KonMari 2016 - The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up

wort

:hello: holding hands up here! But I've never understood using offcuts to cover carpet from dirt? I sort of understand the reasoning behind it, but surely when you lift it there is a clean bit of carpet that doesn't match the rest of carpet ??😕 I also see them as a trip hazard and look untidy (remember from childhood home) !as we have tiles or wood all through downstairs in my own home now.
Keeping kittens toys and stuff under control is my biggest problem at the mo😸 it's great having a tidy house with a place for everything, it's so much easier to clean.
I kondoed some of my Grandsons books , he's onto harry potter now so all the young books can go. They've been given to dd2 for the baby. I did ask first as I said I'd give them to girl at work if she didn't want them😃

Fen1

SparksAlive, if your unwanted make-up is still in decent condition, even opened and used, it can be donated to Caroline Hirons women's refuge.
http://www.carolinehirons.com/page-give-and-makeup

greent

I volunteer for a charity and we get given a lot of stuff which I suspect is because people don't want to be the one responsible for throwing it away - mouldy prams, highchairs etc are common - highchair straps don't tend to come up clean even when bleached, sadly. And a split, dirty and mouldy high chair padded liner is no good to us.... We are also desperately short on volunteers, so can't spend ages cleaning things. I've also had someone want to donate half a dozen jigsaws knowing they were all missing one or two pieces 'but that doesn't matter for the people they'll go to, does it?':eek: - duh, yeah - just because they are having a helping hand from a charity doesn't mean they want just any old thing - how disappointed would a child be to receive jigsaws all of which were incomplete? The amount of toys we get which are broken or missing pieces too It costs us to get rid of it - in time to check the donation and in time and money to get rid of it.

We have spare pieces of carpet in use - under the ironing board and also a piece exactly cut for the space in the French windows in the dining room - whilst there is a door mat outside this is a second step in the war on any potential mud and dirt!

SparksAlive

Fen1 wrote: »

SparksAlive, if your unwanted make-up is still in decent condition, even opened and used, it can be donated to Caroline Hirons women's refuge.
http://www.carolinehirons.com/page-give-and-makeup

Ooh I didn't know this was possible! I've got a bag of stuff sitting on my wardrobe floor right now waiting to be thrown, I'll see if any of it can be sent off

MMF007

I am happy to report that the experience of an art class with cocktails and canapes was a most joyous one! The time flew by, the tutor was fab, and despite my painting being of the abstract variety (by necessity :rotfl:), I had such fun. I absolutely loved mixing colours and tones and using higlights and low lights to introduce some depth. All I can remember from art class at school was endng up with mud colour paint when mixing it and on reflection I cannot recall ever being taught or guided about any technique other than perspective.

The slight downside is that I am now the proud owner of an original 12" x 15" brightly coloured canvass :rotfl::rotfl:

greent

MMF007 wrote: »

The slight downside is that I am now the proud owner of an original 12" x 15" brightly coloured canvass :rotfl::rotfl:

But does it bring you joy? :D
x

MMF007

greent wrote: »

But does it bring you joy? :D
x

It does indeed, for the simple achievement of something I was too scared to try. I love that I managed to get the blend of colours i had in mind, I like some bits that really work and can accept the not-so-good bits because it was my first try I can honestly say that I never thought I'd be able to do anything other than a child-like, one dimensional mud, coloured thing so it is an achievement. As humans we thrive on learning and new experiences and so it is definitely a good thing to have done.

I need to take a step back now and consider whether a new hobby beckons..... I love colour so much and I love the idea of creating things but I am never going to be great at it, it would just be for the fun of doing it.

I am sure I would not have tried this but for the weird inspiration from our great leader, MK :eek:

GreyQueen

MMF007, speaking as an ex-art student, all I can say is just GO FOR IT.

Do what brings you joy and to hell with not being good at it. What's 'good' anyway? Should the whole of humanity refrain from painting because we can't do it like Rembrandt, from sculpture because we can't be Michaelangelo, from pottery because we're not Bernard Leach?

Hell, no. We should do what brings us joy and do it for the joyfulness of it. It's not a competition, it's a journey into a deep part of the mind, where you and colours riot together. I'm so glad that the tutor was able to encourage you and that you loved it.

I do a lot of things which I will never be terribly good at, like archery, because they make me bounce with happiness. Let go of perfectionism and just relish the process.

greent

MMF007 wrote: »

It does indeed, for the simple achievement of something I was too scared to try. I love that I managed to get the blend of colours i had in mind, I like some bits that really work and can accept the not-so-good bits because it was my first try I can honestly say that I never thought I'd be able to do anything other than a child-like, one dimensional mud, coloured thing so it is an achievement. As humans we thrive on learning and new experiences and so it is definitely a good thing to have done.

I need to take a step back now and consider whether a new hobby beckons..... I love colour so much and I love the idea of creating things but I am never going to be great at it, it would just be for the fun of doing it.

I am sure I would not have tried this but for the weird inspiration from our great leader, MK :eek:

Sounds very joyful :T:T

GreyQueen

Just refining the moving into the new workbag and have removed a couple of modifications from the old work bag (messenger style) and added them to the new one. Old bag and also shoulderbag (cloth) are netted and having a slosh around the washer along with a few other bits for ballast.

Will add the messenger bag to the car booty pile (have intentions on easter weekend booting, should weather permit).

Wretchedly unwell with the superbug, have spoken to Mum and my cousin and his mrs clean across the county are proper poorly as well, it's a proper stinker.

Righty, onwards and upwards, feel so rotten I'm even off my nosebag (call the vet immediately) but will have supper nonetheless. Gotta feed a cold and starve a fever, as the old wives used to say.