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Lkunkel
Member
10-29-2003
| Monday, April 04, 2005 - 3:05 pm
Thanks, Lum. I need to do something. I desperately have to get things together over here and finish getting this place done. I keep wishing that DH would leave for a time period so I could actually do some things without him here. I did get a lot more done when he was gone--until I got hurt. In this case, I'd just like him to go away for an hour or two a couple of days a week. Or maybe I need to go away. I'm just sitting here attempting to be productive (writing up WFS-WEST) and wondering how I'm going to get the money for the shrink's visit and how much I really do need to go on the 7th. BTW, have you ever noticed the more you are pressured to lose weight, the more you tend to rebel? Especially when the person pressuring you is eating Hunt's Pudding Cups in front of you...

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Lumbele
Member
07-12-2002
| Monday, April 04, 2005 - 3:14 pm
Shove an apple in his face, see how he likes it!
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Lkunkel
Member
10-29-2003
| Monday, April 04, 2005 - 4:59 pm
Actually, I was thinking of a whole cucumber enema, but...

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Citruscitygal
Member
08-07-2003
| Tuesday, April 05, 2005 - 1:04 am
Laurie~ ROFLOL Thanks I needed to laugh about now. Too much work, which is actually a blessing since DH may be going on strike this week. I have that "I wish I were alone" fantasy a lot. If you come up with a solution I hope you'll share. Good luck with the SS paperwork. If it's at all possible I hope you'll keep your appointment on the 7th. It never hurts to get another perspective and maybe some "tools" for coping. If you don't feel it was helpful (maybe you could try a few visits) then you don't have to go back again. Just my Take care.
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Lkunkel
Member
10-29-2003
| Tuesday, April 05, 2005 - 2:26 am
I will be keeping the appointment. The publisher and the US postal system worked together and sent us in cashable condition, a check for enough to cover the appointment with the shrink. I also wrote a three-page typed letter that I have to micro-handprint on page 8 of the form: "Is there anything else you feel we should know?" I think it is a good letter. I've shared the first draft with a couple of people, and may put it in my folder with the names changed to protect the guilty--or innocent. Sometimes, it's hard to determine at this point.

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Lumbele
Member
07-12-2002
| Tuesday, April 05, 2005 - 11:28 am
Weeeeellllllllllllll, Lk, I promised Vee I'd behave myself, ergo the more timid suggestion.
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Lkunkel
Member
10-29-2003
| Tuesday, April 05, 2005 - 12:18 pm
Ah, I promised no such thing. I do like having a US Senator on my side in the Disability case. His assistant called today with valuable information: 4 of the physicians have not returned the forms disability requested. I was able to pass this information onto my advocate--who had not yet been informed by SS, so she's been able to jump on this news, while I continue rewriting my documents to be much neater. I'm actually feeling confident about this.

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Lkunkel
Member
10-29-2003
| Tuesday, April 05, 2005 - 9:13 pm
All of the documents are in and faxed. I proved, frighteningly enough, that I CAN fit three lines of text on one line provided by Disability for writing on. For more details, head over to my folder, and read my post.

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Lkunkel
Member
10-29-2003
| Thursday, April 07, 2005 - 2:51 am
Today was basically an all day crash. I worked so hard on those forms yesterday, that today was a day in which I slept most most of the day. Or at least laid in bed and dosed off and on all day. Tomorrow I go and see the psychiatrist. He specializes in depression (duh) but also depression with pain management. I'm doing this not only for my disability case, but also for my sanity. I must admit, that until I read what I wrote for the remarks comments, that I didn't realize how bad it was/is. I think that this is what truly scare me. I also realized that Marla--FlyLady--has been the one stand of safety that snakes through my belt loop and her babystep encourages my when I am least able to help myself.

