Category: Declutter

21.16 – Another kitchen run!

day-16We’re at day 16 of my 21 day declutter challenge.

I did another kitchen run the other day, and lo and behold, there were still stuff hanging around… stuff that have survived all my earlier cullings.

You would think that after having gone through the kitchen at least 10-12 times, that there wouldn’t be much left. But guess what… there was (and still is).

Am I completely done with the kitchen? Nah, probably not… but I am done…. for now 😉

And what did the kitchen run yield?  

Yep, you guessed it… 16 pieces going out-the-door  🙂

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7 dinner plates
1 glass serving plate
1 small vase
4 Voss water bottles  – really cool bottles, so I have more 😉
2 glass bottles with popup top
1 old vinegar glass bottle
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16

I’m being joined in this challenge by:
– Barb, at Decluttering The Stuff, joined for 14 days. Her total count? 146 (so far) 🙂
– Melinda, at PurpleSlobinRecovery, been working on her desk on day 5.
– Grace, at The CFO MOM Blog, had a wonderful weekend, and decluttered some stuff.
– Jen, at The Hidden Hoarder, is on day 15, and are now at 558!!! I’m only at 232..
Hang on a minute! That’s past my goal of 231..  niiiiice!

21.15 – Space fillers!

day-15We’re at day 15 of my 21 day declutter challenge.

Going through a bunch of drawers today, I came across a lot of those little things, the ones that seemed like a good idea to hold on to, for one reason or another… but who has turned out to just be space fillers instead.

So why not let my drawers breathe a little!

As it’s my birthday today, I decided to make my decluttering a bit more challenging, Why not try to match number of items with my years?

How old am I? You’re asking…

Well stay tuned and find out…

And here we are… xx pieces going out-the-door!  

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6 pens/highlighters
2 travel toothbrushes
2 hand sanitizing sprays
2 eye masks
3 luggage tags
1 travel “foot sofa”
1 box with contact lens holder and parts (cool thing with eyes)
1 travel body wash
1 travel hand cream
1 shampoo bottle
1 toiletry bag
1 ironing cloth
14 orchid support sticks (count as 1)
1 sun glass protector case
1 happy birthday mini music box

25

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2 pairs of socks
old wet wipes (count as 1)
1 heel insert for shoes
2 air buds
1 homemade wallet
bunch of string (count as 1)
1 old hard drive
1 piece of pool lining
1 belt phone holder/protector
2 small dolls
1 metal box
1 Norwegian flag

40

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random small pieces of cloth (count a 1)
1 expired roll of airborn
4 buffs
2 bags/makeup bags
1 book
1 tiny snuggly bear
1 postcard with a description of my name
1 metal water bottle

52

YEPP – that would be 52 🙂

 

I’m being joined in this challenge by:
– Barb, at Decluttering The Stuff, joined for 14 days. Her total count? 146 (so far) 🙂
– Melinda, at PurpleSlobinRecovery, check out her declutterathon, day two, three and four
– Grace, at The CFO MOM Blog, getting her groove on, decluttering a few more bags.
– Jen, at The Hidden Hoarder, is on day 14, and are now at the grant total of 516!!! (I’m only at 216, so we do have that 16 number in common 😉 )

21.14 – Wardrobe time!

day-14We’re at day 14 of my 21 day declutter challenge.

It’s not easy to stay with item topics on this decluttering spree, and I thought I had to write up another random items post (they will come). That was until I found out that my wardrobe cleanup from a few days ago, magically consisted of 14 items out-the-door.. which is perfect for today’s post 🙂

Funny how things work out 😉

And here we are… 14 pieces of clothing going out-the-door!  

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1 jacket
1 pair of pants
3 fleece tops
1 knitted jacket
1 sweater
1 t-shirt
1 pair of thick socks
2 bottoms
1 swim bottom
1 swim top
1 bra
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14 items

 

I’m being joined in this challenge by:
– Barb, at Decluttering The Stuff, joined for 14 days, her last day, before leaving on a trip. Her total count? 146 🙂
– Melinda, at PurpleSlobinRecovery, check out her declutterathon, day two, three and four
– Grace, at The CFO MOM Blog, getting her groove on, decluttering a few more bags.
– Jen, at The Hidden Hoarder, check out her day 13, part 1 and part 2, she is working like a whirlwind 🙂

21.13 – PC cables overflow!

day-13We’re at day 13 of my 21 day declutter challenge.

I’m one of those, that have had a house filled with various IT related products over the years. I am slowly reducing my PC/IT stash, and hopefully I will end up with only a few items eventually. For the time being I still have way to much, BUT as I said, I’m slowly reducing.

So, today’s declutter catch was found in my small cables “department”…

 

And here we are… 13 PC related items leaving the house! 

