The care package with Tweet and Sparky’s feathers was heart warming-something people might think as crazy but something I would definitely do. Lots of love and hugs
You give me so much motivation with every video! It's evening here for me but I'm itching to go declutter one of my drawer in the kitchen. I loved the story about your son. You are so thoughtful and kind. I really enjoy your video's on your traditions in Denmark, especially the Christmas ones! I also love when you cook. I'm always on the lookout for new ideas to cook. Thank you for sharing your life with us!
You are right about the continual decluttering, it does get easier with time and repeating it means you know exactly what you have! Starting is the hardest part but once you get going it’s very satisfying! Thank you again for a great video!!! Right off to look through the kitchen “all sorts” drawer!!! Xx
Catching up, slowly, on all the wonderful I missed while celebrating my 30th in the Caribbean. Have to say, saving Tweet and Sparky's feathers is just the sort of thing I would have done, especially sending them to my son. I enjoy finding my chickens feathers, and the wild ones, as well. Thanks for making me smile. You are the best.
I decluttered down to 1 of each item in my utensil drawer after being in an "extended stay" hotel. I was inspired because there were exactly 4 of each plate, fork, etc. and one of each spatula, cooking spoon, etc. Now I can see everything in my utensil drawer and reach it so easy. I also found that every time I declutter my bits and bobs drawer, it becomes easier. I can see everything in that drawer, too! These little things help my happiness quota!
I love the story about your son and the feathers you sent him. You are a wonderful mom. Also,Inspired how you look at each item and make clear decisions.
@@DianeinDenmark I could tell. There's also this backstory which you already know and it delays you to explain to us the basis of your reasoning for the "fate" of each item.
I think this is one of my favorite videis so far, because of the stories. It made me feel more normal for the random stuff i find in my house! And the stories were cute!
Thank you for you send off at the end, sort of like the blessing at the end of a church service. I feel peace, knowing what little part to do, just for today,
I just love hearing about your birds and your son wa studying one state away from my home state. Blessings and I love the feather messages to him. I wish I could get a bird, even a rescue, in the UK!
My husband has hoarding tendencies and really procrastinates, and I've been decluttering his bureau drawers one at a time. There were 2 newspapers from 2004 stashed in there with piles of equally old paperwork. How does one motivate a spouse to get on board with the FlyLady system? BTW, it was wonderful to wake up this morning to a shining kitchen sink! Thank you for teaching me these routines to structure my day. I suffer from a chronic pain issue and the routines have really helped me keep my house clean without exhausting myself.
Hi Diane, I am new on your channel and love it. Since 2 weeks I listen a lot your videos and do it! I have been a fly lady since few years, let it on the side but kept several things and came back 3 weeks ago and found you. I went in Copenhagen 2 times, one for travel and the other for study. It is my favorite place in the world. In love with Denmark ! Feel a bit in Copenhagen by looking your wonderful videos! Many thanks for your work and you always look beautiful ! From Québec, Canada.
I have the same plates in a sage green color, also from Ikea. Love Ikea ❤️ i have one designated “junk drawer” that we are allowed to throw bits and bobs in. I clean it when i’m cooking something that constantly needs stirring . Errand day for me also. Have a blessed day
I have adopted your laundry method of hanging many items even though we have a dryer that we use daily. Ironing can be very therapeutic! I love your new white blouse😊I've found that keeping just the amount of dishes that our family uses on a daily basis and washing a load in the dishwasher every day keeps us accountable! I have similar "bits & bobs." TYPE1 creative impulses to bring instant JoY?! Must be😉 I'm all for bringing the flowers along with you wherever you go. I'd love to have the single car mentality. Average here is one per family member and teens are so excited to have their own. Quick IKEA story: We live 3.5 driving hours away from an IKEA so a sweet lady has started up her own IKEA delivery service where she collects monthly orders from people in the city where we live. She drives to IKEA once per month and then returns and delivers all orders by herself, charging a 3$ to 15$ delivery fee. This is reasonable, as the fuel cost would be at least that much for a 6 plus hour round trip. Hmmm I am thinking about a tulip🌷🌷 order now😁
I did all the drawers in my little house today. Flotsam and jetsam to toss! Had to have a car repair this afternoon. , so that took a lot of time. Running the wash now. We are shopping the freezer and pantry as well. Tomorrow will be the car wash, courthouse, and gym. Dinner will be orange chicken and won tons from the freezer.
