2022 DECLUTTERING CAMPAIGN MrsSD

Floss

@teachergirl have a look on here for recycling info:

https://www.recyclenow.com/recycling-locator

teachergirl

@floss oh Thank you this looks very useful

mhagster

@teachergirl my husband died five years ago and I said do not leave me with all the stuff in the garage…he not only left me with all the stuff in the garage but all the stuff in his attached to garage workshop! Waaah! We emigrated back to UK from Australia with son keeping a fair bit of stuff but also sold / gave away stuff…

Then my garage here was full of said stuff and son had moved out about 18 months ago. So I still had a garage full of stuff. So he was asked to please come down and sort it out ( also filled with his mountain bike stuff…bikes, tyres, wheels, frames, gears. Anyway he came down the very next day and filled his car up with as much as he could and I took a pile to tip. 

So good luck on your declutter journey! And remember it’s okay to take your time. And go with the industrious days when you feel like doing it but realise that it’s okay to have days when you don’t. 

This morning I put an ad on marketplace for mum’s wheeled walker and it sold within half an hour. Someone drove 20 + miles to get it so I assume they’ve been keeping an eye out for one! I was at a work so had to phone daughters and say someone’s coming for it! Then got a rather I thought cheeky request from someone with a sob story asking for it to be much reduced! Eh no? as it was already sold and even if it hadn’t been eh no! 

TC77

Woke ultra early and been making a master list of stuff to do on all fronts as had been feeling overwhelmed - RL quite demanding.
Yesterday took 4 bags/boxes of my dad's things to homeless/refugee project, and also cooler box and a couple of days ago CS bag with a few things added.
Curtains washed and dried but want to clean the windows first, few frogs done and a little weeding.
New total 895

-taff

@teachergirl when it came time to empty one garage full of stuff my father had picked up just in case, we got in touch with a Mens Shed organistaion, which wasn't particularly organised, but eventually, someone came round and filled a van with the stuff that they thought was useful to them. Wood, tools, bricks etc, things like that. There may be a Mens Shed near you that would do the same. If he had particular interests that others share, see if there are local clubs who might use the equipment or tools.

basketcase

What a good idea taff.

I've been sorting a few more clothes, washing them with a view to putting them in the Fire Brigade container, and doing a bit of a general sort.

Today I'm going to collapse a load of cardboard boxes stored in the Room of Doom (because DS wants to use them for packing) and take 2 large bags of compost and a bag of manure (currently also in the RoD) to the allotment.  Obviously the manure was bought in and is completely odourless.  The RoD may look like a pigsty, but it doesn't smell like one!

GrannyKate

Reporting in from my few days away with DGCs. We had a good time.  I am awarding myself 10 points for the sorting, rubbish clearing, washing sorting, gardening etc which I did whilst at DS1s.  

@TC77 - I need to make a master list as well - lots of frogs lurking but may need to take it easy today.  

841-850 Decluttering at DS1s

teachergirl

@-taff . Tools are already sorted. There is an organisation near to my sister called Workaid- Tools for Life. They have a long list of things they would like(and those they don’t want) They restore the tools and send them to Africa. They also take sewing machines , gardening things etc etc. Those that don’t get sent to Africa get sold in a small shop they have or online to support the charity.
So already today I have spent 30 minutes in the loft and freecycled some spoken word tapes which are being picked up this morning and then 30 minutes in the garage and have freecycled some small Tupperware boxes which are being picked up at lunchtime. Feeling quite virtuous. It’s helped by the fact it is pouring with rain here so I can’t get outside to work in the garden.

Floss

Can I just remind everyone that whoever small their action, it all counts in the end?

Every small action will add up to be part of a bigger one, and eventually an area / room / garden / attic / garage / shed will be clear of unwanted "stuff".

Siebrie

Out: 1 drinking glass, broken doing the dishes.

2 ceilings the third one will come out today, the last one on Wednesday. Husband does one per day, while dds and I are responsible for clearing the rooms before he tackles the ceiling.

I am packing my books into small boxes, 7 books out to the village's little library, 3 paperbacks in the paper recycling.

Went through dds wardrobe, and put 14 items of clothing in the 'for Africa' bag. Trying to find as much as possible before husband leaves, as he is allowed  2x23kg of luggage and we have just sent half a container full of stuff to Africa. We hope those items arrive when he is there in a family visit, but delivery time is really insecure.