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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Sunday, March 19, 2006 - 11:08 pm
Landi - That's steamer's amazing! Thanks for the link. The price in the video is Canadian. US is always cheaper. Sigh.
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Vee
Member
02-23-2004
| Friday, March 24, 2006 - 6:51 am
After traipsing around all over, we found a Scunci at Bed, Bath, and Beyond for $59.99. It contained the extra floor sweeper as a bonus feature, but the sweeper doesn't look too impressive. We had a lot of fun zapping stuff last night and today will be spent zapping again. I like that it comes with its own duffle bag so that everything can all be packed away nice and neat. Thanks for the info, landi.
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Vee
Member
02-23-2004
| Saturday, March 25, 2006 - 8:48 am
If I had the energy, I'd get out that Scunci and do the bathroom, but I am saving my energy for this project today. It begins at high noon here or 9:00am board time. Raking and sweeping do a number on my back and shoulders so I'll definitely be tackling it in 15 minute spurts. Maybe, I'll have a neat little photo to post by afternoon's end. Anyone else have a project which would go better with a bit of encouragement? Post here and I'll be checking in from time to time throughout the day.
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Vacanick
Member
07-12-2004
| Saturday, March 25, 2006 - 9:32 am
Vee ... I'm so feeling for you! Last weekend, when it wasn't raining, I mowed my back lawn for the first time in months. It must have been knee high. Maggie had pushed a trail through it ... so sad. I was too embarrassed to take a before picture. But this is the after ...
Still not perfect but a huge improvement!
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Vee
Member
02-23-2004
| Saturday, March 25, 2006 - 10:27 am
Hiya Nicole, that's quite a yard to care for. It really looks nice and secluded. How old will Nicholas have to be before he can take over the mowing...not a pasture, but a lawn? I think my ds started at about 11. ETA: forgot to ask if you have a project for today?
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Vacanick
Member
07-12-2004
| Saturday, March 25, 2006 - 10:45 am
I wish Nicholas could mow the lawn or even my nephew. But unfortunately they are both too short. So for now it's a mom job! Today is "everything I couldn't do during the week" day. So that's laundry, dishes, changing the sheets, vacumning. And then there's the grocery shopping, helping Nicholas with his homework, taking the dog for a walk .... and making time for Eddy this afternoon. I'm tired just thinking of it. A mom's work is never done! Looking forward to seeing your backyard after your done. Don't overdo it, there's always tomorrow. 
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Vee
Member
02-23-2004
| Saturday, March 25, 2006 - 11:07 am
Off to begin my first 15 in the great outdoors...I am running behind. 
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Saturday, March 25, 2006 - 11:27 am
I've got to make up for the days I spent doing Caleb's room this week today! Luckily Darren and Caleb are out fishing and Kota is at a game with her friend so I have the house to myself. I've gotten the living room and the stove done, plus a load of laundry. Need to get back and do breakfast dishes, clean the counters, cabinets and fridge and then mop!
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Vee
Member
02-23-2004
| Saturday, March 25, 2006 - 11:35 am
took way too long...forgot my timer. War, do you do it all in one fell swoop or do you pull 15 on and 15 off? Nicole, you sound like you'll be busier than all get out with all that to accomplish. Don't forget to play a little.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Saturday, March 25, 2006 - 12:27 pm
Depends on how I'm feeling and how much time I have, Vee. I don't do any specific set time limit, but days where I'm alone most of the day and have that whole time, I'll do a little then break, do some more then break, etc. If I don't have much time, like the days cleaning Caleb's room or my nieces coming to visit, I look around and see what has to be done that day. Then I do it all at once, one room to the next leaving the floors for last so I can mop all the rooms at the same time. Days like today where I have some time to myself but not 6 or 7 hours, I do both, lol. I cleaned the living room this morning, took a break then went back to dust and vacuum, then a break and ran to the store to pick up cleaning supplies. Came home and cleaned the stove, took a quick break, then cleaned the rest of the kitchen, sorted my recyclables, cleaned the bathroom and then went and mopped those two floors. I'll do the den in a few and maybe my bedroom if I feel like it and spend the rest of the day with laundry on and off. I vacuum everyday, mop floors every other day, do a quick dust every day (we live in the desert!,) and polish the wood once a week. I wipe down kitchen cabinets, counters, the fridge and the stove daily, but only clean clean the stove once a week. I wipe down the bathroom every day, really clean it three times a week. Then when I have big cleaning days, nothing is really that difficult to do. This week is different cuz other than the living room and kitchen (those rooms company would see if they popped in) I didn't do much else except painting Caleb's room so I'm stuck today with more work than I usually would be. LOL, and yes I realize typing this that I am obssessive and boardering on, well Landi said an intervention!
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Vee
Member
02-23-2004
| Saturday, March 25, 2006 - 12:40 pm
LOL! You're a young thing with plenty of energy that's what. We older gals need to break it up a bit more. Sounds as if you have a plan that works very well for you. So you're in the desert? That's why I am cleaning the front yard...I can't stand all the dust from all that sand out there. Too tough to keep ahead of things.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Saturday, March 25, 2006 - 12:57 pm
Yup, and the dust is a losing battle. I don't think there's anything you can do to stop it, at least not that I've found! When I worked and did housekeeping we had a schedule we followed daily and weekly (even monthly.) I found I worked good like that at home too. I have certain days I do certain things and jobs I do once a week or month and as long as I keep up it's not really a lot of work usually. I get up in the morning and know what I have to do that day and it helps getting me moving.
