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Post by Ally on Apr 1, 2017 8:33:17 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 RoadRunner on Apr 1, 2017 9:16:48 GMT -5
Happy April Fool's Day Everyone!!!! This weekend I have to really pull out all the stop and get MORE done. I have set 4 goals for the weekend. Unfortanlly I know I will not get it all done to the extent that my mind thinks it will need to be done. But I have set the goals and hopefully I mental mind set will override my mind dreams and I will get the goals accomplished to a level of acceptability. Goals
 By Saturday evening all course work done before bed. By Sunday at afternoon 3:30 I want to have Lesson Plans done, Canvas Setup for the week, and class prep for Monday done so that when I get to school Monday am it will all be done.
By Sunday evening at 7:30 the house will be maintained.
By Sunday 5:00 Blackberry Bushes I will have cleaned out around blueberry bushes and pruned them.My timer will be my best friend....since course work is my most important task to accomplish I will start working with a 15 min timer for course work, and then take breaks after 15 mins and tackle Blackberry Bush, Home Task or 5 min Lesson Plan task as brain breaks or frustration breaks. Plus I will need to go out and pick up DD, DS (DS and I need to have some quality time and hammer some things out, I need extra good luck for this) and I will go to the gym and grocery shopping and I wanted to go by a classmates place of business (she owns a antique store that is open only on the weekends.) and work together on up and coming course project. Lets see how many TODO's it takes to reach my goals this weekend. Wish me luck!!!! TADA 1 Cup of coffee Load to wash Store run Setup for the day TODO 2 Course 15 mins Quick task pick list -- Will try to pick 3 between 15 min coursework stints 1 Check Bill Sink 1 Swish & Swipe Blackberry Bush 10 minsOff to set my timer |
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Post by Minerva on Apr 1, 2017 9:36:05 GMT -5
Done:
Raked over lawn to try and make mowing as easy as possible
Mowed lawn
Raked up cut grass and put it in green waste bin (these three sound so easy written like that, but it's taken me the bulk of the last couple of hours)
Did some weeding
Try to cut overgrown bushes but my shears aren't tough enough
Clipped vaguely at some privet - needs a proper hedge trimmer, I think
Watered the sunflowers I have outside (not sprouted yet) - I think they are getting too dry out there so I may bring them in to water more regularly until they sprout
Clipped some defiant tufts of grass with my shears
Put away everything that I had used
My poor lawn still looks a mess, but I feel like I'm making progress. It was so much easier to cut this time than last time. It looked almost uniform after I'd mowed, although when I rake I discovered patches that had been pushed down rather than mown. The bottom layer is pretty matted, but I'm hoping that if the moss killer works and that all dies back, that new grass growth will be able to come through.
To Do:
Washing up
Load of laundry
Plant some seeds (I bought some tomatoes and other things to try to grow in containers - will probably not work well, but I'll give them a go)
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Post by RoadRunner on Apr 1, 2017 9:55:29 GMT -5
TADA 2
Course
15 mins -- Worked my 15 mins....not much headway this instructor frustrates the crap out of me. She has not concept of how to deliver an online course and I spent the whole 15 mins trying to find what I needed and where I need to begin.
Quick task pick list -- Will try to pick 3 between 15 min coursework stints
Flip
Gathered Clothes
Blackberry Bush 10 mins
Took Pics
Uploading
Openend Thinglink
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Post by RoadRunner on Apr 1, 2017 9:57:39 GMT -5
TADA 3
Course Work 15 min
Great 15 mins of work I find the files that I know I had started and I and I have started finishing up the assignment.
Quick task pick list -- Will try to pick 3 between 15 min coursework stints
Pot to Soak
Setup to start paying check bills and setup a payoff system
Blackberry Bush 10 mins
Created Thinkling with pics so I can share progress. -- I wanted to use something else but I could not think of the resources it was but now I remember it is Evernote so might change over once I have progress to show.
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Post by missjean on Apr 1, 2017 10:20:33 GMT -5
Good morning, guys and dolls! You're doing well, Minerva! Roadrunner, I wish you the best on your goals - including conquering your DS!
