2024 DECLUTTERING CAMPAIGN MrsSD

Floss

sammy_kaye18 said:

@Mrs_Salad_Dodger I have to ask because I dont know but what on earth is frog tickling? I cant seem to find it in the thread!

Frogs are those big jobs that start as a tadpole & grow bigger & bigger the longer they are left. So if you begin to tackle a frog task, you are frog tickling 😉

EnergyShifter

I caught up with lots of admin on Monday and was back working today.  Popped to the High St at lunchtime - because I could!  Bought a couple of things from the CS.  A nice bright woollen scarf (tomato-ketchup red) and a blanket which I really didn't need as I have more than enough - there is a chance that I may take it back - if not I guess I should let go of one from my sizeable blanket collection.  

I'm feeling a lot better physically than last week but still very low in energy.  My tattoo is quite sore and itchy today which apparently is normal for this stage of the healing process.  Work on the roof has been delayed due to the weather but the roofers are now due to come tomorrow.   Once this is done and the bathroom finished I am going to have a break from getting anything other than essential stuff done in the house as I just want to get back to living in it! 

Tasks:
Shed loads of admin done

In (running total 10) - amended as decided to return a jumper that I'd previously counted

11. Cat flap

12. Blanket

13. Woolly Scarf

Out (running total 29)

30-33. 4 x bags of broken tiles (the final ones) 

@Floss - How long have I been on this thread & I never know what "frog-tickling" was - always figured I'd work it out! - glad you asked @sammy_kaye18

TC77

Lots going on the train... but little physical decluttering here.
Been focused on mega frog - ongoing for 7 years! ex not paid a penny voluntarily despite many court orders, and now have confirmation of debt, and Judge said unusually he had prepared the Order and stamped it so I could take it home rather than wait for the court to send it out ! Unusual for this type  its headed up Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 and feels like I can draw a line under things (don't have the money and may not for some time) and DD1 glad I stood up to him, as one excuse of his is that he doesn't see her.  Apologies if too much info.
Keeping some files but alot of paper declutter and freed up my head and not been doing even basics at home.
Have sold 3 items but will count when out. Last no I have as 90 and reported 4, plus highlighter, 10 for paper declutter, unsubscriptions x 2, 
other frogs, - booked boiler services, support to DD for her frog , and detailed comments on medical report for DD1, Dr appt made for DD2, (capable of doing it but has difficulties hearing on the phone), mopped kitchen and dining room
107
Just booking train to stay with friends for a weekend next month and realise I have to have someone come in and feed the cats - yikes, I need to take action!
Sorry to hear people's difficult news and sending hugs x

flamingo747

Congratulations on your huge frog @TC77

Coat pile waiting to be decluttered hasn't been done, though I discovered a coat I'd been given by a friend of the family would have been £110 new its hand-knitted on the outside,  microfleece on the inside. I am presently toasty warm

QueenJess

Been doing loads of work today, but also carried on working on the long term frog list that's been hanging around for at least a year.  I'm slowly getting there and have the day off tomorrow to get loads of this done and indulge myself in making up lots of nice goodies for the freezer.

Person forgot to pick up the bags from Buy Nothing, but I'm still counting them as out as it does sound like they will come and they have picked up before.  So there!

Everything feels relatively under control house wise, which makes me feel uncomfortable.  Not sure what to do with myself without constantly having stuff to do all the time!  Tons of work handover going on at the moment - looking forward to it being over on Monday and then I can work through general stuff to finish in a more relaxed fashion.

Digital:
6 - items deleted from wish list
2 - download files deleted
2 - online accounts deleted
2 - apps deleted

Physical:
37 - packaging (Buy Nothing)
2 - packaging (reused)

New total = 2,086

TC77

@flamingo747 thank you!
you sound very cosy and toasty

Fed up of not being able to find things, or moving things to get to others, off to relax but found item of clothing and pretty glass to go to CS 109
DD2 asked me to post a few things to her including scientific calendar, they have a sliding cover - found 2 of the covers but no calculator!

ilovetea

Still plodding on with deleting e-mails. Seems never ending. Never even bother counting them.
 Posted  23 e-bay items that sold on Sunday. 
184-207  So not doing too badly.
That's it I'm afraid.

  ilovetea  xx

wishus

10 more bags of coins taken to the bank. The money has already gone on replacement ear buds, as mine finally died. 

Also added to the total, a jar I'd missed, and a friend who took leftovers home at Christmas returned a tub we don't need. 

~FlowerPot~

good evening. I have been awhol! Well I had a meditation weekend and it was really good.

Not much done here but I did declutter some stress and tension over the weekend!!

I have realised that a couple of rooms here are actually pretty much in maintenance mode, yey!! But they do take daily whip rounds to ensure they stay this way and the stuff builds up so bloominh fast. And currently the lounge has ALL the boxes of photos plonked down. I started sorting these out quite ensthusiastically, but my keeness has worn off now. This is partly cos Ive looked at a 1000 photos (and ony thrown away about 5% and also because I just dont know how best to go further and how to store them, SO I think they might just be going back in the cupboard and looked at again another time. I do have a carrier bag full of photos, so maybe its 10%!!!

***Edited. After I wrote that, i looked at the boxes and thought 'right, come on girl'!!!!! So there is now 1 box of children photos, (the last 20 years) . 1 box pre childten and wedding. 1 box going to mother in laws (yey!) 1smaller box of my childhood photos and 1 box of DH childhood/ before we meet photos. Now there is some sense and order. I will take a box at a time and go through again. But not yet, they are back in the bedroom cupboard! 
But i am happy to have removed afull and heavy carrier in the first go! 

TC77

@ilovee that's alot of things sold and out, well dome.