2026 DECLUTTERING CAMPAIGN Mrs SD - our Year of Redistribution

suzeesu2000

Reading what others have said about Aberfan; my big brother came home from school, picked me up and sat cuddling me for ages. Then announced he would not be going to church ever again as a loving God would never allow such a thing to happen - and he stuck to his word, he has never been to church since.

Repotted windowsill spring onions into a deeper pot. I had a plastic one in my garden store from when I tried growing so have reused that and the ceramic pot was a gift from a neighbour. I have 3 more plastic pots that I want to move the big onions into as they are growing tasty green tops like fury. Just need 3 nice deep ceramic pots.

Feeling sad today as BHF have collected the furniture from mums this morning - that's the last of her things gone. Its only furniture and mum wanted it to go to charity but the finality is what is making me feel sad I think.

Weather is lovely again, sunny but a little on the cool side. Hope it stays this way for next week as there is washing to do and I need to wash a crocheted blanket.

Hope everyone is having a good day, hugs xx

Brie

Managed to get all the laundry upstairs and unloaded the baskets - left OH's stuff in his usual dusty pile. I keep reminding myself I'm not his mother so he can put his own boxers away. Tidied up some of my stuff, but left my own dusty piles - a major clear out is required for the clothing, have I mentioned that in the past at all, ever????? Maybe tomorrow….. But meanwhile I spotted a pair of Moshulu slippers I bought online. They were on sale (of course), look really cute but are as uncomfortable as all heck. So into the charity bag they went. Will try to tackle the clothing and get that bag full and out of the house asap.

Meanwhile I discovered that one of the suitcases that is on the bed room (of doom) is still half full of stuff we took on holiday. I'm surprised that OH hasn't been shouting about the house trying to find one of the several belts he felt necessary to take away with him. No new trips planned so far until September so hopefully this will be put away well before then.

GrannyKate

Afternoon all. Still not getting those frogs done but I'll keep trying. Replacement wooden struts arrived for 3 damaged ones in new bed. They did come quickly and they sent me 12 instead of three. A few more bits sorted and tidied. Car valeted whilst I was at quiz. They make a really good job.

464 Checked telephone preference service (TPS) as I have had loads of spam calls recently. Mobile not on there but I know I definitely did it before so re input and added my newer landline number. (one of those in your head jobs you keep meaning to do - only took 2-3 minutes)

465 Wood to tip

466 vLarge cardboard boxes to recycling at tip

467 Weeds to brown bin

468 Small back pack to CS bag

469 Bagful of stuff to CS

470 Large bag of jamjars to 'jam' lady at church hall

471 Car cleaned out, valeted and washed

472 Yet more cardboard packaging to recycling bin

473 Washed rubber backed bath mat but back goes sticky so put it in bin on way back in from washing line.

I need to do final case sorting ready for holiday.

Florenceem

The number of bags in the hall for the charity shop is now 7.

Young J and his mum have been and collected paper and card plus craft bits. So one side of my hall is empty.

The other young J picked up a shift on his day off - the seller on marketplace replied to him - she didn't to me when I wrote to her. Now J is working he has told the seller that he can't collect until 11 tonight or tomorrow at 9 am.

Bestie has finally had a scan - results take 2 hours!

I have started to sew up the finished glove. Soon be time to peel potatoes. I only have to cook them and warm up a sausage and some veggies.

Decluttered - A3 paper, box x 2 of card, belt, feathers, plastic bags, basket of crochet worm book marks, box file x 2, collection of magazines, wooden stamp, polymer stamps, ink pad x 17, pack of eyelets, pair of socks, skirt, fabric, yarns, ream of paper x 2, carrier bags, labels, wipes, brown paper packaging, tape measure, chalk pencil pack x 5, chenille stems, sofa cushion x 2, bag of yarns and started knitting x 2, box of paper & card, empty crystal glasses box, table runner x 2, neck cushion, tissue paper, curtain

TC77

@Brie why do things always look very cute and as if they will fit and suit in the sale/ I've found many items with labels on… decided to keep some and cut the label off and put to the top of the drawer and others will be passed on

@Suzeesu2000 hugs

Mrs SD I think you are too generous thinking a final push is all that is needed for my bedroom - I had to move things to take the photo!

I did sort 2 more drawers and added 4 tops including a couple unworn to the CS bag and have just dropped it off at the CS, and 5 medicines to the pharmacy, also took bag with 5 towels/linen to the animal rescue (I may have counted these but as I sometimes forget things counting), notebook, receipts out, papers x2 , book, ood food, and labels and tags taken off items. 21 to add to yesterdays 30

new total 518

DB is doing lots at dad's as refurb going on and I've listed the last few items so hoping v large power tools and cooker going in next few days, hoping other things too. hoping for a couple of sales of my things. I've put out a new CS bag to encourage myself. Toiletries for the teenage project being dropped off tomorrow and counted then.

@Dizzycap and others, I love hearing how your gardens are progressing and the photos, and also your dedication and love for babyface is motivating to spend more time with big and little cat (DD1 and 2 are meant to be their responsible but AWOL humans.

Brie

Got out to the garden to take off the tops of some clumps of grass growing in the borders. These are random bits of weedy grass but clumps that are at least 18 inches across at the base and grow 3 feet tall. I've no idea where the stuff came from - it wasn't here when we moved in 8 years back (I have the previous owners' "map" of what's in the garden) but there's now 4 large clumps - 2 in the side border and one in the border at the front of the house. Anyhoo - I took the tops off as it's all going to seed (!!) and I didn't want it to spread any further if possible. Gardeners will do the heavy lifting of actually digging the clumps out. They've already done one and apparently it's a bit of a pig to shift.

While wandering about I decluttered some bindweed (clingweed?) and then decided I needed to ensure there was proper rubbish in the bin as well ready for tomorrow's collection so went through a box that had been left outside in the carport for the last 8 years. Some stuff I don't know what to do with - like OH's academic stuff on floppy disks/cds & discussing with him would be too upsetting so I've just tucked that away on a shelf out there. There were a few old AA road maps for various countries some nearly 20 years old so no resale value, some rusted out calipers, packs of chewing gum, lots of post it notes that I'd written and were likely on our pc when we moved. All into the bin. Nice to have actually made a hole in the mess. I noticed (again) that there is a couple of boxes that I had filled to take to a charity shop. I'll see about looking at that again in the coming week and if it's too much a mess now I'll have an empty bin to dump it in ready for the next rubbish collection in 2 weeks.

Floss

@TC77 re the clothes with tags - I found it very cathartic to shift my work-wardrobe clothing out of the house, and while I do spend a lot of time in jeans I do have meeting-appropriate and going-out clothes too, just not as many as I had.

I found finishing work was a good opportunity to be honest about what I wear & what was aspirational.

Yorkie1

Well done everyone

@Florenceem hope the news for your bestie is good

Soontobeoap

House still looks a bit messy but I have managed to clean out 4 bed drawers and one cupboard. All blankets and throws now stored in bed drawers and sewing machine and sewing box are now on a cupboard rather than down the side of the bed. It is a big job to literally go through every storage place but I think I am winning! Did find lots of fluff and cobwebs under the bed. 😱. Also sorted out a drawer in another bedroom cupboard and cleared one whole bin bag of rubbish. 38 areas now sorted. 🎉🎉🎉

florianatwobob

@suzeesu2000 I understand the sadness of the finality of your mum’s furniture being sent off to find a new home. We’ve still got our mum’s dining table and chairs in the shed and I was very teary when we got rid of the cooker!!

It’s not like Mum had been emotionally attached to the cooker but she was a very good cook and it was another link to her gone.