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Biscottiii
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05-29-2004

Wednesday, November 25, 2009 - 3:25 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Biscottiii a private message Print Post    
So sorry War! I can just picture (in slow motion) that Bead Flying catastrophe. What a mess it must have been!

Dipo
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04-23-2002

Wednesday, November 25, 2009 - 12:31 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dipo a private message Print Post    
I stopped by Trader Joe's last night, couldn't believe how busy it was, I got the last container of regular sour cream, amazing! When I got home I put everything away, watched some tapes, cleaned out my purse, put the pears in a bag to get them to ripen and pulled stuff from the cabinets for Thanksgiving. I always forget something so I decided I would just put the non-perishables in an area together. When I get home today I have to pull the turkey roast out of the freezer, and if my pears are ripe enough I may bake my apple, pear & cranberry crisp. I need to clean up a little here and there so will take care of that as well.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Wednesday, November 25, 2009 - 3:06 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Oh oh, the pear and cranberry crisp sounds good!

I'm moving right along today. Did some minor cleaning earlier. I have the cranberry bread baked, the pumpkin bread almost all bake, working on the last bit now, and the devilled eggs done and in the fridge. Only thing I'll have left tomorrow is feeding the kids breakfast and then making the candied yams. Waiting on the last of the pumpkin bread to finish and then I can go finish the cleaning at my aunts and help her with a shower.

I may have to make a run to the grocery store for a couple last items, though I'm hoping to goodness not!

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Thursday, November 26, 2009 - 1:45 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Well pfft...Flylady has a mission posted for today, there's enough to do today without adding cleaning the nightstands!

Instead, I bring you Wargod's Thursdays Mission: Have some turkey and pie, watch a football game or a parade, and have a safe and happy Thanksgiving!

Biscottiii
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05-29-2004

Thursday, November 26, 2009 - 3:19 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Biscottiii a private message Print Post    
hehehe! Great joke

Have WONDERFUL and relaxing holiday (once all the cooking is finished)! Happy Turkey Day Dear Friends!

Christy358
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07-10-2007

Thursday, November 26, 2009 - 7:58 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Christy358 a private message Print Post    
Going to work extra hard on Wargods mission today!

Dipo
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04-23-2002

Thursday, November 26, 2009 - 1:53 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dipo a private message Print Post    
LOL, too funny. I just pulled my apple, pear, cranberry crisp out of the oven, it smells really good. When I got up my turkey seemed to be pretty frozen, not a problem since I probably won't cook it until later tonight. I am basically just cooking a little here and there as I am hungry, since I only have to please myself, LOL, I love this thanksgiving. Next up I think I will make either the stuffing or potatoes. I wasn't planning to put any sausage in my stuffing, but I am thinking I should change that plan, so off to pull the sausage out of the freezer

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Friday, November 27, 2009 - 12:03 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Yay for a relaxing holiday!! Dipo, that sounds perfect. My problem with Thanksgiving (and other holidays come to think of it) is the one big meal. I can't eat enough at one time to have more than a couple bites of anything, spacing it out throughout the day would be wonderful for me!

I was up early, didn't want to start the candied yams too soon so kinda piddled around the house for a while. Made Darren and the kids pancakes for breakfast then took a shower. Ran off to Kmart for brown sugar (oops, forgot it,) Kmart was insane. Got back home and made the yams and then we loaded the food and the kids up and headed to aunts.

Actually got smart there, while sis finished up the cooking, I washed the dishes that were in the sink (was never ending dishes, everytime I washed one, someone took it and then brought it back dirty,) the girls cleaned off the table and set out the paper plates and plastic ware, and Caleb took out trash. After eating, the clean up was simple...just putting the leftovers away and wiping down the cabinets and table. That was the end of any busy-ness for me, lol.

Spent the evening watching Charlie Brown's Christmas with Darren and the kids and worked on some beaded Christmas ornaments.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Friday, November 27, 2009 - 12:43 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
I didn't do any crack of dawn shopping this morning, but I did see a couple things I want to check out later in the ads. Sports Chalet has a bunch of baseball/softball stuff on clearance and they're having a sale so it's take 50% off that stuff as well. We're excited about that...we want to get Kota a new glove and this training device thingie (kinda like a teetherball, except its a softball and designed to be hit with a bat.) Even if they're not on clearance, the sale looks pretty good...lasts til Saturday or Sunday too.

Then Game Stop had a game Caleb wants for $20 off til tomorrow (garunteed they'll have it in stock through the 2 day sale, they say) so we'll pop in there after the sporting goods store.

