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Post by razy on Nov 10, 2008 14:49:56 GMT -5
The purpose of this thread:
To post our hopes/goals and desqualoring progress on a day-to-day basis.
The goal of this daily thread:
We're here to be accountable for ourselves and accomplish stuff (no matter how small the task). If we succeed or fail, we know there will be someone always looking out for us and posting supportive comments/responses, (i.e., those who participate are paying attention and following up on the progress of others who participate).
Participation requirements:
None. Just jump in and join in whenever you feel like it!
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Post by razy on Nov 10, 2008 15:01:03 GMT -5
Good Morning All Looks like people have made a busy start to their working week. Less, I hope you have finished your thesis and had a nice long sleep by the time you read this. I am going to try and put some more structure and routine into today. I start work at midday and go through to about 7.30pm so I probably won't be doing much after work so I need to do things before I go. Here's the list:  walk dog, she didn't get a walk yesterday - it is a perfect sunny day and we went to the beach  wash towels  fold and put away washing form Sunday pick up weeds from path from yesterday's gardening shower go to work |
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Post by UdderChaos on Nov 10, 2008 19:33:20 GMT -5
G'morning Razy  I have some things that will only take me about 20 minutes to do, but will accomplish so many things on my November list.  Windex picture frames glass - 3 min - Clean ginormous mirror - 3 min - Clean hallway wall - 7 min - Laundry mirror - 1 min - Outside of washing machine - 1 min - Rim of washing machine - 1 min - Inside of windows & ledge - 4 min -  DONE!!!!! Woohoo! |
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Post by lessismore on Nov 11, 2008 3:28:35 GMT -5
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Post by AnnieOkie on Nov 11, 2008 9:32:39 GMT -5
razy and Udder-Hope you are resting well after your busy days!! lessismore-Awesome job on getting the thesis done!!  Celeste-Your sitution with your parents sounds so frustrating. Mine are both gone and I miss them very much. It sounds like you are handling it very well. Ta Da's -Up, shower, meds, ready for work. -Made beds. -Breakfast for all. -Put chicken in bag to marinate for supper tonight. -Meds to dog. -Made sure younger son has black socks for orchestra concert tonight. Holeee crap!! I forgot to sit the kitchen trash up on the chair to keep the dog out of it.   To Do's -Clean up mess from dog knocking trash over and digging through chicken package, etc. That is unless the boys get it done. I will call them after school......  -Drop off water bill. -Go to Wal Mart at lunch for a few items. -Supper. -Dishes. -Iron white shirt for younger son....find a tie?? -Go to younger son's orchestra concert. -Supervise homework. -See if I need to drop off Cub Scout fundraiser money tonight. -TRY to get folded clothes put away from laundry room. -Fold load in washer. -Wash/dry load of scrubs. |
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Post by Celeste on Nov 11, 2008 12:30:23 GMT -5
Take meds Tidied bedroom Update MP's IMDb page  Go through bills with Dad (Confirm he's paying them) Fill out observer's questions for Dad's memory test (Finish last 9 of 19 pages) Maintenance Talk to surgeon about eye surgery Visit Mother Again, I'm saving comments until the end of the day but please don't mistake my lack of comments for indifference or lack of attention. I am watching and I am cheering for you! _______________________________________________ Just a quick comment that I can't hold back... lessismore, congratulations on finishing that thesis!   _______________________________________________
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Post by DJ on Nov 11, 2008 15:05:03 GMT -5
i am losing momentum as the day progresses lately.. so here i am
dressed, hair up, jewelry on, face washed, teeth brushed blahblahblah
maintained bathroom
maintained bedroom
checked on online classes
it's noon and that's what i've gotten done. uhg
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Post by lessismore on Nov 11, 2008 16:08:47 GMT -5
Many thanks to you all for cheering me on! It feels great to be able to move on. Your daily dedication to desqualoring and maintaining is inspiring. Hope you are all having a wonderful day!
DJ, you're doing good. You've done a TON in the past couple of months! Cut yourself a little slack for a day or so of low motivation.
