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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Monday, December 22, 2008 - 1:18 am
Monday's Mission I'm gonna need help this week and reminders not to freak out, lol. We hadn't heard anything from my mil and step-fil about getting together for Christmas. Some years she hosts a family get together, other years she doesn't and we'll go see her, and on rarer occassions, they'll come here. First year they came, I went all out preparing snacks and drinks and cleaning. They spent 20 minutes here and then left. The second, and last time, they came, they didn't even get out of the car, just pulled up in the driveway, honked and handed out presents. Ok, so we hadn't heard from them so I asked Darren to call. Figured they'd want us to stop by one day this week, but instead she asked if they could come here. Let me add in case it wasn't clear...my mil never visits us at our house. Ever. She may pull up out front to drop something off or pick it up, but she doesn't come in. Other than that one Christmas where they stayed a few minutes, last time she's come to visit was the day I got out of the hospital after Kota was born! Darren told her he'd call her back when we figured out a time, she said great, she knew we probably have last minute Christmas stuff this week to do (we do, more than I wanted to be doing this week....sigh.) I coulda kicked Darren cuz he didn't ask if they wanted to come for dinner, wanted to come Christmas morning, or anything like that so I don't even know yet what exactly I have to plan for. Whatever it is I'm going to spend the week freaking out cuz ya know damn well in my mind no matter how clean the house is, it isn't clean enough! I actually caught myself wondering if I had time to get the carpets steam cleaned and maybe throw a coat of paint on the walls! I've got the kidlets going to my sisters tomorrow so we can finish wrapping presents and move the Santa gifts to the laundry room closet (easier to put out on Christmas Eve than if they are still in my closet.) I need to finish up some shopping for Darren on Tuesday. Also need to get aunts Christmas dinner and help sis prepare that, she won't go to our uncles with us, so we make her her own at home. We have more on the shopping (aunts this time) on Wednesday. And wrapping. Need to finish the scrapbook for her companion and clean, clean, clean.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Monday, December 22, 2008 - 1:19 am
Forgot to post the Detailed cleaning list for this week.
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Monday, December 22, 2008 - 10:16 am
OMG, Wargod you are too funny - the coat of paint and steam cleaning! I understand your panic, but your house is probably the cleanest in the county! Anyway, speaking of visitors, I have decided the floors are just going to stay spotted, LOL. I have been sweeping but we are going to have rain all week and I am just not going to worry about footprints, just let them be. I got all the presents wrapped, thoroughly dusted the bedroom and foyer, cleaned and reorganized my bedroom closet, got through all my tapes and newspapers, did some minor office work. I just have to do a detailed dusting of the living room, office, dining room, bathroom and a part of the kitchen. I plan to do a final clean of the bathroom on Thursday and sweep everything again. Then I will be ready for my sister on Friday. Oh, ETA: did my christmas card list, got five cards done, did my christmas dinner plan (this is so I don't forget some food dish in the frig) and found I need a couple of things, which I will pick up at the store today.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Tuesday, December 23, 2008 - 12:53 am
LOL, I admit to freaking out over the idea of hosting them. Think I've calmed down some about it...though I didn't get nothing done on housecleaning today. But did get all of aunts shopping done, some of the last bit of mine, and some wrapping. Tomorrow I am staying home all day, no shopping ro running around. Will do a big clean on the whole house. Already told Darren and the kidlets they get to help. Mil and step fil are coming for dinner Friday night, though we did invite them to come Christmas morning and she laughed at us, lol. Said she doesn't do mornings.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Tuesday, December 23, 2008 - 2:49 am
Tuesday's Mission Funny, but my bedroom is the one room I'm ignoring this week. I've got Santa stuff shoved everywhere it can be (closet, drawers, even in the corner covered up.) No point in trying to clean much when I'll be in and out of there grabbing stuff. I'm hoping tomorrow is nice enough (ha!) to ge the kids out front sweeping up leaves. We lost huge amounts off the trees last week with the bad storm, but there was snow on the ground several days, then wind and just plain cold outside to be sweeping them up. Today it rained on and off. If they can't do that, Kota will clean the bathroom and vacuum the hallway. Caleb's going to be cleaning up the den (dusting, sweeping, picking up toys.) Kids cleaned their rooms the other day and have been pretty good about keeping them cleaned up. Darren's gonna be on kitchen duty. I'm doing the living room and laundry. Plan on taking everything off the bookshelves and dusting those. I have the same problem with Darren's mom as with my aunt. She has lung issues so I have to make sure the cleaners won't be overpowering when she comes over (which makes tomorrow a great day to do all the cleaning!)
