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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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Our local op shops are due to open on the 1st June. Mr Darcy has put some things aside to go there.

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Laundered the sofa throws over the last 2 days.

Vacuuming on track but mopping still problematic.

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hi @Former-Member , @Smc , @Adge , @Determined , @Myself1

cleaned mum`s place today

and she had cleaned out her food cupboard and had all the things on the bench for mw

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Was there much out of date food @Shaz51 ? That has been a problem in my Mum's fridge/ pantry.

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Was there much out of date food ---- no @Former-Member , mum threw them all out

Butter, eggs, ect

@Smc, @Adge , @Determined , @Myself1 , @Former-Member

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I am starting to De Clutter my To Do List -

1) Tomorrow with Dr's appointment, then further follow-up appointments - for medical issues that have not been resolved (gotten worse).

Ear infection - hopefully not too hard to deal with.

2) Union Industrial Officer wants to speak to me (tomorrow) - about possible Class Action (legal case) against my Former Employer.

They dismissed dozens of staff at the same time - with no warning.

Talking about this with them is stressful - brings it all back up, & makes me feel worse.

3) A few other things have been De Cluttered, off my To Do List.

4) I put New Nest Box into Cage - for Fischer's Lovebirds.

Budgies had chewed old nestbox to shreds.

It would be nice if they would breed, & have baby Fischer's - considering how hard they were (are) to get.

Adge

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Excellent @Adge

Nice to see some self care being followed up on as well as nesting box installation.

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@Shaz51, have done a big pantry clear out ourselves... spurred on by the fact that a mouse got into it. It didn't do much damage, but the only way to be sure it was gone was to clear the shelves one at a time, starting with the top one. And yup, Mousie popped out as I started on the bottom shelf.

A few things I didn't think were edible went into the chook food bin. They're not as fussy as humans. Some "out of date" stuff I judged to pass as "use quickly", so those things are turning up in our dinners. And there were some helpful surprises. More dried fruit than I expected, for example. Mmmm nyum, fruitcake.....

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Mice = yikes

Pantry clean out = yay

Reckon autumn is the season when rodents decide indoors is better than out @Smc

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@Former-Member @Smc @Adge @Shaz51 @Determined hi lovely declutterers ! You have inspired me to have a crack at something tomorrow ... my kitchen bench has been annoying me and we have a junk area under stairs that needs organising and tidying and decluttering

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