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Post by Ally on May 1, 2024 7:15:53 GMT -5
Welcome to WIT for the month of May! The guidelines for WIT 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. - You aren't required to do the 3 things you had planned on -- just get any 3 things done and then post proudly. Remember - if you are tired or sick or injured or depressed or overwhelmed, or just need to break your tasks down into something manageable, 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 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 3 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 Ally on May 1, 2024 7:21:04 GMT -5
Hello WITers!
ta-da: Set some goals for May in the May Challenge Meds to cat, Loaded some dishes in the dishwasher Ate some breakfast
to-do: Add a few items to the dishwasher and then start it. Tidy kitchen/dining area for 10-15 minutes Laundry? Get ready to take the cat to the vet. She's due for bloodwork, and shots. We should leave in just over an hour.
Put appropriate registrations in cars. Check on chickens
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Post by Ally on May 1, 2024 8:32:43 GMT -5
ta-da: Did a bit of tidying up Added a few things to the dishwasher and started it The cat carrier is ready!
to-do: Load cat into cat carrier Check on chickens quickly, and then leave! See you all in a couple of hours!
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Post by ClimbingPyramids on May 1, 2024 9:07:38 GMT -5
Ally, Thank you for creating our May WITs! This is my favorite month for many reasons -- birthdays, anniversary, "school's out for summer," and good weather. TA DA: first morning med breakfast watered three plants TO DO: 3 bits of work work more morning meds 3 more bits of w2
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Post by goldenthreads on May 1, 2024 10:43:29 GMT -5
Good morning! Put away dishes. Paid a bill. Had meds and made bed. ![::kqYoGoPUwfTibuMR0Mpl::](http://storage.proboards.com/1879832/images/kqYoGoPUwfTibuMR0Mpl.gif) Email daughter. Bring back bin. Errands: bank; library for print-out and cookbook
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Post by ClimbingPyramids on May 1, 2024 11:37:22 GMT -5
TA DA: 3 bits of work work 3 more bits of w2 check bank account...
...and then the day unravels. fraud. reported to credit union. now too depressed to do anything else right now, but will try to....
TO DO: do one bit of work work dry my eyes do one more bit of work work
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Post by ClimbingPyramids on May 1, 2024 13:09:37 GMT -5
TA DA: worked through my anger and sadness did numerous bits of work work did more numerous bits of work work
TO DO: do one bit of work work do one more bit of work work do one more bit of work work
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Post by Ally on May 1, 2024 13:36:58 GMT -5
ClimbingPyramids, I'm sorry about the fraud. That is traumatic to go through that! WTG for getting stuff done! goldenthreads! ta-da: Cat saw vet, had a cyst aspirated, and vaccine, and blood work, I got a call later to decrease her meds to once per day based on bloodwork. Procrastinated... worked on family tree, partly in preparation to for trip in June. Emptied the dishwasher Procrastinated some more. Then decided to bite the bullet and start sorting stuff from the dining room table. Filled a large plastic storage container with quilt batting, interfacing and bits of muslin/sheeting Started some whole grain sourdough pizza crust to eat later. to-do: Start filling another plastic container with quilting cottons. I need to figure out a system to do this, some people put small scraps in one container, and larger pieces in another Continue to clear area on and around dining room table. Take breaks as needed
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Post by Ally on May 1, 2024 14:45:34 GMT -5
ta-da: Cleaned up part of a pile from the dining room. It contained financial documents from 30 years ago. Worked on sorting through some clutter in an area I had worked on a couple weeks ago. DH had gone and dumped a basket of stuff I had decided to keep in with a bunch of stuff that hadn't been sorted yet, and combined it all in a large trash bag, sure some of it was trash, and some of what I had decided to keep, didn't need to be kept, but there were a few things that I really wanted to keep. I'm a bit frustrated but DH doesn't think I'm working fast enough. Shredded some of those old documents to-do: Keep plugging away...