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Wednesday, December 24, 2008 - 2:26 am
Wednesday's Mission Had a slight change of plans today. Sis wants to drop her girls off tomorrow morning to do some last minute shopping, so I decided to clean my aunts today and do less here since I'll be home in the morning to do it. Did scrub clean the den, got rid of some clutter, dusted, swept, straightened up firewood (Darren and Caleb did that.) Dakota and I did the same in the living room. Took everything off the bookshelves, dusted the knick knacks and books, cleaned the shelves, moved furniture, washed windows, etc. The kids straightened up their bedrooms and even vacuumed those! Dakota also did a couple loads of laundry while I did minor cleaning in the kitchen. Then went to aunts and cleaned her house for Christmas. Need to go back tomorrow and vacuum cuz my vacuum stopped sucking stuff up and had to bring it home for Darren to clean out. She actually asked for a shower tomorrow (rather than me fighting!) so I'll go give her a shower and vacuum later in the day. In the morning, plan to scrub clean the kitchen and bathroom, mop all the floors, then vacuum the hallway and I'll be done with my cleaning. I do have to pick up a couple presents and go by the grocery store, but the rest is stuff that I have to do when the kids go to bed...finish wrapping and wait til Santa can come.
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Skootz
Member
07-23-2003
| Wednesday, December 24, 2008 - 8:00 am
Well internet went down at home this morning,so got kids and I to clean up house..we are all done except for a couple loads of laundry to put away upstairs and one to fold downstairs Our guy is coming shortly to work on the plans we have for our office area...getting excited. Picked out 2 choices for desk counter tops yesterday. Wood is Birch - colour auburn from Laurysen Kitchens. Merry Christmas to all here
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Wednesday, December 24, 2008 - 11:06 am
Merry Christmas to everyone! We close early today and I just got approval to take the 29, 30 and 31st as vacations (someone else was originally going to use it, but let it go). So I have to stop on the way home for a couple of things at the grocery store (dreading that) then I will finish dusting the house and sweep it down and maybe mop up all the footprints from the rain, LOL. I might start the chopping/cooking for the friday enchiladas - that is probably a good idea.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Wednesday, December 24, 2008 - 1:04 pm
I have to finish cleaning here, then go to my aunts and finish there. Wrapped some presents, but not all. I thought about stopping at the grocery store, but I don't really need anything til Friday so figured it could wait (bought the sodas at Walmart.) I hope everyone has a wonderful holiday tomorrow and lots of time to spend with their family and friends!
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Thursday, December 25, 2008 - 5:41 pm
Hope you are all having a great Christmas Day! I can't believe it, I found a hardwood floor cleaner /polisher that works for me!! It is called the orange glo hardwood floor cleaning system. It is like mop and glo. You have a swiffer like mop, but you wet the microfiber pad and then spray the cleaner on the floor and then mop. I just used it ant wow, ther floors look great! Amazing. I have finished up all my chores so now I just have to celan up the bathroom, ie sweep up the kitty litter, LOL. Tomorrow my sister will be here and so I need to decide if I am going to make the enchiladas tonight or in the morning.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Monday, December 29, 2008 - 1:44 am
Monday's Mission Detailed Cleaning List I hope everyone had a great holiday weekend! I've done pretty much nothing this weekend, felt pretty good, lol. Now it's time to get back to work. First order of business is going over to check on my aunt. She's developed a nasty cold (it's going around again.) If she's not better I'm going to try to talk her into going to the dr...last time she ignored it she ended up in the hospital with pnuemonia. So gonna try to get her in and checked out. Then cleaning for the rest of the day. Darren's been out of town this weekend but will be back late tomorrow night. House isn't bad, just a couple spots need to be picked up and some regular house work.
