2026 DECLUTTERING CAMPAIGN Mrs SD - our Year of Redistribution

Florenceem

I took my shopping trolley full of donations to the charity shop and asked for help getting the very stuffed bag out.

Got a bus home and after tea to warm me up - cold today - I started on the wardrobe in the large ROD. Not many of Mr F's clothes but lots of mine.

My shopping trolley is stuffed full to take to the charity shop tomorrow.

I phoned the summer house company - they reckon 9.30 to 10.30 arrival. I have no idea how long it takes to build the summer house.

I will be able to put my table and chairs in there to make my craft room tidier.

I hung the clothes I want to keep in the wardrobe in my bedroom. I had a tidy up of the bottom of the wardrobe so I could put 3 pairs of boots and 4 pairs of slippers in there. The slippers are all new - my daughter got me slippers as a Christmas present for a few years. I have been wearing a bootee type of slipper that I bought from a friend - much warmer around the ankles.

I did move some bags of fur fabric into the craft storage room and have now decided enough for today.

I have ordered some white emulsion paint as J thinks we need more.

Decluttered - notebook, cello bag, 6 pairs of trousers, instructions leaflet, 2 tee shirts, 4 blouses, pair of slippers x 2, fur jacket, fur shorts, 8 shoe boxes, pair of sandals, tissue paper, carrier bag, labels, 3 paper pads, fur waistcoat, bottle bag, embossing folder x 2, hat, skirt, knitting needles, denim skirt, beaded waistcoat, clothes covers, receipts, paper bag, jacket, 8 pairs of shoes, 3 plastic bags, pair of jeans, dress, fabric, 4 skirts, 3 coat hangers, pair of stockings, 2 bars of soap, tablecloth, pamphlet, wire binding, top, blouse, fur coat and lots of paper.

Yorkie1

Hope you and babyface are feeling better today @Dizzycap

Well done on the templating @Green_hopeful

I've slept really badly the last couple of nights. My fingers keep going to pins and needles. Lots of yawning at work today!

I decided to make a greek lemon yoghurt cake. I'd measured out all the ingredients but then realised that the recipe didn't say either what size cake tin, nor what oven temperature to use. I do not have confidence that it will come out all light and fluffy like the photos show 😂🍰

TC77

@Green_hopeful well done on the kitchen, sorry to hear you've st least a year of break down of things all at once.

Having a rest as been choosing vegetables on chopping board not balanced properly and my just poured .ugh of coffee, of course a chop and the coffee tips over, luckily just my hand as I have quite good reflexes but under cold water for 15 mins and abit red and sore!

Decided a rest is in order.

Jeans in cs bag (which is an achievement for me as nothing wrong with them and fit me but not in the top 5 or so)

Unsubscribed x 2 ans digital declutter and parcels of clothing returned ( counting as could have stayed and have several items in each) x2, packaging, plastic wallets and paper x 2 and some packaging.

575 working on some frogs i don't count. Hopefully will do more after my rest !

florianatwobob

The floor mop unexpectedly decluttered itself on Sunday. The section where the squirty trigger hinges decided to separate from the main handle. Quite frustrating when you’re about to mop the floor.

However all was not lost as I already had a replacement (and now one more thing out of the shed).

Today I decluttered one of my two interviews this week.

Yorkie1

Good luck with the interviews, @florianatwobob

Yorkie1

Well … the cake went in at 170C fan. Possibly not quite high enough. For over an hour rather than 40 minutes.

It didn't rise (much). But that might have something to do with the fact that I added the flour before the oil and vanilla essence … and then had to try to combine those with the batter before then folding in the flour! Ingredients were not listed in recipe order!

But it's edible (for me, the birds aren't getting any of it) and I'll use a recognised recipe next time 😁 thanks for the tip @Dizzycap

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

Wednesday: heavy rain shower with some hail about 09:30. The strong WNW wind had blown away some of the dark clouds & there were some nice blue patches of sky & a bit of sunshine. However a couple of hours later the dark clouds are back & the forecast is for a high of 13°C (feeling 5° colder) & a low of 8°C with more rain on the way. The HH waste wheelie bin was emptied this morning & fortunately I remembered to put the NDN’s bin out as well. Now have a new bin bag in our wheelie bin. Short sharp shower at 13:00 followed by thunder & now showery….. from 14:00 heavy & steady rainfall, very dark & cold enough to justify putting the heating on 😉 ……. Rain stopped about 15:00. Now dry & bright but still cold. DH has made a soup & I have spent the afternoon knitting & napping 😉 I decided I couldn’t be bothered to cook so DH ordered in - Rice & duck from the Chinese for DSis. DH & I had Indian - chicken korma & mushroom rice for me, chicken dansak, keema naan & pilau rice for DH + sides of vegetable & lamb samosas, aloo gobi, onion bhajis & mushroom bhaji 😋 & all 3 of us have enough leftover for a 2nd meal 😉 Wudupa.

