KonMari 2017 - The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up

Karmacat

Thanks greent!

Yes, nut butters, something like that ... I don't eat bread, so it's never going to be a sandwich filling, but something like that.

xx

Siebrie

Meanqueen Ilona blitzes the nuts and adds them to yoghurt, if I recall correctly.

VJsmum

Karmacat wrote: »

Thank you all - greenbee, I know what you mean about ignoring spikes of sleep from exhaustion, its not a good thing. VJsmum, a better diet and not too much light, absolutely, those are good things.

Kittie, I've read about segmented sleep, seems a very natural thing when you think about it, so I don't *worry* about it now, thank heavens. Your last sentence sums it up really: "It means that I can watch tv, go on the computer, read, knit, make a drink as long as the light remains filtered and the easiest way is via the specs".

If I can kondo lack of sleep, I'll be a new person. My diet is pretty good (though I need to find a better way to eat nuts, as I currently have a broken tooth maybe blitzing them and using them in a sauce would be the way to go).

Arthritis does give me a few problems sleeping - left hip and right shoulder, which has been operated on, but if I can ramp up everything else, that will help enormously.
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As far as actual kondo goes, great job today with a visit to the tip, helped by my sister: the old cushions and the old sofa are gone from my house, expanding both the living room and the second bedroom. Plus two old, very manky tubs from the garden, with a couple of small bags of garden waste. Really pleased!

Was also going to say nut butter. I don't eat bread either - i eat it on sourdough pancakes (spread nut butter on, sliced banana and a dollop of yogurt), oatcakes, or in the middle of a date (instead of having a piece of cake, just gives you that 'something sweet'). when I am feeling extra wicked i eat a teaspoon half full of nut butter, half of chocolate spread. tastes like snickers

daisy_1571

Well after several years of trying Mr daisy has kondo'd his rubbish job by getting a promotion into a different department at a better work location which means on cold or wet days he can take a car instead of a m/c. I should add he actually thought he was applying for a different job but must have submitted his computer application to the wrong job. So after years of getting disheartened and disappointed getting knockbacks from jobs he would have been really suited for and he really wanted, he appears to have accidentally got himself a promotion to what looks like a good 'fit' for him !!! I'm not saying it's down to the woo of clearing out some of our home life stagnation......but I'm not saying it's not !!!

Daisy xx

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gosh Daisy that really does show the power of fate in each of our lives. I am so genuinely happy for both of you

I went back into the garage and decided to kondo a bit to the tip. They are lovely at my tip and always help and were delighted with all the aerosols and car sprays that I have never used or part used. Pretty well a boot full but not stuffed, tomorrow I am going to use the garage as a workshop and at last, will be sharpening some tools. Aim is to try and compact unused things over time, things I will not be using for months and that means wood eg nice chunks of lime, which will go into a really useful box, labelled as always. Other wood suitable for pyrography into another box and so on. It is all about nibbling at it what seems to be a huge task

Right now I am sitting here with my very comfortable, yellow lensed, RNIB, overspecs on and I can see everything very well. Amazingly, I haven`t had a single sleepy moment today and hopefully am re-setting my body clock. I do admit to very many aches eg hips, legs, back, hands. I went on my inverter, I always do when I have carried a lot. I had shrunk, my hands were no-where near the floor behind my head, I had to wiggle side to side and I stretched and in a minute or less, my fingers were on the carpet. This physical work can really wreck your body

catshark88

That's brilliant, well done Mr Daisy!

MMF007

daisy_1571 wrote: »

Well after several years of trying Mr daisy has kondo'd his rubbish job by getting a promotion into a different department at a better work location which means on cold or wet days he can take a car instead of a m/c. I should add he actually thought he was applying for a different job but must have submitted his computer application to the wrong job. So after years of getting disheartened and disappointed getting knockbacks from jobs he would have been really suited for and he really wanted, he appears to have accidentally got himself a promotion to what looks like a good 'fit' for him !!! I'm not saying it's down to the woo of clearing out some of our home life stagnation......but I'm not saying it's not !!!

Daisy xx

Well done that man! :beer: Definitely Woo :eek:

No kondo-ing today, have been working most of the day. Spent an hour taking very elderly neighbour to see a local hotel, with a view to booking a meal for her family to celebrate her birthday. She spent quite a while chatting to a very young receptionist, who asked the appropriate questions about number of guests, special dietry requirements etc. My neighbour just kept talking, telling her own story with quite a lot of detail, all irrelevant, and i discretely answered the questions!
At one point my very elderly neighbour told the very young lady that she wasn't going to book a room for the night because she lived nearby and had just bought a new bed, so she wanted to get her money's worth out of her new purchase. To her absolute credit, it was only for a millisecond that the receptionist looked like she would laugh hysterically at this.

Tomorrow i shall be mostly be painting a badger (said in the voice of Jesse off the Fast Show!) - a commission piece, no less. Have to deliver finished item to client on Friday so my mind is concentrated.

greent

Fab news, daisy! x

PollyWollyDoodle

MMF007 wrote: »

Tomorrow i shall be mostly be painting a badger (said in the voice of Jesse off the Fast Show!) - .

That made me laugh so much I spat my tea out. You do have an interesting life, MMF007 - I didn't realise you did painting as well as your other work.

Daisy congratulations - sounds as if it's well-deserved and long awaited.

MMF007

Sorry Polly! I will send you a virtual cloth to wipe your screen
The jobs I do are interesting, so varied and I always feel like I have actually made a difference. I earn very little (apparently we would qualify for tax credits) but it sure beats my prev job (sitting in an office trying to sort out the unsortable, ham-strung by dreadful senior management, but hey, that seems a world away, thankfully).

Just having a tea break. Weather's lovely so am working outside in the sunshine.

Have put carrier bag of CS stuff in the car to drop off tomorrow. Not much chance of sorting anything else to go today, but you never know!