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Hermione69
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07-24-2002

Sunday, March 18, 2007 - 2:47 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hermione69 a private message Print Post    

BEFORE


AFTER

Hermione69
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07-24-2002

Sunday, March 18, 2007 - 2:48 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hermione69 a private message Print Post    
Stuff for AMVETS charity



Vee
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02-23-2004

Sunday, March 18, 2007 - 3:04 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Vee a private message Print Post    
WOW! That's an incredible day's work!

Are you finished for the day or are you going to keep going? I say take a nice supper break and don't do too much more today.

What's next on the agenda?

Moondance
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07-30-2000

Sunday, March 18, 2007 - 3:06 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Moondance a private message Print Post    
WOW Great job Hermi!!

Looks like my garage clean out a few weeks ago!!

Feels good huh??

Vacanick
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07-12-2004

Sunday, March 18, 2007 - 3:07 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Vacanick a private message Print Post    
Nice job Hermi!

Vee ... don't hate me just because we have Spring in Northern California.

Vee
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02-23-2004

Sunday, March 18, 2007 - 3:09 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Vee a private message Print Post    
New Charitable Giving Rules:

Rules for Clothing and Household Items

To be deductible, clothing and household items donated to charity after Aug. 17, 2006, must be in good used condition or better. However, a taxpayer may claim a deduction of more than $500 for any single item, regardless of its condition, if the taxpayer includes a qualified appraisal of the item with the return. Household items include furniture, furnishings, electronics, appliances, and linens...

For all donations of property, including clothing and household items, get from the charity, if possible, a receipt that includes a description of the donated property. If a donation is left at a charity’s unattended drop site, keep a written record of the donation that includes a description of the property and its condition.
*Source*

Don't know if this applies to your tax situation, Hermi, but just in case.

ETA: Never, Nic! Just j-e-a-l-o-u-s.

ETA again...BTW, Hermi, your stuff looks marvelous and I bet that the AMVETS are going to be thrilled to have it.

Vacanick
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07-12-2004

Sunday, March 18, 2007 - 3:23 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Vacanick a private message Print Post    
Believe me Vee ... Nicholas would much rather be in the snow right now. He hates the heat ... and it's only in the low 70's.

Thanks for the donation information. I'm still working on my garage stuff.

Hermione69
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07-24-2002

Sunday, March 18, 2007 - 3:30 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hermione69 a private message Print Post    
Thanks, guys! Moonie, it does feel good!

I just put out a HUGE box of jigsaw puzzles and a big box of videos.

I'm doing the kitchen next. Plateware and glassware that I never use. And tupperware.

Lumbele
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07-12-2002

Sunday, March 18, 2007 - 4:04 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lumbele a private message Print Post    
Why aren't you using your Tupperware, Hermi? You paid a small fortune for it!
That reminds me, have you eaten yet?

Vee, that's what it looks like around here right now, too. But the steady rain today got rid of quite a bit of the white stuff. Gosh, I hate this icky time of the year!

Hermione69
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07-24-2002

Sunday, March 18, 2007 - 4:10 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hermione69 a private message Print Post    
Yes, I ate a Lean Pocket and had a glass of water.

I'm tired and my eye is twitching.

I'll save the kitchen for tomorrow.

Oh, and the tupperware, a lot of it is not the actual brand and I really do have too much. Or maybe it just needs to be reorganized. It looks like it is breeding in there.

Dipo
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04-23-2002

Sunday, March 18, 2007 - 4:22 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dipo a private message Print Post    
I'm back! Got lots of stuff done, but had some computer issues - apparently my modem from comcast is really old and has "power" issues, so I was getting intermittent interenet which really was annoying. Anyway cable guy came Saturday and gave me a new modem. The extra part was I had to move a bunch of stuff in my den and off my desk so now I am going to put it back together a little different. It will have less stuff on the desk (I had a shelf unit over the modem to protect it from the kitties - huh, I just realized I knew something was wrong with that thing, it had problems if I touched it, that was why Iwas protecting it from the kitties). Anyway I am not putting the shelf unit back so I have to do a little reorg - it really opens up the area and I like it.

good grief Wargod, that was a lot of yardwork! I am tired just reading about it. I did work on my yard (LOL, its a patio and I rototilled (stuck a fork in the soil alot) and replanted the grass for the kitties to eat), and cleaned up the leaves that had fallen over the winter.

