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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Friday, May 30, 2008 - 11:47 am
Sigh, just talked to Darren, he's not done yet, so I'm off to do the shopping myself. Bathroom and hallway are done. When I get back I'll finish up the kitchen and hope Darren's back to do the driveway/porch.
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Friday, May 30, 2008 - 1:44 pm
Wargod, It will be fine, how much do you suppose teenage boys will notice, LOL!
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Friday, May 30, 2008 - 11:38 pm
About the house? Not much! About the neighbors cute 13 year old daughter? Quite a bit, lol. The kids had a blast, party was great. One boy even told me it was the best party ever. One of Caleb's buddies showed up about 4:30 cuz he had to leave at 6 and Dakota's best friend had to leave at 6 also for her softball game. Rest of the kids stayed til 9:30-10, except for the best party ever boy, he just left (him and Caleb were sitting here playing a computer game.) The kids played the Wii, then went outside and played some kind of ball game I never did figure out. They ate like a ravenous hoard and then played some more. Neighbors are having a graduation party tomorrow for their son and they rented a bouncy house for the younger kids. They were over for the party and offered to let the kids go play so they went over for a while and had a blast. When they all came back, family left and Kota came in the house and got into her jammies and laid in my bed, leaving just Caleb and five of his buddies to play by themselves. They played outside til it got cool then came in to play computer games. That was nice cuz while they were playing, I was able to clean up.
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Sunday, June 01, 2008 - 10:23 am
Sounds like a lot of fun, I knew those boys would never notice how clean the house was, LOL. I am just getting started on the patio. Got all the boxes broken down and into the recycling yesterday, then just hung out with my kitties! For some reason I got chilled and could not get warm so had to put a bunch of blankets on the bed and crawled in. I think it was only in the 6os yesterday! Have a lovely Sunday!
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Skootz
Member
07-23-2003
| Sunday, June 01, 2008 - 11:51 am
Party went well here. Got what I wanted to get done, done. Kids had a blast. I did the clothing game a bit differently and the kids absolutely loved it and laughed and laughed. Saturday, didn't do much, today straightened up and getting Checking out the difference between the Ha-Ra products and the Enjo products. I just started using Enjo and want to buy some more, but the ha-Ra are going to last longer, may go that route. Never heard of either product unlil last month.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Sunday, June 01, 2008 - 4:45 pm
Yay for a great party Skootz! LOL, yesterday my neighbors had a graduation party that we went to. They did lots of foods and drinks, bouncy house for the younger kids, a dj, lots of lights/fog machine and dancing in the evening. The past couple years, Darren and I go over for a few hours and then leave for the kids to have their own time (we're not the only ones, people with younger kids also leave to let the older ones party.) Their last several parties though, our kids are old enough to hang out after we leave, though Dakota comes home earlier than Caleb. We went and got Caleb at 11 since all the jr high kids were leaving the party to the new graduates. He came home and wanted to know why we didn't have a dj, lights and fog machine, lol. I just groaned, I see my nice, simple parties getting more and more complicated from this point on! I've been piddling around the house today, did a little straightening up, did some laundry, bought some groceries. With my nephew not coming over right now, my house stays pretty clean. Me, on the other hand, I'm bored half to death, lol!
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Skootz
Member
07-23-2003
| Monday, June 02, 2008 - 3:05 am
Zone 1: The Entrance, Front Porch and Dining Room (June 2 - 6) Monday's Mission
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Lumbele
Moderator
07-12-2002
| Monday, June 02, 2008 - 4:59 am
Well, I am full of good intentions for this week. Now let's see what reality will look like by Friday.LOL Have a good'un, everyone!
