2026 DECLUTTERING CAMPAIGN Mrs SD - our Year of Redistribution

ilovetea

Well another day of doing very little.

Took the cat for a walk (yes you did read that right) ,went to meditation and then out to the post office. So cold and windy but no rain.

111-115 5 e-bay sales posted.

116 chipped mug binned.

117 Put Sundays washing away.

118 3 more old cards in recycling

119 another 100+ e-mails deleted.

ilove tea xx

TC77

Lost yesterday's post and everytime i think the train is slowing down i realise its not.

@Willowtree222 well done on the exam and good

2 items ( well one had 2 parts) sold. Very cheap but great thet they are useful to someone as charity shop wouldn't havr wanted them. Lots of packaging ( box, bubble wrap, etc) so counting as 5, packaging and paper work recycled at weekend.

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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. Don’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

Tuesday continued: Forgot to mention that Ernie was kind again - £50 for me & £100 for DH 🙂 Dinner was quiche & boiled new potatoes for DSis whilst DH & I had haddock loin, potatoes & peas. DH made a soup mostly vegetable with the addition of a bit of lo steak & 3 slices of beef. Wudupa

244 - 246 Kitchen recycling, glass bottle, cardboard packaging - recycled 

247 - 248 Kitchen detritus, plastic packaging - binned 

suzeesu2000, fingers crossed that the rain stops & that the evacuated people can return home soon 🤞Well done on the sales & using up the last of the Christmas food 👏 You do have some very interesting ancestors 😊 no wonder you get engrossed in your FT ☺️

Florenceem, an excellent result on your NSDs - over 50% 🤩 Excellent decluttering in the kitchen 👏 Shame about the steam cleaner ☹️ but well done on returning it so quickly 😊 Good news about the cheque from HMRC 😊 & like suzeesu2000, I am pleased to hear that you will be booking an appointment with your GP 🙏 Excellent decluttering 👏

Great decluttering ilovetea 👏

Great decluttering TC77 👏 Even a little cash coming in is useful 😊

Sleep tight 😴 

MrsSD Awards: 💐 🙏💐💐🌟⭐️❤️💐💐 

DH Awards: 🏅

DSis Awards:

Decluttering Target 2026: 248/2026

1p Savings Challenge Running Total: £41.00

TC77

Abit of tidying this morning. Cardboard box out which had part of thr dvd collection I've inherited and put in other containers that are lying around. More like with like.

Cousin coming in about 10 days to help so biting the bullet and laying things out in bedroom which had new carpet and is empty until furniture from my dad's arriving.

Found a use for some of my record card collection and writing an inventory of things like duvets so know how many. V cold house so in winter need 2 on beds but have many single duvets I think and no single beds. Keeping one or two as dd sometimes has friends to stay who may be camping on the floor or sofa!

vulpix

Mr V took loads of broken stuff from around the garden to the tip.

Plumber is coming next week to fit a new radiator in the sitting room. Good, it's bloomin freezing in there with the current too small radiator. I sat last night with Mr V's dressing gown on over my clothes. New radiator means the curtains need to change. So a new curtain track needs to be bought and fitted and I need to shorten some curtains that I was given. I may replace them in the future but they will do for now. As soon as I cross something off the to do list, twice as many things need adding.

I am home alone as Mr V has taken the car to the dealership for a service. Too far to come home and go back again later so he is dangerously filling time in a shopping centre.I am actually going to get the sewing machine out and make a start on the curtains.

I am enjoying the newly sealed window at the top of the stairs. The old sealant was black and flaky. Small wins.

Granny Kate, I dread to think what is squirreled away in Mr V's shed village.

Vx

florianatwobob

A friend returned a book I’d leant her yesterday. This is excellent news as it means that I can now tip over the £5/10 item minimum for Ziffit! Whoop!

Deb4

Been busy decluttering away here

I had some boots that started with some holes so they have gone in to the bin they have done me well.

We seem to have new jigsaw around the house belonging to my DS and OH so I put them away in a cupboard for when they are needed

Some more boxes and paper work in the recycling, as well as some other bits, some more things for the charity bag, I'm still keeping on top of my emails which is very good for me

Sold 2 more items yesterday so they have been posted today, I used up some more packaging.

I sorted out my ribbon box which I have been putting off but it didn't take long, there was some of the lights that you put into jars the batteries that had leaked so they are in the recycling bag for batteries, not sure if the lights will work again, I try them later if not I will put them into the bin.

Been watching some of my programs, I watching one about the Titanic that I recorded over Christmas which is really interesting especially as I have been to Belfast to see where it was built.

Hope everyone is well and keeping worn

Floss

@TTC77have you ever tried putting a spare single quilt onto your mattress, underneath the sheet? It gives an extra later of warmth underneath.

Florenceem

J arrived at 8am - silly nannie didn't realise that there were 2 battery packs with the power washer - I had only charged one. J first of all cleared out the gulley in front of the garage for when he power washes the drive - I had visions of a flooded garage. J power washed the side alley and the mucky dustbin is clean and back in it's cubby hole. I wonder if it was a thing in the 1970s to make a space in the building for a dustbin - never seen it before.

J carried on with power washing the back garden slabs - what a difference.

When the battery ran out - J got a bucket of hot soapy water and washed down the front paintwork - then the back!

J worked so hard in the 3 hours he was here. He will be back the next weekday with good weather when he isn't working.

My friend arrived and we went off to the local auction house - had an adventure finding it. We took the vintage items that had been donated to the charity shop. I took the bag of stuff that I found in the glass cabinet the other day. The woman thought I was putting them in under my name but I am donating to the SA.

Green_hopeful

@Floss we have a duvet on our mattress as well. Funny we are a bit like the princess and the pea. We have an electric blanket, wool mattress protector, duvet and then the sheet. One of our cats occasionally pees on our bed and the wool mattress protector is a nightmare to wash and dry especially in the winter. The duvet keeps us snug and is easy to wash in case of disaster. Our actual duvet has been washed more than any duvet known to mankind. I ended up going weekly for a while. Fortunately the weeing has stopped at the moment.