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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Thursday, April 07, 2005 - 11:41 am
Today, my goal is to get the Living room back in shape. The apartments did a power wash and had us remove everything from the patio. This is really awful when the only place you can put the plants is in the living room. Totally screwed up all my plans, but since I did the kitchen already, I can do my chores in the LR. So hope to get it cleaned back up from all the leaves everywhere, and edit some books to send to the battered womens shelter. LK you have been awfully busy these days, hope the claim goes well!!!
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Lumbele
Member
07-12-2002
| Thursday, April 07, 2005 - 12:56 pm
Lk, next time I'll remember to cross my fingers behind my back. Hope your senator will prove really useful so that your paperwork and claims will get processed quickly and smoothly. Glad to hear you will be able to go to your appointment. The first step is always the hardest. Hang in there! Dipo, nothing like a good mess to keep one's mind off the smokes, eh? This is one of the more pleasant side effects of quitting. It often results in unusually spic-'n-span households. It sure worked for mine, well in some regions anyway.LOL
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Lkunkel
Member
10-29-2003
| Thursday, April 07, 2005 - 3:21 pm
I did well with the appointment; it was agreed that I needed a mood stabilizer, so I am to start lithium tonight. (Still have to work to the store.) At least lithium isn't expensive.

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Lkunkel
Member
10-29-2003
| Saturday, April 09, 2005 - 7:47 pm
Well, today I took lots of pain pills and set out on my walk to get things taken care of. My first stop was Big Lots to pick up some new flower pots and a container for the newspaper person to put the paper that is NOT in my flower bed. The second step was to recross the parking lot and jaywalk to Walmart. I HATE our Walmart--HATE HATE HATE it. There is not ONE competent person there. My one truly wanted purchase was a Rayovac Reading Light that can either clip to your clothes or be hung around your neck. I really need it so I can read at night without disturbing Bill. I tried the Rayovac pillow light, but I have nothing to rest it on, so it doesn't work that great; I tried a small attach-to-the-book light, but it didn't illuminate both pages well. I right now have a big lantern/spot light jerry-rigged to the bedframe and I hit my head on it daily. Plus, of course, it lights up the room and caused way too much light. (Great for power outages, sucks for book reading.) I spent 1 hour and 30 minutes in the store--I had all but that light in 35 minutes. I tried Books, they sent me to Sports (Flashlights); Sports sent me to Hardware (Light bulbs); Hardware sent me to Crafts (no reason given); Crafts sent me to Electronics; Electronics sent me to Sports. I finally gave up, and headed to the checkouts. Which is where I found them sitting as an impulse buy. Sigh. I reloaded my cart and headed to Smiths--actually crossing at the crosswalk. I picked up my remaining items and managed to restuff the cart. I then walked home, checked the mail, and called for Bill's help up the stairs. After everything was put away, I realized I had been gone a whole three hours, and had taken about an hour in sitting down breaks. I then came home, took a pain pill, and sat--with legs elevated for another 5 hours. I'm feeling better now. I am also sorting some things that are by the bed and in the box I moved from to the bed. I found my pedometer--I'll start using it tomorrow. I went to one site that says that if one is overweight, one should add 2,000 steps to each day. So I will be working my way up to 12,000 steps. It shouldn't take me too long; but I also want to get going on my balance ball and other exercise equipment. I think that in-shape folks are supposed to exercise for 30 minutes a day, 3 days a week, right? Another thing to work up to. For now, I want to work some more on my North area, plant some items in the Northeast, and write up the West for publication for Monday. I know that the place is going to be a disaster for a day or two, until I get the North done, but the West will be fairly easy, since it is the rest of the living room, the front door, and the tub in the hall bathroom. Actually, since I am obsessive, while I was resting, I took the floor plan that was very similar to ours, and put it into PSP. I then overlaid an octagon, drew some lines, did some coloring, and now have an idea of how I want to do the apartment. I plan to hang a sun catcher or something right in the center of the apartment.
HOWEVER, just because I am compulsive doesn't mean that you have to be. (BTW, Please note that my obsession did not extend to labeling the squares.)
I just didn't care for the center area in the boxes that signifies the Spirit, since, in this apartment, it is a LOT of real estate. This way, I have one center point, and something to mark the Spirit. The octagon also seemed more accurate--and, fortunately, the plants and butterflies will still go nicely in the Northeast. I was thrilled to see that my art area is totally in my creativity area, of course, so is the freezer and since meals around here have been anything BUT creative, I do need to pull that together. Anyway, tomorrow will be some box work around here, as well as some more reading of the Simple Living Guide, and some soul nurturing by planting. Is anyone else around?

