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Lumbele
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07-12-2002

Wednesday, December 01, 2004 - 11:14 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
A "Schrank" is any type of free standing cabinet, but without a specific "room destination" (there are some for bedrooms/clothes, kitchens etc) the one in the living room is meant.
The one on the left in your row is most likely the bedroom kind, the second dining room, perhaps. The third and fourth living room.
DH just took a couple of ours, but I had to shrink the pics so badly to get them to post you may have to enlarge them to get a better look-see.
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ETA: My mother pushed for me to pick one with lots of doors to hide stuff behind. So glad I listened to her. Shelves are great, but need to be kept neat and not exactly where you want your piles of dishes, glasses, stationary, camera equipment, etc. etc. to be sitting all exposed.

Lumbele
Member

07-12-2002

Wednesday, December 01, 2004 - 11:27 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
BTW, Vee, that script change happened to someone else recently while the rest of us experienced no changes. May have to go into the Computer Help thread archive.

Vee
Member

02-23-2004

Wednesday, December 01, 2004 - 11:47 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
It's back to normal now. It was kind of tiny! Not too pleasant.

Wow! What a huge amount of storage. It's just what my mother needs now that she has all of my grandmother's dishes plus her own. Thanks for posting those photos, Lum. Is this your home? It's really lovely. I could happily have a seat and chat the afternoon away with you! Are we allowed tea and cookies in the living room?

Lumbele
Member

07-12-2002

Wednesday, December 01, 2004 - 12:53 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Come on over, Vee, I'll put the kettle on. Our living room, as you can see, is being lived in. It is waiting for a new couch set that we like. So far no luck, so the old one will have to hang around some more.

Biloxibelle
Member

12-21-2001

Thursday, December 02, 2004 - 6:33 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Schrank! That is exactly what I need. Lum, your room looks wonderful. I hope you have enough tea and cookies to go around LOL.

The pantry idea worked great. All my crystal and silver are within easy reach. I now have extra space in the kitchen. We will not mention the silver needs a good polish.

We got all the Christmas stuff down. After starting to get it out I got a phone a call from my youngest son (14). Seems I had to stop what I was doing and meet him in the office at school. He is in the chorus at school and they were practicing for the Christmas Concert. The teacher told him to put more enthusiasm in his song. He did!!!!

Vee
Member

02-23-2004

Thursday, December 02, 2004 - 10:27 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I'm ready for my cup of tea, Lum! teacup

As you know, I've been wallowing in Christmas decorations. This morning I really identified with Catfat when I found myself folding scap pieces of tissue paper to use for protecting Christmas ornaments after the tree is taken back down. You'll be happy to know that I came to my senses when I realized how stupid that was...like there won't be plenty of tissue paper to use later. Threw all that ratty tissue paper away filling one large garbage bag. I also found the stash of garment boxes...in pretty rough shape, too. So that's getting the boot...I'll have to do that under cover of darkness or my sis will put up such a wail. She's as far gone as I am! LOL!

Biloxi, I'd love to know what your son did to "put more enthusiasm" in his Christmas music!

Lumbele
Member

07-12-2002

Thursday, December 02, 2004 - 11:37 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Yay for the chrystal pantry!!! Silver, what a pain! Haven't looked at mine in ages, just stuck it in some Tupperware, burped and then forgot it. Never use it anyway, except for knives and teaspoons and those land in the dishwasher pretty much every day.
Yeah, what in the world warrants a fluttering mother to drop everything because of some unenthusiastic carols? What has the world come to?

No worries in the sweets department. Yesterday I made my first Christmas cookies, a huge batch of coconut macaroons (some is going to my in-laws and some to DS's friend in Afghanistan). If you wait til this weekend there will be more diff. kinds on offer.
BTW, does anyone have a cookie recipe that requires lots of egg yolk. Most of mine just require whites and more often than not the yolks get flushed (but not until they are nice and "fuzzy").
Today is my "blessing" day. Good thing I am slated for a massage and chiro tomorrow. I'll be some ripe for both.

Vee
Member

02-23-2004

Thursday, December 02, 2004 - 12:25 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
How about a pound cake instead with the egg yolks? I've got a good recipe I can send you...easy and delicious.

Lumbele
Member

07-12-2002

Thursday, December 02, 2004 - 1:13 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Yes, please!!!! My hairdresser cropped the wool on my noggin with gusto, so there isn't a whole lot there that needs egg shampoo.
This weekend will bring plenty of yolks yet again. Yesterday I smuggled extra ones into my German cheesecake. Now DH won't touch it. Mr. High Cholesterol is being a good boy.LOL All the more for DS and Mum, who's waistlines are just aching for extra fat.wink
Why not post it in the recipes only thread? There might be more yolk hoarders out there.

Vee
Member

02-23-2004

Thursday, December 02, 2004 - 2:29 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Okay, Lum! I think I have your e-mail address somewhere around here. I just got my hair cut, too!

Vee
Member

02-23-2004

Friday, December 03, 2004 - 11:37 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Oh, just focused on your suggestion to share in recipes thread...didn't because I don't share this one so easily...rotten to the core I am!

Julieboo
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02-05-2002

Friday, December 03, 2004 - 11:43 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Help! I can't figure this out. We moved into a new house about 6 months ago. This house came with a washing machine. Ever since then, we often have a problem with either red or navy "tie-dye" type stains on different light colored items.

We never had this problem before with our old washer/dryer. Could that be the problem? The washer or the dryer?

It doesn't make sense to me. Thru my life, I have used all sorts of different washers. My dh and I together have used 3 different washers before this one. So why the sudden problem? Any ideas?

