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Post by Ally on Jan 2, 2021 11:59:21 GMT -5
Well, I'm back after about 3 months of avoidance. I just realized that I joined this group 10 years ago. Progress has been slow. I use an OLD computer to log in to this site, and I really need to upgrade it. The computer is slow, and locks up nearly every time i use it. Anyway, my semester was done about a month ago, and was going to start logging in here, but didn't. I procrastinated quite a bit. Wasted hours of time on facebook, battling conspiracy theories and the like. My next (and final) semester starts next week I believe. I really need some accountability. Ta-da's: A few weeks ago, I contacted a mother of young twin girls about an old Little Tykes Kitchen that I have been storing in my basement for 20 YEARS. At first I thought it would be nice for my daughter's cousins to play with, then if friends came over... then grand-kids someday??? Who was I fooling? Just myself... I could have sold it, but I asked her if she wanted it. She just came and took it away. I included some old kid's dinnerware, and other toys. I realized that many of these toys were made when the standards for kids toys are not what they are today. I'm sure the plastic in the cheap plastic fake food contains BPA. Most of it is getting trashed. Emptied the dishwasher I'm making a batch of cat food. To-do: Go for a walk. I get my neighbor's mail while I'm out. Finish making the cat food. (I pressure cook bone-in chicken, and then grind it up.) Find 10 things to toss quickly. Work on quilt for 30 minutes.
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Post by seahorse on Jan 2, 2021 12:15:24 GMT -5
TA DA Sorted mail Put paper on pile of clothes for later today Kind of cleared off bed - is also staging area for getting ready to go later (need a better system!)
TO DO Take toilet brush downstairs Wash 1 dish 5 minutes downstairs tidy - kitchen, foyer, porch
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Post by seahorse on Jan 2, 2021 12:36:09 GMT -5
Welcome back Ally and a giant "woohoo" for letting go of the play kitchen!!! TA DA Took toilet brush downstairs (already forgot about it!) Washed a few dishes 5 minutes downstairs tidying Washed a few more dishes Just realized that I need to be ready by 1:30 - I was thinking I had until 2:00!! TO DO - lightning round - need to work quickly! Wash a few more dishes Swish downstairs toilet Find hairbrush and brush out hair in prep for shower Kind of wish I was not going out because I'm on a roll, but I think I'm on a roll because I only have a limited amount of time because I'm going out!!
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Post by erniethecat on Jan 2, 2021 12:37:08 GMT -5
seahorse - what a successful trip!! Well done!!! I cleaned the shower whilst showering, so now I feel very efficient. Time for a quick errand out and be back for an afternoon list. Ta Da 1. Fill water bottle 2. Download podcasts 3. Clean office 4. Clean bathroom 1 5. Pick up living room 6. Vacuum living room 7. Vacuum hall 8. Sweep kitchen 9. Mop kitchen 10. Sort out ziplock bags 11. Put laundry on 12. Wipe counters 13. Pick up bedroom 14. Dust bedroom 15. Make the bed 16. Clean bathroom 2 17. Shower 18. Get dressed
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Post by seahorse on Jan 2, 2021 12:48:43 GMT -5
Love the efficiency erniethecat!! TA DA Washed some more dishes Swished downstairs toilet (really needed it) Found hairbrush TO DO Brush out hair Somehow convince myself to get into the shower! Post-shower routine - wipe down tiles with towel (my very hard water turns everything orange ), dry off, comb out wet hair, start to get dressed, etc.
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Post by goldenthreads on Jan 2, 2021 13:31:19 GMT -5
☕️ Good late morning/afternoon, oust erniethecat seahorse ! Ally, I wondered how you were doing with all that's going on in your life. Welcome back! Made bed. Started a load of dishcloths and dish towels. Worked on sidewalks and driveway. Get dressed. Wash dishes. Roomba.
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Post by yrwelcome on Jan 2, 2021 13:40:56 GMT -5
Hi WITs Good to see you Ally! Ta-da garbage and recycling out dark load started DW loaded To-do food prep sort and reorder bathroom drawers 2nd pass kitchen floors
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Post by Ally on Jan 2, 2021 13:57:40 GMT -5
Hello everyone! Happy New Year! It's good to see some familiar faces!
ta-da's: Sorted through some junk mail. Shredded a bunch. Cleaned out most of the poop from the chicken coop. (I use shredded paper and cardboard as bedding in the chicken coop. It goes into the compost and finishes out really nicely.) Tossed some more junk.
to-do: Go for a walk Make cat food More cleaning up? Work on quilt?
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Post by missjean on Jan 2, 2021 14:25:38 GMT -5
Welcome back Ally and a giant "woohoo" for letting go of the play kitchen!!! (...) Kind of wish I was not going out because I'm on a roll, but I think I'm on a roll because I only have a limited amount of time because I'm going out!! What Seahorse wrote. 2X!! My brother just left after a New Year's Day of binge-watching a series and snacking. Before he arrived, I managed to clear and clean every room except the office aka "storage room" that's collected every dash-and-stash item for two years. I don't think I could've /would've without a hard deadline. 1. Packed up all snacks, cheese, and rice into a care package for brother 2. Washed dishes 3. Laundry load 1. Fold and put away dry clothes 2. Hang damp clothes 3. Vacuum floors
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Post by goldenthreads on Jan 2, 2021 14:29:03 GMT -5
Got dressed. Transferred wash to dryer. Washed dishes. PUPA 10 minutes. Roomba a room. Go for a walk.
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Post by oust on Jan 2, 2021 15:28:35 GMT -5
Hi Ally.
I went into the huge suitcase. Full of special things. Im either purging or donating. Empty. Got other things from my life from 20 years ago letting it all go. That time ain't coming back.
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Post by missjean on Jan 2, 2021 15:29:03 GMT -5
1. Clothes put away 2. Clothes drying 3. Vacuumed floor 4. Emptied vacuum & cleaned brushhead 5. Put away vacuum 6. Shook tablecloth outside and put back on table. 1. Took bathroom and kitchen bags to bin 2. Set up work mat and laptop for writing 3. Put away dry dishes and pans 1. Fold & put away Laundry #1 2. Put laundry #2 in dryer 3. Put away recycling and trash bins
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Post by gaylem on Jan 2, 2021 17:40:52 GMT -5
My brother died at the hospital shortly after midnight today, 16 hours ago my time. He was 74. Cardiac arrest was unexpected because he was improving. Much of last night and today was consumed by my paperwork for body donation to a medical teaching University in my area. Routine daily tasks including 2nd dog walk Willed Body Donation Next of Kin digital paperwork including trip to local hospital for signatures cleared/cleaned 3 cluttered table tops hip exercises phone call with daughter when we have time to talk get some sleep
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Post by razy on Jan 2, 2021 17:43:49 GMT -5
It's stopped raining, we didn't flood despite a night of torrential rain and the sun is trying to shine. We won't be going camping though because all the rivers are in flood up country and some roads are closed.... It's all a good excuse to lie around doing nothing Breakfast Started breadmaker with dough for bagels Read book Shower Wash towels Clean something else in the kitchen
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Post by razy on Jan 2, 2021 17:45:26 GMT -5
gaylem - I am so sorry for your loss Take care
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