KonMari 2017 - The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up

GreyQueen

daisy_1571 wrote: »

GQ !! Have you been in my house looking at my bookcases with your notebook in hand ??? *crosses arms, taps foot waiting on gq to own up :cool:* cos you might have put the kettle on while you were here and we could have had a cuppa before you exposed my bookcase secrets to the world :rotfl::rotfl:

Daisy xx

Sorry hun, you weren't fast enough to offer tea & biccies, I can be easily bribed to keep mum, y'know.

Speaking of Mum, she has a LOT of cookbooks, including the Hamlyn, the Dairy and the Good Housekeeping Cookery Encyclopaedia, Grandma's Mrs Beeton and her own Mrs Beeton.

And a household who are small-c conservatives when it comes to eating and eat-to-live rather than vice versa. They eat plain things and don't like recipes and no one is a fan of cooking, so cookery books don't get used from one year's end to another. Some don't even get opened from one decade's end to another and the Farmhouse Cookbook (bootsale purchase) has never been used. Been on the premises for 20-odd years but never used.........

Some years ago, I rounded up all the cookbooks and presented them as a lump and made a tentative suggestion that she keep the GH Ency, and the Beetons (one for sentiment, one for occasional use for a cake recipe or summat) and release the rest. This couldn't be done because. Because what cannot be articulated, but it became contentious and I quickly returned them to the (very overstuffed) book shelves to keep the peace.

It may be that I can try this again over crimble, I will be there for several days and like to [STRIKE]make a nuisance of myself[/STRIKE] ahem, be useful.:rotfl:

But the shelf space is at a premium and books overflow everywhere including in boxes stacked head-high. There was even an overnight book avalanche last week, which blocked the door from the office into the shower room; no one was hurt and they're blaming the cats for causing it. It'll have been The Queen of Sheba as Wild Thing has been outside since March and might not be lured back in for weeks yet.

daisy_1571

Siebrie wrote: »

Do your downward facing kitchen drawers kondo their contents automatically when you open them? :rotfl:

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Fabulous siebrie


Dxxx

carrielovesfanta

maryb wrote: »

The Hamlyn All Colour cookbook, remember that. I think it was actually written by Mary Berry though she wasn't credited

I still have my 1970s Good Housekeeping cookery book and still use it constantly for reliable recipes. One thing I have noticed is that modern recipes are just more of everything.. F'rinstance a Victoria sponge recipe in the 1970s used 2 eggs in a set of 7" tins whereas now it's always a three egg mixture and of course two more ounces of fat sugar and flour. No wonder we are all heavier.

And the chutney recipes haven't actually changed all that much but instead of using ordinary vinegar and white sugar they use cider vinegar and brown sugar.

I bought the Dairy book recently after a discussion on here. Again loads of sensible recipes which work. Those two, the Bero cookbook and my old Prestige pressure cooker recipe booklet would do me in a pinch I reckon. Oh and Delia of course (that woman taught me how to cook)

I do like Mary Berry but she does recycle her recipes a lot in each new book. I keep meaning to go through all her books and pull together the basic core, scan them, and then let some of the other books go

My mum still uses her Bero book

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lol, re the drawers. I shouldn`t write stuff in a hurry

ongoing KM this morning, putting stuff in the car for recycling tomorrow and releasing the equivalent of three bin bags full, more than I thought . I am also stashing stuff in the hall for a dd and will pass them over on saturday, the equivalent of two bin bags in volume, including a very good oil heater. All stuff that is wanted elsewhere and that makes me happy. Cs trolley has stuff in it but is on hold until I find more to add

Easy peasey today and already satisfying progress. Mundane stuff like washing and later, making egg custard for hm ice cream. Ice cream maker is big and heavy but will never be thrown out, cost an arm and a leg at the time but is solid as a rock and enables the most divine ice cream

I saw the dairy book mentioned, lol, I bought a second hand one of those after initially throwing the first one out. Its a must have for me. I did get rid of the farmhouse cookery book, reluctantly. Anyone remember Ruth Mott? There used to be such good cooking programmes on tv, all down to earth stuff, none of this flighty cookery so common today, the chefs that bend down low to put far too much salt in :rotfl:

