De-cluttering, still at it, still no end

They were selling those glass storage dishes in Home Bargains and I really regret not buying some when I was shopping there recently.

Thank you Maybee Mr Carrington will be an easy and interesting watch on youtube. I will be subscribing. I could do with all the positivity and new ideas

My new tatay glass dishes have arrived, they have a vented lid so will be good in the microwave. I did dither today wrt my bigger sistema containers but had a flashback to the old days when I would happily make custard etc in a pyrex jug.

I have to do the chucking out while in the mood and without the dithering. I can easily make porridge in pyrex, no need for the sistema, I have pyrex mixing bowls and jugs

I’ve just discovered Mr Carringtons utube blog about decluttering ( I think he’s on either Sort your life out or Clean it fix it). So I’m going to watch it for inspiration. And the girl from Sort your life out was on This Morning ( which I don’t usually watch) so I’m going to check that out, too. Although I spend far too much time watching decluttering programmes and not doing anything. My current problem is milk as I have had it delivered since the pandemic. I don’t want the milkman to make the journey here just for one pint but I’m not using as much and the milk doesn’t keep as long as supermarket milk. I bought some Purition powder as a meal replacement to use it up but protein drinks don’t fill me at all. I’ve had to turn on a mini fridge in my utility room to store it. I have cancelled Fridays delivery, though. I also have duplicates of everything; lip salve, face creams, toothpaste etc. I need to make a point of using one thing at a time. A lot of it is due to me spending a lot of time at my partners and having stuff at both houses but that shouldn’t be an excuse.

Simple stuff today. I will be disposing of several sistema plastic items, I have ordered a few glass replacements that I could use in the microwave but more sistema going out than glass coming in. That is a win situation for me

I continue with using whatever creams and oils that I want to use up, on my feet and legs. Anything will do, hair oil, face creams etc. I am determined not to waste them

A large unopened bottle of gaviscon went out yesterday. Use by date is long gone. I admit, it was a waste of money, has not been needed

Little tweaks but I need to continue

I think I’ve reached a point of being beyond help.

after some allotment sheds were ransacked

Not nice.

Maybe try tackling one small area at a time—like a single drawer or shelf—so it feels less overwhelming and you can actually see progress quickly.

*Fancythat well done on that forward thinking. First thing I did in my new house was to put all the garage shelving up. It is all very sturdy and was tidy with the really useful boxes we accumulated over 15 years

I am not tidy now, all this war talk has made me reluctant to use up my food storage, in fact I have added tins and water plus stuff for my allotment resides in the garage after some allotment sheds were ransacked. At least my loft is always empty

CS was not taking any more donations, to be fair, the roasting tins are big. Sadly I have binned them and now my bin is very full. At least the metal will be recycled

I am enjoying my new empty spaces in the kitchen and being back into sourdough -making is uplifting, to me and my genes. Life goes on and cannot be devoid of simple pleasures and hobbies

I dont tend to do much in the 3 months before Christmas.
Though I am never off the case so to speak.
Have done a few bits to loft while I have been up there,
And now finally have a strategy as to how I am going to tackle it.

I wrote elsewhere that I want garage shelving for Christmas.
That is how dedicated to the cause I am!

I was just killing 20 minutes this morning, went through the trays and tins I keep in my oven and below the oven

Two big and pristine roasting tins are out for disposal. I remember buying them at TK Max. Nice to use but, honestly, far too big for one person. I am hoping someone can use them for Christmas cooking

I do unearth stuff, day by day, as if by magic

I am struggling a bit today, trying to fit a quart into a pint pot. I am adding a purpose machine to my armoury, I always made sd bread and gave up due to the kneading and hands

I have found a perfect and robust machine that replicates gentle hand kneading and I have bought one

Jiggery pokery in my small utility room earlier and I have removed a basket from a cupboard and will be giving my shark hand held to the cs, it was a sample from lakeland, for a review. I don`t like it and don`t use it

My kmix is now in the utilty room and it looks fine in there. A plumber once said that I have a cooks kitchen and I do. My new house has a kitchen for a non-cook and is very limited wrt worktops. I had to buy a large eddington butchers block to give me more access to worktop plus storage space

I will be putting feelers out but doubt the kmix stand mixer will get re-homed with family, they have the same kitchen problem, lack of worktops

I will be testing my new machine very well, I know it is excellent for bread but also want to test re creaming for cakes etc. If it passes then I will be giving my kmix away, that plus all its accessories

This is a considered purchase and I slept on it the decision before purchasing but hey, cheaper than a holiday

Allsorts I am so sorry. I would just hunker down and enjoy the things you have bought

It will carry on raining for a few days and it is a good time to do some simple de-cluttering indoors. I thought I would do a couple of easy shoe changes, today I have some DB shoes unworn but will wear them now and also throw out my tatty trainers and slippers. I have a good place in my wardrobe for current footwear and the spares are going to come out from under my bed and not from a shop

I bought some bits from Edinburgh skincare last year, pricey in fancy pots but absolutely horrible. Just thick goo, like spreading scented soft lard. I did start using their face cream on my feet last night, with cotton socks on top. I will get through all of it eventually but all of it is going to end up on my legs and feet. No way am I throwing it out

I was doing well until new neighbours bought next door and it's a nightmare, haven't access to my drive, they are in the process, of building huge extension, 12 months and no footings and its restricting access on our shared path way, in so now I am worried my house won't sell. The books have started piling up again and I have bought more clothes which I didn't need. I have all Christmas decoration ready to put up on the first, went out yesterday and bought more to cheer myself up as only me will probably see them, (feeling sorry for myself) seriously considering if I want the bother of another house. I only use four rooms in my house now which in kudos kitchen and bathroom. I would advise anyone to do it sooner than later, I am turned 80 and finding it harder than I thought.

