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Subject: RE: BS: March 2009 De-clutter & Spring Cleaning From: katlaughing Date: 24 Mar 09 - 12:26 PM LOL @ Leadfingers...always showing up to score.:-) I finally found the right pages at the IRS; have filled out all of the forms we need, online, printed them out to double-check them. When I am done with that, alter tonight, I will then efile and be done with them! No Morgan, today, so maybe I can get a couple of other things done, today.:-) |
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Subject: RE: BS: March 2009 De-clutter & Spring Cleaning From: Stilly River Sage Date: 24 Mar 09 - 01:36 PM Be sure you double check and efile every form you have worked on, or like me you'll be waiting for the last form to reach the right desk so the person who processes those Oops! filings can attach it all together and then (finally) send my refund. :-/ I'm clearing out virtual clutter for work today. My desk doesn't look any better but I can cross things off of a list, anyway. SRS |
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Subject: RE: BS: March 2009 De-clutter & Spring Cleaning From: wysiwyg Date: 24 Mar 09 - 02:16 PM God willing and the oak tassels don't fall? Here, too. Sludddddge-brainnnnnn..... ~S~ |
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Subject: RE: BS: March 2009 De-clutter & Spring Cleaning From: katlaughing Date: 24 Mar 09 - 11:19 PM Gathered up all of the old sewing patterns and put them in a large paper bag next to the front door. They will go out to the car for drop-off at a charity soon. That's one thing out of the office. |
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Subject: RE: BS: March 2009 De-clutter & Spring Cleaning From: GUEST,LTS pretending to work Date: 25 Mar 09 - 04:17 AM Sewing patterns? I would have given you postage for them..... :( Decluttered a 3 shelf pine unit to my choir charity auction last night.... it got £5 for Cancer Research, and the slo-cooker got £20 so a good night all round. Acquired one of our old concert banners - one of the few publicity photos that actually has me in it - it's a sturdy tarp about a metre deep and 4 metres long - perfect for creating a draught excluder in the loft! LTS |
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Subject: RE: BS: March 2009 De-clutter & Spring Cleaning From: LilyFestre Date: 25 Mar 09 - 08:14 AM Today is a cleanup of the woodstove, pellet stove and outside around the house day! I don't expect it will take too long as it's in relatively decent shape. Yesterday I painted most of the bathroom, around all the fixtures, over top of the shower, wide open walls, etc. Today I hope to take stuff down from the two shelves over the washer/dryer and paint the wall behind all that. Michelle |
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Subject: RE: BS: March 2009 De-clutter & Spring Cleaning From: Stilly River Sage Date: 25 Mar 09 - 10:43 AM I don't expect it will take too long as it's in relatively decent shape. Michelle, let me remind you that making statements like that just tempt fate. We're still waiting for rain. I poked a few pepper plants into the garden this morning just to get them out of the way, and I put some carrot seeds in yesterday around the tomatoes. I tend to "clutter" the garden when I plant things too close together, but I hope I've got enough space this year, considering a lot of this stuff is going into a new bed. Laundry picked up from my ex's house (I put it in to wash when I picked up my son yesterday, and picked up the laundry this morning when I dropped him off for the school bus.) This will get old, so I have to make a repair plan for these appliances early next week (read: on pay day.) I think there's a special for inexpensive listings on eBay going this week. I haven't kept as much stuff up lately, but at least I've gotten back to it. I need to move forward there. SRS |
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Subject: RE: BS: March 2009 De-clutter & Spring Cleaning From: wysiwyg Date: 25 Mar 09 - 10:57 AM Woke up dis mawnin' with an uncluttered mind-- sleep and sun, too, oh my! I see now what has been tugging at me, pushing me, calling me, checking me, energizing me-- and I love it! So it's back to doing some of the previously-boring tasks to harness what I saw. Good thing I started on that home office and boondocking van.... bless dear Hardi, he made me wireless, too...... :~) |
