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Skootz
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07-23-2003

Friday, November 14, 2008 - 7:07 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Skootz a private message Print Post    
Morning, well 1 time next week and 2 times the week after. I was first told that I only needed physio a few times, but my therapist said that she wants to continue to see me to make sure I am healing and getting relief properly. So it will be busy for the next while. We have a hearing starting for a farming thing starting the end of the month..so fitting everything in will be busy.

PTA was ok, dh went with me, figured he could sit in on it to see what we all talk about etc. He thought it was not too bad. We discussed doing lock down drills with students etc., and how to approach the parents about this ahead of time as you all know that some parents will not want their kid to feel "scared" etc. The teachers and staff know what they are doing...give them a break lol I think it is something that should be practiced, especially in this day and age you never know what is going to happen in your neighbourhood.

Cleaning..well kids have a day off today so I will be putting them to work. Will have them sort laundry with me and then they will be doing laundry and a major vacuum of the house..the kitchen floor is disgusting as it has not been touched since last Friday morning..that is one week folks..very gross. I have myself in the other room that I cannot see the kitchen or dirt so that is a good thing for part of my sanity.

Have a good day all and weekend!

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Friday, November 14, 2008 - 10:33 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Skootz, those parents need to realize they'd much rather have their kids practicing a lock down drill than doing it for real with no practice. Our schools been on lock down twice and though the kids were never in any real danger, it was very frightening. Once they had a slow speed chase going on in the neighborhood, the woman kept driving around the school, then through the neighborhood and back to the school. That was pretty scary for us cuz it was actually a breaking story on tv and we set here and watched it! Second time they had an older kid (not a student) threaten to come back with a weapon. The kids loved that someone brought them lunch to their classrooms and that they played games and read/sang most of the day, but hated having to be walked to the bathroom in small groups by a police officer and having to sit on the floor the whole time they were locked down. The drills they'd had were great and worked cuz everyone involved in the real lock downs praised the kids for following directions and doing exactly what they were supposed to do.

Remember, it's just a floor. It can stay dirty for a bit and if anyone (besides you) has a problem with it, point them to the mop and thank them for offering to clean it for you.

Skootz
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07-23-2003

Friday, November 14, 2008 - 11:00 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Skootz a private message Print Post    
well the kids did finally get together and got come cleaning done, I think I can see the kitchen floor again.

Dipo
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04-23-2002

Friday, November 14, 2008 - 4:32 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dipo a private message Print Post    
LOL, Skootz, you need to keep your eyes at waist level or above, at all times, then you will never see that floor.

Wargod, that drill was on our news! So cool that Dakota has a role.

I hope to do some things around the house this weekend, I may not, we shall see, LOL.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Friday, November 14, 2008 - 5:33 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Dipo, it is cool. Dakota's teacher last year is a neighborhood coordinator or something like that for the disaster team in town so she was big on encouraging her students to join. Kota loves it and she gets the first aid training and meetings where they discuss their roles and such in a real emergency.

The school would need help in a real emergency anyways, kids to run messages or older ones to keep the younger calm, kids to help out in triage...this way though they have a group of kids who practice ahead of time and know what their roles will be just in case.

One of the schools in Palmdale was chosen to do a full out drill. When the "earthquake" struck, the superintendant showed up with a sealed envelope and handed it to the principal. Now the school knew it was going to happen, but they didn't know ahead of time what type of situation they'd have so couldn't really practice the whole thing ahead of time but did their best. So the principal opened the envelope and found the "earthquake" had caused a gas leak and set the cafeteria on fire, the campus was not safe to stay on, they had 20 some odd seriously injured children, and not only had to evacuate the class rooms, but the campus! They actually had to account for their children, figure out how to transport the injured, and then line all the others up and walk down the street to a learning center campus (the cops blocked off the street and gave them an escort.) And then had to figure out how to feed all the kids off campus (I guess one group actually ate lunch in the parking lot.) The whole thing was observed by the superintendant and a bunch of others. The principal said today they saw definite areas they could improve, but considering they didn't know what to expect ahead of time, thought they did pretty good.