I have done very little lately. I have several piles of things to sort but they have become part of the furniture and I shut my eyes to them.
Lots going on at the moment but I might have a go this afternoon.

Thank you Petra and Beechnut. I have to admit that EBay scares me, probably very silly, but I’ll have a look at it and at Vinted. No antique centres

For nearby but perhaps I can get someone to take me further afield.

I’m never in the mood for sorting cupboards, they only get done when I’m in a very bad mood and feel things can’t get worse!

Slow and steady, the best way to keep on top of things

I know but I've lost momentum ☹

Things I sorted years ago, eg photos, really need re-sorting as it's not necessary to keep all of them apart from people and some memorable places.

Having a kitchen refit helped as a lot of stuff got disposed of one way or another then.

Slow- cook casserole in the oven, washing in the machine, 3 small loads. I am not killing time and `did` the two wall cupboards in the utility room, might as well as I am in the mood.

Got rid of the things I had been keeping for dgc for uni, not needed. Those items sat on top of and inside one of those units and about 1/2 a cubic foot has gone

Storage boxes have gone upstairs and I have now `Marie Kondo`ed` my tights of many colours. Could never tell the dark colours apart when not in daylight, I can now

A bit of tweaking of shelf height in one cupboard and now my various vacuum flasks are reachable and one vac mug is out. It all looks better now and I am more aware of the usable stash in the second cupboard, it was a good way to save up as so much has gone up in price and I will use it all, eventually. I could never resist a bargain and never thought of myself as living alone

Slow and steady, the best way to keep on top of things and in process to remove this and that

teabagwoman

While getting the Christmas decorations down from the attic my daughter came across a box of cigarette cards collected by my dh as a child. According to Google these can be saleable. Does anyone have experience of selling them?

My husband took some sets he had to an antique centre and someone bought them off him. I can’t remember what he got for them.

teabagwoman

While getting the Christmas decorations down from the attic my daughter came across a box of cigarette cards collected by my dh as a child. According to Google these can be saleable. Does anyone have experience of selling them?

Do you have an EBay account. If yes, look for the sell at the top of your screen. Follow on from there.
Or, you could open a Vinted account. That is a very easy site to navigate.

While getting the Christmas decorations down from the attic my daughter came across a box of cigarette cards collected by my dh as a child. According to Google these can be saleable. Does anyone have experience of selling them?

I should put paperwork on this thread too *Fancythat*, it is still in a pile on a shelf under a small stand in my bedroom, all those papers are safe and current, I too do not have the oomph to tackle them and there is room for more

I will do the paperwork but realistically, it will be a job for me during the gloomy days going into winter. I am not going to force myself now, I would rather do less important clearings or be outside while the air is stull warm enough to breathe in

Nanaplenty, photos were an absolute bugbear, especially the ones stored in large boxes, taking up a lot of wardrobe space

I did it the elephant munching way ie a bite at a time.
Starting by laying them out on the floor, in piles for different people, including my siblings. Plus being the oldest, all the old black and white family photos were thrust at me when my mum died

Everyone got a large envelope of photos and my husband copied over 300 photos onto discs with sheets of small images, all my AC had a disc and the proofs. If I had waited and became widowed, I would find someone to pay to copy those photos

Now I have just a few actual photos in my house plus the cds and the proofs. Everything resides in one small box and my conscience is clear. To make it easier, to ease my mind, I also made a family book plus another of my own family and dh made two books, one of his family and one of his works/achievements. Those were made via blurb. My siblings were very grateful to me for the family book involving time -lines, war history etc. None of this stuff weighs on my mind since then and believe me, it was a heavy weight.

Still doing paperwork mainly.
Now got to the filing stage.
Trouble is, I was at that point about two years ago, and the way I did it then, doesnt much suit now.
Not sure at this point how to proceed.

Partly writing on this thread for those of us who are still plodding on, [and any new people who want to join] and not yet reached the stage of karmalady's new thread.

I dismantled and scrubbed my solar water feature last week, a 6 year old pagoda, very faded and with a hazy solar screen. I got fed up of it encouraging jackdaws and pigeons. I had put it all away but now my lovely large cooking apples are dropping one by one, badly damaged by the jackdaws who flocked to the water feature

Gone to recycling today. I was having to fill with water every day, all through summer and the pigeon poop was horrible. Another job less, for my future, I will not be replacing it. No need now that my garden is mature and has height

I did a bedroom drawer the other day but really, there is nothing to de-clutter from my bedroom at the moment

I’m kind of looking forward to the promised rain as I think I may feel more motivated to continue the decluttering. It is still ongoing, but slow progress. I have a deadline of the end of September to get the next room cleared for the decorator.

I’m at my daughter’s house sitting for a week. But I’m going home each day to do more decluttering. Can get so much more done when I’m not actually living there; it seems to focus me more.