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Post by goldenthreads on May 1, 2024 15:08:47 GMT -5
I'm sorry about the fraud incident, ClimbingPyramids. Ally I kind of want to get some flags to plant on your things that say something like Don't even think about moving me! Washed dishes. Paid CC bill. PUPA 5 minutes. ![::kqYoGoPUwfTibuMR0Mpl::](http://storage.proboards.com/1879832/images/kqYoGoPUwfTibuMR0Mpl.gif) Email daughter. Errands: bank; library for print-out and cookbook
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Post by ClimbingPyramids on May 1, 2024 15:57:59 GMT -5
Thanks so much Ally and goldenthreads. And it's so much worse when it is a family member. : ( TA DA: Made the deadline for all my final grade submissions. (That was all those "do one more bit of work work" things) Oh, previous evening TA DAs: laundry and.... major TA DA: with dear friend (DF), cleared a substantial walkway to the HVAC system in the basement in advance of repair person moved large Christmas tree storage bags from en route to HVAC to the corner of the basement --cleared corner of basement to accommodate the storage bags TO DO: Eat healthy dinner Try to get my energy up to tackle more tidy-up in yard Take out recycling
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Post by goldenthreads on May 1, 2024 22:36:46 GMT -5
![::tada-1::](//storage.proboards.com/1879832/images/ElqtgaKypYWeNbzGtFTV.gif) Went to bank. Went to library for print-out and cookbook. Put ingredients in Instant Pot. ![::kqYoGoPUwfTibuMR0Mpl::](http://storage.proboards.com/1879832/images/kqYoGoPUwfTibuMR0Mpl.gif) Clean up the kitchen mess. Email daughter.
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Post by Nael_C on May 2, 2024 7:03:58 GMT -5
Oh, ClimbingPyramids, sorry for the bank fraud. And on top of that a family member, it's natural you feel angry and frustrated. Well done on being able to push through and work on your environment, be proud of yourself! Hello WIT'ers! Done ~Picked up leaves from front veranda flooring. (It's windy so they will be more landing on the porch for sure) ~Washed the dishes and pots. ~Cleaned kitty's messes. ~Washed kitty's food and water bowls. ~Cleaned after the doggies went out. ~Washed the mop head, refreshed the water and put in fresh cleaning liquids. ~Prepared our meals of the day. To do I have some reading to do and some work preparation, so the next hours are going there.
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Post by ClimbingPyramids on May 2, 2024 9:57:16 GMT -5
Thank you so much, @naiec, for your kind thoughts. I'll refrain from saying much more here (this is a publically accessible space on SooS, correct? However, I will say that I am proud of myself.
TA DA: I cried while talking to the credit union representative (for which I have no shame), took a break from work/work, then got back to it and made the non-negotiable 5 pm submission deadline.
Normally I would have just gone to bed at that point, but my dear helper friend (hereafter, DHF) was scheduled to arrive for a 3-hour work session from 5 - 8. We started tackling the horrific garage.
BIG TA DAs: Opened the garage door (emotionally difficult task to get started) Assuaged self loathing at the state of the garage Started moving things out to start sorting
Ready to give away/discard, etc: -- Nice hammock to DHF (I got it from facebook marketplace but have not used it at all in the 2-3 years since I purchased it. Somewhat difficult to give away, but staying strong)
-- MANY MANY more plant pots
-- Lots of cardboard -- speaking of which, do any of you know of using cardboard as in gardens/flower beds for weed block?
-- infant car seat and extra bases. This is a really tough one for me, due to my extreme anger about landfills. They are expired and, thus, need to go. But I know there are many people out there who can't afford them and likely put an infant on their lap in a car, obviously, massively less safe than an expired car seat. Please help me work through this.
-- diaper genie
-- local h.s. swim team coat (need to drop it off at the h.s. -- have held on to this for an embarrassing number of years as never got around to taking it to the school).
-- more, but can't think of anything else at this point.
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Post by ClimbingPyramids on May 2, 2024 10:02:55 GMT -5
TA DA this morning:
Got up earlier than usual Breakfast Morning meds Drove to DD's house to take her to a healthcare appointment Now sitting in my vehicle writing up TA DAs and TO DOs
TO DO: Check work email Weekly therapy appt two more meds
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