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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Tuesday, April 06, 2010 - 12:45 pm
They went back today, but no it's not really that odd around here, we get some screwed up vacation days, lol. They'll only be back for a couple weeks (I think three?) before they get 8 or 9 minimum days in a row for state testing. I've done a couple loads of laundry, cleaned the living room and bathroom and kitchen. Still need to vacuum and take trash out.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Wednesday, April 07, 2010 - 12:47 am
Wednesday's Mission Hmmm...think Flylady's a bit messed up today, lol. Says we're back in the living room...and to grab the toothbrush to scrub the kitchen faucet! I have to admit it threw me for a second. Anyways, tomorrow I have to go to the kids school, Dakota's getting a couple awards (Caleb's getting some on Friday.) Need to finish up a couple loads of laundry and prepare for the nieces being here (they're coming over after school for three days.) Oh, and ugh, Caleb brought home his enrollment packet for high school that I need to fill out in the next week or so and collect together some things for that (his immunization record, report card, address verification.)
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Wednesday, April 07, 2010 - 9:08 am
hahahahaha, that flylady, just messin; with us! I just had to put the house back together, after my sister cleans she doesn't always get everything back where I like it, LOL. Had the board meeting at 7pm, emailed the Kaiser pharmacy about "where is my prescription, on a shelf waiting for me to pick up when I asked that it be mailed", then made some dinner and hit the sack at 9pm (peanut came looking for me and was insistent that I go get in bed and pet her, LOL), then I finished watching a tape and lights out. Tonight I will be plant the new flowers that my sister picked up, and maybe throw my comforter in the laundry. I am sort of tired and achey this morning so if that doesn't change I will be happy planting the flowers and crawling into bed.
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Thursday, April 08, 2010 - 10:41 am
Thursdays Mission - Big Appliances http://www.flylady.com/pages/FlightPlan_Missions.asp I swear I have the hardest time finding the missions on that site! Didn't do anything last night! My sister is coming over on Sat to do the planting, so I just watered everything and called it a day.
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Friday, April 09, 2010 - 9:20 am
Fridays Mission - Kitchen Mopping http://www.flylady.com/pages/FlightPlan_Missions.asp Wargod is missing in action, hope all is well and you are just busy with games, and appointments and shopping. Lets see, last night I got through a 6 hour tape, did some work on the balcony and kitchen and hit the sack at 9pm. This weekend - Saturday planting some new flowers on the balcony, maybe re-organizing it. Sunday getting the kitchen light repaired.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Friday, April 09, 2010 - 9:47 am
Busy with the nieces. Baby niece doesn't sleep real well here so the last couple nights have been me crashing on the couch and awake and weird hours. And then of course, since my kids have been healthy this week, it couldn't continue. Darren took the three girls to practice yesterday, middle niece went to her practice and then came back to watch the older girls finish and managed to get hit in the forehead with a softball (oldest niece was actually the one who hit her.) Then oldest niece was up half the night coughing. We were literally walking out the door this morning to go to school when she turned around and asked me to look at her throat. ACK! Her throat is bright red and swollen. She can't go to school like that! Then middle niece grabs her head and starts to cry. Great. Finally decided I wasn't going to send her either (even though I know she's fine) cuz she'd keep it up til they sent her home from school. Sure enough, once I tell her, she's fine and dandy. Oldest niece though looks like crap, she's in bed watching tv. I've had maybe 5 hours of sleep altogether over the last two night. Very happy sis and bil will be home in a few hours, especially with oldest niece sick.
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Friday, April 09, 2010 - 10:38 am
OMG - about the softball. Hope you get some rest and maybe a little quiet one the nieces go home,LOL.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Friday, April 09, 2010 - 12:01 pm
LOL Dipo, I have to say this has been the most accident prone softball team the girls have been on! We've had two black eyes (unfortunately it was the same girl both times, one eye was barely healed when she got hit the second time,) a jammed finger, a swollen nose, road rash from sliding into base. Was odd to have middle niece who isn't even on the team to get hit though! Sis has to work later this afternoon so they should be back in town in the next couple hours. Unfortunately (and I hate to say that, lol) its not much of a break, I'm babysitting my littlest niece and nephew all day tomorrow. Usually I look forward to that, but right now I'm kinda dreading it...I'm tired!
