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Gidget
Member

07-28-2002

Sunday, July 25, 2004 - 3:20 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Pouting... I want to read the article. I clicked on the link and my explorer got all huffy and shut down. And now I dont see the link.

Editted to add I found the link and my computer still wont let me access it!


Vee
Member

02-23-2004

Sunday, July 25, 2004 - 3:27 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Ahhhhh...I have been looking like crazy for the web site..."Carol's Work Space in VA" is the name of the photo...should I ask mods to remove? Short answer...I can't find it. I did find this one:Teal Dragon.

teal dragon

Vee
Member

02-23-2004

Sunday, July 25, 2004 - 3:29 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Sorry about your computer troubles, Gidget. Believe me, I feel your frustration!

Gidget
Member

07-28-2002

Sunday, July 25, 2004 - 3:30 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Wow those workspaces are awesome. I love shelves. Gonna get me some shelves uh huh.

Lkunkel
Member

10-29-2003

Sunday, July 25, 2004 - 3:50 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Those are the type of shelves I am getting for my art area, and that we already have a couple of places in the apartment.

I'd kill for that much space, though.

Vee
Member

02-23-2004

Sunday, July 25, 2004 - 5:40 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
True, space comes at a premium around here, too, but every article about organizing that I've read lately says that the answer is vertical shelving...just as you have said all along, Lk.

By the way, I found the site where the first picture is from right here: Carol's work station It's an altered book site and here I was looking at all my stamping web sites. Apologies to you all and hey, my apologies to Carol, too. Just look around for the photos section...there are quite a few work spaces to view.

Vee
Member

02-23-2004

Sunday, July 25, 2004 - 5:51 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Work Stations

This is specifically where that photo was found...do check out some of the other spaces for organizing ideas. Practice makes perfect...oops, we're supposed to be getting rid of perfectionism. Okay, I quit, that's it for me tonight.

Vee
Member

02-23-2004

Tuesday, July 27, 2004 - 7:26 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Morning everybody,

I am going to spend time in the zone today...also, it dawns on me a bit late, I am going to create a control journal for employment issues. Currently, I have stuff all over the place and I can not always remember where I have applied, etc. Time to get really organized with that.

Schoolmarm, excellent job getting rid of stuff...which reminds me, I just cleaned out two e-mail providers today so even I will have something to post today...Yippee!

Vee
Member

02-23-2004

Tuesday, July 27, 2004 - 7:29 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Lk, I just went to post my e-mail clutter in pounds and realized that the info was over here...could that be placed in the posting area or would that be too much trouble for the mods at this busy time? What do you think?

Vee
Member

02-23-2004

Tuesday, July 27, 2004 - 7:35 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I wanted to say something about my magazine addiction, but I have decided that it really belongs in the tips section. Have a good day everybody. Where's Purple? Spinner? Landi?

Lumbele, if you check in any time, please leave us a line about how things are going


Vee
Member

02-23-2004

Tuesday, July 27, 2004 - 9:28 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
FlyLady makes the big time

Dear Abby

Lkunkel
Member

10-29-2003

Tuesday, July 27, 2004 - 9:38 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Where do you want it, Vee?

I set up a thread for it above--and JUST for that--so that I could easily keep a tally. I didn't want the info buried in archives, especially with people starting early.

If it is easier for you, post it here, and I will try to remember to copy and paste it into a post in the thread I set up.

Vee
Member

02-23-2004

Tuesday, July 27, 2004 - 9:45 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Could we put it at the top of the Decluttering section so that it doesn't get lost? It's already back in the archives...right? Archives through July 25.

This is the info that I need to keep handy:
25 emails = 1 pound
15 graphic files = 1 pound
10 documents = 1 pound
1 program = 1 pound

It's okay, I'll keep a copy in my control journal.


Give Punk another hug!

Spinner
Member

10-27-2003

Tuesday, July 27, 2004 - 3:58 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Thanks for asking, Vee! I'm here--finally. End of the month; last Tuesday of the month I back up my computer in a bigger way than I do daily. Takes a good hunk of a day, by the time I sort the e-mails for storage, make sure I have 3 copies of everything, etc. I "dump" stuff as I go, making CDs of versions that are probably "out" but you never know, with clients, so I keep older versions of their stuff off the computers so I don't accidentally pick up an older copy and start working again from that. So, if the file's still with me at the end of the month, I'm still working on it so it'll be kept, in storage, and in my working file.

Sure was fun, seeing Flylady in Dear Abby this morning!

Purplecow
Member

12-08-2003

Tuesday, July 27, 2004 - 5:14 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Thanks for asking. I've been, perish the thought, working. I did an exclusive line for a colleague, three separate products, and I have a new product. Product rollout (not to mention actual product creation) is always chaotic, rushed, cluttering . . . I leave for a seminar in the morning and, believe it or not, the car is already packed. That's a first. Usually I'm up all night the night before I leave, DH gripes as he leads the car at ) dark 30 and I doze off and on the entire trip. Unless I'm flying, which is an entirely different nightmare. Even had time to get my hair cut this morning. Now I have to reconstruct the house. It's not as bad as it usually gets during the "manufacturing" phase, but it's not where it was a couple of weeks ago.

I'll be back Sunday and catch up then. I'm extremely curious about altered books.

