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Wargod
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07-16-2001

Sunday, February 22, 2009 - 2:21 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Oh no, no relapse. I've been bouncing back and forth with a headache for the last couple days. Not a migraine, just can't seem to get rid of it all the way. And I still can't find that bottle of tylenol. In desperation I called my sister and asked her to ask the baby if she did something with it. Sis laughed and told me the baby isn't much of a talker and likes to keep things to herself (no worries, I hadn't even broken the seal on the bottle.)

I've had a pretty productive day. Some light cleaning around the house (didn't need much more,) a couple loads of laundry, cleaned out the fridge, ran to both Walmart and Michaels for some things I needed, and went grocery shopping.

I'm very proud of that last, not that I went shopping, but omg, I hit all the right sales, lol. I mostly needed fresh veggies, pasta sauce, milk, and the kids after school foods (cheap tv dinners and pb for Kota and almond butter for Caleb.) They had the bags of spinach on sale for a buck a piece, pasta sauce was .98, etc. I was doing so well that I picked up a pack of steaks, a pack of chicken, some shrimp and three 12 packs of soda that weren't on my list. I use my vons club card...total was $200 and some change..with vons club card was $101.64! Felt so good about it that I went back through the line to buy Kota the High School Musical 3 dvd and that's when she let out an ear piercing scream. Not cuz of the dvd, nope, the cashier told Kota she'd actually met Corbin Bleu once and he was a sweetheart with beautiful hair. Good thing the store wasn't all that busy cuz Kota stood there chatting with her for several minutes about how great he is, lol.

It sprinkled for a bit earlier, don't think it's done much more than that since then. I didn't even realize it had til I let the dog out.

Tomorrow I plan to go clean my aunts and give her a shower so we'll be ready for Monday's lung rehab.

Dipo
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04-23-2002

Sunday, February 22, 2009 - 12:04 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dipo a private message Print Post    
WOW, great shopping! I am just putzing around, haven't figured out what I am up to today. I did read the sunday paper, and swished/swiped the bathroom. I think I will start wroking on my taxes, I do need to put away the catfood, and some books I bought.

I want to pull some stuff out of my closet and start my goodwill donation, I already have a bunch of stuff in the dining room. I need to figure out a place to stick it all so that it doesn't bug me over the next few days.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Monday, February 23, 2009 - 12:57 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Detailed Cleaning List for Zone 4

Monday's Mission

I was so happy about the shopping. Even buying the dvd I ended up saving $80 on almost two weeks of groceries (will end up going back for things like milk, fresh fruits/veggies, and Darren's lunch foods, but that's normal.)

Tomorrow's rehab with my aunt, baby niece is coming over for a while and I think I'll just spend the day doing laundry and more laundry. Towels, sheets, and whites if I get that far. Oh and I'll wash the windows in the living room. Figure if I do a room a day instead of all at once, I'll get them all done.

I seriously need to clean out my hall closet (top is meds/soaps/bandaids/etc and bottom is sheets/towels/blankets.) Not sure when I will get to that but it's on my list.

Dipo
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04-23-2002

Monday, February 23, 2009 - 11:33 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dipo a private message Print Post    
I have two loads of laundry going, will take out the recycling when I go to put the laundry in the dryer and I am pulling my tax papers.

I might do my living sliders and I am testing out my new flylady mop. I thought it was a wet mop but apparently it works for both wet and dry.

Off to the laundry.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Monday, February 23, 2009 - 12:49 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
I decided not to do the windows today, it's been sprinkling on and off since this morning. I could do the inside but then I'd be mad about the outside, lol.

I got home an hour and a half or so ago. Ate lunch, threw laundry in the dryer (had put one load in washer earlier this morning) and another in the washer. Have dishes on to soak. Mostly I can't get much done, everytime I try the baby's at my feet crying for attention...I'd figured she'd eat lunch and then nap, well she's decided she doesn't need the nap...sigh.

