Mortgage free in Forever Home :-)

skint_spice

KajiKita said:

savingholmes said:

Well done on the gardening. The decluttering / clearing plans sound good too. At least once it's gone you have more hope of keeping on top of things. Trying to tell myself that at least. 

I think there is still an element here of us having moved in here, 4 years ago, not having the time or mental energy to think about where things should go logically and shoving them wherever we could at the time, and haven't unpicked it since. If I'm right, once we rearrange and organise so things are in more logical places, i hope they will stay there! 😉

KK

I know that feeling! I moved here nearly three years ago after a breakup and was too tired to think. Still got stuff in spare room that I haven’t touched. Surely they can go…

savingholmes

You have made huge progress with the house over the last year! Here's to hoping you manage to get it more like how you want in 2024. Not that I think it's ever done.

When I am trying to declutter myself - it certainly makes you aware of the simplicity of yesteryear when you just couldn't have afforded or borrowed enough money to sustain the amount of clutter that has come out of this house!

I_Love_comps

I have just read through your wonderful diary.  Wishing you a very Happy New Year @KajiKita.

SandyShores

KajiKita said:

....... Quite chuffed at having thought this through 🤩 (Is it just me, or is this the hardest part about decluttering?).

KK

Completely agree, I had a lightbulb moment in my office/craftroom this morning.  For six months I've been trying to figure it out and this morning with a coffee and a quiet period decluttering some paperwork it just came to me.

Watty1

I think clutter is just very draining all around, so many of us are struggling that I think it must be a sign of our times. My great aunts and grandmothers just had a draw of gift wrap (carefully refolded after use) and string and that seemed to be it!

Brie

Likewise moved here with MiL combining households nearly 6 years back after FiL had died.  Things just never got put away or disposed of, fast forward a few years and MiL's death and a year beyond that we are finally getting a lot done.  I keep telling myself it's a marathon not a sprint!!

KajiKita

Thanks @skint_spice, @savingholmes, @Brie, @Watty1 - looks like my experience resonates 😉
I do think there something about having spare cash which then gets turned into ‘stuff’. I did have the slightly ‘doomed to failure’ / vain thought this morning, that if I do get all this stuff cleared, there is no way it would recur now as I am a conscious, careful and considered consumer now … umm …. 😉

Thanks also to @I_Love_comps 😊 Not sure how my diary would be wonderful 😂 but you are very welcome here 😊

KK

KajiKita

Survived my first day back. Only 162 emails 😊🤩

Got loads done as a lot of people are still off so the calendar is fairly clear. Making the most of it before next week ….

In other, not so good news. FiL got taken into hospital last night for strange abdominal pains (completely different to the hernia pains he had in November) so Mr KK has spent most of his last day off sat in a hospital again …. 

KK

KajiKita

Mr KK has said to eat without him as he has no idea when he will be home. So I am - bung in the oven with left over broccoli and half tin of sweetcorn (the other half tin will be used to brighten up my lunchtime salads - literally 😉).

Started one decluttering task by taking all the (very 😳) ood stuff out of the cupboard under the spice shelves and binning it all. Wiped down the shelves as far as I could get to them - will wipe down the other half and start rearranging tomorrow. So whacked now ….

KK

beanielou

Sorry to hear abour MR KK's dad