2024 DECLUTTERING CAMPAIGN MrsSD

Liverpool_Anne

Hi all,

@QueenJess from your post it seems as if York has reverted to be more like it used to be. When I last visited pre covid there was more than 1 HP shop, it was every other shop and while I do like the books and films I had no wish to buy a wand . Maybe I will consider another visit . 

@Crazycatlady2 so sorry to hear your news, take care of yourself, big hugs

@Vulpix glad to hear Mr V is on the case and you are not so stressed now

Well yesterday wasn't such a good day. I got 3 bags of garden waste chopped between the showers but I didn't get them to the tip so not counting yet. The bedroom recycling was emptied as I had a bit of a sort out of some paperwork in the bedroom while it was raining. OH spent afternoon baking another version of the wedding cake in our oven, it took about 4.5 hours to cook and has decided that if it is up to scratch will do a second tier. It will have the edges sliced off for a taste test . The kitchen is destroyed again and when I was trying to open a tin and the tin opener refused to work again I had a fit of pique and threw it in the bin, I managed to get the tin open first . So today I am doing the trip to the Swedish shop and will probably pick up some of those blue bags. 

Hugs to everyone who would like one

1125 bedroom recycling
1126 tin opener
Take care everyone
1126/2024

oceanspirit

Several things off the reading pile yesterday and into recycling plus some papers into the shredder.  OH noted that the living room is looking much better.

Brie

Have I mentioned that York is the first place I lived in when I came to the UK.  About a zillion years back and way before HP.  I was at the uni (so actually lived in Heslington) and that's where I met him indoors.  One of my favourite Christmases ever there too - all alone, bought in stuff I liked but didn't normally have - like a really nice loaf of bread, farmer's butter, taramasalata (I know!!) - wandered around the empty streets on Christmas day hearing church services going on and carols. (actually a bit like the one HP where he goes to the town where he was born).  And had saved a copy of The Wrong Box to read. 

Next day got a call from the now OH who said he'd been told off by his mom for leaving me all on my own for Christmas when there was room at theirs and that I had to get a train down to Eltham.   And the rest, children, is as they say, history!

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 is a bit cloudier today but still warm & sunny. DH is pottering about in the garage & I am watching the shooting - Mixed Team Skeet event. Fingers crossed for an Italian win 🤞Yippee 🥳 DH has had a period of activity - filled the bird feeders, trimmed the front hedge & cleaned one side of the car 😊 Now watching the Canoeing - kayak cross is very full on 😉 & yippee 2 more medals 🥳

1266 - 1267 Kitchen recycling, drinks cans - recycled 

1268 Kitchen detritus binned 

Lovely post vulpix 😊 Hopefully the quilts will NOT finish you off 🤞😉 Really like the play on words - Shet Ski rather than jet ski 😊 Sounds like a very useful discussion & with all your planning when the move does eventually happen it should be so much easier 🤞 You will have great fun choosing tools from MrV’s ‘shop’ 😉 

Great decluttering Wednesday2000 👏 Sorry to hear about your dog’s loss of mobility, I hope she is not in pain 🙏 Good luck with the ice bathing 🍀 Very MSE to forego a takeaway 😊

Great cheerleading Liverpool_Anne 👏 What a lovely Saturday 😊 Hopefully now that your friend has an appointment with a specialist she will get some proper treatment & will recover quickly 🙏 Some good decluttering 👏 I would have sent OH out again for the milk 😂 Lavender plants do not make a good cuppa 😉

Excellent decluttering Rootle 👏 Still on target 🥳

Wednesday2000, hope you “enjoyed” your first use of the ice pod this morning 🤞

Excellent decluttering QueenJess 👏 It does sound like you are getting on top of the clothing situation 😊 Well done to DS for releasing more Lego to a new owner 👏 Hopefully everyone will turn up 🤞

vulpix, very pleased to hear that your blitz on the sheds has led to you feeling less anxious about your potential move 😊👏

Lovely post weenancy 😊 Hope you enjoy your new course🤞I can see you decluttering lots of unfinished projects & starting even more new ones 😉 Excellent work with the tidying & decluttering 👏 I trust that you are giving the cats extra treats for all their ‘help’ 😅

crazybunnylady4, so exciting that the neighbours are moving out & hopefully they will be completely gone by Monday 😉 Excellent work with the ironing 👏 Perhaps this is the perfect opportunity to declutter your wardrobe to create space for all the newly ironed clothes 😉 Enjoy the wine 😊

Good decluttering florianatwobob 👏

Brie, I admire your restraint 😉 I would have been tempted to just bin/recycle everything apart from my items 🤣

Great decluttering TC77 👏 You are on a roll 🥳

Crazycatlady2, so sorry to hear such sad news 😔 Condolences to you & your family. I will echo Moorviews’ sentiments - please ‘treat yourselves kindly’ 🙏

vulpix, so pleased that MrV is helping out with the decluttering & alleviating your shed anxiety 😊 Love the idea that the ‘giant plant’ gets a special visit 😅 Fingers crossed for the viewing in Buxton 🤞

Pennypincin, great work getting so much laundry done 👏 Fingers crossed that you can ‘save’ the t-shirt & shorts 🤞

GrannyKate, everything crossed for swift progress on the bungalow 🤞This “I managed to pick up a local character (I'm good at that) who was helping them find the names.  He was delighted to discover we were actually looking for the remains of a real grave for my 4 x great grandfather, a professor at Edinburgh University, who was buried there in 1805” made me howl with laughter 😂 Well done dealing with frogs 👏 & good luck with the rest of the frogs 🍀

Now, now Liverpool_Anne ‘wagging finger emoji’ 😉 You have done the hard work by filling 3 bags of chopped garden waste 👏 Shame about the tin opener ☹️ but hopefully you will find a super-duper one in IKEA 🤞 Although please remember to avert your eyes to everything else 🤣 apart from the blue bags 😉 

oceanspirit, so nice when someone notices the fruits of your decluttering labour as it gives you a real boost 🥳

Brie, what lovely memories 😊 Thank you so much for sharing them with us 🥹

Now watching the Track Cycling - so many different disciplines. Just needed to check - apparently I am watching the team sprint 😅 I hope everyone is still enjoying some dry weather & staying cool if it is too hot 🙂 Bye for now 👋 P.S. Just seen the GB Women’s team break the World Record 🤩

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Florafauna

@vulpix complete agree about Buxton being a top coat colder! I used to work up there and had Buxton clothes which included an extra layer. Great place though. 

suzeesu2000

GrannyKate…..what are frogs please?

short_bird

suzeesu2000 said:

GrannyKate…..what are frogs please?

Eat That Frog & Start Accomplishing Your Goals | Brian Tracy

vulpix

I was living in Buxton when the County cricket was cancelled due to snow... in June.

ilovetea

Didn't declutter anything yesterday except a basket of washing.
Today pulled a lot of stuff out of the cupboard of doom. Got most of it sorted for the de-stash sale. This evening I got a message saying it was cancelled.
Now I'm having a sulk and an ice-cream.

take care everyone.
  ilovetea.

London_1

Hi chums I'm thinking of getting a small fridge just to keep milk and odds and ends in in my sitting rooms. I though I may go into Newport and see if the BHF have any as I know they do get them sometimes and they are well checked over to make sure they are safe.I just literally just for small odds and ends in my sitting room cream, milk, butter, and cheese perhaps as DDs fridge seem to be over full.
Plus if its BHF than the cash is going to a good cause  win-win
JackieO xx