Let's pick up our February 2015 conversation here, and if the newer thread comes back, I'll transfer it all over.NOTE: I found the missing part of this conversation in the cache and have dropped it in here on the bottom of this post so it makes the most sense. More info at the bottom of the thread.
Subject: RE: Nov-Dec 2014 Declutter & Fitness From: Stilly River Sage Date: 24 Dec 14 - 11:36 AM
And the pantry door will close! It looks good, and has cleared out some bulk from the pantry shelves in the hall also.
Wrapping, baking, cleaning. In the background a full backup of the C: (OS and programs) and D: (data) drives is underway (Norton Ghost). When that finishes I'll be ready for the next step, to put in the new SSD. That'll probably wait a day or two, but who knows, maybe there will be time before everyone wakes up tomorrow for breakfast then gifts.
Have a great holiday, everyone, however you celebrate it! Those of you with the added magic of small children in the house, you may not have time to do anything for a couple of days except pick up the wrapping paper after the kids and pets finish playing in it. For the rest of us, enjoy those small beautiful moments during the days ahead and rest on your laurels for bringing your families along to this point.
SRS
Subject: RE: Nov-Dec 2014 Declutter & Fitness From: Dorothy Parshall Date: 24 Dec 14 - 08:13 PMMill:
OH well! I never did trim those pots. I packed just about everything in the frig into large shopping bags and a couple small boxes and plus some bits of clothing, did laundry, remade the bed so it is nice when we get back and loaded the car and left about 2:30. The bridge was having some sort of problem and took an extra half hour.
I stopped at a sort of home depot store but NO element like mine. But a large Norfolk Island Pine already decorated with 2" dark red balls was being liquidated for $10 so I brought it along! I had taken the lights off the one in the city and now the new one is here in the big window so R can see it when he arrives; he promised by 8! HAH!
I also remembered that I had not paid for new drivers' license and stopped on the way to do that. Then stopped at a grocery for more stuff. Now all is unloaded and the frig is over-flowed and I have a box out in the cold area if building but need to find a safer spot as R says we have raccoons somewhere. If there is food, THEY will find it!
Vanessa turned the kiln back on this am as it had not gotten hot enough, thanks to me not plugging the peep holes. It went off about 6:30 and I emailed her to come any time after 8 hours - time to cool. This load is her Christmas presents! We are hoping every thing will be OK! The fact that it was a second firing of same pots seemed to have reduced the odour and it has not permeated the living space, thankfully! I did smell it out in the other area and in the studio but not as bad as usual.
Looking forward to four days of peace. relaxation, maybe some visiting or even visitors.
Note: got an email that bro gave me a membership in NRDC for Christmas! (SHOCK!) I had to go to website to find out what it is: Natural Resources Defense Council! That is sweet! I shall email him and thank him!
AlsoThis came to my attention yesterday. I have not had time to really look at it but it sure does make some sense!
Hope everyone has a wonderful holiday.
Subject: RE: Nov-Dec 2014 Declutter & Fitness From: GUEST,LilyFestre Date: 25 Dec 14 - 04:25 AMMerry Christmas!!!
Michelle
Subject: RE: Nov-Dec 2014 Declutter & Fitness From: Stilly River Sage Date: 26 Dec 14 - 01:20 PMI dug down below the line to refresh this thread. I had a busy day away from the computer, though we did refer to the kitchen computer a couple of times, but that was during a trip down YouTube's memory lane. My 26-year-old daughter had never seen the Tim Conway dentist skit on the Carol Burnett Show. Yesterday was about getting together with loved ones and sharing food and laughter. Our evening movie is one I selected this time - she also had never seen The Big Lebowski. It's one that parents of small children might want to watch after bedtime, but I spent my children's teen years introducing them to important films, and I think this is one of those. It's also very very funny.
Fewer decorations this year actually fit into the "less is more" category of holiday cheer. I won't feel like it will be a huge task to put it away and what is out now will look festive for the next few days if friends come over.
There is an ebb and flow to the year and in our lives, so this was a good time to celebrate things going well. I'm still looking for a new job, to dig myself out of a random basement assignment of 18 months ago that doesn't use most of the skills I brought to the old job. That said, I still have a job, so the complaint is tempered by understanding that I was more fortunate than a lot of people during a bungled reorganization of a workplace.
