2026 DECLUTTERING CAMPAIGN Mrs SD - our Year of Redistribution

vulpix

Florenceem, my love, big hugs.xxx

Jivjules, big hugs for you and your son.xxx

Your garden sounds lovely dND. I still have no clue what to do with my empty space in the front of the house. I had thought of meadow but I keep thinking it is full sun all day, a shame to waste it. My previous garden was shade which I loved but it would be a shame not to benefit from a South facing garden. I keep thinking kniphofia and the bright colours a shade garden doesn't have.

A mirror and a tapestry picture hung. New curtains came and have been hung. I have hand hemmed a blanket that has been waiting about 3 years. Also started a crochet blanket for Ukraine.

Mr V came home with 7 bags of allium bulbs and hyacinth bulbs that he was given. Love them but not looking forward to potting them up tomorrow. I know not which shed the bag of compost is.

I found a garden furniture cover by our patio doors. Mr V took it back to a neighbour over the back we haven't met and made introductions.

Got the quote to re site and have a new radiator.Very expensive radiator but it's freezing in our sitting room.It will be a lot warmer when we can get some flooring down too.

No actual decluttering but I am using stuff up which won't be replaced.

Vx

Mrs_Salad_Dodger

1. Daily To Do List - written the night before
2. Sort out sleep patterns - initial targets: bed by 03:00, up by 10:30
3. Do’t put it down, put it away + deal with mini tasks as soon as they are noticed e.g. refill olive pourer or salt cellar, stitch up a hole in a garment etc.
4. Commence ‘Operation Financial Frog Tickling’ using the acronym - I.R.I.S. (Identify, Research, Implement, Sign Off) - One per quarter
5. Continue to keep kitchen clean & tidy - before going to bed
6. Plan & Execute ONE Major Project - 2026 New Bathroom
7. Target 2026 items out

Thursday very misty from 00:30 to 07:00, then a dry cold day with a high of 6°C (-5° due to ESE wind) & a low of 2°C  Wrote a 5 day menu plan & a shopping list. Whilst DH & DSis were shopping I descaled the kettle. Spent the rest of the afternoon knitting & watching recorded programmes including a couple of episodes of WinterWatch. I have weighed & prepped ingredients for tonight’s dinner- creamy bacon & pea linguine………. Dinner was delicious 😋 Wudupa

177 - 181 Kitchen recycling, 2 plastic bottles, glass bottle, newspaper - recycled 

182 - 183 Kitchen & lr detritus - binned 

Green_hopeful, good luck with your ‘jar project’ 🍀

DawnW, excellent work emptying the old bureau & decluttering some of the contents 👏 Hopefully the new bureau has been delivered & the old one taken away 🤞 

Moorviews, I like the description “double whammy of an iPad update and the website changes” & agree that it is not an enjoyable experience 😔 Also to add insult there is another iPad update 😖 Pleased to hear that you don’t need to complete a tax return although I will say well done on sorting out so much paperwork 👏Fingers crossed that any excess craft stuff can be passed on rather than binned 🤞 Currently waiting for DH to make another soup 😉

vulpix, I will keep my fingers crossed that once the garden is sorted you will have duck visitors 🤞 & thank you for sharing such a lovely story ☺️ Mrs Builder is even more of a ‘precious gem’ than diamonds. I looked it up & she is a ‘tanzanite’ 🥹 I am now imagining that you are raring to get started on the decorating 🙊

Excellent work GrannyKate 👏 The renovations & plans for decorating are coming along nicely ☺️ Well done on adding to your bathroom fund 👏

London_1 how fortunate that your hairdresser is now so close to you 😊 I did have to smile at your comments about your eldest DD, she obviously misses seeing you daily 🥹 Excellent decluttering of books & well done on continuing with the jigsaw 👏

_Dolly_Rocker_ sorry to hear about the stinking cold & the added stress of keeping your mum out of trouble 🥺 Hopefully you are on the road to recovery 🙏

daisy_1571, very droll 😂

Brie, a pity about the trolley token 😞 I have one with a picture of an old fashioned camper van 😊

_Dolly_Rocker_ well done on using up notebooks 👏 I need to get myself organised rather than using scraps of paper 😉

Florenceem, a busy day & also well done to both your friend & R 👏 I love that MrF wanted 5 songs for his COL 🥹

Excellent decluttering Willowtree222 👏

GrannyKate, thank you for sharing your thoughts & memories 🥹 Condolences to your sister on the loss of her long time friend 🥺

Florenceem, great decluttering 👏 & lovely to hear that J popped by ☺️ Whatever you decide about which Corps Church to attend going forward, will be the right decision for you 🥹

jivjules1, so sorry to hear about DS1 😔 Hopefully now that he is in a safe place, his recovery can start 🙏 Well done on the sale 👏 & fingers crossed for more to follow 🤞

dND, loving your garden plans ☺️ I am putting in a request for photos once you get started 🙏 Sorry to hear you had a bad night on Wednesday 😞 but pleased to hear that you are enjoying the knitting group ☺️ Yippee to finding a human being to cut a copy of your key 🥳 I am already imagining the lovely aromas when you start making marmalade ☺️

Excellent decluttering QueenJess 👏 & great work making new Christmas cards 🥳Great decluttering ilovetea 👏 Remember every single item out is a win 😊

vulpix another busy day 👏 Great decluttering of tasks including hand hemming a blanket 👏 Good luck potting up the bulbs 🍀 Sounds like you & MrV are getting to know the neighbours 🥹

Sleep tight 😴 

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Decluttering Target 2026: 183/2026

1p Savings Challenge Running Total: £5.00

TC77

@jivjules1 ao sorry to hear about your son and hope he is getting good care and take care of yourself.

