2024 DECLUTTERING CAMPAIGN MrsSD

vulpix

Estate agents pics. Strange angle in the kitchen and arty shot in the bedroom!

QueenJess

Ooh @vulpix looks lovely   I agree with the weird angle in the kitchen... I'd really like to see the exact opposite way so I could see all the cupboards and drawers!

Well work is now over, although felt a bit of an anti-climax as no one really said goodbye or really acknowledged I was going.  Looking forward to having a bit of a break now and even a break from so much decluttering!  I did most the memory box sorting bar DD's one that I will do when I next get time and I even consolidated two boxes into one as when I opened one, it fell apart.  So as I was thinking of combining them anyway, it just made my decision very clear!  House isn't too messy at the moment and probably tidier than it has been for months and months (possibly years).  I still have things to declutter (parts of my wardrobe particularly, books, some kitchen stuff etc) and lots of things to use up or to use and not repurchase, but I am in a reasonable place (judged on how tidy my house is).  Just a bit more to go and then I think I could keep up with the tidying and it'll always be like that (hopefully!).

Anyway, on that note, I am taking a break.  I will still be on the thread, but no longer daily!  We are off on holiday tomorrow (just in the UK) and so this afternoon I am doing a massive session mark 2 of baking for our trip so we have plenty of snacks for the bottomless pits that are the kids and can take our own desserts (this is mse after all!).  This afternoon's baking batch will be banana bread, muffins (split with half raspberry and the other half chocolate chip), granola (running out for my breakfasts), ice cream (so it's ready in the freezer when we get back) and shortbread.  I already made oat biscuits, flapjacks and cheese biscuits and we have a ton of fruit, breadsticks, yogurt, popcorn kernels and carrots to take as well.  No one is going hungry on my watch!

Tons of stuff in as well to report: 1 bed guard (needed for DD for holiday), 13 school uniform stuff for DS, 10 DS pants really needed!, 5 DS swimming badges/certificates etc (so proud ), 1 lunch box for school and a sticker book for DS for holiday so he doesn't drive us insane whilst we wait for food etc (DD already has loads).

Digital:
1 - emails unsubscribed from

Physical:
6 - DS tat (charity bag)
4 - DS books (charity bag)
2 - socks (recycled)
1 - trousers that aren’t my style (charity bag)
1 - craft stuff (charity bag)
1 - DS tat binned
1 - puzzle (buy Nothing)
2 - packaged reused
1 - DVD (charity box)
1 - broken cable (bin)
1 - bathroom supplies used up
1 - magazine recycled
1 - puzzle book recycled
22 - memory box stuff recycled
1 - plastic bag reused
2 - paper, reused then recycled
12 - work equipment sent back
4 - DS old destroyed school uniform (recycled)
1 - gift card used up 

New total = 14,092

July In: 87, July Out: 905

Muddy_Walker

I love your house!

ruby_eskimo

Muddy_Walker said:

I love your house!

I also echo this sentiment @vulpix, it's gorgeous and I'm sure will be snapped up in an instant.  I especially love the arty garden shot - I can just imagine sitting on that bench with a cup of tea and just "being".  Fingers crossed it all goes smoothly.

regnbue

Gorgeous house @vulpix  I especially like the little double doors above your front door.  My Victorian cottage has all sorts of secret compartments and hidey holes too, 

daisy_1571

gorgeous pics vulpix 

Enjoy your holiday Queen jess

Floss

Gorgeous house @vulpix, hopefully it sells promptly for a good price x

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

Thursday is a dark, overcast day with lots of showers. DH has washed out both the compost bucket & bin. The recycling bin was emptied this morning - correct day for a change 😉 I have tried to PM Siebrie, but she appears to have vanished from the list of MSE posters ☹️ I will look again tomorrow just in case there is a glitch. 

Will post later with the cheerleading.

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Decluttering Target 2024: 1207/2024

1p Savings Challenge Running Total: £303.85

TC77

@vulpix , gorgeous house, sorry I've lost track if you're after the house you saw. It all looks so inviting with I think the bench winning out at the moment. 
Inspiring me to do more!

Brie

@vulpix
I'd buy that. (well if I was in the market for a house)

and yes - how did they manage the kitchen shot?  EA squatting on the counter with his camera??