2022 DECLUTTERING CAMPAIGN MrsSD

Wednesday2000

The donation bag today has 2 pairs of sandals, 3 skirts, a dress, a blouse and a cardigan. I booked the bulky waste collection too.

I have had that donation bag in my living room for weeks and when I moved the bag to put by the front door to go out I disturbed a massive spider. I don't think I have ever seen one that big. I screamed. My husband decluttered the spider over the back fence.

short_bird

2931-2959: Items to recycling and rubbish
2960-2961: bags of rubbish to outside bin
Lots of packaging to go as I store some stuff in the freezer out of the boxes to save space.
Gas engineer arrives tomorrow, hurray 
Had my pneumonia vaccination yesterday and, like every other vaccination, found I was dog tired but not much else. Which is nice.
Now to clear the work surface under the boiler... Oh, and sort out a couple of parcels to go. 

mhagster

And an afternoon update! I am seriously done in! 

But another 15 books dropped off at supermarket.
A bag of rubbish in bin.
plastic and paper recycled. 

Two chairs put on FB for free.
Confirming with niece what she is taking though it will be about 3 weeks before she can pick up. 

A call from charity shop to confirm collection on Friday. 

Liverpool_Anne

Hi all, yesterday was wet in the morning but dry in the afternoon. I didn't go into town as the weather was so miserable but cleaned the hall instead, wiped down all the paintwork and tackled a few marks on the walls and grim around the light switches. Cleared the top of the meter cupboard, post given to OH and other carp into the bin. Filled the green waste bin with the stuff from the waiting bag and put it out for collection. As the weather had improved put a load of washing on the line. Dry this morning so taken in and folded on to OHs pile. Went into town and got all the presents I needed and some cards so decluttered some money. Just home now and realised OH has used all the milk so I will have to go to the sm before I do anything else. Swimming tonight so probably not much else will be done. I have tried several times to phone a workman who said he would get back to me about a wall that needs pointing, today the phone was switched off. If he doesn't want the job I just wish he would say so I can look for someone else, but he is in the last chance saloon right now.
Take care everyone

florianatwobob

@TripleH my dad was from
the north west of England and his accents had degrees of strength depending on who he was speaking to. It would also be littered with dialect words and Navy slang. My mum was born on the Surrey/Hants border and had elocution lessons at school (she was in school with lots of army officer kids). Like you I’m pretty good at understanding accents as a result. I’m a terror for picking them up too, It’s how I discovered I have ‘low Welsh’ pronunciation. Apparently I sound like I’m from South Wales!  

Mrs_Salad_Dodger

1. Write a daily To Do list - only 3 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 

Apologies for not posting yesterday (Monday - overcast, chilly, wet) 😔 Completely lazy day - dinner was lo cottage pie for DH & DSis whilst I had a salad. 
Tuesday is slightly better weather wise as we have had some sunshine. DH has gone to a retirement party. DSis has been in her room for the last 2 days only coming out for drinks & meals. I have done yesterday’s wudupa 😔, dealt with my mail & phoned bank to arrange transfer of some cash to nephew in France to pay a tax bill (their Revenue is possibly worse than ours when it comes to sorting things out 😉) 

984 - 994 Kitchen recycling, 4 magazines, 3 plastic bottles, 2 booklets, newspaper -  recycled 
995 Kitchen detritus binned

Well done on reviving your laptop Liverpool_Anne 👏 The garden party sounds wonderful especially being able to sample hg fruit 😉 Loving that you have joined so many others in supporting weenancy ☺️ just wish we could do more 😔

Yippee to being able to get started on your bathroom ceiling bit_by_bit 🙃

Excellent work teachergirl 👏 I approve of the summerhouse being your haven 😉 How lovely to have such a great Tip guy 🙂 Sending get well wishes to miss diva dog 😉

Thanks for the interesting info about Manchester, TripleH 👏

Excellent work & great to have a plan DuranGirl 👏 Makes life so much easier & lets you feel in control 🙂

Nice to hear that Dog is improving, Wildrose 🙂 Excellent decluttering so a medal 🏅 is on its way 👏 Isn’t it a wonderful feeling when you have a light bulb moment re decluttering - suddenly everything is possible ☺️

