KonMari 2016 - The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up

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Fen1 wrote: »

. Just to double check, the blue racking doesn't need screwing into the walls?

we didn`t need to screw the racking to the wall, it is free standing but husband had a belt and braces approach to things, so we just had one screw on each side. The chrome one did not get screwed. We looked at costco, the chrome one but we chose to get extra shelves from bigdug and I have 8 markers between shelf clasps, the perfect size for max use of the RU boxes. with no wasted space, Re the cheaper units, we liked the infinite sizing from bigdug as I wanted it to fit snuggly into definite spaces, like fitted units, so all the available space was used

Had an easy day today but did move the chair and apron into the shed and put a few small stragglers into their correct boxes. Had an afternoon nap today as all this work has been tiring and have a full day with a crafting group tomorrow, an hour drive away. I doubt I would have managed it all without seeing the mass KM efforts put in by lots of people. It`s infectious

PollyWollyDoodle

Dear Siebrie - "rag anticipation" - I love it!
I felt the same thing when I found a hole in my sock halfway through the day. The pair will be going in the rag-bag after washing. I have about 30 pairs of socks so no need to worry just yet about replacements!

Bigjenny

Fen1 I haven't screwed mine to the wall, and you can adjust the shelving to suit your needs.

LizzieR

Just popping in to say hello! I've been keeping up with the thread and am so impressed by the progress everyone is making.

I'm really enjoying my tidy and organised lounge, dining area and bedroom, and have found it so much easier and faster to do the cleaning - now just gotta keep going on with all the random stuff that's loitering around my home. At least now I can actually have visitors without needing several days notice - mainly 'cos most of the stuff that's not been dealt with is in the spare room, but thankfully I'm not tripping over it all the time any more!

Managed to sell a few things on ebay over the last couple of weeks, which has been great - thought I'd try and make a bit of money back on some items, although most stuff is still going to charity shops as it's not always worth the time and effort of putting things online in my experience.

Have great weekends everyone and happy kondoing!

GreyQueen

PollyWollyDoodle wrote: »

Dear Siebrie - "rag anticipation" - I love it!
I felt the same thing when I found a hole in my sock halfway through the day. The pair will be going in the rag-bag after washing. I have about 30 pairs of socks so no need to worry just yet about replacements!

I'm in 'rag anticipation' also, with two of the pairs of socks which are on heavy rotation. Wearing out overall, not just having a mendable hole, so will wear them until they wear through, launder and then off to the rag-bag with them.

Have just emptied the shredder and gathered the shreddings to take to the lottie to be starter material for the spring bonfire. The flat is still at sixes and sevens as have been out all day and am feeling a little cannot be arrissed.

Not in a negative way, but in a bouncy, having had a fun day and not wanting to do certain kinds of stuff.

Have just racked laundry and am speed-drying my pillowcase on the rad so it can go back into use tonight, I have too many of these things and am focussing on one at a time to get them worn up and out of here.

Have excavated the remainder of the desk. My CD player which sits on the top shelf of the desk hasn't worked for 48 hours now. Sometimes it sulks for a day or so then re-starts for no apparent reason. When I feel the motivation, I'll change the fuse in the plug and then if it seems to have died-died (is 18 years old), it can go off to the recycling and the new-to-me (was Nan's) one I'm holding in reserve since last October will come out to play.

Actually, I think I will do that fuse now. I'm coming to realise that for certain little jobs, it's more efficient to just do them than add them to to-do lists (which I may well lose).

ETA; closer investigation revealed that something had slightly knocked against the plug (it's under a table) and it wasn't plugged in properly. Doh! Have now taken it off its usual roost for a good dust and may consider placing it on the wall unit, where it'll be in reach of the plug. Thinking on ........

tibawo

Apologies for letting off steam at my fellow KDers but I really wish DD1 would KD one of her friends.


A month or so back the friend convinced DD1 to wait for her after school. DD1 said she couldn't really as she had to get home as we had appointment to get to. Her friend pulled a real sob story on her so DD1 felt she couldn't leave her in the dark on her own and she convinced her they would walk on together as they go most of the same way together. As they get out of school the said friend sees her granddad and shouts 'bye' and leaves DD1 who now has to walk the half an home by herself in the dark . As you can imagine I was fuming, Queue the story that as a mum I can't choose her friends but to me this is not a nice thing to do.


Luckily on the next event the friend tried to convince her to go to we were away but apparently she invited someone else and then promptly dumped them at the event only reappearing by at the end because that was her lift home.


Then tonight. DD1 knew i was with her sister at a club and then going straight to a meeting, bearing in mind we have had stuff on all week so I am shattered and still have all my work reports to do that are supposed to be in by five but I promised they'd be done by tonight.
DD1 was asked to an event and originally says no to friend. Then with peer pressure asks me again . I tell her how would she be getting there and back and where she is going. I then say the only way she can go if she definitely sorted lifts. This said friend says yes, all sorted, her mum is fine with it all. So off she goes. I am just finishing this meeting twenty minutes ago with a frantic text from DD1 as the friend announces once they are there that friend told her mum I would bring them back as it was only fair as her mum was taking her.


I have read DD the riot act over the phone and I really hope said friend could hear.


Anyway, on the plus side the house seems to be feeling less cramped and looks presentable so ay least that doesn't stress me when i get home.

ClootiesMum

Room 101 on BBC 1 talking about Marie Kondo - Anita Rani started it

Just thought I'd share - not major discussion but I like this programme...

Slinky

Just seen Anita Rani on Room 101 extolling the virtues of Marie Kondo, although she doesn't seem to have grasped that once you've put things into bin liners, you need to let them go in some way!


Edit, ClootiesMum is also watching!


Was impressed that Frank Skinners knew the name of the book!

ClootiesMum

Slinky wrote: »

Was impressed that Frank Skinners knew the name of the book!

Me too - but I was shouting @ the TV first - DH not impressed

Charis

tibawo wrote: »

Apologies for letting off steam at my fellow KDers but I really wish DD1 would KD one of her friends.

[...] Queue the story that as a mum I can't choose her friends but to me this is not a nice thing to do.

[...] on the next event the friend tried to convince her to go to we were away but apparently she invited someone else and then promptly dumped them at the event only reappearing by at the end because that was her lift home.


[...]This said friend says yes, all sorted, her mum is fine with it all. So off she goes. I am just finishing this meeting twenty minutes ago with a frantic text from DD1 as the friend announces once they are there that friend told her mum I would bring them back as it was only fair as her mum was taking her.

Strange, isn't it, that there is that old saying that we can't choose our children's friends, yet we choose everything else for them. Even if we involve them in the discussion, we only offer options that we are happy with. That girl is a user and will eventually leave someone in a really difficult situation. The kind we read about in the papers. You mentioned that one girl has already had to walk home alone in the dark because she was left behind.

When one of my sons was at school I visited the Head to ask for my son to be put in a class away from a kid who was leading my son into mischief. The Head's reaction? "We can't engineer friendships". A put down which I believed - after all he had hundreds of children in his care. I won't go into detail, but I should have stood my ground, however much either of them disliked it. It would have saved my son a lot of trouble later in life (he's 38 now).

Can you have a conversation with your daughter and find out why she likes this girl's company so much? Does she have other friendships you could encourage? Don't beat yourself up about trying to save your daughter from something that in the end...will not bring her joy