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Post by Sapphire on Jul 2, 2012 3:48:40 GMT -5
This is the Working in Threes (W.I.T.) Thread
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.
- You aren't required to do the 3 things you had planned on --
just get any 3 things done and then post proudly.
Remember - if you are tired or sick or injured or
depressed or overwhelmed,
    
or just need to break your tasks down into something manageable,
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 3 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 Sapphire on Jul 2, 2012 4:17:34 GMT -5
Hello everyone!   Made breakfast. Dog breakfast and meds. Made a list of to-dos for today.  Go to the chemist to collect DD's tablets. Pop to the shop for a couple of bits. Wrap and store pushchair in shed. Good luck to everyone today! |
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Post by babz25 on Jul 2, 2012 5:47:29 GMT -5
 all!!!! I am hoping for a great day today!!! TY for starting the thread, sapphire!! Yay for breakfast and doggy care!! made coffee  WORKED OUT!!!!  showered make a train track with my cutie son make breakfast / vitamins/ meds straighten zone 1 (downstairs bath, kitchen, laundry room)
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Post by Sapphire on Jul 2, 2012 6:05:19 GMT -5
Morning Babz. How did the trip to the amusement park go? Did you manage to avoid conflict with the inlaws?! Hope you and the kids had fun! Well done for getting your workout done and out of the way for the day! As always, I'm full of awe and admiration! Have fun with your little one and his train track. Good luck with straightening downstairs. Went to the chemist to collect DD's tablets. Popped to the shop for a couple of bits. Wrapped and stored pushchair in shed. Make lunch. Clean kitchen window. Remove rubbish bag from kitchen and put out in wheelie bin. Good luck to everyone today! |
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Post by sunshineshouse on Jul 2, 2012 6:20:04 GMT -5
Good morning sapphire  thanks for starting the thread. Sounds like you and the doggies are off to a good start! I hope you have a good day and get through your to-do list. Good morning babz wtg on the workout this a.m.! Tadas Got up and made coffee Glued part of a plate back together . . . Read here Todo Call in late for work Go to pharmacy Go back to store and get bathing suit was undecided about |
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Post by charis on Jul 2, 2012 7:06:57 GMT -5
Thanks for starting the thread, Sapphy. Happy hunting on your shopping trip. babz, kudos for getting your workout in early. Take an engine around the track one time for those of us whose kids are too old for trains Sunshine, I am off to work too. Good for you for getting a new bathing suit; hope it gets lots of use tada dailies: made bed, took recycling to garage, dishwasher started getting ready: hair done, lunch packed, first coat of polish on nails checked work email and posted here todo finish nails round up eveything to take with me leave to and from work on time--walk on breaks Let's get this week started! Happy Monday everybody |
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Post by babz25 on Jul 2, 2012 7:18:29 GMT -5
Charis....I will most certainly do that....every time I think, oh god the last thing I want to do is make a train right now, the sink is full of dishes!! I try to remind myself that in just a few years, these beautiful little children who right now constantly say "Mommy, play with me!" will be going "I hate you, leave me alone!" As alway, great job on dailies, and most impressive doing your nails!! Sapphire, the trip to the amusement park was amazing!!! I dont think I said more than hello, goodbye, and thank you to the inlaws, and my kids had a great time with their cousins and I had a great time with the teenagers, because I was acting just like one of them, going on the rollercoasters and spinny rides! Great job getting errands out of the way! And of course, neighbor sunshine!!! Wonderful to see you here today....sorry you are late for work, hope you dont get in trouble!! made & ate breakfast, and cleaned it up! (vitamins/meds taken) straightened zone 1 put eggs on to boil for salad later made a huge train track with son.....it didnt work very well, but it was fun!! straighten zone 2 (dining room and living room) game time with the kids straighten zone 3 (downstairs hallway and playroom)
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Post by yrwelcome on Jul 2, 2012 7:19:36 GMT -5
Good Morning Everyone- Sapphire- thanks for the start. Good job getting the pushchair wrapped and stored away Thanks for starting us off today. Babz- WTG on getting that workout in! I like that you make it a priority to do fun activities with your DS . Sunshine- good job getting going and getting that plate glued back together! Charis- Hope its a smooth and easy work day for you! Ta-da made bed swish -n-swipe BR swiff kitchen and bedroom fed dogs emptied DW packed lunch up for work put washable cover back on chair ( forgot to do this last night) To-d0 hair/ makeup dressed for work breakfast 10 gratitudes   |
