2026 DECLUTTERING CAMPAIGN Mrs SD - our Year of Redistribution

BlueJ94

Last night I decided to try and declutter the room of doom again.. it took an hour to go from this

To this..

Doesn't look like much but I managed a black bag of rubbish and I had to stop before I passed out from the heat 😂😂

My future plans are to get rid of the glass unit as i dont use it and get a nice unit on the left hand side with storage so I can out things away out of sight.

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 continued: DH helped get all the now dried washing off the whirligig & replaced with my motorcycle trousers which I will leave out overnight. DH also helped me sort out various cables & ‘toot’ that came out of the sideboard & had been dumped in a crate. Most of it has been consigned to the Tip pile & the crate is empty 🥳 I have also put the armour back in my motorcycle jacket which is now put away in the under-stairs cupboard 😊 Laundry now folded but have 2 items to repair before putting everything away……..Both items now repaired. Dinner tonight is Bolognaise sauce (from the freezer) with conchiglie from the pantry. Wudupa

1128 - 1132 Kitchen recycling, 3 magazines, drinks cans - recycled

1133 - 1139 Kitchen & office detritus, an old & uncomfortable pair of flat shoes, a bag of garage detritus, 2 manky paintbrushes, bag of ‘toot’ from the sideboard - binned

1140 - 1149 Six cables, 3 plugs, bag of keys - Tip bag

Lovely post Moorviews ☺️ Well done on decluttering shoes especially after testing them 👏 Reminds me that I wore a pair of old flat shoes which were uncomfortable & for some reason I kept them 🤔 they are now in the bin 😉 Hopefully the trade peopleyou have in will be gone soon 🤞 I imagine you are enjoying taking care of the GC more than the tidying ☺️

GrannyKate, Sox is a little devil 😈  Wishing DGS4 good luck with his cycling proficiency test 🍀 Good work getting the swimming pool sorted out 👏 Great news that DD has booked your December break - such a lovely tradition 🥹 & hopefully you will be able to see your ‘swap’ partner 🤞 Such a pity that you couldn’t fit in a meet up with your U.S. sister 🥺  Wow, eight grandchildren 🤩 

Excellent digital decluttering oceanspirit 👏

Florenceem, hope the dentist visit is just a check up & that no work is required 🤞 Good luck knitting the girl gnome 🍀 Hopefully with more practice you will get used to knitting with the sequinned yarn 🤞 A pity about the tea ☹️ 

GrannyKate, a lovely sentiment 🥹 I think Sox knows he is off to the cattery on Friday that’s why he is being a little devil 😈😉 What a pain re NSI 😖 hopefully it will work properly tomorrow 🤞

Willowtree222, wow a school making a sensible & practical decision 🤩🥳 Will wonders never cease ☺️

dND, love the newly painted retaining wall - sets off the geraniums a treat ☺️ I will keep my fingers crossed that you get some cooler weather 🤞

florianatwobob, I had forgotten about your loft project 😉 

TC77, whatever you decide will be the correct decision for you 😊 If you do decide to get a new email address you can start as you mean to go on by setting up appropriate folders 🤔

Yorkie1, that is a long time for the online exercise class 🤩 Hopefully with a little research you can find another one 🤞

suzeesu2000, a very busy day so no wonder you are shattered 😪 Congratulations on getting the bathroom finished 👏 A Gold Star ⭐️  is o its way. I agree with Yorkie1, the bathroom sounds lovely ☺️ Excellent decluttering as well 👏

Florenceem, congratulations to your 15 year old grandson S 🥳👏 He is obviously a very talented tennis player & hopefully he will have more success 🤞 Maybe we will see him at Wimbledon in a couple of years ☺️ A pity about having to go back to the dentist for fillings ☹️ I see you followed your DD’s suggestion about a lamp for your console table 😊 Hopefully one or more of our Declutterati family will be able to help re downloading & editing photos from your phone

EnergyShifter, your one day retreat sounds perfect ☺️ and obviously works well for you 🥹 Enjoy your week off & remember to intersperse work with pleasurable activities 🥹 Well done on completing day 13 of the Minimalist game 🥳