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Monday, December 29, 2008 - 3:29 pm
I can't believe the cold is back!! Maybe you should try Airborne, I know a bunch of people really swear by it. I hear you on getting nothing done this weekend, really didn't do much myself. So far I have cleaned up the kitchen, cleared out the living room of Christmas stuff, taken out all the recycling, done some work for my investment club, updated my Adobe Reader so I finish my investment club work.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Monday, December 29, 2008 - 3:58 pm
I can't either Dipo, I'm so sick of it. Baby niece started feeling icky Christmas Eve, then middle niece. Aunt started Friday morning, running a fever, stuffy nose and chest congestion. She started taking nyquil and dayquil and seemed to be doing much better today (no fever, less runny nose.) Said she doesn't feel great, but not that bad. I didn't push the dr issue too much since she does look/sound much better. Her visiting nurse will be there in the morning so we're going to see what she has to say about going to the dr. Sis had talked to the dr Friday (they called her house about an appt) and told them she was sick and the dr, who she actually got to talk to, said that unless she got worse, not to bring her in cuz it's a cold. I think sis and I are just really twitchy about her being sick so soon after being in the hospital. She is sick but not confused, tired and worn down but not weak, hasn't been falling, etc like when she had pnuemonia. I was over their this morning to check on her, came home for a little cleaning (picked up the living room, have some dishes on to soak, then went back to watch sis' girls while she ran a couple errands. Now back home and thinking I should eat before doing anything else. Darren will be home around 9-10 tonight.
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Tuesday, December 30, 2008 - 1:36 pm
http://www.flylady.net/pages/FlightPlan_Missions.asp Tuesdays Mission I just realized I hadn't been here. Hope everyone is doing well!
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Wednesday, December 31, 2008 - 11:19 am
Ack, thank you for posting that Dipo! I've caught the cold...spent most of yesterday on the couch and was in bed by 10pm last night. I'm not planning on doing anything today except making a pot of beans (already in the crockpot) and maybe washing dishes unless I can pawn that off on one of the kids, lol.
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Roxip
Member
01-29-2004
| Wednesday, December 31, 2008 - 12:40 pm
Pawn it off on one of the kids. You have been going and going and going...it is no wonder that you have finally caught that darned cold!
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Wednesday, December 31, 2008 - 2:29 pm
Wednesday's Mission http://www.flylady.net/pages/FlightPlan_Missions.asp too funny Wargod, I just got my pot of beans started in the crockpot, LOL. I have cleaned my bathroom, taken apart and cleaned my brita filter so I can start the new year with a new filter. I paid all my bills, will be filing everything away and maybe start going through stuff and pulling it for my tax folder. I also confirmed my eye appointment for the 6th. Oh I want to go out and get the mail, LOL, so I will have to deal with that as well. My new table came for the foyer yesterday so I am going to put it together today. Guess that will do for today!
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Wednesday, December 31, 2008 - 11:05 pm
The beans were good! I was a bit worried, sis had made a pot last night and her girls are here tonight, but they didn't mind a bit having them two nights in a row. I managed to do near nothing today. Dakota swept up the leaves in the driveway and I held the bag open for her. I was done after that, lol.
