mothra
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Post by mothra on May 31, 2008 0:02:04 GMT -5
This is the W.I.T. (Working in Threes or 3's or whatever) thread. EVERYONE IS WELCOME, even 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!Heya, all! This time I hope I managed to copy the specifically WIT helpful hints from Rosebud, not the general Listzilla ones. Heh. TaDas for today: -Picked up laundry and brought it home. -Filled a smallish bag with trash from around the desk area (lots of OJ cartons; the club soda bottles go to recycling, and there are a zillion of them ... ) -Started a recycling bag for the water bottles, ha! -Caught myself thinking self-critical thoughts and challenged myself on them (e.g., "You should have done more!" to which the answer is, "The point of WIT is to do just three small things and post ... baby steps, dude!") To Do: -Go to bed and get 8 hrs of sleep at least, yay. -Get up and take shower, possibly even earlier than is strictly necessary. -Bring out any trash bags that have magically gotten filled between now and house-leaving time. -Log on here and post to this awesome community. There's also Life Outside the Home, in the form of opera rehearsal, but starting with the small domestic details mentioned above will start off the day with a little twinge of satisfaction! That's the plan, anyway. And here's the Cheering Section for WITs posted later on Friday, rah! WestSideStory: since you asked, I'm learning Musetta. Lotsa fun! Did your neighbor's cats fight like Marcello and Musetta? I do hope not, since at times those two characters make one want to get out the duct tape and stifle them ... although Puccini's tunes sure make it bearable! Good for you for doing the paperwork organizational planmaking sort of thing. It does make life feel a bit more manageable, doesn't it? FuzzyChow: not doing much is relative; if cleaning out cabinets and rabbit-food containers is something you've been meaning to do for weeks, then that's significant! Yay you. One of my own biggest challenges is conquering inertia, so I am thrilled when someone else does just that. It's inspirational, so thanks. Yay Glowworm not only for laundry but for the thoughtfulness of the wedding card. Looking forward to reading more from everyone soon ... Happy Saturday. Mothra
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Post by pegasus48 on May 31, 2008 10:45:23 GMT -5
Good morning, Mothra. Glad you caught yourself when the stinkin thinkin started and were able to nip it in the bud. Sometimes that's hard to do. Your eight hours sleep will also help a lot. Anyway, thanks for starting the thread today! tadas: *fed cats *breakfast made for dad and me *meds for dad and me *brought in newspapers todos: *clean squalored up kitchen (backslide area ) *laundry *get bank deposit ready I am going to go back to bed for an hour first, because I am still tired. Then I will get on with it. See you later!
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Post by WestsideStory on May 31, 2008 10:59:00 GMT -5
'morning, Pegasus48 and mothra. Thanks for starting the thread, mothra. Good job on the early morning stuff, Pegasus48 -- hope you enjoy your nap.
TADAs since last post: 1. Put dishes from dishwasher away 2. Put dinner dishes in dishwasher 3. Cleaned toilet *bonus* up, dressed, meds, coffee dripping
TODOs: 1. Make bed 2. Water plants 3. Clean up after breakfast.
I may check in again in the late afternoon. Have a good day, everyone!
WestsideStory
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Post by hypatia on May 31, 2008 11:38:27 GMT -5
Good morning everyone!
Ta das: - up - drinking some caffeine - fixed breakfast for the kids & myself
To do: - load & start dishwasher (will have to do this several times today) - start load of laundry - get dressed
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Post by artsygal on May 31, 2008 12:00:39 GMT -5
Good morning all!! Off to a good start everyone. tadas -fed and let dogs out -picked up dog "dirt" from yard -made coffee todos -pick up mom from hospital - whatever mom needs -ditto best artsy
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Post by hopefulnic on May 31, 2008 12:37:56 GMT -5
OK, I MUST accomplish something today! Not sure I have any ta-da's, Let Me SEE!
