A very productive couple of days. We tackled the loft yesterday. There’s still some things up there as the hatch is very small so DH couldn’t get through to reach everything but the bulk of it got done. So we went to the tip with a lot of cardboard from empty boxes that were up there, a couple of manky holdalls, a broken laptop, a broken baby rocker, a piece of skirting board and 3 bags of garden waste that were hanging round outside. We took the DVD player as we lost the remote years ago and without it it’s a nightmare to use. While we were out we dropped off 3 big bags of baby clothes at the clothes bank.
I was hoping to pick up a day’s work today but there wasn’t anything so I persuaded DH to help me tackle the garage/shed. There was a lot of random wood in there - I think some of it was here when I moved in. We were loading it in the boot when a man from down the road asked if he could have it so a boot full of wood was left on his drive! We also left some metal out for the scrap man but the man from down the road says he might have it if it’s still there when he comes back later. We managed to fill the car again for a tip run with yet more cardboard from empty boxes, a big bag of rubbish from the garage, a holey paddling pool, a broken plastic greenhouse thing, a broken pasting table, a big damaged mirror, an old bookcase and a box of random junk. We managed to squeeze two more bags of garden waste in as well.
DH accused me of hoarding all of these things. I told him it’s not hoarding as I’m quite happy to get rid of it - it’s laziness. I couldn’t be bothered to deal with them so I stuck them in the garage. Except now we have to deal with them all at once. Lesson learned!
I’ve decluttered a couple of programmes from the sky box and had a few cups of tea. DD is at nursery and DS has an after school activity so I’ve got an hour before I go out. I’m going to tidy the kitchen and see if there’s anything else that can go while I’m in there.