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Subject: RE: BS: March 2009 De-clutter & Spring Cleaning From: LilyFestre Date: 25 Mar 09 - 11:30 AM About being in relatively decent shape...I can say this only because I have worked on it previously!!! I'm now ready for the outside...decked out in pink long johns, dark blue sweat pants that are 3 sizes too big (no, really...they are...kept for days like today), a lilac t-shirt, pink sweatshirt over top, a lime green cap, muck boots and a purple sweater kept for outside clean ups....can you tell it's COLD here today? Damp. I'm frozen to the bone. BRRRRRRRRR. I am a sight to behold. Fashion plate material for sure! LOL Michelle |
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Subject: RE: BS: March 2009 De-clutter & Spring Cleaning From: Penny S. Date: 25 Mar 09 - 02:03 PM I have at last sorted through a stack of old mainly junk mail and extracted the nuggets of not junk stuff, most of which does not require action. Penny |
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Subject: RE: BS: March 2009 De-clutter & Spring Cleaning From: Stilly River Sage Date: 25 Mar 09 - 04:55 PM I tried running Michelle's color scheme through html: pink dark blue is this lilac? lime purple I think you could have put this over the top if you'd added orange (I didn't find a code for dayglo orange, but that would be the one, like what hunters wear in the fall). Our rain is here. In noisy waves. We're in a calm spot now, maybe one more band to pass over, then it's finished. Good digging this weekend! SRS |
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Subject: RE: BS: March 2009 De-clutter & Spring Cleaning From: maire-aine Date: 25 Mar 09 - 05:50 PM It rained cats & dogs this morning, so the garden chores I'd planned had to be postponed. Even though it stopped around 2pm, it's very wet & cold. So I caught up on the laundry. Also scrubbed the floor in the "music" room-- there were some old spills that weren't properly cleaned up before. Also set up a small "desk" area (a shelf laid over 2 file drawers) separate from the computer table. Maryanne |
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Subject: RE: BS: March 2009 De-clutter & Spring Cleaning From: katlaughing Date: 25 Mar 09 - 08:07 PM The feet art better SOOOoooooo, Morgan and I went out to the driveway and I raked while he shoveled what I raked into the wheelbarrow. He then trundled it off to an old garden plot waaaaay back in the back yard and dumped it. We filled it twice then I called it quits to warm up inside and then it was lunch time. It was fun and it looks so much better. We still have a lot to do, but it helps to have started. |
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Subject: RE: BS: March 2009 De-clutter & Spring Cleaning From: Stilly River Sage Date: 26 Mar 09 - 12:18 AM Do you have an answer to what was causing you foot pain? Edema? I went to hear Barbara Ehrenreich speak this evening. My son was with me, but was so irritated that I wouldn't take him straight home that he refused to go into the lecture. He did homework in the cafeteria. Looks like the last time I can pull that "we're on our way" trick. Power struggles aren't a good habit to get into, so when I want him to go to lectures in the future we'll have to negotiate. But he read her book, so he's still probably ahead. I heard her speak for an hour. It is so depressing, the state of the low-wage worker in America, and how easy it is to end up in that position. It makes me all the more certain that I must cancel out the last bit of debt that I'm hoping the tax return will tackle, and then to stay out of debt. It's too easy to "borrow" in the form of using charge cards. A major form of de-cluttering, to be sure! SRS |
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Subject: RE: BS: March 2009 De-clutter & Spring Cleaning From: katlaughing Date: 26 Mar 09 - 12:44 AM No, it's not edema. That went away once they fixed the heart valve. It's something to do with the soft tissues and very tensed muscles. The stretches are helping a lot, as well as a tincture I have used for years. I also think it has to do with a medication started after surgery. I have another osteopathic manipulation scheduled for tomorrow, so I will ask Dr. Jeri (not Mudcat Jeri:-) about it when I see her. I negotiated with all but two credit card companies, two years ago, and paid all of those ones off. I am still paying on two. We never were extravagant and didn't even owe that much on any of them, but the payments were eating us up. We kept the one from our bank and that is all. Life has been better without that stress. When we moved East in 1983, we went to cash only, not even a checking acct., and did that for almost ten years. Then, again, for another three or so when we moved back West. I like that even better, but I've been spoiled by online banking.:-) |
