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Dipo
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04-23-2002

Tuesday, August 18, 2009 - 9:39 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dipo a private message Print Post    
I didn't do much, watered the plants and just put stuff away here and there.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Wednesday, August 19, 2009 - 1:08 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Wednesday's Mission

I think it was kind of a lazy day all around, Dipo. For me anyways. I got stuff done...picked up, straightened the kitchen, a load of laundry, but no big projects.

I did get my aunt in the shower. I had called sis about an hour before I went over and asked her to let aunt know I was coming and she should go and eat before I got there. She's been real bad about waiting til I show up to sit down and eat and I end up standing around waiting for her. So she went and ate and was just finishing up when I got there and ready to get in the shower. I had her in and out in less than an hour. I'm going to have to remember that for future showers and dr appts.

Tomorrow I'm home most of the day. I'll get the den done and probably the bathroom or my bedroom. Dakota and niece have practice tomorrow afternoon and nieces school is doing back to school night at the same time. Since that's more for parent info than showing off what the kids have done (they've only been in school a week, lol) we're taking niece while sis and bil go there. That's about it for the day for me.

Biscottiii
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05-29-2004

Wednesday, August 19, 2009 - 4:04 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Biscottiii a private message Print Post    
I need to go spread the DAP clear silicone sealant, I bought a couple of days ago, around the french doors (inside & outside), plus upstairs balcony door. It really cuts heat loss and cuts out spiders & centipedes coming inside. Cuts moisture from storms, balcony replacement contractor told me to do this yearly after the balcony flood a few years ago. But dangit, just didn't feel like it (I was a BUM today!), so maybe tomorrow since it's one of my yearly maintenance chores and the weather is supposed to be warm & dry. Running around with the ladder is such a pain.

Today was Primary Vote Day. Little elderly neighbor man called upset at 8:10pm. The mailman didn't take his ballot tacked onto his box. So his vote wouldn't register. I've tried to tell him in the past that it's not wise to put his bills (w/checks) on his mailbox "But, in 40 YEARS I've never had a problem!" He goes out to the store, can drop stuff in the mailbox but refuses to. Felt bad for him, but at least it was only a Primary, maybe this will get him to stop relying on Postal Person to take his mail. They only Take the letter if they have something to plunk into the box. Still, it was nice chatting with him. He drives me nuts sometimes, but it's kind of like talking to my Dad.

Yep, I'll be a macho, fat a$$ed ol lady running around with my caulking gun & ladder tomorrow (maybe).

Actually, I need to do this sealant thing before I put up the new sliding curtain rods I bought for Sis' bedroom (french doors downstairs), so that I can wash and reinstall the insulated curtains there.

Dipo
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04-23-2002

Wednesday, August 19, 2009 - 11:03 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dipo a private message Print Post    
Busy ladies! I got caught up on my tapes from Mon/Tues, worked some more on my photo project. I am looking forward to the weekend it is supposed to be cool so I am planning to do some "closet" work.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Thursday, August 20, 2009 - 2:16 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Thursday's Mission

I got done what I wanted to today. Tomorrow I think I'm going to veg because I'm all kinds of crampy tonight and I know tomorrow will be worse. About the only thing we have planned is the kids have back to school night. That's always fun.

Dipo
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04-23-2002

Thursday, August 20, 2009 - 2:18 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dipo a private message Print Post    
Wargod, hope you are feeling better!

I just emptied the litter locker, hauled out some recycling, and enjoyed the cool evening air (for once it wasn't over 80 when I got home).

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Friday, August 21, 2009 - 1:36 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Friday's Mission

Still not feeling great Dipo, but should be much better tomorrow. I did exactly what I said I would today, lol, nothing except the kids back to school night.

So tomorrow, cleaning around the house and Kota has practice. Also need to sell some tickets for the girls teams carwash this weekend.

