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Lkunkel
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10-29-2003

Wednesday, June 02, 2004 - 8:45 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
More like I see the 9th rushing toward me like a freight train and I have way too much to do to think about mundane things like sleeping, eating, etc.

Vee
Member

02-23-2004

Thursday, June 03, 2004 - 6:47 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I'm up, sort of dressed..., getting ready to haul a lot more stuff to the dump...er...transfer station. Have eaten a healthful breakfast, have put out all hotspots including the one on the front of the refrigerator...you know all those dang magnets that hold receipts and junk like that? I actually hope none of you are doing that, but we do it way too much around here. The refrigerator is the main message center for us and all the kids...what a mess. Now it looks neat and tidy.

I love, love, love getting up to a shiny sink every morning. I think my sis does, too, because she hasn't messed it up.

Not working in my zone because that all got done in last weekend's marathon. I did wash all doors and doorknobs, though, which I do think helps a lot. I notice a lot of homes have grimy spots all around the door knobs...yuck! (Now I've just gone to meddling...)

Love Home Depot, Lk, and just like you, I find myself making more than one trip because I usually dont't get exactly what I needed. I'm definitely the trial and error type.

Happy fluttering, everybody, unless, of course, you're flying.


Lkunkel
Member

10-29-2003

Thursday, June 03, 2004 - 8:54 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Vee: I am trying to keep things off from my refrigerator/upright freezer.

In fact, I ended up writing the freezer inventory ON the freezer door with a write-on/wipe-off marker. My one friend, C., was appalled by this when she was just over. I was amused by her irritation. I mean, the list ensures that DH knows what is IN the freezer and, therefore, doesn't stand there with the door open looking for the "re-run" dinner of his choice.

I still have my timers on the fridge, and magnets on the side, but the papers have been reduced.

I screwed up on the shelves. I wanted studs. I got studs. BUT the two are *ahem* 49" inches apart. So, the shelves were just hanging on with a prayer. What I am going to look for first, tho, are 30" shelves. I think that will be a more standard size, and the meet up point would be the center support brackets.

Landi
Member

07-29-2002

Thursday, June 03, 2004 - 9:26 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
i have come up with an 8 box system for my clutter. it is as follows:

1. Give Away
2. Throw Away
3. Bedroom #1
4. Bedroom #2
5. Bath #1
6. Bath #2
7. Living Room
8. Kitchen

instead of the "put away box", if i put it in the box for the room it is going to, then it is easy to distribute and be able to put it away correctly when we de-clutter that room!


Vee
Member

02-23-2004

Thursday, June 03, 2004 - 9:29 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Don't forget to ask for help deciding what to do while you are there...as long as you have the measurements...usually, Home Depot has a very knowledgeable and helpful staff...at least they do here.

Hmmm, I'm wondering about your inventory on the freezer. I don't have one, but my mother does and hers is in the basement where it really would not be a problem for anybody. I have lots of easy-erase markers to unload on somebody.

I still have stuff on the refrigerator, too. It's just not dangling there...it actually has a purpose. Most magnets have been moved to the side that abuts the hall so they aren't an issue. My favorites are on the front and the shopping list...very handy...is on there along with a magnetic calendar. So it is not as clean as a whistle. I mean, why waste that perfectly good space?

Funny story...when my daughter was being tested for kindergarten, she was asked what a refrigerator is for. She told the teacher that a refrigerator was for the pictures that she drew for her mother. And, to my way of thinking, that's exactly right!

Purplecow
Member

12-08-2003

Thursday, June 03, 2004 - 9:34 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Inventory of my freezer:
1. Loaf of white bread
2. Loaf of rye bread
3. Loaf of whole wheat bread
4. Three packages of crumpets
5. Ice cubes
6. Four pounds of coffee/coffee beans


Lumbele
Member

07-12-2002

Thursday, June 03, 2004 - 9:36 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Vee, that's what our fridge looked like. Now we have a new one with that crinkly vinyl cover. No more magnets, no more clutter. Since our carpenter insisted on making a 24" deep fridge cabinet, there is no room on top anymore either to drop stuff on. Heaven!
We don't need a message center anymore, so the calendar with everyone's appointments is now hanging in the bathroom, at eye level, opposite the throne. No more excuses to miss dates.LOL
After your marathon, you are excused for at least one week of zone work. Gotta reward pluck like that.
Yesterday, I had to chuckle to myself when I observed the tile guy take one look at my shiny sink and walk across the hall to the bathroom to use the tab. Wonder if his SO "flys", too and he didn't dare mess it up because he is already well-trained.
Lk, good luck with your shelves. You'll be so glad to have all that stuff out from under your feet.
You can also warm up your applauding palms, because I went for my walk even before breakfast this morning. Gosh, I am so proud of myself.LOL

ETA LOL, Purple.



Vee
Member

02-23-2004

Thursday, June 03, 2004 - 9:36 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
That's it? You must eat out often...I hope!

Vee
Member

02-23-2004

Thursday, June 03, 2004 - 9:40 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Thanks for the reprieve, Lumbele. Your spot for the new message board sounds as if it would work perfectly! Glad the tile guy knows what not to do in a clean sink.

