2022 DECLUTTERING CAMPAIGN MrsSD

roundtuit

Finished the bag yayyy.

Passing on school report, swimming certificates and badges,  Taekwondo certificates, etc to DS.

I'm keeping more photos (culled), my GCSE results slips, Right to Buy bumph,  a DVD and a (now empty) folder.

The rest is either in the bin, or waiting to be recycled or shredded.

Better get dressed and I need food.

I'll bring another bag down. 

My name is Roundtuit and I'm demolishing my hoard. And it feels soooo good 😁

roundtuit

That's another bag done.

Toy tea set and plastic food - all dusted, broken bits binned, and additional pieces fished out of the 'my mates are somewhere' bag. 

One toy thermometer added to mmas bag. 

Two tatty boxes - recycled
1 flip book - recycled 

And I'm ready for another bag.

Rxx

roundtuit

I gathered all the remnants from the bag that broke in RoD put them all into a bin bag and brought it down.

Decent toys - cs
Parts of sets - mmas bag
Cowboys & horses - bagged for cs

And a lot of tat and broken toys binned.

I need food again 😊

Rxx

Floss

@roundtuit I love the MMAS bag!

Not much going on here, slow steady cull of clothes after some chazzer shopping, and a declutter of persisted roof & subsequent declutter of £££s to my roofer 🙄

grandmanerd

I think last time I clocked in was after I returned from my hospital check up on the 14th. Still 'unwell' (and starting to get very fed up and stressed with it). Fourth week I've not been to Art Therapy and it's also 4 weeks since I did a proper job on the green waste, prior to that it was filled every fortnight and used some of the neighbours' bins too. 

Early in the week I reached 575 and over about 3 days 24 more bags and bin bags were done - a lot of rubbish and recycling (including getting DS3 and Beloved rounding things up), books back to the library (including some that have been hiding for at least 3 months), a bag that has been sitting under the kitchen table for weeks finally made it to the kitchen table. Best of all, I did three trips down the yard with weeding and leftovers from harvested plants (remaining tomatoes are ripening on the windowsill) and a tree (yay, go me).

The 3 trips is significant progress as the week before the most I could do was 2 bin trips (made DS3 take them to the end of the backs for collection) or 2 trips across the kitchen with clean pots. The 'tree' well I finally managed to totter as far as next door's yard, spread out the bits of my wardrobe on the nettles which were about a foot tall again (I know I mentioned this was my intention but have been too weak and tottery to risk it, especially with the fallen brick wall taking up most of the available space. I did a bit more sawing at the 'tree' (nearest one to my house) but gave up. Well on Friday the winds were forcing the trees backwards and forwards and gave my crafty properly cut wedge a hand and the tree fell across the yard to the back of the store room wall. When it's good weather I'll start chopping off all the branches from the top (secateurs and then pruning saw). I want the other 2 down as well (they're wider and taller - that's what brought the back wall down) and when they're dealt with I'll start tossing bricks back into their yard - both the drains in the backs are blocked up, one completely covered by the wall. Not an absolute priority but want to keep the green bin filled before the winter break.

Friday and yesterday another half dozen bags and sack went out and then I dismantled 9 cardboard boxes - they will need boxes for moving but I need to balance saving useful boxes with being overrun with them. DW and WM are sort of working - I tracked down the repair man's details but haven't contacted him yet. Over the past 2 days I've made a very good job of cleaning most of the bathroom by a variety of methods (and the heated towel rail is still gleaming from my  previous efforts).

So 275 + 24 + 6 + 9 = 614/ 2022.

Still under the weather but I have an action plan. Piling extra bits on top of extra bits and making every trip count eg first bathroom trip of the morning, I pulled out a bag from under a chair - 2 more books for the cs, a Mackintosh style box which I need to ask permission to donate or return it to DS2, a cushion knitted by darling d-i-l which is a definite keeper and an empty plastic bottle (probably for refilling with tap water and keeping in the freezer. On the way back I looked through 2 shelves and have another small pile for the cs and a smaller pile to check (read once and donate). 