Not everyone who passes through this thread is so well-situated, making the global distance that Mudcat.org traverses an obstacle to offering help when it is needed. It's a time when I wish the screen was a door, when we could step through to offer an encompassing hug, a plate of homemade cookies, or complete prepared meals so our friends can feed themselves without taking time away from pressing family matters or health issues. A portal to invite friends into our kitchens for a cup of tea or coffee and face to face conversation. Offering assistance to those in pain of all sorts - here's hoping the words in all of these threads have helped and that for everyone 2015 will treat our complicated lives gently.
SRS
Subject: RE: Nov-Dec 2014 Declutter & Fitness From: ranger1 Date: 26 Dec 14 - 02:10 PMLove you, Maggie. Hug and virtual plate of cookies accepted.
Subject: RE: Nov-Dec 2014 Declutter & Fitness From: Dorothy Parshall Date: 26 Dec 14 - 06:33 PMMill: Yesterday was a quiet day of reading. and moderate eating. A little time on computer connecting with distant friends. Today we went to the Boxing Day Sale at the nearest Canadian Tire - Valleyfield/ about 30 minutes) . Unfortunately we did not realize they would open only at 1 pm - a reasonable thing for staff!! We got there about 12:15 and there were already people standing at the door and a moderate number of cars, mostly with people in them. Shock! SO, I took us for a drive along the lake shore which took almost enough time, then we read for a few minutes until everyone was inside.
With some trepidation, we went in and were surprised to find it not a bit crowded. It is much larger than the ones in the city. R was enthralled so after we found the few things we wanted, I suggested he take time to look around and I went off to the other end to see what was in the housewares, of interest. Nada.
R phoned to tell me he had to take something to the car so I took him the keys and then wandered and waited. Eventually we had ENOUGH - of noise and confusion, bought our few things and left. His first trip was due to finding something he needed that the staff had to take to the cash because it was small and expensive - a laser measuring thing which he has been wanting/needing and happened to find as he wandered. So that was good. My big purchase was more glass storage containers with lids. I love the ones I already have and now will have enough for both kitchens. Very good for traveling back and forth also - secure.
I am still feeling good and my arms are gradually getting stronger as I keep remembering that I can now use them to lift higher and more. It is so special to me to be able to do that and to feel better in general.
We have caught 4 (dear little brown country) mice and the traps are reset. We feel badly about killing the mice and I doubt R would but I am beyond enduring any more mess. That odour of ammonia was horrendous - and thankfully gone!
We have had thawing weather for 3 days and will continue through Sunday so giving R a chance to bring in the hose he missed doing before the cold started, as well as a couple other winterizing chores. The temp will drop severely after Sunday. True winter.
We finished up the chicken soup for lunch (4pm!) so I am thinking a chicken stir fry and salad for supper - about 8ish.
Subject: RE: Nov-Dec 2014 Declutter & Fitness From: ranger1 Date: 26 Dec 14 - 06:51 PMI am very fond of wee mousies, however, I draw the line when they start messing where I eat, or eating my food. Or sitting up begging on the kitchen counter within inches of where I am making peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. When I was rooming with two co-workers at the first park I worked at, we had a huge mouse problem and we finally all agreed on snap traps. Guess who got stuck with removing their little corpses? Not the two guys...
Subject: RE: Nov-Dec 2014 Declutter & Fitness From: LilyFestre Date: 26 Dec 14 - 07:11 PMPete and I have been sick for the last 5 days or so and today we are FINALLY feeling almost human! We had our Santa Christmas yesterday...Jeremiah got to open his presents from Santa but nothing from us, nor have Pete and I exchanged presents yet or visited with family. I think tomorrow will be the day when we visit with family. It was hard for me to not be with my mom on Christmas day (an afternoon event for us) but she knows we've been sick. We didn't feel good enough to go out and even if we could have sucked it up to go, I didn't want her to get sick either. Thankfully, Jeremiah has remained healthy. :)
Susan, I had my port flushed earlier in the week...standard maintenance. My hematologist/oncologist retired so now all my port (or chemo care if ever needed) is in the hospital and not at the clinic as all GYN Oncology has been moved over. No matter, the people are still stellar..just new to me faces. The nurse did a great job and didn't bat an eyelash when I interviewed her about how long she had been accessing ports, etc. She wins my vote of confidence and she did a fabulous job....however, for whatever reason, I bled a lot this time and some of it seeped under my skin making a lovely purple ring around my port. Not painful, just ugly. Jeremiah kisses my *boo boo* every night before bed. So sweet.
