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Landi
Member
07-29-2002
| Friday, September 17, 2004 - 1:01 pm
i haven't been here for awhile, with the move. the rule has been - the apartment was cluttered, and the new house WILL NOT BE! NO HOW! NO WAY! so, i have approximately 25 boxes left to go through. it is either put away, or thrown away. no ifs ands or buts about it! i'm gonna have a house that people can visit! when we're all done moving in, i'm taking pictures! also, i'm keeping up with my control journal.
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Vee
Member
02-23-2004
| Friday, September 17, 2004 - 1:13 pm
Great, Landi! I figured that you've been mighty busy. Can you tell us a bit more about how you decide what stays and what goes? It will be fun to see your pictures. Actually, Laurie, Schoolmarm's suggestion has helped...it's just that my image of you does not compute with the emoticon that Hermione posted today! I had a little project today that has changed the way things look for the better. My dining room adjoins the kitchen. The kitchen is a bright east-facing room while the dining room is darker because of an oak grove to the west. I had light curtains in the kitchen and darker ones in the dining room. Just made a switch placing the light ones in the dining room and vice versa. My, the difference! Wonder why I didn't think of it years ago! And the price was right, too. Schoolmarm, everything is about getting those routines written down, I think. I have just started writing down my plans for employment...hope they work!
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Landi
Member
07-29-2002
| Friday, September 17, 2004 - 1:26 pm
i look at it as, if it has dust on it, then i haven't touched it in ages. out it goes. i threw out a coffee grinder yesterday, i haven't ground my own coffee in years. i don't have the time for it. i have one of those new coffee makers with the pods. no mess, no hassles, no cleanup. that's my life now. so if the 'item' makes a mess, creates a hassle, needs too much cleaning, OUT IT GOES! the hard part was asking the kittycats, "okay... when did you last play with this mousie? or that fuzzy ball? don't remember hunh..." OUT IT GOES!
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Schoolmarm
Member
02-18-2001
| Friday, September 17, 2004 - 1:31 pm
I'm jealous that Landi only has 25 boxes to go through. I have about 200 here and another carload (and the plants) still at my parent house. I will get them mid October when I'm up for cousin GAL's wedding. I absolutely left my desk in a mess and papers not processed and everything just stuffed in a bag. I was tired and couldn't stand it anymore. And now I'm home to a messy house! HOWEVER, I took care of the animals, swept the deck and spent a GLORIOUS hour vacuuming the pool....then I floated around for a while. Now I'm all refreshed and rejuvinated and ready to go back at it! I'm figuring out some forms to make my work-life easier. I also need to get a filing system set up, and a process for "processing" paper and grading. I'll get to it next week...I had 6 or 7 extra meetings this week and the organ festival and a workshop in St. Louis. Next week should be better. And, just so it is written down.....I WILL pay bills next week! AND sort my mail!
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Lkunkel
Member
10-29-2003
| Friday, September 17, 2004 - 7:49 pm
LOL, Vee! Here's my icon: . That image Hermione posted with the black hat and hooked nose riding a broomstick is quite a common one, but consider that most of those images were created during the Burning Times, and then glorified by Pop Culture. I prefer to think of the inner beauty of all people, not just the outer, but I must admit that stereotypes drive me nuts. I have quite a few (4) witches, and only one looks like that (the other 3 are quite cute). The 4th, however, serves its purpose by reminding me to look past the surface. Landi, have you noticed that it is AFTER you toss something that the furbrats want it? I tossed one of their toys and they went back into the trash to retrieve it. We've given up that battle, but have tossed two of their beds (which they only slept on when I thought about getting rid of them!). I can finally see the end of my boxes. I know where they are (the dining room) and all I have to do is tackle them. Tomorrow, tho, I am going to tackle the linen closet, so I can see just how much storage space we have. I want to bring in our decorations from the outside closet and put them in the linen closet, so I can more easily access them. Some of them will be staying, but others are definitely going away. And that will also free up some (all?) of the space in the outer patio closet. I have decided that the linen closet top shelf will be cleared of my canning jars (to the second shelf, where I can reach them!) and put the holiday stuff there. In January, the month of the annual "white" sale, I am replacing all of the spring/summer sheets and towels, so, I am going to go through and keep the best of the rest right now, and then pick up two complete towel sets (bath sheet, bath towel, hand towel, and wash cloth) for Potshot and me and one set for guests. Actually, probably not the bath towel, since we don't use them. And then a supply of handtowels for the guest bathroom. So, it will be a fun time at the store, but in the interim, it will clear out some space. Tomorrow, I'm thinking that in addition to the linen closet, I'll make up DH's chocolate syrup and some more bruschetta. While it is cooking, I can go ahead and tidy up the kitchen. I have probably 45 minutes of deep cleaning in there (including washing the floor), but I keep putting it off--silly, hunh? So, I'll do some cooking and cleaning out there, plus work on the linen closet for tomorrow. I envision getting rid of a LOT of stuff.
