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Subject: BS: May 2011 Declutter & Fitness Records* From: Stilly River Sage Date: 01 May 11 - 12:51 PM To give the thread a fresh look (aren't we starting our third year now?) I changed the wording a little. We can have an elf change it if there is a riot in the streets, but we are all working toward better fitness and decluttered homes, so there it is in the title. It's a rainy day for me here in Texas, I've heard from a friend that it is a stunningly bright beautiful day in New York City. The good thing about rainy days is that it makes me look around the house and stay indoors to work on some of those projects, or else I'd always be out in the yard. Yesterday I did a lot of the heavy lifting required to take apart an ornamental wall built up against the side of the house (there is still one more wall to take down). I'll use those stones in a new wall in the yard, in front of a berm I've been building up for a while. This is the ultimate in reuse/recycling. Meanwhile, on this rainy day I've turned the calendar page and realize my son will be home in a couple of weeks, and I need to finish clearing out the sewing room (I was reorganizing craft materials from the sun room, putting them in the sewing room) and I need to then finish wiring a couple of rooms for the last of the cable and data plugs I've been meaning to run. Spring and fall are the times of year to go into the attic for that work, so I'll get it done this week. And then the old computer from his bedroom goes into the guest/sewing room and makes room for the computer he took to college. It's an embarrassment of riches, all of the computers around this house now. Here is the April 2011 thread. Some of our regular discussion contributors are in the middle of house renovation projects or have moved recently, we have occasional yurt and garden reports, and we have a whole bunch of people out there walking to their hearts' delight. Pedometers optional. Let us know how you're doing! SRS |
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Subject: RE: BS: May 2011 Declutter & Fitness Records* From: Penny S. Date: 01 May 11 - 01:10 PM Sleepy today after a late night car run returning a friend home, but I did manage to dig up a lot of vinca major. If you don't know it, it is a periwinkle, a plant with blue flowers and evergreen glossy dark green leaves. It propagates by runners and is very invasive. It's good if you want ground cover somewhere big where maintenance isn't a problem. I see it is a problem over the pond as well. Invasive plant Currently, we have not had rain for ages, so the clay is hard as bricks, and I had to plan ahead and water the ground thoroughly yesterday. More water today, and the plant became quite easy to fork up. I could only manage half an hour though, more boredom than physical tiredness, I think. I've an equal amount more to shift, in more difficult spots to reach. Then over to plant it in the old garden, which is big, and left to go to wild, along with an invasive geranium, very pretty, but it's taking over. Meanwhile, I've been emptying out bird feeders which have not been visited - yesterday, niger seed which was supposed to attract goldfinches, which visited once. I poured it on one of the steps I built, where it attracted two pigeons and a woodmouse. Almost gone now. I've had to cover my lettuces with netting since the pigeons were finding them attractive. Penny |
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Subject: RE: BS: May 2011 Declutter & Fitness Records* From: LilyFestre Date: 01 May 11 - 01:15 PM I have started writing down what I'm eating and am considering rejoining WW. I stopped because I just wasn't having the oomph it required to get up and out of the house for a very early meeting plus it's an expensive adventure if you really aren't committing yourself, which I wasn't. I have signed up for early morning yoga classes 4 days a week and have found a local church that has exercise activities during the week as well as play time for the babies. Maybe I'm shooting a little high and fast but the Y is also offering Zumba (with childcare)....I just have to find the energy to get out of this house. Once I'm out, I'm good...but sometimes that motivation is hard to find. Maybe this is a secret that the rest of the world already knows and I am just figuring out but coffee (just one cup) makes my belly feel full for hours. HOURS. I know drinking water and such fills you up but this is different...at least it is for me! :) The longer days are having a big effect on my energy levels too...it never used to bother me but it has this year. I also have an appointment this month with and endocrinologist to see if they can straighten out my ongoing, forever changing thyroid issue....I have high hopes! On the house front, our yard is MUD. I mean deep, up over the tops of your boots, suck the shoes off your feet kind of MUD. ARG. We have 2 dogs in the house and of course they drag it in with them. They do have thier own room but to get to it, they track through the kitchen and down the hall. So...I am doing lots of sweeping and mopping. We decided to hold off on the yard sale until later so I have that in the back of my head as well. I have a ton of stuff to mark and get ready...mostly baby clothes, swings, etc. When Jeremiah has outgrown his high chair, I'll be donating that to my church which has a really old, unstable high chair (not really useable)...but otherwise, I'll be selling most of the stuff. Bumba chair, a bobby, swing, jumpy, etc. and let's not forget the CLOTHES! Oh wait, I already said that, huh? LOL OK..so for me this month, writing down what I eat, making an effort to get out of this house and to make it to a few *formal* exercise things each week. And my house...just to keep doing what I've been doing and to add yard and garden work as it dries up outside! Michelle |
