D is for Decluttering

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1. Oh, Joanie!! You have a sweet family for sure! Love your hat!

   Petcretary would love to have Hubby on board with de-cluttering as well! He’s worse than she is when it comes to not throwing things away. Perish the thought of having to move…though that is often a great way to de-clutter to start fresh in a new spot!

   1. I think that is why we are so cluttered because we have never moved and he was here 12 years prior to me. XO

2. I like to keep decluttered, but hubby is a nightmare! At least I have managed to get him to keep a lot of his junk in the garage now. It is junk too, of the may come in handy someday type.

   1. Your hubby sounds a lot like mine. 🙂 XO

3. Thanks for the link, a declutterathon challenge sounds fun! An opportunity to repurpose and recyle forgotten items too 😉
   Quilting Patchwork & Appliqué

   1. Yes, it sure is.

4. Decluttering is the PERFECT Spring activity!

   Hugs, Pam

   1. It is. 🙂 XO

5. Joanie, you’re the best little mommy! XXOO I brought my Donkey in to enjoy Easter bed time with me. I didn’t want him to be cold.

   1. You are a good mommy too. XO

6. I am always in decluttering mode. I was determined to never find our house full of so much stuff as we had when we moved from DC back to Missouri. And I did a big declutter when we moved from Missouri to Florida in 2018. I am a minimalist and it makes me feel content. Joanie’s little family makes me so happy this morning!

   1. I keep trying to be a minimalist, but that will never happen, less is better though. Glad Joanie made you happy. XO

7. I’ll have to read that book. I like the idea of decluttering too. That is a sweet photo of Joanie.

   1. It is a good book. Joanie thanks you. XO

8. I try to declutter once a year. I figure if I have not used/worn/needed an item in a year. I probably won’t use/wear/need it
   Hugs Cecilia

   1. That is a great idea. XO

9. Mom needs to declutter!! We’re okay as long as she doesn’t touch any of OUR stuff!!!

   Joanie’s family is so cute!

   The Florida Furkids

   1. I think my cats have more stuff than I do. 🙂

10. I am good about declutteirng but hubby leans toward being a hoarder. With that said, he at least keeps is organized – well, I keep it organized is the real truth.🙄

    1. Sounds like here. 🙂 XO

11. Joanie is so sweet ~ and sweet photo too! ~ Declutter does clear the mind ~ Xo

    Living moment by moment,

    A ShutterBug Explores,
    aka (A Creative Harbor)

    1. Thank you. XO

12. We’ve done this de-cluttering and it’s most wonderful. It’s amazing the stuff we keep that we don’t use anymore. It made so much difference in the look of our home. Wonderful.

    Thank you for joining the Awww Mondays Blog Hop.

    Have a fabulous Awww Monday and week, Ellen. Scritches to all the kitties. ♥

    1. It is nice to get rid of things we don’t need.XO

13. Purrfect recommendations during Spring Cleaning season!

    1. Thank you. 🙂

14. We love Joanie in her pretty Easter bonnett with her happy family with their Easter baskets.
    Boy would that make a cute puzzle.
    Daisy Mae And Crystal

    1. Thank you. I will make a puzzle for Saturday. 🙂 XO

15. What an adorable picture of Joanie! Spring always makes me feel like decluttering too! XO

    1. Thank you. 🙂 XO

16. Is it wrong that the thought of decluttering makes me feel a bit ill? We’re the opposite to the two of you, as my beloved would happily declutter and I would happily have more around me – I blame my grandmother as she used to hoard all sorts of things.
    Have a great day.

    1. I guess our spouses balance us out. 🙂

17. I do like a good decluttering heheh!

    Aww! @ Joanie 🙂

    Have a declutteredtastic safe day 👍😷😷😷

    1. Thank you. 🙂

18. Joanie you an yore furamillee are so cute!
    LadyMew sayss shee cuud help you dee-clutter….she doess it efurry month so wee due not get too much stuff inn our place….iss easy with just her an mee 😉
    ***purrss*** BellaDharma an {{huggiess}} LadyMew

    1. Joanie thanks you. That is great that your mum is so good at decluttering. XO

19. Mom says decluttering is very important to her, but sometimes it seems to be endless:)

    Happy Monday.