I thought that was pretty cool, but can't imagine what a nightmare it'd be to coordinate even for a drill! Can you imagine having to evacuate your entire student body? The kids must have had a blast though, lol.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Monday, November 17, 2008 - 1:57 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Monday's Mission

Not much got done around here this weekend. In fact I got nothing at all done, woke up feeling like crud AGAIN yesterday morning. Tomorrow is going to be very busy. Cleaning at my aunts that I didn't do this weekend, writing out her checks for bills and balancing her check book, run by the pharmacy, cleaning around here.

Dipo
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04-23-2002

Monday, November 17, 2008 - 12:54 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dipo a private message Print Post    
Feel better, Wargod! I did finally get my checkbook balanced, made sure all the bills were paid, scheduled the payment of my real estate taxes (UGH!! I hate that bill), and did some little odd jobs around the house. Like I finally glued the top down on my soap dispenser at my kitchen sink, that kind of weird stuff.

Oh I did get my closet swept out, I want to mop it but didn't quite make it that far.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Tuesday, November 18, 2008 - 2:01 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Tuesday's Mission

I am just not shaking this crap, it's been on and off for a month at least. The sore throat and runny nose is gone, but I've developed a nasty ear ache. I'm pretending it's not that bad right now cuz I really don't have time to go to the dr!

I did checkbook balancing today too, Dipo, though my aunts, not mine. Also wrote some checks for her bills that need to be mailed out tomorrow. I got her medi-cal stuff straightened out, also need to mail that paperwork tomorrow. Went to visit her as well (I did grab a face mask from the nurse and stayed across the room from her.)

The guys took out the couch and chair yesterday and put in the smaller couch. I rearranged the rest of the furniture today and she now has a wide, easily navigated area and there's not as many hazards if she were to fall. Vacuumed under all the furniture in both the living room and her bedroom, washed curtains, and dusted, dusted, dusted everything. With her lungs, we're trying to get as dust free as possible (practically impossible here in the desert but we try.) While I was doing that, sis was in the kitchen wiping the top of cabinets, fridges, and her hutch and cleaning out the cabinets and drawers and wiping them down. Tomorrow morning I'm going to scrub the bathroom clean and the mop the kitchen floor and the house will be spotless.

Er, one of the things we've done, is probably horrible, lol. We got rid of the clutter. Normally when I'm cleaning, I ask her what she wants/doesn't want and well she wants it all. With her not there I'm gonna plead ignorance. Nothing important, of course, but she really didn't need 4 telephone books.

I did her grocery shopping this evening, actually pretty late, at 8pm! But, I knew if I didn't go tonight I wouldn't have the chance tomorrow and I wanted to have that done on the chance she might be home tomorrow.

I didn't get anything done at my house, lol. Won't tomorrow either but considering all we did get done, I'm pretty happy.

Dipo
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04-23-2002

Tuesday, November 18, 2008 - 11:34 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dipo a private message Print Post    
Wow, you guys are really busy on the cleaning. I think you did the right thing to declutter while your Aunt is gone, LOL, one telephone book is enough.

I didn't do much, unloaded and reloaded the dishwasher, cleared some clutter, watched a tape and went to bed early.

Wargod, I don't think this crud ever goes away, I woke up with a sore throat, AGAIN, this morning, it seems like every 2-3 days some sympton tries to return, and I beat it back. I haven't had any trouble with my ears though.

Get well!!

Roxip
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01-29-2004

Tuesday, November 18, 2008 - 1:18 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Roxip a private message Print Post    
Wargod, do you ever have sinus and allergy problems? I do and mine sometimes present as an earache. You might try getting a neti pot or some sinus rinse (I don't know what kind my doctor told me to get the last time but I am so in love with it!). It is kind of gross but you basically push water up one side of your nose and it goes through your sinuses and removes all irritants and then comes out the other side. It comes with some kind of saline solution that you mix with warm water. It broke up the stuff in my ears and I have felt a lot better since I started using it. (It was non-prescription but kept behind the counter at Albertsons.)