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Vee
Member
02-23-2004
| Saturday, September 18, 2004 - 3:31 am
Landi, I think those suggestions are good and practical. Maybe I can get some mileage out of them. Schoolmarm, I wish that I had known about FlyLady back in my teaching days. It might have made things easier. Let us know about the systems and how they work for you once you have them going. Laurie, you are possibly one of the most organized women I "know." You're even planning ahead for January white sales? Wow! Hope some of our other flutterers will check in, but I know so many of them are busy, busy, busy. Gotta run, I'm not showered and dressed and I am leaving at 8:00...it's 7:30 now and I still have to get Snowy's meds into her and that will be quite the process. Have a fun weekend!
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Lkunkel
Member
10-29-2003
| Saturday, September 18, 2004 - 8:57 am
Vee: That one was easy to track. I have a list of when you can expect to find the cheapest prices on common household goods and I entered the info into my Palm. I'm doing what Landi is doing to a degree--asking, and then purging. Potshot's STUFF falls into the COOL category (Can't Organize Other's Lives), so it is OFF-LIMITS. I'm hoping once I finish with my stuff and the Common Areas, that he'll take an interest in his own area(s). But, for now, I have plenty to do in my own spaces. So, my meds are taken and it is time to get busy. Hope everyone has a great day!
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Yankee_in_ca
Member
08-01-2000
| Saturday, September 18, 2004 - 9:10 am
Lkunkel, you just hit on one of my issues. I tend to be quite minimalist and enjoy being organized. I organize my closets all the time. If something is too old or I haven't worn it for ages or it's not necessary, I toss it, donate it, or give it away. HOWEVER, my dh is a complete pack rat, with a "collector" mentality. Just to give you an idea: On the collector side, it is very important for him to not only have, but DISPLAY his 500-800 CDs and 200 or so DVDs and his collection of over 100 toy Mini cars. I think it's nice to have CDs, books and DVDs, but I wouldn't mind keeping a streamlined look, and keeping them behind closed doors! He also keeps stacks of magazines, receipts, slips of paper, etc. He has stacks and stacks all over his desk. We have about 30 file storage boxes nearly filling our storage room -- but they're not organized. You open the box, and it's stacks of random receipts, papers, cds, electrical cords, you name it. He just throws the stuff in the box, puts the lid on it and voila -- it's off of his desk so he can accumulate more! You can't open any of his desk drawers cause they're so full of papers, etc.. We share an office, and we have a big wall unit with 6 drawers, 4 shelves behind doors and 2 open shelves. In this unit, my work stuff fills 1 drawer and 2 shelves. The rest is his stuff. Any ideas from anyone on how to deal with a situation like this? Do I just continue to thank my lucky stars that we have a good relationship otherwise, and NOT deal with it? I've tried to discuss this with my dh calmly and rationally, but it's fallen on deaf ears. I would love to de-clutter my house, but unfortunately I've de-cluttered all my stuff that I can de-clutter. The rest belongs with my very nice, very cute, very sweet but oh-so-pack-rattish husband! Help!
