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Sia
Member
03-11-2002
| Friday, January 26, 2007 - 1:20 pm
picture wouldn't upload, so here it is:

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Sia
Member
03-11-2002
| Friday, January 26, 2007 - 1:28 pm
By the way, with my friend T's help, I FINALLY got my son's room cleaned and organized. I'd piled up a lot of boxes of my own junk into his room whenever I needed someplace to put things--since my own bedroom was already overflowing! We have virtually no storage space at all in this ancient, decrepit house!! Here's one view of his room. He's so happy to have it finally straightened and neat and clean:

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Urgrace
Member
08-19-2000
| Friday, January 26, 2007 - 2:27 pm
Awesome Sia! I know you are thrilled to have this job done. Feels great, doesn't it? Looks great too.
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Vee
Member
02-23-2004
| Friday, January 26, 2007 - 10:22 pm
I'll say! It looks just great, Sia. Has your son learned how to fly, too? Kids are so good at it once they get the hang of it. I really like that organizer and can see using one like it for some of my storage needs.
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Vee
Member
02-23-2004
| Saturday, January 27, 2007 - 9:31 pm
What? No one beat me in here today? Somebody's slipping! LOL!
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Native_texan
Member
08-24-2004
| Sunday, January 28, 2007 - 7:15 am
LOL, Vee, that's because you're apparently up before anyone else in this hemisphere. ETA: LOL at myself. I just realized your post was from last night, but it's still true.
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Goddessatlaw
Member
07-19-2002
| Sunday, January 28, 2007 - 7:40 am
Sia you live in a home built in 1863? That's awesome, are you on an historical home registry? I can't bear to think about the maintenance issues, though. Steam radiators? I think I should move into this thread permanently. I get psychotic whenever we have company, because all of a sudden I'm focused on the dirt, which I generally don't see otherwise. Baseboards, windowsills, bannister cubbies, ceiling fan blades, etc. We have a maid come in a couple times a month, and of course I do the general kitchen cleaning, dusting, sweeping (with the world's most expensive vacuum sweeper don't get me started). But it never seems our home is ready for company on a moment's notice. Heading off to polish the knob-tops (and no, not Colossus').
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Urgrace
Member
08-19-2000
| Sunday, January 28, 2007 - 8:19 am
Welcome GAL! Vee, I've been MIA for a couple of days. We have visitors, so now I'm testing the new arrangements of things in the kitchen. With the exception of not being able to locate one pan in a snap, everything has been smooth. It turned out the pan wasn't even put away but was still in the dishwasher all by itself. Hubby says he must've left it in there. Since my visitors are guys, I find myself noticing the 'lid' is up in the main bath. Hubby also made a mess in the kitchen yesterday when he decided to clean a couple of the oven racks. I had made pie that bubbled over, and he thought it would be advantageous to clean the racks while they were still warm. It all got cleaned up except the floor, so he offered to wash not only the kitchen but the main bath and the foyer. I'll let you know if he remembers.
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Vee
Member
02-23-2004
| Sunday, January 28, 2007 - 9:02 am
I think I should move into this thread permanently. Great, Gal! The more the merrier! Gracie and NT, hope you know that I was just kidding. I just found it amusing that mine was the first post so late in the day. I am an East Coaster so I really don't keep the hours that you think I do! A husband's help is a big blessing. Even if he isn't getting it just right; at least, he's trying! What does *FlyLady* say? Something about even a home cleaned imperfectly is a blessing... Love the new slogan this year... "Progress, not Perfection in 2007 ©." Enjoy Renew Your Spirit Day...I think that means watching ballgames with your true loves or, better yet, getting out of the house with a friend and having a cup of coffee. Me? I am watching Chip...Yay!
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Urgrace
Member
08-19-2000
| Sunday, January 28, 2007 - 1:27 pm
The floors are washed, after I did the sweeping up and a small bit of a hint when he grabbed the trash can I was trying to use to dump the dustpan into. Oh btw did I tell you that God has blessed me with this man? I was on my own for years and did it all by myself with no help from a single soul. Since my dh retired he has found more time for me to spend with him if he helps me out around the house. Since I worked so hard at dinner the last two days, the guys are taking me out for dinner today!
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Vee
Member
02-23-2004
| Monday, January 29, 2007 - 10:43 am
*Current Fly Zone* for January 29—31. Dear Friends, We are going to be in Zone 5 for three days this week. This is the Living Room and Family Room. We are going after the hidden clutter in these rooms. Take a look around you and see what is laying around that is really clutter but because you have become so used to it being there you don't see it as clutter. Have you purged those magazines and books lately? How about the videos, dvd's and cd's? Are they strewn in piles all over that because they belong in these rooms you don't see them anymore? Your mission for today is to set your timer for 15 minutes and go after the "hidden" clutter in these rooms. You will be amazed at how much neater the rooms look when you tackle this. Do not get obsessed and take apart the whole room. This is about progress NOT perfection. Just tackle one thing at a time! Love, Kelly Urgrace, hope your dinner out was fantastic! Good boys for rewarding all your hard work! I may have to consider getting behind that piano this week after all...ackkkkkk!