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Saturday, April 10, 2010 - 9:18 pm
Re-did my balcony today, it looks great. Planted some new plants and did a lot of weeding on the existing plants. I am so pleased at how nice it looks, during the planted process I started to pull out a planter box and realized there was a Mama dove sitting on 4 babies. the planter was behind a screen I have up to give me privacy from the neighbors so I couldn't see into it. That mama did not move as I was picking up the planter, I was so surprised, I am sure she was, so I quickly put it back where it had been a moved across the balcony. It is actually a pretty good spot for her since it is sheltered from the rain and other birds can't sneak up behind her because of the wall.
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Christy358
Member
07-10-2007
| Sunday, April 11, 2010 - 12:04 am
Dipo-- good quick thinking. I went to visit my parents a couple of years ago. Drove up to the front and saw a ladder blocking the front steps and a rope blocking any access. I was afraid the porch had caved in or something. No worries, a bird had built a nest in one of the hanging baskets on the porch and dad just wanted to be sure she was not interupted. They now hang empty planting baskets in the trees in the back, along with a bird bath fed from the swamp cooler and plants that are "bird friendly." Great fun to watch.
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Colordeagua
Member
10-25-2003
| Sunday, April 11, 2010 - 10:58 am
Hi, all. Never been here before. Past few days have been good for me re purging. I'm in a one bedroom condo. Never married. No kids. Dad died eons ago. Mom just fourteen years ago. She had kept so much. When she died, I kept plenty of stuff. I have let go of a few things through the years. Last week I had my carpeting pulled up and faux wood flooring put down. Much of the floor was cleared of "stuff". It looked spacious. I've go to get rid of . . . . I have over the past few days. I have let go. I still have enough, but more is gone (e.g., at least half of my baby clothes and blankets that Mom had kept). A couple of smallish items (shabby chic kinda things) that just sat on the floor. Gone. Just other stuff in general. It feels so good. It feels good to be able to let go.
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Sunday, April 11, 2010 - 12:33 pm
Great job, Colordeagua! It does feel nice when you let go of things. I always think of how much my old stuff is helping someone else and that makes me happy.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Monday, April 12, 2010 - 12:05 am
Monday's Mission Yay for letting stuff go, Color!! Fairly quiet weekend here. The girls had a game Saturday and then a pizza party afterwards cuz the asst coach (coach's daughter) was celebrating her 18th birthday. Today we had field cleanup at the park. We were the second team today, so had to clean up the bathrooms, bleachers, and sweep the concrete and sidewalks. They'd had a broken pipe this week that still wasn't fixed so we didn't get to do as much as we normally would have to do, but no way around it with very little water. Tomorrow I need to do our taxes (yes, I am still procrastinating, lol.) Also need to get some laundry done and start packing for Darren. He'll be leaving this Sunday. The girls have a game tomorrow night, so I'll be starting a pot of beans in the morning. Not much else planned really except for that.
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Landileigh
Member
07-29-2002
| Monday, April 12, 2010 - 8:37 am
thank god spring break is over. now maybe i can get my house back to normal!
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Monday, April 12, 2010 - 9:15 am
You are too funny with the taxes (the Christmas stuff is down, right, LOL). Sunday I had my handyman John over to figure out what is wrong with my kitchen light. Well I have a new fixture and bulbs but no light. He isn't a licensed electrician so wants me to get someone who is to look at it. He thinks he knows what is wrong but doesn't want to switch the wiring and burn down my house! So now I have to get someone else to come and look at it. I didn't do much else, made some chicken soup since it was raining like no tomorrow. STayed in and kept warm.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Monday, April 12, 2010 - 9:29 am
Heh, well taxes aren't fun. Especially in years you end up owing ($111 for federal this year, ugh.) But, I have them done now, didn't take too long. I'm about to start the pot of beans and a load of laundry. Haven't really decided what else I want to do yet.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Tuesday, April 13, 2010 - 1:43 am
Tuesday's Mission I ended up getting the kitchen and living room spotless earlier. And then the girls game, which was fun. Oldest niece pitched the whole game, a first for her. Our girls have a great record this season (6-1 now) and were playing a younger, not so experienced team and the coach thought it'd be a good time to get her some practice. She's been pitching a couple innings every other game or so, doing good too (er, I may just be a proud auntie, lol) but she doesn't have the experience or practice that our #1 pitcher has so it was good for her. That's one thing I love about this coach, he's more interested in teaching the girls and getting them the playing experience they need, winning or losing is secondary. It was just a bonus that they won tonight. Anyways, already got meat taken out for tomorrow. I'm going to throw together a stew in the crock pot. The girls have a short practice (between the game tonight and one on Wednesday night) and then we're going to watch a minor league game, should have just enough time to run home and eat real quick before that. Last I heard I was supposed to watch my littlest niece and nephew for a while, but little "adopted" sis didn't call today and I couldn't get ahold of her, so not sure if those plans are still on or not. For the rest of the day, I'll be doing laundry and starting to pack for Darren's upcoming trip. Probably clean the bathroom too since it's this weeks mission.
