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Roxip
Member
01-29-2004
| Monday, October 27, 2008 - 10:30 am
Enjoy your day Wargod. Laundry accumulates the minute you turn your back, doesn't it? I actually got all the stuff out of my closet, got rid of a lot of it, ended up with 4 empty boxes, and now if I could just figure out where to put all the other "stuff" that I can't throw away but don't have a home for it I would be golden...but my closet looks a lot better, I do know what is in the boxes stored in there and my clothes are all organized. I need to finish doing my filing but at least I have it sorted and got rid of a lot of useless paper that I had been holding on to for several years (for instance the information that I got from the hospital when my DD was about to be born...why did I keep that all these years...she's almost 12!). Now I need to do one closet at a time in my house. The sad thing is I've only lived here for less than 2 years and the closet at the top of the stairs is piled high with clothes that she has outgrown.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Monday, October 27, 2008 - 11:09 am
LOL Roxip, that's the type of stuff (paperwork from when baby is born) you hate to get rid of cuz you never know when your going to need it! Er, yeah, I'm guilty of that too, wasn't too long ago I was going through some files and found the info on Darren's vasectomy and that was 9 years ago. Good job on the closet!!! One of my tricks, not sure if it'll help you though, is to hide stuff. In a nice, neat, and organzied way. I love the plastic bins and boxes with lids, I just toss in whatever I can't get rid of and find some place to hide it...under the kids beds (bonus of that is they can't shove a bunch of crap under their beds,) in the garage or at the tops of closets where I have room. Even if it goes back in the closet, it's contained and hopefull with stuff similar (all books or paperwork or toys or clothes) so that you know where to look when you need/want it out. I made a run to Michaels and scored big time, they're having a big sale on all their bead stuff. I think I'm gonna spend some time this morning and afternoon working on Christmas presents while the kidlets are in school. ETA: And yep, the laundry accumulated, dangit! Sunday's is the day to do mine and Darren's clothes, plus towels and sheets that weren't done through the week and whatever left overs the kids have.
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Roxip
Member
01-29-2004
| Monday, October 27, 2008 - 12:24 pm
LOL..this wasn't even the paperwork from when she was born...it was the packet the hospital gives you with all the info on their services. I think at the time I was thinking it was a memory...now after the fact it is just junk! (But I did keep some of the other stuff.) I work in a law office so I get to take home leftover redropes and those are great for paper stuff. I used to keep all of her school papers for each year in an individual redrope (and amazingly enough they came in handy a couple of years ago when I was having to force the school to put her in a dyslexia unit because I could show how far back her issues were and that they hadn't improved significantly since kindergarten...and she was in the 2nd grade!). When I moved I tossed the majority of the everyday papers and only kept special things. That way I have this year's records but at the end of each school year I can just go through that folder, pull out what I want and dump the rest...and reuse that year's folder. I love those clear boxes that you can put shoes in...I keep out of season shoes (Im a shoe addict) and also they are great for things like notepaper and pencils.
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Monday, October 27, 2008 - 1:48 pm
Good Job Roxip, sounds like you made a lot of progress! Wargod, glad to hear your plumbing is back up!
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Monday, October 27, 2008 - 1:52 pm
Oh, just remembered what else I like those clear boxes for, lol. I do a lot of beading for Christmas, along with picking small gifts up before hand, I love being able to wrap things up and throw in a box way before the tree goes up. Everything stays in one spot, plus if I have stuff I need to hide, I can toss the box in the garage without worrying that the presents will get all dusty and dirty. LOL, the whole packet??? I kept the card they put in the kids bassinets, bracelets, and oh, a stupid paper they made Darren sign stating he was Caleb's father since we weren't married when he was born (considering the fact Caleb popped out looking just like his daddy and nothing like me it'd have been smarter me signing a paper stating I was his mother!) I save the kids art work and projects for the year then we pick out our favorites, make a book with them and toss the rest. I'd love to keep all their school stuff, but there's just so much!