Michelle
Subject: RE: Nov-Dec 2014 Declutter & Fitness From: Stilly River Sage Date: 26 Dec 14 - 07:34 PMTami, I have a friend who used to live on the other side of our neighborhood who had a mouse problem but hated setting the traps. I used to go over and set them, then return to empty them. I also remove tarantulas from neighbor's houses (but they're alive and stay alive).
Michelle, I remember various years when family members had to postpone the holiday because of flu. I don't think we missed any holidays that way, just luck, I guess.
I've put up the flags for Invisible Fence, and as soon as we got near a flag and Zeke heard the beep he backed off - he has heard it and knows that when the girls hear it they jump and give a whimper and are clearly careful. He thinks they don't like the noise so he doesn't like it. Right now the collar device has a rubber tipped cover so it is only the noise, but in a day or so I'll take off the cover and we'll go into the front yard where he hasn't experienced those boundaries and let him get a zap. It takes a few days to train dogs when they're new to it, but Zeke has seen the collar in action so I think he'll be a quick study. It means I have to take him out on the leash for a while, though, each time he needs to go out. I'm going to blog this one.
Paper and plastic picked up, cardboard boxes flattened for the trip to the garage or the recycle bin. Sometimes very large pieces of cardboard are handy, so since I'm thinking about sliding a large cabinet through the house soon the largest piece will stay in the garage for a while.
SRS
Subject: RE: Nov-Dec 2014 Declutter & Fitness From: Stilly River Sage Date: 27 Dec 14 - 02:51 PMZeke's coat is so thick that I can't hear the beep from under his chin when he's wearing the collar. And I don't know if it is able to give the zap the way it does on the girls. I'll see how the day progresses, with various trips out with the leash.
Papers in the kitchen are shrinking, shredded and filed and recycled. Work on the computer isn't going as I hoped - I need to get the SDD to be the boot drive, and it isn't yet. Still working on it.
Today is cold and dreary, we had a lot of rain overnight. It's a great day to stay inside working on stuff. I hope everyone is enjoying the house-bound activity in your necks of the woods. :)
SRS
Subject: RE: Nov-Dec 2014 Declutter & Fitness From: Stilly River Sage Date: 28 Dec 14 - 12:05 PMIt is a fasting day (something I am glad to have as a fall-back for getting over the mega-calories of xmas day) so there is one modest meal in the middle of the day (500 calories). That meal is going to be split pea soup. It's a cold and overcast day, quiet in the house, with the radio and the sound of snoring dogs in the background. A good soup day.
I'm still decluttering by zone - I worked in the sunroom yesterday, compressing clutter on my potting bench and removing most of the stuff set on the wheeled cart next to the bench (one of those heavy duty plastic kitchen-style carts - it came from the friend whose house was foreclosed a few years ago). Now that cart holds my outdoor bench cushions and the bench is loaded with organized hand tools and my box of seed packets. I took the bigger tools out to the greenhouse. When it is time to start seeds I'll be ready to work (and that time is very soon - I'll put flats of seedlings in my window till the garden is ready in a couple of months). Our cold season isn't so long or pronounced as what many of you experience. I have to be on my toes to be ready for that garden weather - I grew up 100 miles from the Canadian border so despite all of my years in Texas, the early spring always takes me by surprise.
SRS
Subject: RE: Nov-Dec 2014 Declutter & Fitness From: Stilly River Sage Date: 28 Dec 14 - 08:49 PMSomeone dumped a puppy in the neighborhood last night - the neighbors checked their outdoor camera and saw a car stop across the street and eject a puppy. Sweet little lab mix about 4-6 months old. They're clearly smitten, but travel a lot. I told them that if they travel I'll feed it. :) We'll see if we can find a new home or they'll take it to the Humane Society.
