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Post by reve on Jan 23, 2023 19:10:59 GMT -5
Done:
Cleared air dryer and folded laundry
Achieve coffee table zero
Achieve dining table zero
Went through three bags and a box in spare bedroom
Relocated pile of books to my office space
Relocated perfume to the bedroom
Filled a trash bag
Found two more trash bags ready to go out and took them out to the landing
Combined all the tote bags lying around
Put a sweater, a brand new necklace and a brand new watch in the donation pile
My significant choice for today is that I finally decided to part ways with my very first school lunchbox. I had insisted the last time I worked in the spare room on keeping it, but now I'm ready to let it go. I took a bunch of photos of it, so maybe one day I'll look at them again and marvel at how some apple stickers stayed on for so long - they don't make stickers like they used to!
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Post by TwinkleToes on Jan 23, 2023 19:28:19 GMT -5
TO DO
Take meds
Hair, teeth, face
Get dressed
Breakfast
Work all morning
Lunch
Work all afternoon
Attend training
Drive to meeting at SWA
Meeting with SWA
Drive home from SWA
Make dinner
Eat dinner
Replied to cousins email
Sent three important emails
Firm up plans with MIL
TO DO
Wash dishes
Laundry load in washer
Laundry load in dryer
Make bed
Deal with todays mail
Deal with tech issue
Sympathy card to B
Sympathy card to P
Respond to Js email
Respond to Vs email
Type application document
Fold two loads of laundry
Put away laundry
Layout clothes for tomorrow
Pack lunch for tomorrow
Call mom
Call sister
Bible study and prayer time
Prep for craft time with friend tomorrow
Shower
In bed at decent time
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Post by TwinkleToes on Jan 23, 2023 19:37:12 GMT -5
Diane, so sorry your back is hurting. Can you limit lifting and bending for a few days? I hope your senior client had good news about the cat today.
Bree, six meetings with Chaos? I don’t know how you do it! I had just one meeting with Calamity today, and I wanted to poke my eyes out with a spork. Ok, not really, but it was very frustrating. Very disrespectful of time.
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Post by TwinkleToes on Jan 23, 2023 19:38:24 GMT -5
Reve, I am super impressed. Did you feel anxious when you made the decision to let the lunch box go? If so, how did you work through the anxiety?
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Post by desposito on Jan 23, 2023 19:56:11 GMT -5
Good evening TT! Actually, I always try to limit my lifting and bending  because I know it makes my back hurt! But it usually feels better after a few hours, especially if I rest. I feel pretty good at the moment, but tomorrow is another shopping walk so another day when not much will get done. I'm so close to finishing my porch project, too!
I did call my senior client, luckily for me she was in the middle of something and said she couldn't talk, she would call me back. I said I just wanted a quick update on the cat so she did give that to me instead of calling me back--she said they did bloodwork on the cat (of course, she has no idea what kind) and told her he wasn't blocked, so they sent him home. She said the cat is back out in the rest of the house, still not eating well, but is walking around and seems comfortable. I guess that's all I can expect, I just told her to please keep an eye on him so that if/when he gets sick again she'll notice right away. So that could have been a worse report although obviously it's not a great situation.
I had a long talk with my decluttering client and used the dice to help me clear off my work table in the porch room, it was quite cluttered and now it looks better. Now I will eat dinner and then it'll be time to get ready for bed.
Diane
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Post by reve on Jan 23, 2023 19:57:12 GMT -5
Twinkletoes, I weirdly didn't!
I seem to be in a state of zen-like calm tonight, so there is an element of making hay while the sun shines. I've previously really struggled to get rid of sentimental things from my childhood. There was a fairly ugly picture with a broken frame that I won at a silent auction when I was about 7 (the last time I thought the picture was actually good) and I cried my eyes out, and the time I decluttered my nail polishes from my youth had me sobbing more than I have for genuine bereavements. The spare room is my biggest challenge for that reason - it's where all my childhood stuff is kept and when I think I'll just do a quick bit of work getting rid of obvious trash - there is none! It all feels like treasure!
I think I'm accepting it's OK to do things in layers. On a first pass, I think I'm much more defensive and feel the need to cling to sentimental things or things that might prove useful. Then later I will realise that actually, the things I had felt so attached to are not actually helping me or really needed, and my initial defensive reaction has calmed down enough to listen to reason.
Tonight, I just looked down at it as it lay on top of an overflowing box of old toys and genuinely wondered what the use of it was. It was not really in good enough condition that I would feel happy using it to store other things. Yes, there were memories attached and it was a little time capsule, but what was it actually doing for me? What would I ever do with it in the future? That spurred me to slowly but steadily move to get rid of it, but I was gentle with myself about it and made a point of taking really good photos of every sticker on it.
Seeing my house improve also shows me that reducing how much stuff I have is the right decision. I've been so happy with the decluttered rooms in my house recently,being able to move around more freely and see clear surfaces. I guess it's being able to prove to myself that I'm not losing something in getting rid of something I'm actually gaining something more valuable.
Done:
Brought gifted clothes up from spare room to bedroom
Reorganised work tops drawer
Threw out two shirts
Put two shirts in the donation bag
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Post by desposito on Jan 23, 2023 20:06:05 GMT -5
I'm not losing something in getting rid of something I'm actually gaining something more valuable.
Wise words, reve! Being able to relax and enjoy your home is worth so much. It's much easier to get rid of things in layers, that's why I say it's a good idea to work on purging stuff frequently, on an ongoing basis. You get better at it as you go along. There will also be good days and bad days--if you find yourself wanting to keep every thing you pick up it's probably a bad day--the next day might be better!
