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Skootz
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07-23-2003

Saturday, July 26, 2008 - 6:57 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Skootz a private message Print Post    
A question is more dumb if it is never asked...how do you expect to learn if you don't ask.

This picture below shows a combine harvesting wheat in a field. Our combine is not this big but does the same thing...it takes the wheat and thrashes it through the combine and the wheat is put then in a bin at the back and then put into a wagon to the elevator for processing. We grew Red Wheat this year.

Oh also wanted to add...that remains of the grain/stalk comes out the back in to a winrow and then it is baled into straw bales for animal bedding. Not all farmers bale the straw as it is good for plow down for the field - plowing is the turning over of the soil.



Wargod
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07-16-2001

Saturday, July 26, 2008 - 9:33 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Thanks Skootz! I've seen a machine like that before but had no idea what it was doing.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Monday, July 28, 2008 - 2:20 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Monday's Mission

I'll be doing my aunt's tomo...er, later today. So not much work around my house. The kids cleaned their bedrooms this weekend, so I'll be doing a few things in their rooms like vacuuming and maybe cleaning their carpets. Should do that sometimes this week.

Dipo
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04-23-2002

Monday, July 28, 2008 - 11:57 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dipo a private message Print Post    
Party was great. Blackie promptly went into the bathroom once everyone was gone and threw a little sand around, LOL. I was pooped on Sunday and didn't even bother to get out of my pjs'. I did run the dishwasher and unload/reload it. So tonight I will haul out the trash and recycle, unload the dishwasher again, sweep the bathroom floor and enjoy my patio. Naturally it was hot on Saturday and nice on Sunday and the rest of the week!

Don't need to do anything in my living room for todays mission, LOL.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Tuesday, July 29, 2008 - 11:41 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Tuesday and Wednesday Missions

I forgot to post the mission this morning cuz I didn't plan on doing anything at home, lol! Dakota was sick yesterday and I decided I didn't want to risk her getting my aunt sick (even though I was pretty sure she had a migraine and not contagious, I'm not willing to take chances) today, so we didn't go over there.

I did a general housecleaning this evening, dusted, swept and mopped floors, vacuumed, etc. Tomorrow I'll be at her house.

Ick, plus I need to go get the tires on my van rotated and have one of them checked out cuz somethings wrong with it (it's been losing air but the other day it got down to have 14..er, pounds?)

Kc103
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07-13-2004

Wednesday, July 30, 2008 - 1:48 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kc103 a private message Print Post    
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Wargod
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07-16-2001

Thursday, July 31, 2008 - 1:31 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Thursday's Mission

This is part of what I did Tuesday night in the living room.

Today I took the kids to my aunts. They swam (Dakota with earplugs) while I helped her shower, cleaned the house, and took care of some paperwork for her.

I'd cleaned here Tuesday so I wouldn't have to do it today, surprisingly the house stayed clean (and not just kid clean!) even though my two nephews were here part of the day.

I'm doing some laundry today and I don't know what else. I should start going through the kids school clothes and supplies and seeing what they can still use and what they need replaced before school starts. Maybe we'll do that tomorrow.

Skootz
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07-23-2003

Thursday, July 31, 2008 - 3:44 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Skootz a private message Print Post    
Today for me and the next few days..will be cleaning and preparing for a family reunion here on Sunday. After an appointment this morning, I am planning on cutting all the grass this afternoon, doing some laundry and then doing a clean sweep of the house tomorrow...I like having not as much to do the day before and day of the party so I can not be so tired and dragged down before the party starts.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Thursday, July 31, 2008 - 11:59 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Isn't that the best feeling, Skootz? Get up on party morning and all you need to do is worry about setting up for the party. I hope you have a great family reunion!

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Monday, August 04, 2008 - 10:28 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Sorry, sorry, I didn't get to the board today til close to 1 pm and totally forgot to post here.

Skootz, how was the family reunion?

