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Skootz
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07-23-2003

Tuesday, August 28, 2007 - 4:34 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Skootz a private message Print Post    
Thanks Vee, I really needed that. You're the best!

My mission today..not sure, I think I will just poke around...just because....also my back has decided to bother me again, so I will be making a chiropractor appointment for myself sometime today.

Y2krazy
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09-17-2002

Tuesday, August 28, 2007 - 6:04 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Y2krazy a private message Print Post    
I know, Vee. Every month end is rough. (Banking is a killer for the last couple of days and the 1st day of the month)

So, if you don't NEED to go then, don't!! The line-ups are long, then, too.

Vee
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02-23-2004

Wednesday, August 29, 2007 - 2:48 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Vee a private message Print Post    
*Wednesday's Mission*

Good tip about getting cathedral ceilings dusted. I actually have a special tool for the area over my stairs, but perhaps my trusty feather duster would work even better.

Has anyone seen the *Pamper Mission-under the pink banner* from Dana before? Just tossing this one in since I didn't even know that these weekly missions existed.

Oh while you're scrolling past the habits, check out the monthly habit list under the dark blue banner and see how well you're doing. I am not doing so well with May and June's.

Hope that the poking around was just what you needed for yesterday, Skootz. BTW, I noticed lots of back to school ideas on the front page at Flylady's, too.

Hang tough, everybody, it's hump day and the weekend will be here in no time.

Where's Gracie and everybody? (I think Urgrace has run off and become an interior decorator. Great tips in that thread!)

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Wednesday, August 29, 2007 - 7:06 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Here. Tired...too much Big Brother lately, lol.

I can do todays mission. We've had a bad time with spiders this year and I tend to go around at least once a week getting up high.

Took sis to the dr yesterday, she's going to be pregnant froever. Still 2 cm dialated and contractions 7-8 minutes apart, no change from last week. Bil found out yesterday that the job site he's working is 2 years worth of work (he's been laid off several times over the last few months because there's just not enough construction work up here needed) with much better pay. Sis is hoping the baby will wait til the weekend, or even another three weeks so bil can take some time off.

Hey, weird question speaking of sis. It's been nine years since I had a baby and almost four since her last one. She saw a different dr yesterday than her new dr and he told her that she could take tylenol (I do know that was the only thing they let me take) and use a heating pad on her stomach/abdomen area for pain. Have things changed??? When I was pregnant, I was warned by my dr to avoid even hot showers and baths, warm was ok, but not hot!

Vee
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02-23-2004

Thursday, August 30, 2007 - 6:06 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Vee a private message Print Post    
*Thursday's Mission*

Morning! Phew! I always worry when I can't get here; yup, my anxiety levels soar. Ha! Hope that your first stop after finding the board down this morning was to stop by at Flylady's. I'll confess that I went straight to the emergency site.

I have a fun web site to share with you all, but I'll wait for tomorrow. It would be a good thing to read for an hour or so while sipping tea. Weekends are best for that, right?

Wargod, I do know that the guidelines keep shifting. I asked my sister (maternity nurse) and she said that as long as the time does not exceed ten minutes or so (at a time), it should not be a problem. The concern about heat is really more about hot tubs, which raises the inner body temp too high and affects the baby.

Sounds as if it could be any time now!

Gosh, we're missing a lot of folks around here. I miss you all! Come back!! :-)

Skootz
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07-23-2003

Thursday, August 30, 2007 - 6:53 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Skootz a private message Print Post    
Here I am...

War...I was able to take tylenol during my pregnancy. Wishing you sis to keep it in for another couple of days lol

My back has been out, so haven't really done anything around the house, but laundry and light cleaning duties. It is great having the house cleaned last week so well that it will only need a quick do over in some of the areas and that is all.

I have posted some more pictures in this thread for you all to see

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Thursday, August 30, 2007 - 7:17 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Ack Skootz! I hope your back is better quickly! I'm so glad you and ~RG~ had fun during your visit! We got to meet her and her family a couple years ago when they came out here, she's a hoot!

Oh Vee, thank you! I'll let her know about that. A few minutes with the heating pad will probably bring her some relief.

Woo hoo, today's mission is an easy one! I have my nephew all day so won't be able to get much done around the house. For some reason he doesn't like me to clean unless I let him play with the broom and last time I did that he whacked me in the head with it, lol!

Urgrace
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08-19-2000

Thursday, August 30, 2007 - 1:43 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Urgrace a private message Print Post    
Hope you are feeling much better soon, Skootz. War, your sis is in my prayers. Vee, I'm always reading here, even when I don't post. As for the rest of you slackers, yes I still iron, just not daily.

This week's zone has been pretty easy for me. Most of the dust is in the bedrooms that face the street resurfacing activity, and there isn't any way the dust will settle in there for at least another week. I've been on top of dressing, cleaning sinks, making beds and overall light cleaning duties, along with making sure there is no laundry in the hampers, so all is well in that respect. My procrastination seems to be my craft room. I keep finding other things just get in the way of it.

