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The Intrepid Mrs S
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Has he kept the shelving from the old fridge too? Fridge shelves absolutely never fit any where else, unless perhaps outside shelving built in bricks to suit the size. Mr L always kept such stuff.
No, Loth - but probably only because we had already got rid of those to squeeze in a wine rack!
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Which of course we have kept, so that we can squeeeeeze it into the current kitchen fridge when it is relegated to the garage to serve as a wine cellar
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Mrs. S, recycling fridges
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Our last house came with an under-counter fridge (the previous owners were building from scratch and buying a new one), so the fridge-freezer (mostly freezer) we took from the previous house went into the garage, and the fridge part became a wine and beer cooler.
As we never used the garage for the purpose for which it was intended, it became the repository for empty wine-bottles, and after one particularly long stint of ignoring them in the hope that they might go away, D. took about 200 to the bottle-bank. The bloke at the next slot grinned and said "good weekend, was it?".
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Welease Woderwick
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To which, surely, the correct reply is:
Good grief, it was only one afternoon!
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I've been rumbled ... ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
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Does it count as decluttering that Ops 1&2 are off on Guide camp for five days next week? I may not technically be getting rid of anything, but I can guarantee far less clutter will appear round the rest of the house in their absence... ![[Biased]](wink.gif)
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Lothlorien
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That definitely counts, Beethoven. No odd socks, discarded shoes and the usual detritus of their life hanging around.
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Welease Woderwick
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Perhaps you need a notice on the front door stating that the house has been tidied and that it will remain tidy on pain of severe maternal retribution!
Okay, we both know it will be ignored but...
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The Intrepid Mrs S
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Believe it or not, Loth, used shelves from fridges like ours can be sold for upwards of a tenner on e-bay! I only know this because the old under-the-counter fridge is now the naughty fridge and yes indeed, the old wine rack has been reduced in size and shoehorned inside
And I may need to eat my words, as the old kitchen shelves have been pressed into service for the naughty fridge and the freezer to stand on in the garage (instead of an extremely rough-looking pallet ![[Roll Eyes]](rolleyes.gif) ) so, through gritted teeth, Mr. S was right ![[Mad]](angryfire.gif)
Mrs. S, sulking
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Roseofsharon
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A couple of weeks ago the chimney had its annual sweeping, after which I laid a neat fire in the clean-swept hearth, with 'pretty logs' (as opposed to Mr RoS's old fencing offcuts). This for the benefit of Estate Agent's photographs. Now the weather has cooled down Mr RoS (who feels the cold) is desperate to light the fire. I have said that he can have one just as soon as the EA has been round with his camera, but that the junk-filled bedroom has to be dealt with first.
Am I being unreasonable?
At the moment, rather than tackle his bedroom, he is going around indoors wearing a thick fleecy jacket, and suggesting that he could un-lay the present fireplace arrangement, lay and light a normal fire, then re-lay my 'pretty' one afterwards.
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The Intrepid Mrs S
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RoS ![[Overused]](graemlins/notworthy.gif)
No, you are so NOT being unreasonable. Stick to your guns - maybe you'll need to purchase one, at this rate?
Mrs. S, firmly behind you on this!
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@RoS, you could point out how warm he'd get sorting out his bedroom and then he wouldn't need a fire, would he, if he was moving around and active. He might also enjoy the internal satisfied glow from a good job well done.
It really isn't cold enough for a fire. Miserable yes, but cold, no.
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Originally posted by Curiosity killed ...:
It really isn't cold enough for a fire. Miserable yes, but cold, no.
Oh yes it is cold enough. I've got the central heating on!
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Roseofsharon
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At any other time I'd have considered today as cold enough to lay a fire - but...
Mr RoS has made a start on de-cluttering his bedroom!
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The Intrepid Mrs S
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RoS!
Mrs. S, deeply impressed
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Welease Woderwick
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Over half the office decluttered - I knew it was necessary when one of the local youth made a comment about how messy it was! I still have my desk to go and then push Himself to do his bit - but he is another one just like my dad who HATES throwing anything away!
A week today, or hopefully earlier, my new thingy arrives that should allow me to tidy all the photographic stuff to one place, which should make things a lot easier.
