2024 DECLUTTERING CAMPAIGN MrsSD

Mrs_Salad_Dodger

1. Write a daily To Do list - only 3 tasks + a weekly Mini Mission in May

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

It rained for a couple of hours so spent the afternoon knitting & clearing down more programmes from the planner. Dinner was pork shoulder steaks, mash, cabbage & broccoli 🤤 Wudupa. DSis & I watched the first BGT semi final & managed to pick the 2 acts that went through to the final 😊

837 - 838 Kitchen recycling, drinks cans - recycled

839 Kitchen detritus binned 

London_1, excellent work with the packing 👏 What an adventure - camping out in your own home 😊 Fingers crossed that you get a completion date as soon as your buyers return 🤞 How lovely to spend the weekend with four of your grandsons 😊 Early birthday wishes to Mikey & Henry 🥳 🎂

Excellent decluttering EnergyShifter 👏 

Great work GrannyKate 👏 Shame about the bungalows you have seen 😔 but well done on taking your time 😊 Hopefully whilst you are away you will get a few viewings & come back to find that someone has put in an offer 🤞

Siebrie, sorry to hear that the marriage is all but over 😔 I will be keeping everything crossed that your husband cooperates with the passport applications for your daughters 🤞

What a lovely supportive & empathetic post Moorviews 😊

Lovely post vulpix 😊Good luck finishing the painting 🍀 Maybe MrV can do the next lot of painting 😉 How selfish of your stepson to get a girlfriend 🤣 just wondering if she has a few DIY skills 😉

Floss, excellent result from selling DS2’s guitar 👏

Wednesday2000, good luck with your continuing quest to find a bungalow 🍀

Nice to see you Mrs_Money_Penny 👋 Sounds like a wonderful way to see Scotland by doing the NC500 😊 Excellent decluttering & well done on getting into the 4,000s. One Gold Star ⭐️ coming your way 😊

Muddy_Walker, so sorry to hear that you are finding life so hard at the moment 😔 & I agree with Moorviews that any energy you have should be used for self care & doing things that you love to do 🙏 And I would like to reiterate Moorviews comment “You aren’t bringing the thread down - perish the thought- we know that life throws lots at us and upsets the best laid plans. Take care of yourself and come and talk here whenever you feel you want to ❤️” Meanwhile I am sending cwtches 🤗 

A lovely supportive post Moorviews 😊 Some excellent planning for a British Summer when it eventually arrives 😉 & well done on repairing the dress 👏

Just noticed the time, so will post & head off to bed 😊

MrsSD: I AM A ⭐️ - 🥇 🎖️ 💐 🌟 🏅 💐 🎖️ 💐 ⭐️ 💐 💐 🥇 ⭐️ 

DH Awards: IS A 💎🏅 🌟 🥰 🏅 

DSis Awards: 🏅 💐 💐 🤗 ⭐️ 

Decluttering Target 2023: 839/2024

1p Savings Challenge Running Total: £166.85

GrannyKate

Off to the seaside or nearby.  Car packed.  Been pottering around so not done much.

593-4 two x ten things put away as I was packing
595 Bills paid and banking done
596 Several small frogs dealt with

Hugs to all who need them.  Not stressing about house sale - will make a decision on price and agent after I get back from Greece in mid July.  

Pennypincin

I'm sorry to hear about the loss.
Sending hugs.i need to have a look at the shredder as it got jammed while I was shredding, instead of reviseing.
Revision to do today, a load in the machine at the moment, plus the rubbish needs to be sorted to go out in the morning.

QueenJess

A quick check in whilst work is already really irritating me:

13 - photos etc binned/recycled
1 - gift bags recycled
1 - plastic bags recycled
1 - thick socks I never wear (charity bag)
138 - craft stuff (Buy Nothing)
New total = 10,366

May mini kitchen decluttering challenge = 36/25

May/June mini clothes decluttering challenge = 150/200

Mrs_Salad_Dodger

1. Write a daily To Do list - only 3 tasks + a weekly Mini Mission in May

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

Tuesday is a very grey, dismal day & it has just started raining 😔 DH has filled the 3 large bird feeders as they were all completely empty having been filled at 13:00 yesterday (now 11:30) I will have my cup of tea before popping out to post letters & cards at the P.O. 

