TWO DECLUTTERS🌷10 MINUTES BETTER _ MAY: ANYTHING GOES!
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- Making our homes better ten minutes at a time!
The 10 MINUTES BETTER team creates a great playlist of videos on the first Friday of every month. Join us for lots of motivation and inspiration.
May is *ANYTHING GOES!*...Declutter, clean, organize, tidy up...whatever you want to do.
Anything goes! So I did two declutters. First, I decluttered the cabinet over my microwave, including my medicine bins. Then I decluttered a drawer in my family room.
Check the playlist below to see how each of the TMB ladies interpret this month's theme.
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Go to my poetry channel @MelindaPlainandSimplePoetry to hear my new decluttering poem:
"IT'S ALL I CAN DO"
• IT'S ALL I CAN DO
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PLAYLIST for "10 MINUTES BETTER_MAY: "ANYTHING GOES!":
• 10 MINUTES BETTER_MAY:...
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Thank you to all of the wonderful ladies who participate in 10 MINUTES BETTER. Please check out all of the motivation and inspiration they have for you on their channels:
Amanda Jane @MindyourMatters
Candace @thatcanadianmom
Cammy @American Wife
Cindy @MidwestMomma17
Clarissa @Sunnyinthesuburbs
Diana @dianasimplifies
Jen @LiveLaughLovewithJen
Jo @minimalzebra
Megan @Going Green Mom
Melesa @melesa
Melissa @Buckeye Girls Wreaths and Things
Sara @TheSilverLining
Shara @AtHomewithSharaC
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Join me as I continue clearing the clutter from my home. We can do it together.
Like. Subscribe. Leave a comment. I'd love to hear your decluttering stories.
And stick around to the end for another decluttering poem.
HAPPY DECLUTTERING!!!
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#simplify #declutter #manageble-ism
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Hi! Thanks for watching! 🤗💕 What are you working on today? Anything Goes!!!
Decluttering is like a boxing match... you have to go several rounds to knock out the clutter!
Absolutely!
Good to see you! I swept down the garage walls and in all corners. Happy to see zero ants, spiders or mice!!!!
Wonderful! 🤗💕We discovered a carpenter bee hole today. I'll be researching how to safely get rid of them before they do more damage.
I discovered using vinegar on the cat water bowls to decalcify like new. I was cleaning the tea kettle , microwave, and the coffee pot at the time. Yesterday was the fridge, freezer, and pantry. Tomorrow I am helping son go through his closet for his donations. I have just one pair of jeans for me to donate.
That's a great tip, Jeanne! I'll be trying that. Thanks! 😘💕
Hey Melissa! That was a nice declutter. I’ve saved a ton of plastic pill bottles. I removed the labels when we emptied them. I need to wash them and start donating them. 🔲Today - I worked thru my usual routines. Yesterday - I spent an hour in the garage. A good portion of that time was with me standing on a step stool and reaching into the bottom of our chest freezer to retrieve garden veggies. I have 4 blue recycling bins with handles. I put them in the deep freeze to hold the vegetables and meats we have stored there. So much easier to reach in and pull up a bin by its handle. 🔲Last night I could hardly move - I was so tired. I took a long warm Epsom salt soaking bath. And, took Tylenol before bed. Today, I was a little sore in the muscles of my back, shoulders and butt glutes! But, i think it could’ve been much worse. 🔲 I went thru our meds a week or two ago. Tossed quite a bit. I have a BIG bag of old meds to drop at one of those meds drop off bins at CVS pharmacy. 🔲 LOVED the poem. It’s so true. I always think I’ve decluttered about all I can from our bathroom - but I always find stuff we no longer use. Out it goes.
Thanks, Ginger 🤗💕 That's a great idea to put bins with handles in your freezer. Sounds like you've been busy! I hope your body recovers quickly.
Thanks for another great video, my dear friend. Thanks so much for sharing. You always do something wonderful to share.
Thank you, Grandma Sandy 😘💕 Hope you're doing well, sweet friend!