Onward and upward!
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Roseofsharon
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Originally posted by The Intrepid Mrs S:
RoS!
Mrs. S, deeply impressed
Me too! Wish I'd tried that at the beginning of the year.
Currently the bedroom looks worse than ever, but the recycling bin is half full, and so is the Charity Shops box so clearly some progress has been made.
I just hope he can face culling the mountain of hats, scarves and gloves I turned out of one of his wardrobes this morning. Half a dozen of each for winter, and half a dozen for summer should be enough, surely?
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Currently continuing to declutter the booze cabinet **hic**
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Would you like some help?
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The Intrepid Mrs S
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Just decluttered the front lawn - the grab bag lorry has been and removed the last bag of cr*p! Hooray
We still need the grouting, the cornice and two pop-up electricity sockets - oh, and the ceiling patching! - but the end is in sight, hallelujah.
Mrs. S, who has treated herself to a new apron (among other things ![[Hot and Hormonal]](icon_redface.gif) )
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The Intrepid Mrs S
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I still don't look like Jenny Agutter in the Railway Children, Loth!
We took delivery of the new freezer yesterday (oh yes, it's all fun and excitement at Chateau Intrepid these days) so I should go and dress - that way we'll have time to empty the old one into the new, before we go off to work in the church office for the morning.
An old work colleague wants the old chest freezer , so I'll have to declutter the ice from that first!
Mrs. S, procrastinating
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Welease Woderwick
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We're after a chest freezer for the new extension when we get around to building it - but I think you're better giving it as promised as every time I get towards having enough money to build the extension another crisis raises its ugly head!
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The Intrepid Mrs S
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Well the kitchen is Officially Completed - everything has been removed from where it was hiding and been placed in the new (and newly-lined!) cupboards and shelves. I now shan't be able to find anything ever again. Master S also expressed his reservations about this, until his father pointed out that the beer would continue to be in the fridge!
All I have to do now is to make some bunting to go on a curtain rail (all right, we haven't got one of those in place either) to break up the rather blank space over the window - but that counts as fun!
To the Pain and Callanish - how is your kitchen coming on??
In other news, I threw out a load of old containers from the back of church. People bring cakes for an event in old ice-cream tubs or whatever, clearly not wanting them back, and then these tubs 'decorate' the coffee bar, until such time as they get moved to the vestry - at which point I Throw Them Away! Hooray!
Mrs. S, decluttering scourge
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On the other hand, Mrs S, those ice cream containers make excellent containers for home made ice cream. The easy-peasy no churning slap it in the freezer overnight kind.
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Welease Woderwick
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Jacobsen - there is a recipe thread in Heaven and I'd love a recipe for an easy-peasy no churning slap it in the freezer type of ice cream.
Hint, hint.
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The Intrepid Mrs S
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What I hadn't explained, jacobsen, is that I had already decluttered about twenty of them from my own collection of freezer containers! Mr. S eats Carte d'Or vanilla in quantity so I am never short of a few more ...
Mrs. S, treating herself to oblong ones that fit the freezer better ![[Two face]](graemlins/scot_twoface.gif)
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I am proud to report that I unloaded an entire crate of lace edgings. They were given to me by a church friend who was moving to Florida, to a much smaller apartment. I have been meaning to do something with them for twenty years! Finally the other day I met another friend from that period, who asked me what I had done with them. And I realized that it has been nothing long enough! They have all gone to the preschool, where they will be turned into decorations for valentines and Mothers Day cards.
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Originally posted by Welease Woderwick:
Jacobsen - there is a recipe thread in Heaven and I'd love a recipe for an easy-peasy no churning slap it in the freezer type of ice cream.
Hint, hint.
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Originally posted by The Intrepid Mrs S:
To the Pain and Callanish - how is your kitchen coming on??
We managed to treat the worktops the week after everything was installed, so we've been able to use it as a kitchen, and I daily sing the praises of our dishwasher! It really is a rather beautiful room now. We still need to put a few things back in and this is where the hard decluttering work comes in - anything that doesn't fit will have to go!
