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Post by lennon on Jul 12, 2024 23:21:39 GMT -5
Have a productive weekend!
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Post by lennon on Jul 12, 2024 23:29:26 GMT -5
Things I will do this weekend
1. Put clothes away 2. Go to the grocery store
3. Put groceries away 4. Put medicine away 5. Put papers in recycling 6. Put library books away 7. Get and go through my mail 8. Wash dishes
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Post by desposito on Jul 13, 2024 8:09:49 GMT -5
Good morning!
Thanks for starting the thread, lennon!
I went out a little before 7:00 to the mailbox to mail my stuff, I did not run into even one human or moving car on the way, the lack of people (and dogs) on the sidewalks here still amazes me. I know it's Saturday, but a lot of people work on Saturday.
I did a short yard session, it's already so hot out there, and this is not even the extra hot days, those are Sunday and Monday. I'm glad that this heat wave is not a whole week like the last one.
Diane
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Post by desposito on Jul 13, 2024 9:31:46 GMT -5
TO DO:
Call decuttering client Go through mail, put bills on calendar Restock water in fridge Delete 10 hard emails
Diane
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Post by TwinkleToes on Jul 13, 2024 9:47:21 GMT -5
Good morning, lennon and Diane! I am sooooo sore from all the hard work I did yesterday. I am still amazed at how much I managed to accomplish yesterday. Today, I am worn out. Going to mostly REST. I really, really want to try to maintain all the work I have done these past two weeks. I really, really do. Done: PUPA master bath Took shower Dressed Brushed teeth Took meds Made bed PUpA sitting room |
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Post by bree on Jul 13, 2024 10:10:33 GMT -5
Happy Weekend! thanks lennon for thread TwinkleToes you did so much! do you know yet when your guest are coming? Diane - re quiet neighborhood - last night DD and I took puppy for a short walk just before midnight in our little neighborhood and it could have been 4 am, so many houses all dark, people asleep, just so shut down. not one sign of life. it's Friday night people!! mylittlescholar I chuckled at your "cross my hooves" comment in the weekday thread puppybox thanks for the kind words on puppy, she is a handful but we love her!! I had a good day at work yesterday and then a long list of what I planned to do between work and puppy daycare pick up - well did not quite happen! I did vac living room, love seat (puppy headquarters) and upstairs hallway dusted living room furniture used glass cleaner on inside front and back door and glass top table -- note: glass cleaner is my secret weapon! it smells so clean that when I use it on the doors, people coming in smell clean ...not dog and cats! I also went to the grocery store, i was a bit rushed as I had to get to daycare. purchased most of what I need but will prob go back today picked up puppy. she was the last dog there. mama guilt. but she was happy. I had been hoping that DD would eat dinner out with her friend as I did not want to cook, though i had stuff on the ready. she did! i figured I'd be on the couch last night as my activity but DD asked me to go to a late movie with her, so I did. when we arrived home, we did the mini walk with puppy (DD has a daily step goal) then I was way off my schedule and the animals were too -- boycat went out and that was a mistake, I generally scoop them all in by that time, but he went out for over two hours. when I finally got him in so late like 2 am, girlcat forced her way out! so I was out with her as she can't be unsupervised. she so loves to sit out on the porch at night and i want to indulge her at 20 plus years, each day needs to be the best it can. So I was out with her, gave her some time, scooped her up, brought her in, and then went to shut the back door which leads to the fenced yard and puppy wanted out ...so she was out briefly and then it was about 3 am when I went to bed! if anyone followed that twisty paragraph, congrats! so far today, fed the animals, did the dishes, played the n y t games, did a work email, started a load of laundry. I need to come up with a list for the day, lots to do here but I am drowsy |
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Post by desposito on Jul 13, 2024 10:49:18 GMT -5
I really, really want to try to maintain all the work I have done these past two weeks. I really, really do.