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Subject: RE: BS: March 2009 De-clutter & Spring Cleaning From: Stilly River Sage Date: 26 Mar 09 - 01:10 PM What goes around comes around--someone in our de-clutter group gets a washer, so someone else's washer dies. I had to wash a few things in a tub last night, then let them drip overnight so they'd dry faster in the dryer this morning. Oy. Gotta fix this problem soon! |
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Subject: RE: BS: March 2009 De-clutter & Spring Cleaning From: katlaughing Date: 26 Mar 09 - 10:13 PM I hope you do get is sorted out, soon, Maggie. Drum Roll, Please....I have just efiled both the fed and state taxes! Not anything much, but still something from each.:-) Done, done, and done! |
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Subject: RE: BS: March 2009 De-clutter & Spring Cleaning From: Stilly River Sage Date: 26 Mar 09 - 10:50 PM Isn't that a good feeling? |
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Subject: RE: BS: March 2009 De-clutter & Spring Cleaning From: katlaughing Date: 27 Mar 09 - 01:02 AM Yes! Before April Fool's Day! |
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Subject: RE: BS: March 2009 De-clutter & Spring Cleaning From: Stilly River Sage Date: 27 Mar 09 - 11:37 AM Backslide alert: I went by a good garage sale this morning. I didn't go too crazy. Bought a nice stand fan for my son (I think this is what he's needing for when his room heats up with all of his players and the TV and such) and a few empty frames. But I went back for the box crammed full of excellent classical CDs. Not the dollar variety of great music recorded in former Eastern Block nations and sold in the cheap rack at Best Buy, but the big name brand companies with known performers. Must be about 50 pounds in this big plastic box (from an estate). The woman running the sale figured they wouldn't sell many, so asked if I would buy the lot for $20. I swung by the corner market and got some cash and returned for the box. I'll have quite a few of these, so I'll sort through and set aside those I don't need for eBay or donation, but it was too good to resist! SRS |
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Subject: RE: BS: March 2009 De-clutter & Spring Cleaning From: katlaughing Date: 27 Mar 09 - 11:46 AM Yum!! Sounds like a great buy! Not much on for me, today, yet. I did the dishes and more laundry, yesterday. I also did more editing of last year's novel and will do more this morning. Only |
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Subject: RE: BS: March 2009 De-clutter & Spring Cleaning From: Liz the Squeak Date: 27 Mar 09 - 11:53 AM The picture frame I also bought at the charity auction has now found a picture - a cross stitch thing called 'The Sorceress' by Dimensions - and a home. I stitched the picture in secret and presented it framed in the new frame, to Limpit today for a late birthday present (I am ashamed to say I was too involved in the TV to finish it on Wednesday in time for her actual birthday). The frame is an ornate old gold thing with scrolls and curlicues, with tiny silver and blue mirror tiles (about 1/4 inch square) around it. It's hanging on her bedroom wall now, below the fire screen my grandmother embroidered. So that's something de-cluttered from my sewing bag... just in time to make room for the other projects I have in the pipeline... LTS |
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Subject: RE: BS: March 2009 De-clutter & Spring Cleaning From: Stilly River Sage Date: 27 Mar 09 - 01:27 PM Sounds like a lovely gift, Liz! I did a rough alphabet organization of those CDs. Way-heavy into Beethoven, Haydn, Handel, and Mozart, but lots of other great stuff. I'd say that there are about 300 individual disks, and there are another half-dozen multi-disk sets. Great buy, is right! Funny, though. I think the previous owner must have been left-handed. All of the cover art and the liner notes have been reversed in the cases, so I had to turn them over to the "back" to look at them. Or else his filing system was such that this was the easiest way to see what was in them. I'll think about this--maybe he was onto something. There are a couple of oddball disks in there--I've never heard of orchestral versions of the music of Jethro Tull. Kind of makes one wince. Maybe it was a gag joke? SRS |
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Subject: RE: BS: March 2009 De-clutter & Spring Cleaning From: Stilly River Sage Date: 27 Mar 09 - 03:00 PM Happy Dance! Happy Dance! De-cluttered wallet. The tax return was deposited, the credit card bills have been PAID OFF. At least one hurdle is out of the way. SRS |
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Subject: RE: BS: March 2009 De-clutter & Spring Cleaning From: katlaughing Date: 27 Mar 09 - 03:19 PM Yea!!! And, I got an email saying the IRS has accepted our efile. |