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Subject: RE: BS: May 2011 Declutter & Fitness Records* From: wysiwyg Date: 01 May 11 - 02:50 PM [taking a breath] I just took a fresh look at an old memory and finally realized, some 35 years later, that I'm gonna have to Take Back the Night (and the daytime as well). If you do not know what that means-- don't comment on it please. Being an old hand at deep personal work (AFGO), I know how to deal with this and how it's connected to Just About Everything Else. Oh my. I had remembered all the childhood stuff and worked on THAT. Now there's this later event. AFGO. TBTG for AFGO's [snarlingly smiling] Of course I'm a tad angry. Perhaps I can use that to fuel jaunts out to the mailbox (and farther) on the days when I'd rather not. ~Susan |
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Subject: RE: BS: May 2011 Declutter & Fitness Records* From: Stilly River Sage Date: 01 May 11 - 04:04 PM Laundry running, several things underway. I've missed trash pickup for a couple of weeks now; we have 2x weekly, but two of those overnights involved high winds and rain, and I didn't want my trash out in the street. Two other times I just forgot. I recycle so much, throw out so little that it still won't fill the smallish metal can I use. But I'm rounding up trash to finally get it to the curb tonight. Folding laundry finally. Dusting. I could spend a whole day just dusting around here, I do it so rarely. And I'm thawing ingredients for a casserole this evening. Once it is assembled and baking (takes 2 1/2 hours) I'll work around the house. I have some web stuff to do also, probably this evening. Andrea, how goes it with stonemasons and carpenters? I was speaking to my ex yesterday about dismantling a wall - and was reminded of Jude the Obscure. I asked, he hasn't listened to the recorded book, so I told him I wouldn't spoil the end, but that it is probably one of the most depressing novels in the English language. . . and it probably attaches some unintended baggage to those who do stonework. :-/ SRS |
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Subject: RE: BS: May 2011 Declutter & Fitness Records* From: Stilly River Sage Date: 01 May 11 - 04:08 PM Oops - P.S. Michelle, do you know the song Housewife's Lament? My dad used to sing this one, it was a family favorite, and lines from it occur to me when I have conditions like you describe in your yard today. SRS |
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Subject: RE: BS: May 2011 Declutter & Fitness Records* From: GUEST,pattyClink Date: 01 May 11 - 09:08 PM Sounds like you all are willing to entertain a few guests, so I'll chime in. I started a major decluttering push April 16, and so far have removed exactly 300 things from the place, either by donation or trash. (I'm finding it really helpful to keep a count, and I just wrapped up my second-week goal of 150 things. Stuff has just been accumulating for too long because we haven't moved in a really long time, and I would really like a simpler, less crowded house where there is space for what we want to do rather than space for what we used to think was important 10 years ago. I think about how much of the square footage of the mortgage is basically just paying for a big storage locker! And it's not going to get out of here in one weekend or 2 weeks, it's going to take a long time, so I'm just chipping away the best I can. It feels really good to start taking control of the situation, although the change is barely noticeable so far. Anybody else just starting out with this thing? |
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Subject: RE: BS: May 2011 Declutter & Fitness Records* From: wysiwyg Date: 01 May 11 - 09:13 PM Oh we're all just starting out-- every day. :~) ~Susan |
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Subject: RE: BS: May 2011 Declutter & Fitness Records* From: LilyFestre Date: 01 May 11 - 09:39 PM Yep...I wake up thinking about what I need to do on this day...I try to do it and then the cycle repeats itself. Sometimes things get started or finished and sometimes they don't....but I have seen an increase in my own life in how much I move my body, how I pay attention to what goes in my mouth and the shape my house is in. I keep hearing Susan telling me that she has helped to clean out nightstands of people who have passed and the things she has found. So....maybe this sounds silly, but that's where this started for me. If I were to die on this night, what would my husband or family have to sort through. What if they couldn't bring themselves to do it and someone from my church (like Susan) was to come in to help....what would she find? Would I be embarrassed about my mess? My dust? My things in the nightstand? Hmmm. I did some cleaning this evening because I attended new church this morning and fully expect visitors sometime this week. It's a good motivator for me to keep things as best as I can because my natural state of being at this time in my life is to linger around, read, play with my baby or snuggle in with my beloved husband. Yep. I NEED that kind of motivation! Blabber, blabber, blabber. ;) Michelle |
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Subject: RE: BS: May 2011 Declutter & Fitness Records* From: maire-aine Date: 01 May 11 - 09:48 PM Hi, all! I haven't posted much during April, because I haven't done much. The house is in pretty good shape because I've had folks over for meetings a couple of times. My right knee has been hurting a lot for the past couple of weeks. It feels like somebody is driving a spike into it. The rain & cold weather hasn't helped, either. I haven't gone to the doctor, because I figure he'll just tell me that it's because I'm fat, and to lose weight. I already know tha-at! But for the last few (3) days, I've managed to keep my carbs below my 180g daily target. Every time I get up to go to the kitchen, my knee hurts so bad that it reminds me not to eat. So I ought to see some results by the end of the week, if I keep at it. Tomorrow I start my new part-time job, doing some bookkeeping for a local non-profit. I should be able to manage with 8-12 hours a week, once I get into a routine. I hope to be able to plant my broccoli seedlings next week. They say May 15th is the last day for o'night frost. Goodnight folks. Maryanne |