This coming week is my district's spring break, so I have several hours of catching up per day. I was thrilled when our principal said we'd be able to get in the building next Saturday so everyone can get their prep work done. My goal is to be caught up by then. 😁
TA-DAH
1. Fed & fortied
2. Clothes in washer
3. Appointments for the week put in calendar
TO DO
1. Mail
2. Bring two boxes of paperwork in from car
3. Tackle the office
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Post by Ally on Apr 1, 2017 10:23:42 GMT -5
Minerva, Yard work does take a lot of time and energy! RoadRunner, The last 4 or 5 classes that I've taken have been online, and one thing I find frustrating is that the instructors just copy and paste stuff from a previous semester without updating the content. Sometimes the information in the syllabus contradicts what they have in their introductory post. Some give assignments, but give very little feedback as to how you are doing, or take weeks to grade them. I have had a couple very good professors that took the time to participate and respond to our discussion posts, and I really found that helpful because they often offered a different perspective. Both of them gave very demanding assignments, and expected well written, well thought out answers. In the class I started 3 weeks ago, the professor doesn't participate or comment on our posts at all. In addition, my advisor has been my instructor for a couple of classes, and he is older and probably should be retired, but he responds to things sporadically, and then often not in complete sentences, where I have no idea what his point is. ta-da's: Slept in, got up, checked facebook etc, started new threads. Made and ate breakfast... Dishwasher is about ready to be started. Sipping on some tea to-do: Add a couple of items to the dishwasher and then start it. I have a huge pile of stuff in the laundry room that was washed, but never put away. The pile gets higher and higher. I need to sort it for at least an hour, but will break that down into smaller chunks of time. I need to do some major decluttering purging in my bedroom. I have boxes and bags of stuff that have been accumulating for years. My allergies have been bothering me at night and I think that is part of the problem. Also: After >24 hours of dreary rain, the sun is peeking through the clouds. I'd like to take a walk, and/or do some yard work Financial stuff. Taxes have been on my list for over a month. I need to get them done! School work: My midterm history exam will be posted tomorrow. I've completed about 1/3 of the study guide questions. See you all in about 45 minutes or so! (I'll try to get back! I promise)
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Post by RoadRunner on Apr 1, 2017 10:58:15 GMT -5
Ally not all instructors can or should teach online classes that is for sure. My instructor is older the course is for AIG Certification (Academically Gifted and Talented) She is way to lenient which is a problem for a procrastinator like me, but I think she is so lenient because she knows that her online instruction is subpar. Frustrating!!!! I teach face to face but all my students content and course work is delivered through an online instructional management system, I am not very good at tooting my own horn but I am exceptional and setting up online instructional management systems, and I do train other teachers how to. I have tried to give her tips and suggestions (as she uses the management system that I used before what I am using now) but it falls on death ears. Anyway Onward..... TADA 5Course Work 15 min
I had to regroup again as I started working the the assignment I know there was some stuff that i had already done but. She does not have you upload all the pieces of an assignment to one online assignment she sprinkles them around. So I had to go and open submit assignments to see what I had done and what needed to be done. 1 Forum post (which I just did) and next I need to write a reflection. Quick task pick list -- Will try to pick 3 between 15 min coursework stints
1-Handwashed 1 pan hot soapy bleach water to sink2-Check bill3-Fold 20/Flip
4-Mail 10
Checked e-mail and handled
Blackberry Bush 10 minsDownloaded EverynoteWent and picked up DD made a date with DS
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Post by Ally on Apr 1, 2017 11:12:28 GMT -5
ta-da's:
Went into kitchen to finish loading and start dishwasher... there was still room for a few more items, so I went ahead and...
started some pizza crust from the sourdough starter that I keep in my fridge. This has been an ongoing experiment that I started back in the fall. I haven't been extremely satisfied with it, but I think I have a better process now than what I started with. My starter isn't strong enough to really raise the dough all that much on it's own so I add additional yeast. Maybe I'm just too impatient. I've seen recipes where you are supposed to let it rise for 24 hours, but I get impatient after 4.
