2022 DECLUTTERING CAMPAIGN MrsSD

florianatwobob

I sympathise Mrs SD with the gardening activities this year. The chillies have not been plentiful this year….
I hope to over winter the plants so they can think about what they’ve (not) done and try harder next year! 😉

TC77

Back home with a suitcase (for donation hub) some items to sell and some for me
Stopped at DB's house (mainly been seeing him at my dad's) and looks abit like our dad's house, as does mine...and in a 'collector's' way!.
Neither of my DDs seem to want much if anything from their grandads. DD1 seems abit better but know it will be difficult next few years, she finds working nights tough on her placement . Brought her my DMs 1940 stage make up box (very simple black metal with a mirror and pull out section) - complete with left over make up! DD1 did drama before going to uni for her nursing and she was very close to her granny. Few more things on gumtree and free sites hoping they will go. Also shredding papers. 
Resisted in all the higher quality CS down there except a JLewis short coat with label still on it. 
When the llbs are decluttered will have big clothes declutter ...not holding my breath.
Hope everyone is taking some time to chill, and go into the TLC carriage when needed. 

oceanspirit

bit by bit my signature keeps being reset too.

More tidying done, a few things out of the little bedroom and OH has cleaned some things from the shed and put them back in the living room where they belong.

Went through a couple of files in the filing cabinet and was able to slim them both down significantly.  Need to do the same in the bottom drawer in order to fit some papers in - it’s currently a case of giving them a good shove to get them in and I want it to be easier than that.

EnergyShifter

EnergyShifter said: 

905. DS' Broken rucksack 
906. DS' old monzo card
907. random papers
908. broken necklace
909. Sofa dragged outside and collection booked
910. unclogged sink
911-4 - 4 x rooms reconfigured
915 - re-painted wall behind sofa (old one had marked it.  

My energy burst continued yesterday  .... briefly !! I started painting the alcoves in the kitchen / dining room to make them brighter.  Painting them white when they had been a strong green was a real chore & my energy ran out after the 3rd coat - as did the paint! It could really do with another coat but I can live with it  for a while.  Weather is rubbish today so I think today will be a pottering kind of day.

916. Painted alcoves in kitchen / dining room
917. Big paint brush
918. Dead socks

Hope everyone has a great Sunday x

GrannyKate

Just checking in with a few things - need to catch up on posts.

1181 Hairbrush binned - it snapped in half
1182 Torn shower cap binned
1183/1184 Two bags of plastic to recycling
1185 Christmas money wallets purchased along with some cards - need to check loft to see what I have
1186 November birthdays - cards bought and written and some posted
1187 Chosen flooring for kitchen, hall and bathroom. 

Signature has gone wrong again. 

roundtuit

RoD2
ELC construction worker's hat - cs

Rxx

roundtuit

To cs from LR

Ceramic Plant pot
Purse x 2
Badge
Bracelet
Backgammon & chess set
Wash bag x 3
Plastic tumbler
Water bottle
Bucket & spade
Pencils x 32
Bookmark 

Beard comb - DS
Make up bag - bin
Candles x 3 - tin
Glass pebbles - bin

Rxx

grandmanerd

Filled one of my 4 empty boxes that have been earmarked for kitchen stuff I want to keep, yesterday evening. Stopped when the cramp in my upper leg really started to hurt. I was sitting perched sidewards at the end of the bed but had to twist a bit to hold the box with one hand and filling it with the other. looks as though 4 boxes will be plenty, I've already decided to put one or two things back in the kitchen (oddments from previous plate collections, much loved but only a couple left in different sizes).

Today I've been working at the kitchen table and now have 5 empty bags (2 bags for life, 3 carriers) as well as a number of boxes - the boxes were pressed into service to hold the categories that had been identified. Many, many screws have been sorted, a few nails and small  quantities of drawer knobs, padlocks, single and double coat hooks, picture hooks, shelf brackets and other bits. I have part filled bags of rubbish, paper for recycling and garden things, 6 more went to the bins including 3 green waste - a rubble sack of sawn/ chopped small branches, collected twigs and handfuls of 'leaf litter' (leaving the nettles and the soil layer behind) and I unravelled a basket lid (lengths of grasses bound with thicker grass and then each layer tied in to the previous one - all compostable). One box (a deep top layer for a tool box, most recently used for paint brushes/ scrapers etc) is in the sink filled with water (filled, wiped, scrubbed and now having a little soak to see if more will come off).

