2026 DECLUTTERING CAMPAIGN Mrs SD - our Year of Redistribution

TC77

@@Florenceem lovely blind and kitchen which looks s if very easy to cook and prepare meals in. So much clear space:)

@regnbue so sorry to hear about the tough time and your trip cancellation but glad you're eyes have healed.

Quite alot of paper out, some.textile samples to recycling, 4 large bowls in cs bag, broken hanger and discoloured sticky back plastic and wall.paper out .

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Florenceem

TC77 - I made the decision to have no wall cupboards when I had the kitchen installed as it gives a more streamlined look (imho) I do have some cupboards in the utility end of the garage - again not wall ones.

I saw a book today - rather fruity language - Nobody Wants Your Sh.t - I thought about getting it but then I am adding to my house when the idea is to get stuff gone. I am on my third bag of donations for my friend's charity shop - she will collect from me.

Decluttered today - letters, 1938 Scout diary, receipt, drawing, stamps, kitchen pad, wipe, disposable gloves, butter wrappers, roll of cling film, postcards, driving licence and a 1938 letter & envelope.

purplevamp

Just a few things this week for me:-

52) Empty tissue box

53) Book (etsy)

54-55) T-shirt + poly bag (vinted)

56-57) Dungarees + packaging (ebay) (sold on behalf of my daughter who was very pleased with the money)

58-59) Mystery rice meal in freezer for lunch and a frozen homemade macaroni cheese from July 2025!!

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

Saturday: it rained early a.m. (i.e. before I went to bed) but is currently dry although overcast with a forecast high of 11°C (feeling 2° colder due to ENE wind) & a low of 7°C  Our lovely postman, who had left a card about a missed delivery with re-delivery on Monday, has just delivered the parcel (12:40) 😊 I had a lovely long chat with neighbour J. It is his 60th birthday this year & his mum’s 90th in the same month. He thinks he should celebrate somehow but doesn’t want a party. This led onto a discussion about visiting an exhibition & having a posh cream tea. I suggested the Bayeux Tapestry & J advised he already has that pencilled in for later in the year 😊 I waxed lyrical as DH & I saw it in Bayeux many years ago & thought it was wonderful 🤩 …… I forgot to take anything out of the freezer for dinner so we had a Chinese delivered. DSis & I watched last week’s BGT. Wudupa.

446 - 449 Kitchen recycling, plastic bottle, plastic takeaway pots, drinks cans - recycled 

450 Kitchen detritus - binned 

Floss, you have certainly embraced technology 😊 

vulpix, you & MrV have certainly been busy 🤩 I see that I was correct & that you got a lot tidied away & a large number of items decluttered 👏  I did have a feeling that you wouldn’t be able to live with the ‘custard’ walls 😉 Have you decided on a colour? I am pretty sure that the kitchen won’t be messy for long ☺️

Great work deleting emails Deni_debt-free_dreamer 👏 Keep up the good work 😊

YoungBlueEyes, JackieO (aka London_1 for those who don’t know) is enjoying life on the IoW & is so busy that she usually only posts every couple of weeks 😊

Excellent & eclectic decluttering Liverpool_Anne 👏 I have been enjoying the conversation about sharing bins & it is lovely to hear that you & ln share the cost of the green waste bin thereby each saving some money ☺️ Hope you enjoy the makers market 🤞

Florenceem, I was quite aghast to hear This “I have clambered up on the sink to clean the kitchen windows ……” 😱 although you were obviously careful 😮‍💨 Well down on cleaning the cooker front 👏 & good luck with the hob 🍀

florianatwobob, I will pop round later for some rhubarb crumble 😉 I perfectly understand - it shows that you at least tried to clean the oven but realised that you need the professionals ☺️ so not bonkers at all 😉

Lovely to see you regnbue 👋 You have certainly been through the mill 😔 so I am really pleased to hear that you are better 🥹 Sorry to hear that your holiday has been cancelled & that you will miss out on koala cuddles 🥺 

Lovely post daisy_1571 ☺️ Night owl and early bird 🤩 just wondering when you find time to sleep 😉

Florenceem, what a beautiful blind 😍

Yorkie1, now I am craving mini eggs 🙊

I love your kitchen Florenceem 🥹

daisy_1571, I am still wondering how the IT bods think the ‘upgrade’ was a good idea 😖 

Willowtree222, that is very scary 😧 so well done on not being bullied 👏 

Brie, I had never thought about “disgruntled employees” - that is even scarier 😱

Great decluttering TC77 👏

Excellent decluttering Florenceem 👏 Love the name of the book that you decided not to buy ☺️

Great decluttering purplevamp 👏

Sleep tight 😴 

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Decluttering Target 2026: 450/2026

1p Savings Challenge Running Total: £73.00

greent

Not much progress made recently - very busy at work and I am shattered (also have low iron, vit D, B12 and B9, which doesn't help!!)

