2023 DECLUTTERING CAMPAIGN Mrs SD

TC77

@Florenceem amazing work , please take a rest

One car load of things brought back from dd1 and going back in about half an hour. Up early tomorrow promised dd2 lift to exam and then to dd1 for van.  She's only been in her flat 18 months and throws out  things all the time but seems so much- the thought of moving from 3 storey house I've lived in for 30 years seems
 impossible.
Won't be able to.move in anyroom but kitchen and dining room - where dd2 and I just managed to find space to eat dinner . It's a big table but covered with revision. 5 weeks and then can start sorting my things. I'm sure I'm paying insurance for dd1 flat but can't work out the company or how paying- sign of level of disorganisation !.

Mrs_Salad_Dodger

1. Write a daily To Do list - only 3 tasks to include MMiM - do this before I go to bed

2. Commence ‘Operation Frog Tickling’ I have an acronym - I.R.I.S. being Identify, Research, Implement, Sign Off 

3. Implement a new sleep/wake up regime - start going to bed earlier (target before 2:00 a.m.) get up earlier (target by 9:00 a.m.)

4. Deal with ‘Urgent’ daily mail immediately & the rest at the weekend

5. Don’t put it down, put it away

6. If I spot a mini task deal with it immediately e.g. refill olive oil pourer or salt cellar, stitch up a hole in a garment etc

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

Thursday is bright but overcast although the sun is trying hard to break through 🙂 I amended yesterday’s post to say that DSis did the wudupa this morning. Recycling wheelie was emptied today after being missed last week. Wrote a shopping list for DH & put away shopping when DH got back. Frittered away the rest of the day reading & doing Sudoku puzzles. Dinner was omelettes for DH & myself, and risotto cakes for DSis. DH did the bulk of the washing up. I finished off, dupa & wiped down all kitchen surfaces. DH washed the third of the patio that was jet washed yesterday (I will take & post photo tomorrow 😉) 

1192 - 1197 Kitchen recycling, office recycling, cardboard box, paper packaging, drinks cans, plastic bottle - recycled

1198 - 1199 Kitchen & office detritus - binned

A busy Wednesday afternoon Florenceem 👏 Good news about MrF 😊 Hopefully he enjoyed his walk outside 🤞More excellent decluttering & tidying in MrF’s office 👏

QueenJess, pleased to hear that DD was well enough to go to nursery. 😊Hopefully she will continue to improve until she is fully herself again 🤞Nice to hear that a tidier house means you are less stressed 😊 Excellent decluttering both physical & electronic👏

Great work spring cleaning the kitchen vulpix 👏 Hopefully the builder will turn up sooner rather than later 🤞 Great work decluttering even more handbags 👏

Sorry to hear you are unwell Florenceem 😔 Everything crossed that it is NOT Covid 🤞Plenty of rest, fluids & paracetamol 🙏

Oops, just noticed the time - not doing very well with getting into a good sleep routine 😔

MrsSD (a superwoman) 😇 🎖💐🤩🏅🦸🏅💐🏆 💐🍰🍾🌟⭐️🌟 💐🏅💐🏅💐💐💐🏅💐 ⭐️ ❤️🏅🍾🏅 📣🦸‍♀️

DH Awards: 🥇🏅⭐️💐🏅 perseverance medal 🎖️ 🥇 🏅🏅 

Decluttering Target 2023: 1199/2023

1p Savings Challenge Running Total: £116.90

Florenceem

Going to visit Mr F this afternoon. 
This morning I will pop to SA and then take a bag of stuff to the charity shop + pay some bills - Mr F's bank has now agreed that I can pay bills from his account.
Still in pjs after my shower - I can see some shredding out on the pavement - I hope someone hasn't split the bags as it will be  
a terrible mess to clear up.

Happy_Kitties

A few little extra bits done last night
*161 Broken Christmas bauble -binned
*162 Christmas decoration, def cannot save it-binned
*163 plastic file beyond use-into recycling.

Im slowly and still sorting out boxes of late DMs things. Hopefully clear another box of items today. By gum she did keep a lot of tat!

2Scratters

@TC77 If you use online banking check your DD'S and standing orders also continuous payments they show too now a days. Maybe you or DD have had an email and you have saved it. 

I'm definitely not decluttering here at my house. However stuff from parents though is working its way in. Clearing the house they left and also seeing some of the most very odd items that got moved to their flat. Seeing very old pans that have been fixed to make do for example. So now both of theses properties are needing work on them. 
 I clearly am my mothers daughter in having stuff but still being very selective about what is coming in. It has to be useable and will save/prevent me from the need to buy anytime soon making me my fathers daughter Everything that is coming in is being cleaned and sorted and placed away appropriately, that too is a result. 
I have shopped from home by using a garden chair cover unused for covering the folding bed and releasing the material covering it to recycle land.

2 Scratters xx

EnergyShifter

It's been a week since I last posted.  Kept up with reading posts for a couple of days but so far behind now I've given up even skim reading.  Sorry!  

