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Wargod
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07-16-2001

Wednesday, November 04, 2009 - 1:13 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Wednesday's Mission

Caleb was home sick again today so I changed my plans around a little bit. Waited later in the morning to do my aunts banking so I could go straight to Costco afterwards and spend less time away from home.

Tomorrow I'm kinda up in the air about. Darren starts back to school (different night for this class) tomorrow and I'm planning on going to aunts then to get her in the shower and do some cleaning. Probably spend the morning and afternoon cleaning around my house.

Dipo
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04-23-2002

Wednesday, November 04, 2009 - 10:52 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dipo a private message Print Post    
Sorry to hear about all the illness!! I guess it really is that time of year. Hope everyone feels better soon.

Stopped at the store to pick up some basil for the spaghetti I am making for lunch today (working from home) and Trader Joe's had a small turkey breast roll stuffed with cranberry apple stuffing, it is like a little roast, in the freezer now. So I have my Thanksgiving dinner! I will just add some mashed potatoes and green beans, maybe salad and I have food for four days. My sister and I are going to meet for brunch the weekend before so I can run around in my jammies for four days when Thanksgiving comes, glad those plans are done!

Got through 4 hours of tape and went to bed early. As I said I am working from home, so I am off to get some laundry going and then back to my manual writing.

Dfennessey
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07-25-2004

Wednesday, November 04, 2009 - 11:20 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dfennessey a private message Print Post    
Dipo a few years ago my roomates father came up for Thanksgiving and it was just the 3 of us for dinner and we just lounged all day in sweatpants and sweatshirts and I really enjoyed that Thanksgiving. we all ate in the living room on Tv Trays and watched TV all day long

Landileigh
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07-29-2002

Wednesday, November 04, 2009 - 1:03 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Landileigh a private message Print Post    
doing all that vacuuming yesterday, i needed a 3 hour nap!

Dipo
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04-23-2002

Wednesday, November 04, 2009 - 2:28 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dipo a private message Print Post    
landi, LOL! you deserve a nap.

Dfennessey, it is amazing isn't it. My sister and I realized that we would rather go out and celebrate her birthday, and then each of us hang out at our homes for Thanksgiving. We were both working and the 4 day holiday is a nice rest without having to go somewhere and get all dressed up.

Dfennessey
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07-25-2004

Wednesday, November 04, 2009 - 2:39 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dfennessey a private message Print Post    
this year i will be in Florida visiting my father and his wife and it is alway very casual. I am thinking shorts and a t shirt

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Thursday, November 05, 2009 - 12:39 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Thursday's Mission

Yay for naps! I did a lot of that today. Though unlike Landi, no vacuuming before hand.

I'll be spending most of the morning/afternoon at my aunts tomorrow. While trying not to get too close to her, still not feeling good, shouldn't be there, but I really have no choice. That's about all I have planned tomorrow.

Dipo
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04-23-2002

Thursday, November 05, 2009 - 11:12 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dipo a private message Print Post    
Lets see, I did two loads of laundry, thought it was three but I only had one set of sheets so I was able to combine the sheets and towels together. Got that all put away, tried to light my pilot light on the fireplace - didn't manage that- but I did dust the fireplace and clean the glass cover. Will try to light it again this weekend when I can see, it is to dark when I get home at night. Cleaned up the kitchen, swept the hallway and brought all the cushions in from the balcony (supposedly we will have light rain today and tomorrow - funny its totally cloudfree right now).

I need to run the dishwasher tonight and probably sweep the leaves off the balcony, unless it is raining.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Thursday, November 05, 2009 - 12:57 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
I just got back from my aunts. Ran to the bank to take care of some business for her, then came back to clean the living room, her bedroom, bathroom, hallway, and take care of the oxy machine. She wasn't too interested in a shower then which left me trying to replan things.

Still need to clean the kitchen table, and sweep and mop the kitchen, bathroom, and backroom. All things I try to do when she's in the shower (except for the bathroom floor which I do afterwards) so that I don't have to worry about her trying to walk around the wet floors. Then sis presented me with the perfect opportunity. Asked if I'd watch the girls tonight.

So I'm going back to aunts later, I'll watch the girls there and can get aunt in the shower and mop floors while sis and bil are out doing their shopping for nieces birthday.

I'm going to eat a quick lunch here, then get some of my housework done before I have to pick up the kidlets.

Landileigh
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07-29-2002

Thursday, November 05, 2009 - 2:35 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Landileigh a private message Print Post    
i have done NOTHING today but take two people back and forth to the dentist. and i'm pooped!

i'm thankful that fly lady isn't working on the bathrooms yet! lol! my entry way is perfect, so i'm all good.


