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Skootz
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07-23-2003

Tuesday, April 08, 2008 - 3:23 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Skootz a private message Print Post    
Tuesday's Mission

Just thought I would add to this mission today. Check what you have with these containers, whether they are in the drawer or in the cupboard holding stuff. Look at the shape of the container, notice that round containers side by side lose valuable space and that rectangular and square containers can be set side by side and you do not lose any space. If space is something that you don't have a lot of, go to the dollar store and invest in square or rectangle (see through) containers.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Tuesday, April 08, 2008 - 7:46 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Believe it or not, I have no containers at all in the house. When I was cooking for my aunt, I had tons of them. I don't know if I just left all of them at her house or threw them away or what but I don't have any here. I didn't even realize this til last night when I had to take her dinner and ended up having to take dinner in one of my good pans.

Dipo
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04-23-2002

Tuesday, April 08, 2008 - 9:38 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dipo a private message Print Post    
I hear ya, Skootz! And I never thought about putting them in a drawer, I do have one that hardly has anything in it and I am short on cabinets that I can reach.

LOL, Wargod that is pretty funny. I don't have many containers, got rid of most when I moved, now I just have a few large tupperware and those ziplock reusable containers. I love those.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Tuesday, April 08, 2008 - 10:08 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
I never had any decent containers like tupperware. Had tons of the gladware and ziplock ones though and they were pretty nifty for taking dinner to my aunt. Plus after awhile when they got grungy or lids got misplaced it wasn't a big deal cuz they weren't all that expensive to replace.

Since I'm not doing her cooking anymore I have either thrown em out or just never bothered reclaiming them from her house. I knew that too last week when I cooked dinner and realized I had just one bowl left but didn't think to either grab mine from her house or buy some new ones, lol! I could have kicked myself last night when I opened the cabinet and saw I didn't have any.

Skootz
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07-23-2003

Wednesday, April 09, 2008 - 3:53 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Skootz a private message Print Post    
Wednesday's Mission

Dipo
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04-23-2002

Wednesday, April 09, 2008 - 4:06 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dipo a private message Print Post    
So, lets see, granite counters cleaned and polished, glass top stove cleaned and polished, floors cleaned and polished, kitty litter cleaned up off the bathroom floor, fresh flowers on the table, serving pieces out. Now all I have to do is pout some cds on the stereo, take out the final recycing stuff, and start preparing for dinner.

I have premade ceasar salad, just need to make the sauce for the asparagus, trim the asparagus and wash off the chicken and I am set to go!

Everyone gets here by 7pm, normally the group is 8 people but two cancelled.

Oh, and I forgot, I put my new, company is coming, comforter on the bed, LOL.

Skootz
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07-23-2003

Thursday, April 10, 2008 - 9:00 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Skootz a private message Print Post    
Thursday's Mission

Dipo
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04-23-2002

Thursday, April 10, 2008 - 12:40 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dipo a private message Print Post    
Where has everyone gone?

Yeah, already done with this one! I survived, it is amazing how clean your house can get when you are having company, LOL. Not that my house is ever that dirty with flylady, but I will let things slide when I feel like it.

Now I have a mountain of laundry to get through - one or two loads at a time.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Thursday, April 10, 2008 - 12:53 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Busy as all heck these days Dipo! I keep up with flylady, but mostly I have to resort to the older ways of trying to get as much done when I have time as possible. I also do a lot of cleaning later at night when everyones in bed.

Laundry is going to be my downfall! Everytime I start to get it under control, I end up with my aunt's and then get behind on my own. I'm only able to get 1-2 loads done a day so I've got that mountain thing going on too, lol.

Skootz
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07-23-2003

Friday, April 11, 2008 - 3:44 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Skootz a private message Print Post    
Friday's Mission

I am around here to, but with the kitchen renovation I slipped away from the fly lady. Even though I post and read them daily, I have been just plugging away at catching up with the final clean up of the house, the finishing touches etc. Of course this week of the fly lady has been a breeze as we are in the kitchen, and my kitchen is new lol.

Yesterday I declutterd a bunch of crap from my office - this is the place where everything from the kitchen goes to put the hot spot out of the kitchen, then my office becomes the hot spot.
I will finish up the office today and then I can start and actually do a normal clean of the house. Basically this means, a clean of regular dust and dirt and not lath and plaster, drywall dust etc., I am actually looking forward to this as it will be able to be done in 1/2 the time.

I also have a sick kid home today, so hopefully I can get some work done, but you all know how that goes

Have a great weekend all...and hey it is date night? Anyone going anywhere? Me, no plans

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Friday, April 11, 2008 - 8:01 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
LOL, date night??? I have to pick Caleb up at school, bring him home to change clothes then run him to Quartz Hill for a track meet this afternoon. Apparently the school budget no longer includes things like buses for sports. Then run back to town to be here when Kota gets home from school (so I can't even watch him) and get her ready for practice then run back out and pick him up and back to town to go sit and watch Kota til 7. Darren's been working 12-13 hour days all week and I asked him to please try to get off work on time just today to help get the kids here and there but I don't know if that's gonna happen. By the time her practice is over (7pm) I'll have to hurry up and get dinner done cuz Darren will be ready for bed. No date night here.

With the renovations Skootz, you've had a lot to clean up with just that mess. I hope your kidlet gets to feeling better quickly!

Skootz
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07-23-2003

Friday, April 11, 2008 - 8:11 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Skootz a private message Print Post    
LOL - well here is hoping that someone is able to enjoy date night - I will be home all night too lol

dd was feeling better so off to school she went.

so far, I have the upstairs cleaned and half of the main floor. Regular household dust is great - so much easier and faster to clean.

