2023 DECLUTTERING CAMPAIGN Mrs SD

Brie

@Florenceem
Hope Mr F is feeling better today and the sale at SA was a raging success.  The sales I used to help with for Cats Protection were always hugely popular - people love a bargain and if there's home made cake too that's a big bonus.  Don't forget to sit down and have some quiet time for yourself to recharge the battery.

Meanwhile at Casa Brie the dining room has mostly been tidied - I've left a pile of stuff on the table with instructions for the OH to deal with it so hopefully he will.  He's also been tasked with emptying the kitchen bin which ties in nicely with him making dinner - coq au vin on the menu so I need to pop out and get the vin.  I've also tidied up my painting desk a bit so I can finish the masterpiece started last Monday before the next class - I always seem to leave things to the last minute.

QueenJess

Cleared up the en-suite bathroom today by tidying it, then cleaning out the things that aren't cleaned weekly (soap dish, window that had annoying streaks on it and the drawer).  It is now perfectly tidy.  I'm planning to try and do something similar with my bedroom next, but it will take longer with a number of things to go through and sort out.  I've come to the conclusion that if I have a mess in a room, it means that I need to declutter in that room because if it was easy to put away I would have done it already.  Will try and do something soon, but just want to sit down for 30 mins...

In the meantime I did make a start on some decluttering last night and I have done some digital stuff whilst sitting down:

10,267-10,368 - emails permanently deleted

10,369 - packaging (recycled)

10,370-10,381 - paperwork (recycled)

10,382-10,387 - clothes I don't wear (charity bag)

Fayolle

Not a lot to report from the week, as RL always gets in the way of my decluttering dreams.  However, if the TLC carriage is to have labrador puppies in it, I might just have to make a prolonged visit. I can’t resist them, especially a fox red one. Even less a fox red retriever. Just saying, in case there is one going spare for cuddles 😊.
All the accumulated Stuff left the house for the cs yesterday. DH took it and some was in danger of coming back, as he was rifling through the bag before he dropped it off. I haven’t found any lurkers, so I think it all managed to make its great escape. Today I can start to fill the bag again.
@Liverpool_Anne, we had a sizeable carpet off cut turned into a mat by a carpet shop.  Is the correct term to “whip” the edges? I might be totally wrong.
Hugs to everyone coping with RL and difficult relations, especially @Dfw38 and @vulpix x

QueenJess

Just an update on photos/videos.  I've been going through my phone organising all my photos/videos into folders/albums by searching for everything on that day for all years.  I started around 13 March and I've been doing the odd extra day so that by the end of the year I should be finished.  I've quite enjoyed going through revisiting old photos/videos and as they are getting organised I will be able to find them in the future!

Progress in some stats so far:

3.3% completed

Total number of photos 6,127 (start = 6,284)

Total number of videos 592 (start = 601)

Total size of photos/videos 33.9GB (start 33.9GB - was less, but then I recorded DS's school play!)

Florenceem

Left home at 7.20 and got home just before 2.30. We raised £611. 79. Our Ukrainians friends raised £500 with their bakes.
Very tired and we lose an hour's sleep tonight with the clocks changing. Going to have a hot cross bun with a cuppa and then a shower - into my pjs.
No decluttering.
Mr F didn't go back to bed today - he was in the back garden when I came home - tidying but was staring into space when I looked out the window. The medication takes 2 weeks to start working.

short_bird

Phew, a week since I posted? Wow, where's the time gone? 
Just a quick post, delivery due soon.
1360-1369: carriers to driver, kerching!
1370-1390: items to recycling
1391-1428: items to bin
1429-1431: 150 emails deleted
1432-1481: 50 GB data deleted
1482: CD added to charity shop bag.

EnergyShifter

I've had lots of colour analysis videos come up in my YouTube recommended and being easily influenced decided to bring more colour into my wardrobe so I had a trip to the Charity shops. 

I'm guessing that my colour type is a Warm Autumn  (its definitely a warm something) - I'm too cheap to pay for a colour analysis so will do some trial and error with charity shop finds which I can re-donate if I get wrong.  Got myself a lovely Asos cardi and a nice White Stuff tunic dress- £6 for the two!! To be honest anything that adds variety to the dominant black in my wardrobe will be a help.

Tasks:
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IN (running total 64)
65. Cardi
66. Tunic Dress

OUT (running total 295))
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charlies_tribe

Evening. Nothing has actually left the house today but the garden furniture and the gazebo have temporarily gone into the shed. The now folded down rabbit cage has gone into the shed until I find the missing clip. And DD2s dance mat has been deflated and the others brought through and stored behind the sofa for the time being. All the dress up (2 loads) that was washed was dried on the line today and the last load is in. I'll try and find any matching bits and list them on the free site tomorrow. I've tried to photo today and I've put them side by side (today's on the left) as best I could, i can almost see the pianounder there!.

When my cousin was born a year ago I made him a frame and my auntie asked if I'd make some for my cousin born on Tuesday so this afternoon was spent making 5 frames and using up some of my craft stuff  and theyve been collected so nothing else got done in the conservatory this afternoon.

QueenJess

Another update for this evening.  Cleared out a cupboard in the kitchen before I needed to squeeze a few more things in it and got it clean and some unneeded paperwork gone.  More digital decluttering and I've been very slowly working on my bedroom getting it tidy and decluttered - mainly just went through the bedside table drawers and putting some stuff away.

10,389-10,414 - photos/videos deleted
10,415-10,417 - app data deletion from phone backups
10,418-10,522 - emails permanently deleted
10,523-10,555 - paperwork (recycled)
10,556-10,557 - clothes I don’t wear (charity bag)

Liverpool_Anne

Hi all, dry washing folded and put away and next lot on the maiden. Annoyingly it was warm and sunny all afternoon but I wasn't at home to put it on the line . Chiropodist appt decluttered and my feet feel a million times better but I got told off because I had left it too long. I have put a note in my diary to try to get an appointment at the right time but they are not the easiest things to organise, like everything connected to the NHS these days . 
When I got home I spent the evening watching 2 films, the Dam Busters then Rocket Man, enjoyed both even though I had seen them a few times

@Florenceem no wonder you were getting into your pjs after that day but the amount of money raised by yourselves and your Ukranian friends is amazing

@EnergyShifter, keep trying different colours and you will probably find several that you like. I think a lot of colours are wearable with black. I mainly wear black trousers but have lots of different coloured tops although I am not too brilliant at colour coordinating but I, personally, don't mind a bit of a clash

@charlies_tribe you can see a massive difference . I love those frames, very talented

Off to bed now as we have already lost the hour . Hugs to everyone who would like one
558 washing sorted
559 chiropodist done
Take care everyone
559/2023