redpoppy
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Your local Primary School might be glad of home magazines for cutting pics out, MT
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Psyche
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Loc: Bicester OXON
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it can be very difficult Plasmo. We (Oxfam) are under instructions never to say no BUT the health and safrty police would have a field day if they ever saw our back room.
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So many books...so little time!.
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Thimble
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Reged: 04/12/2008
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MT Do you have residential homes near you for the elderly or even a hospice. There might be some people in them that would welcome the chance to look at some womans magazines to pass the time.
I pass mine on to anybody I know who would like them, hate to just throw them in recycle bin.
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Loo
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I took some lovely items of my FIL's to a local hospice shop. They said they had no room for any more. They are full of tat in my opinion, and should have had my quality things.
I was miffed at the time.
Just took them to another place which was very grateful.
Loo
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This is me, with Andy Pandy and Teddy.
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MangeTout
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Loc: Oxfordshire
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Thimble, that might be a good idea too. Though maybe I shouldn't take ones about doing up your home, might be rubbing salt into the wound!
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lizalou
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Plasmo, I think that charity shops do genuinely have storage problems sometimes, so dont be put off.
Locally ours are all desparate at the moment, dont know if it's the worrying financial situation.
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Twiddledout
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Though maybe I shouldn't take ones about doing up your home, might be rubbing salt into the wound!
MT, you are so bad you make me laugh out loud AND do a load of laundry 
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Loo
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Mangetout, we have clothing bins at our Council recycling site, and in a store car park. Clothes that are good quality are recycled. Poor stuff is sold on as rags.
Loo
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This is me, with Andy Pandy and Teddy.
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MangeTout
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Reged: 08/07/2007
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Loc: Oxfordshire
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Oh, thanks Loo. I wondered what happened to the stuff in those bins.
Twiddlers, I have had the most productive day since before Christmas.
Just made http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/4251/chicken-cacciatore for dinner while listening to my new Duffy cd.
Now I'm cleaning out the fridge and, what's this, half a bottle of Pino Grigio tucked in there. What do I do with it?? Too late, I drank it.
I'm going to clean up the kitchen now and think about the next job. Paperwork methinks. First I've got to wipe my sides down, whatever that means, Snotty!
No, I didn't drink it, it's still in the fridge. Shucks, you lot really keep me on the straight and narrow.
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Twiddledout
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It's a much more productive forum here in food and homes that's for sure!!
I've hoovered and dusted upstairs, wiped down the bathrooms, hoovered the stairs and decluttered the lounge!
I've washed the lounge windows and am washing the ornaments but popped in here for a chat and to eat an apple.
Must remember to wipe down my sides when I've finished 
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MangeTout
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Reged: 08/07/2007
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Loc: Oxfordshire
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I just ate my last Christmas satsuma. I'm going to make banana bread with the remaining bananas and a pear pudding with the pears.
We still have the tree up, OH wanted just one more night. I think what he really meant was he didn't want to put the tree away when he gets home from work tonight!
So tomorrow will be spent taking down the tree and cleaning the sitting room. Dishwasher just finished so another job to do. Now to wash the kitchen floor and wipe down the sides.
Haven't I been a busy bee today.
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lynn123
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Dear Mrs Twiddle
thanks for you advise, did most of it yesterday and seem to have done most of your suggestions - just the rest of the house to go...............!!!
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blossom97
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Wow....everybody is just soo busy!!( including me)...not sat down all day....Twiddled in every room in the house...if I took all week to declutter my living room it would be cluttered again before I had finshed (i really AM that untidy!)
Anyone know how to prevent streaks on th shower door?Tried that spray on stuff, but it doesn't really work.
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dec
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Reged: 29/01/2008
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I can't believe it.I've finally joined the Twiddlers!
I took your advice to declutter the lounge.I emptied the drawers of the lamp tables and I've finally thrown away cards and letters that were in there.Some of them were 20 years old.I had a lovely time reading them but have finally let them go.They are in the bin now so that I wont be tempted to return them to the drawers.
I'm crying now thinking about it,what have I done?I've become a twiddler and destroyed my life.Lol
Decx
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Foxie
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Mrs Twiddle
I don't know how to tell you this, but Mr F. and I decluttered the lounge on Sunday after packing away the Christmas decs!
It looks so nice and makes me want to get the rest of the house to match!
Foxie x.
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I've learnt that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel. Maya Angelou.
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Twiddledout
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lyn123, we'll do the rest of the house, stick around it's good to have you here!
blossom, the only way I know is to squeegee it after every shower or dry it off with a towel. Squeegee is easier and doesn't add to the wet towel pile
dec, I really didn't mean to ruin your life, doesn't it feel good - letting go
foxie - we'll get the rest of the house in order soon
Thanks everyone for joining it, it made the day go by in a smiling flurry!
I may have to include another room for this week, you're all doing so well!!
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Thimble
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MrsT .... I did all but 2 jobs on my list today. I couldn't do my 30 mins walking as I have to be careful walking in the bitter cold, as for the ironing. Well I was just about to do when a friend of ours (lady of 82 with nonhodgkinsons lymphoma) called in a bit of a worried state. She had had a nose bleed this morning which eventually stopped, then she went out for lunc with the business ladies club, got home and 10 mins later it started again. She just could not stop it so phoned us to ask what to do...
Doctor told her to get to a&e. Well OH could not take her as too poorly with severe chest infection so I put iron away and took her. Didn't get home till 1730.
Am I forgiven for not finishing my jobs........please....
Tomorrow is going to be spent doing ALL the ironing that has accumulated as well as hoovering the downstairs.
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bunnylugs
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Reged: 27/10/2008
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Loc: oxfordshire.england
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hi, are you doing the Blenheim walk? I/m thinking of doing it. I was diagnosed in 2006, and just feel I want to take part, and would like to do 20 miles, but don't know if i'm fit enough! I would like to hear from anyone that has done it and how they got on.
Oh i decluttered my lounge, and it felt really good. Nice and tidy, and we can have the radiator back on, now the tree has gone!
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Twiddledout
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You get the evening off Thimble - you did a very good deed, well done you!
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ButterflyBlue
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I did mine yesterday because I knew I'd be driving back to Oxfordshire today and will be here the rest of the week. To be honest though I didn't have much in my sitting room to declutter in the first place.
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