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Post by Rosebud on Jun 29, 2008 3:42:02 GMT -5
This is the Working in Threes Thread (W.I.T.)
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. [/color] Remember - if you are tired or sick or injured or
depressed or overwhelmed, 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 three 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![/b] |
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Post by merrymaid on Jun 29, 2008 7:14:19 GMT -5
Good Morning, Rosebud.  Thank you for starting this thread. I woke up an hour and a half ago (it was 5:30am,) but couldn't make myself get up. I'm regretting it now, as I feel groggy. Wonder why that is?? Anyway, I want to get a lot done today. Tadas:  Got up. Made coffee. Read e-mails. Todos:  Recycle laundry. Take a shower and get dressed. Unload / Load dishwasher (I didn't do it before bed  ) |
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Post by merrymaid on Jun 29, 2008 8:29:52 GMT -5
Recycle laundry. Take a shower and get dressed. Unload / Load dishwasher Also, DD bath. Todo: Fix my hair and dd's hair. Go to Church and be on time! Make grocery list, to be ready after Church to go to the store. |
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Post by syzygy on Jun 29, 2008 8:34:07 GMT -5
Morning, merrymaid. You're up early and getting things done! I'm up and doing my "Is it really time to get up?" routine.
Ta dah
* Feed cats
* Feed myself
* Scoop
To do
* kitchen reclaiming
* finish cleaning litter box
* Projects
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Post by creativechaos on Jun 29, 2008 8:41:28 GMT -5
Hi Rosebud, merrymaid, and syzygy; Thanks for starting the thread Rosebud, for inspiring me to get going! I slept in til 6:30; soooooo tired. Had a yard sale at the storage unit and still can't move out by Monday, but got rid of a lot; basically it was a "giveaway" of my dear ex boyfriend's wonderful stuff. ta das finally got back onto WITS got up (reluctantly) made the bed to dos: unload the car; it's full of stuff I don't know what to do with yet get dressed (before I unload the car!) do last night's dishes |
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Post by creativechaos on Jun 29, 2008 9:31:09 GMT -5
Done: Did last night's dishes got dressed started unloading car; 3 bags of books unloaded 1 load in the community washer! Yea! drank one glass of water so far. This is going to take awhile. To Do: continue unloading car put laundry in dryer when done washing drink more water |
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Post by WestsideStory on Jun 29, 2008 10:58:14 GMT -5
Creativechaos, great job at decluttering storage unit -- even though you may not have gotten rich from the proceeds, think of the money you'll save once you are spending less on storage. My storage unit decluttering is taking the same slow speed yours is. But I'm confident that you'll conquor the storage clutter monster. You've been really dedicating yourself to turning things around, and we all see it here on WIT.
Syzygy, you're off to a good start.
Merrymaid, you achieved an amazing amount on Sunday morning before church. WTG!
And Rosebud, thanks for again cheering us with your colors and flowers and kitty.
TADAs from last night:
1. A little more work on garden
2. Relocated the canning supplies to reduce visual clutter
And this morning
3. Up/meds/made bed
4. Put about 5 or 6 things which were scattered back to where they belong.
TODOs:
1. Breakfast
2. Church
3. Meeting with someone at church
once I come back and am awake I'll figure out what I will do at home and post again this afternoon
WestsideStory
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Post by bluefrog on Jun 29, 2008 11:20:53 GMT -5
Oy! It's afternoon already, and I've barely
gotten started! I finally got some sleep, though, so it's all good.
Thanks for starting the thread, Rosebud.
Good for you, merrymaid, for getting an early start.
Good luck with the kitchen reclaiming, syzygy.
Congrats, creativechaos, for getting your ex-boyfriend's stuff out of your storage unit. Every bit helps! WTG on all the other work done, too.
Go, WestsideStory! You were up and about and cleaning up WAY before I woke up.
As for me:
DONE:
-dressed, sort of (need to shower later)
-filled weekly pill container
-took morning meds
-ate lunch
TO DO:
-change bed linens
-empty the dishwasher
-fold/hang and put away a load of laundry
Back with more later.