Another evening of Lord of the Rings. I made the soup, it was delicious. Now I'll make a pot of herbal tea and kick back.
SRS
Subject: RE: Nov-Dec 2014 Declutter & Fitness From: Stilly River Sage Date: 29 Dec 14 - 12:10 PMI spent a lot of time yesterday trying to figure out how to get the signal from the old VCR into the computer, but had absolutely no luck with any attempts. I did it before, but for the life of me can't figure out what I must have done. I hate having to buy another piece of equipment (a converter) but I guess that's what I'll have to do. There are a number of tapes that are unique and need to be digitized. I could ask my ex what he did - I think he has converted some in the past. There may be a borrow-able piece of equipment available.
Stray puppy hasn't had any takers so far, so I think the neighbors will take it to the humane society and tell them it is a stray. It was dumped - they saw the act on their security tape - but they don't know who owns it so it is stray to them. And the "stray" designation means they keep it at least three days before deciding to adopt or euthanize. It's so hard to relinquish an animal, even if it isn't yours, when you know that is a possibility. I'm maxed out on the pets I can keep here and can barely afford these three. I wish I could talk them into adopting her - with me as backup when they go out of town, but I don't think they're buying it.
Though this is my holiday break it is a business day so I need to get some business taken care of. It's sunny so I should probably also take down the lights in the tree outside while it's fairly warm. I've spent my evenings watching the expanded versions of the Lord of the Rings trilogy - they broke each film into two disks when they added content, so it is actually like watching six normal-length movies.
I also have around the house puttering and postal things to take care of today - I'd better get moving.
SRS
Subject: RE: Nov-Dec 2014 Declutter & Fitness From: Stilly River Sage Date: 29 Dec 14 - 05:15 PMI believe this is the longest run of posts by an individual on one of these threads in quite a while.
We tried the facebook route overnight, almost had a taker on the pup, but she discussed it with her new significant other and decided she has so many irons in the fire that fostering a dog until she can move in a couple of months might be one too many. The neighbors are taking her to the Humane Society and will turn her in as a stray. They keep them for three days waiting for an owner to turn up, and then they decide to adopt or euthanize. I hope they would adopt this one out, and I hope the foster groups will plead for this pup - I'll let them know where she is now. She spent time with my dogs in the back yard - I have one very unhappy pit bull, she really liked having a new puppy to play with.
The last couple of straggler parcels have been mailed, now to work around here some more. I have lots to do, just have to make up my mind to do it.
SRS
Subject: RE: Nov-Dec 2014 Declutter & Fitness From: Dorothy Parshall Date: 29 Dec 14 - 10:25 PMMill: Frozen world again. The thaw was nice - but very wet! There was thawing and raining and the roof still leaks in several places - not in the living area or studio, thankfully. I have not been out in the main part of the building but it could well be skating rink in parts. Beautiful sunny day today and it was nice to sit in the sunroom and watch the sun set.
It was good to be able to go look through stuff in the unheated areas when they were a bit warmer. I continue to revel in my new energy level. So exciting to be feeling more and more like myself. I had not looked at most of these job lot boxes since we bought them las September. Found a couple throw rugs in stuff from that auction a year ago that perk up the LR a bit and one designated to go to the city to perk up the LR there. Went through a few boxes and sorted stuff to keep and stuff to go. Suggested to R that we need a new designated area for "stuff to go" as the previous one has been usurped.
In reading The Brain That Changes Itself, R has started to understand his acquisitiveness and to think about it as a disease. I am hopeful. Lengthy "state of our relationship" discussion this morning resulted in some positive learnings/realizations. I am staying at the mill for a few days which will enable me to focus on some pottery.
Newest wheel is in place in studio and older one moved out, probably to be sold to another otter friend for a nominal price. Studio looks good with all the finished pots on shelves. A friend stopped by this eve with a gift of cookies; I took her to see the studio and gave her a reject she just loved. Happy to find a good home for an elegant pot with a flawed bottom. She then chose to buy two bowls for gifts. She is a marvellous artist herself so it is always nice when she likes my work.