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Subject: RE: BS: May 2011 Declutter & Fitness Records* From: wysiwyg Date: 01 May 11 - 09:51 PM LOL, if it helps to motivate you, then yes, LF, if asked I would come help at your house. I don't think it's too LIKELY, but you can scare yourself with me if it's helpful. :~) ~Susan |
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Subject: RE: BS: May 2011 Declutter & Fitness Records* From: LilyFestre Date: 01 May 11 - 11:12 PM Rest easy Susan, Pete would never ask you to come here for any reason. Besides, my nightstand isn't of any concern. It has 4 drawers, the first is full of pens, some of my Nana's things, the 2nd drawer has my bible and some books, the last 2 drawers are saved cards, another bible and some books. On the floor are a few newspapers,a couple books, some dust bunnies and socks. How exciting! Michelle |
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Subject: RE: BS: May 2011 Declutter & Fitness Records* From: Stilly River Sage Date: 02 May 11 - 02:32 AM I can think of a few things that I would ask someone close to me to take care of, rather than be inventoried in an estate process - that is enough to scare a lot of people. I've run into that in other estates. I've come closer to finishing clearing the stuff off of the bed in my daughter's room/guest/sewing room. Also worked on the cupboard in the sun room in conjunction with that work. Also, finally, got the trash out to the curb (but it is blowing and pouring out, so it might head down the street on it's own). Patty, you asked about any of us starting out - those of us who have been at it a while no doubt envy you the easier early days when you can see and remove the "low hanging fruit" of easy to get rid of stuff. Keep up the good work! News finally wound down, and so have I. Night, all! SRS |
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Subject: RE: BS: May 2011 Declutter & Fitness Records* From: wysiwyg Date: 02 May 11 - 07:37 AM I can think of a few things that I would ask someone close to me to take care of, rather than be inventoried in an estate process - that is enough to scare a lot of people. [squeam alert] Yes, there are a lot of things that are a normal part of the pastoral relationship that people find uncomfortable-- until they are the ones asking for the help. That's what makes it a pastoral relationship! :~) I think of several dear souls whose spouses were SURE s/he could NEVER leave their dear one's side in the sickbed-- till s/he was offered a couple of hours to take a short break if someone else could stay. Any hospice volunteer knows how THAT one works: there are people who can be there without causing that discomfort. They often wear collars. :~) Not surprisingly, occasionally they find that people's discomforts resume once the crisis has passed. (More often they call us, again!) I'll tell you what can break that "no one can see my house" thing. Have a little housefire and come home to find your place crawling with strangers who put the fire out (and felt their way thru your bedrooms to make sure your kids were not asleep in their beds in all the midst of the mess and the smoke). After that a little clutter is magically not a barrier to people being in your house! The cleaners who came after our fire-- thank God for insurance-- said that some houses are so bad (and some people so nervous about their stuff) that they often-- OFTEN-- have had to wipe smoke off one piece of paper at a time and put it back in its disordered "order" for hours on end. (Because a fire will really freak you out!) Those are another kind of folks that people know to call, when the time comes that they are needed. And the people doing that job are ordinary neighbors-- good people who stepped up to do that work. Me, I worry about things that might actually happen. I worry that it will be me on the news being winched out when my heart finally gives out and my body's too heavy to come downstairs on a gurney. I have a feeling, though, that the people who come THEN will know what to do in ways I can't even imagine. We all know who to call-- even the most isolated of us has people we will know to call when we need them. ~Susan |
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Subject: RE: BS: May 2011 Declutter & Fitness Records* From: wysiwyg Date: 02 May 11 - 07:47 AM PS ydy's ped 3175, yay! My discernment committee BTW has urged that I share MORE of my experience as a clergy spouse. I know that some of you are not going to think it's OK to do it-- I get PMs encouraging it and crap for it in the threads-- but I have some pretty good guidelines to follow. Our Bishop will get all the reports. ~Susan |
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Subject: RE: BS: May 2011 Declutter & Fitness Records* From: Stilly River Sage Date: 02 May 11 - 01:35 PM The sewing materials are organized now, in clear bins with carrying case lids to keep out dust. I love being able to see the contents. Gradually clearing stuff on the staging area, aka bed, and have continued to draw down the contents of the sun room shelves and move them into the cubbies in this shelving unit I built. This is part of a quiet morning/afternoon here after a dentist trip for a couple of fillings; my face is still numb on one side. I also stopped at my eye doctor's establishment to order (finally!) a pair of sunglasses with bifocal lenses. That's enough medical expense for the day. We've had steady rain and intermittent thunderstorms for the last couple of days, so no work on the wall today and no dog walk. I have enough dried bread to make a bread pudding this afternoon (soft food for 24 hours is an excuse for pudding, don't you think?) and it's a great rainy weather comfort food. I'm hungry now but I'm going to wait till I can feel more to eat. It was a productive weekend. SRS |