Today's rehab with my aunt was as bad as last weeks was good. She was dragging her feet, literally, and leaning to the right before we even got going. Was tough getting her in and out of the car and into the building. I was questioning (to the therapist, not her) why I even bothered taking her like that and he had to point out that even if she wasn't up for much and we had to take it really slow, she still got 30 minutes of rehab and walked some and that was good for her. Guess so, I just hate to see her like that, by the time she was done with rehab she was exhausted. We have an appt with the nuerologist next week and I really don't know what to tell him....sometimes she's weak, shaky and leaning, other times she's great, sometimes the new med stops the tremors and she's doing great, others she sleeps all day.

Dipo
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04-23-2002

Monday, February 23, 2009 - 2:12 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dipo a private message Print Post    
bummer about the rehab, but I imagine some is better than none. Sort of like decluttering, it doesn't look like much at first but then all of sudden you see the results.

I will be only doing the inside, there is a big stain/mark that I admit making. And then I can do the final load of laundry in the morning.

After lunch I am going through all my papers, and tomorrow I am going to try and figure out the taxes for my investment club. I swear I am going to kill the old treasurer - I have been asking since December where to get the tax software and finally on Friday she tells me that she bought the software and what can she do to help. I said can you get me the software so I can do the taxes this weekend. Naturally, she answers me today at work ( I am home on PTO) and tells me to go to a website for it. I screamed! if she already paid for it am I supposed to buy it as well, I am going to kill her! As soon as I get these taxes done I am going to change all the passwords on everything and get a better accounting software as well!

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Monday, February 23, 2009 - 2:22 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Ack, that sounds like a big pain in the butt, Dipo! I don't blame you for changing passwords.

I did get a load of laundry out, another in, and did dishes. Baby looks like she's ready to sleep (she climbed up on the couch with her bottle) and if she does I'll be able to get the rest of my work done.

I'd been planning to go to my aunts later to finish the cleaning, Darren has class tonight so good time to do it, but I think I'll put it off til a day when she's not so worn out. I need to change her sheets, dust, and vacuum and it's probably not the best time to do it when she's in bed!

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Tuesday, February 24, 2009 - 1:04 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Tuesday's Mission

Heh, I'm ahead of Flylady this week! I have done a gazillion loads of laundry today, ok, maybe not that much, but I'm pretty sure there were a gazillion socks I washed and matched. I have both washer and dryer going even now. I'm aiming to wash everything in the house at this rate. I started with blankets this morning (can only do 2 light ones or 1 big one at a time, then a load of sheets, then a load of nothing but socks, then a load of my clothes, and now working on one of towels in the dryer and one of the kids in the washer.) The socks were fun...I went through both kids baskets and ours for those, then grabbed my bag of mismatched ones and all those mismatched in the drawers and threw them all in. Didn't need to wash a lot of them, but I wanted them all in the same place, lol. When they were done I threw them in a pile in the middle of the floor, seperated them into a pile for each of us and started matching. I was a bit surprised to come up with six pairs that belong to my nieces, no wonder sis is always complaining about the girls coming home with no socks! And then after all that, I walked into Kota's room and saw one lone sock sticking out from under her bed, argh!

Was going to finish my aunts tomorrow since I didn't tonight, but sis called and asked me to bring the carpet cleaner to do the living room, so I'm going to wait til Wednesday when I will have several hours to spend over there. Might as well do the hallway and her bedroom while I'm doing the living room.

So, tomorrow after therapy, I'm gonna finish the laundry, clean out the hall closet, and do some windows since I think the rain is gone. Will also pick up around the house.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Tuesday, February 24, 2009 - 2:45 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Got the hall closet cleaned out. I washed down the shelves, so am waiting til it dries to put stuff back in. I took out two huge bags of blankets to wash when I have time. I know the clutter rule...if you don't use it, get rid of it, I really do. I can't remember the last time I had those blankets out or washed them though. I know I stocked up on them when bils mom was dying cuz there were times the family would drop all the kids off when they needed to go to the hospital (and that was what, 3-4 years ago?) Haven't used them since, but I really don't want to get rid of them cuz you never know when they might come in handy.

