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Post by plinko on Oct 19, 2008 11:00:39 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.
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!
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Post by plinko on Oct 19, 2008 11:01:56 GMT -5
Todo: Put clean dishes away spray toilet with cleaner and let it work canvass house for books and put them on shelf
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Post by syzygy on Oct 19, 2008 11:03:47 GMT -5
I posted the WiT starting post for today at the same time you did, so I dumped mine. Great minds think alike!
Ta dah * Got up * Cat meds * Cat breakfast * breakfast * initial email scan
To do * More * Lots
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Post by plinko on Oct 19, 2008 11:04:38 GMT -5
I was trying to post in your thread when you pulled it...let's do some three's together
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Post by plinko on Oct 19, 2008 11:58:32 GMT -5
Tada! - cleaned toilet
- put books AWAY
- put clean dishes away and washed a few more!
ToDo: - put away clothes on vanity
- put away makeup on vanity
- throw out old shampoo bottles
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Post by snailspace on Oct 19, 2008 12:13:39 GMT -5
Good afternoon!
tadas: Pet chores Went the the store Put away the cold groceries and made lunch
todos: Do lunch dishes Put the canned groceries away Make the bed
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Post by syzygy on Oct 19, 2008 12:37:41 GMT -5
Ta dah * Since I did all my maintaining yesterday, I can focus on new things today! * Bite of Project D * Fixed annoying computer problem * Made important phone call and left message
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Post by plinko on Oct 19, 2008 12:50:26 GMT -5
TaDa! - cleared and cleaned vanity
- cleaned bathtub
- took a shower
ToDo: - get dressed
- clean bathroom sink
- take cat carrier to garage (it's been sitting in my small bathroom for 4.5 months! WHY do I do that?)
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Post by iprocrastinate on Oct 19, 2008 13:09:42 GMT -5
all, Hope you're all having a pleasant and productive day! TaDas --walk dog, meds, breakfast, made bed --put cleaner in toilets and swished some filth away--will need to repeat but a 90% improvement --put away one thing, threw out 3 others ToDo wash batch of laundry-done go to office to pick up work to write-done pay the 2 bills that have been hanging around my neck all week!-done
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Post by plinko on Oct 19, 2008 13:59:03 GMT -5
My Big List of today's TaDa: - cleaned b-room sink
- took carrier down to garage
- took out garbage
- changed litterbox
- threw out gross bath mat
- threw out 3 broken small appliances
- cleaned toilet
- put books AWAY
- put clean dishes away and washed a few more!
- cleared and cleaned vanity
- cleaned bathtub
- took a shower
Good job everyone, I really like working alongside you all
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Post by syzygy on Oct 19, 2008 14:53:27 GMT -5
Ta dah * Wrestle A/C into winter storage * Finally put together the seat with storage that I decided I was going to buy 5 years ago. I bought it a month ago. Today, I finally put it out! * Paid attention to two of the downstairs cats who had been left in the back hall all day. I go them some water and a handful of food which they inhaled.
To do * Project stuff
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Post by greenfuzz on Oct 19, 2008 15:04:11 GMT -5
Plinko you are inspirational today! Folks I'm trying to do stuff that does not involve me getting wet. We aren't going to have heat in the building till mid week and might even be out of hot water for a day. I'm here in my hoodie and toe socks! Lucky it's not the dead of winter. This weather isn't that cold unless you have to deal with it all day and night! Anyway I've been having major computer/photography related problems and I can't empty my CF cards. So this has maybe indicated to me that it's time to empty my desk drawers organize the contents and throw out a lot of stuff. While doing that I may find a disk that I'm looking for that may help the problem. It' certainly can't help if I don't find it. So Tada's: emptied drainer, and washed dishes from last night maintained range top, sink top and counter top called my super about the heat, and also again to ask for repairs (did not reach him the second time and voicemail was full) cat meds and food my meds and food ToDo's Empty one drawer onto a sheet on the floor, reorganize and replace stuff, throw stuff out repeat 3 more timesUpdate! Working on drawer #1, and I found $15 in an envelope! However I'm also getting very emotional. Lots of artifacts, jewelry and photos from my deceased mom, stepfather, grandmother. But now just organizing stuff into categories. Also find out these drawers don't come off, at least not easily so getting the dust out was a challenge. OK this was too emotional for me to do the rest but I did it with one drawer! I'm still going to look for the cd I need in other drawers. I may no longer have it.
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Post by syzygy on Oct 19, 2008 15:16:49 GMT -5
Ta dah * Nibble of Project A * Put away handful of tools * Restocked paper towels * Sorted incoming mail
To do * Projects.... really!
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Post by hypatia on Oct 19, 2008 16:34:05 GMT -5
I've fallen away from the habit of posting my to dos either here or in Accountability Partners. And my house is much worse for it, so I'm back on the wagon. To do: start load of laundry empty dishwasher reload dishwasher
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Post by syzygy on Oct 19, 2008 16:38:36 GMT -5
Ta dah * Water plants * Prune plants * Set up stuff on counter
To do * Project stuff- really!
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