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Skootz
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07-23-2003

Thursday, June 26, 2008 - 4:45 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Skootz a private message Print Post    
Thursday's Mission

Well, I am off for a few days, well camping with family until Sunday. Then we get ready and we are leaving for our drive to ~RG~'s place. We are arriving there on Thursday and then we will be there until the Monday, then we travel back home again. I am so excited for this trip.

I have not done any missions this week, I made my self (between working) catch up with my office/accounting work. I am proud to say, I am caught up. Woohoo. This morning, I finish up straightening the house (don't want to come home to a messy house) put laundry away and pack for 2 trips. I also have to pack the trailer with food etc. for the weekend.

Here is something else I have been working very hard on. I have been working with this firm www.bluewavemedia.com to getting a webpage up an running for my organizing business. It is going global today after a couple of changes. But I wanted you guys to have sneak peak. Don't forget to subscribe to my page as well and check back for updates periodically.

So here it is..the preview of my very own site.
www.getorganizedcanada.com

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Thursday, June 26, 2008 - 10:08 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Skootz, your website looks great! I hope you have a great vacation and visit with RG!

I don't know what I'm doing today, lol. Dakota's bf spent the night and she's staying til the girls have practice later this afternoon. Caleb wants to go to Toys R Us to spend the rest of his birthday money and I need to take Kota to the sporting goods store (which is across the street from Toys R us) to pick up some new pants for her all star uniform and I still have to take my niece there and get her bat and glove (her birthday present from us) but I don't really know if I want to do all that today or wait til tomorrow.

The kids have chores to do, the girls have to straighten up Kota's room, Caleb needs to mow and Kota needs to sweep the driveway and pick up the toys that are out there. Me though? I don't really have much to do for a change.

Dipo
Member

04-23-2002

Thursday, June 26, 2008 - 6:24 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dipo a private message Print Post    
You guys are so lucky! Nice website skootz, have a great vacation.

I am doing all sorts of chores tonight, unload dishwasher, reload dishwasher, I am behind on newspapers - 4 days worth, need to vac/sweep the bathroom floor, safeway order! You will notice none of these things are the missions, LOL.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Thursday, June 26, 2008 - 11:39 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
LOL Dipo, I never even looked at the mission for today.

The girls straightened up Dakota's room but that was it. I needed a day to just do nothing so I didn't push the kidlets to do they yardwork chores.

Which means tomorrow I have a bunch of errands to run, drs appts (just annual checkups) for both kids, shopping, some minor housework, and getting the kids to do their yardwork.

Skootz
Member

07-23-2003

Monday, June 30, 2008 - 7:38 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Skootz a private message Print Post    
Zone 5: The Living Room (June 30)

I won't be around tomorrow - on the road, so may or may not get any missions posted or the zone for the week.

Here is your mission for today

Monday's Mission

Dipo
Member

04-23-2002

Monday, June 30, 2008 - 9:16 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dipo a private message Print Post    
Thanks slootz, have a safe trip.

I did some floors over the weekend, that was nice. Got rid of the recyling and some furniture. Did a little rearranging in my dining room (I still have one piece of furniture with no place and I don't want to get rid of it) I am now trying it as a bench for the table.

The only fire I have in my living room is my flag, I guess I will put it together tonight and figure out where it can safely hang on the patio. there is no where by my front door, LOL, its all stucco! I do want to get it up by the fourth.

Skootz
Member

07-23-2003

Tuesday, July 01, 2008 - 3:28 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Skootz a private message Print Post    
Tuesday's Mission

Skootz
Member

07-23-2003

Monday, July 07, 2008 - 3:58 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Skootz a private message Print Post    
Zone 2: The Kitchen (July 7 - 11)

Monday's Mission


Morning all, well I am sitting here looking at the lake view of RG's house on my last morning here ... we have made so many lasting memories this past weekend and I am so glad that we were able to come here and spend the time with RG and her family. We will be leaving later this morning for the trek home - will be home tomorrow night sometime.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Monday, July 07, 2008 - 10:10 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
I'm glad ya'll have had a good vacation Skootz!

I'm trying to decide what I want to do here, I have some laundry and cleaning I can do at my house or could go to my aunts and do some there. Can't make up my mind, lol!

