KonMari 2018 - The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up

camelot1001 wrote: »

You're all speaking a foreign language! Computers aren't my thing, I'm afraid I would have to buy a new one if this breaks! I do admire you all knowing so much.

How are you getting on without heating Knit Witch? Must be mighty parky.

Bag of clothes ready for the CS, I'll wait until the weekend to take it in.

Me & my Computer Wizard have knelt on the rug, peering into the bowels of the pooter tower. Capacitors are thingummies with a cross-headed top. If they start to dome upwards, as opposed to being flat-topped, they're on their way out. Not at all sure what they do when they're working properly, but they can go BANG very suddenly and you have a short, sharp fire on the old motherboard.

The CW is a techmeister and not at all afraid to poke screwdrivers into equipment where sane people fear to tread. I credit my 15 year acquaintanceship with him for realising that pooters are more like cars (i.e. many parts are replaceable) rather than some kind of voodoo altar which might work or not work, depending on mysterious forces beyond human ken.:rotfl:

Swedish furniture built - just needs doors, but thought we would put the stuff in it before we fixed them.

OH had said he'd kondo books, CDs, vinyl and DVDs - and he has!!:j

One and a bit Swedish CD racks worth have gone - just as well as we have kondoed one CD rack that got flood damaged. Probably about 30 vinyl records have gone and a whole bunch of books. not so many DVDs but I am not complaining.

I have sold a whole load to music magpie - getting about £40 for them (books, CDs and DSs PS vita) and we found a 20 euro note hidden in the books so we are nearly£60 up on it all (ignoring what the whole lot have cost). Another bunch can go to the chazzer - MM didn't want them - and a load of railway books are going to a second hand book store at a heritage steam railway of our acquaintance.

We are getting there - the end is nigh...:T

Morning All - only flurries of snow here at the moment but bitter wind and weather warnings for the next 3days. DH has been chopping logs and kindling in readiness! I volunteer at my local age concern & help people to use their laptops, tablets, phones etc. I always say I'm a user not a techie although I've replaced motherboards etc at home. The main problem people have is there are no instructions in simple language and its no good saying they're on the internet if you don't know how the
internet works!
I'll be going there tomorrow weather permitting - I'm still on win 7 at he me and will use it until my PC dies!
Small kondo's -empty shampoo bottle and decanted the remains of a body cream into a pump bottle with some other dregs and gave it a good shake - seems fine and another bottle gone.
Stay warm and safe all

Just made up a bagful of Stuff for the chazzer, things which either weren't quite right and have been replaced with better things, or things no longer in use. All things which cost me little or nothing originally, so not out of pocket, but will be better off to have the space they take up, and several Somebody Elses can get the benefit of them.

catshark88 wrote: »

Lost a day today feeling ropey. DH's black tie and morning suit due to go tomorrow!

Hope you feel better after a night's sleep.

Have a sense of waiting for the other shoe to drop in respect of the weather, no more snow overnight judging by the cars outside, but sky looks like it holds plenty more. I shall hang fire on delivering the chazzer bag as I'm using walking poles and want both hands free (my work stuff is in a rucksack with no room for the chazzer items). I expect they're experiencing a bit of a drought in customers as well as donations, I'll get the stuff up there in the next few days.

One of the things I'm discarding had an element of the textile nature which I didn't use but which was laundered and stashed in the linen cupboard. In process of truffling for that in said cupboard (which is 20 inches wide and floor-to-ceiling) I recognised I am SABLE for towels and probably SABLE for bedsheets. Or at least nearly-SABLE. The current excess of sheets are not donateable as are all well-used and many are sides-to-middled but I am concentrating the wear on one at a time, same as with teatowels, with the aim of using up and getting rid as rags.

Must-not-buy-more-towels. Even excellent ones at £1 each in the chazzer.

Memo to self:

1. If you don't need it, it ain't a bargain.
2. If you've nowhere to keep it, it's a nuisance not a bargain.
3. If you've bought it under points 1 and 2, you've deprived someone who really needed it of a chance to have it and are officially a Greedy Mare.

Onwards! Have a good day, everyone.