OOOhhhh Yes!! Only keeping cards that have our loved one's own words!!🥰🥰🥰 I have so many videos of yours to catch up on! I hope you are well darling Melinda, so much love.💖🫂💛💙
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Looks like you got a lot of things in that drawer to keep yourself busy organizing thanks so much for sharing all the things you found
Your little display turned out so cute perfect little cozy corner
Great 10 min better declutter and reminder that we can get alot done in a little time ❤
Thanks, Brit! 🤗💕
Hi, sweet friend 💞. Great job decluttering two spaces!! Love the card tip!! Great 10 minutes better 💞. Thank you for putting it together 💞xoxo💞
Thanks, Jen 🤗💕 I'm so happy you could participate!!!
Sure do miss your videos 😊 hope all is well with you.
Hi 😘💕 Yes. Just taking a little break. 😊
Welcome back. Your two declutters were great. Sometimes supplements and meds work and sometimes they do not and it's best to get them out of your house if it's the latter case.
Hey, P Lynn 🤗💕 I agree. Once I realized those probiotics were creating a new problem, I knew they had to go.
Love your videos Melinda, thanks for sharing!
Thanks, Marissa! 🤗💕
Nice 😊
Hey, sweet friend 😘💕
sat May 18:Son and I swept down the entire garage,then I vacuumed off the long shelf and each bin top. About eight of them left. A neighborhood yard sale is planned at the end of June. I ran through the car wash ( in my car) and planted some in the garden.
Wonderful!!! You've been busy! 🤗💕 Do you have a big garden?
@@MelindaPlainandSimple We did ,but now just me so redesigned for easier maintenance. I have three holiday bins that are half full and I do not wish to combine. One is memorial of hubs, one my son’s, one is a small bin of my antique cookie cutter collection. That is six. I also have to store off season tires. I have a shelf of most used tools and other household needs. That is it and would not be a big problem for anyone to have to clear. There is no attic and the downstairs is where my son lives and has his art studio., all is art related.
@@jeannebowes2898 Very organized! I'm still working toward that. It's getting better, but I have a long way to go still.
Good job, Melinda!❤
Thanks, Roberta 🤗💕
Watching while I get ready for John's retirement party! LOL. Love your baskets - I need to clean out my cupboard over the stove! It's a mess. Nice job!
Enjoy the party! So exciting! 🤗💕 Randy's is at the end of the month. 😊
Wow, congratulations all around!
@@jennyjenkins877 Thanks, Jenny 😘
Nice decutter vlog today. You inspired me to break-down some Amazon boxes to get ready for recycle pick-up next week. It felt very good.
Cheers
Yay! 🤗💕 Those boxes sure can take up a lot of space 📦📦📦
I vought some nice new socks. So I decluttered a bunch of old socks where the material is wearing out. Like the elastan loosing it's stretch.
Hi, Ingmari 🤗💕 Yay for nice new socks! And for letting old ones go!
Good video Melinda! For some reason I haven’t been getting notifications when you upload a video. 🤔 IDK why. I tried a couple of things so hopefully that fixed the issue. Have a wonderful weekend! 🤗🥰❤️😻
Hey, Jaxxy Girl 🤗💕 I've had the same problem. Not getting notifications or getting them days later.
Hope all are well. My son and I have been very sick ( Not Covid). I am going to to try to swim this morning . I am behind on nearly everything, but self care must come first. I was able to do bits and pieces between rest spells, though. My son has the car packed with recycling and donations that I will drop off this afternoon after swim. At least the house is in order but does need a good clean!
Oh, yes! Self-care first. 💞 I'm sorry you and your son have been so sick. I hope you both feel better soon.
PJ had surgery yesterday, so she'll be healing for a week or two.
dropping in to say you are missed. Been looking forwrd to seeing more driveway give aways
Hi Cali 🤗💕 Thanks so much for that. I've been on a little break. ❤️
Hey Melinda!
I am always amazed when I go through and look to see if medications have expired and find many times, they are way past the expiration date! It feels so wasteful. Yesterday, I decluttered under my kitchen sink and I was able to recycle many tin cans and glass containers that I use to collect fat drippings I just had too many. I lay a thick layer of cardboard on the bottom of the cupboard and it was needing replacing, so I got that done. Now when I open the cupboard, it looks so much better. 😊
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Yay!!! It always feels so good to open a cabinet door and see a freshened up space. 🤗💕 Blessings, sweet friend!
