2026 DECLUTTERING CAMPAIGN Mrs SD - our Year of Redistribution

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Some pics of Bailey and Luna.

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Coos, alpacas and sunsets.

Florenceem

Dolly_Rocker_ - great photos - thanks for sharing. Beautiful dogs.

I was going to say - absolutely nothing decluttered today and then I remembered 3 books that I put in the donations bag.

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They are just a pair of absolute cuties. Love them so much.

Also how HUGE are those pictures!

TC77

@[Deleted User] lovely photos

Added 1 item to cs bag and decided heavy enough with crockery so dropped off at cs.

Did some tidying and paper decluttering.

Think decluttering will be on hold with furniture coming on Tuesday, buy at work then away for a bit - focus will.be on frogs.

Will keep following everyone's journey.

Floss

@[Deleted User] gorgeous dogs!

Brambling

Lovely pictures Dolly

I've been putting off clearing my elderly friends flat until she confirms with the so social worker on Tuesday that she wouldn't be going home, at the moment when I ask about things she is dithering and we haven't got to the personal stuff. I'm giving her time to accept it and will then start moving out stuff from the kitchen and other non personal items first. I may have to either be blunt with her or lie after conversations which go 'I want the new still boxed toaster and kettle going to someone in your family' ornaments, jewellery etc I'll contact friends if that where she wants it to go but not 'ask the man who delivered my medication if he wants the dishwasher if you don't want it'! I have spent time there making lists and speaking to her neighbour who will help move heavy items and sadly the cat is going to Cats Protection on Thursday.

I did consider rehoming her towels which are good quality but aren't the colour I want, my bathroom is neutral so will take most colours, but yesterday I ordered some petrol colour towels half price in M&S once they're here and if I like them most of my sad specimens will go to the vet (yes they are that bad!) EFs towel I'll try to rehome on free FB page as they are too good for the vet.

I've ordered paint samples for my lounge/dining room and I hate my current walls so I'm looking at dark blue for some of it especially as the suite also needs replacing. It's going to be a spendy year as all the walls need skimming once the wall paper comes off the whole house as needed it.

Floss

@Brambling maybe say you're waiting until she knows where she's going & then will arrange donation of anything that you haven't rehoused. Then you can avoid those discussions and move things on.

Re: towels, are any good for dying? Dylon machine dye is fab.

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

Sunday continued: wrote another 7 birthday cards & made a list for the next 16 cards I need to buy. I spent the afternoon clearing more programmes from the planner & knitting. One more hat completed & another started. Watched Crufts Flyball & agility which I thoroughly enjoyed 😊 Dinner was an HF recipe - rump steak with Dauphinois potatoes & charred garlicky green beans. Wudupa. DSis & I watched the last episode of Call The Midwife 😢 I was in floods of tears. 

451 - 456 Kitchen recycling, cardboard packaging, 3 plastic takeaway containers & lids, drinks cans - recycled 

457 - 458 Kitchen & lr detritus - binned 

suzeesu2000, sorry to hear about the stinking cold 😞 Hopefully plenty of hot drinks & a good night’s sleep will see you on the mend 🤞The chicken stew sounds yummy 😋 Yippee to getting your PayPal refund 🥳😮‍💨 I will keep everything crossed that food deliveries are consistent & that nobody panic buys 🤞

Thanks for that daisy_1571 👏

Florenceem, more great work by J 😊 & well done to you for only having a few boxes of fabric in your loft 👏 I have no idea what is in my loft 😞 So pleased to hear that you feel able to attend your old Corps 🥹 What a marvellous result re the gold bracelet ☺️

_Dolly_Rocker_ well done on decluttering whilst you were away 👏

Excellent decluttering Willowtree222 👏

Excellent decluttering Floss 👏 Good luck with sorting the bin shed 🍀

_Dolly_Rocker_, great photos - Bailey & Luna are as gorgeous as ever 🥹 Although I think my favourite picture is of the highland cow 😊

Florenceem, well done on decluttering books 👏

_Dolly_Rocker_, the pictures might be huge but it does mean we can see every detail ☺️

TC77, great decluttering dropping off a bag at the CS 👏 Good luck dealing with frogs 🍀

Brambling, hopefully you can have a more sensible/reasonable conversation with your elderly friend once you both know what is happening 🙏 Sorry to hear that EF’s cat has to go to Cats Protection 😔 Hopefully the cat will be found a new forever home very quickly 🤞🙏

Sleep tight everyone 😴 

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daisy_1571

Dolly fabulous pics

Brambling sorry to hear how much work is still ahead of you but yes, its lovely to follow her wishes as much as possible but in the end some things just won't be able to go quite how she hopes. Nothing wrong with a gentle white lie/avoid the subject/change the subject here and there. I think we would all like to feel in control but we all know in the back of our minds there may come a time when we can't be and the nature of being reliant on others means they have to make some decisions that we wouldn't have done and thats ok

One thing I'd suggest, get a notebook and note down what you do with things - years after clearing my in laws house there's occasions where we ask each other where did we put that? What happened to that? In amongst the hundreds of decisions its easy to lose track.

Dxx

(Also try not to worry too much about kitty, I volunteer with cats at a rescue and the vast majority of animals are brought in for that reason, older people no longer able to care for their pet or have gone into care. Id always recommend going to a rescue and not assuming they are all in because they are problem pets. Our cats aren't in for long before they go off to loving new homes. We have taken on a bonded pair of dogs, another dog and currently we have a cat we met whilst volunteering - all have been older animals, all where owners had had to go into care, but all lovely pets that we loved while with us.)