I filled a heart shaped container (bought in last year's end of season sale) with fat balls for the birds and hung it in next door's yard. They were a bit mouldy but picked out the best ones and binned the rest.  If the birds don't like them, there are 2 more boxes but I need to move stuff to get at them. Just decided I was definitely not up for doing another lot of sawing so I'm back upstairs resting. I will need to go downstairs later for food so will think what to tackle whilst I'm down there. i also started throwing loose bricks into next door's yard (need to finish clearing the backs and clear both the drains). My back wall is being repaired this month so need somewhere for the brickie to put his feet - the fallen wall is slanting towards my wall.

Have written many lists and have an outline plan for November. I'm calling it 20 (at least 30 bricks and giving myself one point for 10 bricks), so 689/ 2022.

Rootle

Still going!

38/52 - 2 new doggy tennis balls we received as a gift given to another doggy friend 
38/52 - an inherited golf bag used by DH for 30+ years to the tip
39/52 - free chair from freegle community 5 yrs ago (already a bit lopsided then) to the tip
40/52 - a bag of glass to recycling (counting this as had to make the effort to recycle ourselves as our red bin has gone AWOL)
41/52 - DH's clothes to charity recycling (pair of trousers and a jumper)
42/52 - my clothes to charity recycling (top, jumper, bra)

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 during daylight hours 😉 AB2 playing zero - 20/9/2022

4. Declutter/Relocate one item every time I stand up.

5. Don’t put it down, put it away

6. Continue to keep kitchen clean & tidy - before going to bed

Saturday stayed dry, warm & sunny. My planning led to sorting out 2 days mail - writing cheques, filing, recycling & shredding. Knitted half a scarf (using one ball of yarn for each scarf) Also sourced a couple of food items from stores - my contents list is proving useful 🙂 Dinner was the 2nd half of last night’s Chinese. Left the washing up for Sunday.

1845 - 1849 Kitchen & 0.5” paper recycling, 2 booklets, small glass jar - recycled 

1850 Kitchen detritus binned 

Sunday is a gloriously sunny, warm & dry day. Took advantage of the extra hour by going to bed early & managed TWO 3.5 hour sleeps with an hour up in between. Up at 9:30, cuppa & cleared down a few programmes from TV planner. Then DH & I took advantage of the nice weather to do a bit of gardening - 1.5hrs clearing, tidying & weeding, filling up the bird feeders + relocating a couple of plants (hope we haven’t killed them 🤞) & covering up the rhubarb crowns. Both compost bins are now full to the brim & we have half a bag of garden waste. Looks a lot neater & weather permitting we will carry on over the next few days. 1.5hrs seems to be our limit - avoids being unable to move 😉 Have done last night’s washing up & left to dry. Now put away.

1851 Shredder bin emptied 

1852 - 1856 Five plastic takeaway boxes & lids - recycled 

Good work roundtuit 👏

What a great looking chilli florianatwobob 🙂 Crossing everything that your overwintering works 🤞

Excellent decluttering TC77 👏 & good luck with the sales 🍀 Sending positive thoughts & vibes to DD1 that she continues to get better. Your clothes decluttering does not need to wait until a few lbs  have evaporated 😉 Perhaps clothes that you don’t like could be culled now 😉 Which reminds me I need to sort out the hanging clothes in my wardrobe 😔

Great work oceanspirit 👏 and good luck with thinning out the bottom drawer of the filing cabinet 🍀

Excellent use of your energy burst, EnergyShifter 👏 Good luck with your pottering 🍀 

Excellent decluttering GrannyKate 👏

Great work roundtuit - you have started on RofD2 👏 Excellent decluttering in LR 👏

You have been very busy grandmanerd 👏 Very impressed with the hard work in the bedroom 🙂 & even more impressed with the tidying of bits & the humongous amount of work in the garden 👏 One Gold Star ⭐️ 

Excellent decluttering Rootle 👏 You have now gone past 3 quarters of your target, so one Gold Star ⭐️ is on its way.. 

MrsSD  🏅🏅🏅🏅🥇 🌟 ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️

I AM A STAR 🌟 

Decluttering Target: 1856/2022

2022 - 1p Savings Challenge: Running Total £469.22