KonMari 2018 - The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up

Slinky

I stick corks in with our garden waste seeing that it came from a tree.

Frogletina

GreyQueen wrote: »

Screwtop wines could be the way to go, tho. I shall take a chance on it and let the corkscrew go. Along with the nutcrackers, the tea ball and the other bits of random carp.

I have some nutcrackers, and although I haven't used them to crack any nuts lately, they are perfect for opening tight bottle tops!

frogletina

maddiemay

I second the nut crackers for opening bottles and milk cartons, I have RA in my hands, a friend suggested using the nutcrackers instead of buying a purpose made gadget, they are great and I bought a second set to keep in the caravan.:D

lessonlearned

Started the bedroom sort out yesterday. part Deux today. Progress is being made.

Keep up the good work everyone.

I’m soooo looking forward to a stress free uncluttered life. One day

PollyWollyDoodle

You'll get there! I think it's easy to lose sight of what you've achieved - I still think my house needs a makeover, but if I think back to before MK, I used to have bags and boxes of stuff in corners, overfilled shelves and cupboards that I couldn't close. I do have a place for everything now, it's just that it doesn't always make it back to its place!

I turned out my "posh" wardrobe last week, i.e work and smart clothes. I managed to discard two dresses and a pair of trousers, and rediscovered some trousers that I'd forgotten I owned! I don't think they did up last time I tried them, but I'm pleased to say that they now fit. It must be three years since my first round of MK, and if I haven't worn it in the time then I probably don't need it.

Siebrie

5 skirts of DD1 to the attic: 3 for donation/African relatives, and 2 for DD2.

I've brought my flipflops down from the attic again, they are in a very easy-to-reach place, so that was a 1-minute job Just like Marie says it should be.

Our coatrack is overflowing with both summer as well as winter coats at the moment, but I'm enjoying the Indian summer so much, that I'll live with it for the time being.

We're having guests for a week, starting today. It's a bit of intrusion on family life, but on the other hand: they will do the cooking

silvasava

Ooh Seibrie - guests who cook!!! I'd welcome them with open arms!
The building work is going on space - all I seem to do is dust, dust and dust again took my full length curtains down last week and discovered they had what looked like mould spots on them. I've washed them but the marks hav'n't come out. Don't understand what they are as the room isn't damp. Curtains have now been consigned to the ragging bag. Undecided as to whether to removed the linings - no marks on them - very strange.

Slinky

Arrggghhhh.....


The dead paperwork referred to above includes:
OH's P60 & P45 from his first Saturday job. He's now 56.
Insurance documents from a house we haven't lived in for 14 years.
Endless pensions paperwork from a pension he's not sure if he's transferred to another provider or not.
Course handouts from courses he attended in the 1990s....
An instruction handbook for Word 97
Purchase paperwork for a house we don't own anymore.
Sales paperwork from his house from his previous marriage.
Endless copies of old share certificates from holdings long since sold.

And to top it all, all the paperwork for an attempted house purchase that fell through. It has been moved to the house which did complete, and 2 subsequent houses.... Why, why on earth was he keeping that cr*p? It is now shredded/in the recycling sacks.


Do not allow financial paperwork to enter your loft. It will only end badly.


I also found his medical card, dated when he was 3 months old......

GreyQueen

It happens in all sorts of homes.


About a year ago, I was helping the mothership by sorting out the linens in the divan drawers under her bed. The bottom of one drawer had some misc kipple including a folded up piece of brown paper. It had once been sent around a parcel to a neighbour of my late Grandma BACK IN THE EARLY 1960s.


Oh yes, that piece of paper had gone from Grandma's to Mum's and moved through three different houses in 50+ years of married life. Then there's Grandma's old address book. Grandma died in Dec 1970 and all her peers, in this book, are long gone. And the photos in the album including some of chaps who used to lodge with Grandma when they were at the estate management college in the 1950s........!

Siebrie

Our guest has spent two hours cooking three sauces, which will serve 24 people We just have to cook rice, couscous or similar to have with the sauce. I am now looking at rearranging my freezer.

They asked if we would have an old suitcase for them to take their things back to Africa. I had a look in our attic and actually found a medium sized hard shell suitcase that I didn't recognise (it happens; a lot of stuff passes through our house), and which contained one large shiny handbag.... turns out it is a friend's who is storing it here without my knowledge! She also has a large hold-all, full, in our attic, which I knew about, but the empty suitcase was a surprise. (Friend lives in a neighbouring country and does not want to leave a violent marriage for several reasons, the chance of a multimillion inheritance being one, and sometimes needs to get away for a few days / have an escape route).

So, no suitcase to give away. While I was up there, I took the chance to rearrange some items and 'found' a rack with games, covered against the dust with a tupperware tablecloth, like a white ghost in the corner Now most games are in the donate bag, one math game added to our games cupboard, horrible staining fingerpaint thrown away.

My attic is over the full width of the house, sloping on front and back, 150cm at its highest (I am 180cm), beamed. I can only do about 15 minutes before I get cramps. Some parts are well organised now (clothes, donation bag), others are a bit of a mess and unreachable still. I will get there....