2022 DECLUTTERING CAMPAIGN MrsSD

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

Tuesday it drizzled all day & was dark most of the day. A successful day - DH built the 2nd Kall*x unit - very quickly 👏 I found all my yarn - including the balls I had in 2 mobile filing cabinets 😉 Also located all my knitting needles & accessories. Everything has been put into the shelving unit together with sewing box, boxes of buttons & ribbons - but all higgledy piggledy 🙂 I need to decide how to arrange the yarn etc which I will then sort over the next few days. I have gone through the rest of the contents of the under kitchen sink cupboard, sorted & returned to cupboard in a more organised manner & I have a full list of contents - so no excuse to buy anything 😉 Also descaled the kettle - this was Friday’s frog 😉 Dinner was posh burgers as I didn’t fancy cooking 😆 Wudupa. Sadly the kitchen mixer tap has a leak ☹️ DH has googled the repair & will hopefully sort out tomorrow 🤞 DH has been invited for an interview with Bike magazine about his Goldwing - he might be famous 😉😉

324 - 330 Kitchen recycling, 3 large cardboard boxes, medium cardboard box, cardboard packaging, drinks cans - recycled 

331 - 333 Kitchen detritus, odd bits of wool, chemical oven cleaner - binned/Tip 

Thanks for the info wort 👏

Good work GrannyKate 👏 & lovely that you managed a nice meal out with your DD 😊

An elegant solution donna73 🙂 You have been very busy - excellent work 👏

Great work vulpix 👏 & well done MrV 👏

Yippee Guineapigsqueaks - warm tootsies & a repaired roof 🥳 Year 4 of student finances - you must be a dab hand now 👏 I did have a chuckle at the idea of consolidating your lists rather than dealing with the tasks etc 😄 

weenancyinAmerica, it might be taking time for your roommates to help out but there does seem to be some movement 🙂👏 Good luck with March’s book sale 🍀

Gem-gem, you have been busy 👏 I will pop in for a small slice of carrot cake 🙂

accidentalglixch, your new job sounds perfect - a supportive & friendly work environment makes life so much more pleasant 🙂 Great decluttering 👏 & how lovely that Remi has been on his first proper walk 😊 Good luck with your task list 🍀 

Excellent work florianatwobob - a massive frog dealt with 👏 Martin would be very proud of you 🙂👏

MrsSD  🏅🏅🏅🏅 🌟 ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ 

I AM A STAR 🌟 

Decluttering Target: 333/2022

2022 - 1p Savings Challenge: Running Total £17.92

Mrs_Salad_Dodger

Oops, forgot to welcome aboard Moonflower 👋 who will hopefully find us with SuperMoose’s directions 🤞

Mrs SD

Floss

I've got a leaking mixer tap too, send your DH here when he's fixed yours @Mrs_Salad_Dodger 😁

sumb7170

Hello all,

Once again work has taken over from my decluttering, having to respond to lots of comments on my documents, as well as trying to sort roof repairs having decluttered ridge tiles and roof slates in the storms (also have scaffolding but no roofer yet - today, fingers crossed), plus celebrations for DS 18th and DD1 16th Birthdays (born 2 years less 6 days apart!).

I have been reading all your posts to keep my motivation to declutter going and also for you lovely company on the EDT.  Sending welcomes to the newcomers and my support, good wishes and love to all, and especially anyone struggling with health issues or grief, or just feel the need for a virtual hug!

Items decluttered out of the house – 2 sets broken Christmas lights to tip, 6 cardboard boxes, jar cooking oil and 6 magazines recycled, 6 items to charity shops and 6 items to my sister for my great niece.  Plus have quite a lot of stuff waiting to go but not counting them until they have left the premises!.

Tidying has just been one storage box since I last posted, but huge frog eaten (mainly by my OH and DS following my persistent nagging) as my storage unit is now empty!  All contents either in my lounge waiting to go to charity shop, upstairs waiting to be sorted, or now stored our old but now watertight shed or the new (ex-display) shed.  Plus decluttered 5 boxes and 1 bag of my late Mum’s ornaments, etc, to my sister for her to try to sell on Eday; she’s been successful at selling a few of her things and has the hang of it (my Mum died in 2009 and I’ve been storing these boxes since with the idea I would sell them!).  Very happy to receive £39 refund in storage fees!

35 various other jobs decluttered from my list of things to do (perhaps I ought to also account for any jobs added to my list to replace those ticked off, lol!).

Tumble dryer died and as I had to urgently get a replacement I forgot to try to look for a secondhand one, oh dear!  But did choose an A+++ energy rated one to replace my gas one so hopefully the new one is better for the environment, and despite being rated the second best of the greenest ones in Which? magazine, it was less than half the price of the recommended ones.  Delivery people took old one away for free so nothing added to the household clutter, although the one before is still cluttering up one of our old sheds!  At least now the bikes have been moved into the new shed, you can get at it, so its departure is imminent!  Lots of other expenditure this month with Birthday presents and parties, and booking of theatre trips and short breaks, having kept postponing these due to covid.  So as soon as I’ve earned money working it seems to have been decluttered!

My total was 745, add 69 = total 814 / 5000 (day 61, target is 854 at 14 per day so have now got behind, but not going to beat myself up over it as I could have counted each item in the boxes that went to my sister…!  And still plenty of stuff to tackle in every room.)

Finished She Speaks by Yvette Cooper, and then Three Women just in time for my book group meeting on 12th Feb, but only half a book since then (which is abandoned somewhere in the house so I can’t recall the title).  Total 6/52.

Mending – mended the last 2 Christmas decorations, and although they’ve been decluttered upstairs, they still haven’t been put away with all the other doccys! – Total 21/52.

UU 1 bottle and 1 sample bottle shower gel 1.  Still need to motivate myself to declutter some weight.

Love to all, H x

GrannyKate

Just reporting in my leaking tap.  Plumber did the other jobs but has not been back to replace tap.  Guess I need to ring. 

2Scratters

Morning Peeps,
@vulpix socks in the shed.. really made me titter Thanks

@Guineapigsqueaks a consolidation is tidying

@florianatwobob and.... breath.... well done and great news 

@sumb7170 that was some big move arounds 

Looks we are having a lovely and well deserved treat in the TLC carriage

2Scratters xx

Floss

sumb7170 said:

.... celebrations for DS 18th and DD1 16th Birthdays (born 2 years less 6 days apart!).

My boys are 2 years less 8 days apart - when they were 16 & 18, I was 40 exactly between them so we had one big party 🥳 

merrysmiles

Hi all 
Have done some
bits round the place, so far  Ironing done & put away; Handful of photos with no meaning binned; loads of Emails deleted; tidy a shelf and sold 3 items on M/PL  £17    will claim 8 in total
Decided I will not aim for a total but will track as I go along
M x 

Baxtersmum

Thank you so much to this group for making me aware of soft plastic recycling points at Tesco, I rarely shop there so just didn’t know. I’ve just dropped my first bag off and can believe how much I have kept out of landfill this week alone recycling 💚

vulpix

My family also had a great party for 16th,18thand my 40th birthdays. All a few weeks apart. I have noticed family birthdays seem to cluster. We have no summer birthdays at all. 

 I see a new business opportunity for Mr SD. I also have a dripping tap. 

Socks were my contribution to proceedings 🤣sadly I don’t have a sock shed. 

 I have just made lunch soup. I need to make myself paint the outside loo door. I would rather continue making a charity blanket. Carrot for when I have finished. 

Vx