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Lkunkel
Member
10-29-2003
| Friday, June 04, 2004 - 1:44 pm
Actually, he ended up doing the shopping; I ended up meeting his wife at the base hospital so she could hear her test results. We then went to visit one of our other friends who is hospitalized. I thought I wrote it...but I think it was deleted when I tried to move it to a different location.
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Vee
Member
02-23-2004
| Friday, June 04, 2004 - 8:52 pm
Gosh, I'd faint dead away in heat like that...we have only been in the 60s lately. I did yard work in the morning, kept the hot spots under control, sink shined, laundry under control, nothing major. Had to look through summer clothing to find a dress to wear to a graduation, which made me realize that it really is time to get the summer stuff out and the winter stuff packed away. I'd like to have a closet big enough for all of it all the time...at least I think I would. Friends who know what we need when we need it are the best, aren't they?! Glad that you had a friend be so helpful today, Lk. Tomorrow I am going back to the garage with help so it should be completed except for the little trip to Home Depot for garage organizers for tools and such. Have a good weekend, Flyers and Flutterers. I leave you with a picture of me today...
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Lkunkel
Member
10-29-2003
| Saturday, June 05, 2004 - 2:50 am
I would love to play in the sprinklers. But, with FBP#1 coming tomorrow, I have to get this place done. I keep telling myself that I can do it, after all:
DH gave me a lot of compliments today, tho. He told me how great the kitchen looks and how the living room is starting to come together and how impressed he is that I have cleared out as much stuff as I have.
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Lumbele
Member
07-12-2002
| Saturday, June 05, 2004 - 7:24 am
YAY, Mr. Kunkel!!! He noticed!!! Lk, maybe he'll appreciate it enough to keep it up -at least a little - while you are out of commission. Ok, so I am feeling optimistic today. Vee, when you are done with yours, wanna tackle mine? Quite frankly I'd rather iron or wax shoes all day than clean out the garage/storage room/shed, and I have always hated to do the former.LOL
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Vee
Member
02-23-2004
| Saturday, June 05, 2004 - 12:24 pm
Sure, Lumbele, I'll be right up there to help you out. Well the garage is as done as it is going to get done by me. The rest of the stuff...two boxes worth must be sorted by she who knows what to do with it...that would not be I. I'm not playing in that danged sprinkler, Lk! I am just getting soaked by it. I feel like such an idiot whenever this happens and I have to go in my front door dripping wet. I'm sure my neighbors get a chuckle if they're watching, but I hope they're not. You know you've been doing something right, Lk, if a man notices it. Good for you and for him!
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Vee
Member
02-23-2004
| Saturday, June 05, 2004 - 12:26 pm
Wait a minute, what's FBP#1?
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Lkunkel
Member
10-29-2003
| Saturday, June 05, 2004 - 2:59 pm
FBP#1 is former business partner #1. I wrote about him before as we had to spend the night at his and his wife's home.
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Lkunkel
Member
10-29-2003
| Monday, June 07, 2004 - 12:15 am
Okay, after this Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Weekend (apologies to Judith Viorst) I have decided that date night is not happening again. DH had slept through a couple of them, and for tomorrow's he had made plans to go swimming with another friend, and then invited me as an afterthought. This was more important to me than to him.
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Vee
Member
02-23-2004
| Monday, June 07, 2004 - 6:53 pm
Lk, so sorry to hear that your weekend wasn't all you had hoped for. Is Wednesday your big day? Hope that you are relaxing tomorrow with not too much left on your to-do list. Spent the weekend flinging away in the basement. All our clothing is stored there, which was a big switch from keeping it in bedroom closets. It just has always seemed more logical to keep clothing where it is laundered. Laundry room in basement...clothes in basement. The laundry room has become our "dressing" room too. It's always cooler in the summer and there's an extra heater for colder months. We were able to fling six bags of clothing and one bag of shoes. We hauled it to Goodwill this afternoon and got a receipt for it. I am loving FlyLady's suggestion to bless someone else and not go the yard sale route. One thing that we did, but probably should not have, is that we packed up our winter clothing knowing full well that it won't fit when we dig it out again. We have been following Dr.Phil's weight loss plan since February 1. So, come fall, we are going to be in trouble because nothing is going to fit...it was already getting baggy. But finding that we now fit into our old skinnier clothes this summer has been a lot of fun. I'm wearing my jeans again...yippee! We also did the Home Depot shopping and had trouble finding exactly what we want for tool organization, etc. Anyone have suggestions? Planting more flowers and shrubs tomorrow, and reworking a front yard garden. We're going to lay out the garden hose in some pleasing configuration and hope that after mulching, planting, weeding, etc., that the garden will look a little more pulled together than it does currently. Purple, did you ever get around to making that pie? Oh, I'm going to try to get up early Tuesday to watch Venus travel across the sun... Take care, everybody...