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Roxip
Member
01-29-2004
| Monday, October 27, 2008 - 1:59 pm
Oh, I like the book idea. Shelby wants to try scrapbooking (I despite it but I'll do it for her) so I might get her a big notebook and let her scrapbook her "memories."
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Monday, October 27, 2008 - 2:07 pm
It's much easier to keep the books organized than a box of schoolwork and projects. Plus with the books, the kids can still pull them out and look at them.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Tuesday, October 28, 2008 - 1:06 am
Tuesday's Mission I can do this one. Vacuumed on Sunday, but between the kids and the dogs, and some beads that jumped to the floor, the carpet could use it again. Also on my schedule for tomorrow, more laundry, run by the bank, run by my aunts, little grocery shopping (salad stuff for Darren's lunches mostly,) and whatever else I feel like doing around here. I have more beading to do...think I'll switch gears and work on some necklaces for my nieces tomorrow. I want to make them little jewelry boxes (promised I wouldn't buy them nothing, never said anything about making something) and they need something to put in them.
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Roxip
Member
01-29-2004
| Tuesday, October 28, 2008 - 7:55 am
Okay y'all, you all have to share a laugh with me...it NEVER pays for me to try and get things cleaned out. I walk into my closet...the shelves above the hanging clothes are seriously reduced in the number of boxes on them...reach up to get a blanket off the shelf...and the whole thing comes CRASHING DOWN onto the floor...the whole 6 foot section of shelf! Not to mention my hanging clothes and the single box that was sitting on top of the shelf! But the good news is that they all fell on a clean floor, right? Anyway, I just looked at it, said an ugly word, and left it for another time...it was late, I was tired and it was time to go to bed. But finding clothes this morning...well, it was an adventure. That's the payment I get for cleaning my closet...now I"m going to have to rehang that darned shelf and put away all my clothes!
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Tuesday, October 28, 2008 - 9:35 am
Oh no Roxip! Before I share a laugh...are you ok? Trying to look at the bright side, at least it won't be cluttered when you get it all cleaned up again? I can just imagine what you were thinking as you watched it all crash down. Closest I've come to some disaster like that was cleaning out the turtle tank. Darren has this hose thingamajig that you hook up to the kitchen faucet or a hose outside and then put the other end in the tank. Turn on the water, flip the switch on the tube thingy one way and it sucks out the dirty water. Then when you get it all cleaned you flip the switch the other way and fill the tank with clean water. The first and only time I did it, I got it all set up and went to turn the water on and flip the switch, got distracted with something in the kitchen and came out a few minutes later to find out I'd turned the switch the wrong way. There was dirty turtle tank water shooting all over the living room...book case, walls, carpet, ceiling, and me! What made it much worse was that my bil, who had just told me how to work the stupid thing over the phone, showed up while I was cleaning up and stood there laughing for a good 5 minutes! Took a week to air the stench out of the house.
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Roxip
Member
01-29-2004
| Tuesday, October 28, 2008 - 12:43 pm
I would probably have done exactly the same thing...did you mention whether your bil is still alive? HMMMMMM! It was just darned funny and other than a slightly bruised little finger (got caught in a hanger when I stupidly tried to stop it!) no harm done...except to my ego! But I'm glad I wasn't the one who put up those shelves (former homeowners...should have guessed something like this would happen after all the plumbing repairs I have had to make...let's just say he had an affinity for putting silicone over anything he couldnt's top from leaking!). As my dad used to say, anything that you can fix with money isn't a tragedy. But yes, one of my random thoughts was that at least the carpet was clean and there wasn't anything up on the shelves that would fall out into the floor...LOL!
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Tuesday, October 28, 2008 - 12:53 pm
LOL, your stories are funny! I managed to vaccum my rugs last night and mop the bathroom. Tonight I will mop and polish the floors. I didn't really try out my quadrant theory since the rugs are in multiple areas, so maybe I will try that tonight.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Tuesday, October 28, 2008 - 1:16 pm
LOL, bil is still breathing...he comes in handy far too often. Except when he's laughing at me. Sorry about the finger...but, hehe, why on earth, with the whole closet falling down, did you grab for a hanger???
