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Skootz
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07-23-2003

Thursday, October 18, 2007 - 4:18 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Skootz a private message Print Post    
Morning, oh no, just going to the funeral ,it is a friend of ours father. No planning or anything, just being there for our friends.

Back is still sore, but well what can ya do....have to get the ice and heat on it this morning.

have a great day all

Urgrace
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08-19-2000

Thursday, October 18, 2007 - 9:20 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Urgrace a private message Print Post    
My suggestion would be to get out the disinfectant spray and go over all the doorknobs, drawer pulls, light switches, and the toilet flusher! Flu season is starting!

Yes Vee, it had just started to drizzle outside while I was loading the trunk of the car with my luggage. As I returned to the house, I slipped on a misted cement front porch stoop as I was stepping up. My foot just slid forward until my entire left side was twisted and sprained. I got the back of my head, too. It was surreal, like slow motion that would not pause. The pain crept into my left hip/sciatic area yesterday. My left knee wanted to hyperextend when I walked, so I took it easy.

Today is a much better day!

Nyheat
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08-09-2006

Thursday, October 18, 2007 - 9:51 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Nyheat a private message Print Post    
I second that suggestion!

Prisonerno6
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08-31-2002

Thursday, October 18, 2007 - 11:12 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Prisonerno6 a private message Print Post    
My Thursday mission: remember to leave the money for the maid....

Meme9
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07-30-2001

Thursday, October 18, 2007 - 11:39 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Meme9 a private message Print Post    
Vee, not to much. I didn't time it, but I guess it was less than 10 minutes. I started off soft because I was uneasy about the stone. You can rub rather hard and it doesn't scratch the finish...just remember to keep it wet.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Thursday, October 18, 2007 - 11:50 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
LOL Prisoner!

Today I'm focusing on laundry. Lots and lots and lots of laundry. Not only the normal weekly stuff, but it's time to pull out the winter sheets and blankets and extra blankets, and coats, sweatshirts and light jackets. I wash all this stuff when I put it up but since it sits for months and months I wash again when I take them all out.

Sis called and asked if I'd cook aunts dinner tonight (she's been doing that this week) and she'd take tomorrow night. Works out ok, I have to go help her with a shower today so I think I'll just cook early and take it with me so I don't have to go back later on.

I went through a bunch of winter clothes yesterday that'd I'd put up earlier this year thinking the kids might still fit in them. Most of them went into the give away pile (I'll be so happy when they stop having growth spurts every 6 months!) Had to laugh, by the time I was done with the winter clothes, and the last of the summer clothes, I had three big bags! Where the heck did they come from??? I know damn well they didn't wear all those clothes last winter, yet that was stuff I pulled out of their closets and dressers.

I've been going through a bad, terrible, horrible month of insomnia. It's gotten to be common feeling tired and run down but today I am just dragging. I put breakfast dishes on to soak before I took Kota to school and they're still sitting there. Nephew pulled out some toys earlier...they're still sitting there. I just don't have any energy today. At least with the laundry I can throw it in and forget about it til the washer or dryer beeps at me, lol.

Dipo
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04-23-2002

Thursday, October 18, 2007 - 2:25 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dipo a private message Print Post    
Don't know if anyone else has this issue, but I have to clean the lowest shelf in my medicine cabinet because it is where I store my toothbrush and toothpaste. No matter how much I rinse it, it seems to leave a little residual toothpaste on the shelf. I try to set it on the toothpaste tube but sometimes it slides off. I keep meaning to find some sort of liner/paper I can put there and always forget.

Also, I don't think I have ever seen wipe down the bathroom door -- when I spray my hair I have found that the spray can build up on the door, so I try to do that about once a month, more if it is needed.

Urgrace
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08-19-2000

Thursday, October 18, 2007 - 3:17 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Urgrace a private message Print Post    
Oh I know what you mean Dipo. I used to clean for a woman who had two huge mirrored bathroom closet doors right behind the sink area that also had a huge wall mirror over the counter. They all had specks of hairspray which are NOT easy to clean off and require some good elbow grease!

Ducky
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08-27-2000

Thursday, October 18, 2007 - 3:41 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ducky a private message Print Post    
Dipo I like to keep my tooth brush in a Toothbrush Cap and Holder

Just getting caught up on laundry today as I have been down with a migraine for 3 days. Today I can finally lift my head and put my thoughts together to type a post.