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Lkunkel
Member
10-29-2003
| Sunday, April 10, 2005 - 7:04 pm
::sigh:: The best laid plans of cats and women... I planned on working on boxes, planting, and reading the Simple Living Guide. Of course that was NOT what I put on my To Do list. The To Do list had: Planting: Kitchen: Christmas Cactus, Rosary Vine (I THOUGHT it was called that, but the tag said "String of Hearts"); African Violet, and Oxalis. Patio: Leatherhorn Fern, Geranium, and Begonia; and of course, a lot of Seeds; Laundry--six loads; (how in the heck does a family of two generate six loads in ONE week???); Box Sorting; Move the Baker's Rack; and Clean up beside the bed. Well, I tried. I really did. First though, I straightened up the hall closet and hung up some of DH's caps. I think it looks great! What do you all think?
First image is a straight on view. As a point of reference, DH's tennis ball and racquets haven't been touched since 2002. The chain is the baseball cap holder I made him. He's not totally happy with it, so I need to figure out how to fix it. The second image shows the floor area. For the first time, the vacuum now lives there. BTW, the entryway still looks bad. I can't seem to keep us down to two hooks. Since I am hanging cacti and succulents in white pots in the Northeastern bagua and one of the animals for the area is butterflies, I decided to have fun. I took the wire butterflies I had taken off from some burned-out patio lights last year, and place them on the strings holding the pot. Here is the empty pot:
and here are ones filled with the Rosary Vines and Christmas Cactus:
I still need to find my fishing line so I can hang the fairy-flying butterflies and the plant hangers at the correct height, but here's the general idea:
I also managed to get the clovers replanted and hung up:
I also managed to empty out the science projects of the fridge and it's pretty empty. I finished all but one load of laundry, and I still have stuff to clear out from by the bed and boxes to sorts. oh, yeah, and I DID come up with a graduation gift for a wonderful young lady I know.

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Happymom
Member
01-20-2003
| Monday, April 11, 2005 - 10:37 am
Lkunkel, thanks for the info and pics! The baseball cap chain gave me a good idea. When cleaning out the garage, I know I'll come across some of those that we used to hang stuffed animals on. I'm sure I would have given them away for donation. Now, a whole new world of storage possibilities has opened up! I hope the lithium makes you feel better!
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Lumbele
Member
07-12-2002
| Monday, April 11, 2005 - 12:02 pm
Lk, love the butterflies on your macrame hangers! I recognize that hat shaper in the closet.LOL We have one of those as well, only now dh wears more age appropriate hats. Just might have to stick it on the yard sale. My project for the week is rearranging my bedroom closet/drawers and the bathroom cabinet and catching up with my collection of ironing. Only put a small dent into that yesterday. After that those 15 mins will have to be used all over the house where neglect has gotten the upper hand during my "leisure" days. Also, I need to get back to my routine which has been suspended, and it is beginning to show.
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Lkunkel
Member
10-29-2003
| Monday, April 11, 2005 - 5:27 pm
Lum: send it to me, please. DH wants ALL of his hats washed and put in gallon-sized storage bags. Two would allow me to get the job done sooner. Glad that you like the butterflies. I have a lot more to do--intent-wise--but the real fun is finding the items to use. Tomorrow I want to finish up the North and start looking at the West. Does anyone else need more time working in the North?

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Lkunkel
Member
10-29-2003
| Tuesday, April 12, 2005 - 6:53 pm
Well, since I slept until 2:30PM (yeesh I was exhausted from yesterday)and then spent time drinking water, and then re-examining the insides of my eyelids for another 3 hours before helping with dinner, I'll be finishing North tomorrow. Lum: how go your 15 minute projects?

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Lkunkel
Member
10-29-2003
| Wednesday, April 13, 2005 - 10:31 pm
I'm so loooooooonely..... Where is everyone?! Last night, our fuses for the bedroom and office warped. This mean that our power was going on and off about 15 minutes for 3 hours and then just BOOM went out. At 9AM, I went down, still in PJs and barefeet (take THAT Flylady) to my neighbors and asked to use their phone to call the office. After not speaking nicely to them, our power came back on, at 9:45AM. The guy showed up to make the repair, when else, but at 11:38AM--mid-Starting Over. So, today's has a mice block from 11-11:37 and 11:44-12:00PM. Ah well, it's not ike anything that happened at that time won't be reshown endlessly if it was truly important. Tomorrow, though, enough is enough: I will attack and destroy those boxes like a stick of butter in the dryer.

