2023 DECLUTTERING CAMPAIGN Mrs SD

vulpix

Ps. Forgot to say, they are very quick to make. I just used any old chunky wool, and made the smallest size. 

Crazycatlady2

Going to be one of those days..  opened curtains this morning and accidentally pulled one down now washer won't spin 😕

Trying to decide if we should try and move roof bars from current to new car or leave them on and buy new and get Halfords to fit...we both have back issues and worried we will do it wrong so money spent Vs hassle comes into it 

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 

Tuesday is another lovely sunny day but I missed the morning as only got up at noon 😔 Maximum temperature will be 23C with Wednesday forecast to be the last warm day before the temperatures start falling to more Autumnal temps 😉

Made my first cuppa & with a sinking heart opened my mail - a letter from HMRC 😢 Underpaid tax for Tax Year 2022/2023 😢 but nothing horrendous 😮‍💨 Annoyingly there is no mention of a facility to pay by cheque - you can either use the App or have tax code amended. Tax code amendment it is then 😉 So to cheer myself up I will do some cheerleading 😊

Nice to see you vulpix 👋 A lovely supportive, informative & encouraging post not only for TC77 but also for all of the declutterati still working their way towards Maintenance Mode Decluttering 😊 So succinctly put that I am awarding you a medal 🏅 Great work in the garden 👏 but please take it a bit easier until your health issue is fully sorted 🙏

flamingo747, I am curious to know what would happen if you informed your wider family that you were donating/disposing of the stuffed toys 🤨 Perhaps suggest that each person can have one toy + a photo of the rest 😉

Fizz2015, excellent work sorting out both the allotment & the garden 👏 Very pleased to hear that you took suitable precautions against the sun 😊 It sounds like your Guinea pigs are each modelling themselves on Victor Meldrew 😅 

flamingo747, poor Mr flamingo 😔 although I do have to admit to being highly amused at your comment “…… it doesn’t hurt a bit” 🙊 I see from your signature that you have reached 500 🥳 Congratulations, one Gold Star ⭐️ coming your way 👏

QueenJess, what a marvellous attitude to overwhelm 😊👏 Committing to one thing a day so continuing to make progress 💐 Good luck with the valuations 🍀 Loved the 2nd part of your post about Maintenance Mode Decluttering, also very succinctly put so one medal 🏅 on it’s way 👏

Welcome back charlies_tribe 👋 Sorry to hear that everyone has been ill over the past couple of weeks 😔 but pleased to hear that it wasn’t Covid 🙂 So very sorry to hear about your poor dog 😢 Cwtches for both you & doggy 🤗 Good luck with the “one huge sweep” before starting your Christmas preps 🍀

Another page finished so will post & find something to do 😉

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

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

Decluttering Target 2023: 2119/2023

1p Savings Challenge Running Total: £469.00

flamingo747

Liverpool_Anne that is bonkers! How about they just make it mandatory for all dental practices to do 10% minimum of their weekly work for NHS patients (prioritising children, the disabled,  and the poorest), and then pay them a better rate. In Devon there are 0 available adult NHS spots now, and I believe only a handful of places in the whole south west with any child spaces, often 100+ miles away! Toothpaste in school, !!!!!!! 

CCL definitely leave them if you can afford to, not worth the injury risk

Thank you for the Star MrsSD, wonder of I can hit 1000 before the end of the year!

+1 bag of old clothes given to friend, +1 soft pastels donated to Crafting group, and +1 idea for a bit of art that's been knocking around my brain for a while put to paper and decluttered

short_bird

Good afternoon, evening, morning all...
need to be at work by 6 so food is in the oven and I'm just sorting out a couple of small things.
3599-3612: 14 GB data deleted
3613-3615: 150 emails deleted
3616-3621: items to recycling
3622-3659: items to bin
3660: shredding
3661-3665: 3 binbags and 2 lots of paper recycling out
3666: leaflets recycled from the communal hallway.
3667-3669: returned 2 pairs of leggings as too loose and a pair of trainers as too tight around the toes. 
Will be cracking on with deferred decisions and time sensitive stuff tomorrow.
As the sergeant used to say in Hill Street Blues: Be Careful Out There.

flamingo747

Sentimental paperwork put in a folder to protect at last +1, unnecessary Sentimental for recycling +1

TC77

Spent last few weeks 100s hours on giant frog but legal process let me down. 3 years waiting and told the exact opposite today so feeling like creeping into the tlc carriage. I could have sorted my house but neglected it to focus on frog. Also new recruit at work for non work reasons decided wont be staying so another recruitment frog.
Listening to the tragic world news and focusing on how relatively minor my issues are. 
Take care all x

flamingo747

@TC77 the TLC carriage sounds like just the place. Can you put a pin in everything else can just get some self-care in?

QueenJess

@Mrs_Salad_Dodger thanks so much for my medal

Tried to get through some of the tidying backlog and through a big list of things to do that were stacking up.  A bit more decluttering to declare as a result of these.  Always lots more to do.

Digital:
33,536-33,545 - notes deleted

Physical:
33,546 - ood credit card shredded
33,547 - food cupboard overstock used up
33,548-33,554 - paper (reused, then recycled)

TC77

@flamingo747 thank you, 
Think I left my to do list on the train home!
Packaged item to return, and posted item on free site, and lots of paper going in bin!

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