Monday's Mission

First part of this week is going to be very hectic for me. Today was banking day for my aunt, did that, then helped her write out some checks for the bank and some other stuff, plus visited for a while. By the time we got home it was after 12:30 and I couldn't figure out where the heck the morning went!

Tomorrow I have to go to the DMV and then grocery shop for my aunt. Didn't sound too bad to me, even knowing Dakota's bff was spending the night and I'd have to take at least the girls with me. Then Caleb oh so helpfully pointed out my nephews will be here too. I've got to either take all five of them with me or drop them off with my sis, not sure yet which I'll do.

Then tomorrow afternoon/night, my nieces are coming over. Bil's step mother and sister are flying into LA, sis and bil are going to get them and since it's a late flight, they're spending the night down there with me watching the girls til they get back sometimes Wednesday. Baby hasn't been away from her parents all night yet and she's still not sleeping all the way through the night...I'm thinking it's going to be a mighty rough night, lol.

Skootz
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07-23-2003

Tuesday, August 05, 2008 - 3:47 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Skootz a private message Print Post    
Tuesday's Mission

Reunion was great, everyone had a great time and all liked the renovations that we did to the house. It was great to see so many out (around 80)



eta - Tuesdays mission is not up yet, but I am sure it will be up soon.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Tuesday, August 05, 2008 - 11:26 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
That's great Skootz! Glad you had a good time and so many people!!!

I'm loving that this week is the kitchen, lol. Darren's buddy was supposed to come over Sunday to look at our fridge (ended up not being able to come) so Saturday I scrubbed, scrubbed the kitchen. Ya know what it's like when someones coming to work on something, lol. Even cleaned off the top of the fridge.

Today's mission I also count as done. Last weekend, we came home from shopping and smelled....dead mouse. We thought it was in the kitchen, so we took everything out of cabinets, scrubbed them with bleach/water, rewashed dishes, put out traps, etc. Got rid of some stuff (hadn't been too long since I did that though) too. Never did find the mouse though I think it might be under the floor in the den (close enough to the kitchen to smell like it's coming from the kitchen.) Puppy went nuts for a couple days scratching at the same spot of the floor.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Thursday, August 07, 2008 - 11:18 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Wednesday and Thursday Missions

Dipo
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04-23-2002

Thursday, August 07, 2008 - 2:13 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dipo a private message Print Post    
Wargod, thanks for posting the mission, I keep forgetting to come here, LOL.

I finally did Monday's mission last night! I guess I will shoot for Tuesdays tonight, LOL.

Skootz
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07-23-2003

Thursday, August 07, 2008 - 4:52 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Skootz a private message Print Post    
I think I have missed all of them....but probably did them all last week in prep for the reunion we had here on the Sunday.

Tomorrow we are leaving for camping for the weekend - cannot wait - will be good to get away for a bit after being so busy.

Have a great weekend all!

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Thursday, August 07, 2008 - 9:01 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Have a great time camping, Skootz!!!

LOL, Dipo, I haven't had the energy to come here! Made up for that this morning with a lot of sleep. This afternoon I cleaned the living room, dusted, vacuumed....then cleaned the carpet. While I did that, Kota cleaned her room and Caleb picked up the den. After that it was a snap. I had 3 dishes in teh sink I washed, wiped down the counters, swept the floor and mopped, then swept and mopped the den.

Tomorrow I'd like to get the bathroom and my room done and laundry. The kids go back to school next week and don't want to spend this weekend doing laundry and cleaning.

Dipo
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04-23-2002

Friday, August 08, 2008 - 10:11 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dipo a private message Print Post    
LOL, my plan is to do laundry tonight and tomorrow, or just tomorrow morning. We are having a little cooling off period, only going to get to 80, I love that.

I thought I would try to finish up all the weeks missions, just sweep the house, balance my checkbook and write thank you notes for my party. IF I get all that done I will consider myself successful!