Ta Da's -Made Me A Cup Of Coffee -Made Hashbrowns -Gave DD her medicine -Answered 2 Emails
To Do's -Toss Some Papers -Strip Bed -Start Some Laundry
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Post by hopefulnic on May 31, 2008 13:11:05 GMT -5
Ta Da's -Tossed Some Papers -Stripped Bed -Started The Mattress Pad In The Washing Machine
To Do's -Gather Some Trash -Continue Working On Laundry -5 Minute Tidy In The Living Room
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Post by hypatia on May 31, 2008 13:33:46 GMT -5
Great job getting started on the laundry! I'm whittling through my mountain of laundry too.
Ta das: - loaded and started dishwasher - started load of laundry - showered
To do: - switch over laundry when washer is done - put away laundry in DD's room - 10 minutes cleaning off dresser in my room
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Post by syzygy on May 31, 2008 13:40:54 GMT -5
I'm going to need to do the laundry, but I'm not sure I'll get to it today.
Ta dah * boxed up 2 boxes of books to mail out * washed dishes that were in/around the sink * had lunch
To do * gather trash and take down 4 bags of garbage * bring boxes down to my car * collect random dishes and finish washing them
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Post by syzygy on May 31, 2008 14:29:00 GMT -5
To do * gather trash and take down 4 bags of garbage * bring boxes down to my car * collect random dishes and finish washing them Done! And I'm going to add another star since it started raining hard when I was gathering the stuff to go outside and I could have used that as an excellent excuse! * for the rain
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Post by crazycatlady on May 31, 2008 14:38:59 GMT -5
Hello! Great work, Mothra, and thanks for starting the thread! Good job, Pegasus...I'm sure the kitties were glad to get their breakfast!
Good job on the dishes, WestSideStory, and Hypatia. I did some of that myself this morning!
Nicely done, HopefulNic...I need to strip my bed and wash sheets and mattress pad, but I don't think that I will get it done until tomorrow!
Woo hoo, Syzygy, on moving stuff out of the house! That is always wonderful, because you won't ever have to deal with it again!
Artsgal, I'm so glad that your Mom is coming home from the hospital today, and that you are able to be there for her!
(I love this forum...I can be so forgetful, and it is nice to really cheer other people on when they are getting so much done!)
So...why am[glow=red,2,300] I[/glow] here? I've been very productive so far today, with lotza chat help. But I'm stalling. I hope that WITS will help!
ToDo's: 1. Move jeans from washer to dryer...fold items in dryer. 2. Clean main bathroom toilet, and finish master bathroom toilet. (I scrubbed the crud from inside earlier...need to spray and wipe down the outside!) 3. Clean up the kitty litter spill in the garage....its small, but near the doorway, so I should do this first.
Zoom zoom zoom~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Post by hopefulnic on May 31, 2008 15:05:51 GMT -5
Thank you crazycatlady. Still washing!
Ta Da's -Gathered a WEE bit of trash -Dried the mattress pad and put it back on the bed -Started the sheets in the washing machine
To Do's -Gather more trash -Finish the bed -Take trash and recyclables to the trash dump
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Post by hypatia on May 31, 2008 15:33:11 GMT -5
By tonight you'll have a bed made up with nice, fresh bedding to crawl into!
Ta das: - switched over laundry - lunch for me and the kids - switched over laundry again
To do: - unload dishwasher - reload & start dishwasher - put away clean laundry in basket
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Post by crazycatlady on May 31, 2008 15:47:21 GMT -5
TaDa's: 1. I did get the kitty litter cleaned up! 2. I found tent caterpillars in my tree, and sprayed them with Raid! So gross, but I think I got them. Some have obviously already moved on, though, cos the tree is chewed UP! 3. Took pics of the kids, and storm damage from high winds yesterday.
See, I do get things done in WITS, but I am kind of not so good at setting goals and then doing THOSE goals!!! ! Hopefully you can all bear with me!
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Post by hypatia on May 31, 2008 16:33:44 GMT -5
Doesn't matter what you got done, just that you got something done!
Ta das: - unload dishwasher - reload & start dishwasher - put away clean laundry in basket, started new load
To do: - put away laundry in DD's room - switch over laundry - get kids ready and go to meeting this afternoon
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