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Vee
Member

02-23-2004

Monday, February 07, 2005 - 8:03 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Haven't been here to enjoy it for days...blitzed in and read your posts, Laurie, and was just amazed that there was a young boy willing to help. Stories like that always give me hope that there still is a lot of care and compassion in the world, even in children. Maybe especially in children.

It will be interesting to hear how your time with your helper went. Was it more fun working with a companion or more annoying? Edited to add: Oh! You posted as I was keying this up. I am glad that it went so well, Laurie. Now what are you planning to do that will be fun while Potshot is gone? Anything that you wouldn't do while he's home?

Spinner! It's always great to see you here and find out what's going on with you. You opened a big door with all that marble talk and Lum marched right through. LOL! If it works, it works. I like the idea of your using five minutes for wall push-ups, etc. I may have to give that a try and especially when I need a break from the computer.

We use the timer as FlyLady suggests. Set it for ten minutes and strike out from the house; when it goes off, we set it again, turn and head for home. We get bored so our paths radiate out from the house like the lines of an asterisk. At least we aren't walking in circles.

Wargod, it doesn't really matter how something gets accomplished. Sometimes I think that providence allows a little incident to be the impetus for action. I just love that your little girl has a dress-up box. Did you take before and after photos of those closets?

Wow! Caleb must be growing like a weed. Hope the growth spurt subsides soon. Those growth spurts get expensive.

Happy flying to you all!


Lkunkel
Member

10-29-2003

Monday, February 07, 2005 - 8:37 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Fun? Nothing. I plan on working my butt off as much as possible to get a lot done while he is gone. Our weatherman has personally assured me that tomorrow will be a good day for gardening on my patio, so I'll be doing outside stuff tomorrow, and inside stuff today.

I'll give a better tally tomorrow of what and how I did. I do have to return the car I borrowed to get Potshot to the airport, so that will take a little time this AM; I figure I'll call Nina (the car's owner) in an hour.

Vee: it was MUCH more fun with someone there. Sorting stuff can be so boring, so when you are doing it with someone else you can chat and listen to the radio and just have fun. It gives me a lot of hope that I will get things done, and it gives me incentive to work on it during the week--otherwise she won't have anything to do.

I did discover that I have a lot more Perler Beads and Accessories than I thought I did. I may have to buy a larger basket! (Actually, I'll probably remove the iron from it first and put it with the other equipment items in the chifforobe (it isn't really one, but that's what Walmart called it, so we'll stick with it)).

I dunno. I actually have confidence that I can finish this and enjoy it before we would be looking at moving--and it would be a much easier and lighter move. Maybe it's because I bought a replacement cord for my boombox, and I'm not battery dependent anymore...

Vee
Member

02-23-2004

Monday, February 07, 2005 - 8:44 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
My nieces bought me a battery charger and the batteries for it..two sets...for Christmas. One of the best gifts I've ever received.

Glad that you are going to have such fine weather to do your patio. Don't forget to take photos!

Dipo
Member

04-23-2002

Friday, February 11, 2005 - 8:23 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
ok, too long since anyone posted. I got rid of all my recycling, finally they came and emptied the bin, so I can now get around in my living room a whole LOT better. this weekend I am finishing cleaning out my desk (shredding) while I gather my papers and info for my taxes. Hope to file this weekend.!!

Hope everyone is doing well, and making progress.

LK you may inspire me to go through all my scrapbooking stuff and let go of some!!!!!

Schoolmarm
Member

02-18-2001

Friday, February 11, 2005 - 8:41 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Helllppppp I'm drowning under a pile of junk in my living room! <Marm makes a note to do a 15 minute fling before the clutter completely takes over the house!>

Lkunkel
Member

10-29-2003

Friday, February 11, 2005 - 9:54 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I didn't post cause I thought it would look like I was talking to myself again...and that would be bad.

As for me, I am taking a pain pill and HOPEFULLY going to sleep. Please let me sleep....

