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Post by Ally on Jul 20, 2012 1:31:10 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 Ally on Jul 20, 2012 1:39:07 GMT -5
I keep getting logged off this site even though I have the keep logged in box checked. I've logged in 4 times in the past 10 minutes! grrr!  I need to get back to bed now. Have a GREAT day everyone! Oh, and if you're wondering, my meeting with the "surveyors" (inspectors) will be this morning . They showed up at my office door as I was heading out Thursday afternoon. Ally  |
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Post by heretoday on Jul 20, 2012 1:43:12 GMT -5
What is worse than working on the kitchen? uggghhh
Ta Da
1. Got 2 sinkfuls of dishes done
2. Put lawn mower away, picked up piles of grass
3. Started loading car for music festival
To Do:
1. Finish Dishes
2. Clean counters
3. Finish loading up car
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Post by catherina on Jul 20, 2012 3:26:41 GMT -5
Good luck with the visitors, Ally. Heretoday - working on the kitchen would be worse if you didn't have a music festival to look forward to! Which one are you going to?
Ta daa
I'm up
Sorted a pile of books for charity while perched on step outside DDs bedroom whinging at her to get dressed this morning
Washed up
To do
Spend 15 mins tidying bathroom
Ditto on kitchn worktops
Attempt to clear living room floor for hoovering
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Post by heretoday on Jul 20, 2012 3:36:59 GMT -5
well there is a big music festival in Washington state, in Winthrop - 3 day festival
Finished dishes anyway, now for the counters
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Post by catherina on Jul 20, 2012 4:49:11 GMT -5
Sounds good. We usually go to a small one in Devon but I was too late booking the tickets this year  Why did I think 15 minutes would be enough to tidy the bathroom? |
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Post by TheCatsMother on Jul 20, 2012 6:19:53 GMT -5
Hello WITS  Thanks for starting the thread today Ally, I do hope you're got a decent amount of sleep..... all best wishes for today's inspection  Nice going on the dishes HereToday, have fun at the music festival Hi Catherina, nice to know you're WIT-ing not too far away from me relatively speaking I'm just about to take yet another bag of stuff round to the charity shop.  Washed two tops and hung them up to dry Fed and medded cats Washed up  Books and clothes to charity shop New plants for windowbox and pot 20 mins tidying front bedroom |
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Post by TheCatsMother on Jul 20, 2012 6:22:08 GMT -5
Sounds good. We usually go to a small one in Devon but I was too late booking the tickets this year Why did I think 15 minutes would be enough to tidy the bathroom? Maybe 15 mins wasn't long enough to do the entire job but it's still 15 mins worth cleaner than it was when you started |
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Post by babz25 on Jul 20, 2012 8:14:09 GMT -5
I LOVE that attitude, TCM!! U are exactly right, its better than it was 15 minutes ago!! Ally, I am sending wonderful thoughts your way for an easy time with the inspectors this afternoon, please let us know how things went! made and ate breakfast put a few things in sink drove hubby and son to the dock so they could go fishing this morning dishes step machine for 15 minutes straighten up living room |
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Post by jess on Jul 20, 2012 9:01:47 GMT -5
Hey all! I'm back! Had the organizing / clutter clearing / de-garbage-ifying service out yesterday so I am feeling great today! There is still so much to do but I am going to keep going, I feel like a new woman, even if it was stressful letting people in. Ta-Da: Upright (Hehee!) Showered Made Bed To Do Before Work: Take out trash Feed Kitties Put away 1 box books (or put in "Donate" box) To Do After Work: Buy Screwdrivers & Assemble Dining Table Go through Kitchen "Keeps" and find places for them, or put in "Donate" box Nature's Miracle or other pet de-stinkifier for carpet in living room. Catherina, you're doing great! TCM and Babz are totally right!!  Have an amazing day, all! |
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Post by babz25 on Jul 20, 2012 10:11:48 GMT -5
jess!!! Glad to hear that things went well with the dedisgustifying crew!! tada: straightened living room did all the dishes started load of laundry did about 15 minutes in the mess room todo: straighten upstairs bathroom straighten downstairs bathroom straighten sons bedroom
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Post by PaperGrace on Jul 20, 2012 10:23:53 GMT -5
Oh my goodness this room is busy these days! I have a splitting headache, a clogged duct in the milkers (mine, I'm a nursing mother) and am in general in a bad mood. Here's my more than a bit of a stretch Ta Da list: Up Took an acetaminophen and an ibuprofen with a glass of water Sitting here with a bag of frozen peas on the right breast To Do: Eat Breakfast Shower and Dress Empty dishwasher (first time using the dishes my Grandmother and Great Uncle gave me for our wedding, they have both passed) |
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Post by boyswillbeboys on Jul 20, 2012 10:34:37 GMT -5
Babz, great work gettingthe dishes done.
Tada's
Kids fed
Me fed
All the kids in clean clothes,
Took them outside to play
Todos
Put a load of laundry away
Unload dishwasher
Go to the grocery store
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Post by babz25 on Jul 20, 2012 10:35:40 GMT -5
PG, Sweetie, sorry to hear you are not feeling good, but I am happy that you got to use some special dishes. It seems like we save things for special occasions that never happen, we should use our special things more often!!
tada:
straightened upstairs bathroom
straightened sons bedroom
straightened downstairs bathroom
did the laundry switcheroo, folded dry laundry in dryer
todo:
straighten playroom
put laundry away
straighten daughters bedroom
10 minutes in the former doom room
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Post by womble on Jul 20, 2012 11:38:47 GMT -5
Great work everyone today Ally thanks for starting the thread and good luck with the surveyor. Jess thats great you had people come to help, so pleased it went well Heretoday well done on dishes Catherina yay for tackling your bathroom  catsmum well done for clearing out books, often hard things to part with  papergrace, hope you feel better soon  boyswillbeboys hi don't think we have met hope you are enjoying some fresh air Babz doing great as always getting through your lists, well done huni I've been out for the day, so see how much I can get done in a couple of hours washing in tumble wash load in sort one book to go back to library 2 pages of work book make veg lasagne cook left over pastry for birds see if I have any nuts for bird feeders
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