2025 DECLUTTERING CAMPAIGN MrsSD - The Joy of Decluttering

Soontobeoap

still stripping! And it's only a tiny room!!!! 🤯

London_1

Gosh better you than me this weather stripping walls etc I've just taken some iced water out to the two guys doing the extended patio in our garden Its boiling out there and they are shovelling the old 25 square yards of small stones and rubbish up to lay new slabs down Bless them one young man looks like he's melting so plenty of water every hour for them.

DD cancelled the window cleaner this week as there is such a lot of dust with all the shovelling but once the old bits have been decluttered into the skip at the front of the house and the new patio laid it will look really nice and the dogs won't keep running over what looks like Brighton beach all the time.We are forever digging out pebbles and stones from their feet.

My plan for today is to sit by the window with a nice book and relax, as sleep was not brilliant last night so perhaps a bit of reading the back of my eyelids maybe on the menu later., plus of course there is Wimbledon starting today which I really enjoy. DD has some melon in the fridge which will cool me down nicely  

enjoy your day chums and try to keep hydrated 

JackieO xx

Wednesday2000

I'm watching Wimbledon too. I just had a bowl of strawberries and cream for breakfast. I'm not venturing outside today, apart from to the garden.

I am going to go up and down stairs today to declutter in between the lulls or boring bits of the tennis. I have a picture frame, a mirror, two glass ornaments and a dress so far, but I'm hoping there will be a lot more later today.

Brie

Decided that I really needed to get the Lidl pseudo Birkenstocks out of the bedroom and closer to the charity shop.  Stopped and put them on just to remind myself just how uncomfortable they are.  Big mistake.  Guess what, coming off statins means my feet aren't so swollen and they fit nicely.  Not great but good enough (I think) to wear around the house - which is why I bought them.  So they are on probation for the moment.  

Meanwhile there's numerous birds (the feathered variety) queued up at the big pot saucer in the garden that I keep filling with water.  There was what looked like a duck squatting in it the other day but that turned out to be a very round and somewhat green pigeon.  

QueenJess

Final post of the month and the final result were 54 items used up in the month!  For July (and as I also have holiday), I've decided to go for more use ups, but 5 in each of the following categories:

• Kitchen cupboards/freezer
• Bathroom supplies
• Stationery/craft stuff
• Packaging

1 - colouring book used up (recycled)
1 - activity book used up (recycled)
3 - puzzles (Buy Nothing/charity shop)
1 - colouring pencils used up
1 - packaging used up
1 - very greasy moisturiser that doesn’t work (binned)
1 - packaging recycled
1 - Sticker sheet used up

New total 2,397
Use it up total 219
Mini kitchen challenge 43/50

June - Use Up Challenge:
1. Screen cleaner
2. Packaging
3. Whole almonds
4. Frozen candied orange juice
5. Frozen mango
6. Almond milk
7. Floss pick
8. Cotton pads
9. Seed packet
10. Floss pick
11. Packaging
12. Packaging
13. Packaging
14. Stationery
15. Kitchen cleaner
16. Packaging
17. Packaging
18. Packaging
19. Chia seeds
20. Seed packet
21. Seed packet
22. Seed packet
23. Seed packet
24. Stationery
25. Moisturiser
26. Packaging
27. Stationery
28. Stationery
29. Stationery
30. Seed packet
31. Stationery
32. Stationery
33. Stationery
34. Alternative flour
35. Stationery
36. Stationery
37. Stationery
38. Packaging
39. Stationery
40. Seed packet
41. Seed packet
42. Whole almonds
43. Frozen blackberries
44. Moisturiser
45. Stationery
46. Stationery
47. Packaging
48. Packaging
49. Packaging
50. Seed packet
51. Stationery
52. Stationery
53. Stationery
54. Stationery
55. Stationery
56. Stationery
57. Seed packet
58. Packaging
59. Packaging
60. Sun cream

TC77

1135 from weekend.
2 items sold at weekend so parcelled upwith lots of packaging.4 cards written. 
1143

Mrs_Salad_Dodger

1. Write a daily To Do list - only 3 tasks
2. Concerted effort to sort out sleep patterns - Realistic targets: bed by 2:00 a.m. & up by 10:00 a.m 
3. Continue dealing 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

Monday: up a lot later today having stayed up so late watching the finals of Countdown - worthy Welsh winner - first since 1997 😊 It is another hot sunny day with barely a cloud in the sky, no sign of a breeze & temperatures set to rise to 31°C 🥵 (only went as low as 18°C in the early hours of this morning). I had thought I might go to the CS today but I will wait until Wednesday at the earliest when temperatures are set to fall slightly to 24°C with a chance of rain🤞Took the last of the washing in off the whirligig & folded everything. Also repaired rips in the attached petticoats of two skirts. Rest of the afternoon was spent clearing down more programmes from the TV planner - now have 78% recording capacity. Whilst we were in Scotland DH discovered one of the rear lights wasn’t working, so today he replaced the bulb + cleaned the brake lever which had been sticking. Dinner was lasagne. Wudupa.

1122 - 1128 Kitchen & lr recycling, 2 cardboard boxes, cardboard & paper packaging, plastic bottle - recycled 

1129 - 1130 Kitchen & lr detritus - binned

Excellent decluttering YBR 👏 Well done on being almost done with 6 weeks still to go before you move 🤩 Very impressed at your preparations & how organised you are 👏

Lovely to see you wishus 👋 Excellent & steady decluttering 👏 & well done on the charity run 😊 Keep up the good work 😊

Muddy_Walker, not surprised that you fell asleep after work 😉 the heat is so enervating 😪 Pleased to hear that you are enjoying watching The Handmaid’s Tale 😊 As you say ‘brutal’ but also compelling TV 🧐 

Floss, sounds like a very well organised move 🤩 Well done on continuing to refine your possessions & decluttering even more stuff 👏

Hope everyone had a good day & managed to stay hydrated 😊 Sleep tight 😴 

MrsSD Awards: 💐 🌟 ❤️ ❤️ 🏅 💐 💐 💐 🏅🥉🏅 🎂 🌟⭐️⭐️❤️ 🍫🐾 😍🥇🥇 💐 🏆 ⭐️

DH Awards: 🏅 ‘Squirrel Whisperer’

DSis Awards: ⭐️ ⭐️

Decluttering Target 2025: 1130/2025

1p Savings Challenge Running Total: £228.00

oceanspirit

Emptied kitchen corner cupboard so plumber could replace cracked pipe work.  So far one electric gizmo can go - just need to find all the attachments to go in the box for OH to drop off at re-use section next time he is at the recycling centre.  Work is now done, cupboard has been cleaned so things can go back in as and when we find the energy to do it.

Brie

Having mostly decluttered as much of the propane from the cannister as possible (without actually running out) I have now ordered a new one.  So that's one frog swallowed.  Nice chap - delivers and hooks up the cannister for us - much easier than us trying to lug it around and swearing a lot.  

Willowtree222

Hope everyone is ok. 

Decluttered a bin bag full of clothes, a chair given away for free and some candle jars sent to a candle maker for recycling. 

Went through a couple of drawers as I was looking for a letter, decluttered them as I was searching. Letter wasn't in them, but at least they're sorted now. 

A tip run will take place in the next week to get rid of those two electrical big items. Already been rewarded for them!