SPRING-Clean Declutter - Need Help

You're going well @Former-Member .... well done ❣️

Hi @Former-Member - if you think about where you were a week ago, you have made tremendous progress. Good for you that your car has been sorted. Sounds like you may have the flu. It can knock you around and you do need to take it easy. Best not to go to work until you have recovered. Hope it doesn't develop into anything worse.

Yeah - Christmas things will bring up some memories. I hope you can smile when you think about them. I used to buy two ornaments every year from Hallmark. Used to get be able to get them from Target but then they limited their range and I ordered them from overseas. They were especially for sons and daughters and would depict cute things like snow people or penguins - little ornaments that could have a girl and boy version. Wonder if my ex husband threw them out. Must ask my son. He's coming for dinner on Sunday night.

Have you actually gotten rid any of the stuff you don't want yet? Just getting it out of the house and making more room might make things easier for you to work.

Hope you wake up feeling a bit better. Drink lots, pain killers. Self care. Pace yourself.

Good on ya @Former-Member. Try to drink more water and tea especially herbal tea. Better than coffee but I know it does get the engine going in some peeps. Bit rough about having to go into work though.

Got some photos. Had asked my son to look for them - some packets and albums frompre-digital age. He brought over a few things. Sadly, the rest may have been tossed. I'll ask him about the ornaments.

Hope the dr can help ease your health problems and I know it will feel good to start lightening the load of "stuff"

Good morning @Former-Member. Good to see you up and at 'em. Selling the house requires what is commonly known as conveyancing. I did the legal on the purchase and selling of my first home many moons ago. It involved a lot of leg work and waiting at various offices to get pieces of paper signed and processed. I had the time but wanted to save money. You used to have to enlist the services of a solicitor who then just sent their underlings to do what I just told you.

These days I don't think it's very expensive and there are firms that specialise in just that. There are usually fixed price costs involved. Selling is a lot less complicated than buying. Ask your real state agent. She'd know better than I do.

As for a sign - yes it does let people know that your home is up for sale. Up to you. Sometimes, the real estate people will hit you up for the cost of it though.

Are you having second thoughts about selling? It is a big decision but I think you know what you have to do.

Hope it's not too stressful at the shop today. And how clever of you to fix the stand. Reminds me of something my Dad would have done. Jack of all trades. Never threw anything out in case it might come in handy. I recall cleaning out the under the house area of their big old Queenslander and finding multiples of broken appliances, dozens of bottles of screws he extracted from other things. Every power and hand tool imaginable. So many offcuts of timber. Pieces of string. You name it, he had it. His workshop was amazing. I think my sister's husband took most of it. A lot was thrown out. We hired two of the largest skip bins.

Your cute little birds. Any more signs of nesting yet? Have a great day. Hope you are feeling better.

Did you survive the morning @Former-Member? Hope you're having a bit of a rest. Maybe some more sorting tomorrow?

Hardly surprising that you crashed when you got home @Former-Member. I hope your attendance at work was appreciated and that it wasn't too busy. Must have been very hard seeing that sweet little girl. I had to blink back tears the other day when I saw an old man trimming the edges of his footpath because it reminded me of my Dad.

Sometimes at yoga when we are laying on our mats at the end of a session very still, I get flashbacks of my Mum in hospital during her last days. It's not easy.

Try not to feel bad over something you think you may have said on here that people took offence over. Sometimes things can be misinterpreted. I can't imagine that you would ever hurt anyone intentionally. At the end of the day, we are all different with varying points of views which in itself can change over time.

That's what makes us unique. I think a bit of tolerance and respect is the key.

Hi @Former-Member - just checking in on you to see how things are today. I looked back and saw the photo you posted of your saucepan sack. Wow!!!!!!!!!!! You have way too many. Do you cook for an army? I make do with just two saucepans and two fry pans now that's it's just my daughter and myself. I did own every appliance under the sun in my former life including a bread maker and a food dehydrator.

What's the plan for this week? Hope the day is treating you well. Just been to the shops. I usually go first thing when it's really quiet but I needed some things from a pharmacy and went to a bigger centre. Pleased to report that I survived.