Nothing decluttered except £ as must have dozed off on train and had to get a taxi some way back to my dad's .... his house is a 5 min walk usually and not a 25 min taxi! It was the middle of the night so last bus gone too.

Trades quoting today but out of the blue a viewing tomorrow so we will see.

Dd1 will come and help.at my house sometime.

Green_hopeful

@vulpix there are lots of beautiful and easy sun loving plants. We have quite a few small leaf salvias, hot lips is a popular option but there are lots more. They are hardy and don’t need watering very often. Penstemon and also fantastic and flower for absolutely ages.

MadamMim2013

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/81860966#Comment_81860966

Thinking of you, sending hopes that your son can begin to recover again, glad he’s safe..

Everything else can wait, take care of you for a while as the emotional toll is huge.. make time for a cry/rant/wail should you need it and also some comfort (movie/book/lie in)

Hugs..🤗

mehefin

@dND My local crafters made a massive amount of poppies too. They donated them to the community council who then tied them onto a net and made a cascade for Remembrance Sunday. It may be something to consider as in my experience RBL is more interested in selling poppies to raise funds.

Double size blowup campbed donated to a lady wanting to take her kids this year-can't see me using it again - so another bit out.

Any suggestions what to do with 2 hessian aprons- I have no idea where they came from or what they have been used for but they 'look' old? They are full length brown sacking like material.

pixtotts

I'm going to confess I've not caught up on posts this week - I've pretty much just procrastinated all week, though I have submitted my tax return and done 25/26 up to this month… so just some accidental decluttering as I did other things -

6 - bundle of receipts
7 - 3 shoe boxes - I embroider shoes for a living and send shoes back out in my nice branded boxes so the old boxes get saved up then donated to my friends school :)
8 - old notebook to bin
9 - 2023 diary binned - I don't know why I still had it
10 - old purse! - this is slightly preemptive as it's my task for this afternoon, but I promise I will do it! I can't keep carrying around 2 purses haha!

10/2026 - I just figured out I need to do 45 items a week to reach my goal… eek!

I'm off for the weekend, hopefully see you earlier next week with some action :) x

_Dolly_Rocker_

Morning all,

@Florenceem - Go where you feel comfortable.

@jivjules1 - So sorry to hear about your son, must be so difficult but he will get the care he needs and you can know that he is safe.

Just having a quick bit of brekkie with some paracetamol before I head out on my dog walks for the day. Will be out until around 2pm then home for a blast of the heat and a nap! Still loaded, coughed most of the night last night.

Will sit and sort out all the funds for February when I get home, make sure I'm all set for the month ahead.

vulpix

Thank you Greenhopeful. It is years since I had a full sun garden. I am drawn to wanting a pink and purple garden. I want things I couldn't grow before like verbena, lavender and agapanthus. My shade garden at the last house was very successful, all green and white with a lot of hostas, ferns, hydrangeas,lilly of the valley etc. I will do that again at the back of the house round the patio.I can't decide on front garden bed layout. All sugestions gratefully received.There is a seating area that gets afternoon and evening sun in the back where I could perhaps do a hot colours garden. Difficult to know really as it is very overgrown with bushes. The garden will take a few years I think. What I know already is there seems to be very little in the garden that is worth saving. Well there is a very nice 60's concrete garden container that's it.

Vx

London_1

Good morning chums well thank goodness January is almost over it, seemed to be never ending.Which is daft really as there are other months of 31 days ,but I think its because we get so busy with Christmas and family stuff .

January is such a come-down as its dull ,grey, usually cold and wet and even looking out of the window at the garden looking sad and sodden is depressing.

I'm going to treat myself and DD to a nice bunch of daffs I know we have lots growing in the garden but I just fancy a few bunches indoors to brighten the polace up a bit

Just had a text from DGS Mikey at Uni he is in the middle of his dissertion as he finishes in the summer and he's quite pleased as he says he feels its going well. He's had one interview, and has a second one to go to which I am keeping my fingers crossed for him, although there are an awful lot of candidates applying. But he says he has things lined up, but can't apply until he knows how this job has gone.

Today I am, as its at the moment not raining, going to declutter to the garden waste bin some of the winter debris in the back garden

On the Island there is a good few palm trees, which look very pretty, but drop large leaves One of our neighbours has a couple in his garden and the wind seems to carry the falling leaves over into ours.Plus we have a good few leaves from our own trees that need clearing up. DGS Ben will be down for half term and we will hopefully be getting stuck into the veg patch.

Right time to get a wriggle on

Cheers chums soon be spring

JackieO xxx