2022 DECLUTTERING CAMPAIGN MrsSD

mhagster

Good afternoon! I’m supposed to be cutting the grass, however I’m procrastinating here instead 🥴

Was round at mums first thing and filled two more bags for charity bin at supermarket ( I drive past on way to & from mums) and another 10 books in to supermarket charity bookshelf. 

Then was waiting on a call from stairlift chap . He gave me 30 minutes notice. So back round. Made an appointment at tip and filled 4 bags of general waste, 2 of small electricals, 1 more of textiles and half a cupboard full worth of kitchen chemicals bottles! All half full so emptied and in the plastic recycling bin at tip. 

Also helped myself to some lovely roses from her garden. Mum loved her roses so the smell in my car as I drove home smelled like summer from my childhood. 

weenancyinAmerica

teachergirl - I keep hiding things in teapots and forgetting which one. My mother "put away" my library card and Social security for safekeeping. We never did find them. It's been twenty years - had to replace them both in the meantime. Even though I'm not Catholic, I now say a few prayers and ask for the help of Saint Andrew, Saint Anthony, Saint Judd, and Saint Willibrord, and it works almost every time within a short time period too. Good luck with your search.

Deni_debt-free_dreamer

I've just permanently deleted over 4k emails!  I now have 22,430 and that feels good !!

weenancyinAmerica

Deni - keep at it. I only have to go through about 50 now and it feels wonderful. I have set up files for bills, genealogy, and a couple of other clubs I belong to, so I can hold onto what is important and actually find things. Every morning I start the day by getting rid of what I don't need and moving others to the right folder. Helps me start the day. 

My former roommate, whose room I have almost finished sorting, her sister, and a niece have now tested positive for Covid. The niece had a really high fever, but made it through that okay. We made sure Emily, the roommate, had her shots and her boosters when she lived here so she should be fine. Worried about sister as she refused to get vaccinated. Praying for the best. They live in Missouri, half a country away (1820 miles), and Emily send one or two word messages, so not sure how things are going.

I have put up my sign "If it is to be it is up to me" and trying to ignore roommates now. All I ever get is promises that never happen. 

Fizz2015

Evening All, 

Decluttered some money on a haircut today and feels so much better for it. Took some flexi leave and finished work at 2.30pm, feel so much better having a couple hours off. I also wore a dress and had compliments from OH and colleagues. A definate pick me up.

Tea was decluttering the fridge of various left overs to avoid waste as planning on going away this weekend to Bournemouth, yet to book accomodation. Any suggestions for places to visit/eat/do welcome.

Fizz x

mhagster

A bit more clearing this evening . In the room of doom! This is the most densely piled room. However a few piles sorted that I’ll take to tip tomorrow. And more books taken to supermarket this evening…rewarded DD2 with a bar of chocolate! 

TC77

@Deni_debt-free_dreamer wow to the email deletes ... must up my game, and so much more going on
Must reduce my no of 'safe' places for things and never remember them all.
Had someone to quote for more decorating work and pointed out part of my complaint of earlier work isn't valid as its the shade from hall light and mirror so will have to apologise for that part, but paint on wardrobe still not ok.
OOD food, and abit of paper declutter - have to up my game as decorators want less in the rooms to decorate! 912

short_bird

2585-2588: 4 of the repurposed coffee jar stash gone to recycling bin
2589-2592: clothes to charity shop bag.
2593: 50 emails deleted.
2594-2619: items to rubbish or recycling, had a good mooch around a cupboard and was ruthless...
2620: bag of rubbish to bin.
2621-2627: carrier bags readied for the delivery driver

No news on the invasion of the electricians but the gas engineer wanted to come round this Thursday. No chance, I'm on a double shift.   (They have 5 options that work best for me and can fight amongst themselves.) 
Must endeavour to have an earlier night than last night! 

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 was another sunny bright day & quite warm. Window cleaner (S) & his wife (J) turned up so clean windows outside at least 😉 DH & I both chatted to S&J about our holiday. DH spent time in the garage getting the exhausts & silencers off his Harley. Only needs to replace one part but has to remove a whole unit 😖 🙄 I didn’t do anywhere near as many things as I intended BUT I have started at least 😉 I have dealt with all my mail which generated 0.5” shredding, a magazine read & recycled & 0.5” recycling. I also started to move items from the kitchen freezer to the garage freezer & took out a couple of bags of cooked pasta for Wednesday night’s dinner. The holiday wash bags have been sorted & put away. Have also cleared down more programmes from the TV planner so now have 65% of space for recording 🙂 Dinner was fried eggs, ham, oven chips & baked beans. Wudupa.