Current temp 17 F with a low of 5 predicted.
Subject: RE: Nov-Dec 2014 Declutter & Fitness From: LilyFestre Date: 29 Dec 14 - 11:01 PMWell, the Christmas Crud hasn't left us entirely. I'll be calling the doctor tomorrow for myself and I might make an appointment for Pete too although he doesn't seem to think he needs to go (never thinks he needs to go) but the wheezing he is doing while he sleeps suggests otherwise. Last night I woke up and thought I was hearing Jeremiah sleeping (through the monitor) but it was Pete wheezing!
Our house is a a chaotic mess at the moment. Between Christmas at my mom's house (read as we brought home LOTS of presents) and not feeling well, things are falling a little bit behind. However, we have plans for when we are feeling more like ourselves.
We took it easy today and plan on puttering around here tomorrow. I will be on dish and decluttering duty in the kitchen.
I did declutter 3 bags of size 3T clothing today to a friend who can use them. I love being able to say, "No, I don't want any money for these, just pass them on when you are done."
Michelle
Subject: RE: Nov-Dec 2014 Declutter & Fitness From: Stilly River Sage Date: 30 Dec 14 - 11:23 AMDorothy, I'm glad to read about your increased energy and working on things with R. Michelle, "wheezing" is never good. Do you have any albuterol there for just in case, before you get Pete to the doctor?
I'm working my way through the Lord of the Rings films during my long break and will finish them today. I spent daytime hours yesterday trying to help the neighbors find a home for a puppy dumped at their house. She's a sweetie and at the end of the day they took her to the Humane Society. An hour later a friend on facebook got on touch and said she could pick up the pup - too late - but she is backup to foster the dog if she isn't adopted from the shelter in the next few days. I'm not going to tell the neighbors about that, they already felt bad about having to take a dog down there let alone missing a foster opportunity, but they aren't in a position to keep what will grow into a large dog at this time in their lives (they travel a lot - though I told them I'd be their backup and would keep her while they're away). He brought the information so we can track her online and if she gets a home here soon that is the best outcome.
Still fiddling with electronic connections. For some reason I can't get my television sound to broadcast through my speakers like it used to. The older BluRay player had RCA outlets to feed sound to the amplifier, but the new one doesn't. I also have a few computer tasks (clean up passwords) and office stuff (filing, rearranging, etc.) Plenty to do here today on another cool and overcast day. Before the break ends I have to go mulch leaves one more time and mow the rescue grass (a native winter grass that looks like rye) around the yard.
SRS
Subject: RE: Nov-Dec 2014 Declutter & Fitness From: LilyFestre Date: 30 Dec 14 - 11:31 AM*My prior post should have said I thought I heard Jeremiah SINGING through the monitor but instead, it was Pete wheezing. I have suggested using the nebulizer but he doesn't want to. MEN!!!!
Today I caught up with the dishes and laundry has been started. I made 3 different types of soup for the triple crock pot that I got for Christmas and LOVE (classic chicken noodle, curry chicken rice and beef vegetable). I made cinnamon buns for breakfast and corn bread muffin tops will be in the oven soon. A salad has also been prepared.
It's a day of catch up kind of stuff around here.
Michelle
Subject: RE: Nov-Dec 2014 Declutter & Fitness From: W y s i w y G ! Date: 30 Dec 14 - 12:31 PMThree anniversary Misto's washed; one dried and filled. One for blend and one for EVOO, in PA. One for blend in Ohio. Color-coded with hair ties on hand. All will be filled and deployed by evening.
I'm putting a motion-activated LED light in my always-dustiest lower kitchen cabinet. When cleaned, its interior gets painted light vanilla semigloss.
~S~
Subject: RE: Nov-Dec 2014 Declutter & Fitness From: Stilly River Sage Date: 30 Dec 14 - 01:53 PMFor those interested in shopping: I found the best price on Misto oil pump bottles at World Market, down to $10 now. World Market is also the source of a long necked oil bottle I use, attractive and with a great pour spout, for $6.
