Clearing the extension and unpleasant post

These last few weeks we've been emptying the extension ready for demolition. It's due to start a week on Monday, all very exciting.

We've also been gathering the various rubble from around the garden and putting it in one place to add to the other demolition waste.  

Last weekend we went to the charity shop and dropped off around 6 or 7 bin bags full of clothes, toys and household goods that we don't need. I absolutely hate waste and can''t throw anything away, which is why I had such a collection to give away. One contributing factor is that family always buy us Christmas and birthday presents, obviously it's super kind but so many are duplicated things we own or things that aren't to my taste. Anyway, hopefully someone will get use from these things. The one thing I will moan about though, bloody body lotion. The most useless creation known to mankind! I have so many bottle/tubs of lotion to rub into my skin. I never ever get round to using them and you know no one will buy second hand lotion from the charity shop so it's all been binned.

James has disconnected some of the electrical and lighting circuits from the extension and this week we will disconnect the rest (the royal we). The water pipes will also need moving this week.

Today we moved our bedroom furniture into the kids rooms and even threw some away. We had some IKEA chest of drawers that we'd bought 10 plus years ago when we first moved in together. Now they'd been fixed multiple times and I couldn't open two of the three drawers. James took much glee in throwing them out of the bedroom window, I think it may have been so I couldn't change my mind. I did however insist we keep the handles in case they're useful at some later date. As you can tell James is long suffering. 

We took it all to the tip along with some rubble to fill the car. With fewer drawers we both had to condense our clothes so I have made another pile for the charity shop. I don't think I've gotten rid of many clothes in over 10 years. I cleared about a third. Anything with holes in or stains went in the bin. I'm not much into buying clothes but I'd like to instate a one in one out rule to save me hoarding them again. I have things that are two sizes too small and if I'm honest with myself I'll never be a size 8 again!

There aren't many photos for the blog this week, I have however taken some of the almost empty rooms for posterity so you can see those. You can see why I am ready for something clean and fresh in it's place.

The dining room, mostly clear

Bedroom nearly sorted

Our downstairs back entry, walls are terribly damp due to no damp course hence the crumbling plaster.

The bathroom, some of the plaster board is already off where we've started disconnecting wires.

My weekend was brightened just a little bit more by a speeding ticket through the post, sigh. 35 mph in a 30 zone, guilty as charged I'm afraid. At least now they do driver awareness courses so I'll have to give up a day to attend. Not the end of the world but £85 lighter in my purse. I am pretty fastidious about sticking to the limit, evidently I wasn't concentrating. I will say one thing though, their efficiency in prosecuting drivers is astounding. I did the crime Thursday night and had my letter Saturday morning, I can't get Royal mail to deliver a letter that quick!