You do look a picture, I must say. Thank you Diane, this is a wonderful help to me as I hit a wall with my decluttering. The sudden passing of a very beloved, compassionate friend and the shock and denial involved have me spinning. I hope I can borrow your "Get Out Of Jail" cards for the times I have missed hitting my goal? Yesterday when you gave us that idea on the video, I can't tell you how much I appreciated it, but could not bring myself to write a comment. The little feather "message" from your lovebird was such a lovely touch that it put a smile on my face. Priceless!
I am so enjoying your videos and have begun to watch content from the past. Tonight my family has interrupted this one three times! I informed them that this was my pamper treat for the day and asked to be left alone for 12 minutes. "Oh," said my husband, "are you visiting your friend in Denmark? Sorry love, just let me know when the two of you have finished." 😂🤣 You really do make my day, dear Diane!
Dear Diane its so funny, I just had Porridge (we call it Milchsuppe in our family and my Dad had it for breakfast, when he was a child) for lunch, with my son. And now it is in the sink, waiting to be cleaned😄. Have a lovely day, greetings from southern Germany, Sophie.
Yesterday I decluttered my tupperware cabinet. I have the same set from ikea plus a lot of jars. I really believed I had twice as many lids as boxes, but when i had organized it I found that there was only two lids without a box! They went into plastic recycling and the whole cabinet looks so much happier now. Today I'm going to look under the sink, organize and declutter my cleaning products, and give it a good wipe down. I also really need to go to the dry cleaners and do a bit of shopping. Happy Thursday!
I make a lot of decorated paperclips and give them away. I use all my little scraps from crafting projects and it is my way to recycle. I like your videos to remi n me of things that need to be done. 😀💞
Fly Lady Diane in Denmark ... Your wonderful . Looking so Beautiful ... love your outfit and necklace . Wow I love everything about your live and show ...would love your house ..
Great content, Diane!!! I like how you give options...recycling, repurposing etc. We DO NOT need to flood our landfills, right? Thank you for your heart & compassion.
I also don't have a dryer and use my Mum's pull up concertina clothes-horse - costs nothing to dry them! Just finished Lucinda Riley's book "The Light Behind the Window" - really enjoyed it. Lorna
Beautiful flowers. What is your secret ? Your sweater looks always like new. When I wear one like yours one day it already looks like used :( Have a nice day 🌞
Great video. The metal thing is called a brad. Blue tack in USA is poster tack. We had birds. My youngest wanted them and then she didn't like the last one because it was mean. Now she has rodents.
Its_Gretchen For_Real I used to have Teddy bear hamsters, which had wonderful personalities and were quite intelligent. One of them even knew when someone came in the back door and would stand upright to watch to see who came in. I had a wonderful sweet rabbit, but rabbits poop everywhere, so never again. I had gerbils, but I don't like them as much as Teddy bear hamsters.
I just LOVE tulips, myself! Those are a lovely mixed bunch! 🥰 | I have started watching that Marie Kondo Netflix special, my feelings are mixed. I think she is lovely, though. I wish the translations of what she says were more complete. I have just enough Japanese to shake my head at how much they are omitting or altering. Why so much localization? (An ongoing pet peeve of mine.) I’ve done much of what she says since the early 2000’s, myself, having worked it out with no direction. (e.g. folding. Thanking and releasing things.) But, I think it may be time to hold a Konmari-style Clothing Matsuri for myself in the next month. 🤔 Previously, it would not have worked/was not needed, but now it is looking to be a good time for it.
I've started watching Marie Kondo's Netflix series. I didn't realize they weren't translating everything she said.That's kinda weird. I have a problem when they have the typed text below while she's speaking..the letters are white, just like her blouse, so I can't read it.
Dianne, if you’re charging the bike light using a computer USB port, sometimes the port will turn itself off, so that may be why it isn’t charging. If you’re using a wall plug type...I’ve got nothing. Thanks for all your videos!!