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Urgrace
Member
08-19-2000
| Monday, January 29, 2007 - 10:57 am
Thanks Vee, dinner was great. Gee, my living room/family room/dining room was cleared of most clutter when we recovered the areas from the Christmas decorations. That job won't take me three days but more like one 15 minute tackle. Yay! Here it is Monday and I'm up to my elbows in paperwork, again. Guess Monday will have to be the designated day for that for me.
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Native_texan
Member
08-24-2004
| Monday, January 29, 2007 - 11:11 am
I am about to start a cross-stitch project and decided to get all of my floss organized. I bought the entire Stitch Bow system a couple of years ago but never got around to doing it. What a project! I didn't realize I had so much floss. I worked on it a couple of hours on Saturday and started on it again about 3:00 yesterday. I took time out to fix dinner and clean up and then continued. I stopped at 12:30 this morning. All I have left to do is to transfer what have on those little cards onto the floss holders. That should take another 3-4 hours. Then I can start my next masterpiece!!!!
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Landi
Member
07-29-2002
| Monday, January 29, 2007 - 11:22 am
i have 2 bags of clothes to drop off at goodwill. now i have nothing in my closet hardly!
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Urgrace
Member
08-19-2000
| Monday, January 29, 2007 - 5:09 pm
Where are Stacy and Clinton when you need them? Sia and I need Ty Pennington.
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Landi
Member
07-29-2002
| Monday, January 29, 2007 - 5:48 pm
greekbread and i already had ty pennington. he was adorable! even if he said "ummmm" and "dude" and "like" alot.
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Vee
Member
02-23-2004
| Tuesday, January 30, 2007 - 6:22 am
Dear Friends: Yesterday we went after the "hidden" clutter in the Living Room and the Family Room. Today you are going after the trash. Now you may think you have no trash in these rooms but look under the couch and the chairs. Lift up the cushions and check out what seems to magically get swallowed up in the couch. Check under the end tables and the coffee table. Set your timer for 15 minutes and grab a trash bag and start tossing. You will be surprised at how fast you can do this mission. I bet you all will have time left to spare!! Be careful not to lift things that are too heavy and awkward on your mission. Ask for help if you need it! Love, Kelly My niece lost her wallet in my sofa cushions over the weekend. Everything looked fine directly under them, but not quite so fine way down in the sides. The good thing is that a lot of folks seem to be leaving coin donations. :> landi, do you need to explain a little further? Gracie, do you live in an old home, too? Old homes can be so charming. I loved my 1840 house and have always felt sad about having to leave it. It was, however, quite the money pit, but all homes can be, no? NT, wow! You really must've had a lot of floss. It's going to be so great when you have everything all organized the way that you want. Do you have an extra room for crafting or where are your crafting items stored? As for the mission...I am going to do unto those videos and dvds what I did with my books. I am keeping too many clinkers and it's time for them to be donated to GoodWill.
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Native_texan
Member
08-24-2004
| Tuesday, January 30, 2007 - 7:59 am
Vee, I have turned the spare bedroom into a bedroom/office with space in the closet for my crafts. The book-style boxes hold 50 floss holders. When I am finished I will have filled almost 10 boxes which will fit very nicely on one of the shelves I installed in that room. I was going to wait until tonight to go through the VHS tapes and DVDs because I worked on floss until 1:00 am. But as I was getting ready for bed I started obsessing that I had not done my mission yet. So I did and made quite a find. Four years ago my ex (we were still married at the time) gave me a birthday present of riding in a fighter jet (a private owner only charged for fuel) and I had a video of everything that went on on the ground through takeoff and I thought I had it safely stored away. Nope. It was right in the there with Disney and Harry Potter and everything else. It is now safely stored away.
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Urgrace
Member
08-19-2000
| Tuesday, January 30, 2007 - 8:40 am
quote:greekbread and i already had ty pennington. he was adorable! even if he said "ummmm" and "dude" and "like" alot.
Dayammm, when did that happen? Vee, my home is very small compared to most homes these days. We live in a one story ranch style easily accessible for my ds' wheelchair. I moved into it from the 1897 two story Prairie Bunglaow with full basement. That was a challenge in itself. I don't miss the rooms with no electricity except from the single bulb hanging from the ceiling, but I completely miss the wood floors, plate rack, beveled glass doored shelves, 10 ft. ceilings, nearly floor to ceiling windows, summer porch, etc. No the reason I need Ty is because my house sits on a fault line. Not a major one, but one annoying enough to move my house from time to time. We are no longer level, being on pier and beam it would seem that it wouldn't be such a problem, but it is major. I have cracks in the exterior and a couple in the interior. We've replaced sub-flooring in both baths a number of times, because with movement of the house comes leaky pipes. Oh there are so many things I'm sure you don't want me to go on. No problem with checking out my sofa cushions. I found a few potato chips that weren't there the last time I looked, but otherwise not bad. I just need to get rid of my sofa! Can't do it until I can find something to replace it with, but it's on the agenda.
