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Post by lennon on Jul 14, 2024 21:38:14 GMT -5
Have a productive weekday!
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Post by womble on Jul 15, 2024 3:50:26 GMT -5
Good Morning Lennon and thank you for starting the week for us x
I was up early as Dr was ringing, but they didn't give me time, she rang dead on 9 though thankfully so no waiting around all morning.
I found a flea last night, it's a battle this year, our groomer said it's the weather and she's seeing a lot. I don't know if our dog is picking them up from the pet sitter every week or the stuff isn't working anymore I will battle them again today!
Wash throws
Put a clean pillowcase on dog pillow Hoover downstairs Spray Hoover upstairs Spray
Dishes Half hour of ironing
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Post by TwinkleToes on Jul 15, 2024 6:59:03 GMT -5
Good morning, lennon and womble! So, our expected company never came to our house this weekend. Instead, they invited us to their air BNB. I have mixed feelings about that. On one hand I physically pushed myself to my absolute limits on Thursday and Friday cleaning in preparation for their visit. On the other hand, it felt soooooo amazing Saturday morning when I woke up and everything looked so good. My house hasn’t looked this good in YEARS. It isn’t perfect. All of my closets, cabinets drawers, and shelving needs a major declutter and cleaning, but the living areas are so nice right now. So much so, that I invited a friend over for tomorrow evening. I can’t remember the last time I felt comfortable enough to invite someone into my house without feeling dreadfully embarrassed. Now to maintain …. And start working on the storage areas, closets, etc.. I can work on those spaces one at a time. Time to start my day …
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Post by lennon on Jul 15, 2024 7:13:46 GMT -5
Things I will do this weekday 1. Take out trash
2. Wash dishes
3. Clear kitchen counter and stove 4. Go to the Post Office for business
5. Bring food to charity
6. Put medicine away 7. Put library books up
8. Put bags away 9. Sweep floor to a pile 10. Pick up stuff off the floor
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Post by desposito on Jul 15, 2024 8:12:15 GMT -5
Good morning womble, TT and lennon!
Thanks for starting the thread, lennon.
Womble, I'll bet your dog is picking up the occasional flea outside your house, if it's a bad flea season they are everywhere. You have my sympathy, my dog never brought in fleas but somehow I had them once with my strictly indoor cats! Of course, I worked at a cat shelter so could have brought one home on my clothing or bag.
TT, frustrating that your friends didn't come over and see your efforts, but--now you have a clean house! Last night I finally achieved back to baseline in all rooms. So now our challenge is to maintain that progress. You have the right idea--maintenance first, additional decluttering of hidden areas second. My goal is maintenance of the clutter free state first, cleaning goals second. Logic would say that every evening I have to go around and look for clutter, but that doesn't work for me since I have such early nights--so I have to do it mid-afternoon every day. I will try.
We had another inch and a half of rain last night. This is wonderful, things are getting a good, deep soaking in the yard. I wish I had more rain barrels though, since my 2 have been filled to the top through the last couple rains, it feels like such a waste. I went outside this morning just to look around, more plants falling down, I have major staking to do out there but I just won't be able to do it today, today we will reach the forecast high heat and humidity.
Thursday and Friday this this week will have highs in the low 80s and I would like to walk to Aldi, but I'm sure I'll have to cut the grass after all this rain. I don't think I can do both in 2 consecutive days.
Wishing a productive Monday to everyone!
Diane
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Post by desposito on Jul 15, 2024 9:24:29 GMT -5
TO DO:
Call decluttering client Start load of laundry Restock water in fridge Delete 10 hard emails
Diane
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Post by desposito on Jul 15, 2024 10:25:18 GMT -5
Next:
10 minutes on paper 10 minutes on desk file organizing Research an issue with Word tables Delete 10 hard emails
Diane
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Post by TwinkleToes on Jul 15, 2024 11:03:42 GMT -5
DONE:
Took meds Ate brunch PUPA master bath Made bed Folded load of laundry and put away pUPA half bath Gathered up dirty dishes and put in kitchen Made two pitchers of tea PUPA dining room Made plans with friend for tomorrow Made dinner plans with MIL PUPA guest bath PUPA front porch PUPA sitting room
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Post by desposito on Jul 15, 2024 11:35:34 GMT -5
Next:
Move laundry to dryer Bring 40# bag of seed to kitchen, empty in bin Refill all seed/etc. jars Delete 50 emails
Diane
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Post by desposito on Jul 15, 2024 12:23:23 GMT -5
It's almost time for lunch, before I eat I'm going to go outside and stake up just 2 plants. I'm not going to look at what the temp is before I go out!
Diane
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Post by desposito on Jul 15, 2024 13:31:58 GMT -5
Ugh, it was hot outside. I ended up staking up 5 or 6 stalks of my cup plants--they are so big with such thick stems, I had to put one stem per stake. I still didn't finish, there are more cup plant stems to do. After I came in I saw that it was 89 degrees outside with a fees like temp of 99.
I'm finishing up lunch now and will take a short reading break.
Diane
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Post by desposito on Jul 15, 2024 14:42:13 GMT -5
I'm reading a fictional story about a hoarder, and I only have a few chapters left, I was tempted to just keep reading til I finished it, but resisted. I will report on this book as soon as I finish it.
Next:
10 minutes on paper 10 minutes on plants Post in challenges Delete 10 hard emails
Diane
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Post by mylittlescholar on Jul 15, 2024 15:22:55 GMT -5
hi everypony! happy Monday!
didn't sleep last night. gonna try and stay up today, cause this is getting ridiculous.
DONE: made bed got dressed put stuff on the stairs away in the attic brought down four boxes of packing material to declutter--I told DVD that tossing this means we aren't breaking up. even more so than buying the washer and dryer together!
took meds updated log glanced at spreadsheet checked online balances checked email checked calendar posted pics of art homework to the thread
ON DECK: call vet for DDS appt and more flea meds--they are biting me! check for storage referrals start calling storage places--maybe start a spreadsheet; there are so many! pack up DVD's photography and label break down some boxes and recycle sort packing materials and recycle/offer on nobuy look up where LD wants to donate baby clothing
sort through the picnic ware and set aside to donate tomorrow sort through bags to donate tomorrow
set up yellow table and blender
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Post by desposito on Jul 15, 2024 15:32:26 GMT -5
Next:
Retrieve dry laundry from basement Restock paper products and toiletries Make index card with new postal rates Delete 10 hard emails
Diane
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Post by desposito on Jul 15, 2024 15:34:22 GMT -5
Hi scholar, wow, you're having flea problems too! Except you're in a different country than womble--maybe fleas are taking over the world!
Diane
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