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November 2009 Blog Posts (10)

Bathroom cupboard declutter

I took up Jan's suggestsions and did a bit of decluttering in the bathroom. I like to do this and find some treats in there so I build up from the bathroom day to the pamper day.

I have done the bathroom declutter in a couple of sessions. the first thing I found was some hair colouring that I had got on a half price or less sale. They have been sitting there for about 3 years. So I did a quick colour session on my hair - which was really good and it took out the odd wisps of grey and… Continue

Added by Louise Lotz on November 30, 2009 at 8:12am — No Comments

Bedroom Clutter

I started on the bedroom clutter but realized I am just really shifting the stuff around the room. So I have decided to completely re-organise it. At the moment a huge amount of stuff is being stored in the bedroom. This happened as a result of having to open up the house so I could have lodgers here and the downstairs room where I am sleeping at the moment still has the bookshelves and things in it that it had when it was an ordinary downstairs room.

On top of these are boxes of… Continue

Added by Louise Lotz on November 14, 2009 at 5:35pm — No Comments

Paper clutter is better

I am very encouraged by the big improvement in the paper clutter.

I think tomorrow I need to empty that area and work out what files are current.

Maybe just move the remaining partially sorted stuff to the other side of the room, just to see how I want things to be here.

They work out what files I need in order to do all my current work.

That should be good.

Then work out how to get rid of the remaining piles of stuff that have been… Continue

Added by Louise Lotz on November 14, 2009 at 3:22pm — 2 Comments

Declutter report

I am doing some decluttering in my study. I am not sure this is on the list anywhere - but this is very overdue. I am doing a bit of general declutter everywhere. What I am doing is the give away, put away throw away that is in several books. I am concentrating on things that can actually go out of the front door tomorrow - I might even put them in the car meanwhile - ready to go in the morning.

First of all there are 2 teddies that can go for raffle prizes. I am going to take them… Continue

Added by Louise Lotz on November 14, 2009 at 2:31pm — 1 Comment

Starting Declutter

It is quite late today and I have had a few days of not completely doing the jobs. So I am trying to catch up a few today and catch up a few tomorrow. I think the main thing is to do today's job as far as possible and make the catch-ups optional.

Jan - thanks so much for all the comments - which are really helpful.

I am going to do the jobs now and come back and report.

Regards

Louise

Added by Louise Lotz on November 14, 2009 at 12:14pm — No Comments

Update

This has been a very busy week, so I have not had a lot of time to do this. I have kept up the 5 minute tasks, and now I am starting the 20 minute tasks for the spring cleaning challenge. I am also doing a diet challenge - somewhere else - and won't share about this here, but just so that you know there is something more I am doing for myself in another setting.

Part of the diet challenge is signing up for a new activity, so I am starting my activity tomorrow if I can. I need to go… Continue

Added by Louise Lotz on November 12, 2009 at 7:49am — 1 Comment

Car contents emergency

My car has just been for its annual service. This means I had to empty the car in a hurry, so everything is now in black bags in my living room. The only thing for it is that these bags get shifted to the bedroom which I have only just tidied.

But my car is so beautiful - it is shining. They have shined it up for me - that is great...

Now I am sorting these bags. I think they will sort very quickly - as it is either rubbish or has to go back in the car or be put… Continue

Added by Louise Lotz on November 4, 2009 at 4:08am — 4 Comments

Clockwise and anti-clockwise

I have been keeping up my tasks and will come and report back on them soon.

I want to share my tip for keeping the rest of the house clean in a hurry.

This is what I call clockwise and anti-clockwise.

When I am in a hurry I go round the room clockwise and put away everything I can see that looks as if it needs to be put away. When I have a bit more time, I go round the room anti-clockwise and spend more time clearing an area that needs more attention. I find… Continue

Added by Louise Lotz on November 4, 2009 at 4:04am — No Comments

Question and Answer

MY 5M INUTES BETTER POWER UP QUESTIONS:

WHAT WORKED ? WHAT DIDN’T WORK?

Right - what worked was it was a small easy task and so I have been able to complete it. There is nothing really that did not work. The only thing I was disappointed about was that was my favourite set of bedding, so I was sorry to take that off the bed and put some less favourite bedding on the bed, but at least it is lovely and clean. I added some other things to the linen - as it was all blue I had a load… Continue

Added by Louise Lotz on November 1, 2009 at 8:41am — 2 Comments

5 Minute Challenge

before photo

Hi everyone. I

This is one of the before photos. I am too shy to put them all up as they look a bit extreme.

I have done my first 2 days of 5 minute challenge. This is great and I especially like the idea that I can repeat the challenge. I am going to file these challenges with 3 by 5 cards, as I have a file with jobs that are weekly, monthly, daily and so on. These are monthly I guess, and I already have a… Continue

Added by Louise Lotz on November 1, 2009 at 8:16am — 1 Comment