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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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I think the ones I used were waxed blocks @Adge it certinally did the trick.

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Quite well @Former-Member

Can't hear or see any of the little "monsters" any more. Pest control guy put enough poison I guess.

Still cleaning is in progress as they got under and behind every possible furniture in the house.

Fingers crossed. 🙂

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@Former-Member

I just read about your hot water system issue.

Hope all is sorted and you all are having nice warm showers now. 🙂

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Hot water was sorted thanks @Radleritis

We are in the process of unpacking - trying to finish one box and put things away before starting on another.

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Allocating a space, one of my key decluttering points is proving a little difficult at present - not quite sure where to put things as I unpack ...

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@Former-Member we had that problem when we moved. While we have much more space in our new home it is different space.

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@Determined we can't get our desk into the office due to a built in unit that we will need to remove.

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@Former-Member

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ha ha I love the problem solver @Determined

Hello @Former-Member , @Radleritis , @Adge , @Sophie1 , @Libra

today we did a big cleanup at mums , took things to the op shop and to the dump

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Helloooo @Shaz51 @Former-Member @Determined ....anyone else around.

There's an excess garbage collection happening this month in our town, so I'm keeping half an eye for anything I might put out while I'm doing stuff.

I'd always rather re-use or rehome things though, so by the time we toss something out it really is garbage. So far the boxful I've put out has been of no interest whatsoever to those who are cruising the streets salvaging.... 😛

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