TT, I always feel the same way. Are you talking about decluttering? Or cleaning? I always think that if I could just make it a habit to clean up after myself I would never have to do marathon decluttering or cleaning. But so many times the day goes by so fast that I don't think about taking 10-15 minutes to go around the house and make sure things look good. And I'm retired, with lots of extra time, and I still can't do it.
Bree, is your window cleaner the regular Windex type of smell? Or do you use something with a particular scent?
Next:
10 minutes on old paper Vacuum something Research tree watering Delete 10 hard emails
Diane
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Post by desposito on Jul 13, 2024 11:47:29 GMT -5
Next:
Repot zucchini plant More vacuuming Wash some dishes Delete 10 hard emails
Diane
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Post by desposito on Jul 13, 2024 12:37:35 GMT -5
One more list before lunch.
Next:
10 minutes on first floor PEEPing 10 minutes cutting down boxes Check movie schedule, set DVR Delete 50 emails
Diane
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Post by bree on Jul 13, 2024 13:54:25 GMT -5
Diane it is just regular window cleaner called Castle it just smells clean, like when you walk in and smell it you know somebody has been cleaning! when I got some new windows several years ago, the vendor gave me a bottle as a gift and said it was the best ...not sure about that but I have used ever since!
So I am doing laundry and have my third or fourth load in wash.
did some purging
cleaned bathtub
DD is off with friends, puppy is in her post-day care low key state, cats are sleeping .... I should be cranking!
there is so much to do! I also have not left the house at all today, and I am the type that needs to get out at least once so...
here is my plan
make a call to see if I can get a landscaper for some simple garden work, I have a list of possibles, actually not sure how to pick (recommendations from next door) I did call yesterday to schedule a plumber visit....these items have been on my to do list for awhile
go through paperwork for 1/2 hour
go through remaining bag of DD castaways to see if I can bear to donate any (in the donate, gift, sell triad at the moment)
donate clothes hopefully
return bottles
go to post office to pay bill
quick trip to garden/hardware store
go to ATM to deposit check
quick second trip to grocery store
if up to it, go to shoe store to see about a pair of shoes for work
ok go!!!!
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Post by bree on Jul 13, 2024 15:00:05 GMT -5
Called and left messages at two landscaping companies
Went through and defeated a bag of stash and dash stuff!
Recycled and shredded for thirty minutes
Got bottles and bags ready for transport
Next
Write out check
Get check to deposit
Quick shower
Make up
Head out for errands
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Post by puppybox on Jul 13, 2024 16:27:38 GMT -5
Glass cleaner is ammonium and it is kryptonite to me, I can’t go In Anywhere that smells “clean” like that. The freshness is the outer layers of the mucus membranes in your nose throat and lungs being inflamed. Except mine are already inflamed and can’t take it. It’s one reason I can’t have a normal job. It’s one reason I had trouble at school. All buildings are sick building syndrome buildings to me! Can’t go near it or bleach. So we shall remain exclusively online friends  , we are opposites. German shepherd people didn’t even try to come in. It was the woman not the man, I think it was the man who wanted to come it’s the previous time. But I still need and want to declutter and will pretend they might come in next week. However I don’t think I can get the bulldog my current dogsit to live in my place. She’s literally crazy and will probably insist on going to her house. Which is 5 min away. And air conditioned, with a yard, so no unhappiness! Might hinder my decluttering time. It’s weird you have no pedestrians and no one awake ever at night either. I’m walking a dog but I enjoyed reading everyone’s day. |
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Post by desposito on Jul 13, 2024 16:42:49 GMT -5
My shopping friend called and talked for a very long time. She's having new problems now. I think some of her problems now are from just feeling defeated--she used to be such a productive, take charge person, and now she gives up so easily. I don't blame her, I'm sure I would be the same way in her situation, but it's hard to think of ways to help her when she doesn't want to try things.
Okay, I need to decompress from that phone call. Hopefully I'll still feeling like doing something later, but not right now.
