Counteracting the clutter in 2023

[Margo]

I think Mr M needs a iPod from 20 years ago. It would blow his mind

You can get an iPod app for your phone! It works exactly as the iPod does and I love it - nostalgia!

[FiveO'Clock]

I understand how frustrating it is and it seems like forever to get where you want to go, but don't forget to pat yourself on the back for how far you've come!

[Morganna]

I think Mr M needs a iPod from 20 years ago. It would blow his mind

Oh, he has one It lives in the car.

[Starry]

I’ve got rid of loads of stuff on Olio - our espresso maker that has been gathering dust for months, the pressure cooker I don’t use - and passed on a load of baby stuff on Facebook freecycle groups. Someone is picking up the cotbed later and E’s old playmat is going on Friday. It’s addictive. I’m going to end up with an empty house.

[Lola]

I think Mr M needs a iPod from 20 years ago. It would blow his mind

You can get an iPod app for your phone! It works exactly as the iPod does and I love it - nostalgia!

That sounds fun

[Lola]

I think Mr M needs a iPod from 20 years ago. It would blow his mind

Oh, he has one It lives in the car.

You’re an actual saint then

[Lola]

Despite having to deal with lots of idiots* on facebook marketplace I have managed to sell my air fryer It was too big to store in cupboard and too ugly to keep out on the worktop, plus I only ever used it for oven chips.

* I had this conversation about 10 times
Idiot: Is this available?
Me: yes it is
Idiot: (total silence)

[Morganna]

You’re an actual saint then

Oh yes. That's well known.

[Luna]

Despite having to deal with lots of idiots* on facebook marketplace I have managed to sell my air fryer It was too big to store in cupboard and too ugly to keep out on the worktop, plus I only ever used it for oven chips.

* I had this conversation about 10 times
Idiot: Is this available?
Me: yes it is
Idiot: (total silence)

I had to take down an ad for a Playstation on FB due to utter fuckwittery.

[Lola]

What is wrong with these people?

[Morganna]

I put a large coffee table-type book about the Beatles on FB - the local freebie site, so I wasn't asking for anything for it , I just wanted rid of it.

Someone started a conversation as though I wasn't there about how it might be worth something - some places were selling it for £80-£90, but others had it on for about £7, so I think the high prices are very ambitious, plus it weighed a tonne, so would have been expensive to post and difficult to pack, and I couldn't be arsed - I just wanted it gone. A few people joined in, again with no reference to me, but nobody said they wanted the book. Then someone else started what should have been a private conversation with his mate about when it would be convenient to pick it up, without even bothering to ask whether any of the times would work for me. I took it down, then took it to a NWR meeting where the first person I spoke to took it happily.

People are very strange. Tbh, I find they are worse on the freebie sites than on ones where they have to decide to pay before committing. My sister uses one where the admin are very tight on no-shows (they are banned for a month for a first offence and then booted altogether), and the rules are very clear about what to do and how to do it, and she's had no problems buying or selling.

[ParisGal]

The only time I've had loads of hassle is when I've been giving stuff away

[Lola]

Yes the freebies are the worst. There are the same few people always trying to scrounge stuff on my local page. I took a post down as none of them understood the sentence “message me if interested” & just kept commenting under the post.

[Morganna]

Would anyone like this? I can't bring myself to throw it out. I think it's done in watercolour pencils, but I'm not sure. It was made for J when he was a baby, and was on his bedroom door for a while, but it's no use to me any more and he doesn't want it. I don't know if Joseph is a popular name these days, but if anyone knows a baby J, they would be welcome to it. It's about A4 size.

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[Squirrel]

That’s so sweet. Similarly I had some lovely wooden letters spelling out George that used to be on G’s door. I bagged them up and labelled it for the charity shop, they probably went in the bin but I couldn’t bring myself to throw them away!

[emma_p]

Could you take it out of the frame and pop it into a photo album? Maybe his baby album (if you have one ). Then you can reuse the empty frame or give it to the charity shop without feeling sad about it.

[Morganna]

That's a good idea, emma. If anyone here wants it, I'm still happy for it to go to a new home, but if not, keeping it in his baby book would be a good compromise.

[FiveO'Clock]

Emma's idea is very good, it's a sweet drawing.

My decluttering has slowed down. I have two doom boxes, one in my en suite and one in my office. I'm about halfway through both of them, but it's taking too long so have put a time limit for next weekend.

[Cosmopolitan]

Mr Cos took 3 bags of clothes to the recycling bins yesterday! Something has left the house :party: and my mum has sorted loads of gardening stuff out and took loads of 'spare' pots to the recycling as well. Small steps.

[Hazey_Jane]

After buying some new trousers and a cardi this week, I have another bag of clothes for recycling/ the charity shop on the go.