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Tuesday, November 18, 2008 - 2:28 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Roxip, I've had ear infections my whole life (mom swears I just had one as a child that lasted from the time I was 2 til I was 16, lol.) It may be brought on because of sinus issues, but it's definitely the ear too. Today I feel much better, except for my ear.

We did finish up the house and spent a good portion of the morning at the hospital dealing with stuff there. Dr wants to try to keep aunt until tomorrow morning but isn't sure if the hospital will let her stay since they're done with everything they can do.

I ran home for lunch and to get a couple things done here just in case they do send her home later.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Wednesday, November 19, 2008 - 2:17 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Wednesday's Mission

I have to say, my aunts house looks awesome. Overall we didn't really get rid of much, but we did find some creative places to store things. I didn't realize the cabinet the fish tank sits on had storage underneath it til sis showed me, so we stuck things like video's and dvd's under there. Sis rearranged a couple kitchen cabinets and because of that there was then room to store some of the stuff that sits on the counter underneath. We're really hoping she'll like it, but the living room at least, with less furniture and rearranged is pretty different from when she left.

Wargod
Moderator

07-16-2001

Thursday, November 20, 2008 - 2:26 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Thursday's Mission

I am planning on spending a good couple hours at home tomorrow cleaning. Need to get my house back on track cuz I've been neglecting it. The kids have been pretty good about cleaning up their own messes this week, but I need to do things like mopping, dusting, and vacuuming very badly.

Dipo
Member

04-23-2002

Thursday, November 20, 2008 - 11:26 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dipo a private message Print Post    
So Wargod, how does your Aunt like the new look? I didn't do a darn thing last night except make some sausage soup, went to bed at 8:30.

Oh I guess I did something, I cleaned up the kitchen and I read 3 days of newspapers, LOL.

Wargod
Moderator

07-16-2001

Thursday, November 20, 2008 - 11:57 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
LOL Dipo, she almost gave us a heart attack! First thing she said was, the house looks great, then....what'd you do with the ugly chair? Sis and I looked at each other, lol. We told her she'd told us to get rid of it and she said, oh no that's good, I like it!

When I'm trying to clean with her there, she's constantly telling me what not to take, so we took the opportunity of her not being there to get rid of things she didn't need, like broken handled pots and pans, or those without lids. We actually cleared out enough from the kitchen cabinets we were able (or sis was, since she did the kitchen) to store everything on the cabinet underneath. She was very pleased to see her clean, empty counters! And loved the look of the living room with less furniture. I joked to sis that we need to send her away once a year so we can do a thourough cleaning and decluttering, lol.

Wargod
Moderator

07-16-2001

Friday, November 21, 2008 - 3:15 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Friday's Mission

Flylady's lost her marbles! Doesn't she know this time of year my craft table is a permanent fixture in my living room, cluttered high with trays of beads, paints, and craft books? Geez, if I start cleaning it off I'm never going to find anything, lol! It's an organized, cluttered, mess.

I didn't get as much done today as I wanted to. It was kind of funny, I talked to sis earlier and she said she felt like she's sharing our aunts straight out of the hospital exhaustion. It took me a second to figure out she was right. Today is the first day we're not running back and forth to the hospital, worrying about getting stuff done at her house and our own stuff and our kids and it's all catching up now. I'm hoping though that tomorrow is much more productive.

Roxip
Member

01-29-2004

Friday, November 21, 2008 - 9:14 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Roxip a private message Print Post    
How are you feeling? Have you started shaking your ear infection? I hope you and your sister and your aunt all get some rest this weekend.