Wargod
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07-16-2001

Thursday, November 05, 2009 - 2:39 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Landi, driving is a chore in itself and an exhausting one at that.

Landileigh
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07-29-2002

Thursday, November 05, 2009 - 8:08 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Landileigh a private message Print Post    
we had scheduled chuck at 10:30 and holly at 11:30. well that's what i thought, and what i verified with. when we got there, they wanted holly first, who was still at home. so we got chuck started, then i drove home to get holly. then i drove chuck home when he was done. and got called when i had walked in the door. Holly was having a panic attack, and I had to turn right around and go back and get her.

imagine mika of amazing race, and you get what holly was like at the dentists office. so I calmed her down and we left. but by the time i got both of them settled at home, i was pooped. having chronic kidney disease and doing all these things can be thoroughly exhausting on some days.

this is why i like fly lady, cuz i can do a bit, then rest, then do a bit more.

hopefully tomorrow i'll actually be able to get something around the house done.


Wargod
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07-16-2001

Friday, November 06, 2009 - 2:11 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Friday's Mission

What I like about fly lady is no matter how busy or hectic my day is, I can always find 15 minutes to do something. It may not be the daily mission, but it makes me take a closer look at things I may not see or notice. She's also got me in the habit of grabbing something on my way out of a room and putting it where it belongs. Little things really, but they make a difference.

Sis called earlier and asked if instead of watching the girls tonight (and going to aunts to finish the cleaning) I'd come early tomorrow and watch the baby (and finish the cleaning.)

I ended up puttering around the house and then did a wee bit of shopping. Caleb needed guitar picks, which I can get at Walmart, which happens to be next door to Michaels, where I had a 40% off coupon I need to use before Saturday. Ran over to Michaels and picked up a craft kit for Caleb for Christmas. Then went to Walmart to find they were out of the guitar picks (gonna have to run across town to the music store for those) and ended up walking out with a barbie doll for niece for her birthday.

From there, my night went downhill, lol. I started to cook dinner and burned, I mean crispy burned to the pan, the rice. No idea how I did that. Said screw it and went to get the frozen pizza. The other day I picked up these little individual cheesecakes from Costco. There's three trays with ten each in them, you just take out what you want from the freezer and defrost them. Well opening the freezer, one of the trays fell out and ten little cheesecakes went tumbling to the floor. Ack! I left the kitchen at that point.

My bils been putting a new roof on the garage at her house for the last few days and installing shelves, a new door, etc. Scared the crap out of us day before yesterday too.

***Going back years, right before Caleb's first birthday, bil was at work and cut through his had with a saw. Bad, bad accident that took a couple surgeries and quite a bit of therapy to heal. He's got limited movement and no feeling in that hand now.***

So, day before yesterday he was up on the roof doing some work and drove the drill bit almost all the way through the same hand. He didn't even realize he'd done it for a few seconds because he didn't feel it. Turned out to not be as bad as though, no stitches required, just keep it clean and freshly bandaged.

This afternoon, he had a buddy come over and help him finish the roof. Wanted to get that done before shopping for the party.

I'll go over tomorrow around 9 with the baby to finish the floors and get aunt in the shower. Also going to move some of the canned food, sodas, bottled water out to the garage to make some room in the pantry. We have the meeting with the social worker sometimes tomorrow (between 10 and 2 if I remember right) so I could be there most of the day.

I'm hoping to get some cleaning done around my house...vacuuming, mopping, that kind of stuff. The girls have practice tomorrow afternoon, then the two games Saturday morning. Nieces birthday party is Sat afternoon. Kids are staying there for the night, Darren and I will probably leave early since we have date night scheduled for our anniversary. We're cooking dinner at home, debating watching a movie here or going to the movies.

Dipo
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04-23-2002

Friday, November 06, 2009 - 11:36 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dipo a private message Print Post    
I like the 15 minute thing too Wargod, I just set the timer and see what I can get done, sometimes it is just refilling water bottles and taking out the recycling, but it is something.

Last night I cleaned the kitchen and ran the dishwasher, this morning I unloaded the dishwasher and I was realizing I don't really have anything that I need to do this weekend.

I will be able to put the balcony back together, ie the cushions, maybe I will get out the covers for the furniture. I need to light the pilot light on the fireplace and then put the fireplace back together. I guess I could do my one inch of caulk in the bathroom and do my mending, that is still not done. Oh I need to balance the checkbook, but that is about it.

