KonMari 2016 - The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up

tibawo

hello again... hope you are all having a productive weekend. I washed loads yesterday in anticipation for the heat wave and there are more clouds than ever! reluctantly the dryer will be going on as we re out to morrow and i hate damp washing hanging around.


my pine shelves which has 'things in transition' is going well. Filing is down to half a bag and peaking at them most of them are instruction/warranties that will just need putting into the newly tidied 'under the stairs'


Although there is still a way to go I don't feel overwhelmed by what needs doing as i would rather it be done right so that things are put back properly rather than dumped.

Igamogam

loocyloo wrote: »

YEP! I'm a childminder!
I wouldn't know where to start with digital storage, plus it's lots of signed contracts/attendance/medical files etc, and I'm sure I was told at some point, that it must be the originals, not copies. I've childminded in a couple of counties, so I doubt my local council would archive it, but I might raise the question of digital storage. Thanks for suggesting it.


plus 6 years worth of tax accounts!


it is all in fireproof storage.

I'm a teacher and all our records are now digital. The external services we deal with are almost 100% paperless so we had to come in line really. Any paper records are scanned and the paper cooy is shredded so I guess that means originals are not necessary! Scanning is very easy you can buy very cheap printers with scanners these days. .......Worth the investment and probably tax deductible

Took bin bags of stuff to CS today but it closed 5 mins early:mad: Under new management. ........would never have happened with previous management. I go quite close to closing time as that's when I can park directly outside:) Bags of work related stuff........books toys games........Been around too long and decided I am not going to use them .........curse of the teacher:rotfl: Will have to wait until Monday now. Also some more plastic boxes, a coal scuttle ( got rid of our coal guzzling aga 18 months ago!) and metal box for carrying hot ash......still got our log burner but don't need it for this. All these things gone via fr**cycle.

Right back to Olympic tennis:)

GreyQueen

I am Doing Housework (stop sniggering in the back) and have found a triangular piece of very good quality choccie which had escaped between the seat cushions on my leather sofa.

Apart from the wah! of losing it, the wastefulness is shocking. Memo to self; must do better - or at least clean more frequently - in the future.

:o:o Bet things like that never ever happened to MK herself.

Clutterfree

Just a quickie.
Sweet pea by the time we complete it will be 15 weeks so we are about about a month ahead of you.
We've loads of built in storage here too and going to hardly any. :eek:
I've been decluttering as I pack (can't properly kondo when they've no home to go to!) so hope there won't be too much to do at the other end.
The kitchen was easy to pack because I'd kondoed that last year and only a handful of items were thrown and that was because they were past their best.
I'm almost done packing and the last few things is like playing packing Tetris - now what have I got that will fit into that space in that box?!
So the last few boxes will be random stuff because not enough left in each category for a box of their own.
At least I won't be ashamed when the removal men have to remove the drawers from my furniture to lift it. All neat and kondoed!

PS packing made me realise just how much paperwork I have to kondo. Several boxes full! Still it should be easier now I'll be able to grab all the boxes and get started once settled.

greent

One of the ways I get rid of things has always been 'would I pay someone to pack this and move it for me?' - ie: would I want to take it with me to a new property (space permitting, obviously!)

Small wins today: re-did the decorating clothes drawer for OH and myself. OH has 2 bottoms and 3 tops, so left all of that. I had too much so got rid of 2 bottoms and 1 top (will go with other stuff to the textiles recycling at H&M so I can get a voucher which DD will spend! ) Also had DS3 agreeing that some (a very small number) of small toys can go, so these have been labelled and boxed up ready for the next NNS (mid Oct - toys tend to sell well then in the run-up to Xmas) Went through DS3's clothes and added a small bag full to the H&M recycling pile and priced up 3 'good' items for the NNS. Finished going through a batch of DVDs/ CDs so some have been scanned in for Ziffit (boxed ready to go when next in the area of the shop in a couple of days) and the rest are boxed for the CS. Oh - and deleted 4885 emails from my inbox!!!:eek::o And entered the pit known as DS1's bedroom, retrieved lots of washing and washing-up and a carrier of rubbish and another of recycling (he has gone away to army cadet camp for 2 weeks) Finally - sorted out bday present, gift bag and card for an upcoming 4yo's bday from stash under bed. Also found a new baby card and new baby confetti in stash for relative who is due to give birth any day now. Actually - will go and revisit card stash as I know there's ones in there which I really don't like so I'm not going to use, so the CS may as well benefit...