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Subject: RE: BS: March 2009 De-clutter & Spring Cleaning From: Stilly River Sage Date: 27 Mar 09 - 06:50 PM Wait another week or so and you can log on and it will give you a ballpark date for the deposit to your account. But as you learned through my agony in having to wait longer, sometimes knowing isn't helpful! Fingers crossed they are happy with all of your forms. |
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Subject: RE: BS: March 2009 De-clutter & Spring Cleaning From: katlaughing Date: 27 Mar 09 - 06:56 PM Yep, I double-checked them so many times, I almost drove myself and Rog nuts. I only had two extra forms to add to the regular 1044, so I think we'll be okay. Wish I could say I did some decluttering today, but editing, then Morgan took my attention. The day before my b-day is always a "lie low" kind of day, so I am trying to just go with it.:-) Did get nice hugs from Morgan and my ex!**bg** |
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Subject: RE: BS: March 2009 De-clutter & Spring Cleaning From: Catherine Jayne Date: 28 Mar 09 - 07:39 AM We've been busy this morning. I have been waiting with great anticipation for Paul to bring the new cot he has made in from the workshop. It is all sanded down and the final coat of varnish has dried so it is ready for Amelia to go into this weekend, it's gorgeous. We played a game with Harry to get his new bed (OMG I can't believe he's big enough to be in a proper bed, time flies!) into his bedroom and his old cot (which Paul also made) out and into the twins bedroom. He was SO excited and is really impressed with his 'big boy bed' with Thomas the Tank Engine bedding! We're not putting the twins in their cots tonight as we don't want Harry to get upset about someone else being in his old bed. Having said that the way things are going I don't think he will be too bothered as we have made it all fun for him. Just waiting on Harry's new headboard to be finished. I've worked my way through more of the baby clothes that don't fit and washed and packed them all up to go to the charity shop. Most of the clothes are as a good as new. I couldn't help myself putting a couple of things away for memory boxes. It's all been quite emotional. Our little fella growing up and going into a proper bed and the twins moving into their own rooms out of their moses baskets and into cots. Then packing up clothes to be passed on to the charity shop so someone else can get some use out of them. They grow up so fast but we still smile and know we are blessed. |
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Subject: RE: BS: March 2009 De-clutter & Spring Cleaning From: Stilly River Sage Date: 28 Mar 09 - 01:15 PM Khatt, a few years ago I decided that since my 12-year-old son was too big for his child's twin bed, that I'd go ahead and get him a queen-sized bed. For a while it seemed silly, he was so small on that bed, but the years pass, he's now 6'1" and fully occupies that mattress. I figured why buy the next size up mattress of a double (also called "full") sized bed when his dad is 6'2" and I'm 5'7". I knew we'd end up with this mattress at some point, might as well cut out a step. Cleaning out my office some today. I am thinking about rearranging some of the furniture. SRS |
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Subject: RE: BS: March 2009 De-clutter & Spring Cleaning From: wysiwyg Date: 28 Mar 09 - 01:55 PM The Salvation Army microwave that was $14.99 and looked like crap last week was $FOUR.99 last night and looked GOOD, so we now have a nukerator for the upstairs home office/guest suite. It matches the set of dishes I allocated up there too, LOL, as well as the room decor. It joins the rest of the mini-kitchen appliances already up there (the room used to BE a kitchen, with countertops, etc.), where it will mean that I do not have to come downstairs for morning tea and then go back up to go to "work," thereby eliminating AM TV time, too. The "suite" now has all the appliances you'd expect to find in a good motel room, in about the size most suites would have. Healthy midnight snacks (for both Hardi and me) will now be possible as well. I finally feel like I can start to wrap my arms around the new work on the horizon, because it's been a real SOB getting resources of various sorts organized for it this past month in time for the things that I need to get DONE. Also at Sallie's was a box of hanging file folders-- the small quantity I lacked for the portable file I already had, and just needed to beef up. Another nice item was a craftsman-style magazine rack of the type I have wanted to set next to my autoharp stand at church, for years. It will replace the too-large, too-round basket I reluctantly took there from home, so that means I get my favorite LR