840 Damaged bag for life filled with office detritus - binned

London_1, sounds like you are definitely in limbo but at least it means there will be no made panic when you get the completion date 😮‍💨 Everything crossed that you get the last of the paperwork sorted soon 🤞Very sorry to hear about your dear sister-in-law 😔 Sending many healing vibes & a fervent prayer that she recovers swiftly 🙏 Hopefully you are allowed to visit before you leave for the IoW 🤞Have a lovely time with your friends & fingers crossed that the rain stays away for the journey to & from Dobbies 🤞

Pennypincin, some great bargains 😊

Well done on such a productive day EnergyShifter 👏

Welcome aboard the EDT (Electric Declutter Train) Mrs_Cheshire 👋 You have picked a perfect time to join us as we will soon be heading off on a 10 day “virtual” Orient Express Trip 😊 It sounds like you are doing really well with your decluttering & just need a few ideas to help tackle the last items/areas that you want to despatched to new homes 😊 We are a very friendly group & look forward to getting to know you 😊

Florenceem, you obviously needed the extra sleep as you have been working so hard 😊 How romantic that MrF wanted a cuddle 🥰 I see that your relaxing day didn’t last long 😔 However well done to you & MrF for tackling the bags of donations 👏

Excellent decluttering QueenJess 👏 Thanks for the reminder about sorting physical photos - I really do need to tackle mine as I have boxes & boxes of them cluttering up a cupboard & there are quite a few albums in the loft 😔 Good luck with your photos 🍀 I think devoting a little time each day sounds like the perfect way to go about this particular task 😊

Muddy_Walker, now that you have given your houseplants some TLC, I think you should also give yourself some TLC 🥰

QueenJess, love the idea that your aloe vera plant enjoys “a lot of neglect” 😂

Lovely cheerleading post vulpix 😊 Well done to MrV for ‘releasing’ broken electrical leads 👏 Although I am sorry to hear that he is looking & feeling so unwell 😔 Sending many Cwtches 🤗 to you both. Excellent work on your To Do list 👏

weenancy, an interesting but rather sad post 😔 Also, a very ‘spooky’ horoscope. 

GrannyKate, well done getting several tasks done 👏 Hope you have a lovely day out 😊

Pennypincin, Good luck with unjamming the shredder & I also hope the revision goes well 🍀

Excellent decluttering QueenJess 👏 Fingers crossed that work becomes less irritating this afternoon 🤞

Just posting this & heading off to the P.O. 

MrsSD: I AM A ⭐️ - 🥇 🎖️ 💐 🌟 🏅 💐 🎖️ 💐 ⭐️ 💐 💐 🥇 ⭐️ 

DH Awards: IS A 💎🏅 🌟 🥰 🏅 

DSis Awards: 🏅 💐 💐 🤗 ⭐️ 

Decluttering Target 2023: 840/2024

1p Savings Challenge Running Total: £166.85

ruby_eskimo

@dND hope the electricians are back to full strength for you this week.  Unfortunately we won't be able to get it done before we move in (if it all goes through) so will have to put up with the chaos.  I'm not sure DH has fully thought this through but we'll know early next week if it needs to be done once the survey comes back.  If it does need doing then the kitchen / diner will be the haven we can hide in because that's a fairly recent extension (if it's all be done properly that is!)

Didn't really get a lot done this weekend but did manage to do a little decluttering in the kitchen.  Have fully sorted 2 cupboards now which resulted in 34 items to the charity shop.  Still a few more glasses and cups to go I think (if I can persuade DH to help me reach them at the top of the cupboards!)

vulpix

 Hi, is it me or is is bloomin freezing? Can we have some warmer, dryer weather now? Mind, I have seen that the weather picks up just when we come back from Scotland on Friday.

 I have been to craft club and seen 3 people I haven't seen for years which was nice. One who I can only take in small doses has said she is coming to see us at the new house. She is lovely but a whirlwind. Mr V just can't cope with her. Hahahaha. I don't mind, I love having visitors.

 I thought we could go to Whitby on Friday on our way home from Scotland. I dug a Victorian brooch out of the garden at a previous house and I wanted to get it checked as I think it is Jet. Can I find it ? no! I have looked where I expected it to be. That's vexing. I don't remember decluttering it but you never know.

