2022 DECLUTTERING CAMPAIGN MrsSD

grandmanerd

I have Rumours LP and Dark Side of the Moon (+ multiple other Pink Floyd albums). All the Led Zeps (some are first editions), loads of Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, think I saw never Mind the Boll***, Half man Half Biscuit, a ton of Folk Rock (Who Knows where the time goes was played at ex's funeral), some weird and obscure 60s stuff and psychedelia (Including the Escalator under the Hill which I drew his attention to in a record shop in Rhyl in 1983 or 84). Think he's sold Their Satanic Magesties Pleasure which is possibly my favourite Rolling Stones album.

Not that I want any of them here but hoping they turn into a magic money cow for my boys in the next 3 months.

EnergyShifter

EnergyShifter said:

966.  Put up curtain pole & curtains
907   Knitted a beanie
908.  Another broken side-plate - just replaced one! 
909.  Sweatshirt
910.  DS' lovely merino wool hoodie attacked by moths  

Yesterday's gospel concert was lovely and very uplifting- the light-show at Tower of London was odd but it was nice spending time with the family.  This morning - 8am service at Church, followed by trip to the shops to take something back which ended up with a diversion to a CS where I got a absolutely lovely jumper - paid more than I normally would - £20 - but it is  Brand New and exactly what I've been looking for - a black v neck ( Karen Millen current season).  Wearing it now !!

Spent all afternoon looking at City Break options.  DS' choice of location - Prague - and options for  accommodation were good but he'd forgotten to check flights which were either not going there on the days we needed to travel or were going via Poland so were taking 6 hours.  I have been looking for other options including some UK options (not helped by the train strike on Saturday) and  there's been a problem with all of them - either accommodation or travel.  I've now reached overwhelm and can't face looking any more.  I'm back to work tomorrow so just won't have the bandwidth to look so will suggest that we just do a daytrip / nice day out up Town.  I hope he's not too disappointed.

911.  Session replying to emails and messages
912.  Returned wool to shop. 

short_bird

grandmanerd said:

All the Led Zeps (some are first editions), 
Not that I want any of them here but hoping they turn into a magic money cow for my boys in the next 3 months.

@grandmanerd The first Led Zeppelin. It's complicated! If it has turquoise lettering top left take a look at this link.
Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin | Releases | Discogs
So much will depend on condition and which version it is: let's face it, folks played their records in the early 70's.

4695-4696: recycling bins emptied on Friday
4697-4698: binbags to outside wheely bin, also Friday
4699: shredding done as shreddables found. 
4700-4710: recycling herded
4711-4728: items to bin
4729-4732: regular payments cancelled
4733-4748: 16GB data deleted off the external hard drive.

OK, another cup of decaf tea and check how the laundry's drying. 

TC77

@roundtuit impressed your records are alphabetical.  Agree with @short_bird I played my records all the time. Still have many of them, mainly late 70s/early 80s indie, and bowie etc. All abit crackly although took great care. 

2 eggcups sold - collectable but slight chips so pennies but want used. Few things on the free site posted. 

Spent time with friend which was good mental declutter. DD2 refused to do anything to help and stomped up and I stayed v calm. Think totally failed with her. Football called off so thought she could spare 20 mins but have put few things in her room. 

Feeling weary so will have to clear my desk before starting work tomorrow!  Have finished mending a summer bag.

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

Sunday was dry until about 6:00 p.m. I never did get dressed 😉 Spent the day knitting & watching TV. Knitted the 2nd wrist warmer & now have one pair all sewn up. Also knitted a 2nd pair of wrist warmers which will be sewn up later. DH filled the bird feeders again. DSis has a sore arm from having her flu jab. Dinner was cottage pie (meat mix from freezer) with spring greens & roasted tomatoes & peppers 🤤 Wudupa. Watched SCD & the results show. The judges are definitely struggling with who to send home 🙁

1989 Kitchen recycling 

1990 - 1991 Kitchen & lr detritus - binned

Excellent work sorting out your admin, roundtuit 👏 If you have access to Middle Earth I will definitely accompany you - I have always wanted to meet hobbits & elves 😁 DH & I did meet an orc & saw the Nazgûl chasing Arwen - way back in 2006 when we were touring New Zealand 😊 

Will pop back later & continue cheerleading as I think I should probably go to bed 😉😉 

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

I AM A STAR 🌟 

Decluttering Target: 1991/2022

2022 - 1p Savings Challenge: Running Total £469.22

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

Monday is a dark, overcast day but dry …….. so far 😉 Currently up & drinking my cup of tea. 