That's our Saturday plans, carwash fund raiser. I actually bought two of the tickets (one for the minivan, one for Darren's car) but I don't know that I'll bother having them washed...since I'll be doing some of the washing and I can do that at home, lol! The girls are all excited about it and think it sounds like loads of fun.

Dipo
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04-23-2002

Friday, August 21, 2009 - 10:41 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dipo a private message Print Post    
Ahh, the old carwash fundraiser, I remember those, I imagine the weather is perfect for one! Have fun!

I got through two more photo albums, I have been unable to save any of the albums, they were those sticky page ones and they really do mess up the photos over time. I have had to through away the albums, photos and all. I think the next four are the ones you slip in the plastic holders.

Ran the roomba, wiped out the tub, and ran the dishwasher. Looking forward to a quiet weekend!

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Sunday, August 23, 2009 - 11:44 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Monday's Mission

I need a kick in the butt, I did nothing today except a little grocery shopping.

Yesterday we did the girls carwash for their softball team. The girls (and us) worked from 9:30 to 4 and made quite a bit of money. They'll have to do some more fund raising, but they did really well yesterday and worked so hard. I got fried, Dakota got fried and we did nothing today.

Tomorrow I need to get busy though. I'm going to do the mission and think I'll clean walls, it's been a while before that. Not much else planned though.

Hope everyone had a great weekend!

Biscottiii
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05-29-2004

Monday, August 24, 2009 - 5:08 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Biscottiii a private message Print Post    
Sure wish I could have gone to the girls' carwash, would be nice. My poor little truck has moss growing on the north side of the truck. Couldn't wash because of water drips (but I got the windshield replaced, then waiting till after the dump run).

Found out that my favorite self service carwash went out of business, but there's another in different part of north Seattle where I rarely travel. The summer water rates makes it crazy to try to wash at home.

Pulled weeds today, yep all them weeds are growing back so fast. Bought my dolomite lime to spread tomorrow (have rain coming on Tues.) Dang horsetails, but at least I can put them in the elderly neighbor guy's yardwaste bin (he's so pleased that I got the lime). Probably take him some sliced strawberries from the freezer, he really loves them.

Cleaning my house? May have to wait for winter.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Monday, August 24, 2009 - 8:57 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
I think the summer water rates and the fact that it'd sprinkled some Saturday morning really helped us, lol. We also had quite a bit of family/friend support. We'd sold tickets and we had some folks who'd said we probably won't come (so straight donation) and others who showed up with their tickets then tipped a little extra. LOL, the fire dept had come over for lunch and when they were leaving Kota and my niece ran over to ask if they could wash their truck for them, the guys laughed and said no thanks, but they did donate some money.

I said I didn't do anything yesterday and that was pretty much true, except I did have a ton of laundry to do! I had taken some towels to the carwash and then when I saw how soaked those were ended up running home and grabbing the rest of mine to take back. When we got home Sat evening, Darren and Caleb took them out back and laid them out to dry. I washed those (twice) yesterday plus two other loads of school/work clothes.

I'm still pretty sore today (it's been a while since I've been this sunburned) and can barely turn my head so it's going to be slow going on the housework. I must have missed my neck when I put sunscreen on cuz it's really bad.

What is dolomite lime? I'm guessing it helps kill the weeds?

Dipo
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04-23-2002

Monday, August 24, 2009 - 9:44 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dipo a private message Print Post    
Glad the fundrasier went well, hope the sunburn "cools" down some!

I got through six more photo albums, I am amazed at how many pictures I kept that have no people in them LOL. Plus I now have a bunch of unused post cards, I wonder if there is someplace that would want them, some are about 25 years old. It was a fun trip down memory lane, I kept some but got rid of the ones of people I can't remember their names.

Tonight I need to take out the trash and recycling, and maybe dust my bedroom floor, for some reason I am getting a lot of dust. I cleaned it Saturday morning and I was noticing it looked dirty again this morning!