Dipo
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04-23-2002

Friday, April 11, 2008 - 9:05 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dipo a private message Print Post    
LOL, date night for me will be laying in bed catching up on all the stuff I taped this week. Not to exciting but it is sure sounding wonderful to me.

So glad to here you are getting back on track Skootz, remodeling really throws everything off.

Everyone have a fun weekend! Wargod, I hope you aren't running too many people around.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Friday, April 11, 2008 - 9:26 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Oh glad she felt well enough to go to school, Skootz! Dakota is trying to get perfect attendance this semester (she's never even come close) and every Friday morning when we get to school she says, "Another week done...give me five!" Cracks me up. She's working so hard for it I told her that if she ends up sick she's going to school at least for roll call, lol.

Dipo, that sounds like a great night to me!

We're already mad busy with Kota and softball...4 practices a week, 2 hours at least for each one and 1-2 games a week, 3 hours for those. And because she gets home from school at 3:30 and those are between 4-7:30, it's a scramble at night for homework, dinner, and showers. Caleb's track season started this week (he's had practices all year long, but those aren't really a big problem since it's done after school and I just pick him up later) and has 6 or 7 meets between now and the end of school. Other than todays meet, everyone of the others falls on the same days Dakota has games. The running around doesn't bother me as much as needing to be in two places at once does. We want to see both her games and him at his track meets. So we're trying to set something up with my sis and little "adopted" sis to have them take turns with us...one of them will take Caleb to his track meet while we go to Kota's game, then switch for the next one.

Skootz
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07-23-2003

Tuesday, April 15, 2008 - 3:12 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Skootz a private message Print Post    

Zone 3: The Bathroom and One Extra Room (April 14 - 18)


Monday & Tuesday's Mission

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Tuesday, April 15, 2008 - 7:51 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
I'm at my aunts today (though really should stay home and clean my own house.) We took her to pick up this furniture this weekend and as I watched her picking out the stuff she wanted, I just groaned. It's only been a year since we got her house cleaned out and I know her, she's not going to get rid of anything even though she's bringing more stuff in.

Her companions father let them his hutch and dining room table. Wasn't too worried about that cuz her kitchen is small and she'd have to get rid of the ones she had to fit the others in. But now she wants to move her hutch into her bedroom and she has no room at all. So we're going to try to convince her to let us get rid of her small table and night stands in her room and use the hutch instead and re-arrange the furniture to make more room. Not sure she'll let us do that though. Then I've got to figure out what to do about the extra coffee table and end tables and lamps and figure out where to put a rug so she doesn't trip on it and there were a few other things that I can't remember. I am seeing a very long day ahead of me.

Dipo
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04-23-2002

Tuesday, April 15, 2008 - 9:19 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dipo a private message Print Post    
So war, why did she go to pick out furniture if she doesn't need any? You know you won't be able to change her mind on this issue, LOL.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Tuesday, April 15, 2008 - 10:10 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Her companion's father passed away at the begining of the year, Dipo, and he left both his son and my aunt some stuff (his son some jewelry and personal items from the house, my aunt a hutch, dining room table/chairs, and silver tea set.) But, when we went to get it, companions brother told them to take whatever they wanted because he'd already gotten what he wanted and what was left they'd be giving to charity. I could have slapped him, lol.

Dipo
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04-23-2002

Tuesday, April 15, 2008 - 11:57 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dipo a private message Print Post    
LMAO at war slapping the brother! I can imagine how annoying that was. It is so hard to get some older folks to declutter!

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Tuesday, April 15, 2008 - 12:51 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
It is. I really don't think the brother realized what he was doing, he rarely comes into town to visit so he may not have even known how much work we put into decluttering the house.

We did not get to the work today over there. I did my taxes this morning, then took her to the hearing place for her test and by the time we got back it was too late (have to pick Caleb up in thirty minutes.) So looks like that will be on the agenda for tomorrow, tonight I will tackle my house.

Skootz
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07-23-2003

Wednesday, April 16, 2008 - 3:58 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Skootz a private message Print Post    
Wednesday's Mission

Dipo
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04-23-2002

Wednesday, April 16, 2008 - 9:58 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dipo a private message Print Post    
Wed Mission - done! All drugs were replaced last December.

I am still sorting laundry, can you tell I don't want to do it. I think I will do a couple of loads tonight.

Skootz
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07-23-2003

Thursday, April 17, 2008 - 8:45 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Skootz a private message Print Post    
Wednesday's Mission

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Thursday, April 17, 2008 - 9:50 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Well, I'm supposed to be back at my aunts today but we're still trying to get her to get rid of some furniture before bringing more in. Either way we can't really do much until we have the guys around to help with moving it. Sis was trying to find someone to come over but hasn't had much luck. I told her we should just plan on waiting til Darren and bil are off work. I'm about to start my own housework and once I do, I'm not going to stop to go over there. I've been neglecting my own house enough lately!

What is it with the bathroom sink? I had to scrub it clean day before yesterday because the kids had globs of toothpaste all over it. Went in this morning and it's more of the same. I'd make them do it but they brush their teeth right before leaving for school and I'm not going to leave it like that all day long, lol.

Dipo
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04-23-2002

Thursday, April 17, 2008 - 11:50 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dipo a private message Print Post    
LOL, Wargod, I have the same problem and I live alone. I cleaned the bathroom floor last night, my boy kitty likes to throw sand when he covers and the room really isn't big enough for a covered box (plus I am not sure he would go in). Anyway, I am managing to stay up on the missions!

Now I just need to get the laundry done! I can't figure out how I made so much laundry, LOL, I don't have that many clothes.