Tomorrow, Marm, I won't be doing art stuff (I told the companion I was taking a sleeping pill and couldn't guarantee I was going to be functioning by 9, so we switched to next week) but I will be going through boxes, so I'll be here if you want to check in...
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Grandmato2
Member

07-16-2004

Saturday, February 12, 2005 - 5:15 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I am up and cleaning out the pantry. Actually I am moving it from the coat closet to another cabinet we moved from my office.

Yucko! I found some mummified potatoes. Guess that was the smell in here the other week and I blamed it on Kasey (my dog) Thought he had rolled in something gross.

Still deciding if I want to actually put coats in the coat closet or keep using the coat rack. Hmmm....

Schoolmarm
Member

02-18-2001

Saturday, February 12, 2005 - 7:17 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I decided that I will have to organize my office and work calander. I have an organist's workshop this morning and an orchestra rehearsal this afternoon. Same type of schedule on Sunday.

It will feel REALLY good to organize the office. It would feel even better to organize the living room! Cripes, the cat has to jump from one free spot to another to get through! ACKKKK!!!

Biloxibelle
Member

12-21-2001

Saturday, February 12, 2005 - 3:21 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I'm still here. I haven't been buried under a pile of clutter or anything. We've just been hammered by the holidays. They all fell right together this year. I have been party planning since Thanksgiving non-stop. Fat Tuesday was the last party we hosted and now we are finished.

I have been reading just not posting. Vee I'm glad everything is okay with your mom.

I think in addition to fluttering I need to start decorating. We've lived here over a year now and still haven't got around to it. I keep telling myself I'm taking my time so it will be exactly how I want it. But being I have done next to nothing that excuse is wearing thin. I will head over to the decorating/ need suggestions thread.

Vee
Member

02-23-2004

Sunday, February 13, 2005 - 4:48 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Ahhhh, it's so nice to come in here and read about your projects, everyone.

Thank goodness, you posted, Dipo. We can't allow our little corner of the Clubhouse to fade away, It's such a cosy spot.

Thought of all you crafters when I was looking at some of my mother's things. I mean how many sweaters can one person make in a lifetime? Not as much as there is yarn in her attic! My sister gets the same way when she wanders through the stamping aisles. We don't need any more paper...we have more than enough to keep us going for a very long time. What's the allure?

Laurie, were you able to get your patio done or did you get clobbered again with another flare? I like that you are going to restate things in the most positive way...think I read that in Eeyore's Update. We can only do what we can do.

Grandmato2, how did things go with organizing the office? I think an organized work space is one of the very best things one can do for oneself. Love yourself enough to make your space not only efficient, but lovely as well. The living room will come together, too. A couple of hotspot clearings and you'll be all set. (Mine needs about an hour's worth of hotspot clearing after being away since Thursday.)

Schoolmarm, I wish we could all come to your house and help you unpack once and for all. Even so, if you keep plugging away at the unpacking, you will achieve your goal. That is, unless you decide to move anytime soon.

Biloxibelle, you must get out of this thread from time to time to know about my mom. Thank you for your good wishes. She had another rough morning, after a rough night, but had a good afternoon. I have to run back in three hours to put her to bed. Sounds so odd to say that I am putting my mother to bed. It's a first!

Hope that your decorating is a lot of fun for you. Do you know what your personal tastes are? I'll be looking for you in the decorating section or is it "Help Me Decide"?

I took one of those little quizzes to determine mine once and I was quite sure that I would be "cottage country" or some such thing. I turned out to be "bohemian." LOL Apparently, bohemian was the word being used for someone who is eclectic like me who uses odds and ends and whatever is available.

Lum must still be under the weather...Spinner is on top of everything as usual. Purplecow may be touring Europe right now, and who knows where all our flybabies are! Happy flying, gals!

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Vee
Member

02-23-2004

Tuesday, February 15, 2005 - 5:54 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Anything can be done 15 minutes at a time according to FlyLady. Now that I am taking care of a houseful of invalids, I have used this adage many times. And nearly everything is getting done daily.