Have done a couple other loads of laundry (doing my aunts now) and picked up the living room. Not sure what else I'm doing though, lol.

Dipo
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04-23-2002

Tuesday, February 24, 2009 - 3:22 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dipo a private message Print Post    
Wow you have been busy. I have finished up going through all my papers and gathered everything for taxes, now I just need to sort all the piles into like stuff, charity, office suppplies etc and I can to my taxes.

I got rid of two sets of sheets, when I went to put away the two sets that I had laundered yesterday I realized that I still had those two sets that I haven't used since I moved in here. So I stuck them in my goodwill pile.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Tuesday, February 24, 2009 - 3:40 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Oh funny you mentioned sheets, Dipo. That was the other thing...since the kids got new beds we don't need twin size sheets and I have 5 or 6 sets so I'd thrown them in a pile to give to either the neighbor or sis.

Refilled the closet and I got the living room windows cleaned. Put some carpet sprinkle on the floor but I have to pick Caleb up in a couple minutes so I'll wait til I get home to vacuum.

Sis asked if I'd watch the girls tonight for a while while they go get their taxes done.

LOL I have to be busy this week, next week I'll hardly be home. Between my aunt and Caleb we have drs appts (plus banking day and grocery shopping) every day.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Wednesday, February 25, 2009 - 1:22 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Wednesday's Mission

Tomorrow I plan to do the window in the kitchen, the one in the bathroom, and the one in Kota's room. That'll take care of those on the front of the house. Will also straighten up my room (it's pretty clean, have one basket of clothes sitting there to wash,) the living room and kitchen (also pretty clean,) and start washing the blankets I took out of the closet today. Actually pretty minor stuff around here which is what I was planning for.

Tomorrow afternoong I'll go do my aunts and get her in the shower. Her neighbor has offered to practice softball with Kota and niece so I'm waiting til the girls are out of school to go.

Biscottiii
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05-29-2004

Wednesday, February 25, 2009 - 3:28 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Biscottiii a private message Print Post    
Call me mean, but I don't give up blankets or sheets to donate to anybody (other than family who might have a need). Too pricey to rebuy. Come the times when I've had unexpected guests (12 & some sleeping on borrowed air mattresses on the floor) I figure sheets/blankets don't take that much space in my linen closets. Should we have an earthquake or neighbors have a fire, even more needed. Just my own take on it.

Biscottiii
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05-29-2004

Wednesday, February 25, 2009 - 3:46 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Biscottiii a private message Print Post    
Might say, though, I DID get a handquilted quilt at the local St. Vincent de Pauls for $12.50, must have been hundreds of labor hours going into that quilt. I know because I've done similar quilting, took so many months of work. Washed it and gave it to my newlywed niece & her new husband.

Just so one gets a sense of how the donations don't always match the price of the blanket. Or what it might cost to try to rebuy in an emergency situation. (and yes, I do donate to Friends in an emergency too, I'm not totally "mean")

Biscottiii
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05-29-2004

Wednesday, February 25, 2009 - 4:02 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Biscottiii a private message Print Post    
I have bought plastic 'box-shaped' zipper sheeted containers at the Dollar store to stash the extra blankets under the beds. Keeps dust bunnies away at the same time.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Wednesday, February 25, 2009 - 10:06 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
I won't call you mean, Bisc. You never know when you'll need that stuff. LOL, I have a couple crib sheets still left, they're in my emergency kit (might need to shred them for bandages or something.) I don't mind giving up the twin size sheets, cuz I have plenty of cal king sheets (Darren's mom gave us 8 or 9 sets when she bought a smaller bed.) I won't get rid of the blankets though cuz I may need them again.