Diane, how do you manage to do shopping and grocery shopping on a bike? My dh goes to the shops on his and can only bring back a few bits otherwise its too heavy for him, so how do you do this? Or do you do a bigger shop and take your car?
I have a basket at the front of my bike, luggage carrier on the back and a couple of special shopping bags (called Bikezac) which can be clipped on to the side of the luggage carrier.
I know this isn't about kids - but - I found a series that might help moms with small kids. Look for The Minimalist Mom on RUclips. She's got a series about de-cluttering the kids rooms/toys/clothes PAINLESSLY! She has lots of ideas to help kids let go of excess and she's very positive and encouraging.
I thought your “feathers” story was cute. It’s hard to see our children leave home for however long it may be. My girls are now 40 and 41, married and live three hours away from us and I still miss them. I should get a life,I know!!
Haha getting a life will perhaps help some, but there's no help for a mother's constant and unending love for her children. I'm sure your daughters are blessed by your love and care 😊
Teacher snot..funny but I think you should call it teacher boogers. Sending Tweet and Sparkie's feathers is so sweet, sounds like something my mother would do and I think she's a type 1. I'm going to get her to read "It's Just My Type" after I finish my second hand copy (aren't you proud I didn't buy it new). I know I'm a type 2 and I want her to figure out her type but I'm afraid if she watches the videos she'll pick 3..because of the colors. She is so not a 3!
I found around 9 baby spoons in a cutlery drawer in my kitchen. I thought to myself "what am I doing " ! 1 the youngest grandchild is 3 years old . 2 we haven't looked after the grandchildren for the last 5 years because of my husband's illness and 3 even if a friend with a baby visited I wouldn't need 9 baby spoons and mums would usually bring their own sterilized feeding equipment. What is worse we moved around 4 years ago, I brought these spoons with us ,when the youngest grandchild was 6 years old. Shocking! I don't think I ever kept 9 baby spoons for my own babies at any one time. For the last 4 years they had sat doing nothing but taking up space in the second cutlery drawer. AND WHY DO I NEED 2 CUTLERY DRAWERS. They are now out of my house. This has been a bit of a wake up call. Another confession I have to make is l have a large carrier bag of disposable cutlery lurking in another kitchen cabinet. Seriously! The biggest garden party I have had in the last 10 years was for around 12 people and I probably used proper cutlery. No more of this nonsense though. I am proud to say that in the last month I have decluttered two wardrobes and a large bedroom stand with 5 drawers. I folded the clothes Kon Mari style in them. I have also reclaimed 2 drawers in my kitchen and decluttered some of my books and paperwork .Bed linen is one of the next things on my list. I bet I can find at least 1 pair of sheets that will be 40 years old for a single bed. We will see. At least the linen for my bed are no older than 18 months old as it's the first time I,ve had a kingsize bed here in Wales. Have a great weekend and thanks for the video. Love from Margaret in Wales
The care package with Tweet and Sparky’s feathers was heart warming-something people might think as crazy but something I would definitely do. Lots of love and hugs
You give me so much motivation with every video! It's evening here for me but I'm itching to go declutter one of my drawer in the kitchen. I loved the story about your son. You are so thoughtful and kind. I really enjoy your video's on your traditions in Denmark, especially the Christmas ones! I also love when you cook. I'm always on the lookout for new ideas to cook. Thank you for sharing your life with us!
You are right about the continual decluttering, it does get easier with time and repeating it means you know exactly what you have! Starting is the hardest part but once you get going it’s very satisfying! Thank you again for a great video!!! Right off to look through the kitchen “all sorts” drawer!!! Xx
Catching up, slowly, on all the wonderful I missed while celebrating my 30th in the Caribbean. Have to say, saving Tweet and Sparky's feathers is just the sort of thing I would have done, especially sending them to my son. I enjoy finding my chickens feathers, and the wild ones, as well. Thanks for making me smile. You are the best.
I love that you sent the feathers to your son.
Totally thoughtful and let him have a little treasure from home.
Such a nice mom you are. 🤗
Loved the declutter.. I am so empty in my kitchen but i found quite a few things to get rid of today.. thanks again for ALL you do!
