2022 DECLUTTERING CAMPAIGN MrsSD

GrannyKate

Great holiday stories.  Travelling along with you Mrs SD. 

825 Drive cleaning finished by DS2.  Looks good. Back patio and paths to do but they are just slabs not those fancy bricks which we have at the front.  
826-827 Shelf unit which didn't sell to CS along with some spare garage floor mats - keeping for Justin. 
828 Garage oddments to rubbish
829 Garage sorted out a bit so DGC's bikes and scooters are out of the way and do not provide me with random gravity tests. 
830 Last of plants I was given for free last week planted out - a couple of runner beans.  Found a trough and something for them to climb up. 
831 A few petunias, fuchsia and marigolds in pots at front.  I try to keep most of front patio clear as those bricks are so hard to keep weeded and clean.  I have a large pot with a miniature apple (none have grown to full size so far), an acer in a pot which is not happy, then just a few small pots under lounge window.  

4 small people today - going swimming.  Then evening meal with nephew and great nephew from down South who are having a golfing break one mile from my house.  Need to pay some bills - ouch. 

Liverpool_Anne

Hi all, major frog started on Friday and finished yesterday, more stuff put in the green waste bin as it has dropped a bit. 2 loads of washing done and line dried.
Emails deleted but I am struggling to keep up with them, so much carp arriving every day no matter how many I unsubscribe from and mark as spam
Watched the footie which was disappointing but this morning I am quite distressed to hear radio reporting on the chaos outside the ground with fans queuing for up to 4 hours to get in being sprayed with tear gas or pepper spray including some children. Not just normal fans either, friends and family of the players, who usually use VIP entrances were caught up in it all. 
I will be going to the homecoming parade for the team later today.
Take care everyone

florianatwobob

166 emails decluttered this morning over a cuppa. I’m normally quite good at decluttering them but obviously these ones had slipped through the net. 

short_bird

2396-2397: another 2 GB data deleted along with a bit of a digital tidy up.
2398-2413: items to bin or recycling including a pile of recent receipts, all reconciled.

EnergyShifter

EnergyShifter said: 

820. EMDR 
821 - 3 - 3  x strimmer spools - 1 - used up & 2 - don't fit

814 & 815 - 2 x sets of blinds.
816. Joined gym.
817. Ordered replacement spools for strimmer.
818. Set up DD for church collection - it'll save me from having to scrabble around every week.
819. Booked accommodation for a break in UK - I'm viewing it as a DIY retreat!
820. Set up a WhatsApp group for updates re: a friend's health.  
821. Booked Gym induction

Just did a calculation - I'm lagging behind where I need to be to hit my target - 77 items down - better get a wiggle on.... 

weenancyinAmerica

Been helping roommate who has the drinking problem declutter his e-mail - 5000 down, another 5000 to go. Unfortunately can't get rid of everything at once as there are actually some we need to keep. So it's one at a time. Female roommate hasn't started getting her 17000plus down yet. 

Mrs. SD - enjoying your trip description. My uncle loved Yosemite - would go two or three times a year. I inherited his 15000 plus slides. Still don't know what to do with them. My college taught a one-month class on the flora and fauna of Yosemite - complete with one-week trip there. I've been several times. San Francisco is always cold. When you get to Pismo Beach, my relatives will be there. They will staying for a week. One couple includes the bushy-haired red head I mentioned earlier and her Mexican boyfriend (she said I could say that so you might spot them) and the other is a bushy-greying haired sister with a husband with a long grey beard and lots of tattoos. Both of the OHs love Harleys. The bushy haired part is why I keep mine cut short - it does the same thing if it grows out.

Tell your OH to get better soon. Sounds very painful. I'll be sending him my thoughts and prayers for a speedy recovery.

My foot is doing better, but I am concentrating on the clean-ups I can do on the computer rather than walking around, but so far this morning I have gathered up one bag of trash to go out.

QueenJess

A bit more decluttering to declare.  Been trying hard to do a little each day just as part of the usual tidy up rather than as a separate exercise.  Just no time for anything at the moment.

1991 - 2006 - paperwork

2007 - 2026 - permanently deleted emails

2027 - 2028 - bathroom supplies used up

2029 - 2031 - magazines

2032 - digital photos deleted

2033 - 2036 - deleted text conversations

2037 - tea towel never used (too thin)

2038 - plastic bag recycled

Was a bit stressed yesterday and just didn't know where to start.  Was sat on the sofa and so just decided to look for the closest thing.  Took a pile of things off the side table next to me and put away most the pile, with a few items decluttered.  Made me feel much better to do something, however small.

Liverpool_Anne

Hi all, small amount done today before I went out to watch the parade. The top of the meter cupboard is just by the front door and so is where things get dumped as we come in. Big pile of non essential post for OH removed and given to OH to sort out. Small number of items were mine and were put away and it is half cleared, I will finish it tomorrow.
I have a nearly finished baby blanket that I was making for OH s niece, unfortunately she has lost the baby and I don't know what to do with it, finish it and keep it for when / if she has another, finish it and give it to someone else, don't know anyone else who is pregnant atm, or frog it and make something else with the yarn. I shall have to ponder this.
Take care everyone

Liverpool_Anne

Hi all, the weather is miserable today, I was planning on taking a broken plastic bench from the garden to the tip but it's lashing down so I am waiting for a break in the rain to get it into the car, hopefully I can report some success later in the day.
Take care everyone

Siebrie

EnergyShifter said:

EnergyShifter said:

809.  Sorted out a problem with my Instant Ink 

Got my blood tests back and they were all "no action necessary" so that was a relief.  I guess it implies that my tiredness is a mental rather than physical health thing. 

Energyshifter, I don't want to give medical advice, but I will share my experience with 'no action necessary': my iron levels are always on the low side, but within the set limits, so the doctor never prescribes any medication. However, for me, in reality, it's too low and one or two iron tablets set me to rights. I buy them over the counter. If you are uncomfortable taking unprescribed meds, maybe eat extra green veg, together with vitamin C (so, a spinach salad and an orange for dessert), or -if the budget stretches to it - a piece of (horse)steak once a fortnight?