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 has been a dry & quite sunny day. One of the girls in the rented house next door mowed our front lawn when mowing hers 👏 I cooked up the chicken carcass to make stock for my next soup. Then DH & I spent several hours in the garage after he came back from a Tip run. A very successful tidying & decluttering session 👏🙂 resulting in lots of bits & pieces (incl. old paint brushes, dried out wipes, ruined gloves, tins of unusable paint & 2 old brake discs 😱) being binned or put in Tip pile + 5 cardboard boxes & a plastic sweetie tin. DH also has a clear worktop 🙂 & I swept the floor. Bike has been loaded for one of two Tip runs tomorrow 😉 Dinner was oven baked sausages, mash, chopped tomatoes & baked beans 😋 Wudupa still to be done ☹️

394 - 403 Kitchen recycling, 5 cardboard boxes, drinks cans, 2 plastic bottles, plastic sweetie tin - recycled 
404 - 406 Kitchen, lr & office detritus - binned
407 - 455 items including brake discs, paint pots, old brushes etc - for Tip or bin

Good work EnergyShifter especially the call to BT 👏 Well done to your DS 🙂 and you for striking the right balance even though it can be tiring 😞 Hopefully it will get easier the more confidence your DS gains. 

Excellent decluttering 2Scratters 👏

You are welcome bit_by_bit 🙂 Great work & pleased that you are nursing your back until it is completely better 👏 Yippee to the plumber sorting out the radiators 🙂

Nice to see you accidentalglixch 👋 great news that Remi is now toileting outside 🥳 Well done to your husband for noticing that you need a useful drying facility 😉 Excellent decluttering 👏

florianatwobob what a lovely memory - thank you for sharing 🙂

Good work short_bird 👏

Excellent decluttering Smoosh 👏

Great work TC77 👏 It was me, so thanks for the information re Lewisham Donation Hub 🙂

MrsSD  🏅🏅🏅🏅 🌟 ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ 

I AM A STAR 🌟 

Decluttering Target: 455/2022

2022 - 1p Savings Challenge: Running Total £42.92

EnergyShifter

EnergyShifter said:

613. Called BT about an email problem  (unresolved - it has been escalated) - it has taken me months to call them... 
614. Sorted some financial arrangements with DS

Thanks for encouragement Mrs SD & TC77.  I definitely needed the reminder of recovery not being a straight line as DS did nothing off his list yesterday and I definitely stepped over the "nagging" line.  I soon retreated but on reflection I can see how me feeling a bit out of sorts made everything worse so I'll try to put my own wellbeing front and centre going forward.  I had a much more restful night's sleep last night with creative use of pillows and bolsters and I feel much more myself today.  

I am going to stop counting my Lent days here - I've been reading about Lenten practices (I'm really new to this) and apparently it's not the done thing to tell people what you are doing - I guess it's so as not to advertise your piety.  In my case  it wasn't about showing piety - I was just posting to stay strong as I'm finding it a real struggle.  But now I've read that it doesn't feel right to continue recording them.  

Have a good day everyone ☀️

Baxtersmum

What a rainy day after so much glorious sunshine yesterday. I travelled to Manchester yesterday and was expecting to feel exhausted to day but its yet to hit me. 
Had a lovely lunch and mooch with son3, bought him some trousers and top and myself a hat and a T-shirt i really love but then panic bought 3 things without trying them on, lesson learned, I didn’t need them, they weren’t on my list so I've made extra work for Son3 as I’ll have to send them back to him to return.

• 15 LOL accessories over to son!s house
• 2 items to charity shop
• 1 fancy paper bag recycled as a gift bag

Also 14 things onto eDay. 
I’m listening to Swedish Death Cleaning as I declutter, it is inspiring and certainly making me think about my stuff and who who will be responsible for it after me, well worth a listen. Xx

Floss

EnergyShifter said:

I am going to stop counting my Lent days here - I've been reading about Lenten practices (I'm really new to this) and apparently it's not the done thing to tell people what you are doing - I guess it's so as not to advertise your piety.  In my case  it wasn't about showing piety - I was just posting to stay strong as I'm finding it a real struggle.  But now I've read that it doesn't feel right to continue recording them.  

Have a good day everyone ☀️

Could you record them privately, maybe on a calendar or chart without dates or detail?

EnergyShifter

Floss said:

Could you record them privately, maybe on a calendar or chart without dates or detail?

Floss that's a good idea.  I was thinking of recording it in my journal but I like your idea better.  Thanks 

TC77

Feeling overwhelmed by all types of clutter (physical, mental and emotional) and just trying to keep head above the water but do like hearing how everyone is getting on, including those taking much needed time in the TLC carriage and think I will pop along there.
397 oasis from some flowers 
398 tidy up some cards, stuff on table and things in their home - small step but can see difference
399 empty toiletries, toothpastes etc from DD2 
Have posted things on free sites, and wrapped 6 sundae dishes for CS but will count when out, forgot took bag of fabric for rags to CS with other bag 400
401 /402 emails chasing v big frogs, not eaten but nibbled!

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

I did do the wudupa before bed last night. Wednesday was a damp, dark & dreary day. I froze half the hm chicken stock & used the rest to make soup. Dealt with my post & cleared down a few more programmes from my planner. Dinner was Chinese. Wudupa. Vegetable box delivered after 3:00 a.m. - potatoes, onions, cauliflower, swede, globe artichoke, rocket, mushrooms & Choi sum. 

456 - 463 Kitchen recycling, 4 newspapers, 3 brochures - recycled 
464 Kitchen detritus binned 

EnergyShifter, if you are fully rested it does seem to make life easier - so pop along to The TLC Carriage & have a drink & a slice of cake & then a gentle massage 😉 I have learnt something new & agree with Floss 👏 that making a personal note should help you to continue 🙂

Great decluttering Baxtersmum 👏 Shame about the impulse buys but live & learn 🙂 The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning is very inspiring 🙂

Sorry to hear that you are struggling TC77 ☹️ but well done on keeping up with the decluttering 👏 especially nibbling away at the frogs 👏 Hopefully a bit of time spent in The TLC Carriage will recharge your batteries 🤞

MrsSD  🏅🏅🏅🏅 🌟 ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ 

I AM A STAR 🌟 

Decluttering Target: 464/2022

2022 - 1p Savings Challenge: Running Total £42.92

wort

@TC77 it’s early days please be gentle with yourself. The TLC carriage has just received a nice big massage chair to relax in whilst enjoying your me time. Then pour a little or large amount of your favourite tipple and watch the sunset. There are lots of hugs in there so help yourself.

Fizz2015

Morning all, just as DD isolation is coming to end up, I turn positive. Frustrating but was inevitable really. I feel OK so will use the time productively to plant seeds, a good time up and hopefully this will lead to a decluttering. Will tackle a small job or area at the time and list my progress so don't lose momentum or overwhelm myself.

Off to put a wash on to get out on the line. Frosty but gorgeous blue skies here. 

merrysmiles

Hi  & hugs to those who are struggling with health or worries.
Yesterday I went for a walk & Iater I handed in 6 items to CS - from a shelf in spare room my running total is 14 +6 now 20 
Happy with that
Mx