Vee
Member

02-23-2004

Tuesday, July 27, 2004 - 7:22 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Spinner and Purple, it is so good to see your posts. I'll forgive you both for being so busy that you haven't had time for loitering and lollygagging here with us!

Have a great trip, Purple. See you again Sunday.

Spinner, I am sending you another e-mail soon...not tonight or tomorrow, but soon...you know why!

Spinner, have you checked out Lk's new toss program where even e-mail counts? Sounds as if you could post a bunch there with all the cleaning up you've done today.


Spinner
Member

10-27-2003

Tuesday, July 27, 2004 - 8:47 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Vee--look forward to hearing from you anytime!

I don't think I'm a good candidate for LK's newest adventure, as much as I support it. I dump e-mails or store them in their own files if they are from a client on a daily basis; I don't think that should count! And, truly, there's nothing left to throw out here! Even the cupboards are looking a bit bare <G> because I dumped earlier this year. But I love the way my hall cupboards (which used to be dangerous to even open, so much was crammed in there!) look: each shelf, and there are 6, 3 top, 3 bottom, has 3 (matching and labeled) boxes each. Everything I want to keep is there.

We will not talk about the adjacent cupboard! The top, very large, shelf holds a loom of mine, but the bottom 3 shelves hold old computer stuff which is NOT mine and so far all I have is promises to do something about the out-of-date stuff there. I repeat: It is. not. mine and he'll get to it. Someday. <G> I have said all that I can say.

I think my DH and I have changed places, clutter-wise. I used to save and store everything in ever-more-ingenious places so it didn't look too bad, while he pitched everything quickly. Maybe there's a rule someplace that each household needs one of each?

Purple, we look forward to your return! I'd love to hear more about what you invent and sell.

Lkunkel
Member

10-29-2003

Wednesday, July 28, 2004 - 1:11 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Vee, recheck the decluttering section. I had our mods move the two emails that outlined the challange and the virtual pounds up to that thread. Will that help?

It was great seeing Dear Abby--I read it on the UExpress site first--then read it in the paper, and realized our paper and NOT printed the reply to Flying. Hmph!

Spinner: Good luck with that 'someday'.

Meanwhile, between Punk, paperwork, and researching stuff for Bill, I have only looked at my Big Black Bags lookingly...but there will be a Notebook assignment posted tomorrow. All of my days are running together--probably because I'm still watching Punk like a hawk. BUT tomorrow night, I will, as God is my witness, take my sleeping bill. I have to leave for the dentist at 6:30AM (7AM appointment); i was afraid to take it and not hear the alarm!

Vee
Member

02-23-2004

Wednesday, July 28, 2004 - 8:16 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Okay, Scarlet, I hope that you get all the rest you need because worry wears one down. How's the Punkster doing today?

Yes, that post works well at the top of the decluttering section, I'll always know where to find it...not that I should be posting my pounds when Schoolmarm is posting her tens of pounds. Way to go, Schoolmarm!

Fill us in on how the dentist found you, Lk...healed completely I hope.

Why would your paper leave the best part out? I don't blame you for being indignant!

Have a great day everybody...I'm going canoeing... maybe!

Lkunkel
Member

10-29-2003

Wednesday, July 28, 2004 - 10:33 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
::sigh:: I canceled the appointment. By 6:30AM, my hands, knees, and ankles were so swollen I couldn't walk. So FRIDAY is the appointment.

The dentist will find me completely healed. I am going to ask him to cut back the roof area of the plate--it goes back too far and irritates my soft palate. So I gag. I want that to stop.

Vee
Member

02-23-2004

Wednesday, July 28, 2004 - 11:41 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
No canoeing...did help the others launch, but no way was I getting in that canoe...too tippy for me...and no jokes!

Sorry that you are not having the best day, Lk. It is always such a challenge for you to do what you need to accomplish. You could write a book! Hope that it doesn't last long...is it the heat on top of everything else?

That plate definitely needs fixing...how maddening that must be.

Well, I am cooking supper for the happy canoers(sp?) one of Leanne's specials, specifically the Herbed Skillet Chicken.

Have a good afternoon and evening everyone!



Lkunkel
Member

10-29-2003

Wednesday, July 28, 2004 - 4:35 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
The herbed skillet chicken is awesome.

Vee
Member

02-23-2004

Wednesday, July 28, 2004 - 5:08 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Yes, it was very good and everyone liked it a lot, but the really big hit was a recipe that I stole from someone else's folder! em

Spinner
Member

10-27-2003

Thursday, July 29, 2004 - 8:52 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
What recipe did you steal Vee? Or whose folder? Inquiring minds want to know! if your guests liked it, chances are we all want it!

I served the Apple Chicken from Saving Dinner and it was a big hit--everyone wanted that recipe. So easy, and so great for last-minute, which was good because 2 of the guests were delayed and as I was feeding them before everyone needed to rush off to a meeting it was a terrific choice.

Vee
Member

02-23-2004

Thursday, July 29, 2004 - 4:05 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Well now, Spinner, a good sleuth would be able to easily figure this out, but I have made contact with the particulars and perhaps it can be officially revealed so that everyone can enjoy it. It is an absolutely yummy recipe and I am just being mean to tantalize you all with my secret, albeit stolen, knowledge.

I'll have to go looking for that Apple Chicken recipe...is it only in the book or is it also on the website?

Hope that Lk is feeling okay today, but not seeing her here has me nervous.

Here's to amazing recipes!