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Vee
Member
02-23-2004
| Wednesday, July 14, 2004 - 8:26 pm
Well things change every time I check in. I had no idea what you were talking about, Lk, so I had to scurry right over here to see what's going on. Now it makes perfect sense to me. Anyway, I have a couple more questions for you, but I won't send another e-mail today. Do look for one in the morning. Spinner, how lovely to have your own facilities! I hope you have a deliciously feminine space...no rubber duckies or mallards flying around! It is interesting to see what folks include in their schedules...wonder if I'll come up with anything as charming as "change the cut flowers in the house."
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Spinner
Member
10-27-2003
| Wednesday, July 14, 2004 - 10:15 pm
No rubber duckies or mallards,Vee! Room is now very minimal-lookiing; nothing except cosmetics that happen to come in matched containers, and a liquid soap dispenser sit out on the lavatory counter, and the cosmetics are in a nice willow basket that I can pick up to quickly clean the counter under it. There is a flower vase too; I like flowers in bathrooms when there are flowers in the yard; I certainly don't buy them for there! The curtains on the tub/shower are very feminine--ruffly tie-backs. Walls are white; everything else is navy blue; there's accent color in a Monet print that hangs on the wall. Room is small; doesn't need anything else. No clutter in the cupboards surrounding the sink either--just my underwear and socks/hose, stored in pull-out baskets; other grooming items in the small pull-out drawers in the cupboard. (Cleaning supplies are in a nearby hall closet; it serves both upstairs baths.) I did "invent" something useful--the bathmat, when damp, hangs across a rod that is suspended between two hooks on the back of the door so it can dry out of the way. There is a small quilted mat that goes down on the floor the rest of the time just because it looks nice. I'm smiling, Vee, at your calling my flower-changing "charming"--dead flowers are hardly charming and if I don't plan to remove them, I'd probably have dead posies all over the place. Here in CA there are flowers in the yard most of the year so I can have them in the house. Now DH's bath (the master bath) is another story entirely because he LIKES everything out on the countertop--fortunately it's a larger room, with a longer counter. I've managed to group most of this stuff in trays so I can clean better, but he generally leaves it on the countertop where I think he'd prefer it, but he humors me about the trays at least being there. Honestly, it takes more stuff for him to get ready than I need! He doesn't like to dress in the bathroom so there are no clothes in those cupboards--extra towels, extra grooming products. It looks like a man's bath!
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Lkunkel
Member
10-29-2003
| Wednesday, July 14, 2004 - 11:26 pm
Spinner: LOL. Both DH and I have adopted bathrooms. What irritates me is the one that is nicely decorated was taken over by him. ::sigh:: I am still working on cleaning up and decorating. I discovered since moving, DH isn't as enthused about the SW look, so, I'm going to start moving some of the stuff out that just doesn't appeal to me anymore. I have always loved nature, so I think I see my decorating moving more in that direction. And, since I am an Autumny person, I'll probably be going with the deep but clear colors that follow that season. I would love to get these canisters, for example, for the bathroom or even the kitchen. Much more attractive storage than just sitting out on the counter, and I just love the colors.
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Spinner
Member
10-27-2003
| Thursday, July 15, 2004 - 9:00 am
And just how, LK, did your DH manage to get the "best" bathroom--when I'm pretty sure you did the redecorating? <G> Those are colorful storage canisters! The colors seem bright and clear--not muddy.
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Lkunkel
Member
10-29-2003
| Thursday, July 15, 2004 - 9:02 am
That's where the litter box is, and it isn't the bathroom in our master bedroom. He just really liked the room, and there ya go. Aren't the canisters great? I am really close to getting them.
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Autumn
Member
10-29-2003
| Thursday, July 15, 2004 - 10:39 am
Those canisters are so pretty LK! I say go for it!
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Lkunkel
Member
10-29-2003
| Thursday, July 15, 2004 - 11:22 am
Ah, but first, Autumn, I want to make sure I have purposes for them. Is everyone spending 15-20 minutes on their notebook?
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Autumn
Member
10-29-2003
| Thursday, July 15, 2004 - 11:42 am
L ~ please don't make me smack you! I can think of a trillion uses for them off the top of my head - you love them, they're beautiful, they'll last - they are worth the investment. Its not like you splurge a lot and you've purged and purged...man alive: get the canisters!   
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Autumn
Member
10-29-2003
| Thursday, July 15, 2004 - 11:43 am
I didn't punctuate the above message well - the section with "you love them..." etc is separate, they aren't part of the "trillion uses" just some bonus points.
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Lkunkel
Member
10-29-2003
| Thursday, July 15, 2004 - 1:17 pm
Autumn: I want to make SURE I have a purpose and a place for them before I get them. I'm not saying I WON'T get them, but I AM saying that I want to make sure that they can have a home where their beauty is reflected.