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Lkunkel
Member
10-29-2003
| Saturday, September 18, 2004 - 10:09 am
Yankee, I'm afraid, m'dear, that you are screwed. You cannot get rid of his stuff. HOWEVER, that doesn't mean you are entirely powerless, you just have to think (pardon the expression) outside of the box. You can ask for permission to deal with it for him. When I have done that for Potshot, he has sighed in relief. He has no clue how to deal with it, thus he doesn't. He was more than willing to turn the non-sentimental stuff over to me, which sounds like the storage room stuff and drawers to me. If, however, the permission thing doesn't work or you don't think it will work, remember it is always easier to ask for forgiveness than permission. Buy some magazine organizers for his magazines, put them in, and label the holder for him. Buy a receipt holder and sort out the receipts and place them so they can be found accordingly. I ended up buying the little books, rather than those accordian file things. Can you (as holidays are coming up) have a wall mounted display case made for his cars? Have a glass door or something put on it to eliminate the dust, but still provide access. As for the CDs and DVDs, how are they on display? If they are out of their cases, they're in danger of disintegration. Is there anyway to put matchstick blinds on the wall unit sections that are open? One pull, and the stuff is out of sight. We're covering our closet doors with a tension curtain rod and three twin sized sheets to make it look like a curtain and hide the doors that rub on each other and have peeling paint and dents from previous tenants. Can you go through the storage room stuff and sort, organize, and label? Even without getting rid of things, it would help later. If you do want to get rid of things, put them aside and take a time when you are both calm, quiet, and relaxing--sans the shortstuff--and ask if you can have 15 minutes to go through some papers you think can me tossed out. Set a timer, and at the 15 minute point, stop, and say you can do the rest on another time. If you have the papers organized enough to go through them with him, you WILL clear out the box in 15 minutes. My guess, since you say conversations have fallen on deaf ears is that he's overwhelmed by the concept of organizing--especially to the level I suspect you are capable of doing. I mean, you intimidate ME with your skills, and I'm not living with you.
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Yankee_in_ca
Member
08-01-2000
| Saturday, September 18, 2004 - 10:52 am
Lkunkel said: "Yankee, I'm afraid, m'dear, that you are screwed" L -- you're funny! hahaha I love your suggestions, and they are very good ones. I should have mentioned that I have offered a few times to help him get organized -- and he has declined my offers. And I swear I don't nag him about it ... but it is even gotten to the point where, when he went away for two weeks for a job, he expressly told me to NOT move or organize any of his stuff while he was gone because he has a "system" that works for him, and I might mess up his system. So you see, there's a lot of resistance. When it comes to the stuff in the storage room, I am certain that if I went in there and just threw everything in those boxes away (not that I would) and replaced the insides of the boxes with styrofoam peanuts, he'd NEVER EVEN KNOW. We've actually moved most of those boxes twice (paid movers to move junk, which drives my Virgo sensibility nuts) because he hasn't gone through them. So in the storage room, I may just try to organize and use your great tips. For the toy cars, we do have a glass display case -- proudly situated right in the middle of our living room. Not my idea of chic decorating, but relationships are about compromise, aren't they? LOL. The CDs and DVDs and books are on a wall of bookcases. And trust me, they're in their cases. And alphabetized. And I'm not allowed to touch the CDs for fear that I might get a fingerprint or a speck of dust on them. So other than the "clutter" aspect that drives me nuts, they are physically OK. I would put his magazines in magazine organizers, but I'm afraid we have no shelf space for them because of the CDs, books, DVDs, Mini car paraphernalia... (Right now the mags are in stacks under tables, filling up closets, under the bed, etc. -- And for some unknown reason, I feel like I need to clarify that they're photography, computer and design magazines -- not girlie ones LOL.) But honestly, it's the stacks and stacks of receipts, paper, files, etc. everywhere that drives me nuts. I don't know what to do about that. Particularly since we share a work office, and it is good for my brain and work self to be in an organized space. L, I'm afraid I'm realizing as I'm typing this that I AM truly screwed! haha! Anyways, maybe it's MY issue and not his LOL. Thanks for your already-great ideas, and any others you might have. P.S. -- I'm not that intimidating!!!
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Calamity
Member
10-18-2001
| Saturday, September 18, 2004 - 11:10 am
I would so love to organize my house. I try the best I can but since I purchased my home 5 years ago, it's been in a perpetual state of remodeling. I don't mean decorating, I mean hard-core home improvement. *Sigh* I dream of being able to pick out throw pillows and picture frames but since I'm single, it takes all my time & money to do the necessary stuff, forget the luxuries. And I've just discovered that the bathroom floor needs to be fixed. *Whimper*
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Lkunkel
Member
10-29-2003
| Saturday, September 18, 2004 - 11:21 am
Yankee: Definitely tackle the storage room then. Can you try the safety hazard (fire problem, bug infestation, etc) on the magazines? As for the work area, you will have to address that one. If it is affecting YOUR work, then that is not fair to you. We just have to figure out how to word it so that he doesn't feel attacked. And, yeah, you can be intimidating. His resistance shows that. I think maybe he heard you offer to do it without him being involved. It might also be time to call in a pro to work with JUST him....instead of a BO wife. Calamity? It doesn't cost anything to organize in most cases because you can't organize clutter. Can you describe the problem a little more clearly? It may be a problem of clutter, not organization.