Yankee_in_ca
Member

08-01-2000

Thursday, June 03, 2004 - 9:41 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I'm lost. What is this thread? What is flylady.com? Thank you. :-)

Vee
Member

02-23-2004

Thursday, June 03, 2004 - 9:45 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Oh...you are just missing out on the neatest thing if you don't know about FlyLady. Keep reading this thread and check out the official web site. http://www.flylady.net/

Purplecow
Member

12-08-2003

Thursday, June 03, 2004 - 10:05 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
There's stuff (not much) in the fridge, Vee, and in the pantry. I TOLD you all I don't cook! I heat things up and sometimes assemble things. That's about as far as it goes. How come no one asked about the crumpets?

Lkunkel
Member

10-29-2003

Thursday, June 03, 2004 - 10:07 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Perfect accompaniment to cocoa--or tea.

But, I'll ask: "What's with the crumpets?"

Lumbele
Member

07-12-2002

Thursday, June 03, 2004 - 10:12 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Ok, I'll bite, what's with the crumpets?

Purplecow
Member

12-08-2003

Thursday, June 03, 2004 - 10:19 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Nothing special. I like crumpets. I was introduced to them in Australia a couple of years ago. I was very surprised to find them in the grocery store when I got home. I also like guava paste and I'm always surprised to find it in the grocery store. And if you like flan, Kozy Shack's flan is as good as my mother's and there aren't any dishes to wash. There is, however, neither guava paste nor flan in my fridge at the present time.

Landi
Member

07-29-2002

Thursday, June 03, 2004 - 10:27 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
i LOVE crumpets! especially with a little butter and blackberry jam! hard to find around here though. thinking of taking inventory of my freezer. it would be like this...

1. 1 ziploc baggie of unknown brown stuff
2. 1 ziploc baggie of unknown green stuff
3. 1 ziploc baggie of unknown tan stuff
4. 1 ziploc baggie of unknown brown stuff
5. 1 opened box of half thawed fruit popsicles
6. 1 container of iced over rocky road ice cream
7. garlic cubes from trader joes
8. 4 ice packs for mom
9. 2 ice cube trays with 1 ice cube each



Lumbele
Member

07-12-2002

Thursday, June 03, 2004 - 10:32 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Landi, I think we all have some or all of the above in ours as well.LOL
Several times I tried to keep an inventory of the freezers' contents, but it is never correct for longer than 1 month, so I gave up.

Purplecow
Member

12-08-2003

Thursday, June 03, 2004 - 10:50 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Jam good. Vegemite BAD!

Vee
Member

02-23-2004

Thursday, June 03, 2004 - 10:59 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Ok, since you don't cook, you probably wouldn't be interested in my crumpet recipe... I like crumpets, too. Just had them for the first time last year when I promised an English class that we would would have tea and crumpets. We all liked them immensely.

Oh, Landi, I think it's time to toss and think later!

Vegemite? Now, I'll bite.

Purplecow
Member

12-08-2003

Thursday, June 03, 2004 - 11:06 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
It's an awful spread made from yeast that they have in Australia. It comes in little packets like butter does in restaurants. I don't know how they buy it in the grocery store. (BTW, Woolworth's is a grocery store in Sydney.) Everyone eats it. It's NASTY. In England they have something similar called Marmite. But I understand it's not as strong. I think vegemite is mentioned in that Tie Your Kangaroo Down song. I had seen it on one of the BBC comedy shows I used to watch called Mother and Son. So when I finally got to Australia I though I should try it. ACCK! Wiping it off my tongue with a napkin wasn't enough. I had to go up to my room, brush my teeth and gargle. I don't think they really like it. I think they eat it to show off.

Hippyt
Member

06-15-2001

Thursday, June 03, 2004 - 11:14 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Lol,last night I was watching That 70's Show,the Mom wanted to have tea. She said,"We'll have crumpets,I don't know what they are,but I'll find out,and we'll get some!"
Vegemite is disgusting!

Lumbele
Member

07-12-2002

Thursday, June 03, 2004 - 11:22 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
So far every visitor from home thinks the same about peanut butter and maple syrup. I guess you just have to grow up with these oddities to like them.LOL

Lkunkel
Member

10-29-2003

Thursday, June 03, 2004 - 11:48 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Okay, my driver is not feeling well, so the trip to HD has been delayed.

BUT, I found out that while they won't cut the shelves, it was suggested that I be transferred to lumber. The Melamite there (11 1/4 wide, not 12", but not a big issue) is $8 for 8 foot. The HD guys suggested that we do the 5' cut, and then the 2.5' cut. I would only have to buy 2 boards that way.

It worked for me.

So, I'm working around the books for now. I'm heading to the living room to work on the other areas of the room. As I said earlier, June 9th is heading too close, too soon.

I like crumpets, but don't have a recipe yet. I'd tell you what is in my freezer, but I don't think you'd appreciate it...it's real food items.

Vee
Member

02-23-2004

Thursday, June 03, 2004 - 2:09 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Lumbele, where is "home" that people from there don't like peanut butter or maple syrup?

Lumbele
Member

07-12-2002

Thursday, June 03, 2004 - 2:27 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Vee, I am originally from Germany, but have lived in Canada for 28 years now.