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Monday, June 02, 2008 - 12:18 pm
LOL, Lumbele. I have blessed my house, much more than it has ever been on a Monday - I am usually at the office. Got the patio done yesterday, my plan is fabulous except I forgot about wind! I am going to have to check the wind forecast everyday in case I need to collasp the umbrella. It was moving around quite a bit yesterday! I have swept the LR. Kitchen and DR. Getting ready to start some laundry, two loads, and then I will vac all the rugs in the LR, and finish my sweeping by doing the Bedroom. Just waiting for my Safeway delivery, then I will make some lunch. In the meantime I paid my bills, next I will balance the checkbook. It is nice to have a day off.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Monday, June 02, 2008 - 12:53 pm
LOL, we're under a wind advisory here Dipo, supposed to get bad later on this afternoon (just breezy now.) Are you getting it earlier than me? I haven't done much today cuz really there's not much to do. We did the porch this weekend and for right now it looks spiffy, though that won't last past the wind. I'll share an only could happen to me story. We've lived in this house 10 and a half years and one of the unpleasant surprises we found out our first spring/summer here was about the mice. There's a wash (I'm not sure whatelse to call it) that runs behind the neighborhood. Now, 50-60 years ago it was there in case the dam in Littlerock broke but these days that's not an issue, no way we'd flood if the dam broke! And so the wash is overgrown with weeds and bushes and home to many creepy crawly critters. Couple times a year, city goes out and bulldozes it all and all the little creepy crawlies rush right to our neighborhood. There's some cute ones like rabbits and squirrels, but then the icky ones, mice, bugs, snakes. Suffice it to say after 10 and a half years I'm rather used to it (though I still freak on the rare occassions a snake actually comes into the neighborhood!) First few years we tried humane traps for the mice, catch and release, but that didn't do squat. We moved on to traps and then when the kids were older and the dog not a puppy, poison and the problem seemed to be pretty contained. Then about a year and a half ago I started watching the baby who had pretty much free reign of the house and the poison had to go. I haven't seen mice yet this year, nor any signs of them. Having this problem so long, I keep all our food that comes in boxes or bags in plastic containers with lids, trash goes right outside to the can, no food left around, etc. Jump to yesterday. I go to the grocery store and when I came home I walked into the kitchen and set my bags on the counter (still holding onto them) and looked over and saw this fat little jolly mouse sitting on the stove. Something I haven't done in forever, I screamed like a little girl and jerked the bags off the counter and waited for Darren to come save me, lol. Mouse twitched a tail but stayed there. Kids came in to stare and ask if they could keep it (uh no) and it still set there. Darren came in and grabbed two paper cups, he was going to catch it and release it. Little furball took off running down the side of the stove. He set up traps around the stove and I pretty much forgot about it. About midnight I had the munchies and went into the kitchen to get a banana, grabbed one of my good, heavy knives to cut it, then just dropped the knife into the sink without looking and came to eat my banana. Couple hours later, went to make Darrens lunch for today, walked by the sink, by it again, made his sandwiches, packed his lunch and stuck it in the fridge, then went to wash the plate and knife I'd used, plus the one from earlier..and there on the bottom of my sink was this damn mouse laid out, my first heavy knife laid across the top of him. Apparently when I tossed the first knife in the sink I hit the poor little thing (was a butter knife, but a heavy one!) Ya'll know I freaked...there's a dead mouse in my sink. I killed it. In my sink! With my knife! I went and WOKE Darren up. He of course thinks I've lost my mind. What bugs me most is that we've had mice fall into that side of the sink before, once they get in they can't get out and then all Darren has to do is scoop it out and take it down the street to the dirt lot and let it go. I have no problem using traps and poisoning them, we'd be overrun if we didn't, but when we can catch one alive I'd rather let it go away from my house. First thing this morning I got up and made sure he took it out, then put the plug in the sink, dumped half a bottle of bleach in there and some water, lol. I'll be scrubbing it later too.
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Monday, June 02, 2008 - 12:57 pm
WAR--just get a cat! (BTW, the mice will smell the cat and they'll stay away. So you don't even need a mouser cat.)
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Monday, June 02, 2008 - 1:49 pm
I'd love to Julie, but I love breathing even more, lol. I'm very, very allergic to cats.