Declutter 2026

280. Small candle uu

281 - 286. Items sold on v1nted

287 - 295. Packaging items used on v1nted

296. Too large top with holes in binned

297- 299. Pairs of socks going thin binned (it was my bday this week and i had 14 new pairs as presents

300- 302. 2 handcreams and 1 body lotion combined in an empty body butter tub to use up on body

303- 372. Bulbs planted out (still more to do but it is raining today)

373. - 374 2 tubs of xmas chocs from under the bed taken into work for my bday

375- 383. Various food items left over from Xmas finally donated/ tossed/ eaten (still have some 5p shallots, sprouts and potatoes…)

384. Mascara uu, binned and replaced from stash

385. 2 bottles of cleaning spray UU, empties recycled and replaced from stash

Digital declutter 20026

2451 - 2472 - apps deleted from phone

2472 - 2475. People unfollowed in fbk/ insta

2476-2575. Photos and videos deleted from phone

2576 - 2775. Emails deleted

2776- 2849 - whatsapp messages and photos deleted

Includes 11/26 unsubscribing target

Declutter 26lb

Another 1lb gone - Running total 9/26

daisy_1571

Hope this works if anyone needs a smile and wee overdose of humanity and penguins in a good way 😀 😊 👍

https://www.facebook.com/reel/1251525613790742

Dxx

TC77

@@Florenceem as well as a J to help a garage would be good. I have no loft or garage so everything is in the house.

Dd1 said a couple of years ago that she would call in we buy any s***.common deal with things and another time that my collections could be taken with me like the pharaohs :)

Trying to organise the kitchen and dining room so they don't look so messy so easily!

oceanspirit

Been chipping away at papers and nudging the 6 part frog along. Waiting for someone to reply to an email and have sent a reminder - it will move things along a lot if they reply soon.

Had to buy a new dress for an event. It is lovely and I will get good use from it going forward. Wasn’t planning to buy anything new atm but never mind - it was well worth it as I had a lovely time.

GrannyKate

Morning all. Not much to report but catching up and checking in. DGS4 (almost 11) decided to clutter himself to my house yesterday and overnight so I scrabbled around to find food as he has hollow legs. We had a nice cooked tea yesterday and he is now tucking in to bacon sandwiches and a bowl of fruit. He was also checking out whether his dad is cooking a Sunday dinner for later. Long chat with DD this morning and she and Son IL are coming next weekend just for one day and night and then I am going down to Sis Il on Sunday pm. They will help me clear stuff for plasterers as DS2 has injured his shoulder and trying to rest it. It is dreary and drizzly this morning but I did manage to do some tidying in the garden yesterday. Greenhouse emptied out and hosed down and I have put some new grow bags, staging and a metal table in there ready for this years plants. Some general weeding and tidying done as well. Bed put up for sale from DGS4's room. Electrician coming Tuesday then plasterer and joiner the following Monday while I am away.

My US Sis and niece are in Philadelphia for a short break and took time to view the Declaration of Independence at this insane time. I hunted for instructions for bed I am selling but only found a receipt plus one redundant set of instructions for something else that can go. Microwave paint is peeling on inside under the plate but guarantee doesn't seem to cover the cabinet itself. Only 15 months old. DiL has changed our July holiday from Cyprus to Crete.

274 Bag of plastics to SM

275 Greenhouse cleaned out, general tat binned, pots emptied etc

276 Weeding to recycling

277 Spare unopened blue inhaler to DS2 - we are hopeful DGS4's asthma is easing off as he is not needing it and they go out of date - hay fever time will be the test. They use the same blue inhaler but different preventative ones.

278 Redundant instructions to recycling

I need some shopping but guess I may have to take DGS4 with me which could be expensive.

Floss

MrsSD maybe suggest the Queen Elizabeth Couture exhibition? It's on at Buckingham Palace so relatively handy for a nice afternoon tea.