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2 cell phone chargers
1 mouse
1 video camera sound cable
5 usb cables
1 nettwork cable
2 power cable
1 printer CD/DVD caddybs
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13 items

 

I’m being joined in this challenge by:
– Barb, at Decluttering The Stuff, joined for 14 days, and this is her last day, before leaving on a trip. Her total count? 146 🙂
– Melinda, at PurpleSlobinRecovery, check out her declutterathon, day two, three and four
– Grace, at The CFO MOM Blog, getting her groove on, decluttering a few more bags.
– Jen, at The Hidden Hoarder, have caught up and are now on day 13 like me 🙂 She is moving so fast I completely missed her day 12…

21.12 – Car time!

day-12We’re at day 12 of my 21 day declutter challenge.

Yesterday Barb, at Decluttering The Stuff, “decided”  it was time for a car decluttering, and today was the day! And, you know… I do what I’m told 😉

OK, I really should be fair… she did nicely ask “Who’s up for a declutter the car event??  That’s what I’m doing tomorrow!! “. It wasn’t really the commanding officer telling us what to do 😉 Not really…  She did really… just… nicely…

But you know where all this is going, right?

Today was car cleanup day!!!! 

Stuff that came out of the car! 

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Stuff that is going into the trash or otherwise will be out-the-door! 

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1 Umbrella
2 empty bottles
1 empty window wiper fluid bag
1 whachamacallit item that came with the car
1 spa treatment overview
1 leaflet
1 outdoor funtiure collection booklet
1 Montana furniture booklet
1 plastic wrap
bunch of paper
137 parking machine receipts/stubs
=
12 items, sort of?

 

I’m being joined in this challenge by:
– Barb, at Decluttering The Stuff, doing her car.
– Melinda, at PurpleSlobinRecovery, check out her declutterathon, day two, day three! And day 4?
– Grace, at The CFO MOM Blog, getting her groove on, decluttering a few more bags.
– Jen, at The Hidden Hoarder, on day eleven and a whopping 374 items! Woohoo!

21.11 – Random stuff!

day-11We’re at day 11 of my 21 day declutter challenge.

Today I took a quick look around the kitchen area and found a few random items that needs to leave the house. Not much to write about the items either, so I’m just going to post the picture and let that, be that!

11 items around my kitchen are going out-the-door!

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1 large knife
1 large wooden spoon
2 small wooden spoons
1 wine wedge box
1 fruit infuser box
1 leather wine opener cover
Champagne corks from my 50th celebration 🙂
1 plant nanny
1 small reusable carry/shopping bag
1 large reusable carry/shopping bag
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11 items

 

I’m being joined in this challenge by:
– Barb, at Decluttering The Stuff, is on her day twelve.
– Melinda, at PurpleSlobinRecovery, you gotta read her declutterathon and day two. And the conclusion… day three!
– Grace, at The CFO MOM Blog, is feeling slightly overwhelmed, but is still deluttering.
– Jen, at The Hidden Hoarder, already at day nine and ten, she is now at 362 items! Amazing!

21.10 – Cards galore!

day-10We’re at day 10 of my 21 day declutter challenge.

I mentioned the other day, that Melinda, over at Purpleslobinrecovery, is roaming my blog, leaving comments and reminding me of older posts.

So.. since we are on this track of Melinda “kicking my butt”. I guess I should just keep going on random cleanup according to her schedule (just kidding Melinda, I’m loving that your comments are making me take a second look).

We are still being nostalgic and are staying in January 2014, and the post was “My card and letter paper station“.

And again, I’m thinking that…
Hmmm, has it really been as long as January 2014 since I looked at this last time? Well, guess it’s time then…

So off course, through the box I go.. and lo and behold.. I DO find some cards and envelopes that might just as well leave the house. And here we are…

“50” items from my box of unwritten cards are going out-the-door!

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21 cards
28 envelopes
1 small set of cards w/envelopes (12 pieces)

Thanks again Melinda, for great reminders to take a second look 😉

 

I’m being joined in this challenge by:
– Barb, at Decluttering The Stuff, is on her day eleven.
– Melinda, at PurpleSlobinRecovery, you gotta read her declutterathon and day two. I love the inner/outer dialogue.
– Grace, at The CFO MOM Blog, is feeling slightly overwhelmed, but is still deluttering.
– Jen, at The Hidden Hoarder, she is on day eight, and is decluttering for the rest of us 🙂 329 items!

21.9 – Throwing the rules out the window!

day-9We’re at day 9 of my 21 day declutter challenge.

I think we all agreed yesterday to throw the challenge rules out the window 🙂

And today I’m doing exactly that!

About 1,5 years ago I changed my bathroom routine! I switched from regular store bought products, to more natural/organic and homemade products.

I simplified my hair styling (not that I ever really did much of this anyways), and stopped using all sorts of junk in my hair. I moved from regular shampoos to pretty much no shampoo, and the few times I use shampoo, it’s Lush solid shampoo bars (which btw, are great for travel).

I switched from junky deodorants, to Lush solid deodorants, and the last year I’ve almost eliminated deodorants all together (only use it when I really, really have to).

I also started to mix my own facial and body oils instead of using regular store bought moisturizers. I really like using organic and natural oils, so there is no way I’m ever going back. Which means there are stuff in my bathroom, that needs to go.

So here we are… 22 items going out-the-door!

