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Post by hollyhock on Jan 17, 2017 7:26:05 GMT -5
I'm glad you got to spend time with your sister. Your priorities are right!
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Post by closetofchaos on Jan 17, 2017 22:42:36 GMT -5
Lolololol! Wow! That is a really BAD mess:) Mine isn't half that bad. Mine is really clothes and stuff ♡ Her secret shame is revealed!
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Post by squirrelsintheattic on Jan 19, 2017 1:39:03 GMT -5
Tried to write a book last night and fell asleep. This time I'm keeping it short, simple, and sweet.  Thank you for your thoughts hollyhock and closetofchaos!  DAY 7 RANK: Depressed Drone Achievements: none TADA 1. Dropped of kiddo 2 at school. 2. Drove around S because she had some financial business. 2. 15 minutes desqualoring kitchen counters. 3. Located the source of the smell I caught a whiff of here and there. One of my sweet potatoes I brought up from dad's cellar had gone rotten.  4. New linens on top bunk. DAY 8 RANK: Depressed Drone Achievements: The next big Thing.   TADA: 1. Dropped Kiddo 2 off at school. 2. Sister wanted to clean kiddos room. We spent the morning doing that. Kiddos have a fairly cleaned room now. Sister is awesome. She also cleaned out my truck. Very, very awesome! 3. Dropped kiddo 3 off at FILs. 4. Dropped plastic bags off at recycling. 5. Dropped sister off at dads. 6. Tried to make gingerbread house with Kiddo 1 that she was supposed to make. Didn't work. Gave up. 7. Dishes. 8. Washed new rack I got from Savers. Think it's a frozen dinner organizer. That's what I'm using it for anyway. No more frozen dinners lost in the back of freezer! 9. Picked up kiddo 3. 10.Picked up rotisserie chicken and milk from grocery store. 11.Read book and slept! 
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Post by closetofchaos on Jan 19, 2017 2:23:33 GMT -5
Do you have a one day one one day off pattern going sometimes? I do.
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Post by squirrelsintheattic on Jan 23, 2017 14:01:37 GMT -5
closetofchaos Yeah, I have a real tendency to work hard and then slack off. Some of that has been out of my control (hurt my back, truck broke down, family members from around the country came home this month). Much of it is bad habits. Some of it is because a lot of my mess is from mental health issues, and some of it is from anger and resentment built up between DH and I. I've been working on letting that anger and mess go. I also wanted to see how well I would do without a list, even though I already knew I don't do well without them. Well, lesson relearned,  . Day's 8-10 I was out of state for much of this, or doing things for family. Since I never wrote a list of what I did for the house afterwards, I don't really remember what I did. :/ Day 11. RANK: 1. Depressed Drone (A demotion.  I was up to Demoralized drone before.) 2. Edit: I've been promoted to Demoralized Drone!!! Achievements:1. Decline. Oh this app is absolutely furious with me. 2. Sergeant Sisyphus! I think Sergeant Sisyphus will now be my housework name! Daily Wipe Out:  Couch cover out of dryer. Delicates into dryer. My jacket into washer. Made and ate lunch for kiddo and I. Emptied, loaded, and ran dishwasher. Picked up toys in livingroom. Put jacket in dryer. Brought up delicates. 10 minutes fold clothes. Have a coffee. The drugs I'm taking for back make me very tired. Sweep floors throughout house. Feed fish. Feed and water birds and rats. Water plants. Swipe and swish bathroom. Swipe and swish kitchen. 10 minutes laundry folding. Dinner. (DH wanted to pick up 5Guys. Works for me!) Do hand dishes. Unload dishwasher. Load dinner dishes. Supervise Kid's Homework Supervise Kid's baths Supervise Kid's teethbrushing. Weekly War.  Clean bird cage. Clean rat cage.
