2022 DECLUTTERING CAMPAIGN MrsSD

Gem-gem

Mrs SD, 180 balls of wool. You could almost open your own shop!

@GrannyKate, my DH and I are also doing a great job decluttering a tub of Quality Street that we opened yesterday when we had guests for lunch. 

mehefin

was Mrs M's burbday this week, so decluttered lots of pennies on flours, various prezzies etc.
Had a chinese takeaway with friends on the big day.... they paid (MSE result!)
Decluttered rather too many bottles of collapso juice. recycled bottles . mrs m decluttered ibuprofen lol

weenancyinAmerica

5 of the 8 items on my Frog List done. Rest will be done tomorrow. Started moving dishes out of young roommates' room with some help from her father (very little). Way over 50 dishes and miscellaneous tableware so far. Plus a bag of cans and bottles. We will be working on filling up a couple more bags tomorrow. She is going to be doing dishes all evening. 

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

Friday has been another dark, damp day. The only task I have dealt with today is my post. I finished the last of the hm soup for lunch. Dinner was hm cottage pie with sweetcorn. Have enough meat mix left to bag & freeze for another meal & enough cottage pie for tomorrow’s dinner with lots of vegetables. I have spent the day watching TV (clearing down planner) & nodding off at the drop of a hat 😔 Wudupa. 

348 - 351 Kitchen recycling, newspaper, 0.5” paperwork, booklet - recycled 
352 Kitchen detritus

GrannyKate, noooooo - you must have chocolate 🙂 Good decluttering 👏 I bet you were very disappointed when your shoe polish box yielded nothing to declutter 😞 

Well done on hanging curtains TripleH 👏 Hope the weather is kind for your holiday 🤞

bit_by_bit, keep up the good work 👏 How marvellous that you & DSis’s partner can create conversations with your DSis 🙂

You are very welcome ilovetea 🙂 

You are also welcome marrob 🙂 Lists encourage us to keep going 😉 Re my frog I will try to find the paperwork this weekend 🤞

weenancyinAmerica, you must be so pleased that your roommates are starting to help 🙂 Hopefully they are beginning to realise that decluttering helps with their mental health & more to the point it makes you happy 😃 With any luck maybe one or two of them might help with the communal areas 🤞Hope you have had a successful Frog Friday 🙂

Unfortunately not wool Gem-gem just yarn ☹️ I will pop round to share your Quality Street - I like the toffees 😉😉

mehefin, Belated birthday wishes for MrsM 🎉 Surely there is no such thing as too much collapso juice when celebrating a birthday 😉

Wow weenancyinAmerica 🤩 5 out of 8 Frogs dealt with 👏  You are definitely on a roll 👏
I am surprised the young roommate has space to move with so much tableware in her room 😱 I am very pleased to hear that you aren’t doing the washing up 😁 

MrsSD  🏅🏅🏅🏅 🌟 ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ 

I AM A STAR 🌟 

Decluttering Target: 352/2022

2022 - 1p Savings Challenge: Running Total £42.92

GrannyKate

@weenancyinAmerica - your post reminded me of a visit many years ago to my DS1's student digs.  We had gone for DH to fix his computer for him.  The entire place was literally covered with dirty washing up, empty pizza boxes, crisp packets etc - you get the picture.  There was nowhere to sit and nothing to put a cup of tea in.  Our dog thought is was great and sniffed happily amongst the carnage.  DH spent 4 hours on computer and I spent the same washing up and filing black bags with rubbish.  That was just the communal areas and our son's room.  A few house mates did appear sheepishly with items from their rooms. I had wondered what I would do whilst DH worked on computer.  Then being kind parents we took DS1 our for a meal.  

I have a zoom meeting this morning and the company of DGS4 - he is nearly 7 so not sure how that will go whilst meeting is on. 