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Post by creativechaos on Jun 29, 2008 12:12:27 GMT -5
Thanks so much for your kind and encouraging words, Westside. I am renting another storage unit (smaller) so I paid double last month, and will pay double for the first half of this month. The more I lift and sort, the easier it gets to see the insane pattern of thinking that got me here. This is only the tip of the iceberg of what there still is left to do. I'm still fairly attached and unwilling to part with many books or art supplies. WTG on getting more done on your garden and rearranging the canning stuff to reduce visual clutter. 'Morning, Bluefrog! So glad you got some better sleep, and are on your way this morning. ta das: breakfast and did those dishes carried up 2 more boxes of books from storage unit summer bedspread and sleeping bag out of dryer and ironed the summer bedspread to dos: unload some more stuff from car that goes in the apt. for now (until I sort it) go to garden and water, it was 85 yesterday and is supposed to be the same today go to storage unit and decide if my back can take more lifting. If so, go to exchange with a carload of stuff. If not, postpone until Wednesday and relax today-- I've earned it. Hope you all have a great rest of the day! |
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Post by syzygy on Jun 29, 2008 12:36:53 GMT -5
The field of battle is mine!
Ta dah
* Scrubbed litter box and scoop
* Washed dishes
* Cleaned water fountain
* Wiped down kitchen surfaces
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Post by syzygy on Jun 29, 2008 14:01:09 GMT -5
I decided to do a couple of things I hate to do.
Ta dah
* Wrote necessary, but boring letter
* Prepped for frustrating, but very important phone call around 4:00
* Burn files onto CDs
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Post by artsygal on Jun 29, 2008 14:01:27 GMT -5
I didn't post yesterday and I didn't want to today, but I knew it would make me feel better and It has. Reading all of you tadas makes me feel good. So thanks everyone! I'm under the weather, so I know I'm limited on what I can do but I felt like nothing was done.... which isn't true.
tadas
-posted
-picked up incontinent dogs baaaddd mess. (It's usually "normal" but w/ the stress of coming back home his digestive system is not good, poor thing
-fed and let out dogs
todos
-take care of me
-ditto
-pick up after myself today
best artsy
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Post by dragonchilde on Jun 29, 2008 14:04:54 GMT -5
Hey folks! No time for personals... about to take advantage of a sleeping baby.
Ta Da:
1) Got up, got dressed
2) Went to church
3) went to grocery store to get the one thing I needed to make supper
Todo:
1) nap
3) More working on clothes
3) Mail sold ebay item
4) Kill husband's boss who keeps wanting him to work on Sundays when that's the only day my husband usually gets off. Working 14 days straight, in construction, with imperfect sleep because of a newborn = a recipe for disaster. Either his health will fail him, or he'll hurt himself at work.
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Post by neveropentheclosets on Jun 29, 2008 14:09:22 GMT -5
Artsygal - hope you feel better soon. Good for you for posting, and taking care of yourself (and your poor doggy!)
Syzygy - congrats on the litter box and kitchen. Good luck with your frustrating phone call coming up
Creativechaos - sounds like you're making huge progress! I totally feel you about the attachment to books... I'm getting really good at getting rid of other things...
Tadas:
1) Got up and dressed
2) Went on a walk with DD to local breakfast place for breakfast and some reading
3) Decided to get moving on the landlord visit thing and posted here!
Todos:
1) 30 minutes in entryway
2) 15 minutes in office/laundry/art room
3) 15 minutes in downstairs bathroom
Here goes, 'cause the landlord cometh!
notc
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Post by WestsideStory on Jun 29, 2008 14:52:11 GMT -5
Glad you're starting off the landlord visit work with a walk, good breakfast and family time, NOTC. Taking care of yourself will make it easier to take care of the house!
TADAs:
not much, really
church
brief meetings
phone call re tomorrow
bite of lunch
surveyed the whole range of areas which need TODOs
TODOs:
another step with on-going art project
about 15-20 minutes with garden
continue working on dining room table
Hope you all are having good days.
WestsideStory
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