2026 DECLUTTERING CAMPAIGN Mrs SD - our Year of Redistribution

vulpix

Dolly Rocker, fingers crossed for your dog and car getting better soon.xx

Green hopeful. you are right about the carpet.It will have to go in the loft. I made a decent patch in DD1's new carpet when her house rabbit dug/chewed a big hole!

dND, I think you have a happy cat there. Well done on getting that big job ticked off. I don't do that much you know. I have to have rests all the time and Mr V helps me lifting stuff.I do spend a lot of time working out a plan to make the most efficient use of my and any helps time. I have a tendency to want to flit from job to job. I have to make myself finish something before moving on. I love a list too. I batch cook which saves lots of time, so I can do the things I enjoy.

Nice floor Florenceem.

The front bedroom is finished. I am just having a rest after we put the furniture back and I will then make the beds up. Our visitors come Thursday night.

The bathroom looks massive without 2 beds in there!

Filled 1/2 a jam jar of our bedroom emulsion that was left and binned the can.

Mended a tear in Ds's coat. Taken me months to get round to it. Also sewed up a knitted patchwork blanket for DIL. The remains of the other blanket she hot washed plus some new squares. I have also knitted 3 tank tops for DGS's. There will be books to return to DS. He is determined to improve my mind! We do have some good chats about his recommendations though.

I am still decluttering as I go. I had to stop counting as I got a bit obsessed. Once the visitors have gone, I feel a sort out of linens and clothes kept upstairs coming on.

Vx

GrannyKate

Not done a lot and its already gone 2pm. I ended up going several places this morning. Painter asked for another tin of paint which I was thankfully able to get. I dropped the two bags of stuff off at tip and then went to cancel gym membership. I was paying £68 a month and only using pool occasionally. It was good when we lived nearby and under 5s were free but GCs all aged 11-20 now and we live some way away. Went with DS2 to look at local authority pool very near to where we live now and it seemed nice and monthly membership is a fraction of the private one. Tried to cancel on line and it wouldn't work so drove over there - they said to cancel on line but I said it won't work or let me change password. They gave me some paper to write a short letter which I did there and then. They then said it had already been cancelled after the March payment was made. I said not by me as I only decided yesterday pm. They were adamant it was already cancelled and no payment would be taken tomorrow by Direct Debit. I will see what happens. Thats £90+ per month I've cancelled so far - Martin would be proud.

I need to work up enthusiam for munching frogs.

373 Tip visit to drop things off

374 Gym membership cancelled

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 is a brighter & warmer day with a forecast high of 16°C (feeling 2° colder due to a NW wind) & a low of 9°C. Straight into cheerleading starting with posts dated the 29th

Florenceem, sorry to hear that you slept badly Saturday night 😔 Is it possible to book an appointment with your GP? Well done on identifying so many reams of paper for donation to your daughter’s school 👏 I hope the meeting at your old Corps went well 🤞

Willowtree222, I do hope your daughter was OK 🤞Sounds like she enjoys your company far more than her dad’s 🥹

Lovely to see you Fizz2015 👋 Sorry to hear about a family member being so ill 😔 I do hope they start to get better soon 🙏 Great decluttering 👏 & good luck with the wardrobe decluttering 🍀

suzeesu2000, well done on tackling the airing cupboard decluttering & tidying 👏 Also excellent work decluttering & tidying medical supplies & medicines 👏  Managing to empty a storage unit & then repurpose it is brilliant & merits a medal 🏅 which is on its way 😊 Good luck with the furniture painting & sales from your listings🍀 

Florenceem, fingers crossed you can get a good night’s sleep as it sounds like you have a busy day on Monday 🤞 Hopefully they start to chaps laying the new laminate will be quick & efficient & also tidy up after themselves 🙏

Brambling, sounds like you have a busy time ahead with such major building plans so please take some time for yourself once you have finished helping your friend & before you start on your own project 🙏  You are truly a marvellous & caring friend 😇 keeping those 2 books which have such a special meaning for your friend is so thoughtful 🥹 With all the work you have been doing I have been very remiss so I am sending Two Gold Stars  ⭐️ ⭐️ + 💐  Please be careful moving so many books 🙏

Yippee, I am starting the cheerleading for the 30th 🥳

Lovely to see you Dizzycap 👋  From your post it sounds like Babyface has been unwell & keeping you busy 🥺 I do hope she is on the mend now & will soon be back to her mischievous self 😉 Meanwhile please, please take care of yourself 🙏  especially as you are also keeping up with your day to day decluttering, cleaning & tidying 👏 Remember the TLC Carriage is always open to you & Babyface 🥹

Florenceem, fingers crossed that the laminate chap turns up soon & that R’s Tip run is the last for a while 🤞 Yippee to finding a bag of clothes 🥳 Good luck with the sorting 🍀

Floss, This “Would it help to make a note of where things have gone so she can look back at it? Not each & every, but groups e.g. Pyrex went to Xx charity shop, bedding has gone to Xx, pink elephants to Yy etc” is a great idea 👏 Please accept 💐

vulpix, great news that the last bedroom carpet has been fitted 👏 Hopefully the carpet off-cut won’t be in the shed too long 🤞 I think our last carpet off-cut was kept in the garage for at least 10 years so I do understand 🙊 Good luck dealing with your ‘drilling frogs’ & finding a suitable place to store your decorating items 🍀