898 - 906 Kitchen recycling, 2 cardboard boxes, paper packaging, 3 plastic bottles, magazine, 0.5” paperwork - recycled 
907 - 910 Kitchen, lr & bedroom detritus, 0.5” shredding - binned

You are welcome oceanspirit 🙂 Well done on filling the skip 👏 Nice friend taking bags to laundry 🙂 Great work by OH 👏

Ouch Siebrie that is an expensive call out charge 😣 You never know you might enjoy washing the dishes by hand 😉 Very exciting that the renovation work starts on Monday but means that you have a busy few days ahead of you 😬 but I know that you & your family will get everything done 👏

Sorry to hear that your daughter has Covid teachergirl ☹️ Bad news that your car is damaged but good news that you are OK 🙂 As you say it is the hassle of getting it all sorted out that is such a pain 😔 Excellent loft decluttering 👏 Great advice for Siebrie - hopefully she will find time to investigate once the renovations have started 🤞

GrannyKate you are becoming quite the technical wiz 😉 Great decluttering 👏

Please don’t be so hard on yourself vulpix 🙏 Keeping up with the laundry, cooking & washing up is still decluttering 👏 As to clearing nooks & crannies & sorting out the internet you need to be in the right frame of mind 😉 Pottering in the garden & starting the quilt are a far better use of your time 👏 Thank you so much for my Gold Star ⭐️ already added 🥳 You definitely need a break from builders - hopefully they are nearly finished as 6 months is a long time 🤞

Deni_debt-free_dreamer, you need to build up your decluttering muscles before starting on your loft & shed 😉🙂

Well done on all the work in the bedroom QueenJess 👏 Your DH has made an excellent start 👏 you just need to send him to the loft daily with an instruction to get rid of at least 2 of his items each day 😉 Great decluttering 👏

Excellent decluttering mhagster 👏 I can almost smell the roses 🌹 

weenancy, had to smile at hiding things in teapots 😄 makes brewing a pot of tea a bit dicey 😉

Wow Deni_debt-free_dreamer - 4000 emails deleted 🤩 At that rate you will be finished by next Tuesday 😉 

What a great way to start your day weenancy on a positive note 👏 Sorry to hear about Emily & her family ☹️ sending positive thoughts to Missouri. I love your sign “If it is to be it is up to me" 🙂 and “trying to ignore roommates now. All I ever get is promises that never happen” You do & have done so much for your roommates that I think now is the time to take care of you 🙂

New haircut & compliments about wearing a dress Fizz2015 - a win double 🙂 Hope you enjoy your weekend in Bournemouth 🙂

Great work in the room of doom mhagster 👏 You are definitely making inroads 🙂

TC77, good news that it is just the shadow from the shade & reflection in the mirror causing the colour discrepancy rather than shoddy workmanship  🙂 You have a target now - declutter to please the decorators 😉😉 

Great decluttering short_bird 👏 I like the idea of duelling electricians & gas engineer 😉

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Decluttering Target: 910/2022

2022 - 1p Savings Challenge: Running Total £117.12

GrannyKate

Morning all.  Up late - frogs croaking in study so that is this mornings job.  Going on a walk this afternoon so will need to remember hat, sun screen and water. RL continues to be challenging but I daresay we will get through it. Very hot today.

869 New extension lead arrived and plugs all in one row now.  Still need to fix it to wall or DS2 does
870 More cards posted
871 Emails attacked - like others I have folders to save things to like utilities, banks, family history and then sub folders within those.  Every now and then I go to one of the folders and sift through for any I can delete. 
872 Quiz questions ready for tomorrow
873-874 Lawns mowed back and front
875 Stuff printed off and put on USB for tomorrow afternoon's meeting
876 Got haircut - I forgot about that

In order to keep up with my target I should be at 1011 by 30 June but can't see that happening.  Need to get sorting and getting rid.  There are a couple of things in garage to go and one item up for sale.