Diane
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Post by desposito on Jan 23, 2023 20:55:11 GMT -5
Time to take the dog out, good night everyone, see you tomorrow!
Diane
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Post by ohblondie on Jan 23, 2023 21:33:53 GMT -5
Well Happy Monday everyone!!
We were greeted with 6 inches or so of snow this morning. We had a two hour delay that turned into a full blown snow day.
I had already scheduled some time off this am. I needed to get some banking done that I couldnt get done as I was missing one document. UGH
I went outside and shoveled twice. My son had someone come by and plowed out the end of the driveway where the plows dump snow. The plow guy did two small passes that helped a little. He didnt charge thank goodness. Roads were getting better by the time I was headed in.
By the time I got to work it was flat out work until I went home....late......
I am headed in late tomorrow as well as my dad has a doctor's appointment in the am.
I washed my parents bedding yesterday. Comforter, blanket and mattress pad. Their room has been smelling stronger and stronger of urine - not sure why. THis helped a bit. I had a meeting tonight so I will go back wednesday night to help my mom shower. I can hand my parents clean clothes and get things folded nicely and put away neatly.
I also have to locate that missing document. I can get a new one for $10 but gosh darn it - I know I have all the copies I need!! Somewhere. In a purple reusable grocery type bag. Probably at my parents house.
OK - time for bed.
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Post by TwinkleToes on Jan 23, 2023 21:59:21 GMT -5
I guess it's being able to prove to myself that I'm not losing something in getting rid of something I'm actually gaining something more valuable.
thank you for sharing that Wisdom!
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Post by TwinkleToes on Jan 23, 2023 22:00:30 GMT -5
TO DO
Take meds
Hair, teeth, face
Get dressed
Breakfast
Work all morning
Lunch
Work all afternoon
Attend training
Drive to meeting at SWA
Meeting with SWA
Drive home from SWA
Make dinner
Eat dinner
Replied to cousins email
Sent three important emails
Firm up plans with MIL
Wash dishes
Deal with todays mail
Deal with tech issue
Sympathy card to B
Sympathy card to P
TO DO
Laundry load in washer
Laundry load in dryer
Make bed
Respond to Js email
Respond to Vs email
Type application document
Fold two loads of laundry
Put away laundry
Layout clothes for tomorrow
Pack lunch for tomorrow
Call mom
Call sister
Bible study and prayer time
Prep for craft time with friend tomorrow
Shower
In bed at decent time
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Post by TwinkleToes on Jan 23, 2023 22:00:52 GMT -5
I am going to have to work on the res5 of my list tomorrow. I am tired.
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Post by bree on Jan 24, 2023 7:40:35 GMT -5
reve WTG! Diane I hope kitty is ok, she does take to vet so I hope that is a good sign -worrisome ohblondie that is not good that your parents room smells! You work so hard w work work and life stuff So I looked at my coat and I think to fix the zipper would be very extensive and require lots of tailor work -it is sewn deeply into the front if the coat. Ugh. It oddly work upside down…. but I have to shimmy in and out of it. I can only get it to work having it on a surface not on me. I shimmy in. Then I pull the zipper up, but I t is only connected at the tag thing. When it is pulled high enough, I pull ithe zipper down and the zipper affixes itself so my coat is zipped, but the latch is at the bottom of the coat not the top… if anyone could follow that!!! So to exit I kind of pull the zipper open and have to step and shimmy out if it. (Is shimmy a word?) Yesterday by the end of the work day I was drained from all the meetings. During the last meeting, a zoom, she sent three invites to new meetings. I am so demoralized that I have to have my life impacted by this incompetence. She is f ing nuts. I think she loves meetings, loves to talk endlessly, loves to be the center if attention and it fills her day too but I think she feels accomplished. I do hope now that her new boss gives her the boot. She wastes everyone’s time and is such a scatterbrained I don’t want to go in. I have a two hour meeting e her. First thing. I don’t want to do it I don’t think I can stomach her but I will have to cuz I need to keep us in good and housing. But I am so deeply sad I have to work w this nut No fast solution. Looking for a new job but seems unlikely at my age. So my hopes fit the short term are in her new boss but as I have said chais throws people under the bus and lies so she could set me up Last night I bought us Chinese to celebrate the lunar new year Took puppy for a walk Bought bdsy presents and dropped them off for a short visit Did my mail resolution! I don’t like complaining so much I am just really moving into depression
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Post by desposito on Jan 24, 2023 11:07:54 GMT -5
Good morning! I went to Walmart again today. The walk was okay, I should now have a really good stock of everything, even water for a few weeks, although today they didn't have any of the large bottles so I just got the usual case.'
The first time they talked about the snow tomorrow they said 3-5 inches, the next day they said it would be 1-3 inches, now they say 2-4 inches. At any rate, it doesn't sound like too much. It starts overnight so no shoveling needed until tomorrow morning. Today I have to clean the birdseed area outside to get all the old hulls cleaned up since once it snows into the seed area I won't be able to clean the snow out without getting the seed hulls everywhere. The snow will probably stay around a while, it just gets colder after tomorrow.
Now I will rest.
Diane
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Post by peaceseeker on Jan 24, 2023 11:10:54 GMT -5
check in
am meds
smoothie
fitbit
meeting 2x/week T
PT 2x/week
water
cold brew
read chapter 6 how did this happen
pm meds
calendar
charge
set alarm to start changing wake up time
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