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Subject: RE: BS: May 2011 Declutter & Fitness Records* From: LilyFestre Date: 02 May 11 - 05:26 PM Our once a month grocery shopping extravaganza is done!!! All the refridgerated things are in the fridge or the freezer! Yay!! I used a wheelbarrow to get it down in one trip. I have one more trip to get the non-perishables but they can wait...even until tomorrow if need be. It feels like it may open up and pour anytime with some thunder storms added. Besides...the mud is RIDICULOUS and the wheel barrow will only go so far in the mud! I am tuckered! So is the baby! I had company today so that made the trip twice as nice!!! Ok. Break time. Catch ya later! Michelle |
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Subject: RE: BS: May 2011 Declutter & Fitness Records* From: mouldy Date: 02 May 11 - 06:47 PM I know what Penny means - I've been getting rid of Vinca Major too! Tomorrow's task is to contact an archaeologist to draw up a schedule for the "watching brief" on the build. It's been suggested 10 working days. Basically, it's because I live across the road from the church and in the heart of the village, and nobody knows for sure where the centre of the mediaeval settlement was. There's nothing to see, and the place, like so many round here, was regularly flattened by the Scots in the Border Wars. Just another couple of things after that to get into writing, and the contract to be drawn up, and then we may be able to start. I've asked Ernie from the stove shop to come and assess the chimney breast in the dining room with regards to opening it up. I was going to leave it till next year because of the mess, but if the heating's not up and running by the time the colder weather comes, I'll need something in there. Exercise is sporadic. I was out at dawn yesterday on Lindisfarne Causeway with the morris. I'm out again tomorrow evening. Then I have the first of what may be a monthly clog stepping class on Weds. Zumba Thursday. I need to get to grips with big digging in the garden, but that's on hold till next year. Andrea |
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Subject: RE: BS: May 2011 Declutter & Fitness Records* From: LilyFestre Date: 02 May 11 - 07:38 PM Andrea, How do you like Zumba? Wish we could get in the garden here but it's all still mud. I imagine it will be for a few more weeks. Michelle |
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Subject: RE: BS: May 2011 Declutter & Fitness Records* From: Stilly River Sage Date: 03 May 11 - 12:14 AM I've moved more craft stuff into the sewing room, but I've stopped at the paints, crayons, and pencils. No particular reason, though they're classic kid stuff and the rest in the sewing room is more grownup crafts. My daughter's things that she didn't take to college are in her closet hanging, or in boxes. I'll have to compress the crayons and probably leave them on a lower shelf in the cupboard. There are a few projects from my mother's house to work with. She had completed one latch hook rug piece but didn't mount it. There was another one she selected for me and we discussed, but she barely started it. I'm not into latch hook myself, but I'll hold onto it. I t would be nice to mount and display the one she finished. I also have a portion of a braided rug she was making. I always loved those, and she made several when I was a kid, I remember helping with the braiding. She has the first section of one finished, and I may go ahead and work on that. Are they a lost art now? They're easy and beautiful. I went to the dentist this morning, and though I wasn't in the chair for a full hour I felt it until mid-afternoon. Until anesthesia wore off I was hungry and careful not to bite myself. It was the most disconcerting tingle and tickle - you can imagine I didn't get much work done. On my way home I stopped at my eye doctor's office and ordered a pair of Rx sunglasses. If I'm going to drive back and forth in the desert southwest, I need good sunglasses, and this time I had them made as bifocals. Another expensive month. I made a bread pudding this evening, and as a late dessert I spooned several of my home canned peach slices into a bowl, then added the warm pudding on top. Mmmmm! SRS |
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Subject: RE: BS: May 2011 Declutter & Fitness Records* From: Penny S. Date: 03 May 11 - 03:55 AM The nice thing about the vinca is that the top spreads out from a small base, so I only have to dig up a few sets of roots to clear quite a large area of ground. Yesterday evening I had a few minutes in the study, and tipped out a lidded basket of stationery stuff which I put into a cupboard. Some is still on the floor, I admit. I will not need to buy another envelope for years. I inherited some of my Dad's business white DL ones, though the glue has dried. The basket will be used for some of the fabric stash in the spare bedroom/box room, so I can separate half finished things from pristine material. I've inherited a part done patchwork quilt from my Mum, rather sad, as I found that she had made mistakes in her pattern at the end before abandoning it - she had a brain tumour, which she kept hidden for a long time, but this must have been one of the signs. I'm going to carry on with it for my niece, who liked the one I have had bequeathed to me. Mum had worked hexagons into rhomboid pieces, and I don't know whether she intended to make a sort of starburst with them in the centre, or put them together in interlocked rows. I'll have to see how the colours develop. I'm going to the dentist (I'll have to ring the surgery to check which day, as I have it today on one calendar, and tomorrow on another.) I lost a white filling between my two uppr front teeth a couple of weeks ago. And I have a problem with the amalgam filling in a molar. I was hoping to put this off until some house money came in. Ho Hum. It used to be that pensioners had their work done free, but I don't expect it would cover nice white fillings outof sight round the back. Penny |
