KonMari 2016 - The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up

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Plus one to the underestimating - but it was the professional movers I hired that did it, honest! They said I needed one Luton van, I ended up needing two. Astonishing! .

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same thing happened to us ... they sent 2 men initially, then sent another 2! THEN another van!


and they were SOOOOOO SLOOOOOOOOOOW ! ... we were only moving a mile away, and had filled and emptied 3 cars several times before they seemed to have done anything! ( luckily we were moving into an empty house ) They said they didn't need to come and do anything the day before, and they were also meant to be packing everything!
we also shifted ALL our garden pots/furniture into a neighbours garden and collected that a few days later!




I've kondo'd a few more childrens games and puzzles, so that is my playroom pretty much done. although I think I might need to sort the duplo, as for some reason it won't fit in the box anymore? !!! does it grow? !!!


I've got to do the airing cupboard next ......

I've put an Ikea CoD into the garage - I think I'll donate it at Emmaus as they'll be able to repair the minor defect rather than tipping it. But seeing the problem has made me rationalise some of my storage.

Upstairs has been cleaned and tidied. I have a perfectly good sleeping bag and two rather ancient kingsize duvets (4.5 tog and 9 tog) surplus to requirements and I'm not sure what to do with them. I also have a mattress topper that needs to go to a laundry that washes with something unscented as it STILL stinks of whatever was used last time, despite taking it to the laundrette and leaving it on the line for hours and sleeping on it for a year. My other one was washed by the laundry near my parents, so I may well start taking them up there once a year.

Raining now, so missed the chance to mow. Office is a tip, but the desk that was cluttering up the dining room is now in there and although it doesn't go with the rest of the (ikea birch) office furniture, it provides useful space. I need to have a long think about the office at some point. I don't really like working in there as it's so small. But need somewhere to shut my work stuff away when not working (whenever that is) and work when people are here. And I also keep all my personal filing in there. Still, it'll be a while before I get to it, so not something to worry about for a while. But it doesn't make a huge amount of sense to be getting rid of decent furniture and keeping the ikea stuff...

Evening all.

((((((((mavvy)))))))))) sorry to hear you've had a bad few weeks, if it's something you want to vent here, we're here for you, if you want to keep it private, just accept positive vibes.

Well, where do I start? We left at 08.30 and came back in at 3.45, having done yet another dump run on the way across the hometown.

Cousin arrived not long after Mum, Dad and I, with a mahoosive estate car and began emptying and taking outdoor planters and like ilk, such as part-used bags of potting compost.

Dad and I got one of the CODs on a sack barrow and took it the 70 yards down the road to his sister's garage (no car, virtually empty). We then emptied the second piece of furniture left in that room, a very unspecial dressing table. Aunt moved it away from the wall and was staring behind it in consternation.

Yup, the classic pale beige 'flour' outfall on the floor caused by rampant woodworm infestation. I de-mirrored it (and separated the mirror from its backing and took it and all three drawers down the garden to a growing pile which will be Bonfire II - the Revenge. Couldn't do pyromania today as two households two doors away had lines full of washing.

:o But tomorrow, mes amies, we plan to be there REALLY early and get burning before anyone has a chance to do their washing.

The rest of the time was being divided between clothes sorting, crockery sorting, shed sorting, shed dismantling (Big Shed is a roofless wonder, many many spiders reported homeless after 50 + years of multigenerational living).

The dump run included some metals (alu pan sans handle from the shed, bagful of those one-use bedding plant modules) and several items which were generally part of the WTH?! territory.

Aunt got underfoot but did sweet eff all (ususal style), Cousin played nicely with others and worked hard, Dad clambered around on Big Shed's roof with a pry bar, and I scoured the place out for things which will burn without causing pollution. Have shedloads of small knackered basketry (woodwormy in many cases) to burn.

I also have some small hand tools which need to be slipped into the edge of the fire to have their woodwormy handles burned off. This is an old trick if you've got something with a handle you can't get off, although you must minimalise the time spent in the fire so's not to upset the temper of the metal.

Going to be taking some Stuff back to the city tomorrow night, and returning to the bungalow clearance next weekend, which will be the last before the keys come back. Still a lot of Stuff around which no one in the family wants and which will need to be donated and recycled.

We're all cream-crackered and I now have to go research skip hire for next week.

I always thought the US equivalent of a skip was a dumpster?

snap! :rotfl: