2026 DECLUTTERING CAMPAIGN Mrs SD - our Year of Redistribution

Green_hopeful

@Florenceem i think you can ask Premium Bonds to look up the Holders Number. https://www.nsandi.com/help/lost-touch-with-nsandi/get-back-to-premium-bonds

suzeesu2000

As requested, a pic of my pic….

I absolutely fell in love as soon as I saw it. It was £5 which I think was great as it’s professionally framed and the front is real glass. Plus I know the place depicted as it’s just a few miles from me and where we used to live. It’s not small either. I would guesstimate 3’ x 2’. It’s going to go centrally on the wall behind the bed. Couldn’t do it today as body needs time to recover from yesterday!
@florenceem, I love your new jug too, lovely colours.
Hospital are telling me mum is now classed as totally immobile. She’s hardly eating - apart from a small tub of ice cream and a few bites of banana that my sister fed her today, spending majority of the time asleep. On the upside, possible place in a nursing home much closer to family so fingers crossed.
Have a good evening all, sweet dreams xx

daisy_1571

Thanks suzeesu thats a lovely calming pic

Dxx

suprisinglynice

Hi.

Still lurking!!

Not much gone since my last post, one or two things at a time. I have grandish plans but no motivation. I want to get rid of my dining table, it's being used as a dumping ground and driving me mad. OH just rolls his eyes as I have gotten rid of four over the years, and then decide that I need one again and go hunting for 'The One' I obviously haven't found the forever one yet 🤣

Florenceem

suzeesu2000 - that is a beautiful picture.

My bestie offered me a choice of some pictures - I chose one by a Scottish artist - will take a photo in the daylight.

When I was in Dunhel.. yesterday I looked at the mirrors - they had some reasonably priced ones - I will get a couple - one for the bedroom and one for the office which of course will eventually be a guest bedroom.

J will come after work tomorrow to put my bins out - but last week's bins have not been emptied. I have sent an email to the council. There must be a contingency plan for restricted access roads.

BlueJ94

Oh yeah I also decluttered 4 bottles of doggy shampoo and my olde english seems to be allergic to everything at the moment 😭

Yorkie1

@daisy_1571 there are three depths for the boxes, all of which are 12cm square (400ml / 4cm depth; 750ml / 8cm depth; 1.2L / 12 cm depth). So I imagine the lids will be interchangeable.

But the boxes are sold only in one size at a time - there isn't a mixture in each pack sold. As it's just me for the batch cooking quantities, I find the 400ml size is generally adequate.

Lovely jug @Florenceem and such a contemplative picture @suzeesu2000 .

I had a full paper recycling box this morning - some from the allotment shop and not all from me!

My house is about 90 years old, and it has an original wooden front door which has an arch at the top, a porthole window and three strips of glass in the bottom part. The door faces east and is painted pillarbox red. It does peel a bit in the sun, and has warped so that it no longer properly fits the frame. Eventually I'd like to build a porch so that the draughtiness of the front door is of less importance.

Suffolksue

Delurking .the lids of those freezer boxes are interchangeable

I’ve had some for more than 10 yrs and they’re still great ,go from freezer to microwave to dishwasher with no problems

Hope that helps

Brambling

I popped around to do more work in friends kitchen this morning and threw away about twenty or so jars of spices the oldest 2010. I was also able to add more tins to the food bank bag and was able to drop off a big bag 🙂

I felt the need to sort out my larder cupboard this afternoon luckily there was only two spice jars with about a cm of set spice which needed throwing out. It all looks nice and tidy and I've put a couple of tins to the front to use up soon. I seem to be collecting tin fish!

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

Wednesday continued: the soup DH made is quite spicy so I resorted to adding a spoonful of crème fraiche to tone it down a little. I have taken a few more balls of wool from my stash in the bedroom & will resume knitting . The 2nd load of washing is out on the whirligig & the 3rd load is in the wm. Cleared more programmes from planner & cast on stitches for another hat. The washing is in off the whirligig but is only slightly dry so will use the td. I topped up the soup with some new potatoes, the last of the beef in chunks & 300ml of beef gravy made from granules. More programmes cleared from planner. Dinner was sausages, mash & baked beans for DH & DSis whilst I had lo bacon & pea linguine. 3 loads LDFPA. Two loads left to do. Wudupa.

427 - 430 Kitchen & office recycling, drinks cans, coffee tin - recycled 

431 Kitchen detritus - binned 

Great decluttering Willowtree222 👏 & great work blitzing the bathroom 👏

BlueJ94, how lovely that your OH did 3 loads of washing 😊

Willowtree222, great unplanned decluttering 👏

Excellent decluttering Florenceem 👏

suzeesu2000, lovely picture - I would have bought it as well 😊 Sorry to hear about your mum 😔 I will keep everything crossed that a place in the nursing home close to family becomes available 🤞

surprisinglynice, remember decluttering one or two things at a time soon mounts up 👏 When I read This “I have grandish plans but no motivation” I thought you had read my mind 😉 I wish you luck in finding your ‘forever dining table’ 🍀 I was fortunate enough to buy mine (a G Plan extendable table) in the early 1980’s. I had it  for about 6 years, then it spent about 25 years in France & has been back with me since 2018 ☺️ Sadly the chairs are long gone 😞 

Florenceem, looking forward to seeing a photo of your picture 😊 Fingers crossed that your bins are emptied this week 🤞

BlueJ94, yikes to having to declutter bottles of doggy shampoo 😱 

Yorkie1, I like the sound of your front door 😊

Brambling, great decluttering in your friends house 👏 & well done on being inspired to sort out your larder cupboard 👏

Sleep tight 😴 

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