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Post by lennon on May 31, 2024 23:13:38 GMT -5
Have a productive weekend!
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Post by lennon on May 31, 2024 23:19:58 GMT -5
Things I will do this weekend
1. Go to the bank 2. Go to the grocery 3. Go to the pharmacy 4. Wash dishes 5. Clear kitchen counter 6. Put clothes away 7. Get medicine ready for the next four weeks 8. Get and go through my mail
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Post by desposito on Jun 1, 2024 7:47:39 GMT -5
Good morning!
Thanks for starting the weekend thread, lennon!
I'm happy to say the new bird ate this morning--just a few seeds, but it's a start.
I talked briefly to my shopping friend last night, she will call me tomorrow so I have a clear day today--and it's going to be the last relatively cool day before a week of at least 80 degrees, so I have to work hard today. I slept okay but still feel tired and achy this morning, probably from stress. I'm going to eat breakfast, get a cable news update, and then try to get things done.
Diane
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Post by reve on Jun 1, 2024 8:56:52 GMT -5
Hope you feel better soon Diane! I'm feeling better for a decent sleep. Done some chores over the last 90 minutes and now relaxing with some brunch  Done: Put away clean laundry Cleared out underwear drawer Cleared out sock drawer Bag assembled for throwing away Little bit of PEEPing in bedroom Cleared and cleaned night stand Load of laundry Cleared air dryer Cleared air dryer 2 Folded and bagged clean laundry Handled mail Achieved floor clothes zero To do: Laundry from machine to dryer Empty living room trash Empty downstairs bathroom trash Change towels kitchen Change towels downstairs bathroom Clean sink downstairs bathroom Clean toilet downstairs bathroom Load of laundry 2 - towels Achieve laundry zero Laundry from machine to dryer 2 Achieve coffee table zero Achieve dining table zero Take clean laundry upstairs |
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Post by desposito on Jun 1, 2024 9:28:42 GMT -5
Good morning Reve! You're making good progress!
TO DO:
Call decluttering client Post in challenge Restock water in fridge Delete 10 hard emails
Diane
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Post by TML on Jun 1, 2024 9:47:24 GMT -5
Hi Everyone!!! Thanks for kicking the weekend off lennon ! Diane I hope you get to feeling better! I am glad the new bird is starting to eat! reve you are getting a lot done! Mom had to go to ER and is in ICU. I am in crisis mode but I am glad she went in (UTI Sepsis) as they found she also had impacted bowels when they were running other tests. I am hoping they can get her feeling a lot better. I had told the facility last week she had a UTI and they were supposed to be sending it out for cultures. I need to follow up on their process when all of this is done but with her being in hospital I gave them a list of all the things mom wants checked out and that is when they found the lower GI issue which was not expected as they had been using barium to check out her dysphagia which was not related except for the fact they were monitoring the barium through her system once they dosed her. I am going to be home a bit this weekend so I want to try to be productive as I can. I call in to check on Mom and then go in when it is okay. The kitties can sense something is up so they are extra clinging and being supportive. I went to the post off today to pick up a box. Later on today I need to pick up groceries. I think while I am waiting to hear about Mom I will just focus on an area and do what I can with the time i have. |
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Post by desposito on Jun 1, 2024 11:02:33 GMT -5
Oh TML, I hope your mom gets relief at the hospital, those sound like very uncomfortable ailments. It's good that you're keeping busy with housework today. Let us know how things go.
I just posted my goals for June in the challenge thread, and I wanted to expand on one here because it's part of my ongoing battle with hoarding tendencies. I keep saying that even after so much progress, I think these tendencies are part of my basic personality, and I have to watch for them and recognize them. Another thing I have said is that even if a person doesn't think they're a hoarder, one of the telltale signs is having to keep adjusting their storage spaces in such a way to fit more and more things into them. I remember many years ago rearranging closets over and over again so that every single millimeter of space was used. And repacking books into boxes so that I chose books of particular sizes so that they would fill each inch in the box, so there was no empty space anywhere.
Well, I am realizing that I'm doing the same with my houseplants. More and more space is being devoted to them, I have plants on every flat surface of the house, and I have to admit that this is serious hoarding. True, they are living things and I do feel like they kind of fill in for the animals that I can no longer have, but when I'm looking at a plant table and figuring out that if I move these pots over and these other pots over, I can fit in one more 6" pot on that table...I need to do an intervention with myself. So, I have decided that since summer is here, the plants that reproduce themselves quickly (spider plants, pothos, and the aptly named "mother of thousands") can go outside and enjoy a nice warm summer, and I will leave them outside after summer, after which they will fade away, just like all the annual plants in my garden--I don't feel the need to dig up the zinnias from the yard in the fall to keep them from dying, so I will look at these "houseplants" the same way. I will keep a couple of pots of them inside, of course, so that I can continue to enjoy that kind of plant and see them reproduce, but in summers the extra ones can go outside. I also have several older plants that don't look great--plants do age and some kinds just die of old age, so I'm also going to look for any that look like this and put them outside too--either the warm summer and sunshine will perk them up, or, not--then I'll know I can just let them go. So one of my challenge goals is finding plants for outside. Also, I will move some plants that are on the border to the enclosed front porch so that if they do well I can decide in fall that I'll bring them back inside, depending on how much room I have. If not, they will go too.
