2025 DECLUTTERING CAMPAIGN MrsSD - The Joy of Decluttering

weenancyinAmerica

@vulpix - Re-FOMO and the vet - have you tried wraping the cat in an old towel somewhere away from the carrier - so that he can't see it and then stuffing him in with the towel still on? Good luck. It took three of us to get a cat in a carrier one time - and she was just a little cat. I didn't know cats could put out their arms sideways. She was also the one who could spit a pill 20 feet away.

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

Back again - Hopefully I can finish the cheerleading for posts dated the 9th before I start dinner 🤞

GrannyKate, sounds like you had a lovely day on Saturday 😊 Relieved to hear that MRI went OK 🥲 Fingers crossed for a favourable result 🤞🙏 Hopefully you won’t get a ticket 🤞 Sorry to hear that DD2 has lost a couple of stones from her engagement ring 😔 hopefully she will find them when she returns home 🙏 

Green_hopeful, a busy weekend 👏 I had to look up ‘hoggin’ & pleased I did because it sounds perfect for a repair to our driveway where it meets the path 🤔 I do hope you put a jar of mincemeat in the TLC Carriage 😉😉

QueenJess,sorry to hear that you were feeling unwell on Sunday 😔 I am hoping that you are now fully recovered 🙏  Excellent work in your DD’s room 👏 definitely deserving of a medal 🏅 which is on its way. Also well done on getting DS to tidy up an area of his room each day 👏 Great decluttering 👏

Muddy_Walker, sounds like the perfect Sunday 🥹 This “The Cake….overcooked bits have been removed and it’s been given more alcohol. I may have had a tipple too for quality purposes…….😜” did make me giggle 🙊 especially the emoji you chose. 

suzeesu2000, sorry to hear that your “tummy wasn’t happy” on Sunday ☹️ although now that you have mentioned fish fingers I really want some 😅 So wonderful that you are so close to your DNiece 🥹

Brambling, the books that you decluttered definitely count as they were cluttering up your car 😉 Absolutely adored This “My sister is here for a sleepover tonight (her granddaughters' words)…….” so cute 🥰 Your poor cat 😢 I do hope he is OK now 🙏

vulpix, a pity you haven’t found your dressing gown but at least I can continue to imagine the removals chap driving around wearing it 🤣 Great work clearing the decks for the electrician & also sorting your clothes 👏 After all you do have a cruise to pack for ☺️ Hope both your cats are OK after their jabs yesterday 🤞

Success re the cheerleading 🙂 I will post now & see you all later 👋

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

DH Awards: 🏅 ‘Squirrel Whisperer’ ⭐️🏅🏅⭐️😇🏅🥇 

DSis Awards: ⭐️ ⭐️ 🏅

Decluttering Target 2025: 2100/2025

1p Savings Challenge Running Total: £569.00

vulpix

Matty, that is hilarious. Hahahaha.

Fomo is over vigilant and terrified of being caught. Mr V had the carrier outside the room yesterday but I think moving house and a vet trip 3 weeks ago has stirred up Fomo's terror. Mr V's arm is a shocking mess. There is another attempt to get to a new vet appointment tomorrow. We have tried the towel thing before, it made him even worse, I imagine he has had that in the past.

 So after sending a detailed online message to the surgery for assessment  ( they discourage phoning and speaking to a human) and ticking the please phone me box I got a txt to say go to the pharmacy and get your BP read.( WHO is reading these messages and making these decisions?) Which I did. BP is in my boots which I know as I have BP problems for the past 34 years after having eclampsia and being very close to kicking the bucket. Spending 6 months in hospital deciding if I was going to make the effort to live! Big praise to the NHS, I am their biggest most grateful fan. The woman at the pharmacy messed up her log in so said she would email the results later and the surgery may be in touch! I went to the surgery feeling pretty grim and waited a long time to speak to a woman on reception who started to fob me off. I stayed firm and  let her know that I know my symptoms after 3 decades and needed to see someone. I got an appointment with a nurse an hour later. The upshot is I have to have a BP machine on for 24 hours and a blood test.I am not entitled, I am not the worried well, I am not a hypochondriac. I am an ex nurse, I know my BP is throwing a paddy. This is how I lost my sight through uncontrolled BP. I have been at the surgery 4 years and have never seen a doctor yet! Any how enough of all that. It is shame that you have to fight to get help when you need it at the time when you least feel like fighting. All being said, all the staff are very nice if unable to action anything.