Willowtree222, lovely gifts ☺️

Excellent decluttering greent 👏 Good luck in your search for casual clothes 🍀

Excellent digital decluttering TC77 👏 & yippee to the free site collector 🥳

Liverpool_Anne, sorry to hear that you had such a fraught Saturday caring for your friend’s son 😔 & also sorry to hear that your OH also had a torrid time as well 😔 Hopefully B will be calm whilst staying with his aunt & uncle 🙏 & also when you are back on duty on Saturday 🤞 Sending you & OH 💐 + 🤗  I do hope your friend is having a lovely  relaxing holiday 🥹 A Gold Star ⭐️ is on its way for passing the halfway mark 🥳

Lovely to see you weenancy 👋 Hope you are OK 🥹

Excellent work on the room of doom BlueJ94 👏 

I fell asleep on the sofa again so will post this & head off to bed. Sleep tight 😴 

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Decluttering Target 2026: 1149/2026

1p Savings Challenge Running Total: £226.61

oceanspirit

Emails down from 228 to 213. Garden waste bin now full - will need to ask neighbour to put it out for me (it has a load of their trimmings in too) as it’s too heavy for me. Reading pile gradually reducing.

Need to do some filing today plus more paper tidying. I have mislaid some info relating to home sale and need to find it for solicitors asap so it’s a good incentive to clear as I search.

GrannyKate

Morning all. Still just pottering in the heat so not much meaningful being achieved. Nice trip out yesterday to local church (Redbourne) which has amazing Georgian enamelled glass windows. Really good local history displays and information within from the villagers mostly I think. Volunteers keep it open regularly although now in care of Church's Conservation Trust. Grade 1 listed.

Small jobs done

706 Winter fuel form submitted - they paid it last year and I had to pay it back through tax so opted out now

707 Cat fountain cleaned and filters changed - spare filters ordered as run out now

708 Pool filters ordered

709 Photos all downloaded to date

Will try and clear a few more shrubs to fill the bin up as it is not collected until the afternoon. Otherwise only a school run today. Picture below of church window.

Willowtree222

There is something do magical about church stained glass windows.

Gifts delivered to school, phew!

Whilst getting out the paperwork I need for school, I saw some paperwork that was years old, so suitably destroyed. The cupboard of doom is managing to stay not doom like!

GrannyKate

The church windows were enamelled glass which the Georgians favoured but which the Victorians mostly removed and replaced with stained glass. The Duke of St Albans lived at the Hall and married the widow of the founder of Coutts bank (an actress born into poverty in Cork) who seems to have put money into the church.

I have been virtuous and sat at my desk dealing with small frogs etc. I have ruled out gardening as I woke up with sore and wobbly knee. Think I must have just slept awkwardly. I am going down to Mr A to get a few snacks bits as children will be here after school this week although DS2 should be doing meals. I also need money to pay builders once they have finished although not here yet today. They are waiting for hardcore delivery before they can do anything more next door. I did manage to get into NS&I which blamed my phone for the problem (same one I have had for all the other log-ins this year!) I completed the transaction but no idea if it happened as no confirmation and it threw me out again. I will wait and see.

710 Manky fruit bowl emptied - I cut up apples for birds - put on front lawn & hope Sox leaves them alone

711 Papers related to last week's long delayed frog finished off and sent to be put on website

712 Lots of emails answered - in box empty for about 5 minutes

713 Saved and archived emails cleared out, some archive folders deleted, at least 500 emails gone

714 Updated and filed U3A stuff including updating website for group which I run (Family History)

Right off to shops - have a good day all - thankfully cooler here.

Brie

@BlueJ94 - great progress!! I love the look of the plants and plant related things in the window. And if it's the mini greenhouse you're getting rid - well I nearly had my hand bitten off when I offered one on freegle and it wasn't nearly as nice as yours!!

moginstein

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@Yorkie1 Thanks for mentioning quizzy Mondays, I hadn't noticed Only Connect was back on (I watch on iplayer, but it hadn't told me)!

Mum told me Sewing Bee is back on tonight, but she videos it (well, saves to a box of some kind) and I watch on iplayer, so we have to make sure we don't accidentally let on who's gone out, as neither watch it live so it can be completely out of sync..

@Florenceem I sometimes do a screenshot of a photo to reduce its (megabyte) size. On my phone its just 3 fingers swiped down, but yours may be different.

BlueJ94

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Thanks! Yes im getting rid of that and the glass unit next to the wardrobe.. I sold one not so long ago with lights for £1

Yorkie1

@moginstein yes, Sewing Bee too. I shall have to video that (to a box too!) as well 😁

I'm no better at decluttering video recordings than I am at decluttering things in the house haha 😂