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Vee
Member
02-23-2004
| Wednesday, January 31, 2007 - 6:39 am
Dear Friends: Today is our last day in Zone 5!! Today is the day we go after that "stuff" that gets left in the Living Room and the Family Room. The shoes, jackets, laundry baskets etc. Set your timer for 15 minutes and go after the things that need to be put away. Deliver them to the proper homes and get back to the rooms and check them again. Do not get sidetracked when you are putting something away in another room and start picking up that room. Example if you are taking shoes to your room don't get sidetracked by stopping and straightening something in the bedroom. Put away what you need to and go back to the Zone rooms. If you notice that you need to straighten in another room that you have made a delivery to, then review your schedule and see if you can go to that room for a 5 minute room rescue. If you do not have time then look ahead to your schedule and try to figure out when you can get there!! This is not all or nothing! This is all about babysteps and being proud of the small things that we can accomplish! Love, Kelly NT, ohhhhh, you lucky girl! I have always wished for the spare bedroom where there would be storage for all the crafts, gift-wrapping, etc. It must be shaping up quite nicely for you now that you have given it lots of attention. Acckkkk, Gracie! A fault line? That doesn't sound like any fun at all and especially if you must keep the same things that already were fixed. Is the whole town on this fault line? Any chance of moving or even moving the entire house? Ha! Don't you love ignoramuses like me who make such wild suggestions? Back to the mission for today. The best word there is about not getting sidetracked. I get sidetracked all the time. It is a major effort for me to hang with the project at hand through completion. I am doing better, though. Happy Wednesday Fluttering, FlyBabies!
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Vee
Member
02-23-2004
| Thursday, February 01, 2007 - 6:24 am
Morning, All! After the whacky afternoon and evening I had yesterday, I think I'll be resorting to some crisis cleaning. Ackkk. I hate when that happens. Here's today's new zone and mission: Dear Friends, We are only in Zone 1 for two days this week; let's make the most of it! Zone 1 is the Front Porch, the Entrance Area and the Dining Room. Today we are going to go on a Trash hunt! Set your timer for 15 minutes and spend 5 minutes in each area. Start with the front porch and gather up whatever needs to be tossed. Go to the entrance area next,look for the junk mail, newspapers, etc., that seems to accumulate here. Toss! Next head into the Dining Room, grab anything that is really trash but you just haven't noticed it. The stray napkins, magazines, junk mail, old school papers etc. You all know what seems to pile up! Go get it and toss it! Have Fun! Remember this is only 5 minutes in each area, do not get sidetracked or obsessed! Love, Kelly The porch is a disaster area literally these days (that dang addition) so I only have two parts of the mission to do. Yay! Flutter away, Ladies!
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Vacanick
Member
07-12-2004
| Thursday, February 01, 2007 - 6:30 am
My mission today is to pick up the kitchen and bathroom ... because I'm having a contractor come by after work to give me idea's for upgrading! Yayyyyy! Better get back to my fluttering!!! 
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Vee
Member
02-23-2004
| Thursday, February 01, 2007 - 6:36 am
Ohhh, you're in for some fun yourself if you'll be doing some upgrading. We can commiserate!
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Landi
Member
07-29-2002
| Thursday, February 01, 2007 - 8:13 am
i'm not gonna be around much tonight and tomorrow, so the kitchen is my area of attack today. vee if you're around i'd love MSN fluttering!
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Native_texan
Member
08-24-2004
| Thursday, February 01, 2007 - 8:27 am
YAY!!! I finished my floss oranizing last night. Now if the linen I ordered to do my cross stitch that started this whole thing would just get here. About 3 years ago we did some work on the bathroom. The adhesive that was recommended was not holding the wallboard in place very good so the now-ex decided to use liquid nail, which worked great. The big big mistake I made was not immediately cleaning the excess off on what was showing. When that stuff tries, it's almost like cement and it was really bad on piece I put up by myself. People, let me tell you, liquid nail is some serious business. I tried everything I could get my hands on, even some stuff that had the skull and crossbones on it. All it did was melt the finish and texture. Thankfully I also tried it on a very small area. Lately, I have been giving serious consideration to replacing the bad sheets or tiling over since they are in the bathtub area. Night before last I found the cure!!!!!!! Acetone. I did some surfing not really expecting anything as I had already done this when it first happened but there it was. I just happened to have a bottle of the stuff I had used to take off my acrylic nails a while back. So, at 11:30 Tuesday night, wearing rubber gloves (didn't want to damage my nails) and using a toothbrush, I went at it and, by golly, it worked. It's going to take some elbow grease and time, but it will be worth it to at last not be embarassed for people to use my bathroom.
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