Another way to know you're a hoarder is when you can't use your furniture and rooms because there are too many things in the way--that has been happening with the plants, when every table has plants on them to a point where I can't do a project because there's no empty surface, I have to do something.
Next:
10 minutes on paper Post in other challenges Place another online order Delete 10 hard emails
Diane
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Post by goldenthreads on Jun 1, 2024 11:22:00 GMT -5
TML I hope they are able to take good care of your mom's problems. I'm glad you have your kitties for support.
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Post by reve on Jun 1, 2024 11:23:32 GMT -5
Thanks for the encouragement everyone! TML - hoping they can sort your mum out soon, poor her!  Done: Laundry from machine to dryer Empty living room trash Empty downstairs bathroom trash Change towels kitchen Change towels downstairs bathroom Clean sink downstairs bathroom Clean toilet downstairs bathroom Dusted plant downstairs bathroom Load of laundry 2 - towels Achieve laundry zero Take clean laundry upstairs Achieve dining table zero To do: Laundry from machine to dryer 2 Achieve coffee table zero Can I try for 30 tasks? |
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Post by desposito on Jun 1, 2024 12:21:13 GMT -5
I stopped for lunch. It has been drizzling on and off since about 8 this morning, which is wonderful for the plants, but means I can't do much outside. I did half an hour of weeding and pruning after I woke up this morning, but the rain is supposed to continue all day so I don't know if I'll get out there again.
A little while ago the new bird did some chirping, and the old bird immediately answered back. It's funny, with the other two birds I could never tell from their voices which one was chirping, but the new bird sounds very different. It almost sounds like his voice is kind of stressed though, so maybe it's just because he's new and when he settles down I won't be able to tell their voices apart either.
Diane
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Post by desposito on Jun 1, 2024 13:35:08 GMT -5
Next:
10 minutes on paper
Start dishes soaking Change upstairs calendars to June Delete 10 hard emails
Diane
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Post by desposito on Jun 1, 2024 14:30:09 GMT -5
Next:
10 minutes on first floor 10 minutes on basement Change downstairs calendars to June Delete 50 emails
Diane
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Post by ohblondie on Jun 1, 2024 16:15:39 GMT -5
This morning I went to fold a basket of whites and I discovered it was still wet from my massive laundromat run earlier this week so I gathered all of my whites and ran the load again. I even went to my mom's to get her whites to add to the load. Before I go to bed I will deal with it
I have a load of comforters to wash. Contemplating another run to the laundromat. I also need to run and pick up some of the rent money due to me. Both tenants are so far behind.
DH and DS are away Until tomorrow, they went to NH to a race. There is so much I put off to do until tonight. I better get moving...
I did a craft today at the ALF. We wrapped bottles in twine and decorated them. It was a harder craft but they turned out cute.
OK - I think I will go pick up rent - it is a 1/2 hr drive but I will get it done and over with
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Post by desposito on Jun 1, 2024 17:02:11 GMT -5
Ohblondie, I hope you can collect your rent money, things like that are what makes me feel I would never want to be a landlord!
I have ordered yet another time from Walmart. I couple of weeks ago I noticed that the bag of wild bird seed that I spend $25 on was on sale for $19, that's a big discount. So I ordered 2 bags even though I didn't need it yet. It was listed as back ordered, and after a few days the order was cancelled by them. But the sale still showed on the website and it said available, so I ordered 2 more bags plus a couple of other things. Today the couple of other things arrived, no bird seed. So I looked at my account to see if it was back ordered again--no, it showed delivered! Even though you could clearly see on the delivery photo that there was just a small bag on my porch. So I had to go into chat and ask for a refund.
Now I just ordered 2 bags again. We'll see what happens this time.
I spent some time talking to the birds, when I'm in the room they are quiet but a couple more times today they have talked to each other.
Next:
10 minutes on first floor 10 minutes in basement Switch wedge pillow on bed for a plain pillow, I don't use the wedge one anymore Delete 10 hard emails
Diane
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Post by desposito on Jun 1, 2024 18:25:38 GMT -5
Next:
10 minutes adjusting my ToDoist lists
Steam some veggies for dinner Wash some dishes Delete 10 hard emails
Then it will be time for dinner.
Diane
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