KonMari 2016 - The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up

Karmacat

GreyQueen wrote: »

So glad your family are safe, Charis. The fragility of life is breath-taking, sometimes, isn't it?

Definitely. I've never been up close and personal with a bomb, though I've heard a big one from the far distance, and rellies have had quite a few lucky escapes from IRA days. And that's not even counting the military in the family.

Four of my five nephews/niece (and their partners) live and work in London, but none of them happened to be near Westminster yesterday, and since they all travel around with their jobs, that was just luck. The fragility of life, indeed.

Hope everyone here, and their people, are still safe.

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I lit candles last night and kept the radio and tv babble off. Just needed to be quiet

silvasava

Hope you get your tooth sorted quickly GQ - I was told I needed a root canal 18 months ago but the tooth is no longer painful so I've bottled out until necessary!
Gas fitter coming on Monday to fit my new cooker (bought 2nd hand and stored for the last 3 years waiting for mine to die) The housing will need some modifications as although the new one is the same width its not as tall. Cue - loft rummage to find a spare cupboard door and shelf which should do the trick. So stuff out of the loft and the garage and metal for the scrap man - win win!
Kittie - am so with you on the TV babble - its bad enough that innocent people have been killed and injured without every minute detail being disected before the police have finished their investigations.

Siebrie

I've assigned three vests from dd2 to the ragbag, and I've spotted yesterday that the sweater she was wearing showed too much wrist, so that will go into the attic after the laundry.


I'm slowly kondoing my workspace, too. Two in-trays have gone, as we never used them anymore, now that we have a new boss.

GreyQueen

I find not having TV a good thing in many respects, especially in times like these, when cameras can be pointed at people in what is likely to be the worst moment of their lives, and their images captured at their most distressed and vulnerable.

It makes me feel a bit like a voyeur, and slightly soiled, to see that kind of thing, to be frank.

Plus the endless talking heads, hashing and re-hashing a limited amount of information which is liable to be wholly or partially incorrect at this early stage.......... it's not productive of anything.

Silvasava, this tooth was root-canalled years ago, that's why it went brittle and why it broke last year (in such a way as it couldn't be crowned) and why the patch job was only likely to prolong its life by a short while. My own fault - two years ago my dentist advised its current best practise to root canal and crown at the same time, and I didn't follow his advice and that's why I'm in this position to day.

Hey-ho, I'm an adult, if I don't make the right decision, I get to reap the consequences.

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Have kondo'd my Sunday YS daffodils into the compost bin after having had five joyous days with them and no muss or fuss left on the premises. Had a little tidy-thru a drawer last night and got some more bits & bobs to add to the bootsale pile.

Slowly slowly catchee monkey..........

Chieveley

Thought of you all when I was reading an article from the tenancy deposit scheme that says"Declutter, Overfilled cupboards are a breeding ground for mould as there isn’t much air-flow. Adopt the Japanese method by Marie Kondo, and declutter your life (and cupboards) for mould-free joy!" I am a landlady, I can hardly say this to my tenants who are having damp issues. Another one looking forward to GQ's parental home visit.

GreyQueen

Now I shall be getting performance anxiety........ :rotfl:

Will be going to the folks' place after w*rk tomorrow, it's about an hour away, as the kondor flies *sorry, couldn't resist*

Evening will be spent gently socialising but, unless I am actively prevented, I intend to be up that loft like a ferret up a drainpipe on Saturday morning. It's now mild enough to work with the hatch open without freezing the particulars off the rest of the family (inc the cats).

Actually, I will grab my head-torch and take that with me, be handy to have the use of both hands when delving the Marianas Trench under the eaves.

I do wonder if a lot of the mould problems are a combination of densely-furnished homes, lots of boxes, bags and misc, and double-glazed and poorly ventilated rooms. A problem often seems to afflict bedrooms with those beds which have those leatherette-style big headboards and footboards.

I'l admit to being a fresh air fiend but even I have to be careful as my flat faces a river and even though its 50 yards away, a surveyor told me that the proximity of a body of water inevitably makes that side of the flat riskier for damp.

When I dealt with the parents Bedroom Cupboard of Doom (BCofD) it had a pretty bad mould problem. The cupboard extends over the stairwell and has an outisde wall. That wall cannot and must not have Stuff leaning against it or stacked against it, including things on the last few inches of the hanging rail. I had everything out, cleaned off the mould, dried carefully and re-emulsioned, and redid the contents with fewer items overall, so more airflow and nothing against the wall.

A year on and the mould problem has not recurred. These things are often manageable but you do have to give consideration to what you store and where you store it.

greenbee

Another one looking forward to GQ's trip home. I bet even the 'gentle socialising' results in either something being moved/removed/rehomed or a decision that something specific can be tackled at a later date.

After all, you need to make sure you have attractive stock for the car boot... And as many pasting tables as possible to display it artistically on I've sold tables before at car boots. And sun loungers/sun lounger frames. And old car radios. Half-used candles (possibly to GQ...). The possibilities are endless...

Shortie

Evening all, blimey does this thread move fast (but I love that )

Loving your sense of humour GreyQueen, and I'm another one looking forward to the next Kondo update

I'm slowly reading the Spark Joy book. And even slower doing the Kondo. I started well at the weekend, Mr Shortie took 2 bags to the tip, 1 bag to a CS and we had a bag of little person clothes sold and collected as a result.

I went to kondo (and then changed my mind about) a practical warm coat, a picnic set the we hardly use but I love, and a tea set we don't use but again I love looking at. It's a learning process for me to say the least

Not kondo'ing much at the moment though as news in work sent me into a tailspin over the option (across the whole department, not just aimed at me) to voluntarily Kondo my job. I've been thinking of it for a while (love who I work with but the travel is a dower) but planning to save for it vs suddenly having to decide is a scary thing.

This weekend I hope to get to the allotment to kondo some weeds and put onions and potatos into their corect storage place (ie, out of my house..., lol)

Tonight I'm hoping to put away the clean clothes and start afresh with not using the sofa as a slightly more respectable floordrobe going forward

greent

Chieveley wrote: »

Thought of you all when I was reading an article from the tenancy deposit scheme that says"Declutter, Overfilled cupboards are a breeding ground for mould as there isn’t much air-flow. Adopt the Japanese method by Marie Kondo, and declutter your life (and cupboards) for mould-free joy!" I am a landlady, I can hardly say this to my tenants who are having damp issues. Another one looking forward to GQ's parental home visit.

We own a second property and a previous tenant had lots of issues with mould in the 2 bedrooms. I had damp specialists in, who advised fitting ventilation into the windows and chipping back and replastering the walls and then treating with special paint - all at great cost. The problem was mainly because the tenant rarely left the flat, smoked like a chimney (I kid you not, they chain smoked rollups - all the soft furnishings had burn marks in, as did the carpets) and only heated one room (the living room) and didn't open any windows. The second bedroom had the worst problem and that room was stuffed with things and was also where they had washing to dry on airers (with no heating on nor any ventilation)
Once the rooms were cleaned, treated and painted with the special paint and new tenants were in (non smoking minimalists!) there was no problem.... grrrrr