KonMari 2016 - The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up

charlies-aunt

flubberyzing wrote: »

Even in my younger days, I was never one of the "pretty ones", but didn't (and still don't) care. I've never bothered with make-up for anything other than the most special of special occasions (usually only weddings!)
But now I'm noticing that I can no longer pull of the slogan t-shirts and that unbrushed look! :rotfl:

We must be sisters under the skin! I am 58 and I feel like I'm wearing "dressing up clothes" in anything other than my normal casual trousers/leggings/tunic top ensemble. I find going to an occasion that demands being dressed up and made up -or- anything that makes me visible hellishly uncomfortable
I am working on the casual but well groomed approach - I think that being quietly inconspicuous has a lot to recommend it.


'p North here - ginnel - tenfoot - snicket are in active use for alleyways


Still working on Kondo'ing my home and possessions, the more I do, the better life gets! Finally letting go of things that I did not really like and never used but was keeping because they had been gifts or inherited has been immensely liberating!


Have a good day everyone!

GreyQueen

Hell, I can get a headache just walking past their store, very stinky stuff indeed. I like to keep my toiletries pretty plain, I think it's wise to limit what you immerse yourself in and slather on your rind.

Went to the tip and offloaded my stuff then swung by the lottie. Weather here is cycling rapidly between sunshine and showers but is pretty chilly. Plus I'm feeling meh.

Walked around the allotment and noticed that the first potatoes, the ones planted the weekend before Easter, are now coming through the baulks. Fingers crossed that no late frosts will nip them.

Feeling so wan and the allotment was still saturated that I decided to do nothing more than offload the rotables and pedal gently home.

Have pottered about since I got in, inc sorting out a pile of old envelopes from the parental home into scratchpads. Will take them into the office tomorrow. Lots of little pottering-about decluttery things I can do this afternoon, which are suitable for my physical state today.

Slinky

The end cap on one of our fascias came off during the week, so OH has been up a ladder and nailed it back on. In doing so, he's also removed the satellite dish our last lot of tenants left behind over 11 years ago. We don't have pay for TV. Deep joy that it's not cluttering up the back wall anymore, has gone into the garage to go on a tip run this week.

The covers off the garden furniture had made it into the garage, I suggested to OH that these need to be folded up before they get damaged. He folded them but refuses to put them back into the fiddly looking holders they came in. Have told him those have to go if they're not being used, so will go to the tip this week (although the thought occurs to me, my neighbour may want them as she has the same brand of covers, I'll offer them to her first).

Siebrie

The girls changed from winter to summer coats, and that took all of five minutes. The summer coats are all together in the attic, and the non-fitting ones were returned there. Both winter coats will be washed, the smallest one will have the reflective flowers removed for re-use and then be ragbagged, the largest one will be mended and put in the attic for in a few years. I'm glad my system is working; I store by type, not by size, as sizes can differ soooooo much.

GreyQueen

Have been truffling around under my pine bedstead which, due to the smallness of the flat, is a very active storage area.

Went under there looking for something else and spotted my small suitcase. Actually, it's my only suitcase, about the size of a weekend case, although it has travelled the world with me. I knew that its plastic zip had seized up and I also knew I'd got some stuff stored in it, but was blowed if I could recall what was inside.

Ahem. Have got the zips to run now and have realised that half the stuff inside there isn't needed on this lifetime around the sun and is now up on freegle as of a couple of minutes ago. Hope someone asks for it.

It continually amazes me that Stuff can keep emerging into the light of day and holding its little cluttery hands up in surrender; S'OK, guv, it's a fair cop, I'll get me coat, shall I? :rotfl:

Karmacat

GreyQueen wrote: »

:)It continually amazes me that Stuff can keep emerging into the light of day and holding its little cluttery hands up in surrender; S'OK, guv, it's a fair cop, I'll get me coat, shall I? :rotfl:

I love that so much :rotfl:

Honestly, there's so much I want to do - there's easily more garden pruning to do, planting to do, using a damp cloth in the house to get rid of layers of dust, beating the two tiny rugs in my bedroom, cleaning the hob, scanning documents to shred, finding some French documents I need for the French tax declaration - cos I feel great, but I know that if I keep going, I'll make myself ill for another month, like I did at the beginning of March. Can't afford to do it now, not with the family wedding coming up in 5 weeks time. I'm going to make myself sit and watch a DVD ...

flubberyzing

I swapped to my summer jacket during the Easter holiday, which is when I usually do it. I remember when it's time to swap because every Easter fortnight, I have a 2-night annual stay in London, when I catch a show, do some shopping and generally treat myself a bit. And the day I go there is the day I do the coat swap.
My summer jacket was new last summer, and weirdly, still has that "new jacket" smell!
My winter coat has just had it's 4th, possibly 5th, winter, and is still going strong. I have no plans to retire it yet!

ScotinLondon

Not much kondoing this week...still have to catch up on all the posts from the pas few weeks...oh well, will catch up one day.

Think that sorting out the kitchen will be next - little and often in the kitchen I think will be the key. Bathroom and all bedrooms done.

Feeling a bit lost in this process and a bit of my messy side is coming to the fore. Think that this could be related to OH and his physical & medical problems. Hopefully will get my MK mojo back when his health and well being gets back on track.

Another bag of stuff went to the charity shop, one of many that have been sent to the charity shop.

Don't know if another one will start up though, will have to wait and see what pops up for the new charity bag.

Not much luck so far with the items on g/tree, if they don't go soon - will put these on streetlife and then I think the charity shop.

Hope that all have had a good weekend so far...and a good rest of the day all.
SIL

PollyWollyDoodle

Another one here who doesn't like Lush, just walking past the shop makes me shudder. My sister who is asthmatic can't go in there, it makes her wheeze instantly.

I'm waiting for my ornaments to shout at me/put their hands up! I don't have many. No Kondoing happened this weekend but I'm going to get back into clothes tomorrow - I managed to ditch four pairs of trousers last week, so it's jackets and tops tomorrow.

kboss2010

My 10 year old washing basket frame has just given up the ghost. I'm gutted as it's the perfect size and shape for my bathroom and they just don't make them anymore. But, apparently, the liner is sturdy enough to stand by itself so at least I may use that until I find a suitable replacement.

Another bin bag of stuff kondoed and I'm finding that I'm enjoying my things a lot more recently. I'm using the things I kept "for best" before instead of wasting them and finding uses for the things I like but didn't use before.