Declutterring

[muddy]

As always I battle with clutter ( my house is too small )

But today took two case loads of stuff to the charity shop so feel virtuous .

I would love to live a simpler life ( like Mother Teresa or Steve Irwin )

Mother Teresa had it down to a T.

Nuns joining her order were issued with three saris and three sets of underwear plus a bucket to wash them in .
The theory was one to wear , one in the drawer and one in the wash . Simples .

Steven Irwin was another .
Everyday he and his family  wore the same clothes .
No need for decisions as to what to wear  or bulging wardrobes .

But it's too cold in the U.K. for Saris or Safari suits 🙁


 

[Mups]

I am not proud to admit that I am a clutterer too.  Even the dogs have got more toys than Pets at Home.

I have tried disposing of stuff,  then I guarantee I will need it afterwards!  That always makes me curse.

My son said to me recently . .   "Why do old people always collect so much rubbish!"    (Blooming cheek)!
I told him it wasn't 'rubbish'  at all,  it was memories,  which is true.
Memories of people I knew,  dogs I've loved and lost,  little gifts I've been given over the years, photos,   etc.

My shed is ridiculous though.  It makes Steptoes Yard look like the Ritz.  

[muddy]

I feel better now Mups 😀

[Scrumpy]

I am a keeper of memories too..

[dextrous63]

My father was a hoarder of high magnitude.  So, I do my best to declutter on a regular basis.  Never seems to end though 🤷🏻�♂️

[JBR]

Marge keeps telling me to declutter, but I can't.  I'm a Yorkshireman.  We do not throw things away.

[dextrous63]

As a Yorkshireman, surely you don't buy anything in the first place? 😬😉

[JBR]

As a Yorkshireman, surely you don't buy anything in the first place? 😬😉

Oh, but we do.  We buy what we need.  No frills, mind you.  Just what is necessary.

[dextrous63]

Oh, but we do.  We buy what we need.  No frills, mind you.  Just what is necessary.

Then what does Marge want you to get shot of?

[JBR]

Then what does Marge want you to get shot of?

Oh, you wouldn't believe it.  All of my invaluable and irreplaceable properties, some of which go back generations:
my dad's medals, his bayonet, his 'tin hat', many collectable items which I have come across over my lifetime and which I could not possibly be parted.
All will be left to my dear wife when I'm gone...
whether she wants them or not.

[GrannyMac]

I've been trying to get rid of 'stuff'.  Some clothes that are too big now, but not all as I fear I might put weight on.  I have things from my parents' home, I'm an only one so no one to share with.   The kids have taken some bits, my mum's good china, my dad's army trunk with his name on it, his framed warrant and medals.   But I've hung on to some bits for sentimental reasons.

My OH hangs on to things because they might be useful. 🤣 We got a new shed last year, everything from the old shed went straight back in, plus a few bits from the loft that our son brought down.  

[JBR]

I've been trying to get rid of 'stuff'.  Some clothes that are too big now, but not all as I fear I might put weight on.  I have things from my parents' home, I'm an only one so no one to share with.  The kids have taken some bits, my mum's good china, my dad's army trunk with his name on it, his framed warrant and medals.  But I've hung on to some bits for sentimental reasons.

My OH hangs on to things because they might be useful. 🤣 We got a new shed last year, everything from the old shed went straight back in, plus a few bits from the loft that our son brought down. 

Clothes too big?  I have the solution.  There are two options:
- eat more;
- put them in a boil wash, they'll come out much smaller.

Your dad was a Warrant Officer?  Well done.  My dad was only a Corporal.

[Raven]

My ex husband was a terrible hoarder his big shed being the worst. He fitted some units and cupboards in there when we got a new kitchen, he slowly filled them with nuts, bolts n screws, and other bits as he was a CB nut and could fix them, he added circuit boards and other bits. Never needed any of it and it was coming out the shed to meet me. He had a slight stroke and was in hospital for a while, I had to empty half the shed to get the mower out, I said F*** This and I got loads of black bags and boxes and cleared it all out, took all morning. I knew the guy on the Council's Special Uplift and he came and removed it all. No charge back then.
The shed was left with a tool box, and lots of garden tools, all clean and tidy with a place for everything.

[Alex]

Bet he was pleased when he came out of hossie ?     

[GrannyMac]

Clothes too big?  I have the solution.  There are two options:
- eat more;
- put them in a boil wash, they'll come out much smaller.

Your dad was a Warrant Officer?  Well done.  My dad was only a Corporal.

He was a Sub Conductor which was equivalent to a WO1 in the RAOC, now the Logistics Corps.  He died when I was a teenager, like so many he never really spoke of the war, so I did some research when I saw the warrant many years later.