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Monday, August 24, 2009 - 11:08 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Wow that's a lot of albums to go through! Do you know anyone with really young kids, Dipo (like preschool - first grade age?) Our schools sometimes use postcards or cards for crafts with the little ones.

I did todays mission and then cleaned the kitchen. Wasn't that many dishes, but I washed down walls, cabinets, drawers, light switch and electrical outlet covers and scrubbed the floor. I want to at least clean the living room (vacuum and dust) and maybe the bathroom if I get around to it later.

Dipo
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04-23-2002

Monday, August 24, 2009 - 12:25 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dipo a private message Print Post    
good idea! I am sure someone here at work as young kids who might need them. The bummer about the albums is that so far only two of them can be recycled, the rest are trash. Too bad we didn't realize how awful those sticky albums were!

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Monday, August 24, 2009 - 12:32 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
One of the kids kinder or first grade teachers begged for stuff like that. Didn't even care if they had writing on them because all they were using was the pictures. I remember getting a little handmade picture frame with a pretty picture in it for mothers day or valentines day.

I finished the living room, dusted, vacuumed, and washed the walls.

I'm thinking I'll do the bathroom before I pick the kids up today and then later this evening doing the walls and floor in the den. If I can get that all done today, I stand a good chance of washing the kids walls tomorrow and vacuuming their floors.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Monday, August 24, 2009 - 1:49 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Fun, fun, fun. Bathroom is cleaned, walls wiped down and floor mopped. I also wiped the walls in the hallway down, still need to vacuum the carpet there though. That leaves the den and I'm hoping I can get it done tonight. I'm really sore right now.

Biscottiii
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05-29-2004

Monday, August 24, 2009 - 11:25 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Biscottiii a private message Print Post    
So sorry War about your sunburn and soreness. Hoping tomorrow gets you back to feeling better. lol about washing the firetruck, those little girls just KNOW how to get firemen donatin'.

The dolomite lime apparently is lime ground up, feels like powder through the bag. Once you spread it (they said, don't use too much) it changes the ph balance of the soil, I think to make it less acidic.

From Wiki:
"In horticulture, dolomite and dolomitic limestone are added to soils and soilless potting mixes to lower their acidity ("sweeten" them). Home and container gardening are common examples of this use."

Actually, the package saying "dolomite" was like $5.00 for a really small, perhaps 2lb bag. The Home Depot guys thought just the regular lime (good grief, it's a small 14"x17" x 3" deep but weighs 40 lbs! should do the same trick for about $5.97. They had a lot of different bags/types of it and the HD guys thought this one level I bought was best.

They had to load it in the cart & later in the truck for me. Thinking about it, though, where all these horsetails are poking up is under/around evergreen type hedges or trees, with build up of pine needles. Since we're in a wetland area, I could see that that may be causing the acidic nature. It's worth a try, and at least makes the little elderly guy happy that I'm taking advice.

I was too sore today to wrestle with the 40lb bag. Maybe after the rain tomorrow, it will stick better anyway. I've got a little handheld device for spreading stuff, hoping that works.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Tuesday, August 25, 2009 - 12:04 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Tuesday's Mission

See that's why I'm a sucky gardner, lol. You think it's nice and easy and then you have to worry about planting seeds the right side up and ph balances and water. I can't keep it all straight, lol!

Me and Kota both have been going through tons of aloe vera. Sigh, she has a dermatology appt on Wednesday and we're both gonna get yelled at for being burned, lol. And unlike the pediatrician who is thrilled she plays softball and stays so active, I don't think the derm will be all that impressed considering the sunburn.

I did get the den done, washed the walls and mopped the floor. And right in the middle of mopping I hear Caleb grumbling in the kitchen, he dropped an entire bottle of cranberry juice on the clean kitchen floor. So had to clean that up and remop in there.