Fifteen minutes has been amended to just five where cat grooming goes, however. My mother's cats are not fond of the process and really start to rear up after about five so five it is. And, in just five minutes a day for the past six days, they are starting to look pretty good. Not only that, but the cat fur is not flying through the air and I mean that literally.

I see that no one is around lately. Our poor Lum must be really knocked for a loop with that nasty old flu.

How are the rest of you doing?

I am posting a picture of my "new" digs...aka Mother's Kitchen.

c


Dipo
Member

04-23-2002

Tuesday, February 15, 2005 - 6:48 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
LOL, 15 minutes is so true, just finished cleaning out my desk drawer, it has been bugging me for weeks!!!! Only took the 15!!!!

Lkunkel
Member

10-29-2003

Tuesday, February 15, 2005 - 10:49 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Very nice going ladies.

Yesterday I was totally wiped out from the trip to the doctor. We left at 1:30p, walked to the bus stop, took the bus across town, walked to the Dr's office, waited, waited, and waited, got my scripts and my form signed.

Walked to the bus stop, caught the bus, went back across town, got off at our stop, walked to the bank, made deposits and did transfers, and then walked to the grocery store to fill two of my four prescriptions.

Came home at 5:30P. Fixed dinner and ate. Took my meds and collapsed.

Today, on the other hand, I had energy. I walked over to mail out my form and an eBay sale. I did a load of laundry and ran the DW. I then called 14 pharmacies, and, as a result, wrote a letter to both of my Senators (Reid and Ensign), Congresswoman Berkley, and Governor Guinn. Letter is in my folder, BTW.

I then cleaned up the letter of typos and errors and printed out four different front pages and one set of 2-4. I'll soon be faxing it to see what happens.

Tomorrow, tho, it is time to bust butt on the house. I have 11 more Provigil, and I plan to use them to my maximum ability.
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Lkunkel
Member

10-29-2003

Wednesday, February 16, 2005 - 11:25 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Well, today, I'll be working on the patio, and then puttering inside.

I have some specific things to putter, and I am (silly given the recentness of my faxes) hoping to hear something back.

But, that's okay, plenty to do to meet my goals. And I can and will get things sorted and cleaned up by the time Potshot returns on March 3 (of course, he hasn't left yet, but that's a different issue!)

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Schoolmarm
Member

02-18-2001

Wednesday, February 16, 2005 - 12:53 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Did a load of laundry last night and a "FLING" before putting the trash out this morning. It is AMAZING how much more clean the living room is without excess newspapers and mail. Hmmmm....maybe I should FLING more often!

Lkunkel
Member

10-29-2003

Wednesday, February 16, 2005 - 1:28 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Schoolmarm: it is amazing, isn't it? Our newspapers mostly go into a bin by the garbage can, but we keep the previous days in the bedroom. Punk and Bopper have been trained to release hairballs, etc onto the paper, so we try to keep some handy.

I removed the shelf on one of our coffee table cubicles and put a cute lidded box in the shelf area. That's where the mail goes, and then once a week, I go through it and deal with it. Next to it is another box which holds our checks, deposit envelops for the ATM, and a FOR DEPOSIT ONLY stamp. It's nice and neat, and I usually know where everything is that came in for the week (minus magazines, catalogs and junk mail, which is handled by giving it to the person to whom it belongs (mags), into the catalog box, or into the circular file.

It looks pretty neat, and it keeps snoops out of it. (We had a friend who would not ONLY go through the envelopes, but OPEN them as well.)

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Dipo
Member

04-23-2002

Wednesday, February 16, 2005 - 1:34 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Oh my, LK, that is amazing about the friend with the mail!!!

I filed my taxes over the weekend so I can delete all those tax procrastination emails!! And today I am moving a bookcase to the bedroom. I had some boxes stacked in front of the window and the kitties liked to sleep on top of them, but they went to Salvation Army. So I figured out the bookcase would work as well as the boxes, and then the kitties will be happier again. I think that will be my big task for the day.

Lkunkel
Member

10-29-2003

Wednesday, February 16, 2005 - 1:53 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Dipo: This "friend" had no shame. He considered himself superior to me and considered any unopened mail to mean that I wasn't taking care of Potshot and was being frivolous with responsibilities.

We're holding off filing. Since Potshot had 3 good months of pay last year, I suspect that we are now over the poverty level and I will have to try to come up with money to pay for my prescriptions ($110 for the Effexor XR and $211 for the Provigil); even though so far this year, we (he) have only had $1300 in income. It seems really unfair to base a current financial situation on the previous year's income--especially when the income is all freelance and varies so much. One month could be $800 and another month could be $6,000. On the $6,00 month, it is time to catch up from all of the $800 months. ::sigh:: Which is what led to my letter to the government.

Anyway, time to go outside before it starts raining.

Oh, Dipo, Do your cats want something comfy on top of their resting places, or is it just my monsters?
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Lkunkel
Member

10-29-2003

Friday, February 18, 2005 - 12:31 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Well, it's raining, but I really want to continue tackling the outside. So, I'll be out there for awhile, and then back inside to get dried off and work on inside stuff.

I posted in the Gardening and Houseplants about various things I am planning on.

I'll check back later....please someone else chime in????
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Grandmato2
Member

07-16-2004

Friday, February 18, 2005 - 1:25 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I have a 4 day weekend and need to do some serious decluttering and cleaning tomorrow. On Sunday, my cousin is joining us to watch the Daytona 500 so that will be a lazy afternoon.

Vee, my office still isn't finished. I keep taking more stuff to school so it is slowly getting better. Maybe by the end of the school year it will all be gone.

Guess it is time to get the box of Christmas lights out of the house!

Dipo
Member

04-23-2002

Friday, February 18, 2005 - 8:01 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
LK, Of course they like something comfy, LOL. I have an old bedspread that I folded in half an draped over the top. They really like to lay there now.

I figured out that I could box up a bunch of stuff in my offic/den closet, so this weekend I will work on that. I don't have it organized very well, for some reason I left two shelves almost empty and crammed everything else onto other shelves. Hope to rectify that this weekend.

LK I am amazed at all your planting!! Raining here as well. I like the rain, but am not outside working on my patio, LOL.

Guess that's it for now!!! Everyone have a great weekend incase I don't make it back til Monday.

Vee
Member

02-23-2004

Friday, February 18, 2005 - 8:06 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Grandmato2, I still have the Christmas village up, but that's by design. It's coming down by the end of February, which isn't that far away is it?!

What happens to the things once they get to school? Is it something that you have to deal with again there or is it stuff that you are giving away to other teachers/staff?

Hope you have fun watching the race with your cousin.

Lk, you really wanted to get that patio done if you are out there in the rain doing it! What's the temp like these days?

I envy those of you who are able to start planting and getting decks and patios ready for spring. It won't be happening any time soon here. The last snowstorm followed by a buckets of rain tore my window box off the house. My one little daily reminder that spring is coming. LOL

My house is in need of a few flings, boogies, hotspot extinguishing, etc. Don't know when I'll get the chance to give it much more than a lick and a promise, though.

Happy fluttering, gals!

Lkunkel
Member

10-29-2003

Saturday, February 19, 2005 - 7:19 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Well, I mainly just wanted to get one of the bags of garbage off from the porch so it could get tossed away in tomorrow's pickup. Silly as it sounds, it makes me feel like I accomplished something, and it was still in the mid '50s and I wasn't out there for more than 20 minutes.

