Not quite a horder - decluttering

I think we're the opposite. No real food in the house but every spice and condiment known to man. We can fix food of any nationality without buying a spice.

Bunkie - I identify as a food hoarder and don't know why. No childhood depravation, hunger, etc.  I have regular side/side refrig- freezer and small chest freezer.  Both are stuffed and there are only 2 of us (DD visits only about every 2 months).  I can't seem to clean them out.  So yest. needed to cook, bought chicken and it is still in refrig.  Is there chicken in freezer?  You bet.  I do have a goat bottle baby in house so it is kinda like baby (though no baths/laundry to do).  I keep cleaning out things and finding lots of seriously out of date stuff.  I craved tomato soup when I was sick with cold but none in house.  Other kinds but no tomato.  And I can't blame DH for that.  LOL.

Wren - I did get the spices cleaned out not too long ago.  Cabinet had them falling out so was out of necessity.

Food clutter is alive and well here and my bank account lighter (sigh).

Clutter of many other kinds is also alive and well.  Can you say I just need to throw the old newpapers away!!!!!  DH puts old bills, envelopes, inserts and all in huge storage box I bought for another purpose.  Bet there are at least 3-4 years in there.  They are all stupid stuff, water, elec, trash, nothing necessary.  Need to bring shredder in and shred and watch TV.

OK bought new decorative shutters for house.  DH opens one package, takes it out to check how to put them up and oh yes, you guessed it, too short.  Could we take shutter out b4 opening it????  Now I have shutter clutter (one pair only, anybody need short shutter?).  Will return 2nd pair.  Hope he has measured the longer 4 pair.

Bunkie - I tell myself I will just open the freezer and use whatever is on the top.  Never happens.  DH's fav. banana pops were on clearance yesterday.  Bought 2 boxes and had serious fear I would not get them in freezer.  Just did.  Not much to do with frozen pops like I could do with the chicken I bought and have not used.  But do have easy recipe for tonight for them.  Take 1 cup regular rice, 1 can cream of chicken soup, 2 c boiling water and pkg Good Seasons dry Ital. dressing mix.  Mix and put in bottom of 9 x 13 pan.  Lay chicken on top (I have 4 breast but usually use thighs).  Cover with foil tightly and bake 350 degrees 1 hour.  Uncover and bake 30 min. more.  Sometimes have to add more water.  Easy, peasy.

And I know about living on what's here.  I also have a hoard of coffee and tea and sardines (DH would have to be in total food meltdown to eat them).  I need help!!!!

Wish I had seen the food network program.  Sounds like your flour/spices made Shake N Bake.

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One of our TV stations has a "Shredathon" a couple of times a year. You can take up to four boxes of stuff to commercial place where they shred it for you.

One year, my husband took our boxes but I wasn't sure he got the right ones. I rushed from work to meet him in the parking lot of the Shredathon and went through the boxes one more time to be sure we didn't shred stuff I still wanted. Maybe I am a hoarder. LOL he had gotten the right boxes even though I wasn't home to check!

LOL - You are probably right! We've been married 37 years so I guess it works for us.

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I was just going through my summer stuff. I go no place but to the store and the dr yet I need 10 pairs of white jeans, 15 pair of blue ones. Tops are way too abundant too with tags. What a waste of money. I am going to try to get down to 5 of each. Yeah right.

I went down my basement and noticed none of my dehumidifiers work. I have 2. The digital parts always break after 2 years and the warrenty is 2 years. So I have to dump them and get a new one. Maybe I will go to Sears this time. Their warrenty is much better.

I spent yesterday reclaiming my dining room and living room. Feels (and looks good) this morning. I'm going to just relax and enjoy today. On to the other rooms later. 

After a big dinner yesterday my poor kitchen is in dire need of the declutter machine.  I had decorated for Easter since we would be having children around.  Now I need to pack all of that back up.

What did he do?

Both!

I spent all day Saturday trying to clean out more stuff in the garage. I did throw away some boxes and had a big donation to goodwill.  I thought it was pretty much cleaned out, but there are still more boxes to sort or get rid of before we can pull the 2nd car in.  Some of it was just empty boxes from Christmas.  I haven't worked on the garage in several months, but it seems like the accumulation is way more than I expected.  It seems like some of the stuff in the garage should of just been thrown out rather than put in the garage.  We have shelving  on both sides of the walls that is full.  It just seems so endless.   

suzwes - I can relate to the health issues. Have been going through them also. You are right. 10 minutes can help.

I felt good this week end. A friend came by from out of town and we spent all day talking etc. When she got home she called to say she had a good time and my house has inspired her to clean out her clutter. I must be doing better than I thought. The basement and more clothes from my closets are my last frontier. The basement is an organized mess of storage but it has to go.