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Post by Sapphire on Jul 2, 2012 7:29:51 GMT -5
Hi Sunshineshouse. Yay for deciding on a new swimming costume. That can be a really hard decision to make. I'm glad you've found one you're happy with. Well done for getting the plate fixed! Hope you have a great day! Hi Charis. It really wasn't a shopping trip. I just walked to the local parade of shops, popped into the chemist and then the shop for bread and milk.  Well done for doing your daily tasks before work. Hope you have a great day at work. Hi Yrwelcome. Wow, you've been busy so far today! Go you!! Well done for getting that cover back on the chair. Hope you have a great day at work! Babz: Glad you had fun at the amusement park! Good luck with zones 2 and 3! Made lunch. Put bin bag out. Cleaned kitchen window. Cleaned living room rear windows. Washing up. Hoover living room Clean bath. |
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Post by babz25 on Jul 2, 2012 8:34:05 GMT -5
morning yrwelcome!! You have gotten a ton done before work today!!! Awesome job!! TY Sapphire!! Awesome job getting all those windows done!! Not sure what bin bag is? Garbage pail? I love learning all these new words!! played two card games with the kids zone 2 complete zone 3 complete zone 4 - my bedroom and dd bedroom zone 5 - ds bedroom and upstairs bathroom spend 10 minutes in doom room (although not really a doom room anymore!!! few more days and it will offiially be the toy rom!!!)
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Post by babz25 on Jul 2, 2012 9:19:22 GMT -5
zone 4 complete zone 5 complete ten minutes on the last corner of debris in the former doom room!! And, the best part - the part of the room that is clean now contains many toys that were strewn about the downstairs playroom....so not only does the doom room look better, the downstairs playroom looks much better, and the kids have something to do while I work on the last of the paperwork that needs to be sorted out!!! skim pool, turn on filter pick up poop in back yard straighten up back deck and backyard
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Post by ramatama on Jul 2, 2012 9:34:32 GMT -5
TY for starting the thread, Sapphire Hi Sunshineshouse! Hi Charis! Hi Yrwelcome! Hi Babz! Another very hot day here. Amazing to think that it is hotter here today than in Cairo! 36 °C last reading. I've been busy all day today so far doing stuff for a picnic party in our communal garden on Wednesday noon. Including baking. UGH (Did it in a tank top and undies. ) So now, my WIT items for next few hours (after perusing the threads) are:  get lv rm ready for Wednesday in case there is a thunderstorm clean up kitchen ( again  ) tidy up entrance hall Hope you all have a productive day, and can keep your wits about you as you cope with your messes... pun intended! |
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Post by babz25 on Jul 2, 2012 11:53:51 GMT -5
rama, I had a good laugh thinking about you baking in your undies!!! Dont you have a/c? cleaned up the whole backyard....picked up all the poop, watered the garden, picked up all the garbage on the ground skimmed the pool made lunch INTO THE POOL.......for my racehorse workout!!! learning time with the kids healthy snack |
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Post by ramatama on Jul 2, 2012 12:28:32 GMT -5
Hi babz,
no AC, hardly any private homes have that here. It might change as prices go down, and we get more such 30Cand plus days. Statistically this region only gets about 14 such days per year, so it doesn't pay for most of us to get one.
I have some re-arranging to do in the fridge ahead of me. Have to store food there meant for Wednesday. That's another thing. Most fridges in private homes here are half the size, some only a third the size of what folks have in USA. Those who can afford one, and have space, have a second one they only turn on on days like these, those who live in houses, have another one in the basement.
Distances to shops in towns are shorter, we shop more often. :-)
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Post by babz25 on Jul 2, 2012 14:45:59 GMT -5
wow, rama, so different than here!! I thought I was behind the times because I still have two window units instead of central a/c - thats where you set a thermostat and it keeps the whole house cool. Very interesting!! but, I guess for less than 14 days a year u could deal with it......I would love to keep my electric bill down!! racehorse workout in the pool learning time with the kids healthy snack for everyone back into the pool for some fun and exercise make dinner restraighten the living room and playroom after bothersome neighbor showed up and her dd made a huge mess! |
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