2023 DECLUTTERING CAMPAIGN Mrs SD

balabooberlies

Hello All

have been absent for a year or 2.  Changes/losses etc.  Didn't cope well.  Finding my feet again.  The house is 10 times worse than it ever has been.  My hoarding was given full rein.  Sadly.

So I wondered if I could join again ?

balaboobs x

Muddy_Walker

Hi Balaboobs! Welcome back 😘

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

Pork steaks, mash & cabbage for dinner on Monday. DH did half the washing up, I did the rest & dupa. Went to bed slightly later 02:30.

2403 - 2404 Kitchen recycling, drinks cans - recycled 

2405 Kitchen detritus binned

Tuesday was up at 08:30. A dark, damp day. Drank several hot drinks whilst watching episodes of “The Fall” & knitting a beanie. Finally got dressed for outdoors & DH and I went into Lewisham to drop off the 2 large bags of items to CS (which have staring at me reproachfully for several weeks 😔), get some vegetables from the market & pick up a couple of bits from the sm. We were out for about 2 hours.

2406 - 2413 Rag Bag -containing 2 pillow cases, 2 bras, 4 pairs of socks/stockings

2414 Bag of DSis clothing

2415 - 2446 Three pairs of SiteKing trousers, 2 Status Quo t-shirts, 1 t-shirt, one scarf, 4 headbands, 2 coats AND hand knitted items:- 4 earwarmer headbands, 4 beanies, 7 garter stitch scarves, bubble wrap + 2 calendars, silver plated awards salver

DH made another vegetable soup. Dinner was individual pies, mash & green beans. Wudupa. I got caught up in watching The Fall so am only just going to bed 🙊Will catch up on the cheerleading when I get up 😉

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

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

Decluttering Target 2023: 2446/2023

1p Savings Challenge Running Total: £679.00

Wednesday2000

balabooberlies said:

Hello All

have been absent for a year or 2.  Changes/losses etc.  Didn't cope well.  Finding my feet again.  The house is 10 times worse than it ever has been.  My hoarding was given full rein.  Sadly.

So I wondered if I could join again ?

balaboobs x

Hello again and welcome!

I am up early today and have declutttered my dog to the kennel as we are getting the floors done.

Suffolksue

Bala ! Lovely to see you again I’ve missed you ,

-taff

It's not that long bala, only a year ish...Besides, i remember you fighting tigers and you have the best user name ever. Now, if I could find someone called Badonkadonks, I'd be made up

GrannyKate

Welcome back @balabooberlies.  Real life gets in the way of decluttering for many of us.  Just a quick check in as I have been awol and off on a short break tomorrow.

1771 Jumper of DGS4's to CS bag
1772-1773 Two bags of surplus decorations to CS
1774-1783 At least ten email frogs dealt with
1784 Printing done for DS2
1785 90% of Christmas cards posted including hand deliveries round close
1786 November monthly banking done
1787 Christmas tree purchased and put up - used chain saw to level bottom off - a terrifying first

 Just realised I need to be at hairdressers in 5 minutes so pausing here.

1788 Hair decluttered

 Will resume later. 

 

balabooberlies

Suffolksue said:

Bala ! Lovely to see you again I’ve missed you ,

Missed you too.  Often thought about you hoping that you were well.

big kiss X

London_1

Off to CS this morning with a bag of unwanted unneeded stuff. I'm becoming very minimalist with my decluttering and approach it with an almost fervent zeal

Its become an addiction as I keep looking around and thinking 'Oh I don't use that ,or haven't used it for over 6 months it can go"

I suppose because of moving, and our two houses being turned into one bigger one I'm trying to discard quite a lot of stuff really

 One of my grandsons has said he would be more than happy to have my
ex-computer desk once I've decluttered it, so its going to a good home. I'm slowly finding room in my little cottage I forgot I had  But I'm still enjoying its.

I decluttered some sliced ham from the freezer yesterday that took care of Lunch with a nice fried egg on top, then dinner was a pair of sausages and some mash and veg also from the freezer.

Day 6 and NSD foodwise this month so far.I've used up the wrinkly apples in a crumble, and had a couple of spoonfuls in my morning porridge so they are gone as well.

Todays rummage in the freezer for tonights dinner will probably be a cottage pie I know is lurking in there and some ice cream that I will have with the last banana in the bowl .
 effect I'm decluttering food as well and items  as my cupboards seem far too full at the moment  

JackieO xx 

balabooberlies

-taff said:

It's not that long bala, only a year ish...Besides, i remember you fighting tigers and you have the best user name ever. Now, if I could find someone called Badonkadonks, I'd be made up

Thank you Taff

Lots of love

Mrs Balabooberlies Badonkadonks