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Beachcomber
Member
08-26-2003
| Monday, June 02, 2008 - 2:27 pm
Mice also hate the smell of mint, I have seen suggestions to plant mint outide the foundation and keep a plant in the kitchen to keep the little buggers away.
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Skootz
Member
07-23-2003
| Monday, June 02, 2008 - 4:48 pm
We keep mothballs around the trailer to keep out mice. Try a few of those around your house
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Monday, June 02, 2008 - 7:15 pm
LOL War. Breathing or mice, hmmm what a choice!!!
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Monday, June 02, 2008 - 9:46 pm
LOL, trust me Julie, there's been times I've thought breathing might be over-rated, like when I come out and find a dead mouse in the middle of the floor and Darren's not home to take care of it! I'll have to try mint and mothballs. Harvey could care less about the mice, not sure yet about PJ yet. I really do hate the traps and poison is out of the question. I really don't want to have a bunch of them around the house this summer.
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Skootz
Member
07-23-2003
| Tuesday, June 03, 2008 - 3:00 am
War you could always put the moth balls in a bag with some holes in it..the smell will still get out and out and you don't have to worry about other animals. your Tuesday Mission
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Tuesday, June 03, 2008 - 1:22 pm
Are moth balls dangerous to animals (I really don't know!?) I do have to worry about the puppy. I've had a mostly productive day though I could have done more, lol. Ran to the bank for my aunt, and stopped to pay my parking ticket. Then back to her house where she wasn't feeling up to a shower or cleaning, so I'll try again tomorrow. Did some cleaning around my house, not much to do really. I do need to go to the grocery store later for my house and aunts both and drop her stuff off, but only need a few things so in no hurry to do that yet. What I'd really like to be doing is sweeping off the back porch and washing my car but it's far too windy to do either one today.
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Skootz
Member
07-23-2003
| Tuesday, June 03, 2008 - 6:10 pm
From what I have looked up on the net, yes they do sound dangerous to the dogs. Check out This Site it seems to have some ideas you can use and perhaps it will keep out all critters.
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Skootz
Member
07-23-2003
| Wednesday, June 04, 2008 - 3:20 am
Wednesday's Mission
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Skootz
Member
07-23-2003
| Thursday, June 05, 2008 - 3:24 am
Thursday's Mission
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Thursday, June 05, 2008 - 2:26 pm
So lets see, I got the dishwasher run last night, but all my other chores fell by the wayside since I had forgotten I was getting a haircutt and going to dinner with my friends, LOL.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Thursday, June 05, 2008 - 10:41 pm
Yay for time out Dipo!! I've been doing a whole lot of running this week. End of year stuff for the kids, my aunt, errands. Luckily there hasn't been too much to do around here. Tomorrow I'm picking up my nephew so he can visit. We've got to go to my aunts to finish cleaning, go to the grocery store, then go to Kota's school to watch her play in the 4th/5th grade softball game. Then pick up Caleb, then go back and get her.
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Skootz
Member
07-23-2003
| Friday, June 06, 2008 - 3:21 am
Friday's Mission
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Lumbele
Moderator
07-12-2002
| Monday, June 09, 2008 - 6:58 am
Well, last week turned out better than I feared. The hall closet was cleaned out, dry cleaner pile waiting by the door, washables in the laundry room, rest of the winter stuff tucked out of the way or in the give-away box also waiting for delivery. Last fall, I bought a bunch of picture frames and hung them up in the hall with pictures of Mum's roses. Well, every time I looked at them I hated the stark white of the mattes. For me, it took away the emphasis on the flowers. Last week, I finally decided to do something about it. It took 2 trips to Michael's until I had the right mixture of colours (my first anything w/acrylic paints), but now one notices the subject of the pictures, not the irritating colour of the surrounding matte. Have been patting myself on the back ever since. More good intentions for this week. Don't wanna jinx it though.
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