The KonMarie method

Aaleigha

Pondskater is the hair long enough and in a good enough condition to donate to a charity that makes wigs for those who need them
I am sure your grandmother and mother would approve and you can always photo them and pull out a couple of hairs to wind up and put with the photo

Nix143

9 rolls of sticky tape found so far

Nine.

NINE!




I remember at Christmas thinking 'I KNOW I have some somewhere but better buy some more just in case'

Anyone need any presents wrapping?

Nix143

pondskater wrote: »

Just need to decide what to do with my Grandmothers pigtails, .

My favourite sentence in the entire thread

pondskater_2

Aaleigha wrote: »

Pondskater is the hair long enough and in a good enough condition to donate to a charity that makes wigs for those who need them
I am sure your grandmother and mother would approve and you can always photo them and pull out a couple of hairs to wind up and put with the photo

This is lovely idea but alas the hair has become dry and a bit frizzy sitting in a plastic bag for the last fifty two years.

DawnW

pondskater wrote: »

This is lovely idea but alas the hair has become dry and a bit frizzy sitting in a plastic bag for the last fifty two years.

I hope you don't find this idea offensive / hurtful, but if it was me I would tend towards burying it in a nice spot in the garden and planting a lovely flower or shrub of a kind that your grandmother liked there

Islandmaid

Aaleigha wrote: »

welcome to the new Konverts
I have only been here since the beginning of the week

IslandMaid what I brilliant Idea - is it ok for me to go and buy those mints just to store my hair pins

right today I have come to a grinding halt

I did well on sunday mond and tues and now I have come down from my manic bipolar state (meds keep me more balance but not totally) and into a depressive state - it was this state that got me in the mess I am today and with unreasonable spending

so a day off today to see if I can mental prepare myself of just an hour in the morning

I thought I had done socks and knickers tights bras but I have found a trug full of clothing that I put in the back bedroom to hid it from myself when I was not coping so will have to sort then get all the knickers etc on the bed yet again but at least its mostly done

Ta Found the idea on Pintrest - and it works.

Just do a bit when you feel upto it - please don,t make yourself ill, cas at the end of the day that,s all that matters x

pondskater_2

DawnW wrote: »

I hope you don't find this idea offensive / hurtful, but if it was me I would tend towards burying it in a nice spot in the garden and planting a lovely flower or shrub of a kind that your grandmother liked there

Good plan, thank you.

7roland8

With the hair you could always keep a lock or two in a locket or else make some into a picture of some sort. Or even use it to stuff a little cushion or pin cushion or make a small cuddly toy.

Snakey

Hi guys, read my way through the entire thread and just by doing the folding thing I've managed to get rid of all my storage boxes from when I moved i.e. my clothes fit in to my one chest of drawers! I'm so happy! I hated having horrible plastic boxes everywhere.

My kitchen is emptier and happier, as is my bookshelf. I used to be a completist, I had e.g. all of the Discworld novels even though there are some that I'm not bothered about. It was refreshing to go through them and keep the ten or so that I always return to, and let the others go.

I'm having trouble throwing clothes away - I'm convinced that now I've left my job and am working for myself the weight I put on over the last couple of stressed-out years is going to magically drop off, and everything I have would bring me endless joy if it fitted me! So I'm going to revisit it all in, say, six months time, and maybe the ones I'll be chucking out are the ones I'm in now. The method isn't going anywhere, right? Or should I be ruthless and risk having to buy everything all over again? I did get rid of everything I used to wear to the office, keeping back only one suit and two tops for interviews/presentations.

To save me buying the book... what does she say about photos? I have loads of them from when my grandparents died, mainly variations on a theme (they liked taking photos of themselves/each other in nice gardens, on holiday etc - places I don't recognise and which mean nothing to me - there are also loads of my sister's kids), and it feels wrong to throw them away even though I don't want them (and nor does my sister, she wants me to keep hold of them though). I also have a few that are old old old, but I don't know who they're of. I wish I did! But I have no way of finding out because everyone who would know is dead. Do I keep them on the assumption that it's probably family?

iQueen

Went for my monthly blood test today.

The good news: The nurse (Konverted last month) has kondoed her knickers and socks and also, her husband's - he is now a Konvert, too. :T Had lunch with my friend again, also Konverted last month. She has kondoed her knickers, BUT, she has separated her 'best' from 'tatty and wears the latter for 'everyday'!

The bad news: visited the local kennels... old towels, YES please. Duvets and pillows, no thanks - the dogs just tear them to bits!

No personal kondoing today, but can't wait till tomorrow to get stuck in again, for a full day.

Pondskater, my home is hoarded too! :eek: No collecting or 'saving' - just post-retirement laziness, that got out of hand. But, I'm really exhilarated by kondoing. I expect to be almost Minimalist by the time I finish and only have things that bring me joy, directly or indirectly. :rotfl: