2026 DECLUTTERING CAMPAIGN Mrs SD - our Year of Redistribution

daisy_1571

We have 2 air fryers, much quicker than heating a large oven. You can put small amounts in, quicker to heat, quicker to wash. We can easily have different meals now ie i prefer mash, hed have chips with everything which we didn't do in the oven but is no problem to quickly chop a potato and we can each have what we prefer so although there's two of us we often use it for cooking one meal.

Dxx

vulpix

Florenceem, we had an air fryer, used it once, gave it away. I think my style of cooking is more stove top than oven.

Sewing these dogs and bags has taken up much of the day. Did cook and do a couple of loads of washing and washing up. Also planted up the pansies and put them by the front door. I had the sewing machine on the coffee table and nipped out to do a little job every time ads came on the TV.

I have to set the alarm to get up to phone the GP surgery at 8 am. I had a txt message to make an appointment at the visiting clinic to discuss my knee. When I phoned I was advised I had to scramble at 8 am Monday as the lady couldn't book me an appointment in advance and they quickly get booked up!

Better catch some zzzzzzzzzzzz's Vx

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: I forgot to mention that I finished knitting another hat & have started on a matching scarf 🙂 Another afternoon of watching TV & knitting. Dinner tonight was hm cottage pie with broccoli. Wudupa

657 - 658 Kitchen recycling, drinks cans - recycled 

659 - 660 Kitchen & office detritus - binned 

Lovely post Green_hopeful 😊 Good luck with the mending 🍀

Florenceem, kind neighbour & polite Freegler, so uplifting 🥹 Very pleased to hear that the COL DVDs have finally arrived ☺️ Excellent decluttering of crafting items 👏

Excellent work & decluttering BlueJ94 👏

Excellent work QueenJess 👏 Especially the “Using It Up” challenge - a Gold Star ⭐️ is on its way.

greent, hope you had a lovely time & that the weather was kind 😊 Excellent decluttering 👏 Not too bad a slip on the weight loss - Easter eggs are so tempting 😉

Yorkie1, visitors leaving absolutely counts as decluttering 🙊

Nice to see you MadamMim2013 👋 Well done returning the borrowed tools so quickly 👋

Excellent decluttering oceanspirit 👏 Hopefully you can do a CS drop off early in the week 🤞

Florenceem, looks like you have your work cut out 😉 Although having said that you work so hard that I am sure it won’t take too long 🥹 Pleased to hear that you are no longer losing weight 😊 

Useful info about air fryers daisy_1571 😊

Dizzycap, very odd weather - definitely not conducive to planting outdoors 😞 Hopefully the Blackbirds will settle quickly & add to your menagerie ☺️ Sorry to hear that Babyface had a rocky night but pleased to hear that she has had a good day 🥹 Lovely to hear that she is back on guard duty 🥹

vulpix, sounds like you are doing well making the dogs & bags ☺️ A ridiculous state of affairs that you have to faff about trying to get a doctors appointment ☹️ Not really convinced that they cannot make a booking in advance 😖 seems more like an excuse to not do their job 😞 Fingers crossed that you are successful 🤞

All caught up 🥳 Sleep tight 😴 

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Decluttering Target 2026: 660/2026

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BlueJ94

Morning all! Monday is my favourite day at work, its usually less busy!

Ive gotten up 40 minutes ealrier than usual as i want to drop some clothing to the chairty donation bins on the way to work as well as pack a parcel. Im trying to make sure it's eat breakfast in the mornings now too, so I made sure to make overnight oats.

Im meeting a friend after work for a coffee and a pop into m&s!

Oh edited as forgot to add..

I think OH is slowly clicking on to the fact im trying to be less messy and get rid of items. Hes also realised that I am trying my best at keeping the kitchen tidy too!

Also ive got no washing at all. Whenever I see the washing starting to pile up I put a load straight on and as we speak ive only got a few items on the airer thats nearly dry 😄

BlueJ94

• Parcel dropped off
• Clothing donated to donation bins (nearly all of them are full!!)
• Washing machine cleaned also!

All before 6am!

Moorviews

Well done @BlueJ94 that’s a great start to the week 👏

@vulpix - good luck with the surgery appointment. We have the same system unfortunately and it is quite a stressful way to try to make an appointment. I can’t complain though as at least we can speak to a human. Your procrastination activities still sound very attractive and productive! Hopefully that neckline isn’t haunting you and spoiling your enjoyment.

@Florenceem - I can just imagine how all that is going to disappear into your new storage. Definitely a lot of hard work ahead though! It will be satisfying to only end up with the things that reflect your crafting style now. I have been working towards this too and like the idea of other people making use of my redundant materials.

@Dizzycap - you are so right about the current very odd weather conditions. The wind is drying things out too so holding up the grass growing on the grazing around us. I’m glad babyface has you to care for her and give her happy days.

@Mrs_Salad_Dodger - it was a knitting, tv and comfort food weekend so not at all springlike really. Well done on another hat and scarf. I hope you are keeping a gallery of photos to look back on your makes.

As you can see there is a glitch in tagging people in my post. One of the many frustrations in the new format!

I had a very productive time with my cardigan and jumper sorting. Two cardigans which are now too snug to go in the CS bag. One missing button sewn on. There were two jumpers that I like but don’t wear anymore. They are too long for the kind of jeans that I wear now and one also had big trailing sleeves. I have shortened and removed the extra fabric from the sleeves and taken up the length to the high hip. It took me ages but I like it much better! I will shorten the other, hopefully today. Neither had ribbing so that made it possible to do. Two cardigans are on order as I had a decent voucher to use.

I hope everyone gets on okay this week. Hugs to anyone in need of them 💕

2Scratters

We are off to the post office today to renew our driving licences. Wish me luck with that. I am really not a fan of doing everything on line. They are pushing us all the time. I have just moved our old address book notes into a new one from stock and the amount of password ID stuff is jangling my brain. Decluttered securely😉

Campervan insurance renewal has come through and is over £100 cheaper. That's a great declutter of less money.

Decluttered some weeds and did a bit of pottering in the garden tidying the flower beds and seeing where I want to move stuff too or put in. Still have plants and bulbs in pots that are from parents house. They will be planted to ground soon near the glass sliding doors so can be seen in the spring time.

There are bits of old wiring coming out from the loft as new pieces get placed in there. I am still searching for an item from the loft to be brought down each time I go in there.

Have a good day. Hugs to those who need them too x

2 Scratters xx

[Deleted User]

Morning all,

Hugs and love to all that need it this morning.

It's a lovely sunny day here.

After our morning walk I've noticed that Luna is getting a little bandage rash now so although I'm not 100% happy with her pad I'm going to keep her bandage free from now.

I'll just keep her on the lead until the weekend and she should be back to full fitness.

Yorkie1

@vulpix, I hope you got your appointment OK.

@2Scratters I had to do my driving licence renewal at the post office before Easter. Apart from being more costly, it was very smooth and it came back in the post quickly.

vulpix

Phoned the surgery as the clock ticked onto 8 am, I was 7th in the queue. I have an appointment for next Monday.

Moorviews, still not done the neckband!

Florenceem, I bet you have sorted all that by now. All tucked up in your new storage.

For those who remember, it's now 2 years since bit by bit passed away.❤️

Vx