Wow Hermione69, I am way impressed with your "after" rooms, you did a lot of hard work, congrats!

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Sunday, March 18, 2007 - 5:07 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Hermi, you did great today!

Gracie, I'll have to try the oil. Usually we put down poison in the garage and we did this year too, but after watching the dog grab a mouse and kill it (he left it laying on the floor for me) we took it all up. He'd never shown any interest in them before but once he did we couldn't take the chance he'd get one that had eaten poison. This year has been the worst we've had with mice in about six or seven years, but there's also been some new construction going on at the end of the neighborhood which always makes them worse. I really didn't think they'd chew through the material on the waterslide, that stuff is pretty tough!

Oy Dipo, that's our next big project. Darren needs to rototill the front yard, plant seeds, and I'm pretty sure he needs to replace the heads to the sprinklers around the curb. We have no sidewalks in the neighborhood so people walk through the grass...he usually ends up replacing the sprinkler heads 3-4 times each year. That's his project though, not mine, lol.

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Sunday, March 18, 2007 - 5:11 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
Yowza Hermes! Great job!

Urgrace
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08-19-2000

Sunday, March 18, 2007 - 5:23 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Urgrace a private message Print Post    
Wow Hermi, that was quite an afternoon project. Looks like you work 'til you're done. Take it easy for the rest of the day. You deserve it.

Oh, War, the oil of peppermint works on squirrels, too. I just found that out, and wish I had known last fall when they got into the attic.

My yard is in the worst shape ever this year. I don't know what I'm going to do, but I want a professional to fix it this time. DH doesn't agree, but that's because a pro costs money. So dh goes outside and is bending over pulling up some of the thistle weeds that we haven't had in years that popped up. ( Like he needs to be doing that to his back. ) That is the tip of the problems out there, though.

Hermione69
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07-24-2002

Sunday, March 18, 2007 - 5:52 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hermione69 a private message Print Post    
One more Before/After that just shows some decluttering--


BEFORE


AFTER

Thanks for all the encouragement and cheerleading. I really appreciate it. I feel much better right now that this is doable. :-)

BTW, Gracie, a good friend of mine is married to a landscapist and he has worked on my yard before. Worth every penny!

Biloxibelle
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12-21-2001

Sunday, March 18, 2007 - 7:31 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Biloxibelle a private message Print Post    
Hermi, Wow you have had a busy afternoon. The afters look great. BTW I love the end table in your last picture. Is that an extended end on it? It reminds me of the EA furniture my cousin had when I was a kid.

I thought about cleaning the cabinet above my sink out. Does that count?

Y2krazy
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09-17-2002

Sunday, March 18, 2007 - 7:34 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Y2krazy a private message Print Post    
OK i'm here and checking everything out. I am cleaning one room at a time. Started with the computer room. It is amazing how much actual room there is. DH and DS will take the desk apart and move it to the other side of the room later this week. There is a plug that needs work behink this thing. And no one can get at it as the desk is so big. Besides I think the room will work better with it on the other side.

Tomorrow I will work on the Master bedroom and bath.
Our house used to be a duplex and is now all one home, so we have a kitchen betwwen our bedroom and our bathroom--it is nice to be able to make tea, coffee, popcorn...anything else I feel like while I'm on computer or reading in my bedroom.

But the kitchen is also the work-out room...so much stuff, so little time. The work out stuff is going downstairs to an unused bedroom and the kitchen will then be my sewing room/spare kitchen.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Sunday, March 18, 2007 - 10:23 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Y2, that sounds like a lot of work, but a sewing room? For me it'd be a craft room and I can just imagine how excited I'd be to have a whole room for my crafts. That will be so worth it when you're done!