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Vee
Member
02-23-2004
| Thursday, July 15, 2004 - 2:29 pm
They are terrific canisters; I'd get them and think later, but that kind of logic has gotten me where I am today...lots of stuff...not always a purpose other than I love it. It has been a crazy day. I feel so happy to get to be here for a few minutes before I run out to sit with my nana for the evening. We're going to play cards while the rest of the family goes to summer theater. I am not leaving, however, before I clean up the supper dishes. I don't want to come home to that mess. I love the idea of fresh flowers in the bathroom and I am going to do something about that tomorrow when I have more time. Getting really excited about the household journal and I'm making that priority #3 tomorrow, right after the flowers. Have a good evening everyone.
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Autumn
Member
10-29-2003
| Thursday, July 15, 2004 - 2:48 pm
Yes L, I know you want to be "sure" - I guess in my mind, I figured: ok I can use them for sugar, flour etc and then whatever I'm using now I can either find another use for or purge ~ justifying the purge with the fact that I'm actively using something I love. But that's just my mind I guess. I'll hush now.
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Lkunkel
Member
10-29-2003
| Thursday, July 15, 2004 - 8:13 pm
LOL. Yes, I do want to be sure before I buy them. Rest assured, Autumn, I'll be getting at least two sets.
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Lkunkel
Member
10-29-2003
| Thursday, July 15, 2004 - 9:52 pm
Okay, I posted more stuff in the Household Notebook. Some of you are wondering if we can still discuss FlyLady. As she exists, yes, we can. What e cannot do is to lift material directly from her site or otherwise imply that we are affiliated with her (hence the forum name change). You can mention how her stuff works for you, how her routines work for you etc. There was some concern addressed about the Household Notebook: we're fine. All good organization books suggest a Household notebook and I have been working from a version of one since 1991, when I moved in with now-DH. Do I have some of her information? Yes, and as I mention it, I will give her full credit. However, other than her instructions for cleaning my stainless steel sink, there are no instructions she offers that I haven't modified to fit me. So, you all are mostly stuck with my modified instructions based on a NUMBER of organizational experts. I hope that clears up any concerns/confusion. Now, we will NOT have HNB instructions on the weekends. It serves as a time period to work on your own things, or to just relax and not think about it. Either or.
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Spinner
Member
10-27-2003
| Thursday, July 15, 2004 - 10:19 pm
Wow, Vee, somebody thinks an idea of mine is good! Thank you! I hope flowers in the bathroom are a joy for you; it certainly is for me. If I have limited flowers available (some days are better than others!) then the entry hall table gets them first, the living room second, my bath third, DH's bathroom next (on all other things I think of him first, but truly I doubt that he even knows the flowers are there!) and the downstairs guest bath last--unless we are expecting company, and even then it's possible that all I'd do is remove the empty vase. After all, in that windowless room (it does have an exhaust fan <G>) there are lovely photographs of flowers on the walls (some of DH's beautiful work) and anyone needing to look at flowers can just look there. I need to change the flowers in the baths more frequently--the others are in big vases and they last a couple of weeks. Go figure. Not doing the notebook at this time; sorry; LK, no reflection on you, but I just worked on mine quite recently and it's working for me--at least for now. It's a work in progress!
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Vee
Member
02-23-2004
| Friday, July 16, 2004 - 4:47 am
Since I have a subscription to Woman's Day, I think it is perfectly okay to link to this site for a grocery list they provide. Hope so anyway...Woman's Day. I still think that Lk's is better! We have had rain/mist/fog for days now so the flowers are looking a tad frazzled. I think I can find enough for a small vase of flowers even if I go for a walk and collect some wildflowers. Because we have a grocery store manager in the family, we have tons of those little flower preserve packets (when the flowers go by, she rescues the packets before they are thrown out). I see that Jan offers a suggestion for that purpose also with her 50 Uses for Vinegar in the Household Tips section. I want to try that and see if it works. Many years ago, when all the women in the family were crafting and entering craft fairs for extra holiday spending money, my grandfather made us a stand with little pegs all around it to display our wares. It is very sturdy and served its purpose well. In the spirit of the "toss-it-out movement" in the family lately, my mother decided that it should go to the dump. I, being the collector of junk that I am, rescued it pronto. On good weather days, it sits on the deck with each of the pegs holding an old canning jar filled with mild bleach water and loaded with whatever flowers I can find. It also has miniature flags tucked in here and there...very patriotic. I think it is lovely, but it is a bit labor intensive. Spinner, I am not above purchasing a bouquet of flowers in the produce section during winter months. I think we managed to have a carnation display from Valentine's Day on. Even though they are common flowers, they have the power to chase away the gloom of short, cold, dark days with their vivid colors. And for up to three weeks. A bargain! I am off to get my journal up to speed. I think it is great that there will be no new work on it over the weekend, Lk. That definitely works for me. Purple must still be on a business trip...Landi must be tossing stuff...Gee, I miss Lumbele...Happy Friday all
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Lkunkel
Member
10-29-2003
| Friday, July 16, 2004 - 9:53 am
LOL! Vee, it was that list on which I started my pantry list--I just eliminated the fresh fruit and veggies and stuck with items that could be stored. I still have that list in one of my files, but for grocery list items, I look at the pantry listing to check my needs, and with my MasterCook software, I have the printout of needed items for dinner, and combine it all on a shopping envelope. When I am just sending DH, it makes shopping MUCH easier for him. Plus, since we're normally walking, its much easier to slip it into a pocket with my bankcard or cash. (I don't take a purse with me, since on the way home, it's just one more thing to lug.) Spinner, I usually have a vase of fresh flowers in the living room, and then in our bedroom. DH's bathroom has artificial ivy. Since the bathrooms have no natural light, and (since, for good Feng Shui, I close the door of my bath tight; and DH's is just ajar enough to let the cats inside) nothing lives. I didn't think you were doing the HNB (which is another reason I wanted to have the directions out of the way), although, you might want to pop-in see what's there and offer your own experiences back in here. I'll be honest: mine has a lot more info than FL. She would probably shriek at how much stuff I have in mine, but I want to have everything together so that if I am laid up I can ask DH to bring me the binder from the shelf. That gives me everything I need to plan anything.
