After falling by the wayside and not doing any de-cluttering for the past few weeks - I am now stressed because of the mess. DH has at long started selling his hobby paraphernalia on e-bay but in doing so half the house is now in chaos and it is that which is stressing me.
Essentially I have been going through loads of old family photos and been shredding loads of duplicates and 'who or where the flaming heck is that?' photos. As a result the number of boxes has now shrunk in readiness for me to update the Ancestry family tree with scanned photos. I will let DD and DS have a look through to see if there are any that they wish to keep of our family photos and also let DH go through his photos with his ACs. Then what is left can all go!
So back to the stress levels - DH is being successful in selling some of his stuff but cannot work neatly. The whole of the upstairs is now chaotic - not helped by the fact that the GCs toys are boxed and need collecting by DD for a boot sale. We have two suitcases being slowly filled for a holiday next month but they eventually will end up in the loft when we come back.
I have stuff that is on vinted but that will eventually go to the charity shop if no success in the next week or so.
The cat has found somewhere to sleep in the midst of DH's chaos - she and the upstairs is covered in some kind of powder or hobby crap which now needs hoovering because it is now everywhere else in the house.
I have kept up with the washing, which is being ironed and dispatched to wardrobes/drawers and also to get rid of the drying rack which had taken up residence with all the recent rain.
After decorating the porch and dining room everywhere was neat and tidy and now it is virtually impossible to even shut the doors on the mess just because DH cannot work neatly and tidily. He has boxes saved for posting out the sold hobby stuff but it is all MORE clutter!! And breathe............................😩