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Subject: RE: BS: Healthy Feb-2010 Declutter & Fitness From: Liz the Squeak Date: 12 Feb 10 - 03:52 AM I managed to dress, go shopping (although it took twice as long) and stayed vaguely upright and conscious for the rest of the day! That's a first for several weeks now.... I've had to have a nap every other time I've done some major activity (and right now, a potter around the shops counts as major)! Today is another action packed day - a Summons to Limpits' School to discuss her options for future exams, a long piano lesson for her for me to sit through and choir practice with a meeting after tonight. We'll see how tomorrow goes! So.. looks like I'm getting better. Bought myself some new jammies again, these are so spotty and loud, I can barely sleep for the noise. So... hopefully the weekend will see me decluttering the bedroom of unwanted clothes because Manitas is off to buy new drawers. LTS |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healthy Feb-2010 Declutter & Fitness From: LilyFestre Date: 11 Feb 10 - 09:56 PM I added some more clutter to the house today....3 new books!!!!!! YAY! Meanwhile, there are dishes in the sink, laundry to be put away, blah, blah, blah...I decided it can just WAIT!!!!! Michelle |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healthy Feb-2010 Declutter & Fitness From: wysiwyg Date: 11 Feb 10 - 09:04 PM We declutted the fridge of a spiral ham, now packed in several sauces/sizes. Hardi got me started in the home weight room tonite, working on assessing how much I can lift/reps for a painful shoulder thing I've been dealing with. A touching surprise was the way Faulkner "guarded" me during this-- he's Hardi's dog, really, and he has never guarded me before tho he has volunteered as a service pet for me many times when I'm sore. He kept stopping me (the dog did) to see if I was really OK. I was fine but the solicitude of the dog on top of how lovely was the way Hardi was working with me-- made me cry nice warm tears. Healing in several ways at once. The cool part-- Hardi's tracking this for me on his big chart paper where he tracks HIS stuff, and I asked him not to explain ANY of it to me-- I just get to be the "client" while someone else is the expert. I so rarely get that. ~S~ |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healthy Feb-2010 Declutter & Fitness From: Stilly River Sage Date: 11 Feb 10 - 08:53 PM I had to declutter the driveway of snow this evening to be able to get up the hill and into my garage. That's a first for here in Fort Worth! (Used to shovel snow regularly as a kid, I always kind of liked it, because the neighbors usually gave tips for clearing their sidewalks). I realize the kids in the area don't have the experience to have a good snowball rolling technique to make snow men. I have to clear my front path tomorrow, so I'll probably roll up and down the concrete and pick it up and build one out there. It's rough, but someone has to do it. :) SRS |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healthy Feb-2010 Declutter & Fitness From: Liz the Squeak Date: 11 Feb 10 - 05:14 AM Feeling much better today so hopefully I'll be able to do more than clutter up the sofa... depending on how I feel after my 8 mins of yoga (trying to build it up to 30 mins again... 5 is OK, 10 is too much at the moment) I may even get dressed! LTS |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healthy Feb-2010 Declutter & Fitness From: Stilly River Sage Date: 11 Feb 10 - 12:42 AM I realized that in order to work on my blog I needed to install a bunch more stuff on the computer. The Microsoft Office suite again, and now the new Adobe software (the CS4 suite--I didn't really want to use this yet, I was just getting good with some aspects of CS3, and I hear that they changed enough things that the new one even stumps old pros). Anyway, once Photoshop is in the computer again and Picasa I can start tracking down my photos and find the right ones to illustrate the comments. SRS |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healthy Feb-2010 Declutter & Fitness From: wysiwyg Date: 10 Feb 10 - 10:42 PM Neat shelves, rags! They remind me of a set my sister made years ago for this one apartment she had-- she did hers all in hand-sawing, and the patterns she followed came in cubes, nifty closet-installations where not one nail went into he wall (for easy take-along when lease ended). They were all in 1 x 3's for easy hand-saw-a-bility. But they were NOT out of the gorgeous wood you used, and are those pins/dowels fastening up the tops or nails or screws or what? They look neat enough to be pegged. Beautiful work. ~S~ |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healthy Feb-2010 Declutter & Fitness From: Stilly River Sage Date: 10 Feb 10 - 10:22 PM Very nice--I like the look of those slats in the shelves. Wasn't it you in the last couple of months who built a similar shelf for a closet? You're very handy! I'm working through software I need to install, and while I was at it, figured out why the speakers weren't working. The system set it to default headphones on the front. Doesn't everyone have speakers coming from the back? That was odd. Haven't messed up the kitchen too much; same son with the broken heart has a headache. I suspect it is more sinus this time. He's soaking in a hot tub and the humidity will probably help. I had a big bowl of soup for dinner and he hasn't had more than a cup of herbal tea. I'm rediscovering a few things around the office as I look for software and cables and such. But I haven't neatened it much. I think this might be an early night for everyone. Tomorrow we might have snow. SRS |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healthy Feb-2010 Declutter & Fitness From: katlaughing Date: 10 Feb 10 - 10:07 PM Those are really nice shelves, rags! For the first time in ages, I did qi gong tonight, plus my walk/step thing outside. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healthy Feb-2010 Declutter & Fitness From: ragdall Date: 10 Feb 10 - 09:48 PM Is it okay if I just try to declutter? I gave up on becoming fit, years ago. I almost typed "reclutter". I'm afraid that is a more accurate term for my efforts. I move clutter around, and reorganize it but I clutter. Monday was half price day at Value Village. I was proud of myself that I managed to stay away even though I was across the street having my haircut. My mantra is "I don't need any more junk!" I've been building some shelving for the basement under the steps and landing. Three shelves high, three feet long on wheels to roll in and out under landing.The shelves are in place and look neat and tidy with the similarly sized boxes on them, but the rest of the basement is a mess from sorting everything out. The most difficult part comes next, disposing of computers, books, data and peripherals which are all outdated. rags |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healthy Feb-2010 Declutter & Fitness From: maire-aine Date: 10 Feb 10 - 07:20 PM Going alone may have been the better decision, as much as he might feel he was ready to handle it. |
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Subject: Healthy NonReactive&Non-Co=Dependent Kindness From: wysiwyg Date: 10 Feb 10 - 07:17 PM Our dear yoot seldom appreciate all things at the time they occur. No sense trying to pre-judge our own course of action based on fearing how a person "may" react. What needs to be done-- needs to be DONE. THEN you try to do it the best way you know how, and give yerself credit for caring enough to do it AND for trying to do it as "well" as you possibly can. This whole culture IMO is far too reactive (and not values-driven enough by ANY positive values) for its own good. For its own species survival, I mean, in the most practical terms one could imagine. It's also a co-dependent culture, in many ways. It's not "kindness" to act in fear-- it's fear. It's not high moral values-- when it's fear. Kindness can look very different from soft, squishy, over-protective fear. Every kid who was stopped from playing for an unreasonable reason knows the difference between protection and fear-- you can't fool them on THAT one for very long. Each human bean has to live in that reactivity. What is up to us is HOW we live in it. ~Susan |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healthy Feb-2010 Declutter & Fitness From: Stilly River Sage Date: 10 Feb 10 - 06:43 PM I'm sure it is the Goodbye he's angry about, but I had to make a decision about when to do it, and couldn't wait until he came home from school for that day. It seemed more important to get it over with before we had to go through another cycle of the IV, or to let him feel worse for another entire day before I took him in. Once you realize the time is here, it's so hard to make them wait. We may get a little snow overnight. Despite the fact that this seems like a colder longer winter than many we've had, I need to keep going in the sun room and get my flats out and seeds planted. My neighbor across the street tells me that if you wait until Easter to plant your tomatoes then you'll have better luck. And last year the ones I planted earlier had to be replaced because they got frost bit and the soil was too cold for them. I'd like to have some bedding plants of various sorts ready in the house this year for planting. I did a couple of big loads of laundry this week, and got caught up on the pots and pans in the kitchen. It's too late to start stew, but