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Lkunkel
Member

10-29-2003

Sunday, March 27, 2005 - 6:01 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
::sigh:: things not to do while on sleeping pills:
1. Open a bottle of soda to take a drink.
2. Fall asleep while drinking it

The entire side of my bed is soaked. Fortunately, Bill's is not. I have towels between the mattress cover and the foam mattress, the flannel fitted sheet and the mattress pad, and on top of the fitted sheet.

Fortunately, Bill's side is dry. So, he is still sleeping peacefully.

Part of the plan today was to go to Petsmart and buy some more Iams canned food for Bopper. I guess I'll be making a secondary trip (same shopping center) and picking up another mattress pad. On a bright spot, I was going to change over to cotton sheets so I'll have time to work on the 5-year-old flannel ones to get them cleaned up.

I'd ask why me but the irony is just too delicious as I had planned to get up early and see if that made a difference doing do domestic chores--including writing up East. So today, finish up North, celebrate Easter, if that is your holiday. Instead, I fell asleep on the couch.

Sometimes, I can't win for losing.
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Lkunkel
Member

10-29-2003

Monday, March 28, 2005 - 8:30 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Does anyone want the info on East today? East covers Creativity and Children.

Just wondering. I get nervous when I have 4 posts in a row over 2 days.

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Grandmato2
Member

07-16-2004

Monday, March 28, 2005 - 11:25 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
No reason to be nervous.

I am always interested in FS.

Please post the info on the East. If no one else is interested, just email me the info. Thanks.

Landi
Member

07-29-2002

Monday, March 28, 2005 - 12:04 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
as this was easter weekend, i was not in the organizing mood. lol! you should have seen the mess we had with king crab legs on saturday! anyways, even if i don't get a chance to respond, i do like hearing what you are doing, and seeing if anything applies to what i am doing. just because we don't always post, doesn't mean we don't always read. so POST AWAY!!

Happymom
Member

01-20-2003

Monday, March 28, 2005 - 12:05 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I am interested too! I just have so little time most of the time and I really wish I could post progress I have made in doing away with "chaos!" I love reading everyone's progress and info. and tips! Thanks for taking the time! It really does motivate me too, I just need more time. This week is spring break and I want to spend time with the kids while they're home.

Sorry you fell asleep with your soda Lkunkel! I fall asleep all over the house whenever I sit for any length of time, at the computer, reading to the kids. Never enough sleep!

Lumbele
Member

07-12-2002

Monday, March 28, 2005 - 12:09 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Yeah, let 'er rip, Lk. Haven't been posting in here because I have nothing to contribute. Playing the lady of leisure again these days. But I *do* read.

I'd be interested in Feng Shuiing my house, but am far too limited with where I can place furniture. So it will just have to be happy where it is.LOL

Lkunkel
Member

10-29-2003

Monday, March 28, 2005 - 2:51 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Gto2: You would have gotten the email anyway, since we're working together on it! BTW, I don't think you should change your screen name to Gto3, until you know that you are going to get to SEE #3.

Landi: Since I had celebrated Ostara the week before, and began the mandated diet on Friday, I told spaced that Sunday was Easter. I'd have LOVED to have been a part of the Crab Legs mess on Saturday!

HappyMom: Thanks again for the support on my rant. The nice thing about Feng Shui is that the first thing to deal with is clutter--which means that you will save time in the long run. Let's face it: clutter eats up our time. (I'm rereading Sink Reflections and The Simple Living Guide as well Wiccan Feng Shui. I know the key for me is in Simplifying. And I will find the key that opens the door for me. Right now I am blocked. [It also tells me I need to get some aventurine crystals.])

My thought, since in addition to writing about each section (as in more information than what is in the chart), I am also doing the section, maybe I'll take time between posting each direction. For example, to complete my North, I need to:
A) Finish cleaning up the patio, plant the 4 plants that came in, and plant my seeds;
B) Work on the living room: move the bakers rack, set up the plants on it, rehang two plants, fill the holes in the ceiling from the previous hooks of the said two plants, plant 6 plants I just received; clear out the clutter from the moving around, straighten up the books on my book shelves--pulling off ones to be bookcrossed, and clear off the breakfast bar.

Plus, I still have laundry, and I am sorting through my clothes. SO, since I don't want to chintz out any info, and East is very important to me since my art area--the most cluttered area in the house--is in the East, I KNOW that the East will take me time.

My plan is this: if you want to move ahead using the chart, go for it. Otherwise, I'll be posting the DIRECTIONALS on Friday/Saturday. THEN, on Saturday, after people have a chance to read over them, I'll be online and working. This will also give folks who are out of the house during the day to work on the DIRECTIONAL at night. I think it makes sense.

Lumbele: I wanna play lady of leisure! How do you do that????

There are at least three types of Feng Shui: Ancient Eastern/Flying Stars; Modern Western/Black Hat; and Wiccan. The Wiccan came about when the author of the book couldn't relate to the Black Hat method--as an example, Black hat recognizes these elements: wood, metal, earth, water, and fire. For Wiccans, the elements are earth (which includes trees and metal), fire, water, and AIR. So, Alexandria, the author created one that would work for her.