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Roxip
Member
01-29-2004
| Tuesday, October 28, 2008 - 2:33 pm
Well, I was grabbing for the rack, the hanger grabbed me!
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Tuesday, October 28, 2008 - 3:30 pm
Ah that makes more sense, lol. I could see me watching everything fall down and grabbing for a stupid hanger!
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Wednesday, October 29, 2008 - 12:42 am
Wednesday's Mission I can do this one too. Picture frames always need dusting I guess. I did most of what I had planned today. Ran to my bank, went to the grocery store, vacuumed, did some laundry. Also did some beading, which made me happy. I'm hoping within the next couple weeks to have all the jewelry made for my 3 oldest nieces and my aunts gazing ball. That'll leave me another 6-7 weeks for other Christmas crafts. The only thing I skipped was writing some checks for my aunt. I have to go deposit her and her companions stimulus checks (they filled out the paperwork late and just got them) tomorrow since he wasn't home to sign it when I was there. Decided to wait on writing out her checks for bills cuz I have a bank question. So tomorrows cleaning up around my house, bank for my aunt, and of course more laundry for me.
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Roxip
Member
01-29-2004
| Wednesday, October 29, 2008 - 7:41 am
That reminds me of one time I was tubing in the Guadalupe River when the water was running fast and high. I had pulled off my t-shirt to sunbathe, had my shoes off and tucked into my tube (always one with a bottom of course) and my sunglasses were on...my boyfriend handed me his beer to hold for a minute and about that time I went flying over some rocks and got dumped out of my tube. I was perfectly calm but was stuck in a current that kept me from coming up for air...and although I knew I was only about 6 inches under water I couldn't come up. I kept myself tucked in the appropriate positon so if I hit rocks I could push myself up with my feet but wouldn't you know there weren't any rocks (don't worry, this has a happy ending since obviously I am still alive!). It was very surreal. Anyway, right before I started to panic, a kayaker pulled me up by the french braid at the back of my head (he apologized for pulling my hair, I assured him as I clung to his kayak that that was the least of my problems!). Anyway, after all was said and done, I retrieved my tube and realized that my shoes, sunglasses and t-shirt were gone...but that I still was clutching that darned beer! So last night's mission...walk reluctantly back into the closet and start moving all the clothes that were still attached to the rack lying on the ground and hanging them in other locations in my closet (fortunately I have a huge closet with lots of racks - most of which didn't have anything hanging on them). Got that done but haven't tackled rehanging the clothing rack again. But I will because that was a VERY long rack and my closet now looks ugly!
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Skootz
Member
07-23-2003
| Wednesday, October 29, 2008 - 8:09 am
Hi all, that is a great story Roxip lol I am working lately on just getting everything in order before my surgery in 9 days. I have now completed going through all our closets upstairs, got rid of the shorts (we have freaking snow on the ground today lol - it will be melting later and will be 57 Friday) summer outfits etc. and have everything organized and re folded etc. I also had to clean up the kids rooms. Next week just before my surgery I will wash sheets and give the upstairs a good dusting, vacuuming and clean the windows. Today, just trying to catch up on laundry - since of course since we have had snow, had to dig out boots, hats and coats. We are on a farm so we have home and school coats. Working on a closet so the kids have more room to store their own stuff. I have a dresser with their hats and mitts in, but they each need an area in the closet for their snow pants and boots. We still have to get our pool closed, so late on that and with kids having sports tonight, we will have to quickly carve pumpkins tomorrow night and then boom Halloween is here on Friday. Where is the time going. On a great note, I am completely caught up on my accounting, filing and government returns so far for the year. My office is in order/decluttered so things can be found where they are suppose to be.
