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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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hello @Former-Member , @Smc , @Determined , @Sophie1 , @Radleritis , @Sally

trying hard to get into Decluttering of the veranda cupboards but finding it hard to get there

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On a rock and roll there @Smc, it is so very rewarding when possibilities seem within our reach. No pressure, we all know how hard it is to remain persistent, cheering you on.

@Shaz51 it is hard, even dealing with one thing is a step forward.

@Determined hoping roof job done ok.

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very true @Former-Member , have to keep reminding myself of it

so i have taken things to the op shop

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Stuff taken to op shop = 'onya @Shaz51

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@Former-Member, I've now moved the bits of timber and a few last oddments to the small "worth keeping" area. I've sifted most of the dirt down to minimal-plastic-contamination level and put it on a nearby bed of unkillable perennials. Taking a brief breather before tackling the last of the dirt.

There were a few tins of paint among the bits and rubbish... found out that a couple were still liquid when they leaked on me. I've now got green fingers in completely the wrong way... ewww. 😛

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@Smc 🙌

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Lol @Smc

That is about the only way I could have green fingers 😂

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Checked out the final roof trims when we got home tonight. All looks good finally

Next step is insurance sending out an independent qa inspector. Something they are doing as the job has been such a drama.

Still waiting on solar.

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Finished off scraping and sweeping up the last of the shed floor detritus. Hubby came home just as I was finishing up. He wasn't as impressed as I expected... turns out he hadn't really looked inside the shed, so didn't know what it was like "before". (We've only been living here 19 years...) Should have taken a photo before starting to show him. 😛

So it's now down to the bits and pieces that are probably worth keeping or passing on. The paint, some garden tools, terracotta pots, some timber and glass and a few other odds. I think I could find other storage spots for those while I work on relocating the shed. 🙂 But that's for another day, as yet unspecified.

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@Smc hard not to feel discouraged (even if it is temporary) if our work is not celebrated.

We press on ...we are doing it for ourselves which in turn is also as of benefit of those we live with.

Have been going OK with the vacuum but not the mop here.

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