KonMari 2016 - The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up

Igamogam

Serendipitious wrote: »

I'm intrigued to know the claim to fame, I don't watch TV at all at home.

I dont even know what Geordie Shore is I sense my life hasn't been blighted by this ignorance

Another bin liner of things to CS - soft toys brought home from work now washed and dried and looking very presentable.............where going to be put in a skip:eek:

Igamogam

We had a Houdini Hamster.......she diced with death many times as we had 3 cats, supreme hunters, at the time.She once 'disappeared' for 2 weeks and we decided she had met her fate. The day before we ere going on holiday she dropped from the ceiling landing at my feet! We surmised she had been living in the small attic above the landing - very old house with lots of nooks and crannies and paneling so could have easily found her way up there!.............along with the industrial strength rat poison :eek: She looked worse for wear so we thought the best thing was to take her with us on holiday - we where doing a house swap and didnt feel it was fair that our swap-ees would maybe have to deal with a 'death'. She was very quiet for 2 days then perked up no end and lived to be 4 years old :rotfl: Very strange she grew to an enormous size...something in that rat poison maybe!!

wort

On the subject of hamsters I bought myself one in my youth because my friend had a guinea pig! Not sure why I did because I seriously dislike mice and they are very similar , I didn't realise they were nocturnal and the only person to see it moving was my dad hearing it squeaking on its wheel when he came home from work late!,
One morning I found it dead, to which my Nan advised to put it in the oven to warm it up as it might be hibernating :eek::rotfl:

Floss

We had hamsters that lived in a glass fish tank in the lounge (stopped their sawdust going all over the floor!) and I went in one day to see one of our 12w old kittens sitting in the tank with them while his sister sat outside looking at them all!

elona

I have just anti bac cleaned the broken freezer and then filled the drawers up with cans of tomatoes, passata, veg, sauce sachets and marinade sachets as well as tins of soft drink. This has freed up a lot of space in my new kitchen cupboards and means I can tidy away things I don't use every day like the bread maker, slow cooker and Remoska.

Middle DD is under the impression that I won't be able to get rid of stuff and will need more built in storage for it all so I hope to prove her wrong and show that I can be sensible and even (gasp) "organised!".;)

I don't dare look up certain people's "claim to fame!" :eek: although I have said to DDs that behaviour that at one time would be blackmail material or at least cringemaking is now somehow interesting or "banter".

We have now got up to ten people who have benefited from what I have got rid of so very pleased.

mrs-moneypenny

wort wrote: »

On the subject of hamsters I bought myself one in my youth because my friend had a guinea pig! Not sure why I did because I seriously dislike mice and they are very similar , I didn't realise they were nocturnal and the only person to see it moving was my dad hearing it squeaking on its wheel when he came home from work late!,
One morning I found it dead, to which my Nan advised to put it in the oven to warm it up as it might be hibernating :eek::rotfl:

When we were kids the first hamster lasted about a year it lived in the porch built on the kitchen that was cold. Mum found out they went into hibernation so the next one "that died" was carefully placed on a saucer by the oven pilot light and mum even put a tiny drop of brandy from a clean ear drop pipette (why I don't know) but an hour later it was happily running round the base of the oven. Yes GQ there is a recurring theme involving ovens and hamsters in our family.
After that our childhood hamsters were kept in the lounge they lived longer after that.

Mils garden and cleaning have been done, there is still a big pile of stuff that needs putting in the bin when it's next empty.

My kitchen is going to be tackled after Dh has been home for food.

silvasava

Never had hamsters but DS1 went out with DH one weekend to clear the site of an old garden .....and came back with 5 baby rabbits in the hood of his snorkel jacket! DS1 & I fed them every 3 hours with a dollies bottle and they all survived but they were bu**ers to catch - I found one under the boiler sitting next to the gas jets with his whiskers slightly burnt - that one was known as St John afterwards!
Have just kondoed some more dosh - one lot to the physio who's working on my hip and one lot to a music festival on Sunday Ive also managed to clear the garden of the rotten windfalls of apples & plums - need to bag up some apples for my neighbours so that will be a job for tomorrow

GreyQueen

Afternoon all.

Done several things at work today which brought decluttering and kondo-ing and even vermin to mind. Amazing how often you get into something and then see evidence of it everywhere.

Folks, storing upholstered furniture isn't a good idea. Vermin and insects just love some old upholstered furniture to set up housekeeping in. I feel my skin creeping, just mentally reliving some of the calls I've had today.

Kondo-ing is going relatively slowly here. I need some sisterly support about a bowl. It has a great big chip out of it (soup bowl). I have others, it's a random one which doesn't match anything else I own and didn't cost me anything and is technically usable but not donatable.

Would it be bad to put it in the bin?

mrs-moneypenny

Yes you can bin the bowl GQ, or would it make drainage pieces in pots at the allotment if it accidentally broke?

I put a load of jars from mils in the battle bank they were in her garage for Justin she doesn't make jam and never has and they couldn't be donated or offered on freecycle as they were grimy cover in cowbells and had rusty lids. Ds2 and I had quite a satisfying 10 mins smashing them into the bottle bank. (Lids were removed first.)
Shredding has been done and another bag of card and paper rounded up and put out for recycling.
I've start another CS bag and got some books on the shelf for my mum next tine I see her.
Butternut squashes a roasting in the oven ready to stuff for tea.
Just going to give the kitchen floor a scrub.

Bigjenny

Kondo it to the bin