KonMari 2016 - The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up

greenbee

GreyQueen wrote: »

Guys, steady as you go, but I will be at the parental home on Sunday. Just for that day, so probably (almost certainly) won't be getting anything decluttered but you never know.

Can't see you being there without instigating the exit or reorganisation of SOMETHING

Congrats on the typing

PollyWollyDoodle

Notebooks - ah, I could stock a small shop. I do use a lot - I keep a small one in my handbag for work calls, and I use various ones for committees that I'm on, but I still have too many. I've released a few, but some of them were personalised photo books that were gifts, I'm using them up for my bullet journal.

I've kept quiet about MK - except on here, of course! - but last week I was with some friends and we were talking about the usual stuff of life, stress, juggling things. All of them said that decluttering was one of their goals, so I came clean. Not that my home is much of an advert for MK at the moment but even so, they can tell I've changed. Two of them have now bought the book, so I'm waiting to see what they think. Oh, and I demonstrated knicker-rolling! :rotfl:

silvasava

Notebooks - I have a weakness for the ring bound shorthand style pads but I've stopped buying them as I can now put my lists on my phone which means my shopping list is no longer left on the table! My DiL gave me a lovely leather bound notebook that she didn't need - I was going to CS it & then realised it would make a lovely log book for my boat - affectionately known as Captain Slog!
DH chopped 3ft off the top of our bay tree - I suggested it would be quicker to take the branches straight down to the tip instead of chopping them up in the brown bin which wasn't due for collection for another week. He also found a few other defunct items in the garage so more out the door!
Looking forward to your posts from the parental home GQ

ivyleaf

Just been catching up on the thread, and so very sorry to hear your news wort x

GreyQueen

:j SInce I got in from w*rk I've done a few bits and bobs including a sesh in my bedroom trying on a few things which haven't been tried on for a couple of months.

Result is that two 'new' pairs of office trousers are coming back into service, having last been tried on 9th May and having been a bit too tight and are now just right. Better get them used as I hope that in another 12 months they will be firmly in the 'too big' category.

Also have tried on several tops which now fit and are nicely lined up at one end of the rail, all on colour-coded hangers indicating that they're ready to be worn. Winter-weight items are put away at the other end (this rail is only 3 ft wide btw).

What this means is that the very knackered office trousers can now go for ragging (minus button for button jar, naturellement) and a pair of substitute office trousers can be demoted to casual/ scruffy social occasions/ gardening duties. They're not particularly old but, due to fatness issues, had been on heavy rotation and are looking rather shabby.

Oh, and another pair of activewear type trousers (SuperGran blagged these for me at a jumbly, they're as-new) can come out to play.

Frankly, I'm delighted, I've got loads of new-feeling clothes, haven't had to leave my flat and do the dreadful shopping and they're already bought and paid-for. Yippee!

greenbee, I may be allowed to get away with kondo-ing something at the parental home. Mum knows I am like a trufflehound in a forest when there is decluttering to be done, and sometimes humours me.

If nothing else, I can think of one very easy win from the loft, a 2 minute retrieval and charity shop donation item.

I'd lihe to laundered Christmas Roses or one of the other readicut-type rugs but the weather forecast isn't looking brilliant so I may have to knock that idea on the head.

Onwards and upwards, mes amies. Oh, and Mum is reading a book as part of a 5 for £1 chazzer buy and enjoying it but this falling apart paperback will be going in the recycling bin once finished with, all others are re-donated asap.

She reads some odd stuff, it was the Gulag Archipeligo the other day. I ask where she gets some of it from and am told off the shelf.

Do other people come from bookish families where titles no one can ever recall buying seem to have the power to materialise indoors as if by some supernatural act?!

MMF007

Oh what a successful day we've had
kondo'd the hedge and lived to tell the tale
Cut back rhododendron and oleander.
Weeded a small border.

Walked down to the river and along the beach.

Took mum for lunch at a new-to-her cafe. It was excellent and we sat out in the sun
We met a chap who was driving his lovely Chevrolet round the North coast and an artist who has designed and made some amazing jewellery (way out of our price range, so no additions to the household :rotfl:)

And we have been sat in the garden enjoying the evening sunshine until 5 mins ago.

A great day.

Weather forecast is poor for tomorrow but where we are the forecast is not that accurate so we may be lucky. In case of rain I have offered to go though the wardrobes to sort some excess for CS. Mum has had a few good buys from the CS in the last few weeks and seems open to the idea of sending some surplus back to them. We'll see.

Ooh, I forgot the hilarious call from the Docs - dad has to have more blood tests and when he asked them what they were testing for the doc said the name of the condition which dad did not hear clearly. When he asked what it was the Doc paused then said, 'well you know the film 'the madness of king george', it's that'. Wow, talk about subtle!!

silvasava

Persisting with rain all day so got stuck into the paperwork and managed to make some serious inroads. Needed to pop to the local shop but waited until the rain eased off as I'd also been topping up the CS bag so managed to Kondo a dress, some books and a really nice vanity case that I've not used for a few years. Little by little

Karmacat

Isn't that erythro ... something? The film title sounds awful, doesn't it, but as I recall the issue is that the poor man had a physical illness that can be treated nowadays, but left alone it can cause behaviour that *looks* like madness? I hope I'm not making that up ...

Your day sounds wonderful MMF!

GQ, no sorry no book Tardis in my family, just lots of book presents over the years, plus lots and lots of ones on local history. I found a map of the local seabed once, maybe for small boats that couldn't afford to engage the pilot? Fascinating!

MMF007

Karmacat wrote: »

Isn't that erythro ... something? The film title sounds awful, doesn't it, but as I recall the issue is that the poor man had a physical illness that can be treated nowadays, but left alone it can cause behaviour that *looks* like madness? I hope I'm not making that up ...

Your day sounds wonderful MMF!

GQ, no sorry no book Tardis in my family, just lots of book presents over the years, plus lots and lots of ones on local history. I found a map of the local seabed once, maybe for small boats that couldn't afford to engage the pilot? Fascinating!

Yes, Karmacat, it is porphyria and it is treatable. They admit they are clutching at straws! I think the King was found to have ridiculous levels of arsenic too but as far as I know we have none of that here!!

Karmacat

Thanks for that!