2024 DECLUTTERING CAMPAIGN MrsSD

Wednesday2000 · 10 May 2024 at 2:14PM

Lovely and sunny here today. We repainted the decking yesterday. Well, I did an hour and then my husband finished it. I thought I might be in pain today as doing that type of work outdoors sometimes sends me into a fibromyalgia flare, but it must have been because it was warm yesterday. I am usually fine these days but I do tend to feel more pain and aches generally in the cold weather.

My husband has just left to bring all the glassware to the charity shop. I said let us have a blitz on our wardrobes as well so we added six tops of his and a dress and five tops of mine as well as a hat to the donation bag. I said to him just pretend we are moving house today and what would you leave behind and that seemed to work very well!

We got a letter sent to us from the estate agent and the valuation was £50,000 more than he said at first.

We can't do anything until my husband leaves his job so that will be the very end of June. I'm feeling a bit aimless at the moment.

Pennypincin · 10 May 2024 at 6:02PM

Housework decluttered for the time being, plus the microwave has been rehomed.
Grass has also been cut and clippings in the composter.
I'm hoping to try and have a go at raking the garden at some point over the weekend before it rains next week.
2 bags of assorted items will be taken to the charity shop tomorrow.
And ive an assortment of items being rehomed Sunday.
Plus a plant pot and tray pending, when I'm able to drop it off to a family member.
I've plenty still to declutter, tidy and clean though, but slowly does it I guess.

mhagster · 10 May 2024 at 6:05PM

Hello
it’s been a beautiful day here so I gave myself a target of what was to be done before I came out in the garden to enjoy it.

Dropped a bag off at charity shop and reunited a cat ornament I’d donated on Tuesday with her missing kittens I found on Wednesday ( hidden by great nephews) made me smile this morning.

posted off something to a friend that I know she’ll appreciate that was my granny’s but that I know I’ll never use.

Home and sorted through the rest of dads box of stuff then put it away in a packing box.

Put a few items on local fb page. One collected already.

A massive thing was just getting a text from friend who is going to take all of my late husbands tools / electronics stuff on Tuesday. Her colleagues are excited to see what there is. I’ve asked that they donate something to the food bank . I just want rid but there is so so much that that will almost clear the garage!

And a tip appointment made for Monday morning to drop off pile of stuff.

This evenings task is to clear the kitchen worktop ( I don’t usually have much on my worktops…it’s causing me stress. So it’s either going in a packing box or a charity bag.

Quite a productive day!

Florenceem · 10 May 2024 at 6:45PM

My evening yesterday didn't go as planned - instead of just locking up at 7 and that was me done - C phoned - could I take in the food delivery at 8.20? So I popped round at 7.30 and locked up then went back just after 8 - good job it is a 2 minute walk away.
There were a lot of sacks of donations so I cleared them while I was there.
The SA kitchen fridge was full - ready for our busy weekend so I took the chilled food home with me - I had space in my garage fridge.
I fell asleep at 11.15 and woke at 1 - no Mr F in bed - he said it took him an hour and three quarters to put cream on his legs!
This morning I took the chilled food round to SA ready to be given away at food bank.
C had collected about 15 black sacks of donations yesterday so I set to and started to sort. Mr F came round to meet me.
Really busy weekend - we have a visiting band and ladies chorus. They are doing an open air performance at the harbour then coming back to the hall to be fed before an evening concert. I am not going to the afternoon one as I will be the person at the hall to turn on the oven and deep fat fryers. We are doing fish and chips.
We are preparing lunch for 120 on Sunday.