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Tuesday, April 13, 2010 - 11:23 am
Yummmm, stew sounds good. I think I will make that my plan for the weekend (we are supposed to get some more rain). I just cleaned up the kitchen after dinner and dumped all the rain out of the plant saucers so they could properly drain after the days rain. OH and swept all the stuff from the trees that fell on the deck. Today I am sending in the Investment club tax returns, got the final signature that I needed yesterday, YEA! And I think I need to clean out my fridge and make a Safeway order.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Tuesday, April 13, 2010 - 10:40 pm
Wednesday's Mission Mixed up my days this week, I'm watching the niece and nephew tomorrow, not today. Was nice and quiet here, I got a few things done and did some reading and walking (not at the same time.) Dropped Kota off at practice and then ran back to get her and got everyone fed then we headed off to the minor league game. Was fun, though a bit cold. It's been a while since we went to one and it was nice to get out. Even more fun we ran into a lot of folks we knew, half the girls softball team was there. We didn't stay for the whole game since it's a school/work night. Tomorrow I'll be home with the two little ones and paying bills and doing a little cleaning, probably more playing than anything. The girls have another game, their third this week. Not much else going on.
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Wednesday, April 14, 2010 - 9:47 am
It has been cold here as well, I cleaned up the balcony a little, arranged for an electrician to come look at my light fixture next week, pulled together my paperwork for tonights IC meeting and watched my GH tape (it has 1 hour of GH and 5 hours of other stuff, LOL), I didn't finish it so have some to go. Tonight is Investment Club, I don't usually get more than that done.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Wednesday, April 14, 2010 - 11:25 pm
Thursday's Mission We're a little warmer here today. Stayed nice all day, but did get a little cold tonight during the girls game. Littlest niece and nephew were here, we had fun. Sometimes I forget how sweet little niece can be, she's so lovey and cuddly. Nephew kept asking where his friends (Caleb and Kota were) and I kept telling him his cousins were in school. He told me I should go get them so he could play with them, lol. I think I will be watching them the next couple of Wednesday's. Tomorrow I'll just be cleaning up around the house. Don't really have much planned unless I decide to go grocery shopping early this week.
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Thursday, April 15, 2010 - 1:21 pm
Well I was right, didn't get anything done last night. I have already done a ton of stuff, finally tracked down my prescription at the pharmacy, it had been waiting for me to pick it up! So now it is being mailed like I had originally requested. Went to the store at lunch time and got the cleaning supplied my sister wanted, put together my Safeway delivery for Friday evening, and emailed a bunch of people who were waiting for info from me. Now I just need to get some work done, LOL. Tonight I will clean out the fridge and run the dishwasher, then any other stuff that needs to be done to prepare for cleaning on Friday.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Thursday, April 15, 2010 - 1:30 pm
Oh, cleaning out the fridge sounds like a good idea! I'm almost completely out of food and need to grocery shop so it's a good time to do it (should have thought of that earlier before the trashman was here though.) I actually haven't got that much done today. Had to pick Caleb up from school, he's having sinus probs again. We decided we're doing the shopping for Darren's trip today, he also wants to get a hair cut and I need to get an oil change in the car before bil takes him to the airport this weekend. And get started on the packing I've been putting off.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Thursday, April 15, 2010 - 11:45 pm
Friday's Mission Got Darren's shopping done and his haircut. He put a new air filter (or some part or other) on the van and then we took the kidlets to dinner. Tomorrow is iffy. Caleb sounds horrible and if he stays home I'm going to have to get him into the drs office or urgent care. They start their state testing next week and he can't afford to miss any school for that, better to get him taken care of now than wait a day or two. Sis and I have plans to Costco shop on Sunday afternoon, while I don't want to I may just end up picking up enough for the next two days tomorrow and waiting for big shopping on Sunday. When Darren gets off we have to run by the bank and then go get the oil change in the car.
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Friday, April 16, 2010 - 10:03 am
Glad you got all the shopping done! I cleaned up stuff around the house to prepare for the "cleaning lady", LOL. Refilled all my water bottles and soda bottles, cleaned out the fridge, ran the dishwasher, etc. This morning I unloaded the dishwasher and reloaded with the small amount of stuff from this morning. Looks like we are going to have nice weather until Tuesday, I had thought it was going to rain on Saturday so was planning to make beef stew. May have to rethink that plan.
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