Vee
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02-23-2004

Friday, August 31, 2007 - 2:37 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Vee a private message Print Post    
*Friday's Mission*

My living room has definitely benefitted from this week's detailed dusting and now vacuuming. I have also spent some time looking around with "fresh eyes" to see if there's anything that I no longer care about or that just isn't working. I think we all want inspired rooms otherwise what's the point of all the decluttering and cleaning?

In fact, this leads me to the web site that I told you about called *The Inspired Room.* It's actually a blog, but a very special blog indeed. There's something for everyone; well, at least, I think so. This gal is also a flybaby... see August 22. Want to create an "authentic home"...see July 31 for some great tips. Have a birthday party coming up...see August 4. I also have August 17 noted, but I'm not sure why! :-) I've been reading blogs for forever and stumbled upon this one earlier in the summer. I've enjoyed it so much that I had to share.

Skootz, ackkkk, you have my utmost sympathies. Definitely baby that back. Hope that you were able to get right in to see the doctor.

Urgrace, good to know that you're here even if in spirit. landi tells me that she reads daily as well, but we never hear from her! At least, you post more often!

Craft room procrastination, eh? Well I'll urge you on with that project...you know that just setting that timer for only 15 minutes a day will get you there. Now, could you spur me on with that file cabinet that I started months ago and is still sitting there glaring at me?

Have a wonderful holiday weekend, everyone!

Skootz
Member

07-23-2003

Friday, August 31, 2007 - 3:24 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Skootz a private message Print Post    
Thanks Vee, with all the added stress in my life has made it worse. esp. these past few days. I hit the chiropractor in an hour and then we are camping for the weekend. I tend to take it fairly easy lol

Have a great long weekend everyone, I will be back late Monday sometime!

Urgrace
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08-19-2000

Friday, August 31, 2007 - 8:32 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Urgrace a private message Print Post    
Vee - purge that file cabinet already. Heh, I know why it hasn't been done. Because you can't see inside unless you open it! Turn on the music, get your timer out and have a fling! LOL

Skootz, I hope your chiropractor visit gives you the relief you need.

Wargod, I'm surprised your nephew doesn't know the business end of that broom!

Hope you all have a wonderful, fun and relaxing weekend!

My next door neighbors are moving, and I don't know whether to be happy or sad. I'm happy that they will be closer to their one and only relative, but sad that they are moving several hours away. They are also our pet sitter when we go somewhere, so I'll miss them for that. I'm not sure who will be moving in next to us (and need everyone to help me pray that it is a nice, decent, fun-loving, easy-going family we can be friends with!)

Dipo
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04-23-2002

Friday, August 31, 2007 - 9:23 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dipo a private message Print Post    
Everyone have a great weekend. Skootz be careful camping! Vee that blog is cool, I shall be checking it out frequently, great ideas.

This is chair weekend for me. I have 5 chairs to sand, paint and reupholster. I am hoping to get all the reupholstering done and the goal is to do a minimum of one chair per day. I will take pictures since I have figured out how to use the digital camera (then I will figure out how to post them, LOL).

Vee
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02-23-2004

Sunday, September 02, 2007 - 3:27 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Vee a private message Print Post    
Easy hints to follow are right *Here in the Spam Room,* Dipo. If you have any questions, be sure to ask as some very helpful person will be along to help you. Looking forward to seeing your pics. :-)

Oh, I was so glad that you like that site I posted. One thing that has really helped me (from that site) was to think about the five senses when pulling a room together. I think that's about the coolest thing I've heard in years. (I know that using the five senses in writing is very important, but had no idea it works on many different levels.)

Have a terrific Sunday, everyone!

Dipo
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04-23-2002

Sunday, September 02, 2007 - 6:14 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dipo a private message Print Post    
LMAO, I don't know if any of you pay attention to the big brother threads, but I just watched Dick do a Swish and Swipe in the bathroom, well a modified one. I started cracking up. He cleaned the sink then cleaned the mirror (don't know what he did in the john) but I wondered if he knew about flylady, hahahaha.

Urgrace
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08-19-2000

Sunday, September 02, 2007 - 6:34 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Urgrace a private message Print Post    
LOL Maybe we should drop him a note Dipo!

Your Inspired Room site was very interesting. I spent a good deal of time reading through it, as well as checking out a few sites she had indicated.

This weekend I'm helping someone else with their senses. As a member of freecycle I enjoy giving away talents as well as castoffs, so it's a haircut for a disabled lady this time.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Sunday, September 02, 2007 - 7:31 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Oh my, I can't watch the live feeds when Dick is in his cleaning mode, lol. Makes me feel lazy! I was doing live feed posting Thursday when they were getting ready for the live show and kept having to get up and go do something. He cleans up before he goes to bed, then cleans when he's up the next morning and everyone else is alseep.

