2022 DECLUTTERING CAMPAIGN MrsSD

GeorgianaCavendish

@mothernerd you are doing so much! Do look after yourself as well. A couple of things occurred to me reading your latest post: 

Might be worth contacting the British Heart Foundation if there is any furniture to go as they can arrange collection (might be able to take some of the garden ornaments too?) 

If you have the time / inclination, Music Magpie can be good for getting rid of books, CDs , DVDs. There is an app to download, then you scan the barcodes and it will give you a price they will buy for (usually pennies, if they accept at all). They will then arrange the collection - if I recall correctly they send a suitable bag or box out and sort out a collection date - and transfer the cash to you.

I did this a few years ago when a relative was moving house and wanted to clear possessions, and again late last year when my in-laws a good clear out of 30 years of stuff from their attic. 

The books that weren’t accepted by Music Magpie went to charity shops, but it made it much easier to donate as we halved the number of books, and we paid for a nice takeaway with the MM proceeds. 

GeorgianaCavendish

Dealt with a scary work related frog today. Turned out that it was not really that scary at all! I’ve been procrastinating on this for a ridiculous amount of time, quite embarrassing really! 

Continuing with my sort out of office paperwork, will update properly later today. 

Baxtersmum

• 1 pen
• 24 outgrown kids clothes given as ‘handmedowns’ to a friend
• 1 pair of dog chewed flip flops into the bin 😞
• 1 Carton of oat milk to a friend
• 2 packs of Carrs cheese biscuits to the food bank 

I hate putting things into the bin, they were beyond repair though and the charity shop wouldn’t have thanked me if I’d dropped them off there 🩴 

Gers

-taff said:

Liverpool_Anne said:

@-taff, some baking powder has corn starch added, if you are baking gluten free you need to check this. My SiL needs gluten free and honestly when you start looking at things it's amazing where it sneaks in.

Um...yeah, but corn starch is gluten free...

florianatwobob said:

@balabooberlies I agree with @ruby_eskimo it may make you feel worse temporarily but once you can put a plan in place to tackle the beastie then you’ll start to feel better. I can understand the dread you’re feeling at the moment though. 

@-taff could be cross contamination/may contain risks

Reading this piqued my interest. I had done a bit of research about this early last year.

M&S baking powder's ingredients are:

Raising Agent: Sodium Hydrogen Carbonate (E500)

Waitrose's are:

Baking Powder (raising agents (disodium diphosphate, sodium hydrogen carbonate), rice flour).

Dr. Oetker (in Tesco):

Raising Agents (E 450 (Diphosphates), E 500 (Sodium Carbonates)), Maize Starch

Sainsbury's:

Disodium Diphosphate, Sodium Hydrogen Carbonate, Rice Flour

Morrisons':

Raising Agents (Diphosphates, Sodium Carbonates), Rice Flour

So, only M&S has gluten free baking powder.  Haven't looked at other brands.

short_bird

-taff said:

short_bird said:

59: binned a tub of gluten free baking powder past it's best - cake was tasty but flat...

Isn't baking powder gluten free anyway?

Although the ingredients for baking powder appear to be gluten free, the factory where it is processed might also handle products with gluten so there's a possibility of cross contamination. I'm diagnosed Coeliac, it's an auto immune disease with no cure as yet, and I steer well clear of products containing gluten or ones that "might contain gluten" as the results are not pretty. 
Gluten is in wheat, rye, barley and, if you're really unlucky, you react to the avenin in oats processed in a gluten free environment. 
@Liverpool_Anne corn doesn't contain gluten, is that a separate allergy?? And my deepest sympathies if she has issues with gluten and corn 

Floss

Also  being G/F or coeliac doesn't exclude other allergies & intolerance. An ex sister-in-law has a very comprehensive list of what she cannot tolerate in any amount which is much more than "just" G/F.

short_bird

Gers said:

-taff said:

Liverpool_Anne said:

@-taff, some baking powder has corn starch added, if you are baking gluten free you need to check this. My SiL needs gluten free and honestly when you start looking at things it's amazing where it sneaks in.

