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Lumbele
Member
07-12-2002
| Tuesday, June 01, 2004 - 5:54 pm
WOW, that Lk takes no prisoners.LOL
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Lkunkel
Member
10-29-2003
| Tuesday, June 01, 2004 - 6:06 pm
If I took no prisoners, I would ruin DH's and D's testosterone night of blowing each other up on the James Bond video game, and be drilling and screwing right behind them. ::snicker:: yup, I'm 4. Tomorrow is soon enough.
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Vee
Member
02-23-2004
| Wednesday, June 02, 2004 - 4:37 am
Spinner, I would rather be a butterfly than a fly any day! I love your comment about fluttering...so descriptive. Your method of wallpapering is unique also. What a great way of keeping everything under control. No one will have a clue that anything is going on until suddenly the whole room will seem as if it has been transformed overnight. When I'm doing a project the whole neighborhood knows it. Sorry, Landi, that you came home to a challenge. Hope it doesn't take too long to set it straight. Lk, those bookshelves are going to be nice and solid and we'll all be so proud of you for getting them set up all by yourself. Not to mention how much fun it will be finding a spot for everything you are keeping. Oh dear, Purple, do you suppose that poor person can ever get out from under all of that? It's pictures like those that scare me out of ever wanting to be a professional organizer! Lumble, happy household journal to you! Have a great day flying or fluttering as the case may be!
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Purplecow
Member
12-08-2003
| Wednesday, June 02, 2004 - 6:02 am
Soup for breakfast . . . Remember that typo when I said I had soup for breakfast when I meant to say I had cereal for breakfast? Well, this morning I had to leave my lower at the dentist for relining. I won't pick it up until late this afternoon. I forgot to eat before I left for the dentist, I'm ravenous, so it'll be soup for breakfast today! Have a good chuckle at my expense; I'm certainly having one!
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Lumbele
Member
07-12-2002
| Wednesday, June 02, 2004 - 7:45 am
Bon Appetit, Purple! 
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Landi
Member
07-29-2002
| Wednesday, June 02, 2004 - 8:09 am
well i got my sink shined last night! and my laundry is washed and folded. now to get it put away. it's a vicious cycle! in the closet this morning was a whole new pile of laundry! i want my own washer/dryer soooo bad! and a backyard so i can line dry my sheets. i miss line dried sheets. it always reminds me of my nonna and how i'd play hide and seek and how they always smelled so sweet. <sigh>
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Spinner
Member
10-27-2003
| Wednesday, June 02, 2004 - 1:21 pm
I can't take credit for "fluttering" Vee! That's a FlyLady term! LK, so how are the shelves? Soup is a great breakfast, Purple. I think--I often have it. Better than starting the day with a doughnut--as much as I LOVE Krispy Kremes, I don't think they're a healthy breakfast. More like an occasional snack. Landi, how true, how true about the laundry. No wonder FlyLady asks us constantly where our laundry is--there's always something in the process somewhere. It's pretty hard to have everything clean and put away when at the very least, the clothes that everybody has on will start to fill up that basket in just a few hours. Truly, with laundry, one is never done! Thanks for the vote of confidence re the way I'm going to change over the wallpaper in a bath to paint. I'll have to have the shower curtain down, I figure, so I won't get paint on it, but nobody needs to use the tub/shower in that bath--it's an extra. My plan is to start with the wall that's over the tub (it has shower-tiles up the walls aways, so that won't have to be done, just protected) but that's an area where the ladder/stepstool will have to be in the tub, on a mat, I think, to protect the tub. Then I can do the area over/around the toilet and adjoining sink--for the most part, I can stand on those items to work up high. Fortunately the ceiling is in excellent shape--I just need to not screw that up. Then on a day when I have enough time to do the biggest wall and finish it, because it faces the doorway, I'll do all of that. Leaving that until last means that I'll have had the most practice removing old paper, priming, and then painting. I think this will work! But not today. Basic routine and 2 declutterings--under sink and refrigerator (already done) --because I have a lot of "real work" to do. One of those "every client needs something" days!
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Lkunkel
Member
10-29-2003
| Wednesday, June 02, 2004 - 1:42 pm
I'm putting them up now. The books definitely need the third support purchased, but that will wait until the check comes in. For now, tho, the books at least have a home. Spinner: I think your plan sounds great. I always work on the areas not as visible first.
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Vee
Member
02-23-2004
| Wednesday, June 02, 2004 - 2:17 pm
See how little I know about FlyLady? Thanks for setting me straight, Spinner. No great projects accomplished today. I am so lame that I can hardly move. A definite case of overdoing it, which I am sure is exactly what FlyLady wants all of us to avoid. Lk, you will feel much better about that third support. Crashing books, in the middle of the night, or any time, are no fun. Carry on everyone!
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Lkunkel
Member
10-29-2003
| Wednesday, June 02, 2004 - 2:31 pm
Yes, indeed, I do want the third support. More importantly, I need to take the 48" shelves back and get 60" ones instead. I am discovering that there will be enough room for my books--even as I'm going through them, I'm discovering that some of them can go away. While I am not putting the books on the shelves, I am really excited about this, since it is "proof" that I am making progress.