I'm having trouble getting moving this morning. Woke up this morning in a funny position with stiff/sore neck and shoulders, hurts to turn my head. I have one load of laundry in the washer and one in the dryer, but that's about it right now.

Dipo
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04-23-2002

Wednesday, February 25, 2009 - 11:44 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dipo a private message Print Post    
I don't think you are mean either Biscottiii, but I don't have a lot of storage space in my home and I have never had more than two people stay over, LOL in the past ten years. That is smart about storing under the bed. I have my patio lounge chair cushion under there.

I got through all my taxes and realized I didn't have a 1099 for some dividends. I called about that today, they didn't change my address on one account, just on the other! Oh and since I had cash in my account I bought 45 shares of GE, just trying to stimulate the economy, LOL.

I think I will take a look at the investment club taxes tonight, and maybe I will clean the windows and mop, that isn't too much.

I did sweep the bedroom floors again, I noticed that I needed to clear off the loose carpet from the kitty condo, so that made a mess that needed sweeping. Oh and I made some beef stew for dinner, brought that for lunch.

Roxip
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01-29-2004

Wednesday, February 25, 2009 - 12:00 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Roxip a private message Print Post    
Space bags are good for excess linens too. I bought a new bed for Shelby this weekend (took two trips to Ikea - which is about 60 miles from my house - but it is now assembled and she loves her new bed) so I will be storing away twin sized sheets and investing in queen size. The queen bed wasn't that much bigger than the full and didn't cost that much more so I figured might as well go for it! I can't believe my baby has grown out of her twin bed. (Actually she hasn't but by the time you throw in two dogs and a cat she doesn't have much room for her long legs!) Why is she growing up and I'm growing out...LOL!

Christy358
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07-10-2007

Wednesday, February 25, 2009 - 10:06 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Christy358 a private message Print Post    
My linen closet is full. I work in a dept store and fall in love with new things all of the time. I have to do something with what can't fit or else move.

We also get returns that nothing is wrong with, but have been laundered and so we can not re-sell.

I found a battered womens shelter that has a small "store" Not like a Good Will that sells the goods to make the money to help people, but one that gives the women moving out into a new place the items. They get a voucher for the store to get needed items.

My stuff, and the things from my store that have nothing wrong with them go there.

(nothing against good will, but a few greedy people find things there, and return them to my store. If we do not catch it, the effort to try to help someone actually cost us double the money.)

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Wednesday, February 25, 2009 - 10:48 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
That sounds like a truly wonderful store, Christy.

We have a similar one here in town though I think it's just for Christmas time. They take new stuff and also take what most would consider to be junk (like broken toys) and have a group of volunteers who will fix them up. Then around the holiday, people who qualify for the program can go in and pick out presents for their kids. Ever since we heard of them, we've been sending our donations there.

Little adopted sis called today and asked if I'd watch baby niece. Yes!!!!! I don't get the littlest one to myself often, it's always exciting when I do, lol. Aunt didn't want a shower today, I said ya know what, that's ok, I'll come tomorrow. She likes seeing the baby and sis and my other two nieces can keep the baby entertained while I'm helping aunt. I was quite happy about the whole thing, seemed it was going to work out great.

Uh huh...looks like Dakota's picked up the neighbor kids stomach bug, she's been throwing up for over an hour now. I can't have the baby over with Kota sick and certainly can't take Kota anywhere near my aunt, sis, or the girls. She'll also have to skip practice tomorrow.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Thursday, February 26, 2009 - 1:09 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Thursday's Mission

All plans I had for tomorrow, except one quick trip, will have to be postponed. There's no way Kota can go to school and no way I can have her around the baby or my aunt. Not to mention the fact that she just doesn't feel good enough for anything.

My one quick trip, have to run to Walmart and pick up poster board. Poor Kota has a project due Friday. She had a cookie recipe, had to do the math to cut the recipe in half, double it, and three and a half times the original recipe, and make a chart plus how many servings with each of the new measurments. She has all that done, all she has to do is transfer the info and chart over to the poster board. I forgot all about it when I was out today and told her earlier I'd pick it up tomorrow, she was ok with that cuz it wouldn't take too long to do. Now she's gonna have to do it tomorrow feeling lousy.

