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Post by mrsmess on Aug 16, 2010 19:11:49 GMT -5
Working in Threes Thread (W.I.T.)
EVERYONE IS WELCOME, especially if you've never posted before! 
The guidelines are simple:
- Do some little thing to make your house less squalorous. 
- Do one more little thing. 
- Do another little thing. 
Once you have 3 things done, post them here
- Post the next 3 things you plan on doing.
- Go forth and conquer, return and post again.
Remember - if you are tired or sick or injured or
depressed or overwhelmed, you are in the right place. 
If the next 15 minutes consists of:
- Looked at hopeless living room and felt like crying
- Decided you could take empty pop can to kitchen
- Put away phone book
- Picked up fast food wrappers on coffee table and put them in trash
. . . YOU HAVE ACHIEVED THREE - DOM !! 
You could post:
Ta - Da's
- Took pop can to kitchen
- Put away phone book
- Threw away McDonald's wrappers
Then your To - Do's:
- Bring plates and glasses to kitchen
- Put dirty socks in hamper
- Bring folded towels to linen closet and put away.
Whether you do those three to-do's, or something completely different, once you've gotten 3, come back and post.
Remember to take breaks and drink water. Drinking water counts as a Ta-da!
If you can notice what the person before you did, it might cheer them up to hear from you. 
Go forth, have fun, and be generous to yourself with the Ta-das.
YOU DESERVE THEM! 
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Post by mrsmess on Aug 16, 2010 19:17:17 GMT -5
Good morning! I have had a bad cold for the past few days so haven't had any energy to do anything. Feeling a bit brighter today, which is kind of weird as I hardly slept last night due to a stomach ache, and DH snoring didn't help.   1. hung out washing done last night 2. got DS fed and off to school 3. put load on to wash 4. hung that load out 5. dusted a few things 6. cleaned one sink downstairs  1. make beds 2. dust entrance area 3. dust hallway 4. declutter son's toys 5. declutter son's books 6. clean bathroom mirrors 7. peel potatoes for tonight 8. put more washing on 9. hang out 10. cook vegetables to go with dinner 11. clear out wallet 12. move backpack from near door 13. clean up kitchen #1 14. clean up kitchen #2 15. get DS to do homework |
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Post by charis on Aug 17, 2010 9:54:18 GMT -5
thank you for starting the thread mrsmess glad to hear you are feeling pretty good today. wtg on cleaning things as you go along tada dailies: made bed, made coffee, emptied dehumidifier, took recycling to garage, rebooted dishwasher that someone stopped midcycle last night, brought down clean laundry and put it away, opened blinds checked work email laid out gym clothes, filled water bottle todo NOW empty dishwasher forgot to water back patio plants look up recipe for tofu-peanut-chinese cabbage thingie for tonight and see if I need to press the tofu LATER go to step class vacuum mop sort mail make dinner call friend |
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Post by charis on Aug 17, 2010 14:20:19 GMT -5
all on my own here......
tada
emptied and reloaded dishwasher
went to step class
showered.....phew, i am tired
todo
press tofu
water back patio plants
change bag in vacuum
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willette
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Post by willette on Aug 17, 2010 15:45:10 GMT -5
First time here.. Nervous  Tada 1. Played with Daughter 2. Signed Back in Here ( I really thought no one would reply) 3.Threw away Trash To Do 1. Make daughter lunch 2. Re wash clothes that sat too long in washer 3. Put up 2 bags of groceries that are in the floor 4. Put up at least 3 Items in the entry way. 5. Throw away soda cans sitting around 6. Call and make appointment. 7. Help daughter with site words |
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Post by charis on Aug 17, 2010 16:38:39 GMT -5
welcome to Working in Threes, willete It is great to have you here any day, but especially today, since I was getting a bit lonely. I feel your pain on rebooting laundry--I have to watch that since things can mildew very quickly in South Central Texas. tada vacuumed--no time to mop because I started too late  chopped ginger, scallions, cabbage and nuts, pressed tofu, ssalted cabbage wiped up kitchen and picked up mess I made todo fry tofu make vinaigrette cut up canteloupe |
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willette
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Post by willette on Aug 17, 2010 17:31:43 GMT -5
I Big TADA for me 1.Helped daughter with site words 2.Started washer ( I live in texas too) 3.Picked up 3 things in entryway 4.emptied cans 5.made lunch 6.Put up groceries...While in kitchen found milk on counter had leaked and we had Serious problems (maggots).I ended up working in the kitchen for a hour. I took out to bags of trash which i'm not suspose to pick up. Worked on cleaning out my fridge. ( My house looks like one of those people on clean sweep or hoarders that people freak out over, or at least it did been working on it). I found so much new food I didnt know we had bought. I made a little box and put all my husbands lunch stuff in it. Sorry if this was TMI (too much Info). |
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Post by charis on Aug 17, 2010 17:46:14 GMT -5
Fellow Texan Coincidentally, just as I was reading your post about getting rid of soda cans, my DS came down the hallway with a huge armful of soda cans from his room. WTG on working for so hard and so long in the kitchen, that must have been hard.  tada finished making dinner--DD came in from babysitting and helped for the last ten minutes wiped counters and table loaded and started dishwasher todo feed dogs walk 2 miles empty dishwasher |
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Post by mrsmess on Aug 17, 2010 18:55:26 GMT -5
welcome to Working in Threes Willete! Well done with all the kitchen work too. Charis wow you have been busy...pressing tofu, doing step classes, wow sounds like a fun life...did you get your walk in yet? Well it's Wednesday morning now, but looking at my todo list from yesterday, I did end up getting 12 out of 15 of those done. |
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Post by dtesposito on Aug 17, 2010 19:29:39 GMT -5
Hi to anyone still working tonight, I want to make an evening list for myself in this thread, I have about 2 hours before my last cat care visit of the night and I don't want to waste the time until then. Hello to mrsmess although you're probably over in the Thursday thread now, you overseas folks march to a different drummer! Hello Charis, I see you're eating tofu--are you vegetarian? And welcome to Willette--so glad to see you joining WITs today! Sounds like you had a fun day in the kitchen!! Believe me, there's no such thing as too much information--that's what these threads are for. Whatever it is you're dealing with, you can be sure that there are others here dealing with the same issues. Now that you've found the food you didn't know you had, you can have a creative week trying to come up with dishes to use it up. Every couple of weeks I do the same with my pantry and fridge. Here's what I hope to do tonight: Clean stuff out of shopping cartClean off couch Clean off computer desk Catch up on this week's receipts (for budgeting purposes)Straighten up spare room work table Clean off work room chair Move laundry to dryerHang laundry when out of dryerRemove miscellaneous clutter from dining roomPut food away when finished in slow cookerScoop litter pansRefill cat food containersWe'll see how much I get done. Have a good evening, anyone still reading! Diane |
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