2025 DECLUTTERING CAMPAIGN MrsSD - The Joy of Decluttering

Dizzycap

Florenceem good to hear things are improving for MrF and that he now has his own room. Praying that you get some answers soon xx

Well, I finally managed to finish putting the last 6 handbags back into the mega wardrobe behind door 2 ready to list later. Door 1 & 3 are now completely empty and I'm thrilled. Found a couple more items for the charity shop, so I've added those into the large black bag which my neighbour is very kindly dropping off for me tomorrow morning.

I've just put out the wheelie bins ready for their decluttering tomorrow, decluttered the kitchen bin and cleaned, ecluttered the finished washing from the machine and put on the drying rack, and now I'm decluttering a large cup of coffee and 2 mince pies

Tomorrow is going to be a cleaning & sterilising day in the kitchen & bathroom followed by a good hoover throughout the house, so I won't have much energy for decluttering, not that there's much left to do now. I'm going to forget the last 2 doors of the mega wardrobe for the next 3 days, as I will have to rest over the weekend which means I won't be spending any money either, so another 3 NSD's for this month.

Great going with all the decluttering efforts folks! We can nail it in 2025

florianatwobob

No major decluttering done this week so far (but I have a three day weekend before me so who knows what might happen!)..

That said…. 

Light bulb and batteries have been recycled via work. 

One book read and off the TBR pile and in the Ziffit box. 

Recycling has been put for tomorrow’s collection. 

TC77

total from earlier 180, and then tonight managed to break 2 glasses, partners of the one from the other day. I thought quite sturdy but they felt gently on their side and broke,so clearly not as good quality as I gave them credit for. Going through dd stuff, found some nearly ok notebooks which I am adding to my pile but some paper declutter out 183
Hugs to those in need x

Cheapskate

Welcome back Cheapskate 👋 I can say this with confidence because as I started typing your name autofill kicked in 😊 Sorry to hear about the divorce - never an easy time whatever the circumstances 😔 Looking forward to following your decluttering journey & pleased to see that your 2 teenagers will be on board as well 😊 This is your year - to quote  the new buzz words “Twenty-Twenty-Thrive” 

@Mrs_Salad_Dodger, nice to be back - love that phrase & think it's very apt!
 
Still working my way through the posts, and deciding on an approach that will work for me, but happy to report I've decluttered loads of empty pop cans from the teens' rooms into the green bin, nice to see the carpets!   

Our bins were disrupted over Christmas & due to the snow, so concentrating on pure rubbish to bag up for a tip run at the weekend (himself can do that I think), and we still have some nice chocs and various drinks from Christmas to declutter slowly over the next few weeks, some of the booze is destined to be gifts as we can't possibly drink it all!

A xo

Soontobeoap

Today I finished painting over the anti mould paint in the dining area  Thoroughly cleared the area.ironing taken upstairs.paint and tools put away and I collected up another bin bag full of rubbish  A canvas I had painted but smudged when I tried to seal it went in, some old pictures that GC had coloured and honestly I couldn't tell you what else but a massive improvement was made. 8 beer bottles put into fridge and the box broken down too. The last of the Christmas stuff needs to go to club ready for next year's Christmas Fair and cupboards need to be cleared but the room itself has recovered from Christmas. That's one more bin bag full.

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

DH & DSis ended up shopping in two sm - MrS for the main shop & As*a for DSis’s milk & sausages. I managed to put everything away without having to jam it in 😉 Dinner was pork steaks, mash cabbage & green beans. DSis treated us to cream cakes for afters 😋 Wudupa

102 - 105 Kitchen recycling, drinks cans, newspaper, paper packaging from new soap - recycled 

106 Kitchen detritus - binned

Will try to cheerlead the last of the posts dated the 15th

Soontobeoap, you certainly were busy yesterday 🤩 All that painting & you are only counting as ‘1’ 🤔 I will keep my fingers crossed that you manage to get  the doors painted 🤞 presumably prior to carpets being fitted?