Am looking to continue with DS3's room and also DS2's room this coming week - I *will* get them back to the lovely state they were both in back in the Spring!! :):)

mavvymoo

Hello all
Had a lovely catch up with Mrs MP and Kaz But I never know where the time goes when we meet up :rotfl:
Mrs MP Gave me the hedgehogs she has made for a Hedgehog Charity I support and they are so lovely she is one very talented lady Very tempted to buy one myself but would go against the grain of the thread me thinks :rotfl:The pink glittery one is just so me I am still tempted.

Been in the Charity shop I help in today for a few hours and they are drowning in donations as the manager put it.
So I told her the bible must have arrived in deepest darkest Norfolk and everyone is kondoing in style

The kittens Lola and Lolly are doing so well and the kits will now eat when I am putting the food on the plate so I reckon I will be able to touch them soon Two are so fluffy and three are short haired with the most amazing stripes one is a lot smaller than the others but is the most bold and brave.Cricket has grown into his(I am sure he is a he ) ears a bit now and he doesnt look so bat like anymore.

Whoever it was who asked if I found my friends new house yes it was me for my sins.I saw it the day it went on the market
It is all going well and is in the same road as one of Kazs relatives :rotfl: Surveys being done this week on both hers and the new one.

She is a bit overwelmed with the sorting stuff and gubble :rotfl:in her house so I have just told her just pack it if you love if and it brings you joy or if it is so useful you just have to have it. The rest get rid of leave it behind and never look back once as you run for the hills :rotfl:


Ohh I forgot kondoed 6 pairs of shoes to the charity shop when I went today
Also kondoed 3.5lbs last week You see I told you I was getting that train and not letting it leave without me this time


Mav x

MMF007

Well done Mav, great weight loss.
I am very much in the slow n steady phase. Another 1lb gone. Just under 4 to go to make the 2 stone loss I am aiming for by end August. I had a little moment of minor despair when I had been sticking to the rules but not lost, but I reviewed progress, decided that was good and the future would be better and carried on sticking to the diet!

The hedgehogs sound fabulous, well done Mrs MP.

Great news for all house-movers and what an incentive to get the Kondo-ing done!

Right, off to wrangle furniture, make some high carb food for the visitors and have a quick vac round - DH trailed grass-mowings through the house last eve s he put the garden to rights :mad:
Still, he did a lovely job so I am not really complaining:)

Karmacat

MMF007 wrote: »

Great news for all house-movers and what an incentive to get the Kondo-ing done!

So true. I threw out a load of stuff before I moved here, and when I got in I had to throw out a load more, and now with kondoing, there's lots more gone. Plus when I retire (in two weeks I may have mentioned it ) I can throw out a whole roomful of stuff, literally

Moving here, I rented two Luton vans. This next time, whenever/wherever I go, I'll only need one :j:j:j

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maddiemay

Another one here with low energy/fatique medical conditons:(

I have visitors calling later, so in 15 minute bursts I will be tidying and dealing with carp so that the living room and bathrooms are respectable, it doesn't help that dear dog seems to want to moult in a major fashion bless her.

On the Kondo front still plodding with paperwork and having a little dabble into the jewelry drawers, very slow proress, but much better than last year when I struggled just to keep me and the house hygienic even:eek:

2 large bags of clothes and a couple of books to the CS yesterday, only 1 thing brought in (a long cardi in a warm cream colour that has been on my "allowed to buy" list for ages - CS of course:D)

Siebrie

I have added two summer tops to the 'attic' pile. One will go to Africa, the other I will try to sell (first time ever).
I'm tall and slim (6', size 10-12), and have recently developed a 'pregnant-belly-look', so much so, that someone asked if I was having twins! A little internet search revealed that it may be a side effect of the contraceptive I am using (I am not pregnant, and do not want to be), so I need to call the gyn. Major frog to swallow! Maybe if I write it here, I will actually do it . DH objects to the snip, and would like to have more kids, especially a boy, so all preventative measures come to me .