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Post by squirrelsintheattic on Jan 24, 2017 6:56:45 GMT -5
Truck blew a brakeline on me first thing in the morning, stranding me most of the day. By the time I got home from the doctors and ate I was just about ready for bed. Day 12 RANK: Demoralized Drone Achievements: none Daily Wipe Out: Get kiddos ready for school. Drop kiddo 2 off at school. Empty dishwasher. Put breakfast dishes in dishwasher. Gym Put in load of laundry. Fold for 15 minutes. Clean Birdcage Feed and water birds, rats, fish. Water plants. Drop kiddo 3 off at dads- Dad picked us up. Go to doctor. Pick up something for dinner- DH did Make dinner. Put away dinner dishes in dishwasher. Swish and Swipe Kitchen x2 Swish and Swipe Bathroom x2 Supervise Kids Homework Supervise Kids baths and hair combing x2 Supervise Kids Teeth x2 Kiddo 1 Piano- DH did |
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Post by creativechaos on Jan 24, 2017 18:08:43 GMT -5
i hope this is not just a mobile app. i think i NEED this! (just checked; you can't install on a desktop unless it's a chromebook - oh well!) WTG squirrelsintheattic for moving up the ladder of success from unrepentant slacker to demoralized drone! a little humor never hurt my work ethic. in fact, it might help. thanks for the laughs and for all you get done. you get promoted in my book just for being a caregiver, feeder, chauffeur, cleaner-up-after, and raiser of children! |
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Post by squirrels on May 5, 2017 15:06:33 GMT -5
Yes, I'm not dead, although I'll forgive you all for assuming otherwise.  A lot has happened in the past few months. My phone died, taking the passwords to all my accounts with it, my daughter was hospitalized for 3 days, I split up with my husband, and it turned out that my "bad back" was really some pretty large ovarian cysts. (You can skip down to the tl;dr here if you don't want to listen to my very boring and long story). The doctors took forever taking my cysts out. The left one finally ended up leaking and resolving on it's own, and I ended up in so much pain that I couldn't walk from my bedroom to my livingroom without LITERALLY ending up on my knees. It was the first time I cried from pain since I was 7 and snapped the bone in my elbow. (Yup, not even natural childbirth did it). I FINALLY had surgery to take the right cyst out about a month ago and I don't know too many details other than the cyst was grapefruit sized (boo) and non-cancerous (yay). I go in for my post-op follow up on monday, so I plan on grilling my doctor for details. It goes without saying that I haven't been very housework-ready for the last several months and my house is trashed. Luckily I've had my dad around to help me, and he's been my savior. He helped me clean the kids room and we got rid of over 12 bags of clothes and toys. And we still have more to go through. The front bedroom is completely blocked with kids stuff, and there's more toys in the cellar. >< I have to go through my clothes as well, but I'm holding off for when I stop swelling because there's no way I can tell what fits and what doesn't right now. Dad also helped me catch up on my laundry which is just wonderful. However, now that I'm feeling better it's time to take over as he has his own life. Ex hubby would never admit it but he's a tiny bit of a hoarder himself. It's been nice moving all his stuff out of my way so he can bring it to his moms. Some of the literal trash, like the broken, rotting, furniture that he dumped in our yard, I've just been throwing away. (Oh well. ) As for all my stuff, I can throw it out, or do whatever I want with it, without taking him into consideration. Housework is WAY easier to do when you're not feeling resentful. And it's certainly easier to spend time as a family without resentment. And that's about it. All's well that ends well, right? TL;DR, life has gotten busy, and since it's been so long I'm starting over. Is anyone else using the PCT app, or even just using the Pomodoro Technique? While a standard pomodoro is 25 minutes long, with a 5 minute break between pomodoros (with a longer break every 4 pomodoros), the lengths of time are custimizable. Come and join in! Day 1: Rank: Achievements: 15 minute boogie Bring daughter out to birthday dinner Feed pets supper and give water Do dishes Review spending Bedtime routine |
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Post by hollyhock on May 6, 2017 6:53:58 GMT -5
Wow, what a time you've had. Glad to see that things are now on the upswing. How nice that your dad was so helpful when you needed it.
I hope things continue to improve for you now.
