KonMari 2017 - The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up

GreyQueen

Floss wrote: »

I know that, and so does he, but parting with them is another matter altogether! He also has diving stuff in the attic not used since 2000, skis that haven't been used since 2005...

A tactic which might be of use if to get suchlike equipment out of the loft on the pretext of giving it a 'service' or a 'safety check' or re-boxing it.

Sometimes, things die in storage or, once revealed in the full light of day in the sitting-room, for instance, can be seen to be superfluous to requirements.

Kid Bruv had sports equipment from a martial art he used to train in. The kit filled a huge holdall, most of the volume being taken up with padding for knees/ shins etc. Although I had mentioned its presence every time I went thru the loft, he wasn't ready to release it.

When he did decide it could be let go, all the plastic-based padding had rotted and was useless, one of the cotton pyjama suits was too tatty for anything but ragging and one was laundered again and donated.

What a waste of time and space that hoarding was......

Floss

GQ you are so right - DH knows the kit is past use, but there is other stuff in front so avoiding disposal

PollyWollyDoodle

I'm on the last day of my hols, in a very superior rented cottage - my friend booked it and it wasn't cheap, but it's beautifully finished and much nicer than any house I'll ever live in! :rotfl:

I've been pondering why it's so nice here, and realised that a huge part of it is the lack of clutter. Although it's really well equipped for a holiday cottage, some of the cupboards only have one item on each shelf. There are a few ornaments but only a few. It all feels very clean and spacious. I couldn't manage this degree of minimalism at home and wouldn't want to (no books, hobbies, no paperwork) but it's opened my eyes a bit to what is achievable.

I need to be realistic about my vast collection of baking tins. I have a bundt tin. It's never been used but....

GreyQueen

Floss wrote: »

GQ you are so right - DH knows the kit is past use, but there is other stuff in front so avoiding disposal

Not an unsurmountable problem, perhaps a little sneaky movement of the Stuff in Front, sneaking up on the Hoard inch by inch........?

Good luck!

I came in from the lottie back of 8 with two carrier bags of runner beans and have been browsing MSE and a couple of other places whilst stringing and slicing them for the freezer. The latest version of Freezer Tetris has seen them successfully shoehorned in, so I'll bid you a fond farewell for the evening and go offline.

If I'm MIA at this time of the year, assume I'm gardening. GQ x

Siebrie

I sorted and cleaned the shoes and the shoerack. 1 pair of dh, 1 of dd thrown out, hidden in the bin (both beyond repair), 4 ready for fitting. Then I sorted dd1's shoes in the attic; she has about 5 pairs to grow info, and they were stored in a huge box. Box is now flattened and in the paper recycling, the shoes are in a box that used to hold wine bottles.

Slowly deflating pool dolphin thrown out. 5 books ready to go (to library secondhand sale, local free book exchange or a friend - whichever comes first ).

Igamogam

maddiemay wrote: »

a potato ricer is in the CS bag

Picked about 4kg of damsons this afternoon from a tree on the riverbank/roadside, no one else seems to have taken any, still more left, this will result in empty jam jars in store becoming full ones:D

Shame we dont live closer I would have happily given your potato ricer a new home I have started the annual fig harvest from the garden:eek:

Floss wrote: »

When you find out will you let me know:rotfl: DH has rugby & footie programmes in the attic - all his gig programmes are in his man cave with his guitars & music

Its climbing a mags dating back to 1980's here and now his current extreme sport which seems to generate 2 mags a month And we have the aged skis in the attic too - 3 types. I think when we had a clear out a ski bag did go to the tip - mice were unhappy:rotfl:

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Iamsalt, what a flipping good idea about the storage unit and bringing out a box at a time. Brilliant and one that I could apply to me, if needed

Many of us have focusing problems wrt our eyes, put right with specs or laser but eyes esp the retina do deteriorate as we get older and we may not know as vision remains good for quite some time. I have had specs for 60 years and always had the routine eye tests, periphery and photo etc. I went yeaterday and my optician has spent a fortune on an OCT scanner, this gives a coloured 3D interior picture of the retina, vitreous ets. I have been wanting this sort of scan for years, since I developed floaters, which are bits of vitreous pulled away and can pull macular away. I am still in the green normal range but there are signs, common as we age, of dry macular and opening of the area around the optic nerve, also very common. This is a base photo, to show future changes and has given me even more impetus to get KM`d in a bigger way ie outdoors and workshop hence me loving Iamsalt`s idea, to be applied if there are changes for the worse

How to help, if you know me, then you know I have eaten organic, have an allotment and have eaten much more than 5 a day, for years. I have eaten blackcurrants every day for years and also have 10 blueberry bushes, 6 in large patio pots. It is the blue, yellow, red and dark green that counts for eye health. Also oils like in walnuts and linseed/flaxseed. So now I concentrate more on oils as the coloured veg are already good. The scan is called OCT and it cost me £20 and was worth every single penny. The result was awesome and so was the explanation. Strange isn`t it but this, to me, shows the huge value and benefit of getting KM`d and getting sorted as we get older

Floss

GreyQueen wrote: »

Not an unsurmountable problem, perhaps a little sneaky movement of the Stuff in Front, sneaking up on the Hoard inch by inch........?

Good luck!...

Well, the stuff in front is mainly empty wine & beer bottles, awaiting filling from the rhubarb & strawberry wines currently gurgling away, and the beer that he's just started this morning...however, there is also a large pile of stuff that belongs to DS2 & DiL which is "lodging" with us ;)

Slinky

Yay, something nice in a brown envelope received today. Large refund cheque from the taxman. Only problem our local branch of our bank closed last month so will have to take a drive out to bank it.

greent

Slinky wrote: »

Yay, something nice in a brown envelope received today. Large refund cheque from the taxman. Only problem our local branch of our bank closed last month so will have to take a drive out to bank it.

I pay cheques in via the post office, if needed (I do have special envelopes from Barc1ay5 for that purpose) - may be worth having a quick chat with your local PO staff? Plus, if you have to take a drive somewhere to bank it it's possibly more economic to spend the money on a 2nd class stamp to post it?