wastebasket back, too, and the tiny, crumbling one I've had in the LR can ALSO go up to the office, where I need a small one by the workstation. I found 4 bathing suits for a friend to try (hard to find sizes), and a handful of the tiny stuffed animals I like to give to fussy kids at church and that fit so well in the tiny drawer I have by my ushering station there (where a few of maire-anne's hankies live). TMI warning: And an outrageously-large sleeping tee, extra long, in can't-kill-it orange, for the boondocker and the trip I'll take in it Monday. Long enough to cover no matter how I splay out in my sleep, AND long enough to cover the essentials at portapotty time in the back of the van. One used bag a few weeks ago joined one we had to make a mega-bag that can hold two. This afternoon I set it up in the Boondocker with the foam mattress that goes inside it. Hardi came home with Sat. sammiches as I was enjoying an experimental stretchout in all the comfort. He crawled right in to try it out, and pronounced it luxurious. Inside that Boondocker, it is not at all like sleeping in your car, feeling cramped or cold or homeless. It feels quite camp-ish, and in some ways is cushier than our camper. It's all set up now, except for portapotty, for the trip Monday. When I pull in I will be able to complete setup for the night, entirely from the interior. Got another used sleeping bag from Sallie's I'll whip-stitch into a leg sack for the cold recliner in the LR. The LR here will be cold, days, till June and nights, most of them, all summer. Got two picture frames that match the house decor, one of which will hold a really pretty new pic of Hardi looking straight into the camera, that I've set upstairs looking down at me at the workstation. We played a Tom Waits song coming back last night from the hockey game, for it, that we both love, "Picture in a Frame." ~S~ |
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Subject: RE: BS: March 2009 De-clutter & Spring Cleaning From: maire-aine Date: 28 Mar 09 - 02:15 PM Glad to know the hankies found a good home, S. I made a loaf of whole wheat soda bread--it was sooo good, esp. slathered with butter. And have you guys heard about parchment paper??? I lined my cast iron skillet with it ('cause I didn't want to mess up the seasoning) and it's the greatest thing. I'd never tried it until I baked cookies with it at Christmas, and now I use it for everything. Spent an hour or so pulling weeds in my raspberry patch, along with trimming back old branches and some of the weakest plants. Got about halfway done. Maryanne |
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Subject: RE: BS: March 2009 De-clutter & Spring Cleaning From: Stilly River Sage Date: 28 Mar 09 - 02:52 PM They predicted snow flurries over night. I don't know if there were any, but it hasn't been very warm and it is windy. Indoor work some more today. I'm wondering how hard it would be to customize a hall closet so that I could make it really work as not only the place to center my phone connections but also to house the router and modem and have data cables running from here to other rooms. But before I wonder too much about that, I'd better research my washer problems. And look at sales in case repair is prohibitive. SRS |
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Subject: Abrazos: Hankies Anyone? From: wysiwyg Date: 28 Mar 09 - 05:17 PM Oh yes, m-a, I've given away several and they are always appreciated. I have just one or two left of the first batch you sent, which have been supplemented since by other finds-- I am not even sure now which ones came from which source. But two pressed, plastic-wrapped hankies at all times live in the church, so that others who know of them can access them. Then when I go to a wedding, funeral ordination, or other "major" liturgy, one is always carried in my left dress-pants pocket for me, and another in the right pocket as a give-away. This is a culture where people still use and treasure them. So when I murmur, "Keep it," I always get a flash of thanks from the eyes and a squeeze of the hand. The last one I gave to a lady on the date of her confirmation (like a baby dedication but for adults). She was swept away by the event, and sitting nearby, so out came a hankie. Each giveaway is a special memory for me, and I recall each recipient-- not the hankie-- and it makes a simple but powerful prayer link, too. It's a small kindness to be able to do, but for people to have a thing they can TOUCH seems to be huge, and your gift started it all. Now I have others looking for similar items and the cycling just goes on and on. Men don't turn them down, either. :~)( Abrazos, ~Susan |
