not all the time and we managed to get out in the sun to two of our favourite parks.  I have a lot of school runs etc this week after two really free weeks.

235 Card posted
236 Chart printed with 28 spaces for February filled in with cleaning tasks and other stuff I need to do.  Will try to cross at least one off a day.  
237 Quiz  questions for this week sorted and printed off
238 Short break in Yorkshire booked for half term week - with small people

Trying to complain to AM***N re yesterday's delivery but not easy - email address they give just bounces back saying they don't take complaints by email.  Not sure why they advertise it on their site!  Item allegedly delivered to safe place - greenhouse - easily seen and accessed.  They told me it had been delivered there but it was actually left just to the side of front doorstep in full view of the road. 

TripleH

Our youngest cat doesn't like turkey and refuses to have the same wet food 2 days in a row. Our eldest will eat anything and everything.

We are having new flooring in our large lounge /diner / kitchen so not decluttering at present. However it does mean my office is full of stuff and is annoying me (which is good as when the floor is finished it will prompt a surge on clearing out).

Just on tax returns, when self employed, I would every 6 months, pull together all my receipts for the period and enter in a spreadsheet. This meant that by mid April I could drop my paperwork off with my accountant and knew what I owed by the end of May (but never paid the amount until end of following January). Appreciate that isn't possible for all but periodic sorting of receipts into 1 place means you can avoid a last minute scrabble round to get your return done.