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Post by squirrels on May 7, 2017 16:20:08 GMT -5
Thank you for the wellwishes Hollyhock. Yes, I am super super lucky to have dads. Forgot to use timers yesterday, so re restarted over. Day 1 Rank: Unrepentant Slacker Achievements: What does this Button Do? Well that was fun. One foot off the couch Goal: 4 "15 Minute Boogie" Pomodoros Tally: 8 15 Minute Boogies, which is 4 more than goal  Todos: Ready for church/go to church Review week of spending Load of bath towels - there was already a load forgotten in washer Run dishwasher Reran load of laundry forgotten in washer Cook dinner Do dishes Fold laundry Clean kitchen/livingroom Feed pets dinner Sweep poops out of rat cage Helped kids pick up room Bedtime routine |
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Post by squirrels on May 8, 2017 6:41:13 GMT -5
Day: 2 Starting Rank: unrepentant slacker Goals: 6 "15 minute boogie" pomodoros 1 "toss and turn" pomodoro go to follow-up Kids breakfast Kids hair, teeth, drop-off Pets breakfast Water plants Do breakfast dishes Rinse coats, put in dryer, put towels in washer Sweep floors and stairs Clean out truck Clean livingroom Swish and swipe bathroom Put away food Buy rat food Unload dishwasher Make dinner- daughter actually did this Dinner dishes Cleanup kitchen Fold laundry-kids folded their own clothes Pet dinners Bedtime routine Kids homework Review spending Ending rank: persistant slacker  Achievements: none Tally: 15 *15 minute boogie* pomodoros 0 "toss and turn" pomodoros |
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Post by squirrels on May 9, 2017 10:53:14 GMT -5
Morning's been consumed by making and waiting for phone calls for some wrongfully billed medical bills for 2nd kiddo. Probably could have ran my timer for some of that, but since I mostly read literary garbage and waited, (and am still waiting), I didn't. Day: 3 Starting Rank: persistant slacker Goals: 4 "15 minute boogie" pomodoros 1 "toss and turn" pomodoro Clean birdcage-did a wipedown only Put away food and do some organising pick up milk and chicken for dinner Bring kiddo 1 to piano lesson Pick up livingroom Buy rat food Sweep poops out of bottom level of rat cage run dishwasher put dishes away Dinner dishes into dishwasher Wipe kitchen counters Sweep all floors Surpivise kids room pickup fold towels and put my bedding in washer Kids homework Kids baths and bedtime Feed pets Ending rank: Achievements: Tally: |
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Post by squirrels on May 14, 2017 16:30:18 GMT -5
Caught the flu from kids, who've been sick all week. Day: 8 Starting Rank:recovering slacker Goals: 2 "15 minute boogie" pomodoros put clean couch cover on couch put clean blanket and sheets on bed put load in washer in dryer. Put new load in washer. Fold all laundry Bedtime routine kids Do dishes Sleep off fever. Feed and water pets. Ending rank: Achievements: Tally: |
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Post by startingover on May 15, 2017 8:12:26 GMT -5
Hi squirrels so glad to see you back! OMG! You've been through so much and I am sorry to hear that you have the flu. I hope you feel better soon. I wasn't talkative much back in January; but I appreciated this thread you started so much that I tried out the Productivity App and loved it! Life happened and I haven't used it much for the past couple of months and have only averaged 0.2 for the seven day daily average. I'm starting over this morning at 'Unrepentant Slacker'. Rest up and get to feeling better  |
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Post by squirrels on May 18, 2017 18:37:56 GMT -5
Thank you so much startingover! Glad to hear you liked the app. The demotions are tough, but they keep you responsible. Life happens, and .8 is greater than 0. I've never had a high rank either, but I've learned not to sweat it. My game is not losing the ranks I've already achieved. Although I've learned that if you missed too many days it becomes impossible to move your average up. That's why I just scrap my data and start over if it's been weeks. :/ Will you be posting with me? Day: 12 Starting Rank: Unrepentent Slacker (DEMOTION) Goals: 1 mighty 90 pomodro 2 15 minute boogies Get running lawnmower Mow lawn Take off broken seat latch Research fixing seat Clean back seat if truck Rewash wash in washer Put away clean couch cover make other bed run another load of wash Put away dishes Run dishwasher Ending rank: unrepentant slacker Achievements: A minor setback Tally: 1 mighty 90 pomodoro 1 15 minute boogie pomodoro |
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