Glad Fly Lady is just doing the bathroom this week we give the bathroom a thorough cleaning on Sundays. I do the daily wipe of the sink through out the day so it will stay clean.

We just replaced the trim around the bathtub again as I did not like the calking that was on there before to hard to keep clean.

Vee I loved the picture you posted of your new room. It looks a a picture from better homes and garden. Love the open space and country look. Oh and your dining room table and chairs are just like mine.

Skootz
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07-23-2003

Thursday, October 18, 2007 - 3:48 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Skootz a private message Print Post    
Here is something I use in my medicine cabinat. I have one for brushes/combs, one hold little bottles etc., and one for toothpaste and toothbrush.

you can get these type of containers at the dollar store in the size that would fit your cabinat.


Vee
Member

02-23-2004

Friday, October 19, 2007 - 4:50 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Vee a private message Print Post    
*Friday's Mission*

Good suggestions, Urgrace and Dipo! Both of those were added to my list yesterday. Thank you!
ETA: I wish that I could add Prisoner's. Hahahaha

I keep my toothbrush in a teacup à la Martha Stewart. (You're so correct, Dipo. One must really keep up with toothbrush drips. I'm also weird in that I pour hydrogen peroxide over my toothbrush after I finish with it. Have you seen those toothbrush sterilizers?) Made an attempt to go back in the archives to find the day that I posted the pic of my medicine chest and would you believe that it's long gone? Sure you would! This is a happening place. LOL! (But if anyone is interested in what my addition used to look like there's a pic way back there in the first section of the archived material.)

I like your idea, Skootz. I have used those little sterilite baskets for a number of things.

Urgrace, that fall sounded painful; you described it so well that I winced. Good to know that you are on the mend.

Yes, Ducky, I have already observed that we have the same table and chairs from a pic you posted awhile ago. :-)

Wargod, I found great help in an OTC sleep product called melatonin, which is not addictive and just replacing what you may be lacking. Should you continue to be run-down, please call your doctor. You've got to take care of yourself to be in a good place to care for your family. Wish that I could come help you out for a day. We'd have such a blast roaring through the house and taking care of children and aunties and babies. Oh my! Then I'd crawl home and be in bed for a week. :-)

Thanks for the info, Meme. I'll be looking for plumber's pumice the next time I get to the hardware store.

Have a terrific Friday, everyone, and an even better weekend! <whistling a song about date night as I wander off>

Wargod
Moderator

07-16-2001

Friday, October 19, 2007 - 12:10 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Oy kids rooms. Dakota's dumping spot is the top of her dresser. She's not doing it to be sloppy really, but when she's pulling stuff out of her dresser to find something specific, everything gets dumped right on top. Caleb's really isn't a dumping spot. He puts the craft table next to his bed, sits on the bed and puts all his legos on the table. No big deal really because all it is is legos and he can just sweep them into his lego box, but he'll leave the table up for days right in the middle of his room. Can't complain too much, at least it's all in one spot, lol.

I'll have to look for the melatonin. My dr has been trying for years to get me to take an rx for sleeping pills but the fact that they can be addictive scares me enough I don't mess with them. I was washing dishes, he dumped a board game out in the den. He keeps taking the ball thingie out of the computer mouse and hiding it and has managed to grab and pull down every freaking thing in his reach. I'm so happy today is Friday, lol! Usually he entertains himself or even helps when I do a little cleaning, today though he's been all over the house making a mess.

Urgrace
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08-19-2000

Friday, October 19, 2007 - 12:52 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Urgrace a private message Print Post    
Hope he's not hiding the 'ball thingie' in his mouth.

My clean bathroom floor needs cleaning all over again! Puppy got a bath and cats traipsed litter out of the boxes - two instant reasons for it.

Found a great hot spot in the kitchen. There was this cherry pie sitting on the counter waiting for someone to come along and take care of it, so I helped.

Luckily the memorial services have been moved to Monday, so I still have time to shop. My left leg just doesn't want to.

When I bought my latest Crest Spin Toothbrush, it had a plastic brush cover. Wonderful!
toothbrush

Since we're talking about toothbrushes, I would like to know when someone is going to invent a better bath set with a toothbrush holder for the larger bottomed toothbrushes? One with a cover!

