2023 DECLUTTERING CAMPAIGN Mrs SD

TC77

How many pencils does anyone need? I already have many many pens and pencils and my DD2 has acquired a similar penchant for stationery. Now at my dad's and sorting through a mid century bureau I'm bringing home, - already brought back a pencil case of H and B pencils assorted and now found many dozen more from all the tiny pencils from diaries from around 1960 onwards to many others, many stubs! Far beyond SABLE.... I haven't found the pencil extender that QueenJess I think had and I had seen but found a smaller silver coloured one. 

Another warning, on my way out of the house picked up my phone and found it didn't work and then realised an old broken one in the same colour case.... I have laptops to send for recycling but need to clear the hard drive but if broken not sure how I do this? 
Also found 1980s highway code and similar!! fortunately biros and elastic bands haven't lasted so easy to bin.... trying to be very selective what I bring home

TC77

My usual pencil test is to sharpen the pencil and of this isn't easy then it's out. Can't find a pencxil sharpener so starting with those less than 3.5 inches are out. Finding specialist pencils:)   boxes of bulldog clips ( always handy in moderation) as well as more niche propelling pens, leads etc. I could be here in 2033!! 

DundeeDoll

oo a medal many thanks @Mrs_Salad_Dodger I shall take it proudly into 2024 xxx

flamingo747

@TC77 that sounds like a nightmare to sort through! 

short_bird

EnergyShifter said:

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EnergyShifter said:

I had a wonderful night out last night - went to see "A Christmas Carol" at the Old Vic.  I absolutely love that story - the point at which Scrooge opens his heart always makes me cry.  it was a wonderful production.  At one point there was "snow" (foam) coming down on us and a ceiling full of lanterns -  magical!   

@EnergyShifter The sprouts with parachutes! (Going again next Thursday, same seat as last time - on stage.)

Ha yes!!  & turkey on a zip-wire 🤣.  Have fun when you go next week!   

I'll be volunteering to help Scrooge... 

Liverpool_Anne

Hi all, well I got quite excited today. I had a negative test after 15 minutes jumped in the car and went to get coffee from the drive through. As I was still coughing I did wear a mask and paid by card. By the time I got home it was faintly positive so I am now totally confused.

@weenancyinAmerica I will try to track down that article. I suspect as it is a sneaky virus it is more than capable of leaving bits of itself around that react to the test but as you say you are not infectious. The guidelines seem to say you need a couple of negative tests to be sure but the more I look into it the more confused I get. I think it's like all the guidelines we have ever had, no real help at all. What I have found out though is that nurses are expected to go back to work after 5 days even if they are still testing positive. Where is the sense in that, quite apart from the fact that they might be feeling unwell they are going to work with some very vulnerable people. I'm gobsmacked. Anyway I will test again tomorrow. OH is still very positive and is now not convinced the trip to the family will happen on Monday plus due to go back to work on Tuesday, we shall see. 

@Floss sorry to hear that. All I can suggest is you do as little as possible and really take care of yourself so you can enjoy your holiday hugs

@Mrs SD and @DundeeDoll, I couldn't agree more . I have realised that I am definitely an optimist, the glass is definitely half full and while I might be temorarily fed up it's not usually long before I bounce back and that in itself is something to celebrate

@TC77 pens and pencils are a bit of a mystery. There are whole periods of my life when I could never find one when I needed one but now I seem to have loads I like a pencil when I do sudoku but most of the time I use a pen but I seriously think they are like books and breed when you are not looking. Those specialist pencils are very interesting, I've never seen those type before though I do have a couple of chinagraph pencils for writing on glass from my days working in labs and teaching science, what I want them for now I have no idea

So today I have emptied the lr bin and the kitchen recycling bin. I have put 2 lots of cardboard packaging into the recycling bin and 1 LDFPA. I was going to have a go at my emails but I think someone has been trying to hack into it as I was locked out for too many failed attempts at the password on my first try. I will check tomorrow but it is a bit worrying. 
So off to bed, hugs to anybody who would like one

1699 kitchen recycling emptied
1700 lr bin emptied
1701 LDFPA
1702 + 1703 cardboard packaging into recycling
Take care everyone
1703/2023

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

I have spent the afternoon clearing down programmes from the TV Planner & am currently working my way through All Creatures Great & Small from October 😉 As I am feeling lazy + DSis is still not enjoying eating tonight will be ‘fend for yourself’ Plan changed - DH made us all beans on toast + an omelette for himself 👏 Wudupa.

