30th April 2011

We've been wanting to decorate our bedroom for ages and even bought the paint just after Christmas, however finding the time to actually get on with the job has been difficult. But today, taking advantage of the four-day weekend, Mr W has been painting like a demon whilst I attempt to tackle some de-cluttering.

25th February 2011

As part of my de-cluttering drive a couple of weeks ago I decided to start sorting through all my cooking magazines and cutting out recipes that I wanted to keep. That task is finished now and I am left with a pile of partially decimated magazines to pass on to a teacher friend for her children to use for collages and a pile of recipes to stick into the nice book that I bought for the job.

18th February 2011

After my rant the other day about charity donation bags, I decided to tackle the huge pile of them in the cupboard under the kitchen sink. As you can see there was a whole bagful of them, next stage is to take them along to the supermarket to stick in the plastic bag recycling bin!

12th February 2011

Now, I don't want to sound un-charitable but I do get annoyed by the plastic charity collection bags that are always coming through our front door. I am happy to give my unwanted goods to charity but on my terms and when I want to - I don't want it thrust upon me. Today when I got back from town there were two bags from the same charity on the door mat - I was not impressed, especially as I my cupboard under the sink is bulging with un-used donation bags. Seems like more de-cluttering is necessary!

11th February 2011

As you might have guessed from my blog earlier this week I'm not a big fan of tasks like filing and de-cluttering, but having not been tidied since we moved into our house three years ago the top drawer of my bedside cabinet was getting to be rather full. So this evening I have emptied it out and thrown away some of the clutter, which rather bizarrely contained several expired bank cards, empty envelopes and a pair of old shoe laces. The tidied drawer may still look quite full, but believe me it's nothing compared to what it was like...

16th January 2011

Two weeks after building the new wardrobe we have finally got round to completely emptying the old canvas one. Next stage - deconstruction!