I am going to make sausage soup since it is kind of rainy/cloudy (but no rain) so it sounds like a quite weekend.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Friday, November 06, 2009 - 11:32 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Take it easy this weekend, Dipo, sounds like more fun than working.

Today was kind of wacky. I got to my aunts at 9. She didn't want a shower this morning, but I got her to sit in the living room while I swept and mopped floors. My baby niece helped mopped, she's a good helper.

Remembering that with this type of appt (the social worker is there to determine how much/what type of care my aunt gets) they always want an updated med list, I set down with her meds and wrote out an updated list. Glad I did because that was question #1. Should have also written out a list of her doctors and phone numbers since that was question #2. Live and learn.

While there, I took care of a few other things and got home around 2. And set about cleaning up around my house. Picked the kidlets up from school and made a quick trip to Walmart, needed a couple cleaners and wrapping paper. That's about when I realized I left my mop at my aunts, lol. I love my mop, it's the only one I use, I take it back and forth, the head comes off and goes in the washer. Came home and did a bit more cleaning.

Then Kota's bff called to say she could spend the night. So ran over to pick up my mop and then to get her and came back for dinner. Wrapped the rest of nieces presents (I'm wrapping ours and my aunts) and was seriously climbing in bed at 8:30. I would have been sound asleep except that 3 kidlets weren't real eager about going to bed that early, lol. I laid there for a while and finally got back up. I'll be going back to bed soon though.

Tomorrow is early games, then straight over to middle nieces birthday party. We decided on watching a movie at home over going out.

Dipo
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04-23-2002

Saturday, November 07, 2009 - 1:53 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dipo a private message Print Post    
Straightened up the kitchen, got my Safeway delivery and put all that stuff away, got the cushions back on the balcony and that is all back to normal. When the Safeway man came I found out my doorbell wasn't working, so got some fresh batteries into that.

I am going to make some soup for dinner and light the fireplace and that just might be it, LOL.

Wargod, have fun with the games and party. Hope you all are feeling better!

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Sunday, November 08, 2009 - 10:56 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Monday's Mission

Kitchen this week.

We did have fun, Dipo, thank you. Caleb was feeling much better yesterday. I was feeling better, but got tired pretty easy. Dakota, well still having some breathing problems, but we are cautiously optomistic that she is getting better as far as that goes. Yesterday she needed a couple breathing treatments, today she had one for bed, not so much because she was having breathing probs at that point but because it would prevent her coughing all night long (for some reason nights get really bad, I think cuz she's laying down.)

We went to the games yesterday morning (they won both,) then to nieces birthday party. We dropped the kids off and had to run home to get her presents then run to Costco to pick up her cake before going back. Darren and I only stayed an hour or so though because we had date night scheduled for our anniversary. We had fun...dinner, movie, early to bed. Darren was asleep pretty early, I laid in bed with the laptop for awhile and actually got to sleep early for me (about 11:30 pm!)

Today we had a late breakfast, then did a few other things before picking the kidlets up. About the only cleaning I got done was dishes and the sink.

Tomorrow I'm home all day hopefully and plan to clean the house Not too much going on really. Not much planned all week come to think of it.

I hope ya'll had a nice, quiet, relaxing weekend.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Monday, November 09, 2009 - 10:48 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
So far this morning I've put away one load of laundry I did yesterday and have another load I just started.

Also took care of a bill. I'm trying to figure out what to do with my chicken for dinner tonight.

Last night I washed the dinner dishes, cleaned the sink, and wiped down counters. Need to go finish in there, do the mission and sweep/mop, plus wash the couple breakfast dishes in there.

The floor will wait til later after I sweep the den and bathroom and can do all at the same time. Also need to make some pumpkin bread later.

Landileigh
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07-29-2002

Monday, November 09, 2009 - 11:34 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Landileigh a private message Print Post    
i've got one load dryed and another washed and now in the dryer.

holly's sick, so i lost my helper.

glad we are out of the dining/entry this week. cuz i had nothing to do with the missions.


Dipo
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04-23-2002

Monday, November 09, 2009 - 11:51 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dipo a private message Print Post    
Lets see, I balanced my checkbook, finally remembered that taxes are due this month, so scheduled that for a week before they become delinquent, they have been reduced a lot since the property value has declined.

I did get the fireplace lit, but now it won't run!!! It was cold here this weekend, I ended up heating up the oven and opening the door, LOL. I just got off the phone with the fireplace repair man, he was $75 last year when I couldn't get the pilot lite to light, this year he is $100 for the first 1/2 hour and $60 after that. I am going to make him stay the whole half hour!! and teach me stuff about the fireplace since it will probably take him 5 minutes to find the issue, just like last year.

