2022 DECLUTTERING CAMPAIGN MrsSD

balabooberlies

Vascodakarma said:

Hey Bala, hey Vulpix - February is going to be better, right? 

YEP !

you got it in one..............

bala

x

Mrs_Salad_Dodger

1. Write a daily To Do list - only 5 tasks
2. Deal with Old Frogs & potential frogs ASAP but at least one on FROG Fridays.
3. Reduce/Restrict time watching TV and playing AB2 during daylight hours 😉
4. Continue to keep kitchen clean & tidy - before going to bed

My GUAG didn’t return for the last day of January ☹️ DH & DSis had the 2nd half of their Chinese takeaways. I had lo mushroom risotto from the freezer - gradually emptying ready for defrosting 🤞Wudupa.

170 - 176 Kitchen recycling, 6 plastic boxes & lids - recycled 
177 Kitchen detritus binned 

Good work GrannyKate 👏 Wishing you success with your Am**on complaint 😉

New flooring TripleH 🥳 Good news that the clutter in your office is annoying you - it means you will get it sorted asap when the flooring is done 👏😉 Great advice re tax returns 👏

EnergyShifter, sounds like you needed time away from your routines - to recharge & get back on an even keel 🙂 Now you are refreshed & will have some time to yourself to plan & re establish your routines 👏 Enjoy your time with friends 🙂

Hope someone can help balabooberlies 🤞

Thanks for the knitting advice EnergyShifter 👏

Baxtersmum - I think everyone thinks EDT = Express Decluttering Train rather than my eco meaning of Electric Decluttering Train 😉😉 Good decluttering 👏

Lovely to see you Vascodakarma 👋 I was getting a bit worried 😧 Sorry you are still feeling poorly 🤒 & that your finances are not as healthy as you would wish but well done on keeping your home tidy 👏 Hopefully February will be a better month for both your health & your finances 🤞

Good luck with the knitting balabooberlies 🤞

Great knitting advice Suffolksue 👏

Thanks vulpix - more great knitting advice 👏 Sorry to hear you have been poorly 🤒 but pleased to hear you are better even if it did take an age 😔 Well done on cleaning upstairs & good luck with knitting baby hats for charity 🍀 I have to say knitting is better than doing anything else 😉

You are welcome donna73 & yes the gold star was for 506 i.e. a quarter of your target 😉 
AB2 is addictive + you have to play every day to keep various rewards 😧 

Sorry to hear about the crisis ValentinoRossi46 😔 but pleased to hear that it is resolved 🙂 Great decluttering 👏 Looking forward to seeing more of you 🙂👏

Thanks for sharing your bay of e journey/tips Baxtersmum 👏

Nice post balabooberlies 🙂 & good luck with your listings 🍀 Well done on persevering 👏

Great work shabbychic12 👏

Well done on the knitting EnergyShifter & one medal 🏅 coming your way for no social media for a month 👏

Nice to see you Liverpool_Anne 👋 Well done on not only finding the voucher but making use of it 👏 I found a ‘knit & natter group’ a couple of years ago but being quite antisocial 
when it comes to face to face & joining groups all I did was donate some yarn & needles. Another consideration for not joining was that all the members were parents & I was never blessed with children - C’est La vie 😔

Absolutely February is going to be better Vascodakarma 🙂 for a start it is a shorter month & we are getting closer to Spring 😉

MrsSD  🏅🏅🏅 🌟 ⭐️ ⭐️

I AM A STAR 🌟 

Decluttering Target: 177/2022

2022 - 1p Savings Challenge: Jan £5.00; Feb

Liverpool_Anne

@Mrs SD, yes I am also a bit antisocial but I thought it might be a way of improving my skills now I don't have my Mum around to help me with the difficult bits . I know what you mean about everyone being parents, I don't have any children either, I do have a lovely niece and nephew but unfortunately I don't see them as often as I would like as they live a distance away, my niece in the Caribbean and my nephew in London and they both have busy lives. I am planning a trip to visit my niece at some point when the world is a bit safer and OH gets the all clear to fly, nothing imminent.
A thought on tax returns, OH is self employed and uses a very basic system of 12 envelopes, putting the receipts for each month in 1 envelope with a mini breakdown of what they were for, mostly petrol but sometimes other things. It seems to work
Take care everyone

donna73

Wow @Baxtersmum that’s a brilliant amount you’ve made in a month! Is that all profit , after you’ve taken off the eBay fees and cost of postage?
Thanks for all the tips and list of items. I’m definitely with you as far as not wanting stuff to go to landfill. I’ll get myself back into listing items again. 