GrannyKate, hope you don’t have to resort to banging heads together 🤞although sometimes it feels like that is the only solution 😔 Excellent decluttering 👏 & great work on dealing with an old frog - medal 🏅 on its way. Although I did smile at you dusting the calor gas bottle 😁

Great work nannywindow 👏 Buying a new gardening book is hardly falling off the decluttering bandwagon 😉 more like rewarding yourself for all your hard work ☺️ See you later 🥄  in hand 😅

‘A Dumping Drawer’ sounds wonderful Siebrie 🙂 My problem is I have dumping drawers, cupboards, boxes etc all over the place 😉😉

No problem Wednesday2000 😉 A new house deserves ‘new to you’ items to make it into your home 🙂 Now it feels more homey you are energised & are in the correct frame of mind to declutter 👏

Siebrie, sounds like you are the calming influence when unexpected ‘snags’ occur 🙂 Pleased to hear that DDs bedroom renovations are going so well. No need to apologise for coming across as gleeful - you are perfectly entitled to do so 😉 especially as everything had already been agreed. Sorry to hear about your accident ☹️ but very relieved to hear that your injuries are not more serious 🙂 although rather upsetting to learn that you have the beginning of arthritis 😔 Your husband won’t recognise the place when he gets back with all the work you & your daughters will be doing 😁 Please don’t overwork yourself but do feel free to overwork your daughters 😉🙃 

vulpix, sounds like you have good builders 🙂 Rubbish stacking is one way to declutter 😂 as long as they weren’t your favourites 😉 Well done on your sales 👏

QueenJess, stay in the TLC carriage as long as you need ☺️ Sending get well wishes & gentle hugs 🤗 

mhagster, changing a pattern that might develop into a habit can be very difficult, so well done on catching it early 👏 Good work cleaning & decluttering 👏 I just watched the 2 Scotsmen in a lift video & fell off the sofa laughing 😂 Although not so funny when it is wasting your time 😉

Nice to have an incentive to declutter Fizz2015 & great to be able to save your friend some money 👏

Hope RL was kinder today, GrannyKate 🤞Good decluttering 👏

Back later to finish the cheerleading.

MrsSD  🏅🏅🏅🏅 🌟 ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️

I AM A STAR 🌟 

Decluttering Target: 995/2022

2022 - 1p Savings Challenge: Running Total £228.22

florianatwobob

Well, the bag of rags left the building on Friday, the second bag of charity was collected from the doorstep on Monday. Today I took the higher value/breakable bits to our local hospice shop. 

bit_by_bit

Movin fast @mhagster

Lots of other good clearing out going on too. 

Finished cleaning the bathroom today. Also decluttered the landing and decluttered the windowsill/dumping spot. Now only a plant and a candle.  

Sold a few more items so 2 more decluttered to the post office.

Wildrose

Much successful decluttering over the last couple of days. Went through a large basket of throws which I knew had other things hidden at the bottom. Found some mending which I've put in the mending basket, 2 really nice aprons, no idea why they were in there.
 Also a baby quilt which was made for me by a friend & a baby blanket crocheted by my Mum. Not sure what to do with those, so they're still in the basket. I passed on all the other baby blankets to my children who then passed them onto others but I've kept these two items.
I've washed the dog's blankets ready to dry outside tomorrow, put some sawn up rotten scaffold planks in the bin, put a brand new propagator my daughter gave me yesterday, into the garage for now, put 2 moribund house plants into the compost bin and their pots away with the others. 
Daughter was also getting rid off some old jeans, just what I was looking for as I need a sizable patch of denim for my sachiko mending of a favourite pair of my jeans. Thougth I was going to have to look for some in the cs, so that's saved a few quid.

I'm really making some progress with this place. I now wake up looking forward to tackling the mess instead of overwhelmed and despairing because of it! 

Floss

Wildrose said:

Daughter was also getting rid off some old jeans, just what I was looking for as I need a sizable patch of denim for my sachiko mending of a favourite pair of my jeans. Thougth I was going to have to look for some in the cs, so that's saved a few quid.

I've been looking for a suitable patch too and I found a tiny pink cord skirt in a charity shop for 50p today.