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Thursday, January 01, 2009 - 1:41 pm
HAPPY NEW YEAR! Thursdays Mission http://www.flylady.net/pages/FlightPlan_Missions.asp Wargod, sounds like you have been doing okay, it is fine to have a little vacation from chores during the holidays. I am only cleaning and doing chores that interest me, LOL. I have cleaned the bathroom, unloaded the dishwasher, changed the sheets, done a little exercise, gotten through my email and had lunch. Now I am going to start some laundry, take out the litter locker bag, and breakout the corner table I need to build. Just didn't feel like doing it yesterday, so it is up today. I am going to get it out of the box, and read the directions. If it is quick I will probably build it today. Once it is done it will start a possible rearrangement of my living room and office. I have a long narrow lr with a fireplace for heat (the previous owner took out the wall unit and put in the fireplace which took out a foot and a half of the width). I have decided the fireplace doesn't have to be a focal point and I if I move the living room part of the room to the opposite side, essentially flipping the LR and Office areas, then there will be more space for the living room and then maybe the layout will be better. I will try to take pictures with my digital camera and maybe move this part of my commentary to the reno thread.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Thursday, January 01, 2009 - 10:54 pm
I can't wait to hear how the rearrangement comes out, Dipo. I did very little today. Washed dishes. Took down Christmas decs. That's not as much as it sounds like, lol, I sat on the couch, the kids took stuff down and brought it to me and I wrapped it up and put it in the box. Darren still has to take the tree down tomorrow (but all the decs are off it) and put Santa in his box and take it all to the garage. Tomorrow I have to take my aunt to the foot dr. She's still not feeling great, neither am I, I was hoping she'd say she wanted to postpone it, but she doesn't. So I plan to take her and then spend the rest of the day doing nothing. This dang cold is all sinus so I may end up at the dr myself.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Friday, January 02, 2009 - 1:06 am
Friday's Mission I hope everyone has a great weekend!
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Saturday, January 03, 2009 - 2:19 am
I gave up on the doing nothing stuff. The house really wasn't that bad and I want it to stay clean, so I dusted, cleaned the bathroom, wiped the kitchen counters, and mopped and swept. We've gotten quite a bit of "new to us" furniture this month. Couple couches, a whole bedroom set for Caleb, a desk, and this week, a bedroom set for Kota. Darren's been doing all the trips up to Sacramento with his step dad cleaning out step grandfathers house and somehow we ended up with a lot of it. No complaints, most of it is nicer than what we had! The bedroom set Kota got, we were supposed to get except turned out the bed is only a full size and Darren would be black and blue if we had to sleep that close together. Anyways, it's an antique (no idea how old) set, sleigh bed, matching desk/vanity, end table, dresser and mirror. She'd just gotten the new bunk beds a few months ago and loved them and I really wasn't sure step fil would be happy with Kota getting this furniture (he was quite happy about it when we asked, said she could grow into it,) and she was excited and loved the set, plus, my nieces were going to get bunk beds so it worked all way around. Anyways, we had all this furniture, none of it really worth donating, except for Kota's bed which nieces are getting, so Darren had made one run to the dump already. Today, him and Caleb loaded the rest of it up, plus surprised the heck out of me and went through the house looking for stuff that could go. They'll take it to the dump in the morning. LOL, I was a bit disappointed they didn't have more room in the truck...I could have found them a lot more that could go!
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Biscottiii
Member
05-29-2004
| Saturday, January 03, 2009 - 4:10 am
New Rule to the Household started yesterday (note, I am the only person living in this household): RULE #1 - Never leave the bedroom or the living room without hauling 1-2 bags of stuff to dump in the kitchen. After 15 months of mold abatement nightmare - living with half the kitchen stuff piled in my bedroom, other half of my kitchen piled in the living room, plus all my decent dishes out on the balcony in rubbermaid tubs. I am reconstructing my kitchen. Contractors finished providing cabinets & cupboards, I've got drawers & cupboards galore. Got all the upward cabinets washed and lined, now I'm working on the reconstruction. Exciting, today I moved my microwave oven out of the living room & onto a kitchen counter (now can reach my VCR tapes to watch old movies). Yesterday, New Years, actually ate dinner on Corelleware, can you believe it? Of course, I'm running ALL dishes through the dishwasher before putting them away. Just now discovered a whole bag with boxes of clingwrap, freezer bags, sandwich bags, that I've been looking for 6 months, was so sure I had bought some. It's almost like a scavenger hunt! Think tomorrow I'm going to pile clothes (in the bedroom) on my bed. Then, at least I can find the rest of the kitchen stuff. At the rate I'm going, won't be too long before I can reach my closet! Making progress here.
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Biscottiii
Member
05-29-2004
| Saturday, January 03, 2009 - 4:16 am
P.S. - also found all my spices.
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Biscottiii
Member
05-29-2004
| Saturday, January 03, 2009 - 4:21 am
Actually, I've been back for a week. But it was so overwhelming, didn't know where to start until I implemented Rule #1. So far, it's working.
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