I searched through the ads yesterday and I really didn't see much that was interesting, well nothing the kids had specifically asked for anyways. I'll be doing a lot of looking around I think!

Today I am finishing my big cleaning (floors, walls, etc) so we can decorate at some point this weekend. Not much fun, but needs to be done I guess!

Last year I got into polymer clay (to make my own beads and such.) I don't usually let the kids play with it cuz it's pretty expensive stuff, but Kota asked last night if she could use a little...I said, just a bit. She sat there for a while playing then said, look mom, candy cane! I looked at it and said...ya know, I'm making ornaments for Christmas and those would be perfect once they're baked and we tie a ribbon on them. She finished all my red and white clay, but she has 40 some odd candy canes ready to be baked and given away as Christmas presents. She did a great job and now has enough ornaments to give as presents for family, her friends families, teachers, etc.

Everyone getting into decorating this weekend?

Dipo
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04-23-2002

Friday, November 27, 2009 - 1:46 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dipo a private message Print Post    
Sounds like a fun time Wargod, I hear you about the dishes, I swear I have done 2 or 3 sink loads and I am not done cooking.

I did the stuffing last night, yummy for dinner! Guess I will do the turkey roast for lunch/dinner tonight and cook the green beans.

I opened up all the packages that I have received and I will do some wrapping today, the Angel gifts are due on 12/2. Also will work on the Christmas Cards, got my list re-worked last week so now all I have to do is address them.

I plan to get the tree out of storage tomorrow, it is kind of gray, gloomy and damp today. So I will be doing some decorating and cards.

Cool about the candy canes, glad dakota could help out and make such a nice present.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Saturday, November 28, 2009 - 1:36 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Turkey roast sounds good. Stuffing sounds good too! I skipped dinner tonight. We didn't take any leftovers home yesterday because Darren's holiday bonus is a giftcard for butterball products. Was thinking about picking up a turkey breast or two and lunch meat rather than a whole turkey.

I got distracted from my cleaning with family fun stuff. I'll spend an hour or so in the morning finishing up while Darren gets the Christmas stuff out of the garage. I did clean out my bead cart tonight and re-organized it. It looks so spiffy now, kinda important since it's home is in the entry way and one of the first things seen when you walk in the house!

Kota decided to make a few more presents (she was making some charms for necklaces for her friends so I told her we'd bake everything tomorrow when she's done. They will need to be glazed once they're baked but I'm debating on rather I should do that part or let her...the glaze is kinda nasty smelling and sticky.

Biscottiii
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05-29-2004

Saturday, November 28, 2009 - 4:19 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Biscottiii a private message Print Post    
Sounds like fun! Would the glaze trigger Kota's breathing and sinus stuff? Might it be safer to do while she's out of the house?

Dipo
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04-23-2002

Saturday, November 28, 2009 - 1:06 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dipo a private message Print Post    
Cooked the turkey roast and green beans, added some potatoes and stuffing for my dinner, it was great. Ran the dishwasher and went to bed.

This morning I have a big list of things to do, as I feel like it, LOL. Unloaded the dishwasher, sorted the laundry - have 2 loads for today, and a couple for tomorrow, most of the kitchen is cleaned, pulled out the house decorations and lights, got the wrapping paper down and I am set to wrap presents. So we shall see what I can get done today.

Have fun baking!

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Saturday, November 28, 2009 - 11:37 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
No baking today, Kota asked me to wait another day so she could finish a couple projects.

I accomplished some, but not all today. Got up early and finished most of my big cleaning. Er, right up til I sucked up some fishing line (was hanging out of my bead cart and I didn't see it) in the vacuum and broke the belt. Didn't have any left in the house either (we usually buy 2 packs of belts when we have to buy them.)

No biggie, really, we had to run by my sisters house and then had plans to go to Game Stop to by a game for Caleb for Christmas and then go by Walmart anyways for laundry and dish soap, also picked up the belts. Came home and decided since the vacuum was already taken apart we'd really clean it out, Darren cleaned out the hose and and unwrapped the fishing line, I gently washed all the filters (so can't vacuum til tomorrow to make sure they're dry.)

We watched my nieces for a couple hours while sis and bil went to do some Christmas shopping. That was about it for today.

Dipo, how do you cook the turkey roast? How long do they take to defrost? We picked up three of them today, I've never cooked them before but I didn't really want a whole turkey and didn't need lunch meat.