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Monday, July 07, 2008 - 10:56 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Well, sis made my decision for me, lol. The kids were planning on going with me to my aunts so they could swim and play with my nieces and sis just told me they were vacuuming the pool and adding chemicals to it today (kids can't swim on those days.) I'll go tomorrow. If the kidlets haven't been practicing softball/baseball stuff, they've been swimming at my sisters.

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Kota and my youngest niece (that's the baby my sister had such a difficult pregnancy with!) She was born the smallest baby in the family and has grown into the biggest, lol, she weighs just 3 pounds less that her almost 5 year old sis. And is the spitting image of my sister at that age right down to the one long curly strand of hair on the side of her head!

Anyways, after I talked to sis I cleaned the kitchen, scrubbed down my counters (I'd just done that Saturday,) took one load of laundry out of the dryer, and threw one each in the washer and dryer.

Dipo
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04-23-2002

Monday, July 07, 2008 - 10:59 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dipo a private message Print Post    
Hey Skootz! so sorry you have to come back home, LOL.

I don't know what came over me yesterday, but I did a lot of chores, LOL.

Lets see, I moved my bookcases in my office area and like them so much better, which lead to a detailed dusting and reorg. Then I hung my bulletin board that I have had for over a month, LOL. I was so happy with the dust free office I did the living room, then I mopped the kitchen and hallway. Oh, yeah on Sat I vac'd the rugs, floors and bathroom. All I need to do is dust the bedroom and I will have the home blessing done, LOL. Oh and I did two loads of laundry.

I guess it is a good thing I did all that stuff because it is going to be really hot here this week!

Jimmer
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08-30-2000

Monday, July 07, 2008 - 2:06 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jimmer a private message Print Post    
That is such a nice picture, War!

Dipo
Member

04-23-2002

Monday, July 07, 2008 - 4:51 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dipo a private message Print Post    
Wargod, we must have been posting at the same time, LOL. That picture looks so refreshing, especially since we have hit the 100 mark here!

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Monday, July 07, 2008 - 9:03 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Thanks!

Us too Dipo, it's supposed to be 110 tomorrow. The kids have been spending a whole lot of time in the pool, it's about the only tolerable thing for them to do during the day outside. Lucky for them I'm at my aunts several days a week and they go whenever I go.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Saturday, July 12, 2008 - 12:46 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Tuesday-Friday

Good thing this week was the kitchen since I spent a lot of time there last weekend and it's just been keeping up since then.

Don't know what it is lately, but I've had the hardest time keeping to any type of schedule and that's really thrown me off my game. I've had kids here every day this week, it's gotten really hot and I'm doing a lot of cleaning in the evening, and also because of the heat I'm spending a lot of time going to my aunts to try to get stuff done and having her tell me she doesn't feel like taking a shower at the time I'm there (I've tried morning, evening, and mid day...sigh,) wants to take a nap (can't change sheets or dust when she's in bed, can't vacuum when she's on the couch,) or just plain doesn't want me in her way while she's watching tv or whatever. More time there = less time here.

Tomorrow we're doing a big day at aunts. Darren and my bil are putting a window swamp cooler in and have to remove the glass from the window, without destroying the window cuz it'll have to go back in when the weather cools down. They also have to do some yard work. I've already told her she's getting in the shower and I'm not taking no for an answer because while she's in the shower I need to change her sheets, dust her bedroom furniture and vacuum, then when she's getting dressed in her room I can vacuum the rest of the house, and then I need to balance her checkbook and make a grocery list. Oh, I also need to clean the bathroom. I've gotten absolutely nothing done at her house this week except for cleaning the living room (minus the vacuuming) because of her being uncooperative. While we're doing that, the kids will get to swim.

Hopefully that will get me back on track at home. Only good thing about having kids here all week was that they were pretty good and picked up after themselves so the house isn't a huge mess. I may have to say screw it and do laundry during the day though to catch up on that!

Dipo
Member

04-23-2002

Saturday, July 12, 2008 - 10:47 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dipo a private message Print Post    
Wargod you amaze me! Does Aunt not like the shower because she doesn't want to stand there for long? I don't know why that occurred to me, but I wondered if she had one of those teak chairs she could sit their leisurely while you do her room.

