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Vee
Member
02-23-2004
| Monday, April 23, 2007 - 3:59 am
*April 23–27* *Monday's Mission* I stayed up an extra hour last night to get the weekly home blessing done. Sis being home means lots of other fun things...shopping, movies, impromptu parties...we've had guests in for the past two nights. I'm exhausted by the time she finishes a few days off. In a nice way. Wargod, I'm beginning to get nervous reading your story. I hope that my kids and my nieces never have to wade through a bunch of clutter on our behalf. Note to self: Stick with the program. Skootz, were you able to find another cabinet that you like? How about all that paperwork? Dipo, what's new with you? Urgrace, all finished with your bathroom redo? Your new theme sounds very nice. We'd all love to see a pic when you are finished. Hope that all you other flutterers will pop in and tell us how it's going for you, too. Off for yet another morning of shopping...a bay window this time. Yay!
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Skootz
Member
07-23-2003
| Monday, April 23, 2007 - 4:17 am
Well I have a jump start on this weeks mission...dd was sick this weekend, so on Saturday night when she went to bed (I let her sleep in our room for a bit) I stayed with her in the room and put all the laundry away and the hung up the clothes that need to be put on hangers. This week I have planned on going through the clothes and get out what doens't fit (I have gained weight again) so I can see what I have and want to keep and what I need to store away until I lose that 10lbs again - and yes I will be losing it lol) My paperwork, well I am almost caught up from January to now..amazing, I got a lot done on Thursday. Today, I hope to get a pile of stuff done, Julia is home sick again and Lisa is home from school. Julia will be going to the doctor sometime after lunch so I hope I can get lots done this morning. I had to change my work schedule this morning to Wednesday morning so I didn't have to drive in the city twice today and also drive elsewhere to drop Lisa off at the sitters. I know have to work Tues-Friday so it will be a busy week. Yes I did find a bathroom cabinat, I love it, but have to put it together yet...too tired last night. I will take pictures once I get it done. Wargod, the work you have done at your aunts home is amazing. Its amazing what you can do when you put your mind to it. WTG girl!!!!!!
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Vacanick
Member
07-12-2004
| Monday, April 23, 2007 - 4:49 am
Good morning Vee I completely got off track yesterday and it turned out great. I started by cleaning the kitchen cabinets then I tackled what was inside them. I took all the dry good out of it's cabinet, threw away some, cleaned the inside of the cabinet and put everything back in. I went through all my spices, checking on expiration dates. It was getting out of control messy and now it's all nice and organized. Yayyy! It sounds like you had a very nice weekend, impromptu parties can be great fun!! I hope the snow is melting and your basement is dry!
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Hermione69
Member
07-24-2002
| Monday, April 23, 2007 - 4:58 am
Hola everyone. Good mission for me today because my shoes are threatening to take over my bedroom closet. I buy new workout shoes regularly because I wear them down so quickly, but I never throw out my old ones. I must have 8 pairs of workout shoes in my closet. Also lots of sandals that I just don't wear. My home has stayed very clean, but I am sad to say no nibbles yet on selling it. Good luck everyone!
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Urgrace
Member
08-19-2000
| Monday, April 23, 2007 - 7:28 am
Today's a paperwork day for me. If I take a break from it I might do that 15 minutes in the bedroom clean-up! The Lord has blessed us with rain for two months. Of course that means all those buggy things that come out in Spring are either looking for something to eat or a place to nest or want to come inside just to keep dry. In most cases I enjoy the industrious creatures but draw the line on them moving in. When I opened the front door this morning one of those huge waterbugs buzzed past my ear flying straight for the kitchen! I buried her at the bottom of my garbage can and hope she didn't have any relatives that wanted to attend the funeral.
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Landi
Member
07-29-2002
| Monday, April 23, 2007 - 8:07 am
okay, i have no problem with my bedroom decluttering. does this mean i have to do holly's room???
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Urgrace
Member
08-19-2000
| Monday, April 23, 2007 - 9:11 am
No! Holly is old enough to do her own decluttering. Of course if you are in the mood to do someone else's, wanna come do mine? I'll make tea.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Monday, April 23, 2007 - 1:38 pm
It's kind of a scary thought, isn't it, what we'll leave for other people to go through? Went over this morning and didn't really get much done because I had my youngest nephew with me. She was tickled pink to see him. I'll be taking the file cabinet and files over tomorrow. She pointed out that she still had the more current stuff (2006-2007) but I already keep on top of that so all I'll have to do is transfer it from one box to the file cabinet, shouldn't take too long. We called today to have Waste Management pick up the big trash bin tomorrow. Aunt wanted us to get it for another week, but no one thinks there's going to be enough trash for that. Darren and my bil told her they're just going to pile it up in the backyard over the next couple days and see if they need to call for another one or if they can just rent a trailer and take it to the dump themselves. We're pretty much to the point now where everything is cleaned out and we're ready to start some remodeling. Safety bars are going up today and tomorrow bil will start the bookshelves for the little room. They've got the garage tarped for now and will work on that over the weekend (was too nasty outside the last couple days for much work on that.) I've been working hard to keep my house kept up. I find myself doing stuff at weird hours, lol, but it's getting done.