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Subject: RE: BS: May 2011 Declutter & Fitness Records* From: mouldy Date: 03 May 11 - 05:42 AM Zumba is a good laugh. I don't know if ours is as intense as perhaps it would be in a posh gym, but we have a very enthusiastic instructor. I certainly work a sweat up! It's a cross between low impact aerobics and dancing. The music is all well known mainstream stuff, mingles with salsa and a touch of belly dance. We did one routine to "Rawhide" last week! Found a few small boxes in the spare bedroom this morning which will need relocating to the annexe. This sorting out is only to prepare the room for getting virtually every coat I possess, and stuff I won't need or can't fit into the dining room, dumped into it shortly! Vinca does cover nicely, but it had been left to "layer" itself and get invasive. Pity it had to go because it was the white flowered variety. At my last house I had the variegated blue flowered one. That's very pretty, but just as invasive! It's very good at working its way under paving and in between stuff! Andrea |
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Subject: RE: BS: May 2011 Declutter & Fitness Records* From: Penny S. Date: 03 May 11 - 05:49 AM Dentists tomorrow. Car service and MOT (government test of fitness for road) on Thursday so I can renew road fund disc. Found lots of sticky labels and 5X4 file cards. And assorted notebooks. Penny |
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Subject: RE: BS: May 2011 Declutter & Fitness Records* From: wysiwyg Date: 03 May 11 - 11:15 AM Yesterday was way too many hours sitting (long trip, meetings, ride back, etc), but it was punctuated by 3440 steps, painlessly, and I picked up a consulting gig for later this month at one stop, quite unanticipated. (WITH a bed to sleep in, instead of the boondocker.) So return-to-work appears not to have been derailed by the painful memory that came up this week, and I'm doing well with not being distracted with anything. TBTG for the nice PMs I got-- from people who know who they are. At one stop I jotted out what will soon be a news-report at the diocesan website, within an area for which I report. (Hardi got pix and I also field-recorded audio.) At another, minutes of a sensitive Commission meeting to type up and send along to participants and up the chain of command-- a long-overdue meeting finally able to occur now that one of the co-chairs has recovered from a health scare. At that meeting, the group also picked up two more probable members for that commission, which is tasked with rebuilding itself and its leadership resources as we work towards resources and certification to present a training program required of ordinands. So I have some good work to do in the rest of the week and, hopefully, the printer will work. Oh and the first use of the GPS in fast-changing H'burg highway traffic went well. And I didn't hit the semi when I missed a lane ending, in the fog, as I merged, in an unfamiliar car with side mirrors blinding me I could not re-angle. TBTG! ~Susan |
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Subject: RE: BS: May 2011 Declutter & Fitness Records* From: wysiwyg Date: 03 May 11 - 11:17 AM Oh! And at one stop I found a lady who will SEW for me, who can use the bucks to GET herself and hubby to the Commission meetings! winwinwinwin ~S~ |
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Subject: RE: BS: May 2011 Declutter & Fitness Records* From: Stilly River Sage Date: 03 May 11 - 11:21 AM Vinca minor (as opposed to major) was used as groundcover in the Puget Sound area where I grew up. We can't get any vinca to grow as annuals here - there is an ornamental plant, taller, not spreading, that is sold in nurseries but that is commonly impacted by a plant virus that turns them yellow, then they die. Sounds like lots of us are untangling our mothers' sewing or crafts projects. Let these serve as a reminder to us to keep our sewing baskets in good order and finish what we start. ;-) Penny, I also inherited office supplies from my Dad that I've used for years. He had a box of tractor feed envelopes for the old dot matrix printers, and I worked out a template in Word so I can tear off one of the tractor pages and put it sideways through my laser hand feed door and use these. If the glue is dry on yours use a glue stick or tape them - It's nice when you can continue to use these things. It's a reminder for me of my Dad every time I use one of his envelopes. There is a growing pile of small shoe boxes and other cardboard resulting from organizing the cupboard and shelves. I have for too long been subject to the tyranny of the "useful box." Keep it, I might need it for something else. I have so many I kept now, it's embarrassing. Time for some of them to get recycled. I decided to reassign my newly-emptied kitchen-sized trash cans that fit in the bottom of my cupboard in the sun room. My eBay stuff for shipping has been in trash bags under a table. One of the trash cans is now full of styrofoam peanuts (didn't know I had so many!) and another holds the various sheets of bubble wrap that came in packages. A third holds various sponges and chunks of styrofoam that can be so handy when stabilizing things for shipping. It took only the time for a cup of tea to brew to step in there and empty one of the trash bags into these bins, and it will clear up a lot of floor space. I had 2 trash bags under the table - I can slide some of the boxed sales items under there now and clear up a lot of floor space. Back to work now that I've not only cleared up some bulk, I've made my sunroom more efficient. SRS |