Do you schedule your listings so they end at particular times/ days? I’m trying that this time and have put them to end in the evening, but wasn’t really sure if that was the best thing to do or not?

florianatwobob

One less book in the TBR pile! One down……….*a few* to go. Now to decide on which one is being read next. 

1 x bag of bits off to charity today. 

Today’s main aim is to declutter the ironing pile (hopefully during some breaks from my desk). 

Fizz2015

Wow, everyone is doing amazing and do busy. 
I typed up a long post a few days ago and then lost it so annoying. No idea where I am on my totals I need to think about that one and check.

At the weekend, we finished off our kitchen (only been in house 6 years!). Tiling finished off, sanding done and painted a pale yellow. Also moved on the carp off the sides, tops of cupboards and needs to be sorted before it goes back. Scrubbed every surface (now gleaming but was the hardest job). New Duckegg blue blind needs to put up, paint radiator, door and frames. Also sorted the cupboard of doom (tupperware, flasks and water bottles). Now all neat in baskets and everything has a lid. 

Gained 3 bags of clothed for Dd (free), sorted and only keeping a handful for now. Will donate or pass on but need a good wash and iron first and sorting into sizes. I feel the person just wanted rid. 

Also got through the massive laundry pile yesterday whilst working at home and managed to hang on the line. 

Ordered a new retro style TV stand, living room the next focus to incorporate a bit of personality rather looking like a laundry and toy room. DD birthday soon so another cull of the toys is in order to donate to a local charity. 

That's all for now, slowly but surely getting there, still feel overwhelmed with it at times. Doesn't help that work very busy at moment and don't get much me time. But the days are getting longer and spring is on its way.

Fizz x

Vascodakarma

Morning Mrs SD - it’s great that so many people have joined the Decluttering movement but it’s so hard to keep up with everything. You do a great job of holding it all together. 

I made £84 towards my goal of £2022 but I’ve been hit by successive disasters and ADHD tax. All my family, including the grandbabies have had Covid so I really dodged a bullet, maybe🤷‍♀️ I still lost my sense of taste and smell despite testing negative on 2 lateral flow tests and a PCR. Yesterday morning I walked into the bathroom and I could smell my soap. And it felt good! 😂😂😂 

I’ve fallen out with the neighbours, on Facebook of all things 😂😂 The damn horse box . . 

Anyway I need to get out more. I shall make a plan for the month. It’s bit of an anti-climax when the majority of your space is Decluttered. Or maybe I’ve just run out of steam. 

One of my neighbours (who I haven’t fallen out with) threatened me that this could be the year I meet someone 😂😂 On that note, let’s get on with February 😃

oceanspirit

Monthly check in re 2022 goals:-

1. Doing well with dietary choices and walks.
2. Not wearing good clothes at home yet but getting better when going out for walks.
3. Gratitude lists happening most days.
4. Frogs being tackled but not on Fridays.  Want to get more into a habit of this to move some longer standing Frogs forward.
5. No cleaning schedule made yet but doing at least one thing most days.
6. No clothes bought.
7. No books, vitamin supplements or store cupboard foods bought.
8. Little bedroom decluttering going well - OH says he can see a difference each time he comes over.

Decluttering over the past few days:- 

5 items paperwork
1 other item

Baxtersmum

donna73 said:

Wow @Baxtersmum that’s a brilliant amount you’ve made in a month! Is that all profit , after you’ve taken off the eBay fees and cost of postage? 
Thanks for all the tips and list of items. I’m definitely with you as far as not wanting stuff to go to landfill. I’ll get myself back into listing items again. 

Do you schedule your listings so they end at particular times/ days? I’m trying that this time and have put them to end in the evening, but wasn’t really sure if that was the best thing to do or not?

Yes that’s all profit! EDay now take their fees out before sending the money to your bank. I do however think they charge for scheduling but if you want them to go out later in the day save them into drafts then just hit the list button at say 5pm to save yourself some pennies xx

bit_by_bit

Happy February everyone. 

Nothing out as such apart from some of my wombled wood to the allotment, prepped for a screen ed off area I am building.

Managed to get a load of chippings yesterday, and a nice pile of logs from the guys around the corner doing tree surgery.

more clearance and more floor visible upstairs. I have more stuff for the loft which will go up tonight but got the CS first.

A few more bags for the CS but they haven't gone out so not counted yet.

Take care all