2023 DECLUTTERING CAMPAIGN Mrs SD

Moorviews

Those are really nice @Florenceem. I agree with your sentiments and switched to reusable sanitary pads when I bought some to try over 25 years ago. They have become redundant but looking at your neat design I can see that I could reuse some of the materials to make some pantie liners. 

@Mrs_Salad_Dodger - thank you so much for my star. I hope you both have a wonderful time in Scotland. 

Frustratingly, we went into town in my husband’s car so I forgot the charity shop bag! I always put it in my car, otherwise he just unloads it into the garage because it is in his way. I have also been trying to catch up with the washing, in between showers. I’m very grateful for the rain though! I need to be brave and declutter the fridge today as I have spotted a few little bowls of things that have been in there far too long. They seem to hide behind jars and gradually creep to the back of the fridge, where they become laboratory experiments in fungal growth. 

I am doing daily email deletions but I need to unsubscribe from some things, at least for a while. I have left some FB groups and considering leaving others too. Also, unsubscribed from some tube channels. There’s lots of overwhelm at the moment, which I won’t go into the details of as it is almost exclusively down to a very difficult person. 

Muddy_Walker

Big hugs to everyone - looks as though they are needed 😘
I had loads planned this weekend-but have been ill with some kind of bug. Annoyed about that but 2 days in the office can do that! Paracetamol and orange juice yesterday and sweated out a lot of it.
resting today ready for a new work week…my main holiday is in September but I’ve asked for a couple of days off end of July just a little break to help me through!

short_bird

off to work in 40 minutes... 
2659-2662: 4 items to recycling
2663-2671: items to the bin 
2672- 2673 over 100 emails deleted and some unsubscribed
2674-2676: 3 GB data deleted.
Have definitely paid the disorganised tax over the last couple of days: made sandwiches on Thursday to save money and use up stuff - got home yesterday to a freshly opened jar of Hellm@ns on the worktop  And forgot to pack a toothbrush so had to pop into £land. And only packed 2 t-shirts for the hottest days of the year. Onwards and upwards.

Gers

Got a win today - took down an unused rucksack to put in the CS bag, only to find two old paper fivers in it. I will go to the bank in the morning. I have a habit of stashing a fiver in each bag and under the sun visor in the car, having two must have meant I was using the rucksack for walking trips when there could be a need for some refreshments!

QueenJess

DH took the kids out today so I could stay home and rest.  Still feel very tired, but slightly better.  Whilst I've been here, I've done little bits of tidying and decluttering (went for 2 to tidy and 1 to declutter).  I sorted out DS's clothes drawers and even made a teeny tiny start on DD's clothes (will be doing that one over quite a few days as it's quite overwhelming).  Been packing charity stuff as I go along so once full DH will be able to take it away.

House is getting better, but it's very slow.  Lots done, although loads of things in progress.  I think there is a lot to go in DD's room still.

Digital:
20,158-20,159 - email filter/unsubscribed
20,160-20,272 - documents deleted
20,273-20,284 - notes deleted
20,285-20,315 - duplicate contacts deleted
20,316-20,323 - recipes transferred to app & recycled
20,324-20,329 - bookmarks deleted

Physical:

20,330 - cuddly toy (charity bag)

20,331-20,355 - kids clothes too small/never worn/too many
20,356-20,358 - bath toys (charity bag)

20,359 - recipes recycled (after transferring to app)

Edit: I forgot to mention that yesterday's little act of decluttering was small appliances, but I can't think of any I would like to get rid of at the moment.  Today's is half finished craft projects, but I don't have any.

Florenceem

florianatwobob - I wouldn't want to use bought pantie liners now.
Moorviews - plenty of tutorials about making cloth pads on YT. I went to a workshop to make my first one but I love doing workshops.
Went to Church this morning and straight to the garden party where it rained and rained. I was in the SA gazebo so kept dry. No first aid needed - there were 2 Doctors among the guests anyway. Shall we say - the toilet facilities were primitive!
Haven't found out the total raised for Ukraine yet.

Deni_debt-free_dreamer

Afternoon
Just skim read about 15 pages. I've had a bit of a digital declutter this weekend in that I've spent little time on my laptop. I usually have to do some of my self employment or PT work at the weekends but I am up to date so I've done no paid work and limited the time on my laptop. It's been fab! 
Yesterday i went to the library and ordered my next book group read - I have to pay £1 but it means i don't end up with another book to put on a shelf or give away or try to sell; plus I like to support the library Yesterday eve I sorted through a basket of letters etc and put 90% in recycling or the shredder. I cleaned my fridge - all of it in one go! - and put a few manky bits of food in the food waste but most of it was fine, but now the fridge is better organised.  DD1 has sold a few more of my clothes on v!nted. 
I've just done a purge on emails to get them back below 11k. 
Love to all
Deni x

stellata

Thanks for tech recycling ideas I will definitely ask the food bank if they want chargers. Didn't think of charity shops I mostly don't with electric stuff but I know lots do take things now. 

3 pairs of shoes gone in the shoe bin in the car park by the shop. Shoes take up a lot of space don't they do a fair gap in my wardrobe bottom shelf now.

QueenJess

Tons more documents ejected since I'm lying around doing not much.  I had completely forgotten I had dumped files on my laptop that I had meant to go through for about 15 years and then forgotten I had ones to go through!  I have multiples of the same thing and the time that has passed means I don't need a lot of them anymore anyway.  Still some more to go through, but I've done quite a lot of them now.

Still got 3 recipes to transfer to the app and the whole library of books to add to the app and consider if I still want them (bar 1 shelf that I've done).  Just doesn't seem to be an end to the decluttering!  I'm thinking I'll easily hit 25,000 items this year and quite possibly even more.

@Mrs_Salad_Dodger be careful what you wish for.  Yes I always am getting stuff done, but it's a hangover from when I used to work 70+ hour weeks and I got far too good at being busy and multi tasking.  I now find it really hard to relax at all.  I am trying though..

Digital:
20,360-20,665 - documents deleted
20,666-20,681 - bookmarks deleted
20,682-20,683 - notes deleted

Physical:
20,684-20,686 - recipes recycled (after transferring to app)
20,687-20,689 - bath toys (charity bag)
20,690-20,691 - DS cars (2 out, 1 in, charity bag)

GrannyKate

Slow weekend recovering from holiday.  

962-963 At least 3 x 10 thing put away where they belong
964 Caught up on 1p challenge as I was behind
965 Holiday washing all done and put away
966-967 Two t-shirts in charity bag - I did get two new ones
968 Small back pack emptied after holiday and things transferred to handbag - tat in bin
969 Water softener salt replaced
970 Pool cleaned
971 Banking done
972 Calendars and wall charts updated
973 Broken phone case binned
974 DGD4's phone packaged up to send for repair tomorrow
975 Photos all downloaded
976 Family history related photos from visit to Skye put in separate folder and labelled
977 Several hundred emails deleted
978 Copies of letter delivered to DGS4.  He sent a picture and letter to the palace for coronation and was delighted to receive a response which he is taking to show teacher.  DS2 is going to frame it for him. 
979 Suitcases returned to loft
980 Garden tidied
981 Greenhouse sorted and some more supports put in place for cucumbers
982 Form filled in for dropping off tomorrow.
983 Various items went home with DD when she dropped me off
984 New sandals to DD - I got too big a size - she is getting me new ones
985 At least 300 emails deleted along with random items in download folder