Um...yeah, but corn starch is gluten free...

florianatwobob said:

@balabooberlies I agree with @ruby_eskimo it may make you feel worse temporarily but once you can put a plan in place to tackle the beastie then you’ll start to feel better. I can understand the dread you’re feeling at the moment though. 

@-taff could be cross contamination/may contain risks

Reading this piqued my interest. I had done a bit of research about this early last year.

M&S baking powder's ingredients are:

Raising Agent: Sodium Hydrogen Carbonate (E500)

Waitrose's are:

Baking Powder (raising agents (disodium diphosphate, sodium hydrogen carbonate), rice flour).

Dr. Oetker (in Tesco):

Raising Agents (E 450 (Diphosphates), E 500 (Sodium Carbonates)), Maize Starch

Sainsbury's:

Disodium Diphosphate, Sodium Hydrogen Carbonate, Rice Flour

Morrisons':

Raising Agents (Diphosphates, Sodium Carbonates), Rice Flour

So, only M&S has gluten free baking powder.  Haven't looked at other brands.

@Gers Ingredients you've listed are all theoretically gluten free but if the rice and maize (corn) were processed into flour in a factory that handles gluten then there's the possibility of cross contamination. Same as if a gluten free baking powder was made in a factory that processed items containing gluten. 
Only "safe" products are ones that haven't been anywhere near wheat, rye, barley or oats. 

shangaijimmy

Continuing to add much needed clutter to the trains electricity supplies to keep up demand for everyones exploits...

Day 6
* 1 pair of completely worn running shorts to the bin
* 6 items of work clothes in a fresh charity bag
* 1 outgrown girls swimming costume to the same bag
* 1 stubble trimmer, with charging lead to the bin

Stay ruthless people 

Liverpool_Anne

@short_bird, yes she has had problems with corn as well as gluten, though this may be due to cross contamination so now she cooks everything from scratch and doesn't allow anything with gluten into the house or anything that is not labelled gluten free. It took quite a long time to get her coeliac diagnosis as it affects her joints to the point that if she does eat some thing through accidental cross contamination in a restaurant for examp!e she can't get out of bed the next day. Cross contamination can be a real problem if you aren't ultra careful. 
Take care everyone

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

Wednesday I did brave the cold (although it was cold it was a bright day with lots of sunshine 🙂) & went to MrAs.. I did a small top up shop & then bought 6 months of birthday cards - followed my list & was pleasantly surprised that 23 cards came to less than £24 🥳 The day went downhill from there 😔 The only other things I did were make dinner & wudupa 😔 I will cut myself some slack though as dinner for DH & me was using up all the various los from the fridge, a pot of curry sauce from the freezer & some ood naan breads from the food cupboard 👏 Surprisingly tasty 🤤 I cooked DSis a pork steak, mash & peas. Vegetable box arrived - small cabbage, cauliflower, 2 bunches of spring onions, red peppers, a few potatoes, celeriac & Choi sum 

Thursday is a bitterly cold day 🥶 DSis has gone out return a parcel. DH is still in bed as he stayed up to watch the cricket - looking likely that England will continue their losing streak ☹️ Had some good news from neighbour G - he had a nodule removed from his throat just before Christmas & has today received the welcome news that there is no cancer  🥳  I am currently watching Father Brown whilst catching up with the cheerleading 😉 14:40 DH is up & filling the bird feeders 🙂

29 - 30 Kitchen recycling, drinks cans - recycled 
31 Kitchen detritus binned 

What a kind & thoughtful post bit_by_bit ☺️ 

Great work Baxtersmum 👏 The reducing numbers are very inspiring 🙂

Excellent work going on at dollypeeps Towers 👏 Remember tidying is a form of decluttering - you are keeping surfaces clear & putting things away in their proper places 👏

Excellent job TheCraftyForager 👏 Hopefully this will spur others on the complete their accounts 😉🙂