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Calamity
Member
10-18-2001
| Saturday, September 18, 2004 - 12:00 pm
Hi Lkunkel: I'm organized to the point that I can be. I have lots of storage containers and keep things neat and organized in them. The problem is I have no place to put the storage containers so I have to stack them where I can. I'm working on installing shelving systems in the closets. That's helped some. My main problem isn't so much clutter as a lack of storage. I have no bookcases for my many, many books, CDs, etc. I don't want to waste money on that pre-fab furniture that's available at discount stores because I've discovered that it's not strong enough and really isn't that inexpensive anyway. I'd rather save my money and get something nice that will last. My dad built me a lovely huge wooden chest in which to store my yoga bolsters & exercise mats. But it took him more that three years to finish it so I'm not holding my breath for the matching video cabinet he's making to put in my exercise room. I have lots of workout videos (which I don't consider clutter, lol!). I can't use the vanity in the bathroom because there is gooey disgusting stuff in the drawers that will not come out. (Memo to self: Next time I go house-hunting, check all the drawers!) So I have those horrible plastic drawers stacked on the counter. And so on. I haven't even mentioned the kitchen... I'm sorry to be venting, the floor situation really was the last straw for me. I love my house & yard but sometimes it's overwhelming trying to fix all this stuff. No matter how much I get done, there's always more to do. Boy do I sound grouchy, lol. I actually had a beautiful morning.
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Lkunkel
Member
10-29-2003
| Saturday, September 18, 2004 - 7:15 pm
To be honest, Calamity, I'm not sure how to help. I understand not wanting to invest money in furniture, but having lived with boxes for several months while we pull together $500 for shelving and my health slowly permits me to get things done, I must say that living with boxes didn't make me like being anywhere where there were boxes. I also wonder if the boxes might also just be clutter bunkers. How much of the time are you going into the boxes to get things out? Organized clutter is still clutter--how many of your many, many books do you still reference? I have to admit, I love books, and yet I still limit myself to 15' of book space, so whatever is on the shelves is there because I really love them. I am NOT saying that you have the situation, just that you might. You say that there is "gooey, disgusting stuff in the drawers" so you don't use the vanity. I understand that: I have three drawers in the kitchen of our apartment which, if pulled out, come crashing to the floor. I've asked for repairs every month since we moved in, in January 2003. Can you use contact paper over the top of the goo? Can you use GooGone and a scraper to get rid of the Goo? I line everything with the Rubbermaid Liners, so, even if the goo is still there, the liner will stick to it and protect your items. I know that lack of money causes limitations. It is what led us to the apartment situation. But, honestly, if you are totally organized and clutter-free, I'm not sure what we can do to help out beyond listening.
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Citruscitygal
Member
08-07-2003
| Saturday, September 18, 2004 - 10:54 pm
Just need to thank you all for sharing. I can identify with something in each post. I've gotten some new perspectives and some great ideas for which I am grateful. Laurie~ It's great to see you posting here again. I hope it means you are feeling better. If you feel up to it, pop in to the rest of the board now & then.
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Lkunkel
Member
10-29-2003
| Sunday, September 19, 2004 - 1:13 pm
CCG: Where else would you like me to pop? Or rather, to paraphrase Mrs. LandingshamGod in Joan of Arcadia: "I don't pop, I abide." I seem to be on a fibro upswing at the moment, so I am working hard to get things done as quickly as I can--which is still slower than beans, but I do what I can do.
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Sia
Member
03-11-2002
| Sunday, September 19, 2004 - 7:10 pm
I've been painting like mad since Thursday and have my daughter's room almost finished. Also painted the first coat on the second half (if that makes sense) of the cottage bedroom floor on Thursday as well. I am tired of painting!! Need to bring the mineral spirits from the cottage so I can clean up my hands. I went to a community picnic yesterday with paint all OVER myself and didn't even care!! I'm determined not to put a bunch of stuff back into DD's room. I've removed her armoire/only storage for clothes and will be putting her clothes elsewhere. Wish me luck! The hall closet is already full. Neither of my kids has a bedroom closet, and my daughter's bedroom is the tiniest bedroom I've ever seen!
