2024 DECLUTTERING CAMPAIGN MrsSD

Pitlanepiglet

@Madbat60 much love to you and DP , I'm glad he's on the road to recovery. 

wishus

Thanks @Mrs_Salad_Dodger - I've minimized it, but it was actually quite scary at the time. He clearly had concussion. I insisted I had him in my sight for a couple of days and he wasn't allowed to drive anywhere until he felt better. It was as he jumped out of bed to get ready for work, so I think it was just getting up too quickly. He actually broke the washing basket at the bottom of the bed as well, which we've not replaced yet. I thought he must have tripped over it to begin with, but no, he just switched off and fell back. 

oceanspirit

OH was out all day yesterday so I was able to get lots of little bits and pieces done.  Descaled the kettle as well - there’s no chance of that happening when he is around.  Just a few bits of paper out but it’s good to have lots of niggly things done.

More of the same today if I can, starting with a load of laundry.

London_1

Good Morning chums, today I have three plastic lidded boxes to go through full of paperwork and research for family history stuff. I am going to try and reduce it down as my eldest DD wants to have it, and I don't think she would be able to cope with all the notes etc as I have stuff from all four grandparents trees plus another one that I did over a couple of years before.
Only to find out my late OH's Granny had married in 1904 had two children with her husband the marriage failed and she took up with someone else moved out and went ahead to have another 5 children but brough all seven up with the new chaps name
None of the family including my ma-in-law knew (she would have been horrified if she had known as she was a very old fashioned lady)   so the name she married to in 1932 was not her OH (My pa-in-laws ) birth name, but as he was only two when his Mum changed partners I don't think he knew either .

 It all comes out when folk start delving into family trees. But the surname of whom I thought my OH was descended from in fact legally wasn't. But it's all so long ago it really didn't bother me. I was just cross I had been chasing a long trail for several years  that was no blood relation

 But I did find a descendant and sent lots of info to her and bless her when my OH passed away she actually came to the funeral She said as far as she knew he was her cousin and blood didn't't really matter.

So I have three very large plastic almost trunks full of stuff to wade through today. but I have my trusty shredder and the recycling men come tomorrow so I expect there will bit a large bag for them

.I've found a home for three electrical kitchen  gadgets they will go this Saturday. The books have been whittled down to only the ones I really want to keep which is around 50 odd. so the CS have done well.I have another couple of bags for them to go tomorrow.
Once all the main stuff is decluttered then it will be starting on clothes, as I really do have far too many, plus shoes and slippers. Its not until you start to see how much unnecessary stuff you do have that makes you realise how much you can get rid of.  

Next Monday the carpet cleaners are coming to do the small bedroom and the hall, landing and stairs and the 8th February the photographer is coming to do the photos and the video. DD has had lots of viewings and one sounds very interested, but we will have to wait and see We are hoping if possible to be under offer by the end of February as we are seriously house hunting in March as we go down to the IoW for a week then and hopefully find our forever place I had dinner as usual at her house last night and I worked out how many different addresses I had lived at since birth and its 19 !!! the next will definitely be the last though  

Onwards and upwards chums be glad when its all straight and done  

  JackieO xx

wishus

Well, I've broken the ton! A pair of earphones and a mug, not in my house any more. Taken to work!

dND

Good morning all,
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bit_by_bit

A quick dive in as I have neither time or energy to catch up on the 200 posts since I was last here.
I hope alla re well.
I have been doing some sorting. Sent another box of books to an online selling site and took a huge bag of plastics to one of the supermarket recycling schemes. i list the recycling since I ahve to make an effore to get it out of the house. 23/100 bags this year so far.
Take care all.

Siebrie

Out: 3 cotton hankies that just tore in my hands when I folded them. It's a reminder that good cotton can last 40 years, so I need to select the cotton item carefully; I have to really like it; none of this 'it'll do' anymore!

I have cleaned the chest of drawers we removed from neighbours' garage and I plan to put it in dd2's bedroom. We need to have a little carroussel beforehand: the spare roof tiles need to come down from the attic, the small shelving unit that's there needs to move to the left a bit, the doors from the similar shelving unit in dd2's room need to be removed and the shelving unit taken up to the attic. I think I'll skip my WI fitness session tonight and move roof tiles down 2 sets of stairs and out the back all the way through the house.

Muddy_Walker

Floss - sadly we still have a mortgage to pay off and I want to sort out extra payments to my pension so I have no chance of even thinking about part time work.
i also had major issues when returning to work after surgery (Mrs SD knows alllll about it bless her!). I was made to feel like everything was my fault - very toxic time - and now that I have been with my new team for a few months, what a world of difference it has made! Stay strong xx

Brie

Muddy_Walker said:

Floss - sadly we still have a mortgage to pay off and I want to sort out extra payments to my pension so I have no chance of even thinking about part time work.
i also had major issues when returning to work after surgery (Mrs SD knows alllll about it bless her!). I was made to feel like everything was my fault - very toxic time - and now that I have been with my new team for a few months, what a world of difference it has made! Stay strong xx

I've never understood why some managers/teams allow a nasty atmosphere to fester and grow.  I can only think that the individuals themselves must be pretty miserable about their own lives and they want to project that on to others.  With me I was once rushed into hospital for emergency surgery on what should have been a very busy working weekend.  On Monday when I rang my boss to let her know I was still in the hospital the very first words out of her mouth (as in no "hello" or "how are you?") were "you know this time is coming off of your holiday entitlement".  Horrid woman.