_Dolly_Rocker_, relieved to hear that Luna-tic is on the mend 😮‍💨 Sorry to hear that your car has broken down 😔 I will keep everything crossed that the repair is swift & not too expensive 🤞 

Lovely to see you greent 👋 Not sure I would agree that you “have been rubbish at decluttering recently…..”  After all you are almost on target with your General decluttering, doing really well with your digital decluttering & doing extremely well with your ‘weight’ decluttering 👏 Definitely time to open up my awards cupboard 😊 Winging their way to you are: a Gold Star ⭐️ for digital decluttering & a Gold Star ⭐️ for your weight loss so far ☺️ Sadly I missed out on the chocolate mousse ☹️ that will teach me to fall behind with the cheerleading 😉

Excellent decluttering Rootle 👏 & pleased to hear that your DH is joking in with the decluttering 😊

Green_hopeful, great idea 👏 I hope you forgave your friend …..eventually 😉

Brie, thanks for taking the time to post the comprehensive method of sorting & decluttering clothing 👏 A medal 🏅 is on its way. As you can probably guess, I am another one who needs to do this 😅 

Lovely to see you purplevamp 👋 Great decluttering 👏 I am very impressed that you have inspired your DD to sort her room, so please accept 💐 As an encouragement to your DD I am awarding her a medal 🏅 & keeping my fingers crossed that she will help you declutter around the rest of the house 🤞

Flagging now, so will come back later & do some more cheerleading. DH has spent a bit of time in the back garden - strimmed the grass (I cannot in all good conscience call it a lawn 🙊) & tidied up the clematis 👏

See you later 👋 

MrsSD Awards: 💐 🙏💐💐🌟⭐️❤️💐💐⭐️💐 

DH Awards: 🏅🏅🏅

DSis Awards:

Decluttering Target 2026: 575/2026

1p Savings Challenge Running Total: £73.00

BlueJ94

Ive cleaned down the skirting boards today! Ive been listening to a slob comes clean podcast and ive been motivated to get decluttering again!

BlueJ94

Emptied washing basket, all washed and now drying on the line.. off to see what else I can declutter!

BlueJ94

10 more items decluttered from the bathroom, body mist being donated to the ladies toilets at work tomorrow.. no doubt someone will take it 😂 ive decluttered the side unit its only got two photo frames and me wooden flowers i made! Well its basically wooden lego! It was full this morning of crap!

OH has gone out to collect items so im taking the chance on an early night with both the dogs!

Florenceem

I didn't see Grandson J today.

The other day I had a measure to see how much skirting board I would need - made it 31 metres. Looked at J's invoice - 30.3 metres so not far out.

Builder J arrived and set to bringing all his tools into the house. He said he would work until 4 and come back tomorrow to finish it off. I have asked him to hang the mirror in my bedroom too.

J had to get 5 inch skirting as they didn't have 4 inch but it hides all the yucky bits where the old was taken off.

When J left I went into town to buy stamps - there are lots in the house - somewhere! I met someone who hadn't seen me since she heard about Mr F. After talking with her - I completely forgot that I was meant to be getting cash as I had paid J for the materials - £101 and labour. I had gone to the harbour to catch a bus and didn't want to go back into town so cash will have to wait until tomorrow.

Postman brought a small parcel - 2 blouses that I had ordered - looked lovely in the photos - not so good in real life. Hope they look okay on.

My bestie popped by with 4 pictures that had come into the shop. She also brought me a Jasper Conra. coat and an Easter egg.

When J is finished I will sweep and hoover then mop the floor.

Tomorrow I will have builder J working here - blinds chap is coming for a final measure on the craft room blinds and the Ike. delivery.

Brambling

Thanks for the medal and flowers Mrs SD 😊

Those three years went quicky Cranky it doesn't seem that long since he started. Does he know what he wants to do next?

I avoided doing too much today, three big bags from friends flat went to a CS shop today and one embarrassingly large bag of her medication was dropped off at the chemist. I tried to drop it off at my chemist which was also hers for decades but they wanted me to remove all the boxes and just leave the blister packs so I drove a couple of miles down the road and they just took the bag after confirming no controlled drugs or needles. At least i was able to inform her chemist the situation as they usually dropped her repeat medications off to her at home and were wondering.

I'm volunteering tomorrow so will take some more of her books in, I may take some out to lighten the load if need me some may go to the CS where i can drop off outside the door and its less hassle (I'll think about it).

Floss

@Mrs_Salad_Dodger thank you for my 💐

Green_hopeful

Mrs SD its easy to forgive stuff like that. She didn’t mean for it to happen and did her very best to clean it. It was an easy solution and i was grateful that I had kept lots of offcuts.

I had to repair my son’s carpet in his housing association flat. My son’s cat had ripped the carpet at all the doorways. I managed to cut a piece from under a radiator where it couldn’t be seen and repair each corner. It was very cheap contract carpet in an unpleasant brown colour. After i had done it my son mentioned that once piece had the pile going the wrong way. Made me laugh because i quite literally had used every scrap of carpet and struggled with the last piece. I also had to relay the vinyl in the bathroom because his cat had had a go at that. Not much fun to do. On the inspection the housing association talked about replacing the carpet anyway. Luckily he got his deposit back.

His little cat who i totally love has destroyed all our carpets when she stays for Christmas. She is very fond of running up my curtains. Here she is in a Mexican outfit.