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Subject: RE: BS: May 2011 Declutter & Fitness Records* From: katlaughing Date: 03 May 11 - 11:28 AM Don't know what spurred this one, but I was up at 6 this morning, moving about the house, organising my day and doing some cleaning! Two loads of laundry done, dishes put in to soak, cleared and straightened the dining/kitchen table/Rog's desk, cleared my desk of extra stuff, put away all kinds of things lying about here and there. Made a couple of business phone calls and am now off to do some more paperwork. Went to exercise yesterday. Still feels good!:-) I will have Morgan Wed. afternoon, all day Thursday and Friday! |
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Subject: RE: BS: May 2011 Declutter & Fitness Records* From: Penny S. Date: 03 May 11 - 11:37 AM I'm wishing I kept some biscuit tins for the mint in the garden. I was in the local Oxfam shop and saw a latch kit for a rug in the shape of an Old English sheep dog, as used by my great grandfather on the Sussex Downs, where we scattered Dad's ashes. Someone had bought it on Ebay, all the way from the States, and then donated it. I am tempted. My home is full of Dad's latched rugs - he took it up when he retired and filled their home, and gave us all rugs as well. We didn't feel we could give them to charity shops - some are worn a bit - so I have them. I have some self assembly boxes which I used during the move, and am now using for storing out of season clothes. Exactly four boxes fit between the shelf in the built in wardrobe and the ceiling, and exactly three along the length. Oddly, I am currently two lids short. I am in the process of washing the winter things before putting them away. I have finished copying out recipes from a book of things to cook in the Remoska so I can take it to the shop. Penny |
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Subject: RE: BS: May 2011 Declutter & Fitness Records* From: wysiwyg Date: 03 May 11 - 01:19 PM Into the middle of trip recovery activity, a "crisis ministry" case came up that will involve us both (and maybe our house) for the week. But when I got off the hourlong chain of phone calls and came back from putting the knickers I'd wanted to wear ydy into the dryer, LOL, the "lost" pedometer turned up with 1960 steps from the day it popped off. Good to know I have it handy to add to the day's insanity and that when it popped I was and had been moving! I put it on a larger-size strap so it won't cut off swollen knee tendons, and went to get my fresh cuppa. That foreging paragraph will become part of a Commission on Ministry question to which we ask ordination candidates to respond: "Please take a breath after you hear the following, and then tell us how you would prioritize the following simultaneous events on your day off:" ~S~ |
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Subject: RE: BS: May 2011 Declutter & Fitness Records* From: Stilly River Sage Date: 03 May 11 - 03:20 PM I took a few minutes to empty the second bag of eBay packaging materials. More styrofoam peanuts, chunks and sponges, and wads of tissue paper from inside shoes. I didn't realized I'd tossed those into the bag, but there are times when a wad of paper is just what you need to keep something from bouncing around in a shipping box. All organized in four bins, and a lot of plastic bags are now ready to recycle at the grocery store and some of the paper is going into the paper bin. Anything beyond these four bins is more than I need so it's not going back under the table. SRS |
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Subject: RE: BS: May 2011 Declutter & Fitness Records* From: katlaughing Date: 03 May 11 - 05:13 PM I happened to walk by an antique drop-leaf desk my dad's cousin gave me when I was thirteen and thought, "Why not clean it out?" I have had so much fun. Only "special" things have been saved in it, but it has been stuffed and hasn't really been used as a desk in quite a while. I used to love it when I was a kid, wrote letters on it, sealed them with wax, etc. Anyway, I have emptied it of a lot of paper stuff which I no longer needed to keep; read over the wonderful handmade book Alba made for me with copies of everyone's good wishes from when I had heart surgery; found the enamelled fish tiles I made in a college class; and a bunch of other treasures. I have just a little bit more to go and it will be nice and neat, ready for Morgan or I to sit down and use. Next, I've been eyeing the horribly dusty books in the LR. That might be a good project for Morgan and I, though we'd both have to wear masks; it's thick! |
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Subject: RE: BS: May 2011 Declutter & Fitness Records* From: LilyFestre Date: 03 May 11 - 05:53 PM It's been an interesting day and I'm thankful for the flexibility for everyone involved. Some things just work out better with Plan B. Jeremiah is officially cutting teeth! Dr. says we should see them in about 2 weeks. She suspects that all 4 will pop out at the same time. Poor little guy is hurting. I'm making something new for dinner tonight and am looking forward to what my husband thinks of it. :) In the meantime, dishes need to be done, laundry is going and I have some decisions to make for this weekend. One last thing...I got my first Mother's Day card in the mail today!!! Can you see my smile from where you are??!?! :) Michelle |
