Chatback #8 .....

[Jay22]

Sorry Hazel, you and my other half would get on well. I drive him nuts with all the garbage I keep! We are total opposites...I am the most disorganised, untidy person on the planet and a collector of ALL things, useful or not...he is the neat freak who wants to chuck everything out.

[Nannysally99]

Just take stuff down there Jay. Good idea to ask first if there's anything they will not accept though. They will be grateful for your cast offs

Really ought to do this too! Don't know about you bb but if your garage is anything like mine, there is no room for a car! Full of everything non car related...the house is the same, groaning under the amount of unneeded stuff! Does anyone know if charity shops take things from you in the shop or do you have to wait for the bags through the door?

[Jay22]

OMG bb you are even worse than me!!!

[Hazel at the Hill]

Some people like clutter - I do I'd never be able to find anything if the house/garage/garden was tidy. I'm comfortable in my clutter - it fits me perfectly

I have no problem with 'homely', into which I will happily categorise your 'comfortable in my clutter - it fits me perfectly'. Although, you might still have to tie my hands behind my back before inviting me round for tea.

[Jay22]

Will definitely do that Nannysally....maybe tomorrow?!!

[veggiechicken]

No!!!!! Check first with the charity shop, but a lot of them do now take electricals!!!!

Sorry - finger still stuck on the !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! key.

Your posts are very cluttered with !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hazel
Is there a charity shop that takes unwanted !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!?

[Jay22]

Oh Hazel, if only you lived closer, you could come for tea and sort out the clutter for me!

[Hazel at the Hill]

Ohhhhhhhhh Hazel I'm in trouble I have no room for a car, what makes it worse is .... I have a double garage which has had extra length added for work bench & storage racking

Storage racking sounds quite organised, BB. Although it depends on what you're storing.

[Hazel at the Hill]

Sorry Hazel, you and my other half would get on well. I drive him nuts with all the garbage I keep! We are total opposites...I am the most disorganised, untidy person on the planet and a collector of ALL things, useful or not...he is the neat freak who wants to chuck everything out.

The funny thing is, I'm not particulary neat and tidy as I go (and certainly housework takes quite low priority), I just get to a tipping point where I have to go round and CLEAR UP.

[Hazel at the Hill]

Just take stuff down there Jay. Good idea to ask first if there's anything they will not accept though. They will be grateful for your cast offs

Thank you, NS - a note of sanity to the proceedings!

[bearded bloke]

OMG bb you are even worse than me!!!

I like to think I'm in a class of my own

Storage racking sounds quite organised, BB. Although it depends on what you're storing.

I am of the opinion that come judgement day & will be fairly high in the ... He who dies with most toys wins .... ranking

[Hazel at the Hill]

Will definitely do that Nannysally....maybe tomorrow?!!

Do it, do it, do it!!!!!!

[bearded bloke]

By this time next month the anvil & stand will be in a new home in Devon, plus the largest lathe will be residing with a nearby neighbour, plus the "spare" compressor will have taken up residence on the other side of town, anyone in the market for a 10 ton hydraulic tube bender ?

[veggiechicken]

Oh Hazel, if only you lived closer, you could come for tea and sort out the clutter for me!

I'd never ask Hazel round for tea. She'd arrive in a removal van and clear the lot

I do clear stuff out for charity shops, then it clutters up the garage until I pluck up the courage to go to the charity shop I've had a few unfortunate experiences when handing things in that put me off going back to that particular shop.

"Not more books" - sniff!

"Put your stuff in the corner and we'll see to it later" (ie chuck it over there where we can ignore it)

I just want a charity shop assistant who will look grateful, say Thank you and a shop I can park outside.
I'm sure you're lovely, Nannysally, but some of the "helpers" put me off their shops for life.

[Hazel at the Hill]

Oh Hazel, if only you lived closer, you could come for tea and sort out the clutter for me!

Funnily enough, I read an article in one of the Sunday mags about 'professional declutterers' who charge an absolute fortune because of 'the sensitive nature of asking people to give up something they treasure, for whatever reason', and, 'giving people permission to let go is important, without judging.'

I've never read such a lot of cobblers in my whole life! By all means allow yourself a 'keepsakes' drawer/cupboard/chest for sentimental items (letters, things from childhood/your children, even school reports etc), but for what you might call 'everyday' utensils/shoes/books/household items it really is easy. If you can't remember the last time you used/wore something, pass it on to someone who will!