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Vee
Member
02-23-2004
| Monday, September 20, 2004 - 5:56 am
I wish you luck, Sia, but it sounds as if you are getting things all under control without any. Say, would you be willing to share your color schemes with us or post pictures? We'd love to see them. Lkunkel said: "Yankee, I'm afraid, m'dear, that you are screwed" Good lawd, Laurie! Nothing like scaring a gal to death!! Now let's try that again: Deep breath...Yankee, my what a challenge you have to face! But you know, the point of our greatest challenge is the point of our greatest potential. There, wasn't that better! I agree with Laurie that you can't control someone else's clutter; however, it is, in my opinion, time to express your needs for an attractive home and what that means to you. I think you get to say that this situation is NOT working for you. I would specifically ask your husband what he thinks he can do to help you deal with this issue. I might, if it were I, go so far as to say that you NEED his input and you NEED his help because, other than this, he is darned near perfect. Best wishes dealing with it, but really, what you are dealing with sounds so frustrating. I would come unglued. Calamity, I so understand what you are talking about. I spent my entire childhood living in a house that was in perpetual remodeling. I was so ashamed of it that I never invited anyone to my home. My parents finally pulled it all together when I was in high school. I always said that I would not follow in their footsteps, but then there came the day when I could not take that damned wall another minute so I tore it down and opened up a staircase in my kitchen. Loved the possibilities, but hated the mess. Shortly thereafter, I went away with the kids on vacation while my husband stayed home. What a blessing to come home and find brand new stairs built and a finished beautiful wall. I think that feature alone sold the house some years later. Anyway, sounds as if you are doing all that you can do right now. Laurie is so correct...clutter can not be organized. I do think that the steps given here will help with anything though, including remodeling so best wishes as you keep taking those steps. Someday you are going to have a home that you can be proud of. Lk, as always you are setting the pace! Hope that all is going well in your world as you continue to make a haven for yourself. That Potshot! What are you going to do with him? I would think that he would see how smooth and peaceful things go with FlyLady. Love her quote for today, by the way. On a personal note, I have been sharing a lot of FlyLady's stuff with my mom. Last week I forwarded something about an old lady and her stuff, very pertinent in our world, and my mom mistakenly hit the reply button in the forward, which one is not supposed to do. My mom thought she was writing to me and she unburdened her heart...to Leanne. Yup, she got a nice little encouraging e-mail from Leanne. I thought that was very thoughtful on Leanne's part because I'm sure she doesn't have that kind of time. My mother was so perplexed...wondered who in the world this Leanne person was writing her such an encouraging word. LOL! Happy fluttering to you all!
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Calamity
Member
10-18-2001
| Monday, September 20, 2004 - 11:42 am
Lkunkel: I appreciate your suggestions, advice and, most of all, listening! I don't usually vent like that here and I'm sorry for sounding so whiny and grouchy. Vee: Thank you for your understanding words. A lot of the time I get so frustrated with myself because I'm the dummy who bought the house, lol. I've realized that until you're a homeowner, it's really hard to grasp how much money, time, and effort it takes to fix things. Just so I don't appear completely unproductive, here's the big fixes I've done since buying my house: - Replaced eight old broken, single-pane windows with new insulated wood windows for the bedrooms - Tore out most of the old trim and interior doors and replaced them with new oak woodwork (had to, for the wall replastering job) - Replastered the walls and patched the living room ceiling - Put in new laminate flooring in the living room & new carpeting in my bedroom & "office" - Had the air handler moved in the basement and had new duct work, floor vents and cold air returns installed throughout the house - Installed baseboard heaters in 4 rooms - Installed new steel covered gutters and downspouts and put in drainage pipes in yard - Got a new water softener and tank - Refinished a couple hardwood floors - Got California Closet systems for the the bedroom and exercise rooms - for the three other closets I'm putting in sturdy oak boards that my dad cut up for me - yesterday afternoon I put in hooks for my cleaning supplies - Put in new lighting in the basement and garage - Had a security system and new phone & cable jacks put in - Put in new water & power lines to shed & yard - I've got two acres and the extra yard faucet way in back will be great for watering the trees & flowers in dry years instead of killing myself dragging hoses or hauling buckets - Installed a 3'x6' wall mirror and a 6' adjustable ballet barre in my "exercise room" - More painting than I care to think about - Oh, and I had to get rid of a lot of trash & junk that the previous owners left behind too - And I almost forgot...put in glass block windows in the basement The main things on my list now are: ~ Finish rewiring the house, garage, and shed (I'm not doing that part myself, lol). Can't put the boards up on the garage & basement walls til that's done which is partly why I have so little built-in storage in those areas ~ Remove the old flooring in the dining room and kitchen and put in the new vinyl flooring I bought over a year ago ~ Put up that fake storm window plastic over the kitchen windows 'cause they're so drafty in the window (can't wait til I can replace the remaining windows in my house) That vinyl flooring is one of my concessions. I don't care for it particularly but I can't take another winter of those yucky old floors. Unfortunately for me, the people who lived here before me did their "home improvements" in a cheap, sloppy, and frankly incorrect manner so that's why I've had to fix so much stuff. I also need to do something about the bathroom floor (but I really need to remodel the whole room since the tiles are falling off), I just noticed a slight discolored patch on the dining room ceiling, and something's wrong with my hot water heater. Oh well .
