2024 DECLUTTERING CAMPAIGN MrsSD

number_23

Umm... I may need to have a rethink over target as today has been a VERY productive day. I hadn't realised that I needed to declutter quite so much! 

Declutter

Recycling: 2  

Digital Declutter

Emails: 55 (reached personal mailbox zero! Can't remember when this last happened!)

Photos: 912 (my phone autosaves photos from chats in Whatsapp, I'm going to build in a new weekly cleanse but there's a lot of retro stuff to sort through )

Calendar: 2 reminders no longer needed but scheduled weekly - removed

Other: 6 (pages saved for later removed)

Unsubscribe 5 email subscriptions, 263 Instagram following, 2 app notifications on phone

Total today: 1247, total to date: 1438

~FlowerPot~

just watched JUst Mercy on Iplayer after @Liverpool_Anne mentioned it. Its a very good film and defienitly worth watching. Absolutely awful how these poor people on death row have been treated.

Other that that I have been to work and been a taxi driver for my DD. Also,  took 3 books to the village telephone box come book swap. and added 2 jumpers and a couple of pieces of jewelery to the CS bag (which is sitting under the stairs!) DD got one of her mock results back and got a 5, we are so happy she only started working on her GCSEs in September after having practically no education for the previous 4 years. Still waiting for some others, but it has given her a real boost

ilovetea

Not much decluttering done today but every bit counts.
731-732. Kitchen bin and recycling out.
733-734. 2 e-bay  items posted.
735-737 3 craft magazines to craft group.
Also decluttered 1 dough nut into my tummy but wont admit to that. ;-).

  ilovetea  xx

Liverpool_Anne

Hi all, lots of sorting out today but not much left the house. In fact nothing except money as I had to go to the sm . All put away including easter egg for OH hidden in the wardrobe My sis phoned today, mainly to see how OH had got on with the nurse, she rarely wants to chat to me but we did chat a bit about decluttering when I told her I was sorting through some clothes. It turns out she is doing the same as she has realised she has far too many. She was gifted a lot of clothes from my niece when she went to the Caribbean, a lot of big name brands as dniece worked in the sort of place and job that sort of needed them. I suggested she try them on vinted as they are in very good condition. I did notice when I was staying at dsis's that the house looks tidy, with a few too many ornaments for me, but the cupboards were crammed . I am hoping she manages to sell a few things as I know this will motivate her. I don't have those sort of clothes . Anyhow 1 shirt into the cs bag, 2 more body lotions put to one side for ln, 2 nail polish and an unused lip gloss put to one side to be passed to friends when I see them next.  Quick whizz around and bits put in the bin or recycling and I did try to get in to my emails, still not easy but I managed to find a link to the new set up so that was ok. I was looking for a particular email as I need it to download something on my phone. Got it but not downloaded it yet, a job for when I am not so teched out . A bit more knitting and that's all. The weather was dire today and it's very foggy right now but sun tomorrow they predict

@Mrs SD I love that scarf, the colour is one of my favourites

@Dfw38 well done on the mortgage overpayments. It took me years to cotton on to doing that but I recommend it to everyone I know now as it is so satisfying to get that mortgage paid off

@GrannyKate as you are paying for the photo software could you contact the provider and ask for help to download them? Or maybe ask for a reduction as you can't download them? Good luck with the stamp selling fingers crossed.

@elly68 you are going great guns I wish I was as decisive, I love too many things

@~FlowerPot~ glad you liked the film, well done to DD on her exam result she must have worked very hard. I think they were the hardest exams I took as there is such a range of subjects, fingers crossed for the rest of them I

Off to bed now, hugs to anybody who would like one

Take care everyone
STILL  427/2024

Mrs_Salad_Dodger

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

I have done quite a bit of knitting - the hat is half done. DSis was ecstatic when she got back from her second hospital visit 😊 Her consultant (the same one from her last hospital stay) welcomed her with the comment “You look so much better than the last time I saw you” 🙂 He was very, very pleased with her progress & especially pleased that she has given up smoking 🥳 Dinner was home cooked fish in breadcrumbs, oven chips & peas. Wudupa.

428 - 430 Kitchen recycling, drinks cans, lidless plastic takeaway box - recycled 

431 Kitchen detritus binned 

Excellent decluttering Liverpool_Anne especially sorting out the front garden 👏  More lovely cheerleading 😊

Excellent decluttering Florenceem 👏 

dND, I am sending a wish out to the universe that DS1 can find a job with far less commuting 🙏 Fingers crossed that the plumber turned up & did all the repairs 🤞

Wow you have been busy charlies_tribe 🤩 Excellent work both cleaning & decluttering 👏

Great decluttering bamboo_socks 👏 Risotto 😋 

Thanks for asking number_23, I am OK just feeling a bit out of sorts 😉Excellent decluttering 👏

Excellent decluttering ilovetea 👏

Excellent decluttering zoomtothemoon 👏 Good luck with using up your lotions & potions 🍀

Floss, yikes 😧 Hope you are OK 🙏

Excellent decluttering Brambling 👏 & well done on getting the table mostly cleared 👏