We patched up the slide, then set it up late this afternoon, good as new. It was getting windy and a bit chilly though so the kids couldn't turn the water on, but we got to move it around and test out which way it'll fit best on the patio. Then the kids used it as a dry slide. It can be used either way, though we didn't set it up during the winter cuz the kids wouldn't have used it long enough to spend the time setting it up.

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Caleb and my nieces, Kota was in the tub getting ready for intercession tomorrow.

Hopefully the cooler weather this evening wasn't an indication of cooler weather this week, cuz the kids are looking forward to spending tomorrow on the waterslide!

Vee
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02-23-2004

Monday, March 19, 2007 - 4:43 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Vee a private message Print Post    
*March 19–23*

Since Monday's Mission has not yet been posted, I'll leave that for one of you. I'll be away today.

Welcome back, Biloxi! Bet you've had so much happening that thinking about projects does count.

Welcome, Y2krazy! Sounds as if the decluttering bug has bit you.

Don't get overwhelmed now. FlyLady says that it didn't get that way overnight and it won't get cleaned up overnight either. In fact, clutter is a bit like weight loss, if you lose it too quickly, good habits for keeping clutter at bay won't be developed. Hope that we can be a good support for you; there's always someone at the ready with a good word.

Hermi, you sure ended on a high note last night. I see that you are a candle freak, too.

Nice photo, Wargod! Your family remains undaunted by the challenges of little mice. I'll have to put Urgrace's tip in my household journal for future reference myself.

Happy flying, fluttering or flubbing!

Hermione69
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07-24-2002

Monday, March 19, 2007 - 7:13 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hermione69 a private message Print Post    
Ugh! Amvets cannot pick up my stuff until next week. There is no way on this earth that I am carting that stuff back inside, so I am going to call the GOT JUNK guys and pay. They are coming tonight.

This means I am going to have to shampoo my own carpets, though. Anyone know any good products for that??

Wargod, love the slide. It looks like so much fun!

Hi Biloxi!

Good luck Y2krazy!

Y2krazy
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09-17-2002

Monday, March 19, 2007 - 8:35 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Y2krazy a private message Print Post    
Thanks Hermione! It is now time to get back at it this morning.
Wargod, I could have been more specific (and long-winded) and said sewing, craft, knitting, crochet, MY room. Whenever we have done a make-over on our home, Dh has a new plan for whatever room has become empty (or emptier) and it is not for ME! Last time it was upstairs and it became the workout room. So when a room became available downstairs it was going to be mine, but I agreed that the gym equipment would be a better fit there, IF the room up stairs became mine.

Since both DH and DS profit by my sewing (et al) they both agreed that I should have it all to my self.

Urgrace
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08-19-2000

Monday, March 19, 2007 - 9:05 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Urgrace a private message Print Post    
Hermi, before you do that check with Salvation Army and Goodwill to see if they pick up in your area!

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Monday, March 19, 2007 - 9:23 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Y2, that is so awesome! I'm jealous! Room to move and have several projects going at once and no one to complain that you're in the way, lol.

That waterslide is the best thing we've ever bought for the kids. Last summer I'd set it up as soon as I rolled out of bed and not take it down til later that night and the kids would spend all day outside on it. It's great exercise because they go down and climb back up. It also made us the neighborhood hangout house, lol, not only neighbor kids, but all the kids friends wanted to come over and play. This morning I have it set up again for dry slide (we'll do water when it warms up later) and when my nephews got here, they ran in, gave me a quick hug, and then flew out back, haven't talked to any of the kids since then, lol!

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Monday, March 19, 2007 - 9:41 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Hermi, there is a high traffic area foam that is really great with carpets. I can't think of what it's called though, but it comes in a can that you spray the foam. Leave it on a few minutes, then go over it with either a wet brush or sponge or the carpet cleaner. When I'm really cleaning my carpets well and not just a quickie job, I'll buy two or three cans to do the whole living room carpet with it and then go over it with the carpet cleaner. It is fantastic and really does a nice job.

Urgrace
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08-19-2000

Monday, March 19, 2007 - 9:57 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Urgrace a private message Print Post    
Resolve? I like to use Woolite. Works for me.