The KonMarie method

Bigjenny

mavvymoo not my chooks, but kondoded to someone for their chicken house.

My fence is fading after 3 years and will be redone with something more eye pleasing in the spring.

mavvymoo

Morning all
One roll of parcel tape kondoed by the dog As he got hold of a roll while I was packing E*BY sold stuff. Oh well I still have another 2 rolls to use up so no harm done.Cant really use it covered in teethmarks so its binned.Another item sold overnight so will be out of here today

Going to list another couple of items today and I thought I had kondoed the bulk of it.Its amazing what you still have left.At this rate may have to join in with MINs game :rotfl:

I am now down to the joyful stuff but will I ever use it /wear it now comes into play. Its so much harder as your Heart tells you you love it and it makes you joyful.But your head is saying yes but you are never going to wear /use it are you ? Let someone else who will have it.

So I am creeping along slowly with this section but am making progress.

I will warn you that I really dont think you ever finish this process as it changes you so much. I did think I was done and dusted But think there is still a few things I need to revisit.

Have a joyful day everyone

Mav x

mavvymoo

Bigjenny wrote: »

mavvymoo not my chooks, but kondoded to someone for their chicken house.

My fence is fading after 3 years and will be redone with something more eye pleasing in the spring.

Ahh Well all I can say is thank god it wasnt mine :rotfl:

Mav x

GrannyKate

Like the Mins game idea. Thought I would start with items from areas and categories already KMd but which need a revisit. Still not done loft, papers and photos but determined to get there.
Mins Day 1.
Chocolate left over from Christmas that I do not like taste of (why did I keep it?)
Mins Day 2
Make up purse
Jar of ointment half used but use by date 200?

Off to dentists today and London on Sunday/Monday. Planning to make some rhubarb jam when I get back. DH made 2 lots of ice cream using pur!e YS raspberries and some rhubarb from our HG stash. Delicious. Need to look out for YS double cream to make more. I have known mr m to reduce to as little as 5p a pot when they have a glut of unsold.

GrannyKate

Realised I had done some of the loft as all spare bedding came down the other weekend. It went back properly bagged with labels to show contents. Now know exactly what I have in them.

Mavvymoo - I had lots of parcel tape bought in bulk when I used to go to Cost?o - it is definitely dying in storage. Down to 2 rolls now but not a good buy unless you do lots of parcels.

mavvymoo

GreyQueen wrote: »

The guy who was selling the Autumn Gold told Mum he'd opened it, decided he didn't like the colour before even dipping a brush into it, tried to take it back to the shop and they wouldn't take it back. Which they weren't obliged to. I've actually had two lots of Autumn Gold sourced for me this way (have put my gardening boot down firmly against taking on any more) and will eventually reach the bottom of the second tub.

Amazing how a hue can be manufactured to such wide-spread loathing. I'm a fan of yellow but this is a particularly unpleasant shade, pushing those ghastly 'light tan' leather wedgies I had in the 1970s in terms of horribleness.:rotfl:

Will be doing stuff with mates for most of the day, but might have enough time to sneak off to the lottie to declutter some of those shed-crowding brambles. Bit frustrating as I have to do this constantly, can never get them sorted because they're growing in from several other plots. Where anything like that grows on mine, I go after it with cold steel (the mattock) and extreme prejudice and declutter it permanantly.

You have hit the nail on the head GQ It is a 70s colour. I have just been and studied the fence and gate as you do in the mornings in your slightly nasty Bet Lynch dressing gown :rotfl:You can see the horrible colour quite clearly still (after 7years) On the sheltered parts of it Its like an Orange Yellow and it does remind me of those nasty wedge shoes that were all the rage at the time. Also those awful Orange Tan Cowboy boots that were around at the same sort of time

The bootsale man was more savvy than us refusing to even dip his brush in the stuff :rotfl:Wish the man who painted the fence for us said 'look I am sorry but if I will paint you fence this colour you will be pittied by most people for a good few years':rotfl:


Mav x

gallygirl

GreyQueen wrote: »

Amazing how a hue can be manufactured to such wide-spread loathing. I'm a fan of yellow but this is a particularly unpleasant shade, pushing those ghastly 'light tan' leather wedgies I had in the 1970s in terms of horribleness.:rotfl:

But not as bad as American Tan tights surely?

mrs-moneypenny

gallygirl wrote: »

But not as bad as American Tan tights surely?

or even worse with "rose toes" (do any tights still have those?)

maman

Am enjoying the conversation about the American Tan fence. We had neighbours who painted a breeze block wall with Cardinal Red and people started identifying us as living opposite the 'Red Wall people'. Fortunately current occupants have replaced with tasteful and far more joyful brown wooden fence and grown some climbers.