I'm on a mission today. Last week was a bad one with my nephew, seemed like no matter where I was in the house and what I was doing, he was somewhere else making a mess. I was in the kitchen, he dumped a box of nails he found in one of the cabinets.

*LOL, now let me explain this problem before I tell ya'll what he did. I have a bunch of dvd's (Seasons of Buffy, Angel, Northern Exposure, Stargate) and for a couple of years they have set on top of a 3 drawer cabinet type thing we use to store cd's and movie dvd's. And for a couple years I've gripped about this, they look messy, they stay dusty, and if you so much as look at the drawer thingie, the boxed sets fall off. But, I don't really know what to do with them because I don't have anywhere else to put them.

So, Friday I was in the kitchen doing dishes and when I came out my nephew had that look. Walked further into the living room and I saw why...he'd taken every boxed set and thrown them on the floor, then took each dvd case out and scattered them around. Told him I should really be upset with him, but that was a project I needed to work on anyways and I should take the opportunity he'd given me to do something about it, lol. I put all the dvd's back in their boxes and then threw them in a bigger box.

Still not sure what I'm going to do with them. I know if I don't have a place for them I should get rid of them.....but I love my dvd sets adn we do watch them enough that I'm not going to get rid of them. Kind of wondering if I should stick them in the linen closet or something though. That'd get them out of the way, but also have them somewhere I can get them when we want to watch them. And now that this spot is looking nice and neat in the living room, I'm moving furniture today and washing walls. And taking a break, lol, I've been up since 6:30 doing this!

On another note, sis and bil dropped the girls off Friday night and took a trip to the hospital. While we were hoping they were going to keep her, I don't think any of us really expected them too. She's still having contractions every seven minutes, still 2 cm dialated, but the contractions are much stronger. They monitored her for awhile and measured the contractions being stronger, but told her she needs to lose 2 minutes. They spent about 4 hours yesterday walking the mall then came home and walked around the neighborhood another 2 once it cooled down. No further progress though. She's very, very frustrated and hoping her dr will finally say enough, lets induce at her next appt.

Urgrace
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08-19-2000

Sunday, September 02, 2007 - 8:23 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Urgrace a private message Print Post    
War, you could get a nice square or rectangle woven box or basket or one of those media boxes with drawers to put them in on top of the three drawer cabinet. It' ll look neater and still have them readily available.

Sheesh, enough is enough when it comes to contractions!

Dipo
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04-23-2002

Sunday, September 02, 2007 - 12:06 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dipo a private message Print Post    
War I vote for the nice boxes to put inside the linen closet, you could get smaller ones that would allow you to sort and label them. Like by type or director or actor, LOL. That way they are handy, but not out getting dusty!

I am very proud of myself, so far I have reupholstered 3 chair seats, and I have everything cut for the remaining 3. Man using is staple gun is hard, LOL! Plus I have two chairs sanded and will be painting them later today. Have moved some stuff around in the living room and cleaned the floor.

Now I am off to make a bundt cake, macaroni salad and some artichokes. then it is time to paint the first coat.

Vee
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02-23-2004

Monday, September 03, 2007 - 4:58 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Vee a private message Print Post    
There is a mission today, but, for whatever reason, I am unable to get the codes to work. If you want to know this week's missions and this week's zone, you'll find them at Flylady.net. Sorry about that! This has driven me crazy all morning. If anyone else would like to give it a try to take me out of my misery, I'd appreciate it.

Otherwise, your mission today is to finish up the long holiday weekend in style. I'm off to read a good book. Happy Labor Day!

Vee
Member

02-23-2004

Monday, September 03, 2007 - 6:40 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Vee a private message Print Post    
*The Cherished Home*

Okay, that works. I'm beginning to fear that Flylady has some sort of block on her website.

Lumbele
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07-12-2002

Monday, September 03, 2007 - 6:45 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lumbele a private message Print Post    
Kelly Missions
Zone Work

Vee
Member

02-23-2004

Monday, September 03, 2007 - 6:46 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Vee a private message Print Post    
Thanks, Lum! Can you do the zone stuff, too?

Lumbele
Member

07-12-2002

Monday, September 03, 2007 - 6:49 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lumbele a private message Print Post    
Well, they both work for me, so you just might be on the flyshitlist after all.LMAO

Vee
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02-23-2004

Monday, September 03, 2007 - 6:51 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Vee a private message Print Post    
Oh dear heavens! Something's up! That's for sure. Sorry, everyone, but I'm not able to post these things anymore. I'm over and out and will just pop in to visit with you all from time to time.

Urgrace
Member

08-19-2000

Monday, September 03, 2007 - 9:58 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Urgrace a private message Print Post    
<raspberries>

Today is supposed to be a holiday. Isn't cooking and barbecuing enough work for today?cc14bear flag-butterfly