2025 DECLUTTERING CAMPAIGN MrsSD - The Joy of Decluttering

CRANKY40

Good morning, 

Sorry that I've been AWOL - the usual start of semester ds "stuff" plus he had/still has manflu just to add to things. 

I know the answer to the cats and plastic thing - a lot of plastics contain fish oils. Our previous cat used to steal the straws from drinks (ds had one friend who always asked for a straw) so I looked it up and that was the answer. Also, if one of the rooms in your house starts to small a bit fishy then check all of your plug sockets.  The socket where my washing machine was plugged in was the culprit here (it was overheated and melting!) so there must be fish oils in those plastics too.

So, on to decluttering....the final September total was 290 so for the three quarters of the year so far the grand total is 270. I'm not sure if I should be pleased or horrified. Ds helped me to take two more bags of things to the charity shop yesterday. I did have a sort of epiphany too. When we downsized to this house we filled it with "stuff" even though I probably halved our possessions before the move. Over the years we've looked at storage solutions and such things but I said to ds at the weekend that the answer is not better storage, it's actually less belongings.

October is off to a good start with 60 less items in the house so far. I have struggled to get a couple of items past ds who clearly has his father's hoarding genes but the answer to this is to wait until he's forgotten about it then put whatever it is in the bottom of the next bag so that he doesn't see it. 

Your flowers areso pretty Mrs S_D.sorry I missed saying Happy Anniversary to you both 💐

I'm loving all the cat photos too so thank you for those  😊

@suzeesu2000 my maiden name was a very common Welsh surname - that was hard. I'm still preferring the Scottish branch. My 3 x great grandparents were both born on the Isle of Iona. Not only that but my 3x great grandfather had the same name as my son has and the same birthday as me. 

Time for more coffee....take care all of you 😊

BlueJ94

Morning all! 

Ive got first aid training this morning, 6 hours of sitting in a room with some random people I've never met, I guess its better than going to work! 🤣

daisy_1571

Oooh cranky, you've nailed it !!   "the answer is not better storage, it's actually less belongings"  



Loving the cat photos, thanks also for that info about the fish oils in plastics, maybe they'll leave off plastic eating if they get regular fishy meals?



Daisy xxxx