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Lumbele
Member
07-12-2002
| Thursday, April 14, 2005 - 1:48 pm
Lk, you are not alone around here, it is just that I am so dang busy and/or tired. Either way, too pooped to do much posting. Glad your power is back on. Sometimes a girl has to be a witch to get things done, eh? My master bathroom is in tip-top shape again. The bedroom still needs a few 15 minuters, but getting there. Laundry is almost caught up, including that huge pile of linen ironing. But my big project, the storage room, hasn't even been started yet, much less finished. Waiting for ds to get his final exams behind him next week, then back and neck willing, it's cracking the whip time. These days I am spending way too much time in the kitchen preparing all that food for my diet. Gotta work out some kind of shortcut eventually before I start screaming.
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Schoolmarm
Member
02-18-2001
| Thursday, April 14, 2005 - 4:55 pm
Well, I cleaned my office yesterday. Got a file system set up in the file drawer in my desk and that took care of most of the papers on top of the desk. My grad student shelved books and cleaned off the piano. I have a little pile behind my desk left and I need to get the papers in my briefcase marked in the computer and returned to the students and it will be lots better! I bought a Dyson vacuum cleaner today. It's still in the box, cause I'm a little pooped from mowing my front lawn with my new mower. YUP, I got one! My neighbor is going to finish the back with his riding mower tomorrow. WHEW! Now to clean the house!
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Friday, April 15, 2005 - 5:40 pm
I got the L/R done, it looks fabulous, I put down a new rug that I had bought for the den, but I like it better in the LR. Now I have started to redo the den. Got the den closet organized so that I can actually get my coats and the vacuum in it now. Just have to edit the bookcase, thoroughly vacuum, put the old LR rug down and then I can finally set up my printer. It is looking great!!!!. Sounds like everyone is getting a lot of stuff done, Keep up the good work!!!
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Lkunkel
Member
10-29-2003
| Wednesday, April 20, 2005 - 6:47 pm
Lumbele wrote: "Sometimes a girl has to be a witch to get things done, eh?" It certainly feels that way sometimes. On the other hand, I cannot believe how helpful the two US Senators are being. The one helping with the disability put a quick hold on the medical review, since SS wanted to do it without two important medical documents; however, with the hold, there's now time for those documents to reach the office for evaluation. I'm so glad that I am getting all of this help. It's made the process much easier--and, hopefully, I'll have success this time. Schoolmarm: It sounds like you've been making great progress. What have you been working on at this point? Dipo: That was the fun of our hall closet: straightening out our coats and putting the vacuum in there. Granted not everything worked out the way I hoped/thought but I'll work out the hat problem where necessary. I'm plowing through more old papers and sorting them out. I foresee myself having a lot of shredding to do, but it will work out. I just finally feel like I'm catching up on life around here. I know that at some point I will get everything cleared out, but I just have to do it on my own time and pace. I started working on the filing and found it fun in some ways. I need to pick up some more folders (I'm using the pronged cardstock folders); fortunately, I just got some coupons from Office Max, so I can save some money on those. And so it goes, onward and continuous.

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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Wednesday, April 20, 2005 - 7:54 pm
Lk, it sounds like you are finally getting somewhere with the disability, I am glad to hear it. I have now got the den almost done, did the really detailed vacuuming that I had planned, put the new rug down and now I can't get it under the desk. I can lift the desk or I can move the rug, can't do both, LOL. . . so now I have an appointment for the maintenance men to come and help me tomorrow at 10 am. Once the rug goes down I can put everything that is supposed to go back into the room in and get my printer set up. That will be a project since I haven't had it up for about 3 years (had a company printer). So I am moving forward. Oh, LK, I have a big paper project to do as well, I hope I have am much fun as you are!!!
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Lkunkel
Member
10-29-2003
| Wednesday, April 20, 2005 - 10:54 pm
Dipo: The Den sounds great. I hope to do some area rugs at some point. I don't know about fun, but I do know that as I complete going through the papers, I'll be able to check out my filing system--and see if my categories work correctly. If it does, then I won't have to worry about adding new file categories and my Index will be easy to add to and find files. The real fun is trying to complete the gathering of documents that would be needed upon one of our deaths. Mine are easy--the hard one is finding DH's previous divorce decree. (Unfortunately, I know from experience that we need it. I'm going to have to try to find the date from his ex--unless she has copies she wouldn't mind copying.) I guess I am planning on making it fun because once I am done, I will really be done. And that makes me very happy.

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