A fairly quiet week work wise - some ups and downs in mood but more manageable.  New CBT Therapist is so much more experienced and sessions way more helpful as a result.  

Followed up on travel insurance query - additional payment now only £14 rather than the £54 they originally asked for.

Tasks:

- Travel Insurance bought 

- 2nd CBT session 

- Trimmed front and back garden (ached for days after) 

- Cancelled website plan - barely use it 

IN (running total 86)

0

OUT (running total 391)

392 -6  5 x Trays left by pest control - mice appear to be decluttered now.

397.  dead pants

398.  old waterproof sheeting from garden

Love to all 

QueenJess

Well I thought I was home and dry there with DD back at nursery, but she's now come down with something else!  She's tired but also 2, so she can't sit still for 2 mins.  DH has the day off, so he's on DD duty.  He's taken her to feed the ducks after a mid morning nap and then she'll be back for another sleep.  DS also has a bad cold that he has given to me.  It's the plague house here

Trying to juggle work and home stuff as usual, but trying not to stress about it.  The house is starting to slide again, so I need to get as much tidying done as I can in breaks etc.  I've already changed all the beds and am on the second load of washing.  Some more decluttering to declare as I try to get to the end of the tidying (which is going to be slow as it generally contains longer things for me to do before it can be tidied - such as listing DD's old reusable nappies online).

Digital:
13,765-13,769 - emails permanently deleted

Physical:
13,770-13,775 - paper (reused, then recycled)
13,776 - kids clothes too small (charity bag)
13,777 - socks that are uncomfortable (recycling)
13,778-13,806 - nappies too small (listed to sell)

When I re-started my "proper" decluttering 1 January 2022 (and then joined this thread a few months later), I started tracking on the basis of getting rid of 1 item on 1st, 2 on the 2nd and then restarting each month.  I've continued to track where I am with that and I am currently in July 2025 decluttering wise   Who knew I even had that much stuff to get rid of?!  That also means that since 1 January 2022 I've ejected 18,912 items from my house since then!  It's mad!

Mrs_Salad_Dodger

1. Write a daily To Do list - only 3 tasks to include MMiM - do this before I go to bed

2. Commence ‘Operation Frog Tickling’ I have an acronym - I.R.I.S. being Identify, Research, Implement, Sign Off 

3. Implement a new sleep/wake up regime - start going to bed earlier (target before 2:00 a.m.) get up earlier (target by 9:00 a.m.)

4. Deal with ‘Urgent’ daily mail immediately & the rest at the weekend

5. Don’t put it down, put it away

6. If I spot a mini task deal with it immediately e.g. refill olive oil pourer or salt cellar, stitch up a hole in a garment etc

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

Friday is another overcast day & slightly cooler than yesterday (only 15C). Up & dressed by 12:30 & came downstairs to find an envelope which I recognised as being from NS&I 🤔 A surprise to me as when I checked my PB holder number at the beginning of the month I had the ‘Sorry No Luck This Time’ message - curiouser & curiouser 🤨 Checked again - lo & behold I was a winner 2 x £25 🥳 I rechecked DH’s number 🤞but he was still not a winner 😔 Very, very odd but I am happy 🙂 I am posting the original ‘cleaned patio’ photo & the now bleached clean patio picture - spot the difference 😂

Before bleaching 

After bleaching

Cheerleading will be on a 2nd post 

MrsSD (a superwoman) 😇 🎖💐🤩🏅🦸🏅💐🏆 💐🍰🍾🌟⭐️🌟 💐🏅💐🏅💐💐💐🏅💐 ⭐️ ❤️🏅🍾🏅 📣🦸‍♀️

DH Awards: 🥇🏅⭐️💐🏅 perseverance medal 🎖️ 🥇 🏅🏅 

Decluttering Target 2023: 1199/2023

1p Savings Challenge Running Total: £116.90

Soontobeoap

I have been missing for 2 weeks! Phone left at dds house on mainland! My, you have all been very busy.
This lovely weather has had me decluttering in garden.5 large bags of composted garden materials spread over garden. 4 bags of garden rubbish removed to tip. Really pleased that my newly learned composting skills are finally paying off. Next year I am hoping that all of my garden rubbish will be composted at home. I am also working my way through some of the paint tins that are stored in shed and DH and I have painted garden fence, top of beehive composter and tops of decking posts. Will post pics when operation "Garden tidy" is complete.
Also dealt with frog. Passports now applied for after 2 trips to post office to have them checked! 

short_bird

A quick update as they day has disappeared and I'm working tonight.
2077-2101: items to recycling and bin
2102-2103: 100 emails deleted
2104-2106: 2 bags of rubbish and a bag of paper recycling to bins
2107-2111: Records to charity shop bag
Deferred decisions: 
not sure how to reckon this! 2x 23 minute missions resulting in a bag of paper and a bag of rubbish. Total now 295.