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Lkunkel
Member
10-29-2003
| Monday, September 20, 2004 - 11:44 am
Vee: Yankee and I have discussed this before; she took my comment in good cheer and the knowledge that I was right and she does have to acknowledge that one to herself. She HAS expressed to her beloved that the clutter is driving her nuts, but it has fallen on deaf ears since the clutter is in "his" areas as he sees it. As for what I'll do with Potshot: I'll keep him, of course. As I finish off the other areas of the apartment, he'll begin to ask for help for his room. In the meantime, I can always close his door. As I finish off determining the clutter--and as I go through my art supplies, I AM finding things I won't use, and thus the items are clutter. I wouldn't have thought it since it was an "Art supply" but it is. As I continue labeling the baskets and boxes, I can't wait to get the shelves so I can more easily access the items, but I can see how much better this is going to be. LOL. Leanne is great. I always get a response from her and from Dana, but rarely anyone else. Sia: I always seemed to get more paint on me than the walls at first! Sounds like you're getting things covered. I must admit, since rescuing the top of my nightstand, and returning my healing altar to its correct location, and lighting the candles, I feel much more calm and peaceful. I missed having access to my altar, so I will be concentrating much harder on keeping my nightstand cleared off. I have put the healing altar in other places, but it feels best next to my side of the bed. Happy fluttering. ETA: Calamity: Be patient with yourself--it takes pros longer than a day to build a house. You've done a lot. My thought with the boxes wasn't to criticize, but to just suggest that you think about what is in the boxes and whether or not you've used it. Afterall, there's no reason to put away clutter (i.e., things you haven't used). Even in my teeny kitchen, I have an empty cupboard. It's kind of cool. Best of luck!
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Vee
Member
02-23-2004
| Monday, September 20, 2004 - 1:53 pm
Wow, Calamity! You have done an amazing job! It takes time, not to mention money, so be good to yourself and don't kick yourself too hard. It will all come in time. I think home ownership is challenging because the repairs and upkeep are ongoing; it just never ends! But the rewards are great and you get to be the designer and decider of your haven. That's fun! Sorry, Laurie, I hope I didn't offend. I thought your comment was very funny. Glad that you and Yankee have a prior understanding of the situation. Glad you're keeping Potshot, too, don't want to start any dissension is the castle! I have had a very quiet day...only put out some hotspots in the garage, now I need to give the house some thought. It's nearly six o'clock and I don't know what's for supper either!
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Lkunkel
Member
10-29-2003
| Monday, September 20, 2004 - 2:58 pm
Vee: I'm sorry. I read it as you thought I was being too hard on Yankee and non-supportive. It was hardly the case, and she knew it. Just did not want misunderstandings driving me away from here!
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Vee
Member
02-23-2004
| Monday, September 20, 2004 - 3:26 pm
Nothing should ever drive you away from any thread that you would like to post on! No, I was trying to be funny, sorry that it didn't come across so well in print. 
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Lkunkel
Member
10-29-2003
| Monday, September 20, 2004 - 3:42 pm
True, but I tend to avoid difficult places and situation, and I was afraid I had screwed up this landing place.
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Landi
Member
07-29-2002
| Monday, September 20, 2004 - 3:51 pm
well my weekend was exhausting to say the least. i had miscounted and had approximately 40 boxes. now i only have 20. 5 for my office, 7 for holly's room. 1 for my bedroom. 5 for the kitchen. and 2 for my collectibles. the reason things are taking so long, is most everything has to be washed before it can be put away. i couldn't do the office or the kitchen boxes as i needed dh to put my shelves together in the office and to fix the cabinet shelves in the kitchen. he did those at about 9 last night. too late for me to do any more. a big first for this weekend. i shined my sink! this is the first time for the new house. dishes have actually gotten done after the meal also!
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