2022 DECLUTTERING CAMPAIGN MrsSD

QueenJess

@Mrs_Salad_Dodger thanks for the star and I bet you’re really relieved they found your luggage.

Absolutely no decluttering the past few days over here as I’m really busy at work ☹️. Trying to not think about the fact I hate it.

Considering designating June my bedroom and bathroom/downstairs toilet sort out month. Will see if I can get all the little jobs done in those rooms and declutter what I can. Off to measure what size sticky pad I need to stick the toilet roll holder back to the wall now and then bed..

Well done everyone else on excellent decluttering. I must get myself sorted and try to somehow work out how to juggle work and home 🤔

TC77

Mrs SD  lovely to have you back cheerleading and hope you recover from jet lag quickly. What an amazing holiday.
Little done here but came across photo album or the pages of, from 1996 - fab america trip New orleans, memphis, nashville and around - but threw away some and putting in an envelop as has lots of ticket - was with ex so a reminder I've been but don't need bulky album with yellowing pages!
2 frogs moved along, although 3 hours in office trying to get laptop working - unsuccessful
@QueenJess I'm still working how to juggle these although may be stopping work in the next few years.
Take care all x

short_bird

2432-2435: 200 emails deleted.
2436-2475: 40 items to recycling or bin including a few stubborn old receipts and some record packaging.

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 mainly sunny, warm but breezy day with the occasional threat of rain that never materialised 🙂 I managed 5 loads of washing - 3 loads fully line dried, one almost dried & the last load hung over the banister. Hopefully we will have fine weather tomorrow & I can finish the drying outside 🤞 I now only have 2 motorcycle jackets & one pair of motorcycle jeans to wash. The temperature has dropped considerably & I have a fleece on. The other thing I did do was the washing up from Monday as have not yet got back to mantra no.4 😔 Dinner was a delivery of fish & chips 😋

875 - 876 Kitchen recycling & detritus dealt with

QueenJess, sorry you are still feeling rubbish but excellent work on the digital decluttering 👏 If you can keep up the good work, hopefully it will NOT take the rest of the year 🤞

TC77, sorry to hear that your gardener picked the wrong plants for your garden must have been a bit of a disappointment 😔 

The mahonia sounds beautiful florianatwobob 😊 & it is always nice to have winter colour in the the garden 🙂

You are living up to your name bit_by_bit 👏 You have worked hard to raise your level of fitness & are reaping the rewards 👏 Good luck with your plans for the 23rd 🍀 

Great work Rootle 👏

I am so jealous of your rhubarb florianatwobob - gorgeous pictures & I can almost taste it 😉 I always seem to get huge leaves & thin sticks of rhubarb 😔 Do you feed yours? & if yes might I ask what with?

vulpix, how lovely to be reminded of what a great teacher you are 🙂👏 Fingers crossed that the builder will be finished soon & you can get started on your garden plans 🤞

Good work EnergyShifter 👏

Excellent work short_bird 👏 Good luck with the tax paperwork 🍀

Excellent decluttering GrannyKate 👏 & nice to see DS2 pitching in 👏

Hopefully having a spare pair of glasses at the ready will prevent accidents to your current ones, bit_by_bit 🤞Hope you get some decent weather for your holiday 🙂

What a great idea QueenJess - making a list of the areas you dislike & giving yourself a direction for future decluttering 👏 Excellent work especially releasing the bubble wrap to a new home 🙂👏 From personal experience CS are usually grateful to receive bubble wrap & spare carrier bags 😉

That was a bit quick bargainbetty 😉 I imagine you were hoping for at least a couple of weeks with no spare bed but at least if it is in the middle of the living room you can have a nap 😂 Hope you have been enjoying the holiday stories 🤞

Excellent decluttering Thrifty_Taylor 👏 - you have surpassed your target & I am awarding you two Gold Stars ⭐️  ⭐️ 

Great work short_bird 👏

Yah boo oceanspirit - bed bugs yuk ☹️ but at least now you know & it can be/has been dealt with 👏 Is there anyone who can lend a hand with the decluttering - even if it is only the odd half an hour here & there? Decluttering always seems easier when you have help 🙂 I am sending positive vibes & gentle hugs to you 🤗 Hopefully the doctors can discover what is causing you so many health problems & put a treatment plan in place promptly 🤞 Apologies for being lax in making awards - one Gold Star ⭐️ winging its way to you 🙂
Meeting weenancy was a great start to our holiday oceanspirit 😊

I am just finishing a cup of coffee & then I will wend my weary way to bed 😉 So glad DSis persuaded me to bring in the washing as it has just started raining 😔

MrsSD  🏅🏅🏅🏅 🌟 ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️

I AM A STAR 🌟 

Decluttering Target: 876/2022

2022 - 1p Savings Challenge: Running Total £117.12

Mrs_Salad_Dodger

The farewell picture of our helmets & DH’s gloves after years of sterling service 👏

florianatwobob

The rhubarb thrives on benign neglect Mrs SD. It has a sheltered free draining spot by the shed that gets a lot of sun. I tuck it up, avoiding the crown, with the compost from any knocked out pots (if I remember) around autumn/winter and a bucket of water during dry spells 

Stalk thickness could be due to variety, My rhubarb is the Victoria variety. 

EnergyShifter

EnergyShifter said:

829.  Jigsaw puzzle to Niece

It's the calm before the storm with the windows.  Just waiting for the installers to arrive.  Scaffolding went up yesterday - I live in a mid-terrace so needed to move a lot of stuff out of the way so they could get the poles and planks through to the back garden.  Gardeners came and cut back the worse of the garden so it's less of a disgrace.  I'm going to get them to come in every month so it doesn't get so out of hand. Then in the eve had to take down the blinds and move everything away from the windows.  My house is quite small so it's going to be a bit of a puzzle today as I can't clear the space in DS' room until I can move some of his stuff into my room....  

Seeing all of my stuff displaced has made me realise I still have waaaaaay too much stuff for the space so I am hoping that this will be the impetus for another round of decluttering.  Other than a meeting tomorrow morning - I'm not attempting to work over the next couple of days as it will be too noisy so when I get some energy I will make a start... 

830. Scaffolding up (realise I didn't ACTUALLY do this but I coped with strange men in & around the the house )
831. Garden done ( ditto) 
832. Boots
833. old wooden window frame - forgotten what I had planned for it
834  cloth mask
835. scarf
836. Cable tubing
837. brand new insoles - wrong ones
838. hose fitting
839. adaptor
840. Pillowcase
841. dead flannel 

Welcome back @MrsSD
Thanks for the encouragement @Florian

oceanspirit

Thank you for your kind words and gold star Mrs SD. Great news that the missing luggage is now back where it belongs.

Hoping to be able to get back into my home for sleeping early next week and the rest will get sorted as and when.  The chemical has left such a mess that every single thing that was out will have to be cleaned and sadly there was still quite a lot of it.

TripleH

Well had a message to say our shelving unit won't be coming today (no date for when it will come).

Annoying because brother came to work from here so he could help move it (wife can't following Op).

That further delays our epic resorting plans for weekend again...

It does give me a time now to add another coat of varnish to floor.

teachergirl

Slept very badly last night(no reason) so not so much done today. Found a box file of old cards sent to MIL and FIL(so all at least 4 years old) so emptied that into the paper sack for putting old for the bin men tomorrow. I am looking for one lost flip flop(that I use in the garden in the summer) …..just why is only one under the bed🤷🏼‍♀️ So I had a quick look through the box in the hallway and found a new pair of gloves for the CS and some old brochures also for the paper sack. Probably the end of my decluttering for today. I wish I had started counting the bits I recycle like some of you