I'll have to think of some hearty cold weather dinner for tonight. SRS |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healthy Feb-2010 Declutter & Fitness From: katlaughing Date: 10 Feb 10 - 06:17 PM Maggie, sorry I am late to this. Of course you did the right thing and your son will eventually understand. Is it possible he is angry about not knowing when and not being there to say goodbye? I've always stayed, petting them and talking to them, as the vet injects the meds. They do always looks so peaceful and relieved. One of them was even purring to me, as if to say Thank You, as she drifted away. I think it is a healthy thing for older children to have that chance. NOT second-guessing you, just thinking of why he is so mad, besides being sad, etc. I used to have all of those problems with cats peeing , barfing, etc. Now we are down to two neutered boys who are an equal match, so they have a kind of peace between them and will even sleep together. AND, they neither one use anything but the litter box. One would prefer the bathtub, but we keep the bathroom door closed. Anyhow {{{{{{{SRS}}}}}} luvyakat |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healthy Feb-2010 Declutter & Fitness From: Stilly River Sage Date: 10 Feb 10 - 05:47 PM Actually, I've always thought the Rainbow Bridge concept was pretty hokey. Sorry, but it sounds like a Hallmark card. I do like the saying "if there aren't dogs in Heaven I don't want to go there," but I don't believe in Heaven, either. I think simply understanding that the animal is no longer in pain, kept here because we're trying to spare ourselves the heartbreak of losing it, is the best I can hope for for all of us. We have to move past this fear of our heartbreak to spare our pets more pain. I agree, he may not understand any time soon, but he's smart, and he'll eventually figure it out. The house is incredibly quiet, especially because over this last year the cat got progressivly noisier with his loud complaining. My nerves need a rest. If you've been jolted awake a couple of times a night by that loud Siamese howl, then you know how hard it is to deal with. I'm trying to sort out my computer files and get caught up on stuff I lost early in the week. Time flies when you have to announce events, and I lost a couple of days. We're possibly going to get some snow overnight. I hope not, because I don't want a snow day tomorrow. There is a talent show at school and my son will be joining some friends in a band, and I'd really like to hear them! SRS |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healthy Feb-2010 Declutter & Fitness From: ragdall Date: 10 Feb 10 - 04:17 PM ((((((((SRS))))))))) Euthanizing your beloved cat was not only a kindness, it was necessary. I kept a diabetic cat going for two years on insulin, fed him tinned food processed in a blender every two hours, cleaned up his "accidents" and followed him around if he went outdoors because he couldn't see much or hear at all. Through it all he was loving and cooperative so I carried on. One day I realized that I was keeping him alive for my selfish reason, not for his benefit. I made the phone call and did what had to be done. It broke my heart but I had the peace afterwards of knowing that I did the right thing. I was fortunate that my two boys who grew up with the cat were both married and living far away at the time and my husband was out of town so I didn't have to discuss my decision with anyone beforehand or I may not have been able to go through with it. I hope that your son will understand someday. It may not happen until he is placed in a similar position himself. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healthy Feb-2010 Declutter & Fitness From: SINSULL Date: 10 Feb 10 - 04:00 PM Just this side of heaven is a place called Rainbow Bridge. When an animal dies that has been especially close to someone here, that pet goes to Rainbow Bridge. There are meadows and hills for all of our special friends so they can run and play together. There is plenty of food, water and sunshine, and our friends are warm and comfortable. All the animals who had been ill and old are restored to health and vigor. Those who were hurt or maimed are made whole and strong again, just as we remember them in our dreams of days and times gone by. The animals are happy and content, except for one small thing; they each miss someone very special to them, who had to be left behind. They all run and play together, but the day comes when one suddenly stops and looks into the distance. His bright eyes are intent. His eager body quivers. Suddenly he begins to run from the group, flying over the green grass, his legs carrying him faster and faster. You have been spotted, and when you and your special friend finally meet, you cling together in joyous reunion, never to be parted again. The happy kisses rain upon your face; your hands again caress the beloved head, and you look once more into the trusting eyes of your pet, so long gone from your life but never absent from your heart. Then you cross Rainbow Bridge together.... Author unknown... |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healthy Feb-2010 Declutter & Fitness From: AllisonA(Animaterra) Date: 10 Feb 10 - 03:48 PM (((((MAGGIE))))) wiser words have said what I would also say. Love to you and your family. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healthy Feb-2010 Declutter & Fitness From: maire-aine Date: 10 Feb 10 - 02:58 PM Susan, you're making me nervous. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healthy Feb-2010 Declutter & Fitness From: SINSULL Date: 10 Feb 10 - 02:46 PM My Ed is fifteen and getting on in years - arthritic and more than a bit demanding and strange. So far he is not hurting but I am dreading the day. Kendall has a beautiful poem called The Rainbow Bridge. If I can unearth it for your son, I will. He needs to grieve in his own way. The blog sounds like a good idea. Mary |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healthy Feb-2010 Declutter & Fitness From: wysiwyg Date: 10 Feb 10 - 02:29 PM I decluttered my member-name. :~) ~S~ |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healthy Feb-2010 Declutter & Fitness From: Stilly River Sage Date: 10 Feb 10 - 02:04 PM I think the trick is to write a blog message, keep it short paragraphs, descriptions, a few photos, and let them "discover" it through facebook. Give them that perspective that I would share in a blog and maybe it will help. I've been reconstructing some files that were missing for a few days and a co-worker just called me about one I missed that needs urgent attention. ARrrrgghhh! SRS |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healthy Feb-2010 Declutter & Fitness From: VirginiaTam Date: 10 Feb 10 - 01:55 PM Oh Maggie! So hard to do what you did. I had the same decision to make re a dog who had been with us 15 years. He was in pain and was not enjoying his life. I think I was more heartbroken then anyone when it came down to it and I had never wanted the dog. Like everyone says here, your son will come around and understand that it is cruel to keep ailing pets alive, if you cannot ease the suffering. I agree that humans should be give the same consideration. I certainly don't want to linger. Sorry I have no 'nergy to contribute more to others in this thread. Tam needs a spiritual and mental declut now. Utterly wiped out! Hugs you all.... |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healthy Feb-2010 Declutter & Fitness From: maire-aine Date: 10 Feb 10 - 01:46 PM So sorry to hear about your cat, Maggie. You tried valiantly to keep her going, but in the end, you did the right thing to let her go. Your son is upset, of course, but he surely knows that it was inevitable. He'll come around. You did good. (((SRS))), Maryanne |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healthy Feb-2010 Declutter & Fitness From: Maryrrf Date: 10 Feb 10 - 01:15 PM SRS - I had to put my beloved dog down in May so I know how it feels. She'd been going downhill and as she aged things got difficult - lots of accidents and such. There was absolutely no doubt that it was the right thing to do but it was so hard and I still miss her. It sounds like your son is grieving and still has to come to terms with what happened - at some level he knows you did the right thing and will soon come to realize it, when he has worked through his sadness. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healthy Feb-2010 Declutter & Fitness From: LilyFestre Date: 10 Feb 10 - 12:49 PM ((((((SRS))))))))) Putting an animal down is one of the hardest things I've ever had to do in my life....my head knew it was the right thing and my beloved dog's eyes let me know it was the right thing....but my heart.....it was so hard. I imagine it was much the same for you. Once your son understands it was done out of love for your cat, he'll come around. (((((((((((((Much love and many hugs)))))))))) Michelle |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healthy Feb-2010 Declutter & Fitness From: SINSULL Date: 10 Feb 10 - 12:39 PM SRS, I have four cats and I love them dearly. I also can not have carpeting, clean the bathtub daily because Alice prefers it to the litter box, clean the litter box and basement floor daily because Ed prefers the basement floor. They snarl, spit and fight constantly. Each has rituals to start and end the day and it takes me an extra half hour in the morning to get dressed or I come home to cat vomit. Like I said, I love them dearly and enjoy the nighttime cuddles. But I loof forward to a day when I am down to one "normal" cat and a life. And then none. I keep telling thm I am going to replace them with a goldfish and if he is a problem I will flush him. Keeping an unhappy pet alive out of guilt is just wrong. He was suffering and so were you. I wish the same end were available to us when illness and pain can not be cured or relieved. You did the right thing. Your son will see that in time, maybe when he has to make the same decision. RIP, Kitty. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healthy Feb-2010 Declutter & Fitness From: wysiwyg Date: 10 Feb 10 - 12:23 PM (((SRS))) If it's any help-- my mom did something similar when I was an age like your sons. For a long time, although I knew right away she had some the right and grownup thing, I ached with regrets and resentment that she had not TOLD me, even tho I really did know it was right that she had not. Within a few months all the resentments were gone and only the joy of the critters remained. Forty years later all I feel is wanting to be as smart as she was, and as compassionate, toward not only the critters but to my "kids." So-- GOODONYA. === I declutted Lent. I declutted my marriage. I declutted my daily co-counseling program. In all 3 cases, note that I declutted them so they'd work better-- I didn't toss 'em out!! :~) Ditto, Prayer Chain. === In the past week I declutted brain chemicals. Last night I took a step toward decluttering the DAILY meds-- a great night's sleep, med-free (!!!), now that vision issues do not make my strokebrain crash and burn like a bad HD. I awoke ready to take BIG next steps (we creep and then we leap), and took them. [dusting off hands of stuff that fell off of stuff others'd put into them by mistake] === Sent a pile of pix to HD and a small subset (office pix next) to a good friend. Folders well set up to continue. === I declutted the annual website-maint thing I do, into something I CAN do-- not less but more, but set up so it works for ME. === I am just about ready to declut/"redecorate" an old family relationship that shattered when strokebrain could not sustain it. === When I go back dnstrs I'll declut a spiral ham. Ydy I finally finished the kitchen declut Hard was not able to help finish after the Meat Sale. === I put new (NEW!!!) (!P!r!e!t!t!y!) curtains over the dnstrs kitchen sink. They hold heat, reflect bright (FS) light from overhead while I wash dishes in winter, create privacy when I am home alone, and will-- when Hardi helps me put them back up in a mo'-- leave the sill accessible. And they are all-cotton easy-care NEW, did I mention, STOREBOUGHT instead of made from garbage! ~Susan |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healthy Feb-2010 Declutter & Fitness From: Stilly River Sage Date: 10 Feb 10 - 11:58 AM The last 24 hours have been complex and rough. Yesterday morning I told my daughter by email (because she was either in class or was asleep) that I was going to take the cat to be euthanized. I told my son at breakfast that I had decided to do this, but I didn't say when. After taking him to school I decided that I needed to do it then, because the cat was due another IV treatment and it was such an awful thing for him. If we did it twice a week he would have a couple of good days and then a day or two of loud whining meowing. I couldn't stand it and he wasn't happy, so I loaded the cat, the extra food, litter, and the unused IV bag and took them all down the the Humane Society. I didn't bring him home to bury--I did with the cat last year, but I don't think that made anyone feel better, I think that just dragged it out longer. But what I saw that time was that in death she looked like her "old self," something she hadn't experienced for months. And it was going to be the same with this one. So I've been clearing out the cat box (for the first time in weeks my laundry room and kitchen don't smell like the acrid diarrhea smell of a sick cat, and even if he had buried it, it was so strong I was scooping several times a day) and vacuuming and washing hairy rugs and towels. I'll dismantle cat window seats and remove trunks and boxes that have been human tripping hazards that were put in place so this old cat could get up on the bed and up on window seats and chairs. I'm out of the cat business. All things considered, the last two years of cats have been expensive and miserable. In both cases we probably kept the cat alive longer than we should, because no one was happy with the way they felt. And all of this time, the dogs have been second class citizens, rarely coming in the house and only after an elaborate roundup to get the cats out of the way. I can now again have houseplants that the cats won't destroy or poison