Anyway, I know what you mean with the heat. Haven't gotten much done myself, other than keeping cool. It was really nice here yesterday and will be today, so I think I will be doing some weird chores that have been put off -- install the new shower curtain pool (it screws into the wall), fix the curtain rod in the bedroom (that I seem to have hung wonky) and then maybe some reorganization stuff - like the hall closet and sock drawer. I think I can use my hall closet better if I take the stuff out and reorganize it. we shall see.

Have a good time cleaning at your aunts!

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Saturday, July 12, 2008 - 10:17 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
I hate reorganizing closets, Dipo. Good luck with that!

She has the chair to sit in. Sometimes she doesn't like to shower cuz of the weather (it's too cold, too hot, too windy.) Sometimes she's worried about the fact that I'm helping her and not taking care of my kids (cuz you know they're so neglected, lol.) Right now though, this isn't very kind of me, but she's been rather grouchy the last few weeks and taking it out on me and sis. She doesn't want to do anything or let me do anything and then complains to sis about what I haven't done. She's doing the same thing with sis, told her the other night she wanted cold sandwiches for dinner and then complained to me sis hadn't cooked, lol.

Not sure we had fun but we did get some stuff done. I got her in the shower, vacuumed, dusted, and swept. Couldn't change sheets because (this is very odd) I can't find any of her sheets! I have one set of flannel sheets here, but that's it. I asked sis and she was just as puzzled as I was. We searched all over the house and couldn't find them, so I'm going to have to pick up at least one more set.

Darren and my bil didn't get the swamp cooler done yet. Bil's been laid off from work for 2 months now and he found out the unemployment office was doing this job thing today where you go over, check out jobs you could do and then put in a bid and see if you get it so he was over there all day. Darren did get up on the roof and check out aunts swamp cooler. I kept saying it wasn't blowing hard enough or cold enough but no one listened to me til today. Apparently, her swamp cooler has two settings, low and high, and hers is wired so it only gets the low setting. There was also something about the pads calcifying and Darren knew what to do to fix that too. We're going to the hardware store tomorrow to buy the stuff (which should cost under $30) and then they'll rewire it to get it to the high setting and Darren will show bil what to do to fix the pad problem. Don't know if they'll be able to do it tomorrow or if we'll have to wait til next weekend if bils busy with this job thing tomorrow. We at least know I was right though and that cooler wasn't working like it should be, lol!

I didn't get anything done at my house today, but accomplished quite a bit at hers. Tomorrow I've got to go grocery shopping (need to clean out my fridge first.) Sis or bil is supposed to go with me cuz I've also got to shop for aunts house and we're planning on buying a bunch of meat that we can split up between the two houses.

Dipo
Member

04-23-2002

Sunday, July 13, 2008 - 9:41 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dipo a private message Print Post    
LOL, that is weird about the sheets, I swear I have read about you changing those sheets several times and you never had an issue with them being missing.

So funny, I went to change the sheets on my bed and in doing so pulled the bed out from the wall, and damn, there is a lot of fur and kitty throw up down there. I have swept and dusted the bed (never had to do that before) and I am now going to mop. But I figured that I should also paint the wall where the frame rubbed the paint off so I am taking the stuff down (its been sitting in my foyer for a while now) to the storage room (its outside below my balcony) and picking up the paint for the bedroom. Two or three chores for the price of changing the sheets, LOL.

Have fun at the grocery store.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Sunday, July 13, 2008 - 10:31 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
You have read about me changing her sheets, lol! I usually do it everytime I give her a shower, take the dirty sheets home with me to wash and then take them back to her house and put them in the closet when I go back the next time. Normally I don't have any more than one set of her sheets here, but right now I do have her one set of flannels cuz I want to put them in some kind of bag until the winter since they won't be used for months and then whichever set I'm bringing home. But, every single one of her sheets is gone. It's very, very odd.

Heh, I hate chores like that Dipo. The ones that start with you doing something simple then ends with you painting a wall, lol.

This has been so not a fun day. I didn't sleep at all last night, not one minute. Got 2 hours of sleep this morning (from around 9-11) and then hopped up off the couch and into a cold shower. We went to Costco, then brought everything home and I split up all the meat (I buy a bunch and split the meat and the cost with my aunt) and put everything away. Then I went to the grocery store, did both our shopping, came home and split more stuff up. Sis had asked if I'd cook aunt dinner tonight and I said sure since I had to take groceries over anyways. So I cooked her dinner, loaded all her groceries up and took it all to her house.

