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2025 DECLUTTERING CAMPAIGN MrsSD - The Joy of Decluttering
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To add to the boiler breaking down on Christmas Eve, thankfully mended same day, our stairlift broke down on Saturday morning. You don’t realise how reliant you are on equipment until it’s not available. 1st job Monday is call the repair man and hope he can come same day. Weird as it’s been serviced twice this year.Finally got around to inventorying my 2nd freezer onto white board.Went through some papers and got rid of 2 empty notepads, by empty I mean no paper left in them.
Yet another flipping cardboard box, where the heck do they keep coming from??Used the left over half pack of cocktail sausage, sweet peppers, mushrooms, onion to make a sausage casserole and it was blimming lovely.
Got half pack of streaky bacon to use so found a pack of liver in 2nd freezer; liver, bacon, onion tomorrow.
Have just planned 5 weeks worth of dinners. Will definitely need to buy veg and bread, but lovely friend works in Tesco so she will get for me to save me from having to do a shop.
Anyone else feel like this “dead space” between Christmas and New Year is REALLY dragging this year? I am not enjoying it at all.Hope everyone has had a good weekend, sleep tight xxSaving 1 animal wont change the world - but it will change the world for that 1 animal
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@regnbue that's very kind of you and it only with your and others on this journey led by the wonderful Mrs SD that its been possible.
I am proud of myself and sometimes tinkering around the edges works and sometimes focusing on survival and self care until we can dive into decluttering for even a while is important.
Looking forward to being with everyone on the 2026 adventure 😀6 -
I had a bit of a sort out of knitwear today and found a couple that I like in principle but just don’t reach for so they’re off to the CS tomorrow.DSis & I have started a new Ziffit box which may or may not leave this year of be the start of next years decluttering.I’m also itching to have a rummage through the bottom of the wardrobe and the baskets on top of the wardrobe this week.✒️ Declutter 2025 🏅👗 Fashion on the Ration 2025 61/66 coupons (5 coupons silver boots)✒️Declutter 2024 🏅🏅🏅(DSis 🏅🏅)
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