I decluttered down to 1 of each item in my utensil drawer after being in an "extended stay" hotel. I was inspired because there were exactly 4 of each plate, fork, etc. and one of each spatula, cooking spoon, etc. Now I can see everything in my utensil drawer and reach it so easy. I also found that every time I declutter my bits and bobs drawer, it becomes easier. I can see everything in that drawer, too! These little things help my happiness quota!
I love the story about your son and the feathers you sent him. You are a wonderful mom. Also,Inspired how you look at each item and make clear decisions.
I promise you that I am actually much faster when I don't have to show each item on camera! LOL! 😄
@@DianeinDenmark I could tell. There's also this backstory which you already know and it delays you to explain to us the basis of your reasoning for the "fate" of each item.
I think this is one of my favorite videis so far, because of the stories. It made me feel more normal for the random stuff i find in my house! And the stories were cute!
Thank you for you send off at the end, sort of like the blessing at the end of a church service. I feel peace, knowing what little part to do, just for today,
A little message from Tweet and Sparky, that was so sweet ☺
I just love hearing about your birds and your son wa studying one state away from my home state. Blessings and I love the feather messages to him. I wish I could get a bird, even a rescue, in the UK!
You are so funny. The flower holder. Lol. I loved the feather you sent to your son from his birds. So sweet.
Hello, Diane! What a beautiful sweater you're wearing. Beautiful story about your son and the feathers. Love it
My husband has hoarding tendencies and really procrastinates, and I've been decluttering his bureau drawers one at a time. There were 2 newspapers from 2004 stashed in there with piles of equally old paperwork. How does one motivate a spouse to get on board with the FlyLady system? BTW, it was wonderful to wake up this morning to a shining kitchen sink! Thank you for teaching me these routines to structure my day. I suffer from a chronic pain issue and the routines have really helped me keep my house clean without exhausting myself.
Take pictures of what you get rid of. Digitals don't take up much space at all and you can always reprint them.
Hi Diane, I am new on your channel and love it. Since 2 weeks I listen a lot your videos and do it! I have been a fly lady since few years, let it on the side but kept several things and came back 3 weeks ago and found you. I went in Copenhagen 2 times, one for travel and the other for study. It is my favorite place in the world. In love with Denmark ! Feel a bit in Copenhagen by looking your wonderful videos! Many thanks for your work and you always look beautiful ! From Québec, Canada.
I have the same plates in a sage green color, also from Ikea. Love Ikea ❤️ i have one designated “junk drawer” that we are allowed to throw bits and bobs in. I clean it when i’m cooking something that constantly needs stirring . Errand day for me also. Have a blessed day
I have adopted your laundry method of hanging many items even though we have a dryer that we use daily. Ironing can be very therapeutic! I love your new white blouse😊I've found that keeping just the amount of dishes that our family uses on a daily basis and washing a load in the dishwasher every day keeps us accountable! I have similar "bits & bobs." TYPE1 creative impulses to bring instant JoY?! Must be😉 I'm all for bringing the flowers along with you wherever you go. I'd love to have the single car mentality. Average here is one per family member and teens are so excited to have their own.
Quick IKEA story: We live 3.5 driving hours away from an IKEA so a sweet lady has started up her own IKEA delivery service where she collects monthly orders from people in the city where we live.
She drives to IKEA once per month and then returns and delivers all orders by herself, charging a 3$ to 15$ delivery fee. This is reasonable, as the fuel cost would be at least that much for a 6 plus hour round trip. Hmmm I am thinking about a tulip🌷🌷 order now😁
Wow, what a lovely sweet lady! Thanks for sharing! 😍🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸
That is such a great idea! We only have one Ikea in our entire state and it's to the south. Hmmm. Thank you for sharing this!
I did all the drawers in my little house today. Flotsam and jetsam to toss! Had to have a car repair this afternoon. , so that took a lot of time. Running the wash now. We are shopping the freezer and pantry as well. Tomorrow will be the car wash, courthouse, and gym. Dinner will be orange chicken and won tons from the freezer.