Vee
Member

02-23-2004

Friday, December 03, 2004 - 12:52 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Red stains I can understand and would attribute to rust, but I'm not sure what the blue stains are...have you tried to run a cleaning agent through a cycle (no clothing)? Have you checked the inside of either the washer or dryer to see if there is some residue remaining on the drums? Wish I knew more about this!

Lumbele
Member

07-12-2002

Friday, December 03, 2004 - 1:17 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Thanks, Vee, got it! I'll let you know how it turned out.
Julie, sorry, but I am no help either. Try the "dumb questions" thread. One of the guys may have a clue and they hang out there rather than "Home Organisation".
Had plenty of good intentions for today, but after being kneaded, then twisted like a pretzel and finally "curved" and up since 2:30 am, I think I'll postpone said intentions and go for a snooze instead.

Julieboo
Member

02-05-2002

Friday, December 03, 2004 - 1:20 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
It's not rust and it doesn't happen every time. I am thinking it happens if I don't wash only all reds and or only all darks. It's like if I forget there is a load of wet laundry and when it's wet, the color transfers.

But what doesn't make sense is I know i've done that a million times before, yet it is only this particular washer that does the "tie-dying". Does that make sense to anyone?

Lumbele
Member

07-12-2002

Friday, December 03, 2004 - 1:35 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Julie, just had a thought. Is the new washer one of those that just accepts the water temperature your hot water tank is set on (if so, you may want to check if that is set higher than at the old house)? Or is it one that heats its own water, in which case you may want to recheck the settings.
Sorry, that's about all I can come up with.

Julieboo
Member

02-05-2002

Friday, December 03, 2004 - 1:59 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Thanks Lumbele. I'll go take a look at that... but since I wash with only cold water, not sure that is it.

Jagger
Member

08-07-2002

Friday, December 03, 2004 - 2:08 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Julie it could be that the coating on your washer is worn off, this would allow the reds and blues to absorb into the walls of the machine. That is just a guess but that's about the only thing I can think of that would cause such a problem.

If it were only red or brown it could be from the water itself, too hard of water with too many minerals in it, but I have never heard of it turning blue before.

Lumbele
Member

07-12-2002

Friday, December 03, 2004 - 2:20 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Wow, call me a pin, a guy actually stumbled in here! h, Jagger!!!

Julie, if you only wash cold, forget my idea. Did ya buy anything red/blue since you moved?

Vee
Member

02-23-2004

Friday, December 03, 2004 - 2:52 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Jagger is a guy? Well see what I know!

Vee
Member

02-23-2004

Friday, December 03, 2004 - 3:01 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Here's a fun article I found on my home page just now... Stowing It Away

Vee
Member

02-23-2004

Monday, December 06, 2004 - 6:04 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Monday morning and I'm wondering if you found out anything about that washer of yours, Julie. What an annoying, expensive problem to have! My mother must cope with rust in her water, which means a lot of ruined clothes.

Laurie posted in her folder that she would join us in January when things calm down a bit. (I'm hoping that it might be sooner.) She sounds very busy and is planning a Christmas Open House so you just know that she is following the plan to get all that accomplished.

I almost have my bedroom back together fifteen minutes at a whack. Because of the lack of room, my bedroom, as the largest one, becomes wrapping central. I have a table set up with all the tools, papers, tissue paper, ribbons, etc. that anyone could need. It looks festive and so becomes a part of the decor in December. My suggestion, unlike FlyLady's, is that you take the time to decorate your bedroom in even a small way so that you have a mini holiday retreat. It certainly adds to my enjoyment of the season. (Now, it's perfectly okay to set up your wrapping corner elsewhere! )

Have been purchasing a few of the extras for holiday baking as Leanne suggests. I think that I'm done with that...now if I can just get my sis to hide the danged stuff so I will stay out of it. I must have spent my entire teenage savings on replacing baking items! I simply have a horrendous sweet tooth and have no problem scarfing chocolate chips right out of the bag. True confessions!

Hope you all have a wonderful Monday...I am going to finish up a few more posts then get busy in my new wrapping center.



Citruscitygal
Member

08-07-2003

Tuesday, December 07, 2004 - 7:14 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I haven't read the whole history of the colors in the washing machine so maybe this is off the mark. Is it possible that the washing machine was used to dye something(s)? If so, there could be residue of the dye in the washer.
Just a thought.

Citruscitygal
Member

08-07-2003

Tuesday, December 07, 2004 - 7:15 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Ooops, somehow double posted. Sorry!

Vee
Member

02-23-2004

Wednesday, December 08, 2004 - 11:26 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Has anyone ordered new feather dusters lately? I just received the three that I ordered from FlyLady and they are not nearly as nice as the one I ordered for myself last summer. They have the same length handle, but there are fewer feathers and the feathers don't seem as long. (I better get out the tape measure.) I'm wondering if I should bother to register a complaint.

Yesterday was spent helping my folks with Christmas decorating. My sister and I picked up my mother's china cupboard much like this one (sorry, will try again) and helped her get the dished hauled up from the basement, washed, and organized. I also set up my mother's miniature village on top. It really looks sweet and some day I will try to get my new digital camera functioning so that I can show you a real photo.

It might be my hurting back...lugging furniture and dishes and shoveling snow...but I feel like I've hit a slump. I can almost hear Lum and Laurie saying "babysteps" right now.

Speaking of Laurie, I hope that she will be able to post some of her holiday activities for us and give us a few tips.

Anyone have a few pointers for those of us who are hitting a wall? I think that my best one would be hot-spot clean-up and five-minute room rescues. That helps me to keep going even when I'm not doing the entire program...like today!

Happy fluttering, pals!