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Roxip
Member
01-29-2004
| Wednesday, October 29, 2008 - 8:13 am
I'm sorry that you are having surgery Skootz. But the thing about having a deadline does make you want to get everything done quickly that you have been putting off (for me it is usually knowing that guests are coming!). This time of year is so busy! And teachers seem to delight in assigning "projects" that all are due at the end of this week and kids are totally not interesting...Thanks for that!
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Thursday, October 30, 2008 - 2:28 am
Thursday's Mission LOL Roxip, that beer was important dang it! Skootz, I hope your surgery goes well and your recovery is quick! Heh, one of the girls I carpool has a brand new baby brother (he's 2 weeks old now.) Her dad is a truck driver, he's gone a couple weeks, home a few days, and then gone again. Mom had to have a c-section and besides trying to recover and take care of a newborn, she's also got a toddler at home. I was asking the oldest girl today on the drive home how everyone was doing (dad's been back on the road about a week now) and she said fine. The she said, "Ya know, I knew my mom did a lot, but until I started helping this week with my sister and doing more to help around the house...I never knew how hard mom had to work! I'm tired!" I tried not to laugh, but she was so funny about it. Roxip, our teachers seem to know they won't get much done this week. Both kids have less homework than normal and Caleb's school has been filling the week with fun stuff (today was 70's dress day, tomorrow is duct tape the principal to a wall day, and Friday is the big Halloween event.) Tomorrow I'm not sure what I'm doing. Sis asked if I'd watch baby niece for a few hours so they can get some stuff done around the house. I probably won't get much cleaning done, cuz well, she's more fun.
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Roxip
Member
01-29-2004
| Thursday, October 30, 2008 - 7:24 am
I think that spending the day with a baby is an EXCELLENT way to spend your time...and who can get anything done when you have something so precious to watch over? This is Red Ribbon Week at our school (say no to drugs), so Shelby is excited because she doesn't have to wear standard uniform every day. Today is camouflage day so she even got to wear a pair of jeans. I like it because I don't have to check and see if she has uniforms (even though technically she's supposed to do her own laundry...like THAT ever happens!). Of all the things that I could have grabbed I wonder to this day why I hung onto that beer...and when I handed it back to him he looked at me and said "Well, it isn't any good anymore!" LIKE THAT WAS MY FAULT! (But he did make an absolutely gorgeous daughter for me so I don't totally hate him.)
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Skootz
Member
07-23-2003
| Thursday, October 30, 2008 - 7:30 am
working my upstairs today, putting laundry away, making beds and then going to wash the windows upstairs. Was going to do that next week, but figured, I would do it and and a quick dusting in the rooms.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Thursday, October 30, 2008 - 9:38 am
Dipo, is tonight the retirement party? Are you all ready for it? Shoot, Skootz, you just reminded me I have to get Darren to take the window cooler out this weekend. We shouldn't need it anymore. Heh, camouflage day would be fun. This week Caleb's had 70's day, Hawaiin day, sunglass and duct tape the principal to the wall day(that's today,) tomorrow is costume day but they have to buy a ticket for a buck to wear a costume, and Monday was red day cuz of red ribbon week. I'm waiting til this afternoon to pick the baby up. Middle niece doesn't go to kindergarten til 11:30 or so and she'll be upset if I come and get her sister and leave her home. I'll do a few things before she gets here, definitely vacuuming the living room since she'll be on the floor.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Thursday, October 30, 2008 - 1:08 pm
Change of plans...I'm going to pick the baby up tomorrow morning and keep her for the day. So this afternoon and tonight I'll do the housework then have play day with the baby tomorrow. She's getting to the fun age...almost 14 months old. Walking, a little talking, lots of giggling and snuggles.
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Roxip
Member
01-29-2004
| Thursday, October 30, 2008 - 1:28 pm
And naps...I loved naps when Shelby was a little girl...I thought she was the most perfect baby ever when she was asleep...LOL!
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