Also, she decided that furniture placement was not necessarily the problem. If the furniture placement in the room works for you--i.e., doesn't block off doorways and you can walk around it and it is safe (for example having to move a couch to get out the front door, is NOT a safe placement)--then it's fine for her. She works with other things to enhance the area and doesn't worry about "correct" furniture placement. Her concept comes down to intent. Her Bagua is also different from the other two types. Hers, for me, makes sense.

If you are interested in the other types, I would suggest The Idiot's Guide to Feng Shui for the Flying Star type (which I have to admit, I struggled through the first chapter and then gave up) or Feng Shui for Dummies to learn about the Black Hat/Western Tradition.

Of the other two types, I know the most about Black Hat, so I can help with that is someone wants that. The Wiccan Feng Shui will not be a problem for anyone practicing other religions/faiths. As I said, there is a blessing of items that you are using to set up the intent of the items you will be using to enhance the space. The blessing, in this case, is more like a prayer.
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Prisonerno6
Member

08-31-2002

Monday, March 28, 2005 - 3:12 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Yippy! We finally got my housemate's closet rods and shelves hung at the end of last week which meant he could finally get his clothes out of the den closet. *That* meant I could finally put up shelves in that closet to finally finish storing stuff away that was piling up in the den, and I finally have a place to store the vacuum and the floor cleaner. So after moving in here the Monday after Thanksgiving, by the end of the week (just in time for an April Fool's party), I'll finally be all unpacked.

I just try not to think of the mess my housemate has upstairs...

Lkunkel
Member

10-29-2003

Monday, March 28, 2005 - 10:03 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Way to go, Prisoner #6! Don't think about his mess--just keep yours under control. I know it's hard (it's what I have to do with DH. It sucks, but I have few choices until something happens to him.

Besides, we'll find some suitable Feng Shui cures for you to use on him.
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Vee
Member

02-23-2004

Tuesday, March 29, 2005 - 11:39 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Is your home cluttered or cosy? This quiz will help you figure it out. I may be rearranging furniture this afternoon. I'm bored and need something to do. LOL

Lkunkel
Member

10-29-2003

Tuesday, March 29, 2005 - 1:00 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
::snort:: it suggested I move the couch away from the wall. It's already in the center of the room.

Back to working on North.
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Schoolmarm
Member

02-18-2001

Tuesday, March 29, 2005 - 1:15 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
HA! It said "fantastic, you have a focal point" Well, duh....I have a big ol' entertainment center along one wall and my couch in front of a picture window with a loveseat at right angles for "conversation"......didn't ask whether you can actually SEE THE FLOOR! (Nope, Nope, Nope.....I have way too many papers, books and remains of ______"fill in the blank" on the floor!)

Landi
Member

07-29-2002

Tuesday, March 29, 2005 - 1:19 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
that's exactly what i was thinking marm! stupid people! i have collections. they're called newspapers and holly's junk, and bills and stuff on the pub bench. it didn't ask about that. stupid quiz.

Vee
Member

02-23-2004

Tuesday, March 29, 2005 - 2:23 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Oops, sorry! I got a lot out of the information located there about furniture placement and, if I can just figure out where to put my t.v., will have a cosier room.

I return you to what you were already doing...

Prisonerno6
Member

08-31-2002

Tuesday, March 29, 2005 - 4:56 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Yea, LK, that's why he's relegated to the "attic" -- I rarely go up there, so I don't need to see his mess, plus there's a door that closes on the whole thing. He started piling a punch of stuff in the living room by the door to the attic, so I got him a wire bin to put it in. When it gets out of control, I can put the bin on the stairs as a hint for him to get his crap out of my living room!

Lkunkel
Member

10-29-2003

Wednesday, March 30, 2005 - 4:02 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I'm working on the disability paperwork right now. I think some of the forms I already filled out once.

Tomorrow I'm having one of my little helpers come over to help me move the baker's rack to start the living room rearrangement (It's not that heavy, but the little one can use a couple of dollars.)

I plan on rearranging the plants to make the baker's rack the secondary focal point in the living room. The primary one (for Bill) being the TV. Everything centers around the TV. That will open up the Career Bagua of the living room. The light pole with water will be there as will my rocking chair.

I'm also writing up the East information, and discovered to my delight that I can use Birds and Bunnies to enhance that area.

How's everyone else doing?
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Biloxibelle
Member

12-21-2001

Thursday, March 31, 2005 - 6:16 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Morning flutters. I have gotten off course here lately (I'll be in the vent thread today), but never fear if and when my life calms down I will be back with a vengeance.

Lk, I'm glad I popped in when I did. I am very interested in the Wiccan Feng Shui you are doing. I have only been back a couple of pages. I don't want to lose track of what is going on. Have I missed a starting point along the way? I love the idea of Feng Shui but had never heard of Wiccan Feng Shui until now. Sounds very interesting.

Happymom
Member

01-20-2003

Thursday, March 31, 2005 - 11:24 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Vee, I'm envious that you can rearrange furniture! Our house is so small for 5 people that we cannot rearrange hardly anything. Also, cannot have anything up against outer walls in all bedrooms because of moisture forming most of the year here in No. Calif.