Came home, made potato salad, cleaned the kitchen, did a load of laundry and watched big brother. Right now I'm just trying to stay awake til at least midnight so I don't completely screw up my sleeping schedule (if I go to bed any earlier, I'll be up by 4am, lol.) I've had no energy at all today and the only reason I got anything at all accomplished was because I knew if I stopped I'd fall asleep!

Question...has anyone tried the clorox green cleaner (I'm not sure of the exact name of it?) They had a 32 oz bottle with a 64 oz refill bottle for 5 bucks at Costco and I picked some up. My sis had tried some kind of green dishwashing liquid and told me it was horrible and how much she hated it. I told Darren I wasn't really sure I wanted to try the clorox stuff or if I'd be happy with it, but figure for $5 I'll try it and if I hate it it won't be a big waste of money. Just wondering if anyones used it and likes it/hates it, if it cleans well, etc.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Monday, July 14, 2008 - 9:26 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Mondays Mission

Good one for me today as I plan to clean the bathroom.

Dipo
Member

04-23-2002

Monday, July 14, 2008 - 11:13 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dipo a private message Print Post    
Me too!! I finally hung my new shower curtain pool, I love it and now my shower curtain doesn't drag on the floor. I need to do the rest of the bathroom tonight!

I have seen that clorox green but don't know anything about it.

Wargod
Moderator

07-16-2001

Monday, July 14, 2008 - 11:21 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
I'll let you know if I like it, Dipo.

I'm just waiting for my nephew to go home (supposed to leave at noon) before I start any major cleaning. He's playing with the kids outback but I know as soon as I go in to do it he'll be right on my heels.

Wargod
Moderator

07-16-2001

Tuesday, July 15, 2008 - 1:45 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
I hope you did better in the bathroom than I did Dipo, lol.

I got quite a bit accomplished today. Cleaned up the kitchen and living room (neither too bad,) did some laundry, and cleaned the bathroom. I walked out of the bathroom patting myself on the back...man I scrubbed that room top to bottom, on my knees no less.

I've been pretty good at throwing away the little soap slivers and mostly empty bottles and stuff so there wasn't too much to do with that, or so I thought.

I'm going to skip back a couple days. We had sent Caleb in to do his night time face washing ritual (he has developed bad acne and uses the dang, it's not clearasil, but something similar, cleanser, lotion, spot treatment, and the clear stuff, plus has some medicated face pads his dr prescribed.) When he was done, I'd gone in the bathroom and saw he left the lid off one of the bottles so I grabbed it, or tried to, to put it back on the bottle and instead dropped it down the drain. It went too far down to grab with the long nosed pliers. Well since then the sinks been draining real sluggishly.

Darren came home to find me mopping the bathroom floor and decided today was the perfect day to take the pipe off to get the lid out. He waited til the floor was dry then went to work. While later he called me in to tell me somehow he'd shoved the lid even further down than it was, past the u-joint thing and he was going to have to take the whole cabinet out to get to the pipe the lid is now in. He'll wait til this weekend to do it.

As he's telling me this I'm standing there and happened to glance up and had my duh moment. I'd never looked above the toilet to the shelves there and completely missed a bunch of stuff I should have thrown away earlier. The stupid part is the bottom shelf is pretty much to my eye level, I don't know how I missed that.

Wargod
Moderator

07-16-2001

Tuesday, July 15, 2008 - 1:49 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
I'll post now since I don't know how late I'll be tomorrow.

Tuesday's Mission

I did that today, er, Monday. Will give me a chance to get to those shelves, lol.

Dipo, I used the clorox green cleaner today. As far as I could tell it worked as well as anything else like that. It has kind of a different smell that I'm not sure yet if I like or not (I tend to like citrusy scents in my cleaning products) but it doesn't linger for long. In fact, I only noticed the scent as I was cleaning. When I went back in a few minutes later I didn't notice it.

Skootz
Member

07-23-2003

Tuesday, July 15, 2008 - 4:05 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Skootz a private message Print Post    
Thanks for posting the missions War, don't know where the time is going.