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Vacanick
Member
07-12-2004
| Saturday, March 25, 2006 - 1:19 pm
Wow, Wargod ... I wish I was as disciplined as you! I do work & have a school age child, there is only so much time in the day. I have to leave it to the priority at the moment.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Saturday, March 25, 2006 - 1:55 pm
Oh heck, Vac, when you work outside the house, cleanings the last thing to worry about! I was so lucky when I worked in that when Mom stayed here with the kids she'd clean up after them, Darren was working a different shift so he'd do housework, and then me when I got home. Everybody pitched in and it worked great. Now if I'd been doing it alone, it wouldn't have been anything like that! When I quit work I decided that this was now my fulltime job. I mean, I knew it was a full time job, but I decided that I'd put as much time and energy into it as if someone was paying me to do it. There's those days I wanna be lazy, I'll do what I have to and leave it at that, and those days I can drop the kids off and come back and throw on my sweats to clean and don't have to leave the house, but other than that I still treat it as if it's a job. When you have to choose though between kids and housework, kids win hands down no matter what. Housework just isn't that important and you do what you have to do.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Saturday, March 25, 2006 - 2:00 pm
Oh, Vac, I was going to ask! Since your son and nephew are too short to mow, couldn't you hire an older kid in the neighborhood looking for some extra cash to do it? Three years ago we made an arrangement with the neighbor boy who was 12-13 at the time. He comes and mows once a week in the summer (also sweeps up and rakes if needed) and whenever in the winter he notices the yard looking shaggy and we pay him $10 or $20 depending on how much work he has to do. Hehe, some of the neighbors saw what a great job he was doing for us and started to pay him to do theirs too. One summer he funded his way to both band and basketball camps with mowing money, the last year or so it's been date/hanging out money, and now he's saving to pay for 1/2 of a car. Works out great for both of us, he's earning money and Darren doesn't have to spend his usually one day a week off doing yard work!
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Vee
Member
02-23-2004
| Saturday, March 25, 2006 - 2:03 pm
Gee, I'm only an hour behind! What I am not showing you are the piles of dirt that have to be hauled off in buckets to the town dump. Now I only have the side lawns and the back to do...it's gonna be an ongoing project. Thanks for hanging out with me and that means you, too, landi. Hope that you get plenty of time for yourself, too, Wargod...don't forget to plan it in there just like you do for the children and for the house. Love that the kids win over housework, but I bet they are already learning to help out.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Saturday, March 25, 2006 - 2:12 pm
Yep, they have their chores they have to do. Vee, your yard looks huge! It looks like you've accomplished quite a bit today!
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Vee
Member
02-23-2004
| Saturday, March 25, 2006 - 3:24 pm
Lucky me, Wargod. I have a neighbor with a really big lawn. LOL! Mine is a postage stamp. As you can see, my Christmas greens are still hanging out in the flower box. Gotta think of something for in between now and when the summer flowers are planted.
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Vacanick
Member
07-12-2004
| Saturday, March 25, 2006 - 3:40 pm
Vee ... your front lawn looks great! Piles of dirt huh?? Wow, that's a lot of work! Good job! BTW your bird bath pedestal looks a lot like mine!
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Vacanick
Member
07-12-2004
| Saturday, March 25, 2006 - 3:45 pm
Great idea War about hiring a neighborhood kid. Unfortunately, I don't really know any. My neighborhood is older with mostly retirees. It's a wonderful place to live but no many children at all.
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Schoolmarm
Member
02-18-2001
| Saturday, March 25, 2006 - 6:03 pm
I need a PRIZE! I cleaned half of my office today. Now all that is left is my desk and a pile by the bookcases. <ok, just looked at my living room, and YE GADS! what a pile of papers and clutter all over.>
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Vee
Member
02-23-2004
| Saturday, March 25, 2006 - 7:38 pm
Well done, Marm! Having a beautifully cleaned office is its own reward. The paper clutter is the absolute worst and there's nothing for it except biting the bullet and dealing with it as it comes up. Did see a cute organizing idea from Martha Stewart this week for mail, bills, etc. It's called Paint Can Cubbies. Having the shredder already set up and ready to go at all times helps me to keep most of the paper clutter under control. I shred anything that has my name and address on it including the address portion of flyers, etc. The trick is always to keep everything maintained that has already been done plus adding a little bit more daily until it's a done deal. Keep up the good work, Schoolmarm!
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Sunday, March 26, 2006 - 3:07 pm
Paint Can Cubies, how cute! Well I finally put my swiffer wet jet mopper thingie together and got my kitchen floor done!! It has been on my mind for a couple of weeks. Thank goodness I live alone so the floor wasn't too bad!! I have been trying to get stuff (clutter) out of my den, and have made a good dent. Next weekend we have a free ewaste drop off so I can get rid of the old TV and Computer> Plus I finally gave away an old dresser that Salvation Army didn't take and has been standing in my living room for two months. THey are going to pick it up on Monday!!! Finally I feel like I am making some headway!
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Prisonerno6
Member
08-31-2002
| Sunday, March 26, 2006 - 4:31 pm
I washed and waxed by living room, dining room, and hallway hardwood floors, and spring cleaned the kitchen this weekend. The hardest part was listening to my housemate whine about the cleaning product smell...
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Vee
Member
02-23-2004
| Monday, March 27, 2006 - 9:52 am
Dipo, that's great that your town still helps out with spring cleaning; take full advantage of it. Once you have the large pieces out, it'll make doing the other things so much easier. Glad that you are seeing light at the end of the tunnel! Prisoner, did you see the Scunci posted above by landi? That thing is marvelous and there is no need to use any cleaners. Cleaned the bathroom with it yesterday and for the first time I wasn't coughing and sputtering over cleaners. Don't get me wrong, I love the smell of "clean" in all its many forms...Murphy's oil soap, Pine Sol, etc. Heck, I even like the smell of bleach, but if it ever does get to be a problem, the steam cleaning is the way to go. Your floors must look great! ETA: I thought of something for the window box...pu**y willows...if I can find any.
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