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A distant cousin of my mum's in America did her family tree right back to the man who left Lincolnshire and went to America on the ship after The Mayflower. Bruce was a renowned computing professor at Columbia & had the information published & bound in red hardback in 2003, known in our family as "The Book". My own family are in it - grandparents, parents, siblings, ex-husband & my sons.Brambling said:
one of my sisters has spent years on the family tree, I was a disappointment to her when she dragged me to Dorchester to look for family names in the Kingston Lacey estate records and I was more interested in the social history and the pencil margin notes from the estate managers rather than our family names I wasn't asked again!
1. Write a daily To Do list - only 3 tasks + a weekly Jettison Junk in January
2. Sort out sleep patterns - target bed by 2:00 a.m. & up by 9:00 a.m
3. Deal with mail & email on a daily basis
4. Don’t put it down, put it away + deal with mini tasks as soon as they are noticed e.g. refill olive oil pourer or salt cellar, stitch up a hole in a garment etc
5. Commence ‘Operation Frog Tickling’ using the acronym - I.R.I.S. (Identify, Research, Implement, Sign Off) - One per quarter
6. Continue to keep kitchen clean & tidy - before going to bed
Whilst I was cooking the risotto cakes (in batches) I finished ring 2 & started on ring 3 of the hob. The warming gel packs for wearing on the motorbike all still work - I have used all of them tonight rather than turn the heating on 🥳 Now I just need to boil them up to get them from crystals back to gel. Wudupa.
137 - 139 Kitchen recycling, plastic bottle, drinks cans - recycled
140 - 141 Kitchen & DSis bedroom detritus - binned
Florafauna, how lovely to be able to declutter crafting materials to a youngster who will make good use of them 😊👏
Dfw38, that is good news that your DD is being referred 😊 Sorry to hear that you have succumbed to the lurgy 😔 Hopefully some time in the TLC Carriage will do you the world of good 😊
vulpix, sounds like you had a lovely time with bit_by_bit with the added bonus of a bit more decluttered 😊 You have done such a good job at your Mum’s house so I am pleased that the upstairs is almost done 👏 The bedroom suite sounds stunning 🤩 rather makes me wish I owned an older house with larger bedrooms 😔
Great decluttering QueenJess 👏 I do sympathise about the plastic bags - I would like to use them as rubbish bags but most of them have air holes near the bottom so are worse than useless 😔 I am keeping my fingers crossed that one of the two interested parties will turn up & collect them 🤞
Excellent digital decluttering Floss 👏 Good Luck with decluttering your bedding next weekend 🍀
Brambling, sitting in the TLC Carriage deleting emails is definitely not a problem - such a quiet task 😊 Such a lovely story - I must confess I would probably have joined you in reading the social history & margin notes 😊
Excellent decluttering ilovetea 👏 & good luck with this weeks listings 🍀
Floss, that is impressive 🤩 Although being of an age, when you described the red hardback book, I immediately thought of Eamonn Andrews & This is Your Life 😂
foxandflowers, it would be lovely if you & vulpix could sort something out re the bedroom suite 😊 That is some excellent decluttering foxandflowers 👏 you should definitely sleep well tonight 😊
nannywindow, sorry to hear that you have decluttered your sleep 😔 Sending some gentle cwtches 🤗 & I will try to find The Sandman & direct him your way.
I am getting through my book really quickly (hardback with large writing 😉) but I think there is too much to read if I want to have an earlier night 🤣
MrsSD: I AM A ⭐️ - 🥇 🎖️ 💐 🌟 🏅 💐
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Decluttering Target 2023: 141/2024
1p Savings Challenge Running Total: £5.00
. .I started the conversation with the tv provider about what I can't get that I should get and they will phone me back after 10 tomorrow to finish sorting it , 3 loads of washing done but not dry yet. and after a coffee with ln I batch cooked a load of veg into 8 portions of very tasty veg stew, I ate half a portion just to try it so 8 meals in the freezer and veg rack cleared of wonky veg . 