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Lkunkel
Member
10-29-2003
| Monday, June 07, 2004 - 8:27 pm
Vee: Sounds like you did a great job! Congratulations on the weight loss!! Today I was back to writing about auto glass. Tomorrow, I will be clearing out my side of the bed, pulling down the wooden shelves that were up, patching the holes, and then putting up my shelves. Then, I'll take care of some other stuff. DH and I have doctor's appointments at 3:20PM and 3:40PM. With my surgery on Wednesday afternoon, I plan to work on loose ends around the house in the morning. (Plus I need to run across the street to Pet Smart and get cat food and litter.)
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Vee
Member
02-23-2004
| Tuesday, June 08, 2004 - 4:32 am
Just as I suspected...another busy day for you. Just know that I'll be thinking of you often. I am so frustrated by this Venus transit...no equipment to watch, the pinpoint viewer is a bust, and it is so obvious that something really neat is going on out there in the heavens. I'm so nosy that I want to see it for myself!
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Lumbele
Member
07-12-2002
| Tuesday, June 08, 2004 - 8:08 am
Lk, sorry you didn't have the weekend you expected. Don't wear yourself out with the last minute stuff before your op. It isn't worth it. Trust me, the work will still be there when you have recouped. Will be thinking of you Wednesday and hope things turn out better than you are expecting. Vee, thanks, bud!LOL We just hauled 2 big boxes to the front of the house for the Diabetes Association. Let's hope the heavens don't open up again before they can get here. Wow, I'd love to need a new wardrobe for those reasons. So what's Dr Phil's philosophy to loose weight? Another low carb diet? Let us know how your planting is turning out. Any chance for before/after pics? The garden is on our agenda for next spring, and I am not above stealing ideas, you know.LOL When I get a little time, I'll hop over to the flylady's site to see if she has any good ideas for garage organisation. If not, I will be relying on you, Vee, since you are way ahead of me.LOL Yesterday and today, I have been working on finishing those dang new garden doors. Needed to "putty"/sand the frame, paint it today, hang some curtains over top tomorrow, I hope and with a good clean my kitchen will finally be "put together". Working on the bathroom a bit, too. Wallpaper is down and holes have been "puttied". Now comes the fun part - sanding. Beginning to really detest the sight of sand paper.LOL Hang in there, everyone, we are getting there - slowly, but surely.
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Purplecow
Member
12-08-2003
| Tuesday, June 08, 2004 - 11:16 am
I put my sewing magazines in chronological order and into magazine boxes and on the shelf. That's is so far. LK: Chin up! We all be thinking about you tomorrow. Remember to take your pain meds BEFORE it hurts.
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Catfat
Member
02-27-2002
| Tuesday, June 08, 2004 - 7:33 pm
Hi Everyone, I haven't written in awhile, but I have been lurking. I have been reading about all your progresses--well done! My main thing for this week was that I now have taken care of half the pile of clothes in my bedroom. Some washed and hung up, or folded and put away, some given away to Goodwill, 9 jewel-tone washable silk blouses sent off to my sister, and a pile of old T-shirts cut up into paint rags. Huzzah!!! And you know what? It didn't take me nearly as long as I had been dreading it would. Also, in the last couple of months I have been busy setting up a new gallery/studio, and I am thinking that I can make a more positive success of this one because I am better organized and know how to deal with the clutter that manages to accumulate in all my spaces. Last Sunday I was busy painting the walls of my new space and a nice couple happened by, and seeing the door standing open, asked to come in, even though I am not yet officially open. Anyway, they stayed a very long time, looking through piles of canvases, and ended up buying a piece right off the easel that wasn't even dry yet. This sale is very important because my mean, critcal husband was angry at me anyway for wasting 'his' money on another stupid scheme. This helps establish my credibility, I suppose, even though in the last five years alone I have sold about two hundred paintings and drawings, but since I don't make as much money as that elephant who paints with her trunk, I am a failure. Gawd, why do I even listen to this crap? My husband is the one who had heart surgery in January, his heart stopped twice and they had to bring him back to life with the paddles. (Catfat bites her tongue to keep from saying anything negative). He is still as mean as ever, though.
