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Decluttering and home maintenance

Decluttering and home maintenance

When MI crisis happens, keeping house can take low priority. But having a messy house can further dent what is often an already low self esteem. Build up of grime follows and rodents have a field day in inaccessible places.

Getting that 2 minute job done (that has been annoying you for years) can lift ones spirit.

I have slowly been decluttering and tidying up our house. The progress made thus far has been achieved primarily by persistently dealing with one item a day.

What has often kept me going has been the encouragement from others @Faith-and-Hope, @Smc @Determined @Shaz51

This tip passed on to me today. Hang all your clothes in the wardrobe with the hanger back to front. As you wear them, return them with the hanger the right way round. In 6-12 months review all items that remain on back to front hangers with a view to donating/selling them.

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wow , things are moving @Former-Member

we have fiitted some yard tidyup in between work for the last 2 days , soo might have to go to the dump tomorrow

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hello @Bunniekins , @Sophie1 , @Smc , @Determined xx

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Yard tidy up = 😀 @Shaz51

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ah ha whatwe need to do next is cleaning the steps and cement which has turned black and the verandra walls , windows and door have mildue on them @Former-Member

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I don't think we can ever say 'job finished' @Shaz51 although I do wish I had the Shazzle Dazzle home cleaning service available.

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I'd started a box sort out this morning before things went otherwise... so I've got a magazine title I want to keep sorted neatly into a box, and the one double up that I found is hopefully helping someone pass time in a hospital waiting room.

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Times like now @Former-Member it would be lovely to be able to chip in in a practice way to help out a special friend. Thinking of you as you embark on this new journey and pray it goes as smooth as it can for you.

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Donating duplicate magazines = 😀 @Smc

Offering to help but not having to put in the hard yards = 😀😀 @Determined LoL (I too would have been more than happy to help with your yard tidy this week).

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@Former-Member @Determined @Smc @Shaz51 @Sophie1 and everyone I have been carrying around 2 broken chairs in my boot now for months because I am scared that if I organize a pick up people will dump their rubbish next to mine and I will be blamed by the other older and finicky residents. What should I do?

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@Bunniekins

Are the chairs ones that could be broken into smaller bits and put in recycle +/- regular bin?

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