I still need to go through and do the following out there (some of which won't be until a check arrives*...): Remove all dead plants from containers and throw away; Check old soil for balances; if valid, put in large container and mix well, otherwise toss; Hang the two 15" containers on the wall; Remove unnecessary hooks from the ceiling; Measure the floor for floor covering; Pick up plastic pots, & over-rail-pot-hanger from Big Lots*; Pick up flooring, Terra cotta pot, color plants (begonia, geranium, and others), hooks and plant hangers at Walmart* (maybe I can put the items in layaway while there this weekend?); Order from Michigan Bulb*; Put down flooring over slatted floor (AstroTurf? sisal? painter's canvas? Definitely a tablecloth under the plants as there are two small children who play on the patio below us, and I don't want excessive plant water leaking down on them);
Cover interior wall (Hawaiian grass? Colorful fabric? Plastic Tablecloths?*); and Plant plants as they come in.

I finally decided what to do with the living room. We have a lot of plants, but no real plants stands. I'm eliminating the three hanging planters, and filling in the holes of two of the hooks.

I am emptying my Baker's Rack Desk--it's good for writing checks, but lousy to type on for any length of time. Since I have a laptop, with few peripherals hanging off from it, I tend to work anywhere BUT the desk. So, I am moving it under one of the hanging plant hooks, and converting it a plant holder.I'm going to divide it up like this: Top metal shelf--BASKET 03: Curly Tree (dunno the "real" name), Wandering Jew; BASKET 02: Jasmine, Trailing Garland; and SQUARE CONTAINER: Money Tree; Second metal shelf--SMALL CAULDRON 01: Dragon Tree, Ivy and SMALL CAULDRON 02: Shamrocks; Wooden Shelf--Jade Plant;
Floor in front of Shelves: BASKET 01: Ficus Tree, Dancing Dolphin Vine; BASKET 04: Dragon Tree; Ivy. In addition to the plants will be some tchotchkes, especially on the bottom two shelves so the the light comes through.

Draped over the whole rack, to soften it a bit, will be a Fairy Garden Hideaway (again, it means selling stuff on eBay to cover the cost, but it is SOOOOO pretty).

In the corner, where my desk is currently, is where I will slide the Bubble Tree. In between the two items, I'll move the rocking chair. I think it will be a nice cozy space for us. (Well, me, it will be the wrong angle for Potshot to play video games.) I also learned, from watching Design Remix, how to make pillow covers using "Mexican" blankets. After I clear out the living room and get things caught up, those floor pillows are high on the list.

As for the computer, I usually work in the the bedroom with it, so, I just need to find a really good and safe place for it.

I've discovered some interesting things: If I have an idea, and I sketch it out, I am much more likely to stick to the job getting it all done than I am if it is a vague concept.

If anyone wants to have company while blitzing, sign up for an AIM account, and then me. If I'm online, I'll happily invite you to blitz with me (and possibly GrandmaTo2, depending on the time zone).
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Schoolmarm
Member

02-18-2001

Saturday, February 19, 2005 - 5:13 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
LK....I have a system with my mail that drives my mother nuts whenever she is over. I usually just grab the IMPORTANT or INTERESTING mail and leave the rest unopened in a basket on the counter. My housesitter(s) put all the mail in that basket when I'm gone.

If I find a bill that is UNOPENED I know that I need to open it and pay it. If MOM opens the bill and clucks like a hen and goes TSK tsk TSK "why don't you ever pay your bills the day they come" then my system is ruined. I don't pay attention to opened bills because I assume that I've paid them.

Usually I have to wait until I locate my checkbook and stamps to pay bills. Or I take them with me to an airport...it's the perfect job for waiting for the plane.

I thought I would do a little blitz today, but I just got back from work and I feel achy in my back and a little feverish...going to take it easy and try to fend off the flu before it hits hard!

DID make a roast in the crock pot and cleaned the kitchen, so I'll have food tomorrow.

Happymom
Member

01-20-2003

Saturday, February 19, 2005 - 10:02 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Speaking of mail, what do you all think about me writing "return" on all the junk mail credit card offers that would otherwise have to be shredded? (I don't make our mail carrier deal with it, I save it up for a few wks. and drop it into the drive-through mail box at the PO.)