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Saturday, August 09, 2008 - 1:08 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Friday's Mission

I would consider getting the thank you notes done a success! That is quite a bit of work by itself, Dipo.

I didn't get done what I had planned on but, I think I got quite a bit done.

I washed the few breakfast/lunch dishes. Sadly that was the only thing I got done before 2pm, lol. I completely piddled the morning away and couldn't tell you one single thing I did. Just a lazy morning.

Ok, then I got busy. Called sis and we worked out a grocery list for my aunts house. That took forever. Because of the way she and sis/bil split the groceries (they each buy their own breakfast, lunch, munchies, treats and split dinners) making meal plans and grocery lists is difficult. Have to figure out what the house needs, what aunt needs, what's needed for dinners, etc. Anyways, an hour later, I had her grocery list done and did my own, thankfully a lot less complicated than hers, lol.

Then we went to Costco and rather surprisingly they were not that busy at all! When we were done we walked right up to the cashier. Then brought everything home because after that I had to go to Walmart to buy the rest of the groceries. I've gotten to the point when shopping that I just throw all her stuff and mine up on the counter so when I get home I have to bring everything in, sort it out, put mine up, and rebag hers. After that we put all her stuff back in my car and dropped it off at her house and put it away. 2 stores, a few hundred bucks in groceries between the two houses, and 3 hours later we ran through taco bell for dinner, lol!

After dinner, I sewed a patch on Dakota's baseball jersey (when she got the patch, I used a fabric glue to glue it on and the first time I washed it it came right back off...sigh) and restitched a seam on a pair of her shorts. And I don't sew!!!! Luckily you can't tell how uneven the stitches are unless you really stare at them, lol.

I organized all the kids school supplies in their backpacks earlier this week and was so excited to have it done, then realized I hadn't labelled a single thing (we have to put their names on everything!) So that was another task, took everything out of each backpack and labeled it all and put it back in nice and neat.

Oh and have done a couple loads of laundry so far. I'm on a mission right now to find all the straggler socks, lol. Went through everyones sock drawers and then went through the dirty laundry and found every dirty sock and threw them in the washer. Tomorrow I'll match up as many as I can and throw out the lonely ones.

Also on the list for tomorrow: Helping both kids set up their desks in their bedrooms so they are ready to sit down and do homework. Vacuum and change sheets in their rooms since they have finished cleaning them. More laundry. My room and the bathroom.

Oh and seperating some Costco food. I buy things like trail mix, carrot sticks, broccoli and then as soon as I get the chance seperate them into single serving size baggies so when I pack lunches and snacks, I just have to grab the baggies and toss in.

Sunday I'm cleaning my aunts and helping her shower, giving the kids time to swim and enjoy one of their last days of summer vacation. I'll do a quick clean on the house too.

Cuz Monday, I'm not doing a thing. I'm going to play with the kidlets, take them to the batting cages, and maybe have family game or movie night. Then it's showers, lay out clothes for school, and early bedtime.

Dipo
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04-23-2002

Saturday, August 09, 2008 - 11:10 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dipo a private message Print Post    
Wow, that sure seems like a lot to me Wargod. So I didn't really do anything last night, just watched the olpymics. So far I have got the dishwasher run, set up some storage in my hutch so I have a cleaner under sink area (wed mission), and after I finish catching up here am going to work on thank you notes- balance my checkbook-and read the sat paper.

Maybe after that I will do my two loads of laudry, Oh I didn' straigten up the kitchen, wipe down the counters and put away all the rest of the groceries (from my thursday delivery).

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Saturday, August 09, 2008 - 4:09 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Other than the grocery shopping, Dipo, it really wasn't that much. And grocery shopping is just a lot no matter what I do. I've tried doing her shopping one day then mine a different day but that's just two days and several stores, lol.

I'm pacing myself today. So far I've split up all the Costco food, lol. Spent some time watching the olympics with Darren. Between his work, school and tutoring which he's recently taken up, we haven't had much time to spend together so that was more important. He's off helping his mom now so I'll be getting busy soon.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Sunday, August 10, 2008 - 12:23 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Had to come check my list for Saturday, lol.

