Decluttering

Adrian, Brian, and Carole are three of them, and one is nameless, poor thing.
Ws also have Colin, who's a cabinet.

Its not as daft aa it sounds because i have a long hall, and the four cupboards are all big and more or less in a row.

So if you direct someone by saying "in the first cupboard" they have to work out if you mean the first one nearest the front door, or te first one you come to when you exit te living room.

Please remind me, MissAdventure, of the names of your other cupboards. I remember the one called Brian but not any of the other names. When you first mentioned naming the cupboards it really amused me.

My friend came round today, and while we were chatting, sorted out a huge pile of medications and dressings, ehich were in my living room, with a load of other "stuff" piled on top.
So, the meds have been put into cupboard Brian until someone can take them to a pharmacy, so they can throw them away.
Once again, I can't get intp te cupboard now.

And for me it was two duvet covers and six odd pillowcases that got thrown out.

Have finished filling the big box under my bed now.
It's got my quilt covers in, and any pilow cases that came with them.

I spent ages watching video demonstrations of how to fold a fitted sheet.

I still can't do it, anyway. Three pilowcases, one pillow protector, and four cushion covers have been ousted today.

As long as they're neat, that seems ok, i think.
I threw away a fair few dvds thay were in with my "favourite" books (that I was never going to read again)
It was a bit of a wrench, because they'd come from my daughter's place.

She and her boys used to watch them, when she started to get quite poorly.

Sad, but I'm not likely to get a now 18 year old to watch "frozen"

I try not to have clutter MissAdventure, but still have too much ‘stuff’, of one sort or another.

I’m sitting in our conservatory, looking at three wicker hampers, which contain CD’s and DVD’s.

We never use them, and I’m sure charity shops are inundated, and those websites that buy them pay so little it’s not worth the effort…..

But they are neatly packed away in their hampers…

I've thrown out a,hairclip and an ancient call blocking device.
Not exactly leaps and bounds here.

Because i shop online, the cheapest way is to buy in bulk, so I've been moving big packs of kitchen towels from place to place.

I've started moving a few tops in my wardrobe to a different part of the wardrobe, as its i had black tops behind where the door opens, and couldn't see what was what.

I've put colourful tops there now, so I can see them better.

Yes, as long aa you don't overfill them, i found

Aren't under bed drawers just wonderful!!

I havd some relations coming who have grandchildren so today I have bagged up good hardback children's books. If they dont want them, I expect they will, they are bagged ready to go to the book charity shop.
I also have been through the boxed games, tidied them up, sellotaped any damaged box corners and await DD1 and 2 s decision. They don't take up much space as they stack neatly.

I put 2 large tins of emulsion, very old, but unopened by the front path with a help yourself note stuck on....and they have gone. Didn't see who took them. They will need a very good stir.

Finally I put back into a suit case 2 teddy bears and 2 other dolls. Their little eyes looking at me as I zipped it up. They are for another day when I find a shop taking toys such as, maybe dusty, bears.

Onwards and upwards everyone. A day at a time. Don't get overwhelmed.

I meant to say, Calendargirl two quilt covers is marvellous!
Are you not a clutter collector, generally?

My bedding stuff is a constant battle; I have to fight my way through to the shelves (only two) it's kept on, and just take what i can get.

I've been hoping for a particular quilt cover for around six months, now, but it hasn't made itself available.

Yes, its supposed to work really well, except you have to empty out all the casualties.
Shudder!!! 🤮

DH no longer likes beer in cans, so I emptied 3 cans down the sink, as the last one disappeared I realised I should have kept them for the slugs!

I've put to one side a quilt cover.
Everyone says how pretty it is, but I'm convinced it makes me smell!

Every morning when its on, i can smell feet!
I don't suffer from smelly feet, but it must be the material I think.

Also one bra in the pile of "get rid ofs". Shame, i really like it, but no good for me.

I only have one summer and one winter quilt cover.

When I wash them, we have to manage without until it’s dried and aired.

I have sorted about 10 paperbacks to donate to the library.

If they don’t catalogue them, they go in their book sale, if they don’t sell, they flog them on a used book website.

I have far more than I need and can never find the matching pillowcases. You have inspired me to have a sort out and get rid of some.

That was a good job well done, then.
I've started on the cupboard of doom - taken out quilt covers and the pillow cases that match, and put them into the big lidded box under my bed.

How many quilt covers does everyone have, just out of interest? Why haven't i got one on, one off, and one in the wash??
I seem t have too many.

A sack went to charity this morning, they came and collected it from the door step, full of this and that and an old watch that I hung on to even though the strap was awful, the watch face was nice and big, but I no longer wear a watch and the dial is one of those that only has 12 ,3,6 and 9 on the dial, was easy to 'SEE' the missing numbers , now I'd just be guessing, so that went.Also some key rings , always seem to have a couple of those hanging about !

I've just opened the cupboard i tidied out last week, and shut the door in despair.
Industrial vacuum, plumbing pipes, football kits and boots, a steamer, you nane it, its in there.

AND I DIDN'T PUT IT IN!!!

I have just posted on Freecycle offering a big box of Mega Bloks which I am sure will go quite soon. My youngest grandchild is 6 so the bloks are now surplus to requirements.

You're all doing well.

We get home this evening, so my plans to thin out wardrobes will start tomorrow.

That's a pretty good start, I'd say.
Today (fanfare of trumpets, please)
I threw out.... 1 nail!

I found a bag of ink cartridges from my last printer, some new but out of date. Now bagged up ready to go out with the recycling - it's a start!

A bag of rubbish has gone out in the process.