KonMari 2017 - The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up

MarieMac wrote: »

Excellent work Kittie! I bet it feels like such a relief to be finished with the outbuilding and have the weight of all that 'stuff' off your shoulders!

That outbuilding was an area that I so dreaded sorting, after my husband died, I kept putting it off. It had to start with me sawing and using my carving tools to take the very secure bike holder off the wall. It has undergone various transformations and I have changed my mind a few times about what to put where but I am now at the point of it being mine and I don`t think twice about what needs to be done.

E mail from dd this morning, asking for my bird feeders, very glad about that and will be unpacking them shortly. I just need to get whatever I can into cs shopping trolley later and I think that is pretty well it. I have too many lock n lock boxes, some lucky people will be able to snap them up at cs. I loved my bird feeders, watching the birds saw me through the first 2 years after that day in february 2015. I used to gaze out the window, watching the birds, while cosy in my recliner. It got me through the dark days. No doubt I will do feeders again but probably a different system, it depends where etc

I cannot believe what my son suggested re a log cabin as a workshop, it has taken a huge weight off my shoulders. His is glorious and I have seen the insulation in it, his is preserved in cream and sage with a window and electrics. Oooh I see the potential for me. My very own wendy house with a purpose.

Those log cabins are excellent, I know someone who has one in the back garden of a tiny cottage and it has made an extra outdoor space and added muchly to quality of life. So much so that a threatened move has now been put on hold. You can get it wired for third phase electricity, like Mum's workshop, and it will give you hours of pleasure.

I'm running a bit behind myself today, due to sleeping in until nearly 9 am, woken by a text from a pal who is wanting to know if I will be up at the allotments today? I shall, and within the hour, I let him know.

My allotment shed badly-needs bottoming out but work on the gardening side of allotmenteering has to take priority although, if a heavy shower comes over when I'm already up there, I scoot into the shed and do little bits from the inside. We are now in Big Spider Month, so I am a bit wary about poking around in corners as me and the archanids can give each other mutual frights.:rotfl:

Picture this; GQ and Pal at the juntique shop yesterday:

GQ; Do you have a microfiche reader? (having not seen such a device).
Pal; No, never.
GQ: It's just that you've got an instruction booklet for one here.
Pal; Recycle it.

He never had a microfiche reader but somehow the filing included a booklet for one?! Madness. I also found a dagger and a nineteenth century French sword nicknamed a 'cabbage-cutter' at the time, under the desk. We sold the latter pair toute de suite to a collector for £95 - I joked that we should charge extra for the thick layer of dust.....

Just letting lunch go down for half an hour and am planning to take some lock n locks to one side for cs. What gives me joy is knowing that someone will use them. I have been pondering lovely trumpet shaped saltware stone pots, too nice to give away but I have too many pots and a brainwave came to me. I have 3 dwarf lilacs in the front in slightly smaller and definitely cheaper stone pots, same basic shape, its obvious now,. Slide them out and put them into the good pots with some extra compost. I will have to get rid of semperviviums but they were only looking after the good pots anyway. More up and down outdoor steps, dumping a decent soil/sand/gravel mix. Three down today = less in the future, this prepping, a bit a time. Makes me appreciate doing it now, no way on earth could I do it in ten years

MarieMac wrote: »

The more I think about it, the more I'm coming to the conclusion that as much I like the one I have, I'm going to need to find something bigger if I want to have a tidy bedroom. As my closet is not designed in a way that makes it particularly accessible, nearly everything gets folded. As least the good news is that I can get rid of some of the cheaper kids furniture in the spare room and put the one from my room in there, as it would be a good size for family when they come to stay for a week or two. That way I get to keep the sentimental piece while finding one that works better for my everyday life. Which seems to fit in with the Kondo philosophy!

kittie wrote: »

I have too many pots and a brainwave came to me. I have 3 dwarf lilacs in the front in slightly smaller and definitely cheaper stone pots, same basic shape, its obvious now,. Slide them out and put them into the good pots with some extra compost. I will have to get rid of semperviviums but they were only looking after the good pots anyway.

And there we have it - the life changing magic!!:T

well done, both....

That's another cupboard kondoed - living room alcove cupboard #1 - to make space for the wine rack that's been gathering dust sitting on top of the fridge! I no longer have a dusty wine rack eyesore everytime I walk into the kitchen!