1992 Drinks cans recycled 

Straight into cheerleading 🙂

You have been busy grandmanerd - heavy duty gardening, builders assistant, indoor tidying, returning library books, attending a C…. event etcetera, etcetera, etcetera 👏 Hope you like the King & I reference 😅 - I always picture Yul Brynner 😉 How ‘kind’ of DS3 to want you back in the house - he could have come out to the garden & assisted you so you didn’t collapse with exhaustion 😔 Shame about the jam & onion marmalade - hopefully you can have a little treat over the Festive Season 🤞Excellent decluttering plan but please make a little time for yourself - spend at least some time in the TLC Carriage 🙂 An eclectic music collection which can hopefully translate into a decent sum of money 🤞do love the idea of a magic money cow 🤣

Nice to see you Blackberrycurved 👋 hope you managed to spend at least a little time in the TLC Carriage & that it wasn’t just RL getting in the way of your decluttering 😉 Great work so far - dealing with quite a few of those niggling little tasks 👏 A piano playing Tai Chi master has a lovely ring to it 😊 No advice to offer re the photo & memories boxes 🙁 - I have several shoe boxes full tucked away in a cupboard - out of sight out of mind …… most of the time 😉

Excellent decluttering QueenJess 👏 Lovely to hear that you are now allowing yourself to notice that there is less ‘mess’ & you are noticing that you are winning the decluttering challenge 😊

Sounds like a lovely weekend EnergyShifter 😊 & I was rather chuffed that you gave yourself a little treat by buying the jumper 👏 As to the City Break, perhaps you & DS can have it after your cataract operation - after all you will be able to enjoy it more when you can see better 😊 The day trip sounds far less stressful 🙂 As to visiting Prague - I would thoroughly recommend it - a beautiful city. 

Excellent decluttering short_bird 👏

TC77, I am loving the chat about vinyl collections 😊 I own just the one single - hiding in one of the many boxes lurking in corners of various rooms 😔 Not sure it is fit to play anymore (even if I owned a record player 😉) Elton John’s “I’m Still Standing” - got me through my divorce in my mid twenties 🙂👏 although it drove my poor DM batty as I played it constantly 😅 Very pleased to hear that you have spent time with a friend 👏 & yah boo to DD2’s attitude 🙁 

Well will you look at that - I have caught up 😅 no excuse not to get dressed now but I think I will have another drink first 😂

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

I AM A STAR 🌟 

Decluttering Target: 1992/2022

2022 - 1p Savings Challenge: Running Total £469.22

roundtuit

Morning all xx

P & S called for coffee and S mentioned that they'd been unable to buy any photocopier paper in town. One ream of photocopier paper removed from desk drawer in RoD, handed over, and that's another thing out of the house 😊

Every little helps!
Rxx

Siebrie

I spent the weekend doing nothing at all

Well, apart from shopping for groceries, 2 loads of laundry, selecting and ordering 4 bedroom doors at the DIY store, returning a stand-alone clothes rack we didn't manage to put together, preparing and leading Sunday School, supervising dd2 (Saturday) and dd1 (Sunday) cooking dinner, doing dishes x4, dusting the laminate floors on the 1st floor, facetiming parents x2, filling in husband's optional benefits page (every 6 months he has to confirm and supply evidence for the benefits he picked ...), prepped mentally for church christmas (which, apparently, I'm in charge of now that I'm the head of the Sunday School team ), prepped mentally for St Nicolas (5 December, gifts for husband, dds and me), sorted through a bin liner filled with clothes a friend gave me, deleted some recorded series from the telly removing the 'chore' of having to watch them, took dd2 to a trial violin lesson (she doesn't want to continue ), installed remote controllable sockets, ....

roundtuit

@Siebrie - I was tired just reading how much you've done over the weekend 🥴

I've WUDUPA and:
empty jam jar - washed & recycled 
empty marmalade jar - washed & recycled 

That's a little bit less clutter. 😊

Oh, and I've used the small padded envelope that I recently found - it's waiting to go into the post. 

Rxx

bit_by_bit

LoL @Siebre You had us there 

Spent the morning reorganising my finances to take advantage of raised interest rates. This is the first time I have ever been able to do this.

Met up with DiL and GS4 for lunch. I don't see them very often but DiL busy with all sorts of stuff and not prone to taking care of herself. Discusssed a plan to clear debt over the next x number of years. A lot of thousands which she doesn't seem weighed down by. She ahs always had a loan for something.

Anyway. Good chat, cuddle with GS3 who is 11 months old and doesn't sit still.

Also, CS next door to the eating place so dropped in a bag of stuff.

Have a great day everyone.