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Lkunkel
Member
10-29-2003
| Tuesday, July 20, 2004 - 12:47 pm
Well, it also gives me time to work on my notebook too. It's actually Spygirl who has met the most people.
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Vee
Member
02-23-2004
| Tuesday, July 20, 2004 - 8:28 pm
See what I know! 
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Vee
Member
02-23-2004
| Wednesday, July 21, 2004 - 8:01 am
I'm just barely moving here...maybe I'll clean out the fridge or maybe I'll just stand there trying to stay cool. Hope that everybody is having a good week. Sometimes the enthusiasm wanes, doesn't it? 
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Lkunkel
Member
10-29-2003
| Wednesday, July 21, 2004 - 10:06 am
Vee: It does indeed. And that's when you fall back onto your routines. Do you have yours at-hand, or do you need to type them out?
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Vee
Member
02-23-2004
| Wednesday, July 21, 2004 - 12:51 pm
need to type them out I'll do better tomorrow, I hope.
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Lkunkel
Member
10-29-2003
| Wednesday, July 21, 2004 - 1:05 pm
Of course you will. Each day is better than the next. BUT this is why we're working on the Household Notebook so that it becomes automatic, or you can at least get direction.
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Vee
Member
02-23-2004
| Wednesday, July 21, 2004 - 1:16 pm
Yes, I hear you and I believe you and I want to have it become automatic. My problem is this: I'm spending way too much time here in the Clubhouse! But I'm leaving now, time for supper and we're renting a movie and going out for a baby cone so I'm feeling better already. Have a great afternoon and evening!
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Spinner
Member
10-27-2003
| Wednesday, July 21, 2004 - 1:23 pm
Well, my enthusiasm can't wane today--guests for dinner. But the house is fine; I did spruce up the yard a bit, food's just about what we'd eat anyway but still, I'll have to cook it on time; we all have to go somewhere after dinner. I must share with you one way that I'm not working as hard, or to put it more accurately, a task that used to not get done often is now getting done--I now own a Roomba and the dear thing is busily cleaning under our big California king bed where no vacuum wand on my regular vac can possibly reach, and there's really not room in the room to shove the bed over and get some of it that way--even if I were inclined; it certainly isn't a 15-minute task! I must confess (with a red face) that Roomba has been tackling this room every spare minute it's not needed elsewhere, and has enough charge, for this room is apparently more than a one-charge deal (the unit operates off a battery system; you plug it into the wall when not in use) even though you're supposed to get 3 rooms out of a charge. I've regularly vacummed what carpet I can get the vacuum onto, but clearly there's lots of dirt that's not seen the light of day and Roomba doesn't complain about how long it takes, just asks to have its dirt bag emptied ever so often. A "dirt sensor" decides when the room is "clean" and it hasn't liked the bedroom's level of cleanliness yet.
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Lkunkel
Member
10-29-2003
| Wednesday, July 21, 2004 - 3:56 pm
Spinner: I'd wondered how Roombas work. I am glad you're happy and now I will check them out for future interest.
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Spinner
Member
10-27-2003
| Wednesday, July 21, 2004 - 6:42 pm
Watch for a good sale, LK. No need to pay full price!
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Vee
Member
02-23-2004
| Wednesday, July 21, 2004 - 6:57 pm
Is that one of those little roboty kind of things? It looks like a frisbee on steroids...can it really do any serious cleaning? It sounds like a great concept though...I'll have to check it out. I don't imagine that it would like the level of carpet cleanliness at my house either! Spinner, the book hasn't come yet, and let's not even talk about what else hasn't shown up. I have remained pretty good about not reading too much of the others you'll be happy to know.
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Lkunkel
Member
10-29-2003
| Wednesday, July 21, 2004 - 7:12 pm
I would never pay full price. I found The 3100 ProElite ranges from $190 to $250, depending on the retailer.
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Lkunkel
Member
10-29-2003
| Thursday, July 22, 2004 - 10:21 pm
I found a NEAT program, folks. I was about to order MS One Step (for $100.00) and stumbled onto !TreePad™, thanks to another online friend. The basic, stripped down program is free. After playing with it for 2 weeks, I am upgrading to the 21-day trial of !TreePad Business Edition ($43.95), which is still a savings of over 50%. This is helping with my organizing all of my various files and keeping snippets of email in place. I can also then convert the information to download to my Palm. I see my electronic files starting in the organization process. From the site: !TreePad™ is an Organizer, PIM/Database, Personal Information Manager and Word Processor. Portability and compactness are smoothly blended into TreePad™ with its other distinctive features: versatility and power, as well as simplicity and intuitiveness of use. !TreePad™ saves you time, allowing you to keep your notes, documents, hyperlinks and images at the brief distance of a click. Download TreePad™ and enjoy better access, organization and control over all your data, notes, bills, projects, clients, addresses, letters, speeches, research, collections, classroom notes, Web pages, links, bibliographic listings, and whatever else your creativity enables you to entrust TreePad™ with, for good organization, easy access, and safe storage. Despite all its features and power, !TreePad™ is as easy to use as the Windows explorer and will fit (including data) on one floppy!