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Vee
Member
02-23-2004
| Tuesday, April 24, 2007 - 3:50 am
*Tuesday's Mission* Lots of you are doing paperwork. So am I. We keep all receipts in one big envelope the way that FlyLady suggests. That worked very well for me until I got all inspired to purchase a "cute" folding envelope with separate slots where I could put all the Wal*Mart stuff together, all the JC Penney stuff together...you get the picture. Now I have this abominable looking mess sitting right in the middle of the dining room table. There doesn't appear to be any end in sight. Wargod, just two ounces of your energy...two measly ounces...and I know that I would get a whole lot more accomplished. LOL! Bugs are already out here, too, Urgrace. Give them two warm days and they take over the world. landi, you mean to tell me that you don't have Greekbread trained in the FlyLady way yet? Yay for clean cabinets, Vacanick. Did you find the microfiber cloths yet? It made short work of my cabinets last week and short work of window washing. Now I need more...many many more. Hermi, hang in there. It only takes one person who needs just what you have. And, isn't it much more pleasant to not be living in CHAOS? (I'd still love to meddle with home staging.) Say, did anyone see the blurb in this month's issue of Reader's Digest? I think it was a letter to the editor. A big hello to those we haven't seen lately...Y2krazy, Lum, Serate, NT, and everyone! Happy fluttering, all!
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Lumbele
Member
07-12-2002
| Tuesday, April 24, 2007 - 4:11 am
Hez, guzs. Just a real quick howdz. So far I haven#t accomplished much of anzthing at mum#s, just commuting between home and hospital. However, there will be some serious scrubbing next week, when mum goes into rehab for 3 weeks. Keep zour fingers crossed this will actuallz turn into realitz, too.LOL Keep on flzin#!!!
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Hermione69
Member
07-24-2002
| Tuesday, April 24, 2007 - 4:39 am
Hi Lum!!!!! 
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Vee
Member
02-23-2004
| Tuesday, April 24, 2007 - 6:21 am
Love that German keyboard...flzin sounds just about right! Thanks for checking in, Lum!
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Y2krazy
Member
09-17-2002
| Tuesday, April 24, 2007 - 6:54 am
I'm here! I'm lurking mostly. I am decluttering too. Just can't do nearly as much when I'm working. LOL. At work they think I'm so neat and organized....what a joke, if they only had any idea of the junk at home.
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Serate
Member
08-21-2001
| Tuesday, April 24, 2007 - 7:00 am
Whoa Vee are we mind melding or what? I don't post in here - just read and maybe ask a question or two. I'm never got into "missions" or stuff, just come in here because I enjoy reading all that is done in here. But today I decided to come in and post [more on that in the next post] and you mentioned ME. please please don't tell me that's a sign I need to "grow up" and get serious about cleaning and de-cluttering!
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Serate
Member
08-21-2001
| Tuesday, April 24, 2007 - 7:10 am
OK so my reason for posting today is I have been thinking alot about Lkunkel. I miss hearing her stories, and hope she, Potshot, and furbabies are doing well after their move. And I know she'd love what I'm about to post because she was all about recycling. Yesterday my hubby had the day off. We decided to quit waiting for the moving company to come back and get their boxes - they have canceled 7 times! Along with the moving boxes, and boxes from new furniture we've gotten since the move, we took a full, heaping over the bed sides, truck of cardboard to the recycling center in town. We still have 4 tall boxes full of packing paper in the garage, and some boxes left to unpack downstairs, but my hubby has so much room in the garage now. He would have taken the rest in another trip but since it was his day off and he was almost like a little kid excited about his garage, I told him since I know where it is now and it's not somewhere I'll have to back in I'll take it someday when it's not raining. [rain rain RAIN today and the next 3 days.] So he spent the rest of the day cleaning and organizing his garage while I picked up sticks in the yard and cleaned out the mess the old owners left in the garden. [Hopefully it'll dry up this weekend so we can till it up and I can plant.] Lkunkel, this one's for you!
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Native_texan
Member
08-24-2004
| Tuesday, April 24, 2007 - 7:12 am
I'm still around and about to get back into the groove. I spent most of the weekend putting my kitchen back in order. I used 14 rolls of shelf liner and still need about 10 more. I have just about everything back in the cabinets but I won't say it is all in its final place. My new stove arrives today, the microwave tomorrow (the one I got had a short so I had to exchange it) and I will finish tile tonight. I still have to do some painting and put the tin on the wall at the ceiling and that should do it. For that room anyway.
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Urgrace
Member
08-19-2000
| Tuesday, April 24, 2007 - 7:14 am
Hi Y2. My dh says he wishes I was as organized at home as I am when I'm at work! See the thing is, when I'm at work my station is mine - when I'm at home my station is everyone's! It is much easier to clean up one's own mess as opposed to one's own plus everyone else's. Great to see you Lumbele! Hermi, you have a nice house and I'm sure there is someone out there who wants it. I do hope it all works out so you can get the house you want. Vee, what blurb in Reader's Digest? After cleaning out the bath cabinets last week, I gave away three bags full of towels! Two of them went to freecycle members and I sent one to my friend in Georgia. That one was expensive! When I found out how much it cost to send it, I thought I should have sent her the money instead so she could buy new ones! Today I've been dragging. Oh, I made the bed when I rolled out of it and dressed to the toes - slippers count right? After a few everyday chores I'm sitting here playing at tvch instead of doing anything creative or organizational. I've already thrown out a bunch of clothes I hate (last week), but guess I could work on some laundry.
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Landi
Member
07-29-2002
| Tuesday, April 24, 2007 - 8:51 am
yesterday greekbread and i went through all of our books, organizing and getting ready to donate ones we no longer read or want. i have two HUGE rubbermaid bins FULL! the napa library will love them for their book sale!
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Y2krazy
Member
09-17-2002
| Tuesday, April 24, 2007 - 9:06 am
Yes, Urgrace. My station at work is mine alone, as well. Except that TPTB switch our stations every month...part of me suspects that it is because I clean up each area as I use it...to make it my own. At home, it seems to be all mine...I have threatened from time to time to "clean" and if their stuff ends up in garbage...too bad....but so far I never follow through.
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Y2krazy
Member
09-17-2002
| Tuesday, April 24, 2007 - 10:15 am
I am keeping up with the "at least 15 minutes" of cleaning. At least that is what I am calling it. Instead of collapsing when I get home....I start supper and then do 15 minutes of straitening or cleaning
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Vee
Member
02-23-2004
| Wednesday, April 25, 2007 - 3:09 am
*Wednesday's Mission* Wow! Great to see everybody; I should shout out to the troops more often. In fact, I'll echo what Serate has said about missing Lkunkel and add Spinner to the mix. Spinner is the reason that I keep fresh flowers in the bathroom as often as I do...most of the time. Y2krazy, is the cleaning at the end of the day working and do you find that you have more time on the weekends? I hope so as that is the goal. landi, your library is going to love you! My library has its sale in May and my books are nicely packed and waiting to go. Check with your local libraries, folks, it's a wonderful place to donate. Urgrace, the letter to the editor was in response to an article about hoarding. The article could have been written by any one of us I suppose. Anyway, the letter pointed the way to losing CHAOS by following FlyLady's principles. My sis read it to me and I noted the respect in her tone. Ha! NT, can't wait to see your finished kitchen. Your dad moves right along! I have shown my carpenter that floor to ceiling cabinet because it would work beautifully in my kitchen. I don't need more counter space; I need more storage space. Serate, now I don't know what our mind meld means... Off to a flzin Wednesday!
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Y2krazy
Member
09-17-2002
| Wednesday, April 25, 2007 - 4:19 am
Yes Vee, a little less to do on weekends. Plus I don't have to die of embarassment if someone drops by, and the dust bunnies don't actually attack!! LOL Off to the dungeon now..(no that's a bank I work at) LOL Talk to you again soon
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Vee
Member
02-23-2004
| Wednesday, April 25, 2007 - 10:02 am
Phew! Wonderful to know that the program is working. I know what you mean about the CHAOS. I make a lousy hostess when the house isn't up to speed. (Gee, I always thought that it would be fun to work at a bank. :>)
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Hermione69
Member
07-24-2002
| Wednesday, April 25, 2007 - 10:09 am
Hola! Not much going on here. I'm not following the missions well. I think I need a swift kick in the rear. On the bright side, I have maintained what I have done! My place looks great and I am enjoying it, even if I don't really like in limbo between when I will sell and where I will go. Two people are looking at my place this afternoon and I am really crossing my fingers for one of them... her dad just bought the place next door! He's older and a widow so I am hoping she wants to be near him to keep an eye out.
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Vee
Member
02-23-2004
| Wednesday, April 25, 2007 - 10:15 am
Hermi, that sounds like a recipe for success. It would be so perfect for her!! Keeping my fingers crossed with you. (I'm just annoyed because I have been staging your house. Ha!!)
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