832 - 833 Kitchen recycling, plastic bottle - recycled 

834 Kitchen & office detritus - binned 

Florenceem, thank you for the information about knitting gloves 😊 Sorry to hear that you had a bad night’s sleep 😔 Good luck with emptying the wardrobe in the large RoD 🍀 I love the idea that once all your rooms are sorted you will be able to shop from your own crafting stock/stash ☺️ 

Nice to see you Deb4 👋  Great work with the decluttering, sorting & crafting 👏 sounds like you have been busy 😊 Hopefully once the weather picks up so will your sales 🤞

2Scratters, pleased to hear that your DH has finally got the ball moving on your kitchen renovation 😮‍💨 Less like ranting & more like venting 😉

BlueJ94, good luck with your clothes selling 🍀

Green_hopeful, simple explanation of a frog is “a task that you keep putting off until it becomes a mountain to climb” ☹️ So yes, you have definitely decluttered a frog 👏 & what a brilliant job 🤩 deserves a medal 🏅 which is on its way. What a pain that so many appliances are breaking down at the same time 😖 

Brie, a pity there isn’t a photo especially as you made 100 of them ☹️ a very generous donation to the RSPCA 🥹 I laughed out loud at This “We had temporarily moved in with my in-laws (for 7 years)….” 🤣 

Another busy & successful day of decluttering Florenceem 👏 Hopefully once your summer house has been delivered the weather will pick up 🤞 I can imagine you sitting the summer house with some knitting & a long cooling drink to hand ☺️

Yorkie1, sorry to hear that you are not sleeping well 😔 I do hope that a doctor can find & treat the cause of the pins & needles 🙏 Fingers crossed that you can find the cooking temperature & time 🤞as that cake sounds delicious 😋 

TC77, yikes to your burnt hand 😱 fingers crossed it doesn’t blister 🤞 Great & eclectic decluttering 👏 By the way you should definitely count frogs 😉

florianatwobob, shame about the broken mop 😞 but great news that you had a replacement available 👏 Good luck with the interviews 🍀

Lovely cheerleading Dizzycap 😊 Great decluttering especially all that mail 👏 Thank you for more wonderful tales of Babyface’s antics 🥹 Good luck with your renewed efforts to sell items 🍀 

Yorkie1, sounds like a reasonable attempt at a new bake 😊 Next time it will be perfect & we will all be queuing up for a slice 😉

Dizzycap, your posties face will be a picture ☺️ Good luck with the rest of your listings 🍀

We had a couple more showers & the temperature has stayed low 🥶 but I only kept the heating on for a couple of hours. Sleep tight 😴

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Florenceem

Morning all.

Pain free night.

I have opened the side gate ready for the delivery men to access the back garden. I swept where the summerhouse will sit but it will probably be mucky again by the time the men arrive. I was told 9.30 to 10.30.

Rain is forecast for today and it is chilly - north east wind - my heating is on.

I have a completed glove to sew up while I drink my tea.

I will carry on with emptying the large ROD today. and I want to take my shopping trolley to the charity shop so I can fill it again.

Hope everyone has a good and productive day.

Yorkie1

Evening all 😊

Mmm, custard with my cake. Now there's an idea 😍

How's the summerhouse going, @Florenceem ?

Florenceem

The men took about 3 hours to erect my summer house. I had to have a levelling platform built as the paving slopes so extra money to pay. I saw that it was about 2 inches out so they weren't having me on.

Bestie turned up with a yummy doughnut while the men were here so had a look at progress. Bestie went off with donations for her charity shop.Then bestie's husband arrived with the paint I had ordered so he had a look.

I went to town to take the trolley of stuff to the charity shop. I got rid of the outfit I wore to middle daughter's wedding 20 years ago. I also put the outfit I bought for eldest daughter's wedding in for charity. I found clothes in that wardrobe that I had forgotten about. All my pairs of jeans had to go as I can only wear soft trousers now.

I found the outfits that I bought to attend Round Table/Rotary events when I was going out with Mr F. I had a size 10 dress so I have just returned to what size I was 29 years ago.

I popped to the shopping centre to get some food that they didn't have in the town branch.

Not long home when grandson J came to see me before he goes on holiday to Crete tomorrow. So J had a look at the summer house. I will measure up for some roller blinds - just from The Rang. - not expensive ones like in the house.

I moved a craft trolley and my table and chairs out to the summer house.

I have already filled the shopping trolley for another trip to the charity shop.

I got rid of lots of coat hangers today - my black bin is full and not emptied until next Friday. I told grandson J not to call here after school to do my bins. I will put cardboard out tomorrow morning as rain is forecast.