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Vee
Member
02-23-2004
| Friday, July 23, 2004 - 4:23 pm
Struggling here...think it's the arthritis or something...don't feel like doing a blooming thing! I have been faithful to keep the sink shined, laundry done, bathroom and bedrooms clean, but things just don't look the way I want them to look yet...maybe they never will. That's not the attitude I want to project, it's just the truth...today...this minute. Hope you're all doing way better than I am...a good weekend to you all.
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Lkunkel
Member
10-29-2003
| Friday, July 23, 2004 - 4:35 pm
Vee: I've been in bed most of the day, so don't feel bad. For right now, I've doing eBay stuff. A tiara and a bunch of books.
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Vee
Member
02-23-2004
| Friday, July 23, 2004 - 6:44 pm
Well there then, there's a pair of us! Hope you are feeling better soon, love how you keep yourself busy even from your bed! You've got spunk, which I very much admire...and desire.
    
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Spinner
Member
10-27-2003
| Friday, July 23, 2004 - 7:06 pm
Vee and LK, I'm so sorry to hear you're each having a challenging day. I hope somebody's bringing you nice drinks and little nibbles (or whatever you want) so you can pamper yourselves a bit today.
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Lkunkel
Member
10-29-2003
| Friday, July 23, 2004 - 7:08 pm
I love Emily Dickinson, thanks for the quote, Vee. I guess I've always had spunk. Sometimes it pays, other times it costs me. Tonight, it cost me, but I now have 16 near-mint titles (The Color of Magic, The Light Fantastic, Equal Rites, Mort, Sourcery, Wyrd Sisters, Pyramids, Faust-Eric, Truckers, Diggers, Wings, Johnny and the Dead, Guards!Guards!, Moving Pictures, Reaper Man & Witches Abroad [HC]) in Terry Pratchett's Discworld series for less than it would have cost me new from Amazon--and the books have way cooler covers. Spinner: yeah, DH has been very good about it.
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Grandmato2
Member
07-16-2004
| Saturday, July 24, 2004 - 6:30 am
Lk: Did you get the tiara? You certainly deserve it.
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Lkunkel
Member
10-29-2003
| Saturday, July 24, 2004 - 1:25 pm
The "everyday" tiara bid doesn't end for a bit yet. I gave up the formal tiara...for now. Thank you for saying I deserve it. That does mean a lot to me.
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Citruscitygal
Member
08-07-2003
| Saturday, July 24, 2004 - 3:57 pm
LK - the "everyday" tiara is beautiful. I love anything that sparkles and the pearls are a classy touch. I have many crystals and use the tiny white lights everywhere. I'll keep my fingers crossed that you win the bidding.  PS Are you feeling any better today?
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Lkunkel
Member
10-29-2003
| Saturday, July 24, 2004 - 4:23 pm
Citrus: yes, I am. I finally drugged myself to sleep. I took one of my oxycotins about two hours after my methdone, and then about 30 minutes later, I had a sneezing, watery eyed allergy attack, so I took two benedrylls. And then I didn't wake up, to my memory, for about 7 hours. DH says I woke up and had brief conversations and went to the restroom and the kitchen. Now I am assembling DH's desk and other office stuff, so we can try to bring order to his space a bit. I have a lot of crystals. How do you use them with white lights? I love my everyday tiara. I'm just hoping I win it! I won't go down without a fight!!!
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Citruscitygal
Member
08-07-2003
| Saturday, July 24, 2004 - 9:34 pm
LK I'm anxious to see pics of DH new office set up. You're very talented to be able to do the assembly yourself. I don't necessarily use the lights and crystals together. I do use both in my office where I spend most of my time. I took a couple pictures. They're not the best representation but will give you an idea of what I mean. The first one is looking out my window. If you look closely you may be able to see that I have nine crystals hanging across the top of the window. At about 9:30 in the morning the light hits them just right and I have a myriad of rainbows all over the office walls. Outside the window I created a trellis covered with ivy and little white lights. (They look yellow in the picture but they are actually white.) They are set up on a remote switch so I can turn them on and off from my desk. I work a lot at night so I really enjoy them then. I had several more crystals that I wanted to display, so I hung them from the light fixture on the ceiling, creating a chandelier of sorts. (See 2nd pic).
 I also decorate the front window of the house with lights all year round. I have a different theme for each month, but lately I've only had time to change it every few months. I missed July 4th, so I've moved on to sunflowers for the rest of summer. I have sunflower garlands with yellow lights in the window and a sunflower themed wreath on the front door. Basically, I just love anything that sparkles - crystals, lights, candles. I even love fiberoptics. (Some people think their "tacky". I just love the lights.)
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Lkunkel
Member
10-29-2003
| Saturday, July 24, 2004 - 10:22 pm
I love those crystals. I want to get more--both for Feng shui and just because I like them. It looks great! Pictures will be taken, I promise!
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Grandmato2
Member
07-16-2004
| Sunday, July 25, 2004 - 2:57 am
Citrus: Your pics are awesome. What a wonderful way to display your crystals. Thanks for sharing.
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