The KonMarie method

silvasava

I'm another one GQ who shares your attitude of 'don't let the bu**ers grind you down' its not necessarily a case of being positive more an attitude of bloody mindedness to not be beaten!
Onward and Upward All!

MMF007

Oh yes, may I borrow a bit of your signature too, Silvasava?

what better to have as a mantra than ' Be kinder than necessary' ?

A while ago on this thread there was a little collection of phrases for life that Konverts offered up and I love them. Hey, there's an idea for a thread of its own???

right, must get on, fun though this is, KM calls! :j

M
PS - does anyone else use the spelling trick i was taught at school,
Never Eat Cakes, Eat Salmon Sandwiches And Remain Young ? Necessary, one C two Ss!

tattycath

Susan1962 wrote: »

Sorry to hear your news IQueen - sending positive thoughts. From the number of responses you must know that, if positive thoughts can make a difference, you'll have them by the bucketload!
And GreyQueen sorry to hear about your mum. It sounds as if you're dealing with it the right way. "Sufficient unto the day ..." as my (slightly over religious) mum would have said. One day at a time and know that you're in our thoughts.

As far as Kondoing goes I've been hopeless this week. The only thing I've managed is maintenance - putting out junk mail, envelopes, etc, as they come in. Does anyone else work FT and feel like it leaves you no energy, physical or mental, to deal with your home? I made a great start with MK and I am still going, albeit not as robustly as I'd like to. MK gives me a mental boost but I need a physical one right now as I'm peri-menopausal and could sleep 20 hours a day if I could, but end up getting 4 or 5 hours. Any suggestions gratefully received!

I feel your pain Susan. I'm peri-menopausal too. My lovely DD tells me I'm moody, mardy.
I have a friend who is a herbalist? Anyway, she makes and sells oils and sprays and stuff. I told her my 'symptoms' and she made me a spray. I use it most nights and sometimes in the day too. It definitely helps me with night sweats and mood swings-whether it's psychological or not, I've no idea. I just know that it works for me. Just a shame it doesn't help me still feeling constantly tired/lethargic. I often think I'm going a bit ditzy too!
I work at home and my problem is that I can see all the stuff that needs doing...and I get sidetracked from what I should be doing on a regular basis.
Once I've sorted out the house the 'kon Marie way', I'm optomistic I will be able to focus on work.

silvasava

MMF - of course you can! On the subject of menopausal symptoms I've been using Starflower capsules (highest strength) for years and my night sweats were reducuced to a 'glow' now & again. They don't work for everyone & you need to take them for a few weeks before you get the benefit but they're worth a try as they're a natural remedy.
Only Kondoing in the garden today as the weather is good
Have a good day all x

mavvymoo

Hello konverts

Well what a lovely time I have had for the last 43 mins :rotfl:Yes thats how long I kept the caller from india on the phone as I had problems with windows Following on from our posts on this subject a while ago.
I had the posters voice ringing in my head when they said 'You must make time' sorry forgot who that was but I want to thank you as I have had such fun.

I was an old women who thought the caller was my grandaughter Chardonnay' :rotfl:who was travelling in India ringing me

She said my name is Susan (yer right) Oh thats nice dear you have changed your name is that with an S or a Z ? Oh Auntie Dorreen had a friend called Susan do you remember her the one with the beard ? It went along these lines for ages.

When she finally got to say windows. I said oh yes dear your Grandad Cleaned them on Monday oh no hang on it may have been Tuesday oh no we went to the lunch club then.Hang on I will just ask Grandad then I shouted Bert Bert so loud it must have made her jump out of her skin :rotfl:But sadly he was on the toilet as he had tummy trouble ;)Then I gave a very long description of his complaint.

43 minutes of fun were had by me without even opening a laptop :rotfl:and then sadly for me she put the phone down I was trying for an hour.But at least she wasnt calling some poor sucker who may have fell for it.:)

Mav x

lessonlearned

Mavvy - :rotfl::rotfl:

Thanks for that - brilliant.

I had a dotty aunt who once had a cold call from a conservatory salesman. She let him waffle on for about 30 minutes so when he came to the killer punchline trying to make the appt and get a sale, she said "Ooh yes I would love you to visit me and show me the designs, I am so excited, I have wanted a conservatory for years but I had no idea you could fit them to a second floor flat". ........