There are 15 bags mostly on the kitchen floor or under the table. Some have been brought from mum's (my tools and garden stuff, mum and her cleaner's cleaning stuff - enough out to use), some are small quantities of pots and recycling brought down on very ill days (one trip to heat soup, collect other food and drinks and one bag brought down). Some of this lives under the stairs but other things are blocking the way (and it all needs another sort through anyway - it was brought back in batches with the most needed items coming back last). So that's my next target - clear 15 bags plus doing as many extras as I can each trip.

I will need pills for next week between now and Wednesday. The drawer they are in is at the foot of the bed. there's a small wardrobe drawer which can go between the 2 large ones along the back wall (space for books with other small items on top (including 3 pillar candles), Books already in the room and elsewhere will be moved across in alphabetical order. There's one decorative item to go in the cs bag and will check for anything nearby that can be moved or consolidated.

Long term goals. 1 Stuff needs to be packed so that the kitchen can be done. 2 They are still moving at some point. Have decided that as I get through the backlog of pots, cutlery etc, I will remove anything of mine that's a definite keeper (my mixing bowl, mum's set of pans, my grandma's 4 blue and white plates, the 6 large oval plates I bought from the cs, new bowls and a couple of special mugs) and pack it away in my room (have 2 empty boxes to use, will be more as I finish off the canned goods). When they go, they can pack all of their stuff plus any extras of mine (I'm going back to a basic first house list - I have 7 recycled green glass wine glasses mum bought me in Spain, I don't need any others). Will also talk through what they are taking and help them start to get organised - those 2 tall kitchen bins of their's can be cleaned and filled with stuff they are taking. Might also be a good time to suggest a cull of cos play clothes - useful for Halloween. I'm also going to wrap present items as I locate them and draw up stock lists of what I have and what I need to buy.

Most important  to continue looking after myself and my mental health. I want to try to get to Art Class (Tuesday) and Film Club (Friday) and still have 3 outstanding appointments to make (flu jab, Covid booster, blood tests) after which the practice Nurse will want to do another diabetic check. Was trying to do at least one a week but gave up by Thursday this week. Second strand in my MH armoury is things like candles, music, reading and lots of rest, plus getting outside (even muffled up in the back yard) and eating to support my immune system.

roundtuit

There's been a carrier bag of gubbins next to my chair in the living room forever.

It's going next!

Photo in frame - now stood on wall unit
Bookmark - added to stash 
Cursillo card - recycled
Toy train - cs
Kitchen timer - kitchen cupboard
Trowel (made by DS) - DS
15p - purse
Hygrometer - bin
Packaging - recycled 
Shampoo - bin
Candle - candle tin
Threads - kitchen drawer ( for now - until sewing basket turns up)
Small glass vase - cs
Handkerchief - bin
Giftbag - stash
Free gift from Readers Digest  - no idea what it is- binned
Packaging - recycled 

And. Abracadabra. The bag is empty. Bag added to stash.

Woot woot.
Rxx

florianatwobob

Small bag of charity taken to the charity shop and the food order put away. 

roundtuit

Brought down another bin bag.

Ring stacker - going into mmas bag in case the other 2 rings appear
Tomytime Hifi without battery cover - bin
2 incomplete alphabet puzzles- bin
1 incomplete clock puzzle - bin

Did I mention that DS is 29 😳

Rxx

roundtuit

Birthday cards 2022 - recycled. Just kept the cards from DS and my Dad

Rxx

EnergyShifter

EnergyShifter said:

890. donation made (that's all of them done now)
891. Messaged DS' Care Coordinator to chase health check up.   

I met a friend for lunch in Rochester yesterday which was lovely!  My knee is a lot better other than the odd twinge but I'm still being careful.  DS is due back tomorrow.  I have really missed him and am looking forward to hearing about his adventures.  

893. cat food feeder
894. dead iphone charger
895. Silk pocket square