321 Family History enquiry answered - been sitting in my inbox for some time
322 Vegetable trays returned to farm shop and tray of eggs collected for DS2
323-325 Three small frogs dealt with on Friday
326 Week one of free three week online history course completed

EnergyShifter

EnergyShifter said:  

546. Return organised / label printed
547. Day 2 Lent pledge completed.

Still plodding along taking one day at a time.  I'm almost scared to write this in case I'm speaking too soon but DS's withdrawal from meds is going well so far - we're almost 4 weeks in....  No withdrawal symptoms and no red-flags in terms of his mental health so far.  He is however, extremely bored and knows he needs more structure and activities in his life for the next stage in his recovery but he is finding it hard to sort those out on his own.  So the plan is we will sit down for an hour over the weekend to do some brainstorming and planning.  If I was doing it with anyone else I'd be really confident - this is so much in my wheelhouse professionally - but it's a different matter when it's someone so close - so wish me luck.... 

548. Returned heated blanket
549. Organised additional professional supervision
550. Day 3 of Lent pledge completed.  This has been the first time in my adult life that I've taken Lent seriously - and it's harder than I thought it'd be - but I think its meant to be isn't it otherwise what's the point.... 

Thanks for your good wishes Accidental & Mrs SD
Weenancy - Your post reminds me a little of flat sharing in my student days but I don't think even the worst offender had as much as that in their room! Your roommates are very lucky to have you - you must have incredible reserves of patience & kindness.  
Granny Kate - What a lovely kind thing to do for your DS & his flatmates ! 
Mrs SD - What an impressive Yarn stash!!! 

shabbychic12

Still on the train, had to move carriages to fit in decluttering my dads flat as he ha s gone into a home and we have sold the flat. Unfortunately this has meant some more clutter has been added to mine although short term l hope. 😂

Baxtersmum

• Broken chair to the tip
• Bag of metal ikea spares to tip also

What an absolute belter of a day, I’ve got the patio doors open and washing on the line, I love days like this, lifts your spirits a bit of sunshine. 🌞
 Up at 6:15 with the pup who is now sleeping through the night in her cage, she wakes about 6ish for the garden then straight back up to bed for a cuddle with me until about 7:30, she’s also getting used to the outside noises now so not everything sets her off on a panic bark. It’s definitely getting easier. 
I feel like I’m getting in to a routine, I have ME so very tired all the time and sometimes the tiredness is unexpected but I’ve started sleeping in 2 hour chunks when the pup does which has made me feel level of late. I got a breed that sleeps a lot for this reason, she’s like me, a sloth cross 🦥 

kscour

Deep breath and out from lurking behind the curtains I come!!!  This thread has already helped me start to get my head together and get sorted around here but hopefully now I've posted I will have the push I need to do more and keep coming back. 

 At the moment we are living in our lovely new house but the outside is still to be finished, there's a garage being built which will give us the storage we need (we have bedrooms in the attic space so storage is very limited) and meanwhile I guess I have just got bogged down with everything and I manage to do nothing for great periods of time whilst avoiding what really needs doing    So no more!!!! 

 Today I'm starting on my office (aka dumping ground) and hoping to eat of few of the many frogs hopping around this place.  I shall report back later

EnergyShifter

EnergyShifter said:

548. Returned heated blanket
549. Organised additional professional supervision
550. Day 3 of Lent pledge completed.  This has been the first time in my adult life that I've taken Lent seriously - and it's harder than I thought it'd be - but I think its meant to be isn't it otherwise what's the point.... 

Had a productive morning catching up on cleaning and tidying & a lovely chat with a friend.  Popped out to the shops then had my brainstorming session with DS.  We kept it to 30 mins and managed to not fall out! - although it was touch & go a couple of times .  We've both got things to follow up on.  

551 & 2 - 2 pairs of holey socks
553. Old pumice stone
554. Old Nail brush
555.  de-gunked the bath plug hole - (not pleasant) 
556 & 7 - 2 x storage boxes
558. Scented clothes hanging thingy - no longer scented
559. Replaced knobs on chest of drawers - looks much nicer 
560. General detritus from bedroom 
561. decorative bowl 

Welcome kscour - I thought I could see the curtain moving - glad you've come out and joined us