2023 DECLUTTERING CAMPAIGN Mrs SD

Muddy_Walker

Quick question - what do people do with very very very blunt scissors that can’t/won’t be sharpened?

Florenceem

Had a long lie in as I was tired after yesterday at SA.
Then P and his wife F took me by car to collect fabric from an elderly lady. We took it to the SA hall to sort - I was good and only came home with a few bits - some green velvet that I can picture being used for Christmas stockings. F sews so we were like 2 girls at a candy store. I have put what we wouldn't use upstairs at SA and will have & advertise a fabric/haberdashery stall at the table sale next week. I have been working on 13 more bunny bags to use up my stock of Chocolate oranges - I bought 3 dozen in December.

Chieveley

GrannyKate said:

@weenancyinAmerica - Amersham and Chesham area is very nice - we often drove through there.  My ancestors are spread far and wide but no direct ones in that area although various cousins and in-laws passed through.  My great grandmother/great aunt's first marriage was to a chap whose first wife was born in Chesham in 1846.  The couple had married at Amersham in 1868 and their oldest child was baptised at Chesham in 1869.  My mother used to tell this romantic story of how, after his first wife died, he married mother's great aunt and they travelled 'round the world' for a honeymoon and then settled in his home county of Devon where he died less than 3 years later.  The great aunt then married her sister's widower becoming my mother's grandmother as well as great aunt.  

Children wanted some red nose stuff but I can't find any this morning.  Sainsbury's seem to have got rid of it all.  

413 Old work jacket of DS2's binned
414 Kettle and coffee pot descaled

I'm going for a wander round house to see what can be put away. 

Sainsbury didn't stock any this year, staff member said to order from Amazon. I could only find the paper nose £2.50. I wanted the pin badge as I have all the other years. Didn't find any online.

roundtuit

2 bottles of bubble bath retrieved from under the kitchen sink and deposited in my bedroom  - like with like

Shower scrunchie removed from kitchen worktop and placed in bedroom drawer - like with like

Another book reread and put in cs bag.

Rxx

Dfw38

MMiM 13: cleared out and cleaned bathroom cupboard. I have 2 bottles of baby shampoo to add to my food bank bag. Have added what I need to buy to my online delivery order.

short_bird

A quick wander through with today's update, nothing exciting but all necessary.
1335-1339: 3 GB data and 100 emails deleted
1340-1344: carriers returned to the delivery driver
1345: post redirected from the communal hallway
1346-1349: items to recycling
1350-1360: items to bin.

TC77

@Florenceem lovely the bunnies.:) so much talent on this thread.
Abit overtaken by RL and physical clutter seems so much. Decided to sort some packaging and biggest room of doom. Found cats had accidents in there some time ago:(  awful to admit and has shaken me up about the mess. Really struggling to understand why so much stuff  and most of it seems useful.
Managed to throw away a chunky 2019 diary tearing out the few pages I need. Might seem small.but symbolic. Couple or small frogs done hut more added to my list.1 top in CS bag
Haven't done nos for a week nearly so saying 410. 

Liverpool_Anne

Hi all, another slow start day, still raining but not as cold. Quick whizz around the bathroom, topped up the hand wash dispenser so the empty bottle into the recycling. I started to sort out a draw which has my soap stash in but OH arrived home for lunch so stuff just put back, 1 bar soap into the bathroom, but the draw is now more of a mess so will sort it tomorrow. After lunch I folded and put away dry washing as OH had a load of jeans to wash so they are now on the maiden. I had a little look in the space between the couches where OH had extracted the presents from and found 1 item to go into the car boot box. I have realised a few things have slipped under the couches so I plan to drag them out and clear that. Bound to be a pile of rummel . I have also found a tin I thought was empty actually contains more toiletries but I couldn't fit them in the designated draw so the tin is sitting on my chest of draws until I have sorted out the draw. I went in for a coffee with ln, not seen her this week as we have both been in and out to various places so had a good catch up and I checked where she will be going on Sunday, her children are all very good and keep in touch regularly and will be entertaining her for the day between them. I have sent a text to my nephew to remind him it is Mother's day on Sunday as he is still watching cricket in India, you really can go off people . After tea I watched a short film on the iPlayer that has received 2 oscars in the short film category. It's called an Irish farewell that I thought was quite good, only 30 mins long but a few swear words so not suitable for children. Then I spent quite a bit of time texting about a union meeting and had a conversation about a possible benevolence case, I should hear more tomorrow. 
@Mrs SD the presents are OHs responsibility but to be fair quite a few things have been sorted for this trip and OH is usually very organised for these things. We have lists of food to take as well as plans of things OH is to cook and freeze to take down. I have asked for this to be done at least a week before we go so I can make sure the kitchen is sorted. I do not want to be getting home to a messy kitchen
Off to bed now, hugs to all who would like one
535 washing sorted
536 soap into bathroom from stash
Take care everyone
536/2023 

Mrs_Salad_Dodger

Came down to earth with a bump on Thursday 😔 DH phoned at 2:20 p.m. as he was feeling a bit peculiar & slightly breathless with a racing pulse - same as on the 1st March. On Wednesday’s call with the doctor, she had told DH that if he had another ‘turn’ he should go straight to A&E. He phoned for a cab & got there quite quickly - phoned me when he arrived. DH explained the problem & was signed in within a couple of minutes, seen by nurses & hooked up to ECG within 5 minutes (emailed me at 3.15 p.m.) Then it was a waiting game & I was starting to get worried as I couldn’t get through on the phone ☹️ At 16:49 DSis received a text saying DH had tested positive for Covid & that there was no signal only wi-fi 😮‍💨 Various texts back & forth between DSis & DH from 6.14 p.m. to 9.00 p.m. + 2 emails to me. A reassuring one at 7.30 p.m. - ecg back to normal & had been seen by doctors, he was fine & told me not to worry 😔 However, next email at 8.48 p.m. letting me know that he was being kept in ☹️ Next text to DSis asking for phone charger & toiletries & mini Twix bars 😉

I packed a bag with the items requested + tracksuit bottoms (DH doesn’t wear pyjamas 🙂), a new t-shirt, book, reading glasses, bottle of water & a box of crackers. DH also confirmed his location - being kept in a room in A&E. I phoned for a minicab which couldn’t find our house 😖 so after much confusion & 30 minutes later car turned up. I arrived at DH’s room 10:15 p.m. He was sitting up, looking & feeling fine but covered with wires & hooked up to a beeping monitor showing heart rate, blood oxygen & BP. Nursing staff popping in regularly to take his temperature & make sure he was OK. A very nice doctor, Dr Sheila, came in about 10:45 p.m. & talked us through everything including explaining exactly what was going to happen on Friday. X-Ray & ultrasound & a visit from DH’s heart specialist, at which point a course of action would be decided. I finally left  at 1:30 a.m. as DH was starting to stress about how I would get home. Headed off walking towards a bus stop for a night bus but was lucky enough to hail a black cab & was indoors by 1.50 a.m. & had emailed DH by 1.52 a.m. DH’s ‘relieved’ reply was received 1.57 a.m. so hopefully he will sleep well now that he knows I am home safe & sound 🤞  

See you later

MrsSD

Fizz2015

@Mrs_Salad_Dodger what a night for you. It was good that Mr SD took the Dr's advice and glad that there is an action plan for him. But very worrying for you. Hope the covid is a mild case and Mr SD is home soon with you. Hugs Xx