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Subject: RE: BS: March 2009 De-clutter & Spring Cleaning From: Liz the Squeak Date: 28 Mar 09 - 09:31 PM Failed miserably at everything this week... including sleep. For some reason I am incredibly tired and have been dozing off late afternoon/early evenings... tonight I was in bed before 9.30pm until some rotten witch with a capital B phoned at 12.30am thinking we were a pub... still, it's reminded me to put the clocks forward. Major clearout of magazines still waiting.. as I don't have a bat in hell's chance of getting back to sleep for at least another hour, I may go downstairs and start organising a cupboard I can't usually get to because people sit on the sofa in front of it. LTS |
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Subject: RE: BS: March 2009 De-clutter & Spring Cleaning From: maire-aine Date: 29 Mar 09 - 01:05 AM Went out to a friend's house concert this evening. She had an "open mic" at the beginning, but there were so many people that I only did one song: Some Little Bug . If you haven't heard it before, it's hysterical. Maryanne |
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Subject: RE: BS: March 2009 De-clutter & Spring Cleaning From: Stilly River Sage Date: 29 Mar 09 - 03:43 AM I have been away the last couple of evenings but I did get a little done in between events. A trip to the laundromat, a couple of errands, and this evening I've been organizing my office book shelves. This set is where my source material is for my thesis in English, for the papers and proposed thesis in philosophy--there is a little overlap, but basically we're talking about two sets of books that take up several shelves each. There was some commingling and some duplication. I'll probably weed out some. I'm also removing the stuff that was stacked horizontally on top of the books. It's nice, how much better it looks when the space over the books isn't crammed full of papers. I've been filing some of those papers, and setting others aside to bundle and file. On another note, I recently saw a retrospective of the life of Luciano Pavarotti, in which he explained that due to nerves and focus he found that having a handkerchief in his hand was helpful. If you look at later photos you'll see it wasn't even subtle, it was just always there. SRS |
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Subject: RE: BS: March 2009 De-clutter & Spring Cleaning From: Stilly River Sage Date: 29 Mar 09 - 01:46 PM Lovely day outside! No telling what I can get up to for a few hours in the sunshine! |
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Subject: RE: BS: March 2009 De-clutter & Spring Cleaning From: Stilly River Sage Date: 29 Mar 09 - 11:10 PM Decisions, decisions. Laundry and the yard. If I don't trim around the front yard the code enforcement guys leave a warning, then a citation on your door. The weeds are going full tilt and the turf is beginning to stir. But I still have a washer on the fritz. I can wash laundry at 75 cents a load and I usually have something to read or work on while I wait for 30 minutes, so that isn't a huge inconvenience. For now, I'll let that operation ride. I went by Home Depot this afternoon and picked up a weed whacker. I did a little research, they're all made by the same company even though they have different names. The one that died was more heavy duty (could be used for brush also) than I actually needed and I got tired of lugging it around. After a couple of years the carburetor clogged up. This one is lighter, a little less power an a smaller tank, but it isn't like it's difficult to fill the tank when needed. I'll make a point of keeping the tank empty if not in use for a period of time. That may be what got the last one. Anyway, I'll use this for now and take the old one apart and clean it and keep it as a spare. I have a few things to do for work tomorrow, but I'll also putter a little with those books in the shelves. They are beginning to look positively attractive! SRS |
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Subject: RE: BS: March 2009 De-clutter & Spring Cleaning From: mg Date: 30 Mar 09 - 12:00 AM A used washer is somewhere between free if you will haul it away and pretty darn cheap..how about just getting a used one? Post a notice at the university and someone will have one that works that they want to get rid of. You can hardly give them away these days. mg |
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Subject: RE: BS: March 2009 De-clutter & Spring Cleaning From: Liz the Squeak Date: 30 Mar 09 - 05:04 AM Well, as March goes out like a lamb, Spring is properly here (despite the frost last night) we've all made progress. There is a little less clutter in the world of Liz; magazines are boxed and waiting to go into the now accessible loft, book shelves have been tidied, leaving space for more books, a vast amount of paper has been sent to the recycling plant and some VHS has been replaced by space-saving DVD... So why does it still look so damn CLUTTERED in here?! LTS |