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Lkunkel
Member
10-29-2003
| Wednesday, June 09, 2004 - 12:27 am
The doctor's visit went really well. He gave me pain meds that will actually work, he signed off on my DMV Disability card, and said he will be happy to talk with the SSI folks. So, all I need to do tomorrow is eat a really good breakfast, walk to Pet Smart and Walmart to get my other dentist script, then I'll come home and work on the two boxes of stuff I gathered up while clearing the floor.
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Vee
Member
02-23-2004
| Wednesday, June 09, 2004 - 5:17 am
Lk, surprised to see your post, but then realized it was very late or very early. Were you up really late? Hope that you are feeling less anxious now that you know that the meds are going to help. Thinking of you a lot today, kiddo, and believing for excellent results. Take care of yourself! Catfat, don't you let an old grump get you down. Wish him a lovely day and carry on with your own. And I have never understood why that elephant is doing so danged well. I would far rather invest in a human's work any day!!! Sounds as if you are off to a great start with your new studio. I wish you all the best with it. Lumbele, I don't think you could use any of my garden design ideas...I am no expert. I like a garden on the wild side with lots of contrasting heights and textures. In my front yard, I have everlasting, which is a low green and white leaf ground cover, lots of day lilies, lily-of-the-valley, astilbe, peonies, and some new blue spiky thing that I can't remember the name of right now. Also a tallish azalea, daffodils and hyacinth in spring. We weeded and re-mulched yesterday. It took most of the day. We are not happy with our "pleasing configuration" ala the garden hose. It looks too much like a woman's chest! That is a bit too much on the wild side for me so we'll have to get back to that. Purple, magazines can take over the world so I think that getting them organized is a wonderful accomplishment. Are they something that you often use as a resource? I just donated twenty years worth of Country Living to the library sale a week or two back. That was like getting the world off my shoulders. (I did save my favorite issues, which fill an entire old wicker laundry basket.) Happy flying and fluttering to everyone! I'm off to mow that stupid lawn again.
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Lkunkel
Member
10-29-2003
| Wednesday, June 09, 2004 - 6:09 am
Vee: I was indeed up that late. One of the side effects of fibro is hurting too much to sleep long. I must admit that since getting the tempurpedic clone mattress (1/3 the price at $600 as opposed to $1800) I may now sleep for two hours at a time. I'm hoping that these meds will help me to increase it. As a bright spot, I also put in sometime filling out the online forms for disability (printing as I go) figuring that all the information that I show up with has to help. I was surprised that the doctor signed off on my getting a handicap placard. He noted my difficulty walking and labeled it as permanent. Before I send it to the DMV, I'm taking it down to the DTC (Downtown Transportation Center) to get my disabled card for the bus system. The plus side is that I will be eligible for door-to-door pick up and delivery--no more racing like a maniac with my cane or walker to the bus stop. Anyway, right now I am eating and drinking like there is no tomorrow, since I can have nothing from 9:15 until after surgery. I'll be leaving to go to PetSmart at 8:45, and then swing to Walmart to pick up my last dental prescription. Then, by the time I come home, I'll be on no food or water until after surgery. My goal when I come home is to sort through the TWO boxes worth of stuff that was on my floor from the pictures I posted. I definitely want those gone so I don't have to think about it. I bought a neat little plastic drawer set up. It's on the shelf and has all of my hair stuff (except brush and comb) in the drawers, and in the top opening, I have a bunch of nail stuff. I've also decided to get some makeup, but haven't decided what. (Other than a foundation with sunscreen.)
