2026 DECLUTTERING CAMPAIGN Mrs SD - our Year of Redistribution

BlueJ94

Thanks but I think i found out why! This was off and since I turned it back on ive got notifications.

oceanspirit

Emails down to 265. More off the reading pile into recycling. Some little bits and pieces done - decided to stop walking past things and just do them which meant there was no structure to the day but am feeling better about things being done. A couple of books to go back to village book exchange.

Am about to write a new ‘master list’ which is something I found useful before but stopped doing. Will divide it up into categories ie house, car, garden etc and see if it helps me focus and prioritise better.

TC77

@QueenJess and @floss ,I have thrown more suncream out, I do use the older cream when I probably don't need to, yesterday was a walk after 6pm and I wear it even if i'm going to the shops 7 mins away, and nearly always in the shade or covered up but you're right.

Today

Suncream x 2, papers.x 5 , chopped part of the hedges x 3 , plastic wallets and paper document holder , unsubscribing and emails deleted, counting as 15

New total 747

Waiting for it charity and donation hub to see if they cam collect!

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 has been a cooler day with a high of 26°C, low of 16°C & a light E wind during the morning & early afternoon. Late afternoon the wind picked up & during the evening it has made it feel 3° cooler which is a relief 😊

DH left home 07:55 to drive to specialist garage to get car air-con fixed. As they were so busy he had to leave the car. He took the opportunity to go into a posh café & had a breakfast bap & coffee before catching the train to Shadwell & then DLR  arriving home 10:45 Rather unexpectedly DH got a call to say the car was ready for collection. He set off at 12:30 & used 3 buses. Eventually got home 15:05 & had to get my DSis to let him in, as I was busy upstairs. I worked up a real sweat - first stripping our bed & whilst the mattress was airing I tidied the bedroom wall unit. Then remade the bed with summer bedding. Took one load of washing downstairs - washed & put out on whirligig. Salad for dinner. Wudupa.

892 - 896 Kitchen recycling, newspaper, 2 plastic bottles, drinks cans - recycled 

897 - 898 Kitchen & lr detritus binned 

TC77, ouch to getting sun cream in your eyes 😣 Excellent decluttering from your dad’s house & nice to hear that your DB is pitching in 👏 Also great work in your house 👏 Thanks for lovely story about DD1 making her own ice lollies, brought back memories of doing the same thing with my DMum 🥹

Florenceem, I hope J enjoyed his birthday yesterday 😊 He is busy again 👏 Good luck finding the yarn 🍀

ionafan, sorry to hear that Rosie the dog has also been ill after you & your DH 😔 Excellent work sorting through photo albums & getting rid of so many 👏 A medal 🏅 is on its way 😊

Thanks for the information Floss 👏

TC77, good luck with your Project to cull emails 🍀 Hopefully the more you do the easier it will become 🤞

vulpix, sounds like you have had a wonderful Bank Holiday weekend 🥹 seeing all your family & just about surviving babysitting both grandsons 🥳  When I read about the toddler not in his bed my heart sank 😔 although I cheered up immediately when you explained where he was 🥹 & the lucky escape for the mouse brightened my day even more ☺️ I was also impressed that you got some of your family to pitch in with the decluttering/tidying 😉 A busy week ahead so I hope you managed to get to get some rest 🤞

Florenceem, young J worked very hard to get so much done 🤩 Hopefully builder J has sorted out the wardrobe doors to a high standard 🤞

BlueJ94, fingers crossed the 2 for £1 rail had plenty of shorts for you to choose from 🤞

Willowtree222, impressive work in the garage, now that is what I call excellent decluttering 👏🤩 Definitely worthy of a Gold Star ⭐️ which is o its way 😊

QueenJess, great idea to use up older sun screen once the weather starts improving 👏

Excellent work in the garden Yorkie1 👏 & combined with weeding on the allotment I am sending you a medal🏅

GrannyKate, excellent work sorting out the holiday drawer & also dealing with frogs 👏 Fingers crossed that you finally have success growing melon 🤞

Thanks BlueJ94 👏

Great work dealing with emails oceanspirit 👏 & well done dealing with tasks as & when you came across them 😊

Great decluttering TC77 👏 Fingers crossed that the donation hub will collect 🤞

I hope everyone had a good day ☺️ Sleep tight 😴 

MrsSD Awards: 💐 🙏💐💐🌟⭐️❤️💐💐⭐️💐❤️ ⭐️🎖️🥇 

DH Awards: 🏅🏅🏅🏅

DSis Awards:

Decluttering Target 2026: 898/2026

1p Savings Challenge Running Total: £165.11

Willowtree222

Thanks for the gold star, Mrs SD. It was a lot to leave however, most of it wasn't mine. I had been storing it for years. I now have the space to complete the garage tidy up on my big job list for this year.

suprisinglynice

Morning all.

Have been awake since 3 am as we were hit with one of the worst thunderstorms I think i have ever witnessed…the lightning started at 2am according to our security camera's and stopped about 5 am. I am shattered!

Have spent some lovely time at different seasides with different people over the course of the last week, first day at home today but have friends and family coming to visit so I think that I will be mainlining caffeine!

Hope everyone is doing as well as they can be.

Willowtree222

The thunder storm started here at 1am and I woke up to it again at 6.45am. I did get to sleep in between, but the storm lasted for hours.

dND

@BlueJ94 Everything bar the weekly digest is ticked for email - I don't like my phone interrupting me unless it's my children - and I'm not getting any email notifications. 😞 I've tried switching categories off and on to force re-saving but still no emails which is very frustrating. Dxx

Florenceem

Morning all.

BlueJ94 - Can you explain how to find that please? I am not getting notifications too.

The dowels that I put on Freegle and no one asked for them - have left the house. I posted about them on the local chat site and they were asked for.

I tried to phone J the builder last night - he has put one metal and one plastic door catch on the wardrobe doors - I want 2 metal ones. Also want some wood filler in a hole on the frame.

Young J is helping his Granddad with a tip run this morning and will come here after that. I asked him if they can take the 3 empty paint tins that are in the driveway - hope he remembers.

I found the yarn I needed easily - didn't have to go into the cupboard for it.

When I looked at my record of previous makes - saw it was 10 years since I knitted my new planned make.

No morning message from my bestie - which is most unusual.

I will carry on with sorting today.

Yorkie1

Thank you for my medal @Mrs_Salad_Dodger 😁

More to be done in the allotment today, I fear. We also had a thunderstorm overnight, but probably only for an hour or so.

The drain people have been and unblocked the drain … it was a build up of dirt, really, they think. So I'll get their invoice shortly.

@BlueJ94 interesting spot, thanks. I've reset my settings and will see if it makes a difference too

@Florenceem it's in your profile, scroll down below the privacy bit.