2019 - A Clutter Free Life

1. SMALL TASKS WILL BE DONE ASAP
2. I WILL LEAVE A ROOM TIDIER THAN WHEN I ENTERED
3. KITCHEN WILL BE LEFT CLEAN & TIDY EVERY NIGHT
4. WHEN DEALING WITH CLUTTER I WILL USE ‘Daisy1571’s idea of ‘WHAT WOULD I DO WITH THIS ITEM IF IT WAS SOMEONE ELSE’S ?’
5. IF I WAS STARTING FROM SCRATCH, WOULD I BUY THIS?
6. BE LIKE A POSTAGE STAMP - STICK TO ONE THING UNTIL YOU GET THERE

Monday continued wet & miserable I stripped the bed - washed, tumble dried, folded & put away the summer bedding. DH & I rotated the mattress & then I put on the winter bedding. Very cosy last night I have finished the scarf - approx 8’ long so no reason now not to declutter Hm soup for lunch - OK but not one of my best DSis had some spare ribs from the freezer.
Dinner was home cooked fish, chips & peas.
Tuesday has been a dry, crisp & sunny day. Phoned bank & paid cc bill in full of course I have gone through the toiletries etc kept on a shelf in the wardrobe - one item binned & one item in cs bag. I think I must have already binned all my old make up as I couldn’t find any :rotfl: DH went to sm for the heavy stuff & then retired to the garage - new project an 8 pint cast iron pot - exceedingly rusty but once renovated & painted will be used as a plant pot :rotfl:
I finished weeding the last bit of the paving - half an hour of vigorous exercise - just the decorative brickwork now - but will probably only do 15-20 minute stints. I went to the sm for lightweight items - waited 20 minutes then a gentleman walking past advised that the buses were on diversion :eek: Walked up to the main road & caught a bus & discovered that both ends of the usual bus route road were closed :eek: Good job it was only a lightweight shop as I walked home rather than faff about with buses
Dinner was sausages, mash & baked beans 😋

3834 - 3853 Five drinks tins, 2 glass bottles & metal caps, 7 lots of cardboard packaging, 3 food cans, 2 magazines, 1” paperwork - Recycled
3854 - 3856 Bag of kitchen detritus, 0.5” shredding, very ood hair product - Binned
3857 - 3858 Belt, specialised hair drying towel (gift from France never used ) - CS bag

Hope you can source some cheap batteries whmf00001. Also hope d-i-l is in one of her lovely moods :rotfl:

Welcome aboard oldtractor : We love new faces (especially me ) You are now officially aboard the Decluttering Bandwagon :T The reasons for decluttering are myriad & I think you will find most of them on this thread :rotfl: Every single item out - whether it is binned, recycled, sold, donated or even reallocated to a more appropriate storage space - is a win & is to be celebrated :j Looking forward to seeing your posts - you might even give us new ideas of what & where to declutter

Well Done: Barny1979; Cherryfudge :j :j you have smashed your target - Gold Star ⭐️ coming your way & I have no doubt you will reach 2500 ; IrishRose more pennies in the bank :T; choille; :T:T:T:T

TamsinC - 2150 on page 163 My other pleasure apart from cheerleading

Nice to see you parsniphead - tidying & cleaning is a huge part of decluttering - you are decluttering the stress of untidiness Please look after yourself & try not to do too much - it will all still be there tomorrow Hugs are on offer if required

See you tomorrow fellow declutterers.

MrsSD
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1. SMALL TASKS WILL BE DONE ASAP
2. I WILL LEAVE A ROOM TIDIER THAN WHEN I ENTERED
3. KITCHEN WILL BE LEFT CLEAN & TIDY EVERY NIGHT
4. WHEN DEALING WITH CLUTTER I WILL USE ‘Daisy1571’s idea of ‘WHAT WOULD I DO WITH THIS ITEM IF IT WAS SOMEONE ELSE’S ?’
5. IF I WAS STARTING FROM SCRATCH, WOULD I BUY THIS?
6. BE LIKE A POSTAGE STAMP - STICK TO ONE THING UNTIL YOU GET THERE

Wednesday has been dry so far & reasonably warm for the time of year due to the low cloud cover - see my silver lining to the cloud :rotfl: DSis has put a wash load on. I have had a fairly productive hour or so -
Washed down the skirting in the kitchen, swept then vacuumed the floor, floor has been mopped & is drying - woe betide anyone who enters before it is completely dry :rotfl: Turned & swapped round both sets of sofa cushions - to get even wear I got 15+ plus years out of the last sofas with NO tlc so hopefully the tlc for these sofas will see me out :rotfl: & I have plans to live until I’m 100 :rotfl: all the clutter may even be gone by then :rotfl: Vacuumed downstairs including hallway & cloakroom which have both been mopped.
DH is in the garage - sorting, binning & tidying.

THREE HOURS LATER I am back to finish my post :rotfl: We have been busy I had volunteered DH to prune a tree/bush for the neighbour’s across the road As their kids are on half term & it was dry,it was all adult hands on deck : All told with the pruning, shredding & tidying up took about 45 minutes. Our neighbours have one full green bag & we have 2. That will teach DH to have all the appropriate gardening tools :rotfl: We all got to see each other’s gardens & next year I will have a supply of cooking apples :j:j Love their garden - quite large in an L-shape. Neighbour loves our new patio. She also appeared slightly envious that my DH is so handy :rotfl: apparently her DH is not very handy but is a bit of a hoarder she has to declutter in secret :rotfl:
The rain has started & we are now all indoors & finished working

3859 - 3861 Uu laundry detergent bottle, small cardboard box, plastic washing ball - Recycled
3862 - 3865 Two worn out sponge scourers, bubble wrap, plastic packaging - Binned
3866 - 3867 Metal handle, large plastic container - Tip bag

Well Done Happy Kitties :T you might be “limping along slowly” but you are still decluttering :T

Well Done - Barny1979; choille; :T :T

Never rains but it pours whmf00001 Sending both you & your d-in-l gentle healing hugs.

See you later my fellow declutterers.

MrsSD
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