I am so looking forward to getting some immediate things done, business paperwork etc. and then I'm going to really try to tackle some of this clutter and really look at the W Feng Shui. I really hate the clutter and the dust on it. Know what to do, just need time!

Lkunkel
Member

10-29-2003

Thursday, March 31, 2005 - 2:04 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Biloxi: Ah, vent in here too. Don't let me be the only one who does!

You have NOT missed a starting point. I did discover that I had incorrectly anticipated working clockwise. Instead, we'll be working counter-clockwise. Which, makes perfect sense as a Wiccan. When a Wiccan works counter-clockwise, s/he is banishing something. In this case, we are banishing clutter, disorder, and negative chi.

So, we will be doing the points as they appear in the book: North, West, South, and East first as they are the cardinal points. The Bagua areas between these points share attributes of both the elements that bracket it. When all of the elements are brought together, then Spirit (the crust that holds everything together) manifests throughout the entire house.

The Quarters represent the basic elements in both nature and in our homes and relate directly to the home and the areas in life that are most personal and private. We have to have the square, solid foundation of Wealth & Prosperity (North), Health and Family (West), Love and Marriage (South), and Creativity and Children (East) before venturing out into the cross-quarter baguas of Career (Northwest), Fame and Reputation (Southwest), Helpful People and Travel (Southeast), and finally Knowledge and self-Cultivation (Northeast).

In this version, as long as the furniture placement works for you in the room, and the chi isn't stuck and stymied in corners or isn't flowing too quickly, the you most likely need smaller cures.
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Lkunkel
Member

10-29-2003

Thursday, March 31, 2005 - 5:01 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
As I may or may not ranted here before, we are now under new apartment management.

The rules (so far) are pretty basic:
Rule 1: No [store] shopping carts on property. (Good luck enforcing that one. I saw two people bringing them in on my way to the store, and three on my way back.)
Rule 2: Personal items are not allowed in front of your door as well as on your patio/balcony (Trash, bikes, furniture, towels/rugs hanging over, etc.) [That's one of the rules that scared me. The trellis on our front porch, is technically "a personal item."]
Rule 3: You must pick up after your pet or you will be fined.
Rule 4: Any damages caused by a child on the property, the parents will be responsible for the cost. Especially kicking the wood fences by the a/c units.
Rule 5: Do not litter. This goes for the kids too. Anyone caught littering will be fined.
Rule 6: Take down any Christmas decorations that are still up. (This concerned me as it could apply to the netting on our patio, since it is actually a Christmas light bush net.)
Rule 7: Any cars with violations will be towed.

I loved all of the threats of fines. I mean to fine someone, you have to catch them. You never see these people!!!

But I dutifully called the office to check on the status of the trellis and the net, explaining that I use them to guide vining plants. After a hurried consultation the young lady came back to the phone with: "As long as it has to do with plants, that's fine. You just can't have plants inside because they cause mold."

I confess I was stunned. I repeated it back to them, but it still didn't totally register. I told it to DH, and we've decided that unless they do apartment inspections, we're not going to "remember" that last part.

And, if they do inspections, we have bigger issues which with to deal.

After all, some of my best feng shui cures are plants!
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Happymom
Member

01-20-2003

Monday, April 04, 2005 - 9:14 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
"No plants inside because they cause mold." Oh that is ridiculous! I would forget that part too.

Lumbele
Member

07-12-2002

Monday, April 04, 2005 - 12:39 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Now I've heard it all! No plants allowed in an apartment because they cause mould? In the desert? Somebody's knickers are way too tight, me thinks.

Ok, what's everybody up to this week? My lady of leisure days are semi-over. That's why I had the boys move some furniture for me whilst I conducted, and for the rest of the week I'll have to do all those little detailed clean-up jobs in the kitchen that weren't done during my enforced leisure time. 15 minutes at a time!


Landi
Member

07-29-2002

Monday, April 04, 2005 - 1:05 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
actually it is very valid. people overwater their plants. they leak. which creates mold on the carpet underneath the plants. which then can travel up the wall. the entire carpet and wall must be replaced.

Lkunkel
Member

10-29-2003

Monday, April 04, 2005 - 1:37 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Landi: I did think about that finally. Since I water all of mine in the shower, and then let them dry before replacing them, I'm not certain that it is a problem for me. I also put a painter's cloth rug that I painted under them, so they are easy to clean up afterward, if any do still drip while rehanging them.

If they insist, then I will move everyone outside.

I finally finished the rough draft of the SS paperwork. My advocate is looking it over now, and then I'll rewrite it and fax it tomorrow to the agency.

I spent most of the weekend resting. I wasn't having a good weekend; but I'm not sure of the cause: health, spouse, clutter, lights on the wrong voltage causing them to flicker endlessly, or a combination of the above.
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Lumbele
Member

07-12-2002

Monday, April 04, 2005 - 2:37 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
All of my plants on the floor are on "saucers", never had a leak yet; so Landi's scenario never even crossed my mind.
Lk, I'd certainly protest if they insisted on you removing your plants. Hope your week is loads more cheerful than the weekend.