Diane
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Post by desposito on Jul 13, 2024 19:47:04 GMT -5
So the rest of the evening was not productive, hopefully tomorrow will be better, even though it will be hotter.
Good night everyone, see you tomorrow!
Diane
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Post by desposito on Jul 14, 2024 7:37:38 GMT -5
Good morning. I feel totally stressed out today, yesterday was weird, between the horrible phone call from my shopping friend, watching cable news in the evening, and then there was an outside bird incident. It turned out okay but for the evening I wasn't sure what to do. I went out to put some food at the bird feeder in the late afternoon and there was a young sparrow sitting in the seed pool. I walked closer and it didn't move. There was no seed at all so I put some seed right near him, and he looked a little scared but didn't move away. So I went inside to get a little jar lid of water to put near him, I put seed in the feeder tray and some in the seed pool and went inside. Other birds came and ignored the baby. I went out a few times, he was sitting in the same place. I had no idea what to do, because first of all, night time was coming--if a mother doesn't come for a baby until night time I don't know if they're coming at all. Plus, there was a chunk of clouds on the radar coming right at us, which meant possible rain--and because there are only a few small holes in the seed pool, they often clog and the rain collects in there.
So I kept watching the radar, and that ended up dissipating just as it approached us, as it so often does. But now night is coming, and more rain is forecast. I went down to my basement and got a small animal carrier and a paper bag, I figured that if I had to put him in there for the night I could. But I thought it possible that this bird was dying, maybe the mother left it purposely, and even young birds--the ones that come with their moms and flap their wings for food--can fly, and do fly when humans approach. So after a few hours I looked out and the baby was now in the tray of the feeder than hangs over the seed pool table, which is less than a foot above the table--I thought oh good, he can fly! But then he sat there, perfectly still, while other birds were flocking around to eat the seed, for a long time. Finally, past the time I usually go downstairs and after all the food had been eaten, I went outside--the baby was gone. I looked all around the porch and steps, he was not there. This morning when I went into the yard I looked around the porch, no bird.
So--maybe he flew into something and was stunned for a while. I don't know why mom wouldn't be out there, though. Or maybe mom was temporarily hurt and couldn't come back right away. Or maybe the bird finally realized that it would be getting dark and knew he had to leave, but obviously, in the end, he was able to fly.
The only other option is that a cat happened to come all the way up the flight and a half of stairs and found the baby in the bird feeder tray. There are cats around here that people let out, and I have seen them in my yard occasionally. But I've never seen them on the porch, and it would be quite a coincidence that one came upstairs at just the right time that there was a baby bird up here. Or a hawk--but I would have heard commotion, I was sitting right inside the whole time.
This happened once before, during a rain--a baby was sitting on the edge of the table next to the seed pool for a long time, quite wet, and didn't leave. But eventually he flew away. So...I guess I shouldn't worry when I see this, but how can I not, because sometimes you do have to do something.
Then, overnight--around midnight, because I woke up, we had a thunderstorm. In the morning the seed pool had clogged and had several inches of water in it, so if the bird had stayed there and couldn't fly he definitely would have drowned. I'm going to go with the "stunned" theory because that's the only thing I can think of that would make him not move away from a human, but then eventually be able to fly away.
So by night time I was really stressed out. I didn't fall asleep until 11 and then the rain woke me at 12 and I was up for a while longer. I was happy for the rain, though.
When I went out to the yard this morning I saw that the rain had knocked several more plants down, but it was too early to stake them because I have to use the loud drill. Later it will be too hot, but maybe I can do one at a time.
Today is the first of the two very hot days, so honestly, I think I need to take it easy today. I already had to empty out the seed pool water into buckets and dump them over the edge of the porch, there was a lot of water in there. Priority item on my list to move closer to the top--drill more holes in the pool. I didn't want to do that because then the rain washes the seed out too, on the porch, through the slats, etc. But I'm tired of dealing with the water that accumulates.
I see a lot of reading breaks in my future today. 
Diane
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