I bought a bunch of LED flashlights over the summer and left them in various rooms and near the back door, etc. Some I got free with another purchase (paced so I got things I needed and the light) from Harbor Freight, others from Home Depot. They are energy efficient, light, and inexpensive enough that one can leave them in targeted high use places. I can't see the back of my computer or the front or back of my FM receiver in low light any more, for example. It doesn't have to be a huge light to do the job.
SRS
Subject: RE: Nov-Dec 2014 Declutter & Fitness From: Dorothy Parshall Date: 30 Dec 14 - 07:19 PMMill: Love the idea of a motion activated LED for closets!
Planted all the bulbs in big pots; put a bunch of geranium cuttings in sand. Put new cube heater in sun room but I guess it is just plain cold out! Put the drapes on wooden rings with clips; so convenient and easier to push back to let in max sun. It was beautifully warm until about 3 pm, then the sun went behind trees and the heater back on! So I read most of day because it was so nice in there and a bit chilly in studio. Did check out a couple things in studio and purchased a new, minor but necessary, piece of hardware for one of the wheels when I went out hoping to find Geri.
I wanted to give her some Zyflamend to see if it will help her shoulder but she never showed up at the resto and I came back to mill. Finished the Anticancer book - very good whether or not one has cancer as it focuses on improving lifestyle - food, exercise, attitude... The food is mostly what we eat but I do NOT get enough exercise and - winter in Quebec! Phooey!
Returned 4 books to library but did not need any more. Stopped in to see friend at fabric shop; she had helped me weigh the last ingredient for that glaze last week and was glad to hear it came out GREAT! Finally I have a burgundy glaze that works! Need to make more pots on which to use it.I did NOT buy any fabric! Getting little things done/moved/organized. Not dealing well with cold weather which will continue at least a week, except Thurs when it may go up to 30F so it can snow on us again. Good way to start the New Year!
(JUST this moment got an idea on glazing design with the burgundy and white glazes. Try to get some made for Valentine market. So exciting!)
This will be an early night and I shall turn up heat in studio when I get up so I can get in there and WORK!
Happy New Year!
Subject: RE: Nov-Dec 2014 Declutter & Fitness From: LilyFestre Date: 30 Dec 14 - 08:34 PMWe've been using a Misto for years....love it.
Michelle
Subject: RE: Nov-Dec 2014 Declutter & Fitness From: Stilly River Sage Date: 31 Dec 14 - 01:48 AMFinished the Lord of the Rings. It's good that each film, now longer, is broken into two disks, giving viewers a logical stopping point if they need one. Which I did. Today I watched the entire last movie, but I started a lot earlier in the day. Didn't get a lot done during that time, but I'm glad I did it. I was disappointed that even in the longer version they short-changed the hobbits by truncating the story after the king was crowned.
Oatmeal is in the crock pot, sleet is in the forecast for tonight and tomorrow. Definitely weather for working indoors. I won't complain too much, the cold here is nothing like the rest of you are experiencing for a lot longer each winter. I'm not acclimated to the cold any more (and this alternate day fasting can mean I feel cold more because of fewer calories.)
I have a pile of papers here to attend to first thing in the morning. We'll see what happens after that.
SRS
Subject: RE: Nov-Dec 2014 Declutter & Fitness From: Dorothy Parshall Date: 31 Dec 14 - 08:33 AMMill: Lay in bed this mornin watching the sky get lighter. Sun seemed to be comin up so I got up and made B, transformed the futon to day mode and sat down to eat, having seen light snow falling in while in the K. NOW! Boom, the sun is up and clouds are scattered. But it must be COLD as the heater keeps going and going - sounds like an airplane taking off! It is the sort one might see in a garage or some such space. R tells me we will someday have quieter heat in here. Cannot hold a conversation and be warm at the same time!
I am grateful we only have mice and NOT tarantulas! Teo more bit the dust while R was here and no more since, and no mouse sign!
Off to turn up heat in studio.
Subject: RE: Nov-Dec 2014 Declutter & Fitness From: Dorothy Parshall Date: 31 Dec 14 - 08:59 AMMill: On second thoughts: it is going to be difficult and costly to get the studio warm enough to work - for me. Plan B - I'm thinking about what that can be! Need to do something...