Kady
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07-30-2000

Friday, October 19, 2007 - 2:09 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kady a private message Print Post    
wargod...i have used melatonin many times in the past. it works for me. also,if i'm having aches and pains, tylenol pm helps (i use the equate brand from walmart)

Vee
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02-23-2004

Sunday, October 21, 2007 - 9:14 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Vee a private message Print Post    
Slightly off topic here, but has anyone ever heard of or used a backtivator? It looks like this and is for sufferers of back pain especially sciatica. (Since so many of us have suffered with same, thought this might be the place to ask.)

C

Skootz
Member

07-23-2003

Sunday, October 21, 2007 - 10:22 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Skootz a private message Print Post    
hehe, wonder why you wanted to ask here Vee lol

I have a homedics back massager


you can read about it here

I really like it as it goes right up and down your spine. About the sciatica part of it, I find that my sciatica comes from my back area. I spent about and hour total yesterday using mine, as well as icing etc., I woke up with the worst pain, but it is much better today.

Hope this information helps Vee!}

Skootz
Member

07-23-2003

Sunday, October 21, 2007 - 10:23 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Skootz a private message Print Post    
I also have one of these hand held massager units too.



Mameblanche
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08-24-2002

Sunday, October 21, 2007 - 11:27 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mameblanche a private message Print Post    

Veezie & Co. I have an electric massage mat. Mine looks similar to this, and I use it on the sofa, so I'm lying down. Luv it!

Vee
Member

02-23-2004

Monday, October 22, 2007 - 4:24 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Vee a private message Print Post    
*Detailed Cleaning List for Zone 4: Master Bedroom*

I'll add one to the list. You add one, too, if you have one in mind.

I'm adding wash screens and windows. It doesn't take but a minute to wash the screens...don't worry about being perfect, no need to remove. Just wipe them down with a damp cloth or damp microfiber cloth.

*Monday's Mission*

Ahhh, yes, something indeed needs doing. I have the residue from birthday shopping all over...tissue paper, gift wrap, shopping bags. That's what I'll do today.

(Thanks, everyone for sharing what you use for back pain. The bactivator is a cushion for use in an office chair. It's filled with air pockets, which means that one shifts often. Something about this is supposed to promote back health. Anyway, guess that no one has tried it. LOL! I have my doubts about its efficacy, but one of my rl pals is using one and he thinks it works great.)

Happy flying today! (Miss seeing everyone...hope that Serenity is out there doing well at school!)

Meme9
Member

07-30-2001

Monday, October 22, 2007 - 4:41 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Meme9 a private message Print Post    
I have all kinds of massage items. LOL

I have one similar to the first one Skootz posted, this one is good for helping breaking up scar tissue(I really push the back into it).

My son got me one the goes in the car, it helpful. It's more of a vibrating and heat, you can pick upper, lower or thigh area. My legs go to sleep and cramp up when I drive.

Aw Vee, I hope your doing ok.

DD come home Saturday to store her potted roses and things for the winter. She spent the night and wanted to go antiquing Sunday. She said she knew I couldn't go with her when she came in to wake me. She said I had a painful look on my face, as I was snoring(surely I don't snore)...Later she said her and dad had talked Saturday night and she knew I wasn't going to be able to go. I miss being able to do fun things. Well, I'm off to check out flyladys site.

Hope everyone has a better day!

Nyheat
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08-09-2006

Monday, October 22, 2007 - 10:23 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Nyheat a private message Print Post    
Ladies, what takes stains out of white plastic? My medicine cabinet had the ugliest orange stains in it. Previusly I think I used some bleach product and it didn't work. Thanks.

Skootz
Member

07-23-2003

Monday, October 22, 2007 - 10:31 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Skootz a private message Print Post    
I did a bit of searching, I came up with trying a past with comet (I use Old dutch brand) and leaving it on for several minutes then trying to get it off. There is a product called cascade plastic booster you could try that.

My first reaction though was to use a Mr. Clean Magic eraser.

Nyheat
Member

08-09-2006

Monday, October 22, 2007 - 10:47 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Nyheat a private message Print Post    
Thanks Skootz! I may try a baking soda mixture as well. It is unattractive, to say the least.

Domestic goddesses, as you were.

Landileigh
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07-29-2002

Monday, October 22, 2007 - 10:50 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Landileigh a private message Print Post    
i'd try the mr. clean magic eraser too. they truly are magic!

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Monday, October 22, 2007 - 1:11 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Yup, mr clean first and then see if you need anything else.

Haven't done squat at home today and still trying to play catch up from no water here most of the weekend. Did go over and give my aunt a shower, cleaned up her house, and took her to the dr though, that counts for something right, lol?