@@MelindaPlainandSimple 🥰
Hey lovely! 🥰 I have been away for so long and looked forward to seeing you so much! 💖Thank you for the motivation to declutter my medicine/ vitamin cabinet, much needed!💞💞💞💞
Hey, sweet friend! 🤗💕 It's so good to hear from you. I've missed you!
@MelindaPlainandSimple hey darling 🥰🥰🥰 The dayscl are just flying by! I just finished work for the day and it's already Friday tomorrow!🙏🌈😊 Hoping to watch more if your videos this weekend, my favorite is waking up early Saturday morning and doing chores and watching you!❤️🫂❤️😊
Great job! Love the poem! 💓
Thanks, Carol! 😘💕
Hey Melinda!! This was so motivating to watch. You always get me inspired to go find something to declutter. I need to go through my medicines as well. Have a wonderful weekend! 💖
Hey, sweet friend! 🤗💕 Have a great weekend!
@@MelindaPlainandSimple Thank you 🥰!
Donations from son’s closet was dropped off. It has been raining for two days, off and on but should clear this weekend for garden work. I sifted through the house a day early, since I did not want to work outside. Just leftover quiche and salad for dinner, kinda low on energy.
It's been hot here, so I've been inside. We've been busy getting things lined up for retirement. Only a few days left. 🤗💕
Hi Melinda! I loved seeing you declutter and organize. I especially love seeing how you decide what to keep and your progress is wonderful! 🙌☺️💕💗
Thank you so much, Gisel 🤗💕
Hope all are well. I am recovering from a nasty head cold and have struggled to keep up. Items are continuing to drift away from the house the house gently.
Oh dear! I hope you get all better soon! 😘💕
If I was closer I would totally take the corelleware plate off your hands. Lol. I'm not within hands reach of anything right now since Im stuck in bed, but I did spot some out of date lotion that I had my youngest get rid of.
I would gladly give it to you. It belonged to my niece. She gave us some cookies or something on it. It has a chip and she got new plates, so she didn't want it back. I have minimal plates, so I used it for heating my rice bag in the microwave. I decluttered the rice bags, so I don't need the plate anymore.
@@MelindaPlainandSimple the vintage corelleware is really durable and light. Worked better for us than the stoneware that was "unbreakable" because it was too heavy for the kids when they were little.
@@GoingGreenMom 👍I have Corelle dishes. Light and durable. That's why I love them.
Melinda! Are you guys ok? Miss your videos ❤
Hi Lisa! 🤗💕 Yes, thank you for asking. We are fine. We had a lot going on in May, so I took a little YT break.
I was actually putting together a video today. It's very short 🤷 so I'm debating whether to find something to add to it or post it as it is 🤔
Well, I hope you do better than I do. I move stuff from place to place and nothing seems to ever get tidied really up. Just moved.
Yes! Stuff Shifting! Until we're ready to let go of some of our things, that's what we do. 🤦
Hmmm 🤔 that’s interesting what you said about the sentiment that comes on the card. I only get cards that have something written in it that I agree with or I would say. I’m not one to hand write my sentiments on a card. So I don’t fully agree with what that person said. Just saying! 🤷♀️
I totally understand! I buy cards that I agree with, as well, and I don't typically write anything extra in cards. I think that makes it harder for some of us to let cards go.
We put thought into choosing a card, so we know the person who gave us a card put thought into it too. That makes it special. 💞
My problem was that I had decades of cards, bins of cards that I never revisited, and it had gotten overwhelming. I needed to do something. Erica's perspective gave me a way to reduce the overwhelm.
Now I am free to choose which cards I want to keep (personal sentiment, or not), rather than keeping them all automatically.
Prior to that, I couldn't even imagine letting go of greeting cards. For sure, it's not the right choice for everyone. People should definitely keep their cards if they want to. 🤗💕