Subject: RE: Nov-Dec 2014 Declutter & Fitness From: Stilly River Sage Date: 31 Dec 14 - 01:36 PMI'd rather have the tarantulas, Dorothy! They generally stay outside, they are beneficial in that they eat a lot of bugs I don't want in the house and they will eat mice and such. Did you know that a tarantula can live as long as 35 years?
Cleaning today, I think, and I'll see what I have time for when I finish.
SRS
Subject: RE: Nov-Dec 2014 Declutter & Fitness From: Stilly River Sage Date: 31 Dec 14 - 04:00 PMKitchen is looking better, I've cleared counters and scrubbed down with Formula 409, then put back just what belongs. Some papers that were sitting on the counters have been filed or scanned and tossed. It's time to pause and make a run to the village recycle bins. The predicted sleet never arrived, so the drive is safe.
I am thinking about just one declutter thread for the year - any observations pro or con?
SRS
Subject: RE: Nov-Dec 2014 Declutter & Fitness From: LilyFestre Date: 31 Dec 14 - 06:03 PMA thread for the year sounds good or maybe quarterly? It's nice to have it all in one place to look back over.
Anyone have any traditions they do on New Year's Eve?
Michelle
Subject: RE: Nov-Dec 2014 Declutter & Fitness From: W y s i w y G ! Date: 31 Dec 14 - 06:17 PMI say continue a quarterly thread. One annually is too much for fone or tablet.
~S~
Subject: RE: Nov-Dec 2014 Declutter & Fitness From: Dorothy Parshall Date: 31 Dec 14 - 10:09 PMMill: Quarterly I really do not care what tarantulas eat, they are really creepy - to me. I suppose one can get used to them. Then someone on line was mentioning scorpions. ARGHHH! Reminds me that there are parts of the world to which I do not wish to go!
New Year's Eve tradition - home with a good book! Maybe some good music, too. Spent some time tonight on the phone with a couple friends doing the same. R is in the city dealing with a VERY large party renting space in one of their industrial buildings. Hope he can come down tomorrow.
My plan B ended up being a super job of sorting and organizing sewing stuffs and separating out a number of unfinished projects, finding a small table for sewing machine and getting set up. Removed dead elastic from a pair of slacks and ---pooped out. But they are on the table with new elastic, ready for the morrow and new energy. I actually ended up with four empty plastic bins that I can now use for sorting other stuffs.
19F tonight going up to 45 on Sunday then down to minus 5 on Monday night. What a roller coaster!
May it be a good year for all!
Subject: RE: Nov-Dec 2014 Declutter & Fitness From: Stilly River Sage Date: 31 Dec 14 - 10:29 PMOkay, we'll go with quarterly - I wondered if there were any devices other than computers being used to access the thread.
I've finished the kitchen and moved on to finish the dining area. One big bag of household glass, plastic, cans, and cardboard recycled this afternoon and more stuff ready to go out tomorrow. I need to mop the kitchen then vacuum a couple of carpets and then stop. My goal is to have a great looking kitchen and generally tidy house when I get up tomorrow - it is my gift to myself.
I have a spare vacuum cleaner that I'll list on eBay, if it looks like they sell there. Otherwise maybe Criag's List. It's a small apartment type (easy to pull around, not upright) and only used a little bit, but is one too many for the household. Also there is other stuff for eBay to put up tomorrow. While I was in the sunroom this evening (where the eBay stuff lives) I found a trail of ants into one of my plants so I set up a couple of cardboard tabs with ant bait. That is disappointing - I hoped I'd knocked them off this fall.
Not a very exciting evening at home, but not bad, either. Sleet is predicted for overnight and tomorrow, so best to be home with no travel plans. A couple of glasses of wine for the festive nature of the evening, and I see some old movies on TV that I can let run in the background. Have a safe and sane evening, everyone! (And Dorothy, I agree whole-heartedly about drawing the line at scorpions!)
SRS
Subject: RE: Nov-Dec 2014 Declutter & Fitness From: Stilly River Sage Date: 01 Jan 15 - 12:43 AMHere is the next thread in the series, from January through March, 2015.