Wargod
Moderator

07-16-2001

Friday, November 21, 2008 - 10:53 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Nope, I haven't. I promised Darren if I don't feel better I'll go to urgent care tomorrow. Nothing planned with our aunt and Darren will be home from work by 12 so I don't have to worry about the kids. That's probably part of me not having much energy too.

I'm pushing it today. So far I started dinner (crockpot,) started a load of laundry, and cleaned the bathroom. I'll probably dust and vacuum the living room and then hop in the shower so I can get over to her house. She's got both PT and her nurse coming a little later.

Wargod
Moderator

07-16-2001

Monday, November 24, 2008 - 1:24 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Monday's Mission

How was everyones weekend? Ours was pretty quiet. Spent some time at my aunts and more at Darren's moms. Went to urgent care yesterday and got an antibiotic and drops for my ears. The dr kinda rolled his eyes at me for taking so long to come in, he never seems to understand being too busy when you're sick, lol.

Tomorrow morning we have the appt with my aunts social worker. She'll come in and observe her and determine how much help she needs (more or less than what she gets now.) I'll also wait for her PT to come, I want to see how she do things with her and get some tips for helping her up and down.

Then I'll come home and finish cleaning. I scrubbed the kitchen and bathroom and did 3 loads of laundry today. Also gave the puppy a hair cut and bath. Want to finish the living room and den and my bedroom tomorrow. I plan on marathon cleaning...the kids are out of school all week, Darren will be off Thursday and Friday and I don't want to spend the whole week cleaning. I need to grocery shop but I'm not really in a hurry to do that. I mean, I know I have to and within the next few days cuz I'm about to run out of near everything, but I can wait til Tuesday or Wednesday to do it.

Wargod
Moderator

07-16-2001

Tuesday, November 25, 2008 - 2:40 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Tuesday's Mission

Well, I miscalculated my food supplies, lol. Caleb informed me first thing this morning we were out of milk, butter, and bread. Only had a couple cup of noodle soups, and no veggies for dinner. I was very happy the kids were going on a weeks vacation from school, just forgot that they (especially Caleb) are at the stage where they eat everything in sight! Didn't get as much cleaning done as I wanted to, but did do the shopping.

Did some light cleaning at my aunts this morning while waiting for her social worker (she said she'd be there between 9 and 11, she showed up at 10:45, lol.) After talking to both my aunt and I, she decided to give me more hours to help out around the house. I tried to tell her it wasn't needed, I think this level of help is temporary as aunt regains her stregnth and health, but she did think it was neccessary.

Here's a funny...the day we took aunt to the ER, she was really sick, running a high fever, hadn't eaten or had anything to drink or any of her meds since she'd slept late and pretty much as soon as she woke up I called 911, and she was pretty confused. It was to the point when the paramedics, then dr and nurses, asked questions like was she coughing, where'd she fall, what meds she takes, etc, they'd look to sis or I to answer because she wasn't making much sense. The funny part was that at one point she told the dr and nurse no one had fed her in 3 days and sis listed everything she'd had to eat (including a bbq and cake at my nieces birthday party that weekend) and the dr jumped to assure us that he knew aunt was confused and he didn't really believe she'd been 3 days without food. We've been teasing aunt about that since then.

Today sis got the biggest kick when our aunt told the social worker I hadn't had to do any work the week she was in the hospital! I jumped to list everything I'd done while she was in the hospital, especially the things I wouldn't have done if she was there (like rearranging the furniture and decluttering) plus the things I normally do...cleaning her oxygen machine pads/bottles, changing the hoses, replacing her empty portable tanks, shopping, laundry, cleaning, bills, etc. I said the only thing I didn't do that I normally would have was help her with showers cuz she wasn't home and I didn't account for the hours I would have on the time card. I'm honest on the time cards. The funniest part about it was her saying I didn't do nothing that week was that she said it about 3 seconds after she'd told the woman how much I'd done the week she was in the hospital! Social worker was cracking up. The appt went pretty well.