Excellent decluttering & tidying oceanspirit 👏 Well done on being visitor ready - all down to your hard work 😊

Florenceem, pleased to hear that you went to singing group 😊 You are definitely sprinting along with your decluttering 👏 Daily or should that be twice daily visits to the CS 🤩

Excellent decluttering Brambling 👏 I still haven’t gone shopping for bras - over a month now since I treated myself to a new bra 😉 I need to replace all the rest of my bras as they are so old they no longer offer any support. Tmi, I know 🙊 

Oh my goodness, I hadn’t realised how close I was to finishing the posts dated the 15th 💃 I can now start the 16th 

vulpix, you only have to blink & suddenly the EDT has sped off 😅 Yippee to the movement on the ancient frog 🥳 You do realise of course that you will miss the waterfall & the ice installation 🤣 Great work on the decluttering 👏 so little left to do 😊 a testament to all your hard work 👏 Enjoy trying on your new to you clothes & fingers crossed that they not only fit but also suit you 🤞Sadly I missed the wolf moon 😞

Great work completing the deep clean of your bedroom Dizzycap 👏 Very kind of your neighbour to put the furniture back in place 😇 Brilliant work with the bags 👏 Fingers crossed that you are successful in getting all the bags behind Door 2 of the ‘mega wardrobe’ 🤞Hoping you will be kind enough to post a photo 🙏

Excellent decluttering of large pieces of furniture suzeesu2000 👏 & yippee to the sales & potential sales 🥳 Good luck sorting the box of DVDs 🍀

weenancy, not a great way to start the day with a power failure 😞 but very impressed with the power company that it was only for an hour 👏 Five stacks of boxes tipped over 😱 sounds like the cat is in training for The World’s Strongest Cat competition 😉 Good luck for the weekend decluttering of roommate Di’s room 🍀 and I hope Friday’s Book Sale is a roaring success 😊 So sorry to hear about your eye exam results 😢 You do know that Murphy’s Law dictates that if you put items on the ‘lawn’ it will rain 🤞 Let’s hope Murphy is correct 🙏 

Florenceem, nice to know that when you want to move large items your grandson J will have help 😊 Hoping that the early nights will soon restore your energy levels and you won’t feel so exhausted 🤞

Another page caught up, so a perfect place to stop 🙂 Sleep tight 😴 

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Dizzycap

Good morning campers!

Woke up with a burst of energy this morning so the kitchen is now fully cleaned & sterilised: washing machine, fridge, microwave, work surfaces & sink. I've just washed the floor and waiting for it to dry whilst I declutter a lovely cup of coffee chocolate Next the bathroom and then it's a good hoover round before I have to go back to bed

I hope everyone has a lovely decluttering day xx

Florenceem

After an early night I woke up at 5. Lay there for a while but was just thinking and not sleeping so got up.
About to have 2 cups of tea - get 2 out of a pot - old style tea leaves here.
I will be going out at 9 to the charity shop with my bag and trolley full.
It is bin day so will sort that out before I go.
Hope everyone has a good day.

foxandflowers

Out: another 4 pairs of jeans. I now have one pair, which are the pair I bought from Vinted. They fit perfectly! 

Small frog duly tackled, unfortunately we appear to have had an infestation in the shed and the rats have eaten through one bag of Stepsons clothes. They have been binned. Other clothes washed on 90 degree cycle. They are currently drying and then will be boxed up and taken to storage unit until Stepson comes down to see us next. 

Next frog on the list is to book rubbish removal/house clearance as there is currently most of the shed to be binned due to aforementioned ratties. Oh well, I suppose that will count for an awful lot of decluttering! 

Small sofabed listed on FB, someone is interested but I have no idea if it will come to anything. It's free to collector! I just want it gone at this point. It's the last thing in my downstairs lounge. I need to clean the bedroom today and photograph my wardrobes, then dismantle them and put them in the garage until someone buys them. 

Fingers crossed we get a moving date today as the Estate Agent rang me yesterday to say everyone is actually ready. 

ruby_eskimo

Welcome in or welcome back to the new and not so newbies.  Lovely to see so many enthusiastic passengers on the EDT!  

Well done on catching up with the cheerleading so quickly @Mrs_Salad_Dodger - you've created such a lovely community here 💐

Hope Mr F's EEG goes well @Florenceem and sounds like he's in the right place - just wish you could have some answers soon as to what's going on.

Not a lot of decluttering going on here over the last couple of days but did remember to:

84. Recycle celebrations tub at the local Green King pub

DH has not been helping by deciding that he's going to germinate seeds for the new (and currently non-existent) veg patch, in the middle of the kitchen, which is going to be a building site come Monday 🙄  So we've had deliveries of various potting things, although did manage to find his heat mats so he didn't have to buy more of those.  He also managed to decant some of his Christmas gifts so now we have 

85 - 90: Recycled cardboard boxes and packaging.

We're also decluttering a gift of some restaurant vouchers (from Christmas 2023 😳) for dinner tonight as a little treat.  Wish we'd booked it for some time during the kitchen renovation but I couldn't be bothered to change the date on it (plus I'm looking forward to not cooking!)

Oh and I finished a candle and some beauty bits so counting those as decluttering too:

91: candle finished
92. Shower gel finished
93. Eyeshadow finished

Hugs to those that need them.