2026 DECLUTTERING CAMPAIGN Mrs SD - our Year of Redistribution

suzeesu2000

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Thanks Nancy, I’m quite partial to hugs! xx

vulpix

Another busy day for Fluffy.

Yorkie1

What a content cat! Mum has always said that she "wanted to come back as a middle-class moggy with servants"! 🐈️

Floss

@TC77 My personal email account is a victim of my career as an EA/PA... I have folders for things like Health, Bookings, Money, Family etc, some of which then have sub folders within them. If you set up 2 or 3 folders to keep important stuff in, you can then build on that to "file" things as they come in.

Sorry if that's teaching grandma to suck eggs, but sometimes seeing how others do things can inspire!

weenancyinAmerica

@vulpix - love the picture of Fluffy. Setting a good example for us all- taking a good nap.

Florenceem

Fluffy knows how to relax.

I was thinking what to plan for dinner tomorrow. I thought of a chicken curry but can't find the curry sauce that I know is in the garage somewhere. So as I want to eat out of my large food stash/mountain - I will make some shortcrust pastry and use some tinned stewed steak. I can use some frozen mixed veg to bulk it out and I have some shallots that need to be used plus of course - garlic will join the ingredients.

When I sorting in the last bag from Mil's flat - found a gas book from the 1950s!

Decluttered today - jam jar & lid, photos, postcards, cotton bud, wipes, kitchen towel, gas book and wipes tub & lid.

TC77

@Yorkie1 @brie and @floss thank you for advice and sympathy for unplanned decluttering. I try and do the group deleting but often one or 2 to keep.

I do need to use folders and realise I had lots but outdated titles and many empty. Deleted 10 folders and 400 unread emails and about 500 read ones. Last year I saw about 2500 emails in my inbox which seemed no too bad but then realised these were the unread ones! So now 1700 unread and 6500 emails. I do have another email.address :(

Had hoped for this to be an autumn exercise. Awaiting to hear when I finish work , think end of April so will have lots of time for decluttering but will need to structure my days.

@Floss my friend who sounds as if she has a similar career can always find things. I have a fab memory at work remembering details of things a couple of years ago but can't remember what book I'm reading or the film I saw. I'm good at paper filing.

StickyTheStickInsect

@TC77 , you are absolutely right. DD has a friendship afternoon, a disco and a day at her new school before September. She might not be brave enough to go to the disco on her own but she’s looking forward to the rest!

@Mrs_Salad_Dodger thank you for my Dad ’s stars, he isn’t taking an active role in sorting stuff out but the stars will cheer him up! Tomcat has made another appearance on our local Facebook page as he got into someone else’s house too, it isn’t his fault, he’s been failed by his human, so fingers crossed it is sorted soon as I think he is quite a sweet boy. Cookie is still very cross about it all though!

Thank you @vulpix and isn’t Fluffy fabulous!

BlueJ94

Good deed done for the day, helped someone who was absolutely hammered and stood on the side of a busy dual carriageway, waited until police got there.. what a fun way to start a Saturday

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

Friday is a wet miserable day 😞 it has rained on & off all day with a high of 11°C, low of 9°C & feeling a couple of degrees colder due to a North wind. DSis is the only one in the house who did anything today - she emptied her room of recycling & general rubbish. Dinner was quiche & boiled new potatoes for DSis; sea bass, boiled new potatoes & peas for DH & me. Wudupa

438 - 443 Kitchen recycling, drinks cans, magazine, 0.5” paper, cardboard box, newspaper - recycled 

444 - 445 Kitchen & DSis bedroom detritus - binned 

Lovely cheerleading post vulpix ☺️ Good luck with the tidying & moving furniture 🍀

Florenceem, bravo to J 👏 he definitely deserves another Gold Star ⭐️ which is on its way 😊 Good luck sorting out both the last kitchen cupboard & the box of MiL’s bits & pieces 🍀

Good luck with your weekend list TC77 🍀 You are on a roll with your decluttering 👏

Excellent work recycling & shredding paper surprisinglynice 👏 Yes, you should write your recipes in a book especially as scraps of paper are easily lost 😊

BlueJ94, good luck with your listing 🍀 Great work in the garden 👏

Brie, thanks for the useful information 👏

TC77, yikes 😱 As you have noticed so quickly, I am hopeful that you will find it a  fairly quick job to retrieve your important documents 🙏 Is it possible that once you have retrieved them you could print copies 🤔 

Florenceem, hopefully the council will arrange a special collection for the rubbish 🤞 Sorry to hear that you got caught in the rain 😔 Jam sponge & custard sounds like a perfect way to warm up from the inside out 😊 Good luck with the last bag from your MiL & cleaning the stove 🍀

Yorkie1, good luck filling your garden waste bin again 🍀

suzeesu2000, very pleased to hear that your mum is in a safe & comfortable place & being well looked after 🥹

vulpix, gorgeous photo of Fluffy 🤩 Oh for the life of a cat 😉

Yorkie1, love it 😻 

Florenceem, that hm pie sounds delicious 😋 Excellent decluttering 👏

TC77, good luck retrieving & sorting out your emails 🍀 Sounds like you have made an excellent start 👏

Lovely post StickyTheStickInsect ☺️ This “……….. my Dad’s stars, he isn’t taking an active role in sorting stuff out but the stars will cheer him up!” did make me smile 😊 Fingers crossed that Tomcat is sorted out soon & finds a new human 🤞

BlueJ94, that person was lucky that you were there 🥹

Sleep tight 😴 

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Decluttering Target 2026: 445/2026

1p Savings Challenge Running Total: £73.00