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I have been to the cs because I decided to release six of my study tomes and they were heavy on their own. That leaves me with 7, I can`t let them all go, not yet but the cs should get a good fair bit for them as they are still popular. I think certain items get distributed to the head shop etc

I am trying to be invisible when it comes to loading my car as my neighbours don`t know about my future plans. Ridiculous but I am going to resort to night loading as I was spotted today. I need to stay invisible as I do so much here and I want my exit to be orderly wrt the paperwork

MrsPorridge

In the middle of moving stuff around and re-organizing. DH has decorated the sitting room and in the middle of it all we decided to use the old sitting room as our new dining room and the old dining room as the new sitting room! Am so glad I started kondoing the dining room as it has made it a lot simpler. Have moved a 3 tier plastic chest of drawers from the bottom of one wardrobe to the boot of the car ready to CS tomorrow, Taken a 6 tier plastic chest of drawers from another wardrobe and placed it in the spare bedroom. I hate it and once I have managed to empty it that too will be on it's way to the CS. What to do with the stuff in it? It houses tons (and I mean tons) of sewing and craft supplies. I really need to sort through them and get rid of the stuff that I will never use. Some of it belonged to Mum who died over 12 years ago -I never used it in that 12 years and doubt I will ever use it - so it must go. I think this is all going to take a couple of weeks, but once it's done then it will worth it. Also another 2 bags to go the CS tomorrow as well.

Slinky

Yay, the vinyl collection went today. It came down from the loft about 3 months ago but have only been able to get around to organising for it to go this week. Charity have picked it up for sale in their shop. Sad in some respects as they sparked great joy in their time, but I haven't played an LP for at least 16 years, even though I still have a turntable as part of a stacked music centre. I guess that can also go at some point.... can't deal with that at the moment though.

Stoke

Hope you don't mind me commenting. Perhaps I'm autistic (I have thought about getting tested in the past) or something, but this really doesn't make sense to me whatsoever.

A toilet brush doesn't spark any joy in my life, nor does a beautifully clean toilet.... a microwave doesn't either, nor does a grim microwave lasagne from M&S.... in fact, nor does the oven in fact..... or even the dishwasher.... However they are all a vital part of my life.

How can you go around your house and identify the joy in things that really are that mundane? I'm not even sure my car brings me joy, well not significantly, but I won't be throwing that out either.

Keep the things you need/want, and be prepared to bite your lip and get rid of the things you don't. The recent breakup with my fiancee has seen me throw things away that 6 months ago, I wouldn't have dreamed off. Doing so, however, has made me happier and more comfortable in my own home.

MMF007

You win some you lose some. CS rejected my curtains! Apparently they are hard to sell. I know a CS in next town sells them so I'll hoik them over there at the weekend.
One the plus side, a relative wants my old table!! I am so pleased. I have promised to deliver it tomorrow (although, thinking as I type, it is very heavy.... not sure I can safely lift it out of the car on my own...may have to wait till DH can assist).

DH produced some old gel pens from the back of a drawer yester and said he was going to chuck them cos they had died in storage He had bought them ages ago but, you guessed it, kept them for best. Ah well.

Work was hectic today and I've been on my feet since 9.30. Driving home I suddenly realised my finger was dripping blood onto my steering wheel. No idea how but I had taken a chunk out of it. Drove home with my thumb clamped on the middle finger! Have just kondo germolene and a plaster to bind it and all seems better. I heal quickly so should be OK tomorrow so long as i wear my marigolds for work.

Right, off to make tea just as soon as I can be bothered to stand up again .

ETA - Hi Stoke, it's just what works for us as a way of deciding what stays and what goes. Even mundane things bring joy, maybe because of the lovely meal you made in the oven or simply because the oven is easy to operate (and if you have ever self-catered with a rubbish cooker, you soon appreciate your own!). Mostly though we keep necessities and ponder over other items in order to decide which things we need and which things we want just because they are lovely. You seem to have done this when you let go of items recently. Whatever thought process works for you helps you refine what you have in your home to make your life better. 'scuse the rambling. HTH.

carrielovesfanta

kittie wrote: »

Anyone remember Ruth Mott?

I have the entire dvd set of the Victorian Kitchen Garden, the Victorian Kitchen and the Victorian flower garden. I love those programs so much. They are so gentle and restful.

I wish Harry was my grandad