I have vague plans to sort the last of the kitchen stuff in the evenings this week so that what's left in the spare room can become part of the great spare room declutter at the weekend. We have been invited wine tasting on Saturday afternoon so I hope that will act as motivation and reward for a big morning of tidying, donating and furniture re-arranging!
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As I am slowly getting the New Abode sorted and getting the furniture I want, I'm decluttering more ruthlessly than I did before I moved. I've moved into a larger house so it's been easier to do it here, as I unpack, than in the smaller Former Abode. Though, it is fair to say, I thought I'd been pretty ruthless when I was packing up.
So, today has been instruction booklets/leaflets. All neatly sorted, filed, and, more importantly, all together where I can find them! They'd been scattered across different drawers and files before for sensible reasons at the time.
There may also have to be another clothes decluttering. Losing weight is all very well, and I do like my clothes on the loose side, but some better fitting clothes would be good.
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The Intrepid Mrs S
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Originally posted by To The Pain:
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Originally posted by The Intrepid Mrs S:
To the Pain and Callanish - how is your kitchen coming on??
We still need to put a few things back in and this is where the hard decluttering work comes in - anything that doesn't fit will have to go!
Exactly!
Another friend had her kitchen done at the exact same time as me; when I asked if she'd put everything back, she said yes, apart from some stuff up in the spare bedroom. I suggested that if she hadn't wanted to bring it down yet she might just as well ditch it altogether
I decluttered some more old cookery books by scanning the recipes I *did* use - often no more than one or two per book - and putting them on the tablet as searchable pdf files. I can recommend the process!
Mrs. S, who can now search on CAKE recipes *result!*
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Day 2 of getting Mother-in-law's kitchen replaced. The units were ripped out yesterday (except for the sink, which they left in so we could do the washing up this morning). The drilling noises are not as loud today, so the electrician must have finished gouging holes in the wall. Today's crisis was not being able to find the outside stopcock. We called the water company and *they* couldn't find it either. They might have to dig up the road...
On the other hand, the workmen are all very nice and so far have kept the mess confined to the kitchen.
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Keeping jars-with-lids V Decluttering ????
Have the soft fruit in freezer + it's being added to daily.
But will we actually make the jam this year?
Will keeping the jars ensure we do?
....or just mean a second year of jar throwing in early December?
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Roseofsharon
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Keeping jars-with-lids V Decluttering ????
I have ben collecting jars for years, just in case i get the urge to make preserves. I don't get the urge every year, but when I do I make a cupboardful - jams, jellies, butters, pickles & chutneys.
This year I managed to clear out a lot by discarding everything that smells of pickle, any that have lids showing any sign of damage or corrosion, and any jars that my jam funnel doesn't fit easily.
However, I'm not telling how many I've got left
I'll have a more ruthless clear-out before (if) the planned downsize actually comes about.
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I'm quite lucky with jars: some of the people to whom I give red pepper jelly (my only attempt so far at preserving) as presents give the jars back, and every so often someone in the Cathedral will deposit a box or bag of jars which I can plunder. I don't make the jelly all that often - two or three times a year - and I keep a small stock of jars that are the right size; I haven't got enough storage space to keep too many.
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When I lived in a large house, I had quite a collection of jars, Since moving to a small apartment, I have twice had to buy jars for some homemade spices and relishes. It was a strange feeling to buy jars from the supermarket.
I had also a lot , over 1000, Fowlers Vacola preserving jars in many sizes. Most of those were sold to someone setting up an upmarket jam supply to local cafes.
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Having decluttered a load of stuff from the new kitchen (which is now finished all but for somewhere to hang a towel and a tea-towel ) I decided to buy a new set of tins to store all the lovely CAKE I'll soon be making. Decided on a set I could see on-line as sold by a famous UK supermarket, which match the Famous New Apron. Sadly the Famous UK Supermarket no longer does Click and Collect
But could I find such a set? No. I searched every branch I could find, and saw no evidence that they EVER stocked them! Asked staff. They said order on-line. I protested that the home delivery people would only be able to pick stuff off the shelves in my local branch - 'no no', they said, 'some of it comes from the warehouse'. Despite my misgivings we ordered enough GIN to make the order up to get cheap delivery, and when the order came, plenty of GIN but NO CAKE TINS! (yes, I know, GIN is always welcome, but I could get that myself!)