Happy Birthday to your Mum vulpix 🥳 I cannot lay claim to the tidy kitchen idea but it has proved a fairly easy win each day 🙂 & does make me feel like I have accomplished something 😉 Great decluttering & repurposing 👏

Great work GeorgianaCavendish 👏

Excellent decluttering nannywindow 👏 Hopefully mothernerd will accept your comments as coming from a friend & will take care of herself 🤞 I now only read the Daily Thread & the 5 OS Pleasures thread - which reminds me that I won £25 on the Premium Bonds 🙂

Excellent decluttering ilovetea 👏

Well done on getting started thriftwizard 👏 A very productive session & hopefully will motivate you to continue on your decluttering journey 🤞🙂

What a great idea akh43 👏 Any method that makes us enthused & works for us means that we will be successful on our Decluttering journey 🙂👏 We will develop good habits & will have a clutter free home 🥳 Your comment “I have noticed my whole outlook has improved, I feel like I am decluttering my mindset as well as I am buying less, thinking before I buy, though I did buy 1 jumper yesterday that was too good to resist, but sure I will make up for it with what I sort for the CS” is very inspiring & will hopefully strike a chord with many of our fellow declutterers- it has with me 🙂

skogar, thank you so much for sharing this information about making a will in such a succinct way 👏 I must admit I glaze over when trying to decipher official websites 😔  

Great work short_bird 👏 

Great work EnergyShifter 👏 Reason accepted but please try to do your accounts this weekend - there is some sort of deadline I presume? 

Absolutely you can join us savingmad 🙂 Welcome aboard The EDT 👋 You have taken the first step by finding us  👏 I look forward to following you on your journey to a clutter free home 🙂

Excellent work shangaijimmy 👏 Steady progress indeed 👏 By the way who is this harsh station master?  

balabooberlies obviously wrestling the frog has improved your strength & stamina 😉 16,000 emails 🤩 this has earned you the first Gold Star ⭐️ of 2022 - congratulations 👏 Re your 2nd frog, I can only offer that you have already taken the 1st step by recognising it as a frog 👏 The only other thing I can offer is encouragement & confidence that once you know the damage you are fully capable of tackling the frog with the same determination that you showed tackling 16,000 emails 🙂

Great work TC77 👏 The train might be speeding along but so are you 🙂 I think ‘Profile, edit profile, signature settings, delete medals & save’ 🤞🤞

Great work daisy_1571 especially the frogs 👏

Excellent work florianatwobob 👏 Your one touch approach is working wonders 🙂👏

Good work charlies_tribe 👏 Remember that everything out is a win & the dent you make when DH has ‘mantled’ the drawers will be all the sweeter 😉

Wow Marpau 🤩 excellent work - decluttering, NSDs & steps 👏 The ‘E’ in EDT was meant as Electric but seems to have been mistaken for Express 🤣 However, no fear as we will be slowing down a little to make sure that the batteries are being recharged properly & that the buffet cars are still fully stocked 😉

Lovely post TheCraftyForager ☺️ Look at that - new habits in place already 👏👏

Liverpool_Anne no such thing as failure just realigning the days successes 👏😉 DH & I are in the love sprouts camp 😉 Good work on your decluttering 👏 

GrannyKate what a palaver with your heating - fingers crossed that it is all sorted 🤞Well done on getting your sister on board the decluttering train - a bit more persuasion might see her husband climbing aboard the decluttering train 🤞Good decluttering btw 👏

Lovely helpful post ruby_eskimo ☺️👏 Good decluttering - getting rid of Justins is always rather satisfying 👏

Lovely post florianatwobob ☺️

Such a lovely supportive post wort ☺️👏 All these good habits wort - you are flying towards a clutter free home 👏

-taff, think of the joy when the earmarked items are out 🙂👏

Just off to make a cuppa back soon 🙂

MrsSD  🏅🏅

Decluttering Target: 31/2022

2022 - 1p Savings Challenge: Jan £5.00; Feb