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Some of you might notice that there are a couple of items in the picture that are somewhat more natural and sustainable products… so why haven’t I used them up first? Well… did I mention I really, really like my own oils… 🙂

 

I’m being joined in this challenge by:
– Barb, at Decluttering The Stuff, is on day ten or something.
– Melinda, at PurpleSlobinRecovery, you gotta read her declutterathon. I love the inner/outer dialogue. This is so me sometimes…
– Grace, at The CFO MOM Blog, she has gotten a big box of stuff out of her house.
– Jen, at The Hidden Hoarder, she is on day eight, would you believe she is at 329 items already!

21.8 – I’m frustrated!

day-8Today have been a frustrating day. I’m doing my 21 day declutter challenge, and I’m finding things left, right and center… Which is great, I know 🙂

But here is where the frustration sets in;

The things are all little things! 

I go through a drawer here, a shelf there, and I find all sorts of little junk. Papers, receipts, pens I no longer need. A cover for spectacles, an empty phone box, a charger, a cable… all that junky stuff that, unless it’s weeded on a regular basis, fills up the place.

It’s wonderful that I manage to get some of that stuff out of the house as well, it’s just not feeding my decluttering desire! It’s not enough for my minimalist heart.

Even though I clear stuff out of individual small storage boxes, drawers and shelves, the drawers/shelves/small storage boxes are still filling my space.

Well, why don’t you get rid of some of the furniture! Or individual storage boxes?

Well, yeah.. I could… but I love my furniture, so I don’t really want to get rid off them (at least for now). My storage cabinets (Ikea, wardrobe cabinets) I can’t remove, they are kind of part of the house.

Now.. the smaller individual boxes, that I could do something about, but doing that means I need to start rearranging stuff. Right now I know where everything is, what box/drawer/shelve it’s on (I’m super organized and have a place for everything). Yeah, I know.. a small problem in the big scheme of things.

My heart want it all empty!!!! Like right now (yeah, I know this is totally unrealistic, I mean, we all need some stuff in a house…)

There are times I think I won’t be satisfied until it’s all gone, and that is definitely going a bit overboard! 😉

My second frustration!

My decluttering challenge is not moving fast enough! Yeah that’s right, the things are not leaving the house in the rate I want!

For excample; I have a pile of clothing sitting in my guestroom, waiting for day 14 or 15 or something. I have a pile of cards I’ve sorted, and I have no idea what day they will fit. I have a box filled with all that junk mentioned above, how do I even begin to figure out, how much they count, or what day they should leave the house?

The story is… I just want the “crap” out of the house… right now… never mind if it’s the day of 8 or 9 items, I want to do day 14, then day 10, then day 21… you know.. write about them as I find them.

Oh well, I started this challenge I guess I should stick to the rules… somewhat 😉

Enough of this ranting… I mean seriously, this is a luxury problem now isn’t it, there are so many that don’t have what they need, and here I am being “pissy” about not getting stuff out-the-door!

On that note… why don’t we get day 8 out of the way 😉

So here we are… 8 random items going out-the-door!

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1 jewelry box
1 worn out Ipad cover, pen and spectacles cover (count as 1)
1 Ipad privacy screen
1 fridge wine rack
2 empty boxes
1 CD storage case
1 gym bag

And that concludes day 8!

Sorry for the rant people.. I just needed to get that of my chest 😉

I’m being joined in this challenge by:
– Barb, at Decluttering The Stuff, is on day nine already. They just got a sleeper sofa, and decluttered a bit in the process.
– Melinda, at PurpleSlobinRecovery, she is joining with 15 minutes a day.
– Grace, at The CFO MOM Blog, she has gotten a big box of stuff out of her house.
– Jen, at The Hidden Hoarder, she is on day seven and are at a whopping 273 items, and just gave a lot of it away!

 

21.7 – Christmas stash!

day-7We’re at day 7 of my 21 day declutter challenge.

Melinda, over at Purpleslobinrecovery, have been roaming my blog the last few days, and one of the posts she has been leaving comments on was “My Christmas wrapping station” from back in January 2014.

So off course, what happens? Melinda finding an old post, makes me think..
Hey, hang on a minute.. I haven’t decluttered that stuff in a long time.. 2014, really? Maybe I should take another look?

So guess what? I did.. 🙂 And below you can see the result!

“7” items from my Christmas wrapping stash – going out-the-door!

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A bunch of silk paper – to many individual to count (counted as 1)
2 boxes
Bubble-wrap and other protective wraps (counted as 1)
2 rolls of ribbons
1 red ribbon

Thanks Melinda, for kicking my butt 😉

 

I’m being joined in this challenge by:
– Barb, at Decluttering The Stuff, is on day eight already. It’s funny.. we both had our 7 items shed today.
– Melinda, at PurpleSlobinRecovery, she is joining with 15 minutes a day.
– Grace, at The CFO MOM Blog, she has gotten a big box of stuff out of her house.
– Jen, at The Hidden Hoarder, she is on day six and has already surpassed my goal with 232 items, way to go!!!