Oh, though a new thing this year was checking to see that aunt was prepared for a disaster. She wanted to know if she had bottled water, canned food, flashlights, extra blankets, sturdy shoes, battery operated flashlight and portable oxygen. I got to laugh at that point! For as long as I can remember, my aunt has been prepared for a major earthquake. Bottled water and canned food that we rotate out so it's fresh, checking batteries, first aid kit, etc. Social worker was very pleased to here that, but like I told her I can't take credit for that, she's been that prepared since I was a child.

After that...little cleaning at home, grocery shopping, little more cleaning, then back to aunts to meet the PT, then a couple errands late afternoon.

Tomorrow I'm going to give aunt a shower and then should be home the rest of the day. Told the kidlets they're helping me with the rest of the housework and then we'll either work on a Christmas craft or play a game til dad gets home.

Dipo
Member

04-23-2002

Tuesday, November 25, 2008 - 12:16 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dipo a private message Print Post    
I'm back, LOL. Had a great weekend, it was nice to relax since it is crazy here at work.

Lets see, I have swept enough leaves to have a forest of trees, LOL. It really is amazing. Got the bathroom clean, bought a new orangeglo hardwood floor cleaning kit. I am hoping it will make my battle with my hardwood floors better. Oh, did I mention, I couldn't get my fireplace heat to come on, it is gas and scares me. So I had the repairman come out, 5 minutes and $75 later it was running. It was actually worth the cost because the repairman explained it to me and I can't blow up my house, if the pilot light doesn't work there is a valve that shuts off the gas - that has been my main worry, that I would blow up the building, LOL.

I am so looking forward to the four days off for T-day, just making a small turkey roast for myself to nibble on for four days. Planning to use that floor cleaner to do the dining room/living room area where I will put up my tree. I just pop it into the stand and it is fully decorated, I may add a few extra ornaments. Want to string some lights on my patio, start my Christmas cards and just laze around in my jammies for four days!

I am sure I will work some cleaning in during my time off since I won't feel so pressured to get everything done in two days like normal.

Wargod
Moderator

07-16-2001

Wednesday, November 26, 2008 - 1:00 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Wednesday's Mission

Dipo, I think it's well worth the time, hassle, and money to have the repairman come out for something like that. We have two older wall heaters (gas) and I have the gas co come out before it gets cold every year to check them. First year we were in the house we had a gas leak with the oven...luckily no one was home, but scared me bad enough I'd rather have them come check everything out.

Oh how funny, I have my Christmas cards and stamps set out now. I'm planning to start them this weekend.

I got quite a bit done today. Picked up, did laundry, did floors. I cleaned out the fridge and the cabinets and wiped them down.

Tomorrow I'll be at my aunts a good part of the day. They're delivering her hospital bed so we have to move out her old bed and most likely rearrange the rest of her bedroom furniture to fit it in. We were a bit worried that sis and I would end up doing it on our own, but luckily Darren is getting off work early for the holiday weekend and will come help. We might be able to get another friend over if he's not busy, but if not the three of us should be able to do it.

Christy358
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07-10-2007

Wednesday, November 26, 2008 - 1:31 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Christy358 a private message Print Post    
Lets do a cost vs benefit thingie....

$75 vs knowing you are safe.

$75 vs exploding the house.

Yes, works both times.

Dipo
Member

04-23-2002

Wednesday, November 26, 2008 - 11:39 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dipo a private message Print Post    
LOL, Christy, totally agree! I did manage to remember to get the turkey out of the freezer, but barely, I was already in bed when I remembered.

Wargod, you are always ahead of the curve on this holiday stuff, I strive to keep up with you!

Everyone have a Happy Thanksgiving! or regular day if you aren't in the US.

Wargod
Moderator

07-16-2001

Wednesday, November 26, 2008 - 12:29 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
LOL, actually Dipo, I'm usually really behind on Christmas cards, but I'd gone to pick up a few decorations for my aunts and had seen the cards so picked a couple packs up. Then I'd gone to the grocery store and since it was on my mind, picked up the stamps as well.