2024 DECLUTTERING CAMPAIGN MrsSD

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

The sunshine remained with us all day 😊 Managed to fit the rest of the recycling in the wheelie bin - 2 large cardboard boxes plus a small bag of ‘tape’ 

753 - 754 Two large cardboard boxes recycled

755 Small bag of wrapping tape

Poor DH didn’t get home until 18:10 due to several accidents & diversions 😔 He was exhausted & over heated 🥵 Dinner was breadcrumbed fish, oven chips & peas. Wudupa.

756 - 758 Kitchen recycling, drinks cans, glass bottle - recycled

759 Kitchen detritus binned 

Lovely cheerleading post Moorviews 😊 Sorry to hear that events have & are conspiring against you this year 😔 Fingers crossed that the second half of the year is far better 🙏🤞

machasraven, sorry to hear that Wednesday’s hospital appointment was bad news 😔 Sending positive thoughts 🙏

TC77, excellent work dealing with frogs & I hope that you have a lovely weekend - away from decluttering & frogs 😊

Muddy_Walker, excellent work dealing with frogs 👏 I loved your turn of phrase “2 very unexpected frogs are closer to their own pond rather than mine” 😊

Lovely supportive post TC77 😊

GrannyKate, regardless of bank holidays I put my bins out on the usual day 😉 as sometimes (not often) they are emptied on the normal day 🙂 Excellent decluttering 👏 & thank you for sharing such a bittersweet memory with us 🥹

London_1, your trip to Bluewater sounds absolutely lovely & how wonderful that DGD Holly went as well 😊 A lovely idea with the identical mugs, as was the bath sheet (“when ever you use it think of it as a hug from me” 🥰)  I still cannot believe how quickly your move to the IoW is coming around 🤩 Such great work with your decluttering & packing 👏

vulpix, I agree wholeheartedly - the only thing I have missed about work is my colleagues 😉 Sorry to hear that you aren’t sleeping well 😔 Hope the Tip run went well 🤞 Enjoy your time in the TLC Carriage & don’t forget to visit the glass domed carriage 😊 We have collected weenancy & are now heading through Washington & back into Canada for a few days 😊 Fingers crossed that the good weather stays & you can enjoy time in your garden 🤞

Florenceem, sorry to hear about MrF 😔 Hopefully the doctors can work out what is happening & put a treatment plan in place sooner rather than later 🙏

Lovely to see you elly68 😊 Good luck with thinning out your furniture 🍀 I would definitely start drinking so you will need less storage 🤣 

Excellent decluttering mhagster 👏 I love your plan of ‘glamping’ in your own house 😊 

Well done on finishing your wips Florenceem 👏 Starting Christmas makes - talk about well organised 🤩

Well done on getting the curtain rail up & mowing the lawn, Pennypincin 👏 & good luck finding suitable curtains & net curtains 🍀

Excellent decluttering ilovetea 👏 especially donating your diamond paintings 😊

I have caught up a little but will make a concerted effort to catch up tomorrow. Lots of cwtches are available to anyone who wants one 🤗 & very large cwtches for vulpix & bit by bit’s family 🤗

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Decluttering Target 2023: 759/2024

1p Savings Challenge Running Total: £116.85

florianatwobob

Sorry to hear such sad news Vulpix, thinking of you & her family. 

regnbue

@Vulpix Thank you for letting us know the sad news about bitbybit.  We will miss her on this board.  Sending you a hug.

Gers

@Vulpix - such sad news, so sorry to hear it.  Think of the good times.

maggiem

@vulpix sorry to hear the news about bit by bit. Thinking of you too. 

Moorviews

Oh no, that’s so sad to hear about bit by bit. My condolences to her family and her dear friends such as you @vulpix 💐xx

TC77

Vulpix , sending hugs, and bit by bit and her family and you in my thoughts. I'm remembering following her ( and your journey) on here over the years and the love and inspiration  that they've brought.  

retiredinfrance

Sad news, Vulpix. Thinking of you and Bit by Bit’s family. Think of the good times . Bon Courage.

vulpix

 Thank you.
 I am cross with myself. I should have tried to get in touch with her family sooner but didn't want to intrude on family time. Her daughter was not pleased to see us at the hospice, I don't know why. bit by bit had asked to see me and made us promise that we would go to her funeral when we left. I will go in my garden and think of her. She loved my garden and nature.

 Vx
 

QueenJess

Gosh @vulpix, I'm sorry to hear that. Sitting in your garden feels like a lovely thing to do.

I am firmly taking myself off to the TLC carriage.  This cold from the kids just gets worse - I have my voice back, but my throat is very painful and I have a mild ear infection.  So I am officially sat around this weekend, which I feel terrible about as I just want to spend time with the kids given I've been working so much recently.  I know from experience though if I carry on through and don't rest, it will be an even slower recovery.

A few bits and pieces I did declutter as I came across things:

Digital:
1 - online account deleted

Physical:
1 - packaging (reused)
10 - paper, reused for work notes, then recycled
1 - kitchen clip (charity box - every time more than 5 appear in the drawer I put the spare in the charity box.  I rarely need them these days as I top up most things from the zero waste shop and home bake everything, so it's limited to frozen peas and sweetcorn mainly)
1 - spare water bottle (Buy Nothing)

New total = 7,424

May mini kitchen declutter challenge = 18/25

I know I often post big numbers on here, but don't be fooled into thinking this is all really easy for me.  Yes, I am really quite ruthless these days and decluttering does get easier the more you do it, but I do still ponder for days or even weeks over certain areas or items. As you near the end especially you tend to be left with the harder, more time consuming things to deal with and as you see the same things everyday, it is sometimes hard to see what is needed and what is clutter (a holiday away is normally a good cure for the latter as you suddenly realise you have tons of stuff!)

It's a good lesson and the best medicine to stop overbuying as the energy and time to get rid of stuff is so annoying!  I try to buy very little these days unless I need something or in the odd case have wanted it for months and months (I add things to a wish list on my phone and usually wonder why I even had them on there later on).  I also make sure anything I buy has longevity/is good quality (not necessarily expensive).  Doesn't mean I always get it right though.

Anyway, at the risk of waffling on, that spare water bottle wasn't a quick decision.  It's an absolutely lovely, very high quality water bottle. I have another that is bigger and it is the one I use all the time because really the other one is too small.  Makes it obvious to get rid of really, but it seemed a shame to get rid of and I kept thinking I would find a use for it and reminding myself that I really like it.  I haven't found a use for it for years and really it is just sat in my cupboard wasting space and slowly degrading when it should be out there living its best life   If for some bizarre reason I suddenly find I need a small water bottle, then I will just buy one.