All I managed yesterday was to collect all magazines in one place. I'm aiming for flicking through and discarding one a day.


We're away from Thursday for a week so much kondoing of fresh food will happen before we go. I've done meal plan and minimal shopping list for coming days. Does that count?:)

iQueen

Morning, Konverts! :coffee:

Wow, you have been busy! Well done everyone! :j

I'm glad to have so many Mins companions - it will help to keep me on track, and we are sure to have some good laughs, when we start scraping the kondo barrel, later on!

From reading VJsmum's brilliant 30 days, it may be a good idea to leave things like paperwork, magazines, craft stuff till later in the Mins Kondo, when the individual items (or sheets of paper) can be used to cheat a bit. (What am I saying? :eek:)

Today, I have kondoed a blood test appointment, because the Council has been doing road repairs out side our cul-de-sac and chose this morning to re-surface, so I can't use the car! (Surgery is 5 miles away, and no buses! )

MIns-wise:
2 balls of wool to be posted later (road surface permitting) to Rav user, but one will be entering, in exchange! I did offer her them free (and glowed with Kondo goodness), but she 'made me an offer I couldn't refuse' - Kid Silk! So, I will have to ditch another item today, to cover that!

Actually, we could add on the rule, that for each non-essential item that enters during Mins Month, we must get rid of an extra 2 that day?

oceanspirit: I kondoed electronic 'newsletters' years ago. I have resurrected a couple, now that temptation is more than controlled, just for information.

PollyWollyDoodle: 'Churning' stuff (moving things from place to place) is so easy to do without focus and that is how things get put back that we don't really need. Eventually, hopefully, we will all get to mav's stage, where we are always on the alert with everything we touch!

maman: The best way to stabilise woollen hand-knitted or crocheted cushion covers is to 'full' them, ie slightly felt them, before use. Yarn has to be at least 50% wool, and not 'superwash'. I would do this, for best finish and longevity.

Another way would be to randomly 'stay-stitch' the cover to non-slippery lining fabric (eg polycotton/curtain lining), using sewing cotton that matches the yarn colour, to hide tiny stitches on the front. (I still think that 100% acrylic would eventually 'bubble', but yarn with 25% wool might work.)

A third way, might be to back the knitting or crochet with fusible interfacing. I would definitely try this with acrylic.

I no longer buy magazines, but I do have a shelf full of Cross Stitch ones in the Boxroom of Doom, from when I ran a business. Going through them and photocopying anything I need, will be a separate winter-evening project. Then I will sell them, or give them away.

Shallow drawers: A shoe box lid, ice-cube trays, or bacon packaging trays can be partitioned to accommodate small items. I use those tiny individual jam pots for really small items. For a more 'professional' idea - a large cheap plastic organiser box (like the ones for embroidery threads) with the lid removed, might work. Other, lid-less, organiser trays are also available.

drusilla: You are a good mother, because your DD is confident enough to leave home! The joy of an empty(ish) nest is that most things are our own and we have a free kondo-hand! :rotfl:

mrs-moneypenny: Congratulations of the your enhanced hours! The woo-factor, really is amazing! :j

Sorry to hear about your MIL's trials - it must be very upsetting for her, and you. To think, we were promised 'cradle to grave care'.

Oh, the 'rose toes' - horrible cheap way to seam stockings, tights, and knee-highs! And in hand-knitting too. :eek: Also, I never could stand American Tan for my legs (hosiery's Autumn Gold - barf!) - black 40 denier seamed stockings, to begin with, a short phase of colour-matching tights, and back to 60+ denier black ones today!

GQ: If you get stuck for some brambles to thrash with your mattock, you are welcome over here - you can join the Postie with his machete, in my front/back gardens! :rotfl:

iTwin: You're right about never finishing. Kondoing every category, should lead us back to when we only owned essentials and happily discarded Stuff we didn't like or want. Somehow, RL started getting in the way, and Stuff became clutter.

Good for you, keeping your eye on the ball (or wardrobe, in your case!) You are setting us all a good example of Life After Kondo! :T

Have a great day! :dance: