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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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Ta @Former-Member... but yeah, that's why we're all hainging around here, isn't it? We can support each other in the hard stuff.

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Sometimes there's just no words 😞

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My Darling is home 😁😁😁

And other than a ride around on the vaccuum cleaner the house passed muster 😁😁😁😁

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Initially we were not pleased with the pile of washing on the table semi sorted but happily accepted that she was home early and the boys were going to help out after school as I was not sure who some clothes belong to 😊

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We have had workers back on our roof this week fixing things that were not done correctly with recent restoration.

This is like attempt 4. Just fortunate that insurance is on top of it and ensuring things are done to standard.

I was hoping it would be complete before Darling got home. No such luck.

1 day job has turned into at least a week.

Thought I was going to pass out when told solar would have to be removed again.

At least that part of the repair was done in a day and solar reinstated the same day it was removed.

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@Determined the saga continues ...

Mr Darcy donated some clothes to the op shop.

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On a more positive note I have been getting enthusiastic in planning some gardening.

Heading over to mum's on the weekend to check out a trailer I want to refurbish that is bigger than the baby trailer that FIL has.

Will save a lot of trips to the tip as their is a lot of overgrowth to be removed.

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@Radleritis

How are you getting along?

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Stupidly the larger trailer will cost no more at the dump despite having 5 - 6 times the volume capacity.

At $17 per load for green waste that adds up.

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