 The front door looks good to someone on a galloping horse. Runs in the paint I didn't notice. I will add their remedy to my list.

 Out , 2 rolls of masking tape used up and a new dustpan and brush in the bin. The bristles were too hard and just flicked the dirt anywhere except the dust pan. Back into service the old scruffy dustpan and brush from the gardening shed.

 In , a lovely felted fox picture my friend made today at craft club and unexpectedly gave to me. I will have to think of how to display it.She is very talented. Art more than craft I would say. She did a craft fair over the weekend and hardly sold a thing. I just don't think people have a lot of spare money.

 Oh, the garden sale for the Spanish dogs raised six hundred and sixty something pounds. 

 Laters Vx

Muddy_Walker

I am feeling a teeny bit brighter today…and am giving myself some TLC with a bounty ice cream. Very nom x

EnergyShifter

Picked up the bathroom shelving unit from Ikea yesterday,  don't think it's going to work in there so I will return it. 

After yesterday's productivity I've been feeling somewhat lacklustre today - mainly to do with the weather I think.  
I did however make a plan to complete the requirements for my supervision certification by the end of the year, set up systems for recording hours etc.  
Bathroom guy made a start on the boxing today !

Mrs Money-Penny - sorry to hear about your cat 😢
Muddy Walker - I'm glad you are feeling a little brighter - enjoy the ice-cream - you deserve it 💐

Mrs_Salad_Dodger

1. Write a daily To Do list - only 3 tasks + a weekly Mini Mission in May

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

Out for 35 minutes - posted letters & birthday cards, bought a supply of 2nd Class stamps & got some cash. Managed to avoid the rain 🥳 Dealt with today’s mail when I got back. I am now writing & addressing the rest of this year’s birthday cards 😊 although I do still have half a dozen to buy 😉 Took a short break to have lunch - chilli salmon sandwich using seeded bread. Then finished off the cards 😊 As I had successfully tackled one task before it became a cane toad, I decided to pick out another task - repairing a belt loop on a pair of DH’s jeans - his most comfortable pair 😉 Worked out how to do it without trying to push a  needle through 3 or 4 layers of material as I was doing it by hand 😊 Success 🥳 Whilst I was gathering all the bits & pieces to make the repair I also sorted out my embroidery supplies. Now everything is easily accessible, I will be able get back to my project which has rather fallen by the wayside 😉 DH & I prepped & made dinner - an HF recipe of rump steak with a red wine jus, dauphinois potatoes & garlicky green beans 😋 Wudupa. It rained on & off all day 😔 

841 - 846 Kitchen recycling, 2 magazines, drinks cans, plastic jar, plastic bottle - recycled 

847 - 848 Kitchen & lr detritus - binned

ruby_eskimo, fingers crossed that the survey is favourable 🤞Excellent decluttering & well done decluttering 2 kitchen cupboards & donating 34 items to CS 👏

vulpix, not just you - it is ‘freezing’ compared to a week or so ago 😔 How lovely to meet up with people you haven’t seen for a while 😊 Hopefully your prospective visitor will give advance notice so MrV can go out 😉 Do you have more than one jewellery box 🤔 Fingers crossed that you find the brooch 🤞 What a lovely friend 😊 An excellent sum raised for the Spanish dogs charity 👏

Muddy_Walker, that is what I call TLC 😊 Please treat yourself to some more TLC 🙏 cwtches 🤗 coming your way 😊

EnergyShifter, at least you have only had one day of feeling lacklustre - I have been feeling like that for weeks 😅 Yippee to the bathroom guy starting the ‘boxing’ 🥳

The scarf I knitted is very short so will add a button & make it into a neck warmer thingy 😉

MrsSD: I AM A ⭐️ - 🥇 🎖️ 💐 🌟 🏅 💐 🎖️ 💐 ⭐️ 💐 💐 🥇 ⭐️ 

DH Awards: IS A 💎🏅 🌟 🥰 🏅 

DSis Awards: 🏅 💐 💐 🤗 ⭐️ 

Decluttering Target 2023: 848/2024

1p Savings Challenge Running Total: £166.85