I didn't get around to helping the kids with their rooms (will do it tomorrow or Monday if I get the chance, otherwise I'll wait til Tuesday when they're in school.

I did clean my bedroom and the bathroom and finished a ton of laundry. Also went through all our dresser drawers (mine and Darrens) and got rid of a bunch of stuff we don't wear and sigh...my several pair of awesomely comfortable torn jeans. I love my jeans but they were getting really bad, lol.

Sometimes or other in the next two days I have to squeeze in a couple errands like getting an oil change on my car and getting Caleb in to get his glasses adjusted.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Monday, August 11, 2008 - 2:43 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Monday's Mission

Well, my weekend was thrown off with the arrival of my new baby niece (what better reason to throw off a weekend, lol.) Little adopted sis went to the hospital shortly after my post last night. I stayed up til 5 waiting for a call, washed some dishes and did some laundry trying to work off nervous energy. Finally went to bed and laid there til 7 before getting a couple hours of sleep. Got the phone call around 11:40 today, healthy baby girl, yay! Haven't seen her yet, since her mommy was up all night I decided not to go to the hospital to let her rest. Tomorrow they're coming home early, so I'll give her a call and see when she's up for visitors instead.

Other than that, today I piddled around, took a nap, and vegged on the couch. Kitchens clean, living rooms clean.

On the list for tomorrow...pay my gas bill, go to my aunts (sis was up all night at the hospital and I figured she'd probably want to go home and sleep and not have the kids there, lol,) and then back here for light cleaning. I've got to try to find time to take Caleb to get his glasses adjusted (doesn't sound like a serious task, but they're starting to rub against his eyes and nose) and run by his school to see where he has to go Tuesday morning. Shoot, also need to go buy him a new alarm clock and some shoes. All the while with my two nephews in tow, unless I wait til they go home.

I really really need to get the oil changed in my car but Darren's tutoring tomorrow and since he's earning a little money doing that I'm not about to gripe, lol. This week I'm watching my nephews (that's subject to change without my knowledge, sigh) so I've kind of got to work all my errands and such around them. Especially with Caleb and Kota not here to keep them entertained.

What's everyone else doing this week?

Skootz
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07-23-2003

Monday, August 11, 2008 - 5:13 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Skootz a private message Print Post    
Good morning all.

We came back around 8pm last night from camping. It was a rather wet weekend, but made the most out of the time in between that was not rainy. Just before supper yesterday, kids met the boy next door camping and they started playing, then playing in water and then they were soaked, so they wanted to go to the park area where it was mostly under water...well why not, they were soaked any ways. They had a blast. Can't keep a puddle away from a kid can ya. hehee

Just before supper, we had another storm come through, so Nick and I hooked up the trailer and had that done and we cleaned up what we could.

Today, I told the kids since we were home one night early, I would do something with them today. They want to check out the one mall in the near by city. They never get much of a chance to get there, as with 3 kids, a mall..well you know. lol - Walmart is so much easier. So they will be excited to check it all out.

I have my first load of laundry in the wash, with about 2-3 more to go from camping.

Tuesday back to work all day.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Monday, August 11, 2008 - 8:50 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
I think the mall will be a wilder experience than camping, lol!

I'm about to run to my aunts....as soon as I can get moving that is.

Dipo
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04-23-2002

Monday, August 11, 2008 - 10:48 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dipo a private message Print Post    
Lets see, I finally got my thank you notes done!, balanced my checkbook, cleaned the bathroom, I did get the laundry sorted but not done yet, LOL. Cleaned the kitchen, cleaned out the fridge, Swept the LR, DR and Kitchen, need to do the bedroom. Oh and I finished three people magazines and 3 newspapers!

It is going to be hot here so I am not sure I will do anything tonight except watch olympics and the hamsters.