themselves with. I can start my spring seeds in the window without them stepping on, peeing on, or eating them. I can leave clothing out and not have it covered in cat hair. I won't get bit if I step on a tail. I can just open a window to let in fresh air and not check to be sure it is not open so far a cat won't get out or that the screen is sturdy enough to keep them in. I will miss the companionship of young healthy cats, and their playful antics, but it has been so long since I've seen those that this break is welcome. The last two years I've been a hostage to my own decisions to keep these animals, so I actually feel liberated in a sad sort of way. My son came in yesterday and I hadn't said anything when I picked him up after school because I didn't want to make his guitar lesson difficult to get through. He saw the changes immediately (I'd taken down the barrier into the front room with the carpet--we can finally go in there without moving this thing out of the way that was up to keep cats from peeing in the corners) and I simply told him I took the cat down that day. He hasn't spoken to me since and I gave him dinner in his room. I'm going to have to write a blog examining the life and decline of pets, and post some happy expressions and the late-in-life expressions when they won't meet your eyes and just want to sleep or crawl into a corner to die. I'll have to let him discover this to understand, because he doesn't want to hear what I have to tell him in so many spoken words. All of this makes rebuilding the computer seem tame by comparison. I found all of my old files, so I'm set. SRS |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healthy Feb-2010 Declutter & Fitness From: SINSULL Date: 10 Feb 10 - 11:39 AM Like this: http://cgi.ebay.com/Overdoor-Cap-Hat-Organizer-Rack-Holds-24-Hats_W0QQitemZ270529140279QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?has |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healthy Feb-2010 Declutter & Fitness From: SINSULL Date: 10 Feb 10 - 11:38 AM They make some neat cap racks that can be hung over a closet door. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healthy Feb-2010 Declutter & Fitness From: LilyFestre Date: 10 Feb 10 - 11:07 AM OMGosh!!!! There is a clear table top in my kitchen!!!! Who knew?!!??!!? WHew. I finally sorted through all the stuff on the table and got rid of about 90% of it. Hats are all sorted too. Now to find a place to keep them handy for daily use........ Michelle |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healthy Feb-2010 Declutter & Fitness From: maeve Date: 10 Feb 10 - 09:48 AM I've packed up several things to return to their donors. If we're not using it, we want it out of the apartment. Listening to an old friend this morning- the Archie Fisher cd I had loaned to a friend before the fire. Lots of laundry yet to do, if I can muster the energy and quarters to haul it all down the street and back. maeve |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healthy Feb-2010 Declutter & Fitness From: LilyFestre Date: 10 Feb 10 - 09:06 AM It's snowing here, big flakes at the moment coming down fairly rapidly....but oh so pretty! Pete took the day off as the roads are bad and he has a long drive. I am going to go through all my new caps today. Each one is in a ziploc bag and I am going to sort them all out. Some of cotton caps, great for inside or sleeping, some are flannel for sleeping, some are heavier for outside and then there are sun hats and kerchief kinds that tie behind the head for home or public....I just want them all sorted...so that's my plan for this morning! Michelle |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healthy Feb-2010 Declutter & Fitness From: maire-aine Date: 09 Feb 10 - 07:19 PM I understand that "Pollyannas" can be annoying, but I just have to say-- I had a great day today, and nothing special happened. We've got 10-inches of snow coming our way, so I got out early and bought bread & milk, and topped off my gas tank. Since then, I've been at home, just hanging out here, "fat, dumb & happy" like my old boss used to say. I said (to nobody in particular) "Bring on the snow. I'm just happy to be alive today". No stupid snowstorm is going to mess that up. I've got food and firewood, and I don't have to go anywhere. That being said, I put a lot of miles on my washer/dryer today-- 3 loads and more to go. Also decluttered my refrigerator; a few things went past their prime while I was sick, and a container of fresh pineapple fermented (unless somebody has a recipe for fermented pineapple, ha-ha). Oh, and there's a trip to Ireland on the near horizon. Maryanne |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healthy Feb-2010 Declutter & Fitness From: wysiwyg Date: 08 Feb 10 - 04:16 PM ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ~S~ |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healthy Feb-2010 Declutter & Fitness From: AllisonA(Animaterra) Date: 08 Feb 10 - 04:04 PM One wall up!!! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healthy Feb-2010 Declutter & Fitness From: wysiwyg Date: 08 Feb 10 - 03:19 PM I declutted the one holdup blocking several HUGE projects-- some of them potentially very lucrative. ~S~ |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healthy Feb-2010 Declutter & Fitness From: Stilly River Sage Date: 08 Feb 10 - 03:02 PM Computer declutter has moved to computer dementia. XP isn't repairing itself nicely, so if this latest try doesn't work, I'll pick up Win7 at work tomorrow and upgrade. Probably time to do that anyway. SRS |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healthy Feb-2010 Declutter & Fitness From: VirginiaTam Date: 08 Feb 10 - 01:54 PM Ok... lesson learned... do NOT skip amytriptyline 3 nights in a row. Rough rough night. Waking every hour and wandering about until palpitations stopped. Dinner was processed food (fresh tomato/mozzarella pasta parcels and asparagus, petit pois cream sauce) and though not really high in salt, more so than I could take. I did drink more water yesterday, so the bladder was on full alert all night too. These things gang up on you, I guess. Just cleaned up the spare room, so it is ready for TSO's son, should he stop by on his visit in town. Cleaned up lounge and sorted the recycling. Kitchen is clean and one load laundry washin now. Should vacuum, but cannot be bothered. Hugs to all my sisters of da thread. yawn |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healthy Feb-2010 Declutter & Fitness From: wysiwyg Date: 08 Feb 10 - 10:32 AM LF, we snatched some cheap polar fleece after-Xmas at Walliworld, and use it the same way. I'm sure you remember Isius' stunning eyes in white fur. She's sunning on another piece the SPCA freebie-mailed us, in the LR picture window. They seem to reflect kitteh-heat back up into their tummies, don't they. === Nine hours' blessed sleep, just starting to wear off ("up" since 8). Sunshine, time, and space at my disposal. What to do...... so many choices. === AniAllie-- A Funster replied to me this AM on a plan to move a plan forward. Another "fun" thing I availed myself of this AM was a home-childbirth educator who happened to make a request on FreeCycle today. I have things she can use, so I offered those right back at her. It may mean, also, some new non-parish volunteer opportunities. I miss the midnight drives to play a small part in LIFE coming forth... I had just completed an email about some fairly difficult church-growth and church-death issues, and the very next email in my inbox was the LIFE reminder. I'm working on organizing the "last" detail of the home office later today-- the "work in progress" cubbies that hold stuff not specifically "deadlined." Doing that will make it very, very simple to see and maintain the priorities. Some folks use categories like "To do," "to read," "to mail" for their desktop boxes? Mine will have slightly different headings, something like "For God," "For Susan," "For Money," etc.-- mini-departments in the office, each with their own dedicated space and cubbies-in/out boxes. A lot to think about in my sunny and temporarily warm office, which has been prestocked this time with more than a day's groceries and a REAL BAD Mudcat connection where MudCatting is so much... LESS. Oh!!! I gotta remember THIS one-- I have 3 huge standable panels stored at the church to bring home!!!! They are bulletin-board material that can be wall- or booth-configured! And I need tack space up there!!!! Whoo HOO! ~S~ |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healthy Feb-2010 Declutter & Fitness From: SINSULL Date: 08 Feb 10 - 09:44 AM Back at work this morning after spending most of the weekend asleep either in bed or on the couch. The remnants of my cold hang on and several people at work are less than happy with me - they too spent the weekend on the couch. Horrible how these sealed buildings spread crud. But I got some laundry done and the dishwasher emptied and re-filled. House is almost orderly. Maybe tonight I will have the energy to attack the treadmill. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healthy Feb-2010 Declutter & Fitness From: LilyFestre Date: 08 Feb 10 - 09:42 AM I spent a little bit of time this morning finding my kitchen counter. It seems to disappear every now and then but I am happy to say, it is now clean and clear the way I like it! I also did a load of laundry....all large pieces of polar fleece. When they were dry, I went around the living room removing the polar fleece that covers