Dipo
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04-23-2002

Sunday, November 29, 2009 - 1:20 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dipo a private message Print Post    
My roast was very frozen, had been in there for at least ten days, took a day or so to thaw in the fridge, it was 2.41 pounds. I just followed the instructions on the package, bake at 350 for 20-30 minutes per pound, I ended up cooking it for about an hour, hour and ten minutes and it was great.

I cleared the dining room table of projects so I can wrap presents and decorate, LOL. The projects are still on my "to do" list so they don't get forgotten.

I have pulled the comforter off the bed, and cleaned up the kitchen, put the laundry away, changed out the towels in the bathroom, taken out the trash and recycling. I am headed down to the laundry room to start two loads, then walk over to Peets for coffee, pick up some milk, bananas, chicken stock for the turkey soup at Trader Joes, pick up the mail, then throw the laundry into the dryer, and back up to the house to wrap presents while I watch christmas movies on hallmark channel.

Hope everyone has a nice Sunday.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Monday, November 30, 2009 - 12:40 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Monday's Mission

Wonder what Fly's up to this week...says only one day in the living room.

Thanks Dipo! I took one of the roasts out earlier and put it in the sink with cold water, hoping it will be defrosted tomorrow to cook for dinner. I noticed when I put it in there was a plastic baggie with a little booklet in it, guessing instructions, but I haven't taken the mesh bag off of it to get to those yet. Was thinking about doing turkey pot pie so if I can I might cook the roast early then cut it up and do pot pie later...or not.

Today was one of those all of the place days. I vacuumed the living room. Cleaned up the kitchen. Did two loads of laundry. We baked the candy canes. Wrote a couple checks for bills that have to be mailed in the morning, well one has to be mailed, one dropped off.

Darren spent part of the day at his moms so after dinner he got the Christmas decs out. He put the tree up and the lights on it and set up the singing/dancing Santa but by then the kids were winding down for the night so we'll decorate the tree and rest of the living room tomorrow afternoon.

The kidlets go back to school tomorrow (for not quite 3 weeks) though Darren's off for a few more days. We have to drop off the one bill and then drop off the paperwork for my job. They've changed some stuff and now want to know if you've ever been convicted as a felon and want fingerprints and take the occassional class. I also need to schedule Kota's next dermatology appt and a few appts for my aunt.

Dipo
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04-23-2002

Monday, November 30, 2009 - 11:25 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dipo a private message Print Post    
Got all the packages wrapped, laundry done, turkey soup made, checked some online bills (I needed to change the account number for the mortgage and update the payment amount for my phone since I got rid of some services)and straightened up the house since my sister was coming today.

She decided to come tomorrow which works better since I didn't get everything done. Now I can finish up those little things that I wanted to have done before the cleaning began, LOL.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Monday, November 30, 2009 - 12:12 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
You got a lot done, Dipo!

I've got Darren home today and he's a bundle of energy. He's out cleaning the garage....er, at the moment taking a load of trash/junk to my aunts (she has the big garbage bin.)

You ever run across something that just cracks you up? As in, why on earth do I still have that??? He moved the lawn mower, his golf clubs, and a couple boxes of just stuff and there sitting in the corner was five bicycles, the kidlets old ones they had outgrown. My kids are freakishly tall, Caleb especially, and outgrow bikes on an almost yearly basis. My only thought is we held on to them in hopes of younger nieces/nephews needing or wanting them. They're all in good condition, except one needs new tires. I'm going to make a couple phone calls later and see if I can't find someone to take them (I know one place here in town takes old bikes, fixes them up and paints them, then gives them to kids who need them, but I think they only take them during the summer so they have a few months to fix them up before Christmas.)

Anyways, while he's been doing the garage, I'm sweeping leaves in the driveway. Judging by the amount of leaves in the driveway and front yard I'm guessing all three of my trees, plus several of the neighbors, must be completely naked but I haven't looked up to confirm that yet!

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Tuesday, December 01, 2009 - 1:32 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Tuesday's Mission

I actually got a jump start today by sweeping the driveway/porch. We also got all the junk in the garage seperated for not junk. Darren filled up aunts garbage bin so we have two boxes sitting here that need to go once her bin is emptied. We set the bikes on the side of the house with a sign that said "FREE." Around here stuff like that usually goes fast and I'm hoping to wake up tomorrow and find a couple gone, lol. Whatever isn't gone by trash day, we'll drop off at the Goodwill. The one bike doesn't need new tires, just new tubes so we'll replace those before we drop them off if no one takes that bike.