Liverpool_Anne, you had a very busy day on Tuesday with some excellent decluttering especially the bag from the conservatory 👏 I remember seeing Just Mercy a couple of years ago - a great film although very sobering & quite frightening 😞

Dfw38, that sounds like a wonderful birthday for DS especially getting his first bike 🥳 So pleased to hear that time spent in the TLC Carriage has proved so invigorating 😊 Excellent decluttering 👏 & no need to apologise for buying much needed clothing 😉

GrannyKate, that rental property sounds horrendous 🤢 Am I being naive in thinking that there are laws in place to stop landlords like this 🤨 Some great decluttering 👏 & good luck with selling the stamp collections 🍀

elly68, you are doing a great job with the March black bags challenge so I am awarding you a medal 🏅 

Shame about the potato peeler Wednesday2000 😔 Hopefully the weather stayed nice until your washing was dry 🤞

Excellent decluttering Rootle 👏

bamboo_socks 😂 Just wondering what you did with the other 5 minutes after you shifted some stuff & built the Welsh dresser 🤣 Sorry, I will go & stand on the naughty step 😔

Good decluttering EnergyShifter - still keeping up with your 2 Out, 1 In 👏 Well done on your 7 day streak of 10k steps per day 🥳

Excellent decluttering number_23, a very productive day 👏 Two Gold Stars ⭐️ ⭐️ coming your way 😊

Excellent decluttering ~FlowerPot~ 👏 & very well done to your DD on her mock result 😊 she has obviously worked very hard 👏

Great decluttering ilovetea 👏 as you say every bit counts 😊

Liverpool_Anne, excellent decluttering even if it hasn’t all quite left the house 👏Good luck to your sister in selling her clothes on V*nted 🍀 Lovely cheerleading 😊 

All caught up 🥳 Cwtches to all 🤗

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Decluttering Target 2023: 431/2024

1p Savings Challenge Running Total: £43.00 

Gers

Mugs going to the CS today, plus an unwanted garlic storage jar. Only taken nearly three years!

London_1

Good Morning all, I think you are right Mrs SD I will definitely have to book more than one tip run.
 DGS Ben will be home for a week on Easter Monday, and he will be my 'muscle' to move stuff. I definitely need the rest of the junk from the back of the cupboard under the stairs tipping

Plus I noticed on Tuesday at Dobbies they have a big bin outside which will take disused empty plant pots and I do have a good few of those in the garden so I will get them bagged up and drop them off.

My gardener who comes to cut the grass etc phoned me while I was on the IoW last week as he was due to return at the end of the month and said "I've just driven past your house and the 'Sold' sign is up !"
bless him he's such a nice chap and although retired last year, said he would keep coming this spring until I have moved. I said yes but do keep coming until I actually move.

I can't let the garden go to wrack and ruin for a matter of at most a couple of months,  the new couple will have enough to do moving in, so I want it to look nice when I move out.

My friend said I was crackers, but then I just like things looking nice and tidy.

 When I moved out of my previous house I spring cleaned it from top to bottom, and it was spotless for the new owners.

 I have had Mick the gardener looking after the garden for the past 10 years and it would be a shame if it ended up looking untidy when I went. 

More decluttering today, yesterday I found two glass plates for microwaves at the back of the cupboards that I can't even remember why I saved them as the microwaves are long gone !:)

 I think I thought I'd use them as extra plates at christmas for dishing up food. but they went to the glass recycling bin along with some glass saucepan lids that the saucepans had also been disposed of.

Weird the things you find when rooting out cupboards, and think what on earth did I bother keeping that for  

Ah well onwards and upwards it was a nice day yesterday for the first day of spring and due to be dry today at least then drizzly for the rest of the weekend. 

Onwards and upwards chums

  JackieO xx

Florafauna

@London1 I completely agree about leaving the house and garden nice for new owners. I'm still looking after our garden and even popping in some seeds so they will have summer tomatoes to look forward to. Myself and three friends cleaned our previous house as the removal men carried our possessions. One in sweep, one on dust, one on hoover and one on steam. To me it's just what you do by leaving it spotless. Not done much decluttering as have been trying out the TLC carriage this week. Work is lovely re the kids I work with but lots of hideous politics and protocols that are frankly awful.
Have a good day everyone 

daisy_1571

Definitely not crackers jackieo, shows you're a lovely person.   The attitude that its someone else's problem now you've sold speaks volumes.   I'm like you, last thing out a house is the hoover and cleaning stuff    

Sorry to hear your out of sorts Mrs sd, hope it lifts soon

Well done flowerpot to your dd for her results 

Can't remember other things but well done everyone for continuing results,  Liverpool_Anne love it that your sister and you are both decluttering without realising 

elly68

Hi guys well started well this morning in the bedroom got a bag filled as soon as i got up but then stupidly sat down and haven't moved since . so need to fill 5 black bags and do charity shop run as out at 1 to meet a pal for drinks at a charity event.might just fill the car then do charity run tomorrow and put lasange in slow cooker as i ain't gonna be back for dinner .I'm on holiday so setting myself a morning target and enjoying my afternoons catching up with friends  .Thanks for all the kind comments hope you all have a lovely day .right need to get back to it x