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Subject: RE: BS: March 2009 De-clutter & Spring Cleaning From: Catherine Jayne Date: 30 Mar 09 - 09:49 AM Magazines cleared out and put in the recycling. I've sorted through some books to separate some duplicates I've got before sending them to the charity shop. |
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Subject: RE: BS: March 2009 De-clutter & Spring Cleaning From: Stilly River Sage Date: 30 Mar 09 - 10:17 AM Mary, that is one option on a washer--and I'm weighing my options right now. I bought this one in 2002. I have to research the problem and decide how much I'm willing to pay to repair it and I'll look at reviews of this model to see how it holds up. I found a great web site with appliance repair information and diagnosis (I used it when I was looking at parts for my also ailing fridge--when it rains, it pours!). I'll see if this is something that can be repaired and hope that a repair is cheaper than buying new. It would be nice to keep my own washer (I love all of the gentle and handwash cycles on this one). My books are moving along, though the stack of stuff taken off of the tops of the books is growing over on a desk. SRS |
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Subject: RE: BS: March 2009 De-clutter & Spring Cleaning From: maire-aine Date: 30 Mar 09 - 12:27 PM The other day I cleaned out all of my old medicines, so today I took them back to the drugstore. They'll dispose of them safely. We had rain most of the day yesterday, and it turned to snow overnight. Thought we were past that.... |
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Subject: RE: BS: March 2009 De-clutter & Spring Cleaning From: Stilly River Sage Date: 30 Mar 09 - 12:36 PM Ha! The way this year is going, there will be snow on July 4. I did a big backup of files from my computer, not so much a de-clutter because the original files stay put, but a necessary step. SRS |
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Subject: RE: BS: March 2009 De-clutter & Spring Cleaning From: MAG Date: 31 Mar 09 - 12:32 AM I was away having a marvellous time at Singtime Frolics, so I got absolutely nothing done; in fact I got home to discover the cats had been romping around making chaos. I have decided my next project will be to clear out my file cabinet; I probably have 20 years of bank statements in there. A friend in a red hat club says they would be glad to have my clothes for their semiannual yard sale, so at this point I am just going to give them away to her group. Means shlepping them some distance, but they will be OUT of here. |
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Subject: RE: BS: March 2009 De-clutter & Spring Cleaning From: GUEST,LTS pretending to work... Date: 31 Mar 09 - 08:38 AM ... at her new desk! We've been shifted round at work and I now have a window seat! I daresay the plants will love it - my waxflower has more flowers on it now than it has in the last 3 years (2 of which were spent in a north facing corner that saw real sunlight for about 8 minutes, at dawn, at midsummer). The upshot of this move is I've had a chance to declutter some of the accumulated rubbish I've been storing... it has made a difference! Now if only the phone would stop ringing! LTS |
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Subject: RE: BS: March 2009 De-clutter & Spring Cleaning From: Stilly River Sage Date: 31 Mar 09 - 02:46 PM I de-cluttered my desk of a big print job. I'll revisit it for proofing and design tweaks, but it is nice to have the worst of it finished. No news on the washer front yet, but a plan is forming. SRS |
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Subject: RE: BS: March 2009 De-clutter & Spring Cleaning From: katlaughing Date: 31 Mar 09 - 04:07 PM Morgan and I did dishes this morning and he gathered the trash out of the car for me while we were waiting in it for his teacher to come get him. Yesterday he carried two shopping bags of give-aways out to the car for me. My house still looks like a mess...maybe it is perpetual? |
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Subject: RE: BS: March 2009 De-clutter & Spring Cleaning From: Stilly River Sage Date: 31 Mar 09 - 05:30 PM I think you'll find the density of clutter isn't as great as it once was. That's the only way I can explain it. :) SRS |
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Subject: RE: BS: March 2009 De-clutter & Spring Cleaning From: katlaughing Date: 31 Mar 09 - 09:36 PM That might be, Maggie, hadn't thought of that. Thanks. |