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Post by DJ on Nov 11, 2008 17:07:20 GMT -5
don't feel like i can cut myself slack though, life doesn't stop even when i want it too. grr<G>
big huge congrats on getting thesis done though les, i've been mostly mia the last few days and didn't get to properly congratulate you:D
hmmm
animal's bathroom done
swiffered both bathrooms and bedroom floor mat
washed the dirty dishes in the kitchen
made appointment with physician
figured out what was for dinner
called rheumy to check for earlier appointments
put away dry laundry
hung up wet laundry
checked law forum, 100%on midterm, positive response to group project so far
checked bio forum, 100% on last quiz, and field project.. need to get work done for that class though
avoiding polisci still
i really want to have a huge push this month to get our home straightened out, clean organised, decluttered. i feel like i'm failing miserably..
on the bright side i feel like i am finally proactively dealing with health stuff and dealing with it well. yeay! and like it's starting to make a difference..
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Post by DJ on Nov 11, 2008 17:35:41 GMT -5
got up for 15 and- made myself a cup of tea.. while it was brewing i snagged the box of thanksgiving stuff, there isn't much of it and..
put out thanksgiving kitchen towels and hot pads
made a lil table centerpiece of gourds and dried colourful corn
drank tea while i pressed mancreature's whites for tomorrow so those are hanging up and ready for him
pulled dirty kitchen linens and tossed in laundry pile
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went for another 15 and got chicken marinating and cleaned up from that and pulled everything that we'll need when we set in to cook dinner
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cleaned out launchpad bin.. it was overflowing with junk.. got out and labeled an envelope for receipts so we can do proper expense tracking...or at least start trying..
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wiped down the furniture
put out clean table cloth
refilled cat feeder and watered and cleaned them both out while i was at it
mancreature got home, lovin, hugs, snuggles accomplished
showered up and heard dorky gaming geek humour the entire time omg
we got all the laundry put away
went for a walk splashed round in autumn leaves got fixin's for dinner and omg the stuff to wax my legs, please note sprayable benzocain made it into that list of stuff
home, in wonderful fluffy fleecy warm jammy pants, tea made, eyeing up the recipe for curried noodle soup before i dig in and try it trying to visualise how it'll go
ok visualised dinner prep. and so far so good. don't have to do anything for the next 20 minutes. think i'll go through cookbooks and do a bit of decluttering. eeek
but.
garlic sauteed, curry mix tossed in briefly, cocoanut milk and chicken stock tossed in then the ginger, pepercorns, lemongrass, some limejuice, soy sauce, a dash of fish sauce.. tossed the marinated chicken in too poach.
ginger tea for before and with dinner started simmering
rice noodles soaking
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finished making dinner... curried rice noodle soup, chicken satay, rice, ginger tea, we had sweet rice and mango for dessert.. very very full ohmy
we let the ferrets run around like the evil lil mustelids they are while we are...
mancreature's tackling dinner clean up and getting the kitchen
i rearranged the shelfunit thing in the front room so the ferrets aren't knocking over glass things or climbing all over kitchen linens. i watched dublin jump in a garbage can then flee from a scolding into the basket of linens. grrrr gross. bad beastie. now the cookbooks are presented for the ferrets to attack.. and i organised em by category while i was at it. woot.
diningroom is all sorts of maintained and presentable now. just want to keep it that way
carpet vacuumed and shampooed.. diningroom all squeaky clean.. mancreature finished up kitchen duty and now i'm drinking a cup of tea and will wander into semicleared out doomroom and try to get some sewing done:/
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Post by eagle on Nov 11, 2008 18:49:46 GMT -5
Late start for me. I'll read later. Just want to list some of my doings today. As seems to be my habit, I put a project on my ToDo List and a few days later, I actually start working on it. Well, this time, it only took one day on my list before I started it. I want to move the potted plants to the master bathroom, listed it as a project to do yesterday. Started today. It'll take another couple of hours to get it done, I think, but at least it is begun. eagle's Tuesday
special project: create plant haven indoors - the perfect spot is on the rise around the whirlpool tub - under the skylight & easy access to moisture
- clean/clear off the area (I did this in the morning)
- prepare the area (towels, tiles, etc.)