2558 - 2559 Kitchen recycling, drinks cans - recycled 

2560 - 2561 Broken pen, kitchen detritus - binned

Floss, sorry to hear that you have tested positive for Covid 😔 Fingers crossed that you will be negative well in time for your holiday to Madeira 🤞

Wednesday2000 - it was quite disconcerting phrasing 😉

flamingo747, with that info I am even more reluctant to leave the house 🤣Great  decluttering 👏

Excellent decluttering Rootle 👏 Target reached so one Gold Star ⭐️ on its way  & I love the little rhyme 😊

oceanspirit, you don’t know your own strength 😉 Well done on continuing to use up food stocks 👏

dND, that is a right pain 😔 Your solicitor needs to pull his finger out 😉

EnergyShifter sounds very intriguing 🤔 

Deni_debt-free_dreamer, you have every right to feel 😏 Sorry to hear that your parents haven’t decluttered Covid yet 😔 

weenancy, how depressing & very expensive even if someone only tests every 3 days 😔

TC77, re how many pencils does one need 🤨 - let me think….. possibly 3 in every room 😂 Keep up the good work  on restricting what you relocate from your Dad’s house to your house 👏 I like your unusual pencils 😊

DundeeDoll, you are very welcome 🙂

Liverpool_Anne, definitely a very sneaky virus 😔 & it rather sounds like nobody yet knows how it works even after 3 years 😔 Excellent decluttering 👏 Great discussion topics & I love the idea that pencils (& pens) breed when we aren’t looking 😅 but somehow also manage to hide when we need one 🤣 Fingers crossed that you can set your mind at rest re someone trying to hack your emails 🤞

Cwtches to everyone who needs one or who would like one 🤗 

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

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

Decluttering Target 2023: 2561/2023

1p Savings Challenge Running Total: £679.00

Happy_Kitties

*378.  Old work file chewed and basically destroyed by cat-recycling
*379.  Another bauble broken and binned
*380.  Cat sachets recycled
*381.  A lot of cardboard into recycling ready to be picked up (currently filling up second recycling bin)
*382.  Soft plastics into supermarket recycling. 

*383.  Christmas cards recycling
*384.  Lots of plastic takeaway tubs with mismatched lids kept ‘just in’ -recycling

Not going to make 400 but it has been close. Do think in reality I probably made 400 but forget to log items at times

Have a box of neutral items ready to send off, they will be the start of my 2024 challenge total.

Happy New Year everyone

London_1

 Good Morning chum I'm on the IoW and we went house hunting yesterday Saw one that wasn't't bad but I thought a bit overpriced as it needed updating and a fair bit of redecoration, Probably look at some more today ,

I had a sad text this morning my friends OH passed away last night and so I'm feeling a bit down this morning She asked me to let the rest of our friends fromCoffee morning know so I've been texting and replying for about an hour.He was such a smashing chap full of laughter and fun and I'd known him for 23 years, Sadly cancer of the oesophagus took him off in 7 weeks. I can hardly believe it myself, he was so full of life bless him so it will be the funeral to go to when I;'m home His wife is lovely and she had a major heart operation last year and pulled through yet I've never know Brian to be ill in his life  

So at the moment no decluttering until I'm home again in the New Year 

  JackieO xx

EnergyShifter

Finished my assignment and sent it in for feedback -🎉 I will give myself a couple of days to relax and potter then I guess I'd better make a start on my Accounts / Tax return..... 😱

Tasks 

Assignment done!!!!! 🎉
extra wheelie bin full of garden rubbish - lovely neighbours  
Christmas gift Cheques for me & DS paid in

IN (running total 210) 

211. Scalp massage thingie for DS

OUT (running total 618)

619. Cardigan to a friend

London1 - so sorry to hear about your friend's OH 💐  My cousin has Cancer in that same place 🥲