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Subject: RE: BS: May 2011 Declutter & Fitness Records* From: katlaughing Date: 03 May 11 - 06:39 PM Oh, that's right! Happy First Mother's Day, Michelle! I had two things left on my To Do list for today: dishes and qi gong. Have just done both. |
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Subject: RE: BS: May 2011 Declutter & Fitness Records* From: wysiwyg Date: 03 May 11 - 09:55 PM Pedometer only 1800 today, lot of chair sitting to keep feet up. ~S~ |
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Subject: RE: BS: May 2011 Declutter & Fitness Records* From: GUEST,pattyClink Date: 03 May 11 - 10:50 PM Yesterday I hauled off 6 boxes of stuff to 2 different places. That felt good when it was over, but I'm really not fond of the whole process. Can't do that after every weekend effort. Which means I've got to set up a 'staging area' where things collect til being driven away. Perhaps the last remaining open wall area in the garage will do for the first batch. Then it's on to the next group of clutter, the dreaded full closet of 'inactive' files and projects and stuff. After a huge purge, some will need to go to 'dead' storage in the attic. Ah, but there's the rub, there's no more planking in the attic. So I've got to get some quarter sheets of plywood or something up there. I did at least pull out one large 'pass-along' item today and stick it in himself's car for him to pass along. Which is progress on the do-it-now front. It's the chain reactions that really bog one down. Can't clear this til that area has room, can't do that until there's space in the attic...yada yada. The Chain-Reaction Clutter syndrome. |
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Subject: RE: BS: May 2011 Declutter & Fitness Records* From: Stilly River Sage Date: 04 May 11 - 12:14 AM A lot of stuff near the doorway that will go to recycling tomorrow. I've started moving glass and crystal from the over-crowded shelves in the living room into the sun room cabinet. Tons of stuff at work tomorrow, so I probably won't be online much. Looks like it will be a lovely day, so it'll be nice to get out. SRS |
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Subject: RE: BS: May 2011 Declutter & Fitness Records* From: GUEST Date: 04 May 11 - 04:35 AM (Not Really a Nameless Guest - just Andrea sans cookie)
The dunnock's nest is empty, so I took it out of the tree (I've kept it, it is so sweet) and will take some more branches out of that tree later today. I'm off to Berwick tomorrow morning, so I can take them to the tip then. |
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Subject: RE: BS: May 2011 Declutter & Fitness Records* From: katlaughing Date: 04 May 11 - 10:04 AM The Chain-Reaction Clutter syndrome. Patty, I like that! |
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Subject: RE: BS: May 2011 Declutter & Fitness Records* From: GUEST,pattyClink Date: 04 May 11 - 11:43 AM To name the problem is to start dealing with it, I guess! It also seems to work in reverse in the recluttering phase, doesn't it. Can't fit something in a drawer it ought to go in, so it sits on top of the chest, displacing whatever would normally go there, and suddenly all flat surfaces and even a bit of the floor start to disappear. This morning Himself drove off with 12 things to pass along. I guess I can include those in my count since I helped him load up! |
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Subject: RE: BS: May 2011 Declutter & Fitness Records* From: katlaughing Date: 04 May 11 - 11:52 AM I also like your idea of counting things sent on. Wish I'd started that sooner, but shall from now. Thanks! I will be going to exercise class late this morning, then home for a quick bite and then go pick up Morgan-the Grandson for Early Release Day. For the first time (that's becoming a familiar phrase) since sometime last Nov., I will be driving myself. Previously, due to weakness and sleepy-producing meds, I didn't feel safe driving for any length of time. It's been added stress on my Rog, so it's good I am able to do this. I put away the dishes, this morning, which I washed, yesterday. I think I'll go scrub the bathroom. I am also printing out all 298 pages of Prairie Child for the final copy edit, etc. before I submit it to Amazon's Create Space. Anyone heard from Dorothy? I hope she is having a fun time nesting in the country. kat |
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Subject: RE: BS: May 2011 Declutter & Fitness Records* From: GUEST,Stilly River Sage Date: 04 May 11 - 03:06 PM Taking a minute to check in before we head out to inventory books in the library. I have several sessions of it this month. We have 1.2 million individual volumes and each one has to be accounted for. It's taking a year and we're pacing ourselves between departments. Now with a job as big as this, a year seems reasonable. But my house is going and going as I handle and deal with individual items and hopefully there aren't 1.2 million of them! SRS |
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Subject: RE: BS: May 2011 Declutter & Fitness Records* From: mouldy Date: 04 May 11 - 05:50 PM cookie back! Didn't prune the tree back, practiced the melodeon instead. Then I went for a run out to Bamburgh, and after a snack I went to a clog dance workshop (beginners) at a village about half an hour's drive away. The class is going to run once a month (the lass teaching it comes by train up from Newcastle) but the practicing should be good exercise if I apply myself. Andrea |
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Subject: RE: BS: May 2011 Declutter & Fitness Records* From: wysiwyg Date: 04 May 11 - 06:51 PM DP often on FB. ~S~ |