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Lumbele
Member
07-12-2002
| Wednesday, June 02, 2004 - 3:14 pm
Landi, in my daily chore list I have one laundry job, i.e. I do one load, iron or mend. But then there is only 3 of us, so huge piles don't accumulate that fast around here. You are doing great, Spinner! Might even inspire me to tackle our bathroom. Just the thought of patty knives, sandpaper, paint brushes and rollers is still giving me the hives though. Yay, Lk, sounds like you are killing two birds with one stone. Making storage space and decluttering at the same time. Be careful though, you wouldn't want to end up with more storage space than you need. Vee, the only thing worthwhile I accomplished today was taking a walk, unless you count watching the tile man work. Maybe I should join the exercise thread for some back patting, not getting any brownie points from our lady of the fly today, that's for sure.LOL
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Lkunkel
Member
10-29-2003
| Wednesday, June 02, 2004 - 3:47 pm
Lumbele: I applaud you for the exercise! I would LOVE to have empty shelf space. Oh would I love empty shelf space. Meanwhile, I put the large planter behind the couch, and was on the ladder ready to put the staples in the ceiling to secure the shepherd's hook. DH comes out and tells me to stop--that I can't put the planter there because then he can't walk behind the couch. So, we've tentatively agreed on the new spot...but I told him that if the plants begin to look sad, they get moved to the "aisle way." I'm hoping to find away to make this really cool Book Window Valance for over the sliding glass door to display my altered books and journals. Edited, because HGTV just loves putting commas in its URLs which aren't appreciated by TVCH...
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Lumbele
Member
07-12-2002
| Wednesday, June 02, 2004 - 3:58 pm
Tell dh a body should walk 10,000 steps/day. From experience I know it is not that easy to that. He can get a head start by walking around the couch.
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Lkunkel
Member
10-29-2003
| Wednesday, June 02, 2004 - 4:39 pm
Lumbele: precisely his request. He wants to be able to CIRCLE the couch. I also noticed that where he wanted it moved to, he now has a clear shot of the television from the kitchen pass-thru.
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Lumbele
Member
07-12-2002
| Wednesday, June 02, 2004 - 4:48 pm
Darn, in that case you must put cleaning his "pathway" into his daily journal. Might cure him. Who is the TVCH member at your house anyway. Time to switch chairs, LK.
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Lkunkel
Member
10-29-2003
| Wednesday, June 02, 2004 - 5:19 pm
Lumbele: Until I have the apartment cleared out and cleaned up, his take on it is that he doesn't know where things go. Hence my goal to get everything done NLT the end of this month, but preferably before my oral surgery.
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Lumbele
Member
07-12-2002
| Wednesday, June 02, 2004 - 5:26 pm
That is one crafty dude you got there.LOL Don't let him tell you he still doesn't know where stuff goes when it all does have a home.
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Spinner
Member
10-27-2003
| Wednesday, June 02, 2004 - 5:41 pm
I love that over the window magazine/book rack, LK! Lumbele, I hope to use as few of those painting tools as possible! I'll remove the wallpaper with fabric softener but it won't be hard--the main reason for doing this is that the wallpaper is practically falling off now--been there a long, long time. Better prime it--the paint color below the wallpaper is a sort of medium brown (what COULD I have been thinking of when I put THAT in such a small room? <G>) and besides, that will keep me from having to do much with removing every tiny speck of wallpaper glue--or so Lowe's told me; I hope it's true. So I will need a roller, brush, painter's tape. Don't think there's anything like a hole that needs patching--the towel racks will go back where they are. So I'm hoping for a simple project. <G> New paint color is white; shower curtain is dark blue, as are towels, window curtain, mat. In such a small room, that's enough contrast. Oh yes, one set of towels is maroon. The cabinet's already repainted in white, with a touch of blue in the faux wood grain that I put on; the pulls are dark blue.
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Purplecow
Member
12-08-2003
| Wednesday, June 02, 2004 - 5:41 pm
The valence looks pretty cool, LK. You all have been so busy today. All I did besides my hot spots was 15 minutes in my sewing room and I didn't even belong in there. I should have been in the bedroom. So far, for me, hot spot patrol has been the best hint from Flylady. I've got 3 right now, but will probably add more as they appear.
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Lkunkel
Member
10-29-2003
| Wednesday, June 02, 2004 - 6:07 pm
Lumbele: not possible. One reason he CAN help in the kitchen is because all of the cabinets are labeled. Now he can put away dishes out of the DW (yes, it has one of those clean/dirty labels too...) I haven't figured out if I can make the book valance or not. It's been a long time since I tried constructing anything...but I am thinking about giving it a shot on my own, and, if I get confused, I'll call in a handyman.
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Lumbele
Member
07-12-2002
| Wednesday, June 02, 2004 - 6:16 pm
Atta girl, Lk! You obviously have a lot of experience anticipating.LOL MEN!!! The other day I was grunting because I kept noticing dull spots on a very clean glass stove top. Watching me rubbing my little heart out to get rid of them, DS informs me "I just turn the light off, they disappear then, Mum." At least he figured out a way to make them go away. Guess, all that university tuition is paying off. Purple, there is no penalty for doing 15 mins in the "wrong" room.LOL
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Purplecow
Member
12-08-2003
| Wednesday, June 02, 2004 - 6:25 pm
Wanna know how my DH fixed a broken kitchen light fixture? He put duct tape over the switch so no one would accidentally try to turn the light on. Gotta love those country boys!
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Lkunkel
Member
10-29-2003
| Wednesday, June 02, 2004 - 6:28 pm
Lumbele: I'm learning. <g> He hates the labels--he knows he has no excuse. In time, we will be cleared out, organized, and labeled. Then he'll have to think of another excuse.
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Lkunkel
Member
10-29-2003
| Wednesday, June 02, 2004 - 6:56 pm
Goody! My friend called me tonight; she'll take me to home depot tomorrow to get the shelves. We may have to get them cut though, since she doesn't think 5-feet is a standard length. I'm going to splurge and also get the third upright and three brackets so that the LR shelves will be done.
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Purplecow
Member
12-08-2003
| Wednesday, June 02, 2004 - 8:07 pm
The OCD rearing it's ugly little head, LK? Now that you've started there's no sleep until it's all, hell or high water, finished! Sounds like me! Can't wait to see the pictures.
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