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Vee
Member
02-23-2004
| Saturday, July 17, 2004 - 7:58 am
Just popping in quickly to wish all of you Flutterers a good weekend. Hope that all your chores are done so you can enjoy it! Urgrace tells us in the latest Tess' Tales that Lk is busily entertaining TVCHers in Las Vegas...hope they all have a great time!
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Lkunkel
Member
10-29-2003
| Saturday, July 17, 2004 - 9:57 am
Vee: How can "chores" not be done, when you only need to spend 15 minutes before you can go off and not feel guilty?? I'm only joining in the festivities today and tomorrow. I'll be back and posting Sunday night/Monday morning.
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Vee
Member
02-23-2004
| Sunday, July 18, 2004 - 3:58 am
Good point, Lk! Hope that you'll have lots of tales to tell about your TVCH adventures. The sun is shining for the first time in days. Now I realize how dirty the windows are . I don't have much accomplished with my Household journal, but then I haven't had a moment lately. Happy Sunday
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Vee
Member
02-23-2004
| Monday, July 19, 2004 - 6:22 am
Family visiting from Florida...they came just in time for more mist, rain, and fog. Gee, they're thrilled! Want to tell a little story on my mother...gosh, don't I always?! When I got one of the testimonials from FlyLady last week, I recognized my mother immediately...she could have written it. If you read that e-mail, you'll recognize it, too. My mother was on the top of the ladder painting her kitchen cupboards (periwinkle blue...ew) when her company was expected in a day. Yes, the house looked like a tornado had been by. Mom asked what my sister and I thought of the color and I couldn't keep my big mouth shut...sister hemmed and hawed. So in penance we spent all Saturday rescuing her from the housework and repainting the cupboards a toned down version of the blue. My sister is NOT too happy with me, to say the least. I can't blame her, I'm not too happy with me either! Someone needs to give me lessons on diplomacy, but the minute I said that the color wasn't one bit right, my poor mother began to weep...lot of that going around lately...and said that she was so overwhelmed and she didn't know what to do and she didn't like the color either. If it's the last thing I do, I am going to introduce her to fluttering or, at least, allow her to live with her choices. Yup, here I am putting the "fun" in dysfunctional! Happy Monday, everybody!
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Lkunkel
Member
10-29-2003
| Tuesday, July 20, 2004 - 10:41 am
Do I need to slow down the rate of the Notebook assignments? Is everyone okay? Some feedback would be greatly appreciated.
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Vee
Member
02-23-2004
| Tuesday, July 20, 2004 - 11:15 am
You could slow down if you'd like, but they are all right there and available...and very helpful, too. I am a few days back, but I'm slow...also very busy this week and next. Lumbele posted in my folder and said that she hopes we're all holding down the fort in her absence. Says it is hot and muggy where she is and she might as well be in the "southern states." Lk, have you posted somewhere about meeting fellow TVCHers? I see your list, but I'm nosy and want to know how it went. Take it cool everyone!
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Lkunkel
Member
10-29-2003
| Tuesday, July 20, 2004 - 11:41 am
It went very well. I really enjoyed myself and felt totally welcomed. I will be working out ways to go to other gatherings. Okay, I have a busy week this week too, why don't we move to Tuesday/Thursday schedule? That gives more time overall to get things done in the notebook without causeing anyone (including me) distress.
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Vee
Member
02-23-2004
| Tuesday, July 20, 2004 - 12:44 pm
Nil desperandum! That's my motto...and I think Nil distresso works, too. Thanks for the info; you must have enjoyed yourself since you are planning on more gatherings...we'll have to change your name to Tess.
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