KonMari 2016 - The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up

PollyWollyDoodle

Sorry to hear of your loss, GQ but a long life lived well and a peaceful passing - I hope that amongst the sadness, you and your family can celebrate your nan's life.

GreyQueen

Floss wrote: »

GQ do your employers have any charity links for start-up packs for newly housed homeless or refugee families, or maybe a local refuge?

My Nan lived 50 miles and another county away, so whatever we have wouldn't be applicable and the logistics of moving the stuff across the region wouldn't be possible. However, I have got the details of several local-to-her-national charities (if that statement makes any kind of sense) which can take large stuff.

We will see what the family don't want/ need and take it from there. Nan was an extremely charitable person in life, so it's fitting that should continue in death.

As you may have gathered, I am back from the allotment - rain stopped play. Quite a lot of rain, actually.:rotfl:

Am drying out but hid from the worst of it in the lottie shed, where I used my imprisonment to do some tidying and decluttering. The inevitable large spider was disturbed in the process, plus I sharpened the grass shears and oiled the blades and put them away.

Did a few things whilst up there and harvested some beetroots (cooking now) and some radishes (for tea). Currently plans are of the kondo-ish nature, the bedroom is a bit of a hell-hole and needs a sort out. I think I am going to have to cache some of the yarn mountain in the bike shed, as it is disrupting the airflow around my bed.

My bedroom is only just a little bigger than a standard double-bed, so there is very little room and thus very little air-flow. Given that side of the block faces towards the river, it tends to be a bit cooler and moister over there. A buildings surveyor who was round here once assured me that the proximity of even the smallish river makes a difference to damp risk.

Slinky

So sorry to hear about your Nan GreyQueen, she sounds like the sort of person who people were lucky to know.

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I've just Kondod the checklist my accountant needed for doing my tax return for last year. It's been one of those nasty tasks nagging away in the back of my mind so I'm glad to get that one ticked off.

Have got 2 other work related tasks still to complete but the garden could do with some attention and the day is slipping fast away.

Icey77

The floodgates have opened, there's no stopping me now!
Just done a dump run with bits pulled out of the shed.

All this was created by the fact that DH balanced a car roof box on top of other bits & pieces in the shed which proceeded to shift as soon as you unlocked the padlock on the door and slid across and smashed the window. That meant I had to shift out all the bits & pieces (inc car roof box) to clear the broken glass, tape up and knock out the remaining glass and tape some plastic sheeting around the window frame to keep the worst of the weather out. We reckon the shed was built along with the house in the early 60's - former local authority semi. Rock solid this thing is, even if the glass isn't!

Soooo, out with the broken glass went a leather biker jacket that is so old it stood up by itself, a broken mop, a piece of skirting board and other bits of detritus from the floor of the shed. This is where 2 more safety gates were hiding so I have 4 to sell. 1 more remains on DS bedroom door as we've only just taken the side of his cot off and don't want him wandering in the dark.

Speaking of DS, he's waking up - he fell sleep whilst at the dump so we went for a little drive and I'm enjoying a cuppa in a lay by with the car radio on

Edited to add that the cuppa was free as DH had completed a McDonalds hot drink loyalty card whatsit and gave it to me

MMF007

Go Icey! :T

re-visited wardrobe this morning. Not planned but it called to me, as happens with MK magic!

out have gone;
3 suit jackets - too big
one bulky cardy - bulky yet short. Not good, never will look right on me!
a black dress that fits now but doesn't spark any joy so I'll never wear it.

All in CS bag to take tomorrow.

Brought back into play;
A pair of fitted trousers that look great half way through weight loss project. Plan is for them to be interim wear until weight decreases further, but I reckon they'll look good for a while.
2 thick fleeces, now fitting comfortably.
A great quality waterproof coat that also now fits really well.

DH complained that I was releasing one jacket that cost a fair amt. You can probably imagine how cross THAT made me! :mad::mad::mad:
I pointed out that it is going because I have lost 2 stone so it is well worth the 'loss' in money spent, which was, after all, a sunk cost anyway. Keeping the item does not mean you didn't spend the money in the first place :mad:

Then DH said, perhaps to try and regain lost Brownie points, how good the multi purpose room is looking :rotfl: It is though :rotfl::rotfl:, if I say so myself!!

While doing this random kondo of wardrobe contents (not much in my side now, am biding my time to re-stock when the time is right), I decided to choose outfit for lunch with friends on Weds. I want to show off the weight

loss of course! Went through a few permutations but am happy with final choice. A slightly- shorter-than-usual-for-me (ie, just on the knee) dark blue, fitted, cord skirt (Sainsbob's £12 in the sale), a pretty fitted top with same dark blue in it but a lighter background, my Favourite denim coloured wedges and pale grey tights. So although there is plenty of weight still to lose I feel good!

Have to set up my stepper again too because I have ordered a new rucksack with my birthday money ( old one gone to tip, beyond natural life), and want to improve walking fitness ready for the hills next Spring. Just about to re-arrange tiny space in kitchen- diner to accommodate steppr. Yep, it's a bit of an odd set-up but if it keeps me stepping on dark winter nights it'll be worth the odd funny look by visitors to the kitchen!

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Slinky

Well the garden is lighter by the rammed in contents of the green wheelie bin, trimmed a tree back which didn't get done last year and has gone for it big time this year. Have probably got less than half off what we need to but the bin's as full as we can manage, even just chopping the branches down really small and ramming them all in. Another weekend's work awaits with the rest of the tree.

Karmacat

I'm a single person and I live alone. I use teabags, for me and for when anybody visits. So why do I have three teapots? A fourth went years ago, one of those one pot with cup underneath things ... Okay. Time to get a grip.

There's a promotional Felix teapot, because I bought so much catfood at one time, thats going to go on the local facebook selling page, along with 4 bone china mugs from the same source :rotfl:

There's a green Denby teapot, bought as a present, with matching teaset-for-four. Thats a keeper.

And there's my yellow teapot, a classic round shape. Thats the one I've used, in the past. I really like that teapot, but I can't "afford" the space it needs. This is agony! This is why Marie Kondo has made her fortune, no other concept would have forced me to look at this teapot :eek::D **sobs quietly**.

I think I have to keep it on the "goodbye and thank you" pile for quite a while yet.

GreyQueen

I feel your pain, Karmakat, I too had a classic round yellow teapot which I *loved*. And which had a broken-and-stuck-together lid for several years while I searched for an identical teapot secondhand as a replacement.

It was like Goldilocks and her porridge, teapots were too big or too small, or to logo'd or too.......... something. Eventually, I released the teapot after replacing it with a stainless steel one of about the same size.

Just been up to the central library to return three books, including one completed in the last hour. Miracle upon miracle, that's a left a mere two library books on the premises.

Have stuck a bag of summat up on freegle to see if there are any takers for that category of item, and half half-a$$edly been pulling a few things about. Energy isn't great today, unsurprisingly, but I will have a soak in a bubble bath and an early night and will feel better in the morning.

Keep on keeping on, my lovelies.

shanks77

So sorry for your loss GQ my thoughts are with you and yours at this sad time xx


Welcome to the delurkers looking forward to hearing how you get on xx

Knit_Witch

Sorry to hear your news GQ