- cleaned off the outer surfaces of two pots (I did this on my break)
- arranged four potted plants in their new home (also on my break)
cleaned a toilet
showered, etc.
wrote & submitted an ad to the paper
tidied a room
laundry: one dryer load done
laundry: one washer load done
luandry: second load into dryer
vitamins
Yoga early in the morning (30 minutes)
200 seated twists
added another pair of pants to the donation bag (right out of the dryer)
bring home my jalepeno cheddar vegetarian sausage
get the tortillas I bought for the restaurant & put them in the car (apparently I switched the two when I dropped them off in the respective refrigerators last night) to transport tomorrowDid not need to do this as I had already brought them, just didn't recall that I had put them in the dry storage area, rather than with the breads.
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Post by AnnieOkie on Nov 11, 2008 23:00:16 GMT -5
To Do's- From today-Clean up mess from dog knocking trash over and digging through chicken package, etc. That is unless the boys get it done. I will call them after school...... - Hallelujah! Older son actually thought and put the trash up on the chair out of reach of the dog before he left for school!! God bless his heart!  -Drop off water bill.- Done.-Go to Wal Mart at lunch for a few items.- Done, found one of younger son's Christmas wishes ON SALE!!  -Supper.- Done.-Dishes.- Done.-Iron white shirt for younger son....find a tie??- Done and done.-Go to younger son's orchestra concert.- Done, I was so proud.-Supervise homework.- Done.-See if I need to drop off Cub Scout fundraiser money tonight.- Will turn in next week, went to start of meeting for upcoming event schedule, then over to concert.-TRY to get folded clothes put away from laundry room.- Some of them put away. More tomorrow night.-Fold load in washer.- Done.-Wash/dry load of scrubs.-Done, they are in dryer now. Also done.... -Wiped down kitchen counter, bleached sink, and wiped down kitchen table. Hope everyone gets well-deserved rest tonight! |
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Post by Celeste on Nov 12, 2008 1:51:36 GMT -5
Didn't get the bills tended to, as I'd hoped. I developed a headache which I suspect may have been from looking at a blurry world after getting my eyes dilated for my eye exam. Didn't really feel like I could handle math on top of the headache. Speaking of the eye exam, I now have a December 9th laser surgery date for my right eye to take care of a complication from my first cataract surgery. My left eye will have cataract surgery on December 29th. Hurray! New eyes for the New Year! I'm SO glad to get it on the schedule. I'm tired of squinting and straining to see everything. I'll feel better about doing more driving for my parents once I know I'm seeing signs and traffic properly. Onward to my comments. _____________________________________ Razy - The walk on the beach with your dog sounds lovely. (I've come to the conclusion that New Zealand is one of the most gorgeous places on Earth, so that may color my view of your outing somewhat.) Give your pup a pat for me next time you go. UdderChaos - Your 20 minutes of work added a lot of brightness to your world. Excellent work! (By the way, your avatars are SO creative. Love 'em.) lessismore - I said it before but it can stand repeating: "Congratulations on finishing your thesis!" Woo-hoo! You rock! AnnieOkie - Sounds like your son's orchestra concert went well. What does he play? I murdered violin scores on a regular basis as a high school freshman. I love music so much that I stopped inflicting myself on others (and my cat!) as a sophomore, but I have a lot of respect for the discipline and artistry of musicians to this day. As for the situation with my folks, whenever I get frustrated with something they throw at me, sooner or later I remember that at their age I can't have them much longer. I need to cherish my time with them now. The realization puts the situation in perspective very quickly. djdj - Good work making the doctor's appointments, maintaining the bedroom and bathroom, and doing so well on your midterm! Hurray! I hope you CAN cut yourself a little slack with so much going on. Believe me, you ARE doing a lot on the Home Front. Eagle - Your plant sanctuary sounds like a wonderful human sanctuary as well. How relaxing it will be to be surrounded by peaceful, living greenery while bathing. _____________________________________ |
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Post by AnnieOkie on Nov 12, 2008 9:27:47 GMT -5
Celeste-My son plays violin. It is stil very basic, but he seems to enjoy it. He looked so handsome in his white shirt, tie and black pants last night! I laughed at your comment about not inflicting your violin playing on others!! |
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