2026 DECLUTTERING CAMPAIGN Mrs SD - our Year of Redistribution

Florenceem

Morning all. Another night where pain woke me up after stopping me from going off to sleep easily.

Dull day here. Rain is forecast.

I took my shopping trolley full of donations to the charity shop in town. Came home and have filled it ready for tomorrow.

I started knitting a glove using a solid colour yarn last night.

Yorkie1

Evening all

Limited decluttering but I saw some friends over the weekend, which is a nice change. About to do my weekly online exercise class. I agree about the Pentecost colours, @Florenceem !

Florenceem

I got some stuff out of the garage to sort.

Bestie came for me and we went to M & S cafe - met another SA friend - we all had yummy rainbow cake.

Came home and got ready to go to see the Doctor.

I am having a blood test to check my thyroid. Dr is referring me back to gynae. Dr said I can take more of the night medication - gave me a prescription which I got filled at the nearby pharmacy. She didn't give me any stronger painkillers - just said to take paracetamol and co codamol.

I will book the blood test at the hospital as there is a 3 week wait at the surgery.

I go back to see the Dr in 4 weeks.

I was weighed and had put on some weight.

suzeesu2000

Decluttered bag of chicken from freezer for dinner in slow cooker. Tomorrow I’m making savoury mince and hopefully will be enough left over for a shepherds pie.

Sold on Vinted this morning, posted at lunchtime.

DH couldn’t do the wall today as it’s been raining on and off. I started laundry and drying on the airers, should be dry by the morning.
Ordered a pack of blades for the jigsaw, got to cut some hard plastic up so it can go in recycling.

Hope everyone’s had a good day, have a good night, sweet dreams xx

Pennypincin

Evening everyone.

Apologies for being awol again.

I've managed to declutter several t-shirts into a pile for the charity shop, plus re-home 4 large glasses, approx 8 storage bags, 2 bath towels plus 4 of each of pasta and cereal bowls, 4large and 4 small plates.

Plus have had birthday presents go out too.

I succumbed to 8 second hand books in an English heritage 2nd hand bookshop and a charity shop, plus have 6 plants. 2 are sedums, 1 from my mum's garden, plus 2 hardy geraniums I bought, 1 I've been given and I forget what the other plant is. The geraniums will be put out once I've made the bed for them.

Apologies if I've repeated whats gone out.

I've birthday presents coming in for my sister, but they will obviously go out.

TC77

House messy again as trying to sort more out. Dropped off bag at CS, parcel with 4 items and packaging out, took a pile of bank statement to bank and asked them to shred them for me, ans returned an item.

Part od the mess is trying to find 4 buttons , 3 medium and 1 large for jeans I bought from cs a while ago, new but missing buttons to flies and out of my hundreds can I find ones that match and go? Sorted more into colour and style and 35 to pass on ( counting each as need numberr and process too a while, ood food out.

Trying to eat healthier and live near a fruit and veg market so large bowl or produce now £1.50 used to he £1 so been chopping peppers and washing berries to freeze as so many. Another subscription.

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vulpix

Mid century drawers listed this morning and collected at 2:30. I will spend the money on plants.

I have rejigged some furniture downstairs. The oak drawers are now in the hall and the old sewing machine table is in the big spare room. The bookcase from there is now in the bathroom and the old school chair with a big plant on is currently on the landing. The chair will go in the small spare room and the massive plant can have a turn in the dining room! Are you keeping up? Fluffy always takes it upon herself to check out any changes in the house, she is most particular that way!

We are going to Oxfordshire Thursday to baby sit Friday from 7am. DIL has got a days consultancy. First time I will have baby sat the baby! Plus I didn't know there were were two seven O'clocks in a day.

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Green_hopeful

I am still working on the garage of doom. I didn’t start until after dinner but kept going until 2130. I offered several curtain poles, fixings and rings to the homeless charity.

I fixed a Stolmen ikea pole so i can put it on ebay. Bit of a farce but its an extending pole and it’s well known for the inner pole to fall inside and get stuck. I managed to get it out with a broomstick and quite a lot of double sided tape. Pleased i managed. They make great cat climbing poles. We made one for our cats so i can sell the others.

I went through a couple of electrical boxes. Oh my goodness what a lot of junk. About 50 plugs and adapters and timers. I put most of them together in a box. My husband can pick out any he wants and the rest can go. I got a box of small electrical recycling and another box of rubbish still more to sort. It’s funny because I am sure we went through it last year. Fresh eyes and i see more junk.

Flipping mini is broken again. Looks like passenger front suspension has gone. I don’t think the spring has broken this time. I am going to ring the rescue people to look at it tomorrow. I have booked it into the garage aka my second home on Wednesday. That will involve my decluttering a shed load more money.

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

Monday was another overcast day with a forecast high of 15°C (feeling 4° colder due to a SW wind) & a low of 8°C DSis left at 13:00 for an appointment at the hairdressers. She came back very happy as she had a free hair cut as a reward for a certain number of visits ☺️ Dinner from the chippy - fish for DH, sausages for DSis & a meat pie for me. Wudupa. Rained about 23:30 & then more showers after midnight.

852 - 858 Kitchen recycling, cardboard box, paper packaging, cardboard packaging, newspaper, coffee tin, drinks cans - recycled 

859 Kitchen detritus binned 

Welcome back GrannyKate, sounds like you had a wonderful time in Madeira ☺️ I would love to see a few pics 🙏 Pleased to hear that Sox was happy to see you 😊

Florenceem, sorry to hear you had another pain filled night 😔 Hopefully the doctor can help 🤞

Yorkie1, seeing friends over the weekend is a good way to recharge your batteries ☺️ 

Florenceem, hopefully the doctor’s recommendation will help you get a better night’s sleep & the blood test & referral will help find the cause of the pain so that an effective treatment plan can be put in place 🙏 Pleased to hear that you have put on a little weight 😊

Well done with the sale suzeesu2000 👏 I will keep my fingers crossed that it stays dry tomorrow so your DH can do the wall 🤞

Excellent decluttering Pennypincin 👏 

Great decluttering TC77 👏 Good luck both finding some suitable buttons & tidying up the mess created looking for them 🍀 Well done on starting a new healthier eating journey 👏

vulpix, I do hope you took great care moving furniture around 🙏 How exciting, getting to babysit the new baby for the first time 🥹

Excellent work in the garage of Doom, Green_hopeful 👏 & well done on working through the electrical boxes 👏 Yah boo sucks to the mini being broken again 😖 Hopefully the repair won’t be too expensive🤞

Sleep tight 😴 

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Decluttering Target 2026: 859/2026

1p Savings Challenge Running Total: £165.11

Willowtree222

Although not progress as such, I have requested that everyone that has something in my garage removes it. That includes a slushy machine, a generator, beer making equipment and a large vinyl roll. That should clear a huge amount of space for me to sort.