You do look a picture, I must say. Thank you Diane, this is a wonderful help to me as I hit a wall with my decluttering. The sudden passing of a very beloved, compassionate friend and the shock and denial involved have me spinning. I hope I can borrow your "Get Out Of Jail" cards for the times I have missed hitting my goal? Yesterday when you gave us that idea on the video, I can't tell you how much I appreciated it, but could not bring myself to write a comment. The little feather "message" from your lovebird was such a lovely touch that it put a smile on my face. Priceless!
Sorry to hear of the passing of your friend - hugs! ❤
@@DianeinDenmark Thank you very much indeed!
I am so enjoying your videos and have begun to watch content from the past. Tonight my family has interrupted this one three times! I informed them that this was my pamper treat for the day and asked to be left alone for 12 minutes. "Oh," said my husband, "are you visiting your friend in Denmark? Sorry love, just let me know when the two of you have finished." 😂🤣 You really do make my day, dear Diane!
Wonderful, Joy!
Dear Diane its so funny, I just had Porridge (we call it Milchsuppe in our family and my Dad had it for breakfast, when he was a child) for lunch, with my son. And now it is in the sink, waiting to be cleaned😄. Have a lovely day, greetings from southern Germany, Sophie.
Yesterday I decluttered my tupperware cabinet. I have the same set from ikea plus a lot of jars. I really believed I had twice as many lids as boxes, but when i had organized it I found that there was only two lids without a box! They went into plastic recycling and the whole cabinet looks so much happier now. Today I'm going to look under the sink, organize and declutter my cleaning products, and give it a good wipe down. I also really need to go to the dry cleaners and do a bit of shopping. Happy Thursday!
Sarah Moir I have those IKEA storage pieces too. Green lids and lots of different sizes!
Decluttered a huge box of old crockery, and mismatched plates ; dropping it to the Salvos Friday morning on my errand day.
Go me !!!
Woo hoo, go you, Ivonne!
So jealous... must get back on track with my decluttering spree.
That is a sweet story about your birdies and son. I have a sweet cockatiel. I’ll have to save a couple of feathers for decor as you mentioned. ❤️
I make a lot of decorated paperclips and give them away. I use all my little scraps from crafting projects and it is my way to recycle. I like your videos to remi n me of things that need to be done. 😀💞
Fly Lady Diane in Denmark ...
Your wonderful . Looking so Beautiful ...
love your outfit and necklace .
Wow I love everything about your live and show ...would love your house ..
Love the way you look. Lovely!!!
You look adorable today. Thx so very much for the motivation get rid of bits and bobs. Lol. I have a hard time with that. You're so helpful. ☺
I love that top, Diane! Looking very nice as always 😊
Aww, thank you so much! It's a very old sweater but very warm - great for the winter!
The little florist water holders work great for holding glass droppers like those from essential oils. Happy Little Friday everyone!
Happy Little Friday to you too!
Always motivating...the little gold metal piece is called a brad here in the US. Tfs!
Great content, Diane!!! I like how you give options...recycling, repurposing etc. We DO NOT need to flood our landfills, right? Thank you for your heart & compassion.
Great job decluttering 🐦🐦That’s exactly what I need to do today ‼️🖖❤️👏
I am ahead of the game! I went through all my kitchen cupboards and drawers yesterday looking for items to donate to the second hand store today.
I also don't have a dryer and use my Mum's pull up concertina clothes-horse - costs nothing to dry them! Just finished Lucinda Riley's book "The Light Behind the Window" - really enjoyed it. Lorna
I have three tea strainers like yours. I throw mine in the dishwasher and then put themin a little tray in the tea cupboard.
Beautiful flowers. What is your secret ? Your sweater looks always like new. When I wear one like yours one day it already looks like used :( Have a nice day 🌞
Great video. The metal thing is called a brad. Blue tack in USA is poster tack. We had birds. My youngest wanted them and then she didn't like the last one because it was mean. Now she has rodents.
Its_Gretchen For_Real I used to have Teddy bear hamsters, which had wonderful personalities and were quite intelligent. One of them even knew when someone came in the back door and would stand upright to watch to see who came in. I had a wonderful sweet rabbit, but rabbits poop everywhere, so never again. I had gerbils, but I don't like them as much as Teddy bear hamsters.