Added utensils from working with sourdough to the dishwasher and started it.
to-do:
Onward with previous list
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Post by Minerva on Apr 1, 2017 13:18:06 GMT -5
Ally, I have only recently restarted forays into sourdough, but I kept a starter for several years in the past and baked with it often. The longer the rise, the better the flavour. I like that sourdough tends to be fairly hands off, so you can mix up a dough before bed, shape in the morning and bake for the evening meal. Provided I have things to do between steps (like sleeping, working, going out) then I find it easy to forget about it until I need to do something else with it. Done: Cut more fruit from one of the plants I recently bought from the supermarket. It's struggling a bit and I'm hoping this will help. Put a blanket that seems to be turning to dust on to wash. If this doesn't save it, I may have to throw it away. Reconstituted some more dehydrated compost (the only compost I can easily carry home with me) Planted two window-boxes with flowers Filled a big grow sack with compost and planted peas Planted tomato seeds Planted cucamelon seeds Planted strawberry seeds Tidied up gardening things and distributed plants to various window ledges To Do: Hang laundry Put away last few bits of shopping Wipe over sinks
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Post by RoadRunner on Apr 1, 2017 13:20:09 GMT -5
TADA 6
Course Work 15 min
Finished reflection -- Compacting Assignments are done.
Home Task List
1-Kitchen - Unload/Reload
2-Check bill
3-Fold 20/Flip
4-Mail 10
Blackberry Bush 10 mins
Downloaded Everynote
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Post by Ally on Apr 1, 2017 13:40:08 GMT -5
I've been working on odds and ends:
Folded some laundry and put it away
started a bag of clothes to donate somewhere
a few other things went into the rag pile
About 17 years ago I built an hatching incubator with DD for a science fair project, mostly out of stuff I had laying around. My dad had an old thermostat that we used. A few years ago I took it apart, because I wanted to rebuild it in a styrofoam cooler (I can get them for free from the pharmacy at work.)... but then Dsis asked to borrow it before I had rebuilt it. Dsis doesn't allow styrofoam in her house, so I lent her all my parts from the one I had ripped apart, and she rebuilt it, but when I got it back from her, it wasn't quite the way I wanted it, and I was also getting a "popping" sound when I plugged it in. It turns out that there is a short from two wires making contact with some an aluminum reflective surface. I fixed the things I didn't like and now I am testing it to check the temperature setting. I have 3 hens, but they are old and only lay eggs sporadically. I would like to hatch some chicks later this spring.
There is a lot more to-do.
I thought it was supposed to be sunny here this afternoon, but after a brief, partial visit from the sun this morning, it clouded up again.
I want to go out for a walk some time, I need to get the mail and the eggs, and check the chicken feed and water.
Also:
School work
Tidy up bedroom
Lots more
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Post by mouseanne on Apr 1, 2017 14:12:09 GMT -5
Fri worked to 9:00 pm, (left for supper out 5:00) then stayed later online, updating my sewing journal, quilting journal and cut down journal from my posts here. (Recently unearthed these journals) home later, then snack and tv. To bed really really late, up at 6:00 bathroom break, played a phone game, the slept to 9:40 am.
Started piddling & it turned into ON A ROLL.
switched two temp dishpans for basket/bins -kitchen canned goods
find home food processor
clean Forman, found home
Run dw
gather sort laundry
Wash double rinse sheets
shake graham cracker crumbs out of blanket
discover pkg on porch
new jacket, pantyhose
try on jacket
check construction
Cut threads, tags, open pockets
hang in wardrobe
move aluminum, coke bottles, egg carton to garage and car
clear bar table
move dining room cupboard
move bar table kitchen> dining room
move cutting mat and rotary tools sew desk > bar table/cupboard
dead plant to back porch
move Xmas & thanksgiving cacti to dining room counter
put set 3 tulip fire king mix bowls on etigierre (was behind bar table)
Put green ceramic mix bowl, colander on etigierre
arranged antique ceramic mix bowls on buffet, put two wrought iron double candle holders
Various vases for deco to top of cupboard
arranged glass pitchers one white shelf, glass vases on other
fill am/pm pill /supplements boxes
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Post by RoadRunner on Apr 1, 2017 14:19:03 GMT -5
TADA 7
Course Work 15 min
Started working on Tiered Assignment
Home Task List
1-Kitchen hand wash and wipe down sink, hot soapy bleach water to sink 2
2-Check bill
3-Fold 20/Flip
4-Mail 10
Blackberry Bush 10 mins
Weeded around round bush
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Post by RoadRunner on Apr 1, 2017 15:21:27 GMT -5
TADA 8
Course Work 15 min
Great progress submitted another assignment
Home Task List
1-Sink two and bar
2-Check bill
3-Fold 20/Flip
4-Tidy 1 table
Blackberry Bush 10 mins
Made good progress -- I also weeded one square in square foot garden
Go H2T DS and I are going out to eat tonight
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