    Woos – Lightning, Misty, and Timber

    1. It does seem endless. 🙂

20. I read Throw Out Fifty Things and still haven’t done it. I’m good at procrastinating. LOL

    1. Never too late to start. 🙂

21. I think we’ve been upcluttering again recently!

    1. MOL! 🙂

22. What a cute Easter hat! Our mom started decluttering over the pandemic and got rid of SO much stuff! Geez! And would you believe she’s still finding stuff to get rid of? Does it ever end?

    1. Kuddos to your mom. XO

23. De-Cluttering is something I have to be vigilant about. Things seem to creep in and the paperwork for dealing with insurance, banks, government….is never ending and they all want the piece I have put away! Hubby was a hoarder and my son and I took many many loads to the dump, recycle and thrift store.
    Joanie in her hat and her family is adorable! She is such a sweetie! Thanks for visiting and we hope you have a marvellously happy day!

    1. Yes, clutter does sneak in. My hubby is a bit of a hoarder too. Joanie thanks you. XO

24. Ooooooooh! Decluttering is certainly something our people need to do. They’re working on it, but there’s so much more that needs doing.

    1. I think most people need to work on it. 🙂

25. Egads! Does 50 clumps of cat fur count?

    1. That would count as 1 item. 🙂

26. Precious Easter photo! I go through bursts of decluttering and then it falls by the wayside for awhile.

    1. Thank you. 🙂

27. You are smart to declutter, it leaves less for the heirs to go through.

    Joanie’s Easter family photo is precious.

    1. Yes, I keep thinking of that. Joanie thanks you. XO

28. Our mom still has to get on with doing the garage. She had just started when covid hit and no one was taking donations. We think the typical donation places started again (with precautions), so we have no idea what her excuse is now.

    Anyway, Marie Kondo is on her bad list after having gotten a little too carried away a few years ago. She enjoyed The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning, though. She said it was sweet, if you haven’t read it yet.

    1. It has been tough with places not taking donations due to COVID. I have read that, it was good.

29. My human is not much on decluttering, although sometimes she will do what she calls “get rid of junk.” The last time she did that on a big scale was after her ex moved out. He left a lot of stuff he no longer wanted, and that, with stuff of her own she got rid of, wound up filling a whole junk truck!

    1. That is a lot of junk. 🙂

30. I love a decluttered home. I do Ali Edward’s One Little Word project every year where you pick a word to focus on for the year and each month we have prompts related to our word. This month’s prompt is to let go of things holding us back so your declutter post is perfect timing .Weekends In Maine

    1. Glad it came in handy for you. 🙂

31. Deckluttering is something I could do better with but I am so much better than years ago. That is a great idea to throw out 50 things. I have been planning to fill our trash can every week to the top. I better get on it but books, they stay! Well maybe not all of them but no cat books go! MOL

    1. Filling the trash every week is a good way to motivate. 🙂 XO

32. We need to do this. It’s hard to toss anything when your husband is a borderline hoarder. 😉

    1. It sure is. 🙂 XO

33. Ellen,

    I like decluttering, too. I need to do lots more this.

    If you haven’t already, I invite you to check out my Looney Tunes A-Z Daffy Duck Art Sketch. Join the fun at your leisure. Happy A2Zing, my friend!

    1. Same here. 🙂

34. My version of decluttering is to shove things into a closed area where I can’t see them. LOL
    But seriously, I have never liked clutter but as I get older I seem to be worse about it. I’m trying to do better though, because I really don’t like clutter!

    1. I have done that too. 🙂

35. LadyMew iss an xpert at dee-clutterin Miss Ellen. Shee doess not like clutter so it iss easy fore her to keep minny-mal itemss.Shee can keep a few too many bookss butt shee has a book case fore them all.
    **purrss** BellaDharma

    1. I am impressed. XO

36. LadyMew syass “Thanx” Miss Ellen. Her Nanna was a bit O-Cee-Dee an yeerss later when LadyMew went to live with her Meowmy shee found her VERY O-Cee-Dee….mee thinkss that iss why LadyMew iss so guud at dee-clutterin… 😉

    1. At least something good came from their OCD. 🙂 XO

37. Mew mew mew that iss a guud point Miss Ellen! 😉

    1. Thank you. XO

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