Thank you
I just LOVE tulips, myself! Those are a lovely mixed bunch! 🥰 | I have started watching that Marie Kondo Netflix special, my feelings are mixed. I think she is lovely, though. I wish the translations of what she says were more complete. I have just enough Japanese to shake my head at how much they are omitting or altering. Why so much localization? (An ongoing pet peeve of mine.) I’ve done much of what she says since the early 2000’s, myself, having worked it out with no direction. (e.g. folding. Thanking and releasing things.) But, I think it may be time to hold a Konmari-style Clothing Matsuri for myself in the next month. 🤔 Previously, it would not have worked/was not needed, but now it is looking to be a good time for it.
I've started watching Marie Kondo's Netflix series. I didn't realize they weren't translating everything she said.That's kinda weird. I have a problem when they have the typed text below while she's speaking..the letters are white, just like her blouse, so I can't read it.
Dianne, if you’re charging the bike light using a computer USB port, sometimes the port will turn itself off, so that may be why it isn’t charging. If you’re using a wall plug type...I’ve got nothing. Thanks for all your videos!!
I've only been using the wall type...I shall try the computer - you never know! Thanks, Kelly!
Diane, how do you manage to do shopping and grocery shopping on a bike? My dh goes to the shops on his and can only bring back a few bits otherwise its too heavy for him, so how do you do this? Or do you do a bigger shop and take your car?
I have a basket at the front of my bike, luggage carrier on the back and a couple of special shopping bags (called Bikezac) which can be clipped on to the side of the luggage carrier.
Beautiful necklace
I know this isn't about kids - but - I found a series that might help moms with small kids. Look for The Minimalist Mom on RUclips. She's got a series about de-cluttering the kids rooms/toys/clothes PAINLESSLY! She has lots of ideas to help kids let go of excess and she's very positive and encouraging.
I thought your “feathers” story was cute. It’s hard to see our children leave home for however long it may be. My girls are now 40 and 41, married and live three hours away from us and I still miss them. I should get a life,I know!!
Haha getting a life will perhaps help some, but there's no help for a mother's constant and unending love for her children. I'm sure your daughters are blessed by your love and care 😊
Teacher snot..funny but I think you should call it teacher boogers. Sending Tweet and Sparkie's feathers is so sweet, sounds like something my mother would do and I think she's a type 1. I'm going to get her to read "It's Just My Type" after I finish my second hand copy (aren't you proud I didn't buy it new). I know I'm a type 2 and I want her to figure out her type but I'm afraid if she watches the videos she'll pick 3..because of the colors. She is so not a 3!
I found around 9 baby spoons in a cutlery drawer in my kitchen. I thought to myself "what am I doing " ! 1 the youngest grandchild is 3 years old . 2 we haven't looked after the grandchildren for the last 5 years because of my husband's illness and 3 even if a friend with a baby visited I wouldn't need 9 baby spoons and mums would usually bring their own sterilized feeding equipment. What is worse we moved around 4 years ago, I brought these spoons with us ,when the youngest grandchild was 6 years old. Shocking! I don't think I ever kept 9 baby spoons for my own babies at any one time. For the last 4 years they had sat doing nothing but taking up space in the second cutlery drawer. AND WHY DO I NEED 2 CUTLERY DRAWERS. They are now out of my house. This has been a bit of a wake up call. Another confession I have to make is l have a large carrier bag of disposable cutlery lurking in another kitchen cabinet. Seriously! The biggest garden party I have had in the last 10 years was for around 12 people and I probably used proper cutlery.
No more of this nonsense though. I am proud to say that in the last month I have decluttered two wardrobes and a large bedroom stand with 5 drawers. I folded the clothes Kon Mari style in them. I have also reclaimed 2 drawers in my kitchen and decluttered some of my books and paperwork .Bed linen is one of the next things on my list. I bet I can find at least 1 pair of sheets that will be 40 years old for a single bed. We will see. At least the linen for my bed are no older than 18 months old as it's the first time I,ve had a kingsize bed here in Wales.
Have a great weekend and thanks for the video. Love from Margaret in Wales
Those bed linens really multiply when left at the back of a cupboard, don't they?! 😄