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Subject: RE: BS: May 2011 Declutter & Fitness Records* From: wysiwyg Date: 04 May 11 - 10:39 PM Got OCD CBT referrals and ins. info today while cleaning up another ins. issue. Got porch boondocker-gear dept reconfigured to hold more gear out of the rain. Got dishes and laundry caught up and put away. Got 2 excellent print books for bedtime stash (cheep). Got some FC stuff expedited. Got a scholarship to a Mennonite AR event for later this month. Split remaining time between puder work, crisis ministry sitch, and very brief legs-up chairtime. Pedometer 1800 and new scrip for water pill to to drain legs ordered but not yet rec'd. Did make mailbox and other outdoor forays-- short steps were indoor chores missed due to crisis min and scholarship submission correspondence. ~S~ |
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Subject: RE: BS: May 2011 Declutter & Fitness Records* From: Stilly River Sage Date: 04 May 11 - 11:14 PM Busy week. The semester is wrapping up, finals next week, so we're all scrambling to finish work and get ready for the summer sessions. Looks like tomorrow I'll be sorting out stuff that didn't happen the way I hoped today. A prescription that was going to be called in wasn't, and another thing wasn't ready. Foolish me for not calling first to find out if they were ready. Found a new jar of acidophilus after realizing the stuff I had here was way past the shelf date. The antibiotics from a couple of weeks ago played havoc with the internal flora. Ugg. I'm working on decluttering the aftereffects. I hope to get a lot done this weekend, and I need to take the truck into the shop on Friday, so I need to have materials here to work with while I wait on the repair in case it goes over the weekend. Life revolves around a couple of lists I have in my pocket. SRS |
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Subject: RE: BS: May 2011 Declutter & Fitness Records* From: katlaughing Date: 04 May 11 - 11:35 PM That's a lot on your plate, SRS. Good luck and be sure to take a breather or two, eh?!:-) I did it! Left at 11a to go to exercise class, started warm up there at 1130. Did four stations and cool down for a total of an hour's+ work and I was out of there at 1250p, just time to get home, grab a cup of orange juice and get the front of the line parking spot to pick Morgan up at 150p. Spent the time parked visiting on the phone with a couple of friends. It's a nice way to just stop, rest, and catch up. Morgan and I ate a late lunch, then I tossed the ball for him to hit with his bat, plus we "played spies" which means I sat, told him his "mission," went over the imaginary maps, weapons, enemies, goal, etc. as he played them out over the front yard. His swing set became a precarious bridge to cross over, the trees a mountain to go round, etc. He has so much fun. Our grass is actually long enough, what there is of it, that he crouched down behind his "shield" and made his way back safely to HQ. He loves it when we play imaginary games, ever since I read him one of my chapters in PC about one of my playtimes like that. It's so much fun. He will be here at 730a tomorrow. Oh, boy! |
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Subject: RE: BS: May 2011 Declutter & Fitness Records* From: LilyFestre Date: 05 May 11 - 08:06 AM HOORAY Kat!!!!!! :) :) :) I was up by 7:00 this morning, cleaned up the kitchen, folded a load of laundry, started another load, picked up toys that were all over the place and made a pot of coffee. Yard sale on Saturday so I'll be spending all day gathering and pricing. Also, taking Jeremiah to a play group at church. Let the day begin!! Michelle |
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Subject: RE: BS: May 2011 Declutter & Fitness Records* From: wysiwyg Date: 05 May 11 - 08:50 AM Wow, I'm a little freaked out this week-- the van I've put over a hundred thousand miles on, at top speed, is on a recall we had not yet heard about-- rear axle can break! That means that after the expensive engine repairs we just invested in, I get two whole days to set it up for my next foray before it has to go to the dealer for a repair job (at no cost to us TBTG). Fortunately it's finally sunny and warm at the same time, but OMG! ~Susan |
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Subject: RE: BS: May 2011 Declutter & Fitness Records* From: Stilly River Sage Date: 05 May 11 - 11:40 AM Kat, that kind of creative play is so good for kids. It goes to the heart of their imaginations. WSY, There's no fooling with a possibly faulty axle. Gotta do that ASAP, but you know that. Michelle, you're going to have a great mother's day. I looked at your thread for a couple of posts. First, there was this one: Subject: RE: LilyFestre-one more week then last chemo coming up But this is the follow-up that is so sweet to read:
Just a tiny reminder of the great stuff in your pink book. You are going to have a fabulous mother's day! Beautiful day, lots to do here. This is when unintentional procrastination can happen, picking the easy things to do when the harder ones might be more urgent. Must make a list, and order the items by importance. SRS |
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Subject: RE: BS: May 2011 Declutter & Fitness Records* From: wysiwyg Date: 05 May 11 - 12:24 PM Yes, SRS, I do know. The van came home slowly and carefully from the one shop, toward the only dealer here, where our house is along the route. It is now parked at our house to unload/figure next packing job, and going nowhere but the dealer, next, on Monday. Tho I have driven worse, long ago, when I drove broken down beaters for a cleaning service, around Chicagoland-- in my checkered yoot! (I'm grateful to still be on the planet.) ~S~ |