I even washed the sheets, so tomorrow all I really need to do is straighten up my bedroom and dust furniture and sweep the floor. I'll also do the kids walls and the floor. I may spend a bit of time in the morning outside, sweeping up the porch if I can get out there before it gets too hot.

Dipo
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04-23-2002

Tuesday, August 25, 2009 - 9:56 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dipo a private message Print Post    
Wow, you have gotten a ton of stuff done! Maybe you can relax today.

I took out the trash, dust mopped my bedroom, loaded up the dishwasher, then forgot to run it, LOL. Oh well, I can do that tonight.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Tuesday, August 25, 2009 - 10:57 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
I am relaxing...have a few things to do, but I'll take care of them later. I just found out I'm watching my littlest nephew and niece (same nephew I used to babysit) all day tomorrow. Don't think I'll be getting much done with them here, especially since littlest niece has never been away from her mommy for any legnth of time.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Wednesday, August 26, 2009 - 12:40 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Wednesday's Mission

Tomorrows gonna be busy. I'm watching the two little ones and Dakota has not only a dermatology appt in the morning but practice in the afternoon. I'm kinda dreading the thought of having to take the babies out of the car, run into school to get Dakota, get the babies back in, etc.

Dipo
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04-23-2002

Wednesday, August 26, 2009 - 11:09 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dipo a private message Print Post    
Oh, I think you will probably have fun with the babies! Can't dakota come out to meet you or do you have to get her?

I ran the dishwasher, watered the plants, cleaned some stuff out of the fridge, did some general clearing. This morning I took out some more recycling, it is supposed to be 90 today, so may not be doing much of anything tonight.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Wednesday, August 26, 2009 - 12:19 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Nope, Dipo, I have to go in and sign her out (also supposed to show my drivers license, but I pick Caleb up often enough for his appts that they all know me by name now.) I did find out that when I take them back though I do not have to go back and sign them in. Since I signed her out, she can sign herself back in and they'll give her a hall pass and send her on her way. That was very helpful not having to pull both babies out of the car again.

I had it totally backwards, lol. My nephew, the same one I babysat daily for about 18 months up until about a year ago cried, sobbed, and screamed for the first half hour they were here before he calmed down. The baby though has been a sweetheart. They were both very good in the drs office so I told them when Kota and older niece go to softball practice later I will take them to the park. They've both had lunch now and are happily playing on the floor in the living room.

Sounds like you got quite a bit done, Dipo!

Dipo
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04-23-2002

Wednesday, August 26, 2009 - 12:39 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dipo a private message Print Post    
I suspected there might be some kind of sign out procedure, but wasn't sure, its certainly not like the olden days, LOL.

Too funny about the kids, LOL. Glad they are happy now. Have fun at the practice.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Thursday, August 27, 2009 - 12:02 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Thursday's Mission

Dipo, they're pretty strict about signing them out. If you're the parent, you have to show picture idea, if you're not (say one of my kids gets sick and for some reason I can't pick them up but sis does) you have to not only show picture id but be listed on their emergency cards. After six months of drs appts for Caleb and a year of track (which I have to drive him to) everyone in the office knows me now and I rarely have to show id, but still have to run in and sign them out.

The babies were terrific for most of the day. Littlest niece, whose never been away from her mommy, was the sweetest little angel all day long. Little "adopted" sis was floored when I told her she had cuddled most of the day, had run for hugs and kisses and didn't fuss at all. We had fun most of the day and the practice was fantastic. Nephew sat there and cheered on the girls and funniest of all, he actually started to trash talk Kota and oldest niece, lol. The girls had to run bases and when they came in for a water break he told them if they'd only let him out of his stroller, he'd get out there and beat all of them cuz he was faster. I cracked up, he's 3 and thinks he's a big kid.

Needless to say, I got absolutely nothing done today. Didn't even bother to pick up the toys in the den once they went home.

Tomorrow I'll pick up around the house and just do general cleaning, maybe a load of laundry or two.