I came close to smacking my husband upside the head earlier. My one serious gripe about Darren is that if someone offers him something, he can't say no. We've got so much crap his mom has given him (anyone remember the big screen tv a few years ago?) We're cleaning the garage earlier and he pulls out this, well, I thought it was a carpet cleaner, he said it was a power washer. I'm watching him pull it out and I'm thinking I don't remember ever seeing this thing before! And he had the nerve to turn around and tell me I need to stop accepting all this crap from his mom! Me! I told him he'd lost his mind and walked away...I heard him laughing as I left. Pfft, me!

So, we got everything back in the garage. Tomorrow or Wednesday we'll finish up, things need to be put back where they belong and organized and he seriously needs to sweep. He's talking about insulating the walls and giving Caleb a place to pracitce his guitar (especially since he'll have the electric after Christmas) and space for himself to set up his trains again. If it keeps the garage clean and organized, I'm good with that!

After we got it all put back in the garage and quick showers, we went and did some Christmas shopping. That was pretty much it for today.

Tomorrow I need to schedule those appts I didn't schedule today and do a bit of grocery shopping for my aunt. We've also got to go by my aunts and that's really about all we have planned. Er, except for hanging out and catching up on shows and wrapping some presents. We've been busy pretty much every day since Darren went on vacation so we're really looking forward to a day of doing not a lot of anything.

Dipo
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04-23-2002

Tuesday, December 01, 2009 - 12:36 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dipo a private message Print Post    
I didn't do much and I really do need to clean the front porch! Maybe tonight, if not this weekend, I have heard we are going to have a bunch of rain next week so this would be a good time to clean it up.

I moved a table into the living room so I can put some Christmas decorations on it, put the christmas presents into the closet (have to get the tree out of the storage room this weekend) and took out some recycling.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Wednesday, December 02, 2009 - 12:04 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Dipo, not sure you should rush on the porch! By this afternoon you couldn't tell I'd swept the driveway/porch at all yesterday. It's a mess again.

I did bits and pieces here and there today. No real cleaning around the house though except for a load of laundry. Did some shopping for my aunt today, then ran by her house to drop the stuff off and balance her checkbook and write out some checks. Tested the electric guitar with the amp sis has for Caleb (ok, ok, we just wanted to play with it a little, lol) and it worked great. Then after the kids did homework we decorated the tree and the living room. I finished up the ornaments for my aunt and sis and got them boxed up and ready to be wrapped. That was about it for today.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Wednesday, December 02, 2009 - 1:41 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Wednesday's Mission

Busy day for us tomorrow. It's Darren's last day off before going back to work. We have an eye dr appt with Caleb in the morning and he's going back to school after that. We'll come home briefly, then I have to take my aunt to shop for her new chair and Darren's going to his moms to help her out with some yard work. I am hoping, if Aunt finds a chair and buys it, Darren will be done before the store closes so him and bil can go get it and bring it to the house otherwise she'll have to wait til Thursday.

Darren has class tomorrow so we don't have too much planned after that. Early dinner and then I'll spend some time cleaning once he goes to school. Good thing I don't have all that much to do (cleaning that is!)

Dipo
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04-23-2002

Wednesday, December 02, 2009 - 10:58 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dipo a private message Print Post    
LOL, I really just want to wash down the security screen door, it is supposed to be white, LOL.

Lets see, I cleaned out the fridge-got rid of all my leftover turkey day stuff, ran the dishwasher, watched some tapes, did a safeway order, and made spagetti and meatballs for dinner.

Tonight I have to open the big box I got and then I will need to wrap those presents. I need to balance my checkbook and get my christmas cards finished, I picked up some stamps yesterday.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Wednesday, December 02, 2009 - 10:31 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
LOL, Dipo, we have a black security screen door and it shows the dirt and crud horribly!

It was pretty bad to sweep up the leaves one day and then find the next they were just as bad again. But, today, we discovered worse. Seems someones cat (there were claw marks all through the dirt) has decided our flower bed, right outside the front door, is it's freaking litter box. It's bad enough when people walk their dogs through the front yard and don't bother cleaning it up but now a cat is leaving it's business right off my front porch! Wonder if there's anyway to discourage that? Think I'll go ask in the cat thread.

Got quite a bit done today. Caleb's eye dr, took aunt shopping for her chair and balanced her check book, wrote out a couple checks for her too. Cleaned the kitchen and the living room, did two loads of laundry and made a run by the grocery store.

Landileigh
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07-29-2002

Wednesday, December 02, 2009 - 11:42 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Landileigh a private message Print Post    
Vinegar, liquid soap and water = preferably Dawn. spray the area with it.