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Lumbele
Member
07-12-2002
| Wednesday, June 09, 2004 - 12:20 pm
Hey, Purple, that is one area that is done. All it takes is one "dent" at a time. Pat yourself on the back. Catfat, Congrats on your sale! Don't allow anyone to take away from that pleasure. They are most likely jealous. I hope the other half of the clothe pile is on your worse half's side of the bedroom. Just for that nasty remark, why don't you leave that pile for last?.? Let 'im climb in true stork fashion. < > Lk, I hope they got you doped up pretty good so you can have a really good and long snooze, not this 2 hours crap. Glad you'll be getting your disability pass, it'll sure make life easier for you. As for the makeup, may I recommend Mary Kay, a very good quality product. Our own Spygirl is selling it. Vee, I know at least one member who'd love your boob garden. She loves the wild side.LOL Just finished the kitchen - finally! It is spic-'n-span and I am having a crowd for dinner (ds's g/f is moving, and I am feeding all that hungry and youthful muscle bunch.LOL), so in a couple of hours it'll get all messed up again. ACK!!!!!!!!!! Wouldn't you know it though, after I finished painting the door frame yesterday, dh (Mr.150%) declared it needed another coat. The look he got told him he better get to it then, and he did. This morning I waved the new curtain rod under his nose and that, too is now up and laden with a little valance. YES!!!!!!!! Onto the bathroom now, or maybe tomorrow or the day after.
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Lkunkel
Member
10-29-2003
| Wednesday, June 09, 2004 - 10:32 pm
Well, the anesthetic did a good number on me, At one point, I did remove the teeth briefly so that I could rinse my mouth with salt water. Oh boy did that feel good! I'll likely do it again in the AM. More later.
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Jmm
Member
08-16-2002
| Wednesday, June 09, 2004 - 10:39 pm
Great to see you still kicking, Sweetie. Update us as you feel like it.
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Vee
Member
02-23-2004
| Thursday, June 10, 2004 - 3:34 am
Thanks for checking in so quickly because otherwise we would certainly have been wondering. Take it easy and, as Jmm says, update us as you feel like it. How's that kitchen looking now, Lumbele? Hope the troops helped out with the cleaning. Nice to know that you have your better half all trained as well. Just one look, eh? I got bumped off FlyLady's e-mails and I can't seem to be able to re-register. My computer is giving me fits all the time these days. Anyway, I can always keep up at the web site. I will miss the reminders, though. Have a great day folks!
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Purplecow
Member
12-08-2003
| Thursday, June 10, 2004 - 7:24 am
Glad to "see" you up and kicking, LK. I'll tell you what got me through: When you're in horrible pain and think you can't stand it another minute, look at yourself in the mirror and give yourself a big smile. That beautiful smile will make it all worthwhile. I cried when I saw my pretty smile for the first time. I had been smiling with my lips together or with my hand in front of my mouth for so long. Not to mention the end of miserable mouth pain. Chin up; it's almost over.
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Catfat
Member
02-27-2002
| Thursday, June 10, 2004 - 8:50 am
LK--glad your ordeal is over. I had some partial teeth done a few years ago and have had a pretty smile ever since. Vee--I got kicked off Flylady back in February and it took me until this past week to finally get it straightend out. What a mess. I really missed the daily reminders. As to my own situation, my bh (butthead husband) is getting more crazy and abusive. Now I am not allowed to turn on the TV unless he wants it on and then only to watch what he wants and then turn it off. If I object, I am told to leave the room. This a very small inconvenience since only the Reagan funeral is on anyway (yawn), but I bring this up as one more thing in a long list of controlling, abusive behavior patterns. I am really afraid of him, but don't know where to go, what does a scared, sick sixty-two year-old woman do in this situation?
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Purplecow
Member
12-08-2003
| Thursday, June 10, 2004 - 8:55 am
Catfat, you can stay with me for as long as you need to. Are you self-supporting? I'm sure there are shelters in your area. If I send you a television set, will he allow you to watch it?
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Catfat
Member
02-27-2002
| Thursday, June 10, 2004 - 9:16 am
Oh, Purple, thank you for writing back so soon, I am in a really bad funk this morning. I am not self-supporting, I have been out of the workforce for about 15 years, nervous break down, you never recover completely from that. I was a university professor before that. There are shelters here, which I have considered, but it is only temporary and I would have to confront the real situation eventually, so I haven't called them. I know what has to be done, but just can't get up the energy to do it. I keep thinking "if I could just get organized, I could cope with all this sh!t". Thanks for the offer of the television, but I have a small one in my bedroom which I can watch. But it is not the actual television that is the problem here, it is the behavior. My best friend, a Wiccan, is very helpful and supportive, but she is out of town now helping her father to pass to the other side, he has advanced bone cancer. Thanks for listening, I am going to go shine my sink now.
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