 Nothing decluttered today. I have spent most of the day lying on the bed. Nurses Fluffy, Fomo and Mr V in attendance.

 Vx

weenancyinAmerica

@vulpix - I am sending (((hugs))) your way. I hope you feel better soon. I was hospitalized with BP of 200 over 100 one time. Today was the best reading I have had for a long time. I had been working on family history and had been successful finding what I needed. I credit that with my better BP.

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

Tuesday continued: Dinner was from freezer - one portion of cheesy pasta & an hm cheese sauce heated up & cooked some Gigli pasta. Light rain from 20:15 for about 20 minutes + a couple more short light showers later on. Wudupa.

2101 - 2103 Kitchen recycling, drinks cans, plastic takeaway container- recycled

2104 - 2106 Kitchen, lr & office detritus - binned 

A little more cheerleading before I head to bed:

ruby_eskimo, re the bike repair there is some good news - the garage will be able to source a new alternator at a cheaper price than Honda 😮‍💨 so hopefully the repair will be in 3 figures rather than 4 🤞 Excellent work by both you & DH 👏 a medal🏅 🏅 for each of you - on their way 😊

Happy_Kitties, yikes to “living in the middle of a building site” 😧 Hopefully it won’t be for too long 🤞Excellent decluttering 👏

regnbue, it sounds like you had an absolutely marvellous time in Japan & you certainly packed a lot in 🤩 Your pictures are amazing & from your first batch of pictures I was especially enamoured of the Mount Fuji & autumn colours photos 😍 I do hope you managed to avoid the bears 😉 Very interesting about the young trainee geisha 🤔 & the garden looks so peaceful 🥹 That is a very fiercesome looking dragon statue 🐉 & Himeji Castle looks so white 😊

Sleep tight everyone 😴 

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

DH Awards: 🏅 ‘Squirrel Whisperer’ ⭐️🏅🏅⭐️😇🏅🥇 

DSis Awards: ⭐️ ⭐️ 🏅

Decluttering Target 2025: 2106/2025

1p Savings Challenge Running Total: £569.00

Moorviews

Vulpix, I am absolutely shocked by the lack of service at your surgery and hope you do get the correct treatment and care soon. It seems there is a postcode lottery with GP services and we are rather more fortunate in my rural area. For the moment anyway.

GrannyKate

Morning all.  Off to a meeting after two days at home pottering.  There is a difficult issue at end of meeting so we will see how that pans out.  Need to collect Sox' worm and flea treatment which I have ordered but probably tomorrow as only ordered yesterday pm.  

1106 Guidance manual ordered 
1107 Random papers sorted through and 80% recycled - thats the stuff I cleared off my desk last week finally sorted
1108 Papers downloaded for meeting today
1109 Sox's meds ordered
1110-11 Two jigsaws (small ones) done and put in CS bag
1112 Sorted parking for DS2 for January holiday - I'll do that instead of giving spending money as all inclusive place

vulpix

 Thanks chums. Today I am feeling much better, but that is the nature of the beast. My BP proves impossible to regulate. Either through the roof or in my boots.  Sorry to moan yesterday about non decluttering stuff.

Vx

MadamMim2013

vulpix said:

 Thanks chums. Today I am feeling much better, but that is the nature of the beast. My BP proves impossible to regulate. Either through the roof or in my boots.  Sorry to moan yesterday about non decluttering stuff.

Vx

But you were decluttering.. some unhappiness.. that’s just as important as if you were getting shot of a physical item!

Off to run errands.. then a decluttering a little time with a friend, much needed catch up and giggle! 

🤭 

CRANKY40

Good afternoon, 

@vulpix I agree with MadamMim, sometimes you just need to get stuff out into the universe instead of locked up inside you. Poor Fomo - he must be so scared. Poor Mr vulpix too - he needs some of that arm padding that people wear when they're training police dogs.

@regnbue thank you for the lovely photos. I've seen videos of the deer bowing for their crackers and chasing tourists. 

Slightly better news about the bike repair MrsS_D. 

No decluttering yesterday as ds lost his uni pass (again) so there was some travelling to fetch a new one that wasn't expected which took a lump out of my day. I'm on it today though. Fifteen skeins of yarn are coming to knit and natter with me this afternoon to mainly go to the lady that knits hats for the homeless but there's enough for a couple of other people to have some too. They're either from yarn that I have been give or almost whole skeins left over from projects. It's only a small knit and natter group but I enjoy it

Take care all of you 😊