I took to FB and soon everyone I knew, plus friends of friends, were scouring the shelves. One amazingly dear friend drove to the largest local branch and, failing to find said tins, went to a local garden centre (???) and purchased a similar but more expensive set as a present. I was gobsmacked And she said if I didn't like them, to take them back and get a refund, which would pay for the other set and the delivery costs .
Just as a friend of a friend located eight sets on the Isle of Wight(!) my sainted SiL managed to get some delivered .
So now, I have two sets, because there is no way on God's earth I can take my friend's gift back - and I still have the old set, which have been relegated to the garage. At least I can use them to take cakes to church events!
Mrs. S, foiled declutterer
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Mrs S--
FYI: There are plastic cake carriers available. I've seen people with them. Base, dome, and over-the-top handle.
Just in case you have further trouble getting tins.
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Originally posted by Ethne Alba:
Keeping jars-with-lids V Decluttering ????
I keep all the fancy, nice looking ones and re-cycle the rest ![[Smile]](smile.gif)
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I keep all the fancy, nice looking ones and re-cycle the rest
That could work well for old lovers too.
Huia (I'll get my coat).
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Following a surprise, and acceptable, offer on our house Mr RoS has been galvanised into action and has thrown out 3/4 of the contents of one wardrobe!
He's now recovering with a day at the sailing club,while I retrieve some old suitcases from the loft and fill them with the discarded items for taking to local charity shops.
I have a favourite shop that I usually donate our discards to, but I do wonder how much 'stuff' a single charity shop can cope with in a relatively short period. There's lots more we will need to dispose of.
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Mr RoS sounds like an all or nothing kind of bloke. I can appreciate that being a bit that way myself.
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Right now I'm speculating about the possibility of permanently decluttering the Opuses. It's not been a good holiday, and the thought of another three weeks of this is just about unbearable. Anyone want them??
[i think I'm joking, really. Probably.]
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toujours gai!
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Curiosity killed ...
Ship's Mug
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Beethoven, any loving grandparents who'd like to declutter their grandchildren for a week? Or there are still places on adventure holidays the week after next.
RoseofSharon - brilliant news about the house and Mr RoS's move on helping declutter.
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Mugs - Keep the Ship afloat
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Welease Woderwick
Sister Incubus Nightmare
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For a few days I have been eyeing the collection of shoeboxes on the bottom shelf here - there are five of them and they are really getting tatty and are due for replacement with something more permanent, possibly in clear plastic so the contents are readily identifiable. Two of them contain Birthday Cards and Other Cards [non-Birthday] and a third contains various odd cables and things for the computers but without actually looking I have no idea what is in the others so I am guessing that it is probably nothing very important.
Why do I [we?] keep junk?
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Lothlorien
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Occasionally keeping such stuff is interesting. i have just been through cards, really tags from parents' wedding in 1941. I thought I knew Dad's schools where he taught but found tag to him from staff of another small school.
I also went through postcard photo cards given to mum over twenty or so years, from 1920. Just who thought a proper photo of a sinking ship breaking up in heavy seas and labelled "The wreck" was a suitable birthday card for a five year old. It said Happy Birthday on reverse of photo. ![[Confused]](confused.gif)
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Eigon
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I went off to a big re-enactment show a couple of weeks ago - and managed to do quite a bit of de-cluttering into the general group coffers.
There was the gambeson (padded jacket that goes beneath chain mail, which I made myself and which no longer fits me), a pair of turnshoes, a pair of boots which are more like slipper socks (which I kind of bought by mistake - I now have better shoes and boots), and a couple of tunics that no longer fit me.
So I came back quite a bit lighter!
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Ethne Alba
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Made the WRONG decision re: jam jars. Currently have plum conserve waiting in a jug.....
Note to Self, don't get De-cluttering mixed up with Organisation!
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Golden Key
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EA--
If you have Freecycle (or some such) there, you might be able to get more jars for free--and help them with *their* decluttering!
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