Dipo
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04-23-2002

Thursday, February 26, 2009 - 9:54 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dipo a private message Print Post    
Bummer!about the bug. I love the way teachers make math more fun. Hope Dakota feels better soon.

I didn't do much, swept up the kitty litter in the bathroom and that was about it.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Thursday, February 26, 2009 - 10:44 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Dipo, Kota's teacher has done some really fun projects this year. She's pretty young and it's left me wondering if maybe it's a new way to teach teachers because she's always coming up with really creative ideas.

She gave Kota an extra credit assignment for reading last week, it was a book report. Instead of writing a report though, she had to create her own cereal and design the box so that it tied into the story. Instead of a list of ingredients, she had to write a cast of characters. The brand of cereal she created, the slogans and all the pictures had to relate to the story, the description and games on the back of the box had to tell the theme. The story was about an earthquake and one of the characters was injured and another had to get them to help. So her cereal was Earth Flakes, they shake and rattle in your bowl! LOL. One of the games she did was a maze to get your injured friend to the hospital. Very creative idea on the teachers part and it was something Dakota really had fun with, amazing since with her reading comp problem book reports are far from her favorite thing to do.

I've cleaned my kitchen (shoot! Forgot to take the chicken out to defrost though.) Also called little adopted sis and told her not to bring the baby, aunt to let her know I wasn't coming, and then sis to let her know Kota was sick and not going to practice. She reminded me I have nieces bat bag in my car, I'll have to drop that off later when I pick Caleb up. I still have to run to the store, neighbors going to watch Kota since her little one is sick too.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Friday, February 27, 2009 - 1:59 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Friday's Mission

Kota is feeling much better (totally surprised us, she's usually the little sicky for days, even bil was shocked, lol) so tomorrow will be everything I should have done today. Babysitting littlest niece, going to my aunts and whatever else I get around to. Oh, clean sheets on the beds.

We have hat night (got to go to the pizza place and pick up Kota's hat and jersey) Friday night. Since the league gets a percent of the money made from food/drink sales, we're having dinner there, or at least ordering pizza and bringing it home.

Told my nieces they could spend one night this weekend, depends on if Darren's working Saturday what night they stay.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Saturday, February 28, 2009 - 1:40 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Today's plans went out the window, lol. Littlest niece didn't come over (her parents were planning some remodeling work at home, but her daddy had to go to work today instead.) Aunt took two, or I guess 1 cuz she usually takes 1/2, a pill for her tremors today. She called and told me she was going to bed and wasn't getting up, so no cleaning or shower at her house.

However, I did get some errands done, paid some bills, and did some beadwork.

Our plans for tonight were sorta busted too. Darren came home from work at 2, said he didn't feel good (it's either that horrible cold or a sinus infection) and fell asleep on the couch. I made him get up and go to bed with a couple nyquil. The kids and I met sis, bil and their girls at the pizza place and that place was insane. We ended up grabbing the girls hats (jerseys weren't in yet) and went to Denny's for dinner. I brought Darren something back, woke him up long enough to eat and take more medicine and he went back to sleep (he's been sleeping, other than that time to eat, since 2pm!)

Tomorrow I'm going to do my aunts and get her in the shower while the girls practice softball with her neighbor. Then they're coming home with me, as long as Darren feels better, for the night. Caleb's buddy's coming over in the afternoon (not sure if he's spending the night.) Heh, Caleb has a busy day planned to come to think of it. He's mowing our neighbors lawn tomorrow (she's going in for surgery and asked if he could do it while she recovers) and asked if I had any chores he could do to earn $10. I said sure! After you do the neighbors yard, you can come rake ours and then come in and pick up the living room and vacuum. Neither one is much work.