2026 DECLUTTERING CAMPAIGN Mrs SD - our Year of Redistribution

TC77

@Soontobeoap , I feel for you, tonight I was looking around wondering how I have so much stuff left. I've been on the declutter train for years and would have guessed at the start that i'd be on to photos and not sentimental things but not there yet. A large part to having my dad's house to sort and 188 years off their combined collections.

I do have space in some cupboards but lots out as need to do more on like with like and have proper homes for things.

2 pillows out, a pen, unsubscribing and lots of messages and photos, also got my headphones mended at a repair cafe - lovely people.

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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

Saturday continued: I sorted out the bits & bobs for the CS - now have a trolley bag (from M’s place) full of bubble wrap & a sack full of other stuff ready to take to the CS next week. Not counting until it has been delivered but at least it is now ready to go 😉 I have also written 0 August birthday cards. 19:00 DH relit the bbq & we had our dinner - hotdog with onions for DSis & burgers with all the trimmings for DH & I 😋 Wudupa

1241 - 1243 Kitchen recycling, drinks cans, plastic bottle - recycled 

1244 - 1245 Kitchen & lr detritus  - binned 

Nice to see you Pennypincin 👋 Shame about the undies but well done on replacing them 👏 Good luck with the drawing & writing now that you have all the supplies 🍀

Excellent decluttering Soontobeoap 👏 Hopefully you will be successful in decluttering more especially once the craft shed is available for your craft supplies & DH starts going through his wardrobes, shelves & drawers 🤞 

Lovely to see you Blue_Doggy 👋 Yikes to the badly strained knee ligament 😣 both painful & restrictive. Sorry to hear that you feel overwhelmed 😞 but please remember that it took a long time to build up the clutter, so it will take some time to declutter 😊 However, if you continue with your steady decluttering you will soon start to notice a difference ☺️ and the more difference you notice the more you will declutter. 

Steady decluttering TC77 👏 Please don’t be so hard on yourself as I seem to remember you have brought home a lot of your dad’s stuff as it is easier to donate to CS from where you live 😊

Sleep tight everyone 😴

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oceanspirit

Helped friend with a frog and took round one item for her son. Need to get the other one out and clean it so it can go as well.

Just one pair of undies out for me yesterday.

GrannyKate

A very good morning all. I have returned from a lovely week in a very hot Crete. Will catch up on posts later. Need to clutter Mr Sox from cattery and get some food shopping.

EnergyShifter

@Florenceem - I am so very sorry to hear your news - you and your family are in my prayers. 🙏

EnergyShifter

Thanks for encouragement @Regnbue & @Moorfields & thanks for the Gold Star @MrsSD - I will wear it with pride.

Haven't posted for a couple of days as yesterday I went to the seaside for the day with my friend's church - the weather couldn't have been better and everyone was so friendly and welcoming. They had a dance competition on the beach for the children and it was joyous. I popped in some charity shops and bought an emergency top as I realised the one I was wearing was too warm. While I was there I spotted a really lovely top from Petit Bateau which I will be wearing today when I go out to church and to have lunch with friends. I got the 2 of them for £7 - I think I will try to let go of a couple of things to make room but that's a task for later.

Friday - I didn't make much headway with the garden - instead I took some temporary vinyl covering off the laminate worktops in the kitchen as it'd started to look worse than what was underneath. Unfortunately what should have been less than an hours work ended up being most of the day as it revealed that the work-surface behind the sink had completely rotted away. So I had to cut that away. I can definitely bodge-job it but I am wondering if this should be the sign to replace the kitchen - it's over 20 years old and in a real state - I have the money saved but I hate upheaval. I will decide next week.

I disposed of 7 items on Friday which brings my monthly total to 272. Have a great day all ☀️

Wednesday2000

Florenceem - I'[m sorry for your loss.

I have two bags of stuff to take with me tomorrow. I'm getting a taxi so I might try and fill up a third bag to donate.

vulpix

Sounds like a lovely day Energy Shifter. Nothing like a nice trip to the seaside.

It has rained / is raining.Drizzle really but constant . Set to continue into tomorrow. The garden is loving it.

Spent a few hours pottering yesterday in the front and side gardens, digging out baby bindweed and mares tail. I also dug out a massive brick, concrete combo with added metal rod for good measure. Assessed all the plants in pots in the side garden, weeded them, rejigged some, planted one into the front garden. Started to fill a big terracotta pot on the pebble circle in the front with a cracked upturned plant pot and left over pebbles. The solar fountain has been dispatched. Potted up a couple of plants ready to give away. Might just put them at the front gate. There is other garden stuff to give away that the previous owner left. weedkillers I think, I don't use them. I have decided to sell a set of ceramic pots. 2 emptied, several more to empty and transfer into pots I already have. The long term plan is to massively reduce the amount of pots I have. I still have some pots living in DD1's garden from before we moved.

Mr V took another builders bag of garden waste to the tip. The guys there are very helpful with unloading. Mr V is still in a lot of pain. He has a couple of big hematomas and has torn some liagaments and muscle . The 2 week old bruising is going, the week old bruising is still impressive.

Had an email from the front door guy. He is behind with his work as they have had a new baby and he has been working a bit less. Fine by me. No problem.

The time has come… I can no longer procrastinate, I have to eat a frog and start under coating the bunk beds. Stop talking about it and get on with it.The mattresses are being delivered next Friday. I have listed the trundle bed on thrift.

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Deb4

Good afternoon everyone

Not much done really just haven't got any motivation to do anything, will try to do some later on after I've watched the F1.

My OH has cleaned my car of rubbish and found £2 in there, most of the rubbish is from DS.

No more sells but have things to list but need to take the photos.

Take care Deb4

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

Sunday is another warm day but cooler at 25°C with an occasional cooling WNW wind & a low of 18°C I have had a cool bath & am just air drying & combing out my hair & DH is just about to have his bath. We are off to Kent for a 2 generation get together in celebration & remembrance of M. DH & I will be stopping overnight so that DH can have a drink. I have decided not to take my iPad so I will wish you all a lovely Sunday ☺️ & I will see you on Monday 👋 

P.S. temperature up to 28°C

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Decluttering Target 2026: 1245/2026

1p Savings Challenge Running Total: £297.61