He was furious........

yellowbear

MMF007 wrote: »

PS - does anyone else use the spelling trick i was taught at school,
Never Eat Cakes, Eat Salmon Sandwiches And Remain Young ? Necessary, one C two Ss!

I tell the kids 'it is necessary to wear one belt (c), and two braces (s)

GreyQueen

Oh, mavvy, you are a star, well done. We all need to do this and we can drive these pesky beggars up the wall and out of business.

Many moons ago, probably mid-1980s, I happened to be at the parental homestead. Parents were a tad unworldly and hadn't long had the phone on, when a young lady cold-called about a fitted kitchen.

Now, cold-calling was relatively new then, and my Dad solemnly listened to the speil, being far too polite to interrupt a lady, and eventually got a chance to say, in bewilderment But we have a fitted kitchen, dear, it came with the house.

For the record, that house did not and still does not have a fitted kitchen, Dad innocently meant that the room was present inside the walls. As far as he's concerned a sink, taps and a cupboard or two consitutes a kitchen anyway.:rotfl:

We occasionally get auto-diallers come burbling through our work system, whereupon we hang up on them. Nearly as much fun are the sales reps. Sometimes they have a person's name, sometimes a job title. We ask them straight off if it's a sales call, and they deny it, then we ask them what it's about, they dance around the petunias until they have to admit that it actually is a sales call, whereupon they're told to email in.

Very occasionally they manage to sneak past customer services and get put through to someone, but I reckon we have a 95% kill rate.:p

mavvymoo

GreyQueen wrote: »

Oh, mavvy, you are a star, well done. We all need to do this and we can drive these pesky beggars up the wall and out of business.

Many moons ago, probably mid-1980s, I happened to be at the parental homestead. Parents were a tad unworldly and hadn't long had the phone on, when a young lady cold-called about a fitted kitchen.

Now, cold-calling was relatively new then, and my Dad solemnly listened to the speil, being far too polite to interrupt a lady, and eventually got a chance to say, in bewilderment But we have a fitted kitchen, dear, it came with the house.

For the record, that house did not and still does not have a fitted kitchen, Dad innocently meant that the room was present inside the walls. As far as he's concerned a sink, taps and a cupboard or two consitutes a kitchen anyway.:rotfl:

We occasionally get auto-diallers come burbling through our work system, whereupon we hang up on them. Nearly as much fun are the sales reps. Sometimes they have a person's name, sometimes a job title. We ask them straight off if it's a sales call, and they deny it, then we ask them what it's about, they dance around the petunias until they have to admit that it actually is a sales call, whereupon they're told to email in.

Very occasionally they manage to sneak past customer services and get put through to someone, but I reckon we have a 95% kill rate.:p

Oh G Q It was down to the person on here who said You must make time and that was ringing in my head.:rotfl:

I think those callers will stay on the line for about 20 mins if they think you are wasting thier time.
I knew I was losing her at about 20 mins. So started to tell 'Chardonnay' About the money we had been left by Uncle Timothy, You remember him dont you dear the one with all them Flats and Houses - Mrs Smith lived in that one and Mrs Brown in that one which went down about 5 streets :rotfl:and wasnt the one on the end knocked down and turned in to flats and the penthouse sold for 1.5 million
So I kept her interest for another 20 odd minutes or so :rotfl:

She also hung on for ages while I took my medication and got Bert a sandwich
I also kept saying 'Oh Chardonnay this must be costing you a fortune how far is India from here ? and things like how does this call work from India and wasnt it amazing that cables must be under the sea and then kept asking 'How does that work then ?'

Cant bl**dy wait for the next one. I havent had the windows scam for months so how exciting I got one just after we had all talked about it Very joyful
and Bless your dad my Dad would have said that then.But now if they call him he says I will go and get my Daughter and leaves them hanging and listening to what ever sport he has on the telly which is on sooooo loud !
Mav x

GreyQueen

:T We are Old Style, and capable of having endless fun without spending money. You go, you. I think I'm going to mention this to a pal with a hobby as a stand-up comedienne, maybe in can be translated into a stage act?

Can you imagine the joyfulness of businesses telling each other not to call Brits as we're a bunch of wind-up merchants?

I'm having a light meal and getting ready to head up to the allotment with a dolly-trolley of teamaking apparatus, cakes and choclolates. Hope it stays dry as the default is that we end up in the pub. I will regard myself as a Teashop on Tour.