Didn't do much else, made some fabulous sausage soup and cleaned up the kitchen. May end up in bed as soon as I get home tonight since it is so cold in the LR, LOL. Maybe the sun will come out today and warm up the LR so I can at least be in there for a little while.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Monday, November 09, 2009 - 12:04 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Landi, most of the times when there are missions I already have done I jump to another room or the hallway and do those missions there. Other times I just go pfft and get me time, lol.

Dipo that is a good idea about having the repair man teach you stuff. Might save you money in the future if you know how to do it yourself.

Move the load of laundry to the dryer, threw another in the washer. Washed the few breakfast dishes, wiped the fridge, and swept the floor. Also cleared out some boxes. I buy a lot of stuff at Costco like crackers, cereal, oatmeal and its usually around this point the boxes are empty enough I can combine stuff or throw it in my plastic containers and get rid of the boxes. Of course now the kitchen looks rather bare of food, lol!

Also cleaned the bathroom and swept the floor. Ya'll remember the search for the dishsoap I never did find? Well now I'm on a new mission...the search for the damn toothpaste! Last week at Walmart I was buying stuff I would need soon...soap, shampoo, deodarant, and toothpaste (a 3 pack to make matters worse.) While cleaning the bathroom, I saw we were on our last little bit of toothpaste and went to grab a new tube out of the closet, it's not there! I searched the bathroom, tore threw the closet, even checked the kitchen cabinets and drawers just in case and can't find that 3 pack of toothpaste. Not sure what the heck I did with it unless it somehow ended up at my aunts with her groceries. Don't think so cuz I put her groceries away and don't remember seeing it. That's going to drive me batty.

Next up is the den or the living room, haven't decided yet. If I do the den I can mop all the floors and do the living room while those are drying. I think later today if Darren or Kota (Caleb's mowing the lawn) don't have much homework I'll get one of them to help me with shaving the puppy and giving her a bath before it gets much cooler.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Monday, November 09, 2009 - 12:31 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
I may take time to just sit down and cry.

Darren bought me this cart, with pull out drawers, for mothers day for my bead supplies. I totally love it because I can fit just about everything in it, from books and mags to all my beads and supplies and tools. The only thing that's a problem with it is that it has a flat top, so I tend to leave things I'm currently using sitting there rather than putting them away.

I just walked into the kitchen, walked back out and hit the cart (it sits next to the kitchen door) and a big case of beads I had sitting there fell off, flipped upside down and opened. ACK. I think I got all of them out of the carpet, but now I have a whole case of beads I'm going to have to sort out later. Hate when that happens!

Dipo
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04-23-2002

Monday, November 09, 2009 - 1:46 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dipo a private message Print Post    
Oh my, what a drag. Take a break, take a breath, slow down. MAybe just sit down and sort the beads so you have a little breather, sounds like you are moving toooooooo fast!

I am sorry, but I think you have a little gremlin who likes dishsoap and toothpaste, LMAO! I hate when I know I buy stuff and it just dissapears. At least you have kids to blame it on, I am usually pretty sure that the cats didn't do it, LOL

Sugar
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08-15-2000

Monday, November 09, 2009 - 2:04 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sugar a private message Print Post    
Check the trunk of the car for the toothpaste. That is where DH found his prescription that he accused me of losing when I put the groceries away.
He said it was still my fault as he had used my car, lol.


Wargod
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07-16-2001

Monday, November 09, 2009 - 2:14 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
LOL Sugar, around here they'd say it's my fault cuz I always know where everything is. I know it's not in the car because we cleaned that out this weekend, though it might have been prior to that and someone grabbed it and set it somewhere weird. I'll have to ask when they get home.

Dipo, how do you know the cats didn't do it? I put PJ's dress on her a couple weeks ago when it got really cold. One morning we noticed she wasn't wearing it...you know I still haven't found it or figured out how she got it off of herself!

I was moving too fast, lol. But, what really ticks me off is that I had looked at that case earlier and thought I should put it away, except that it's the beads I've been making the jewelry for the quinceniera and was still using them. So not only should they have been put up, but I'd seen them sitting there and still managed to knock the case off!

Had a bit of a change of plans. Mail came today and my check was there, so ran to deposit it in the bank. Figured while I was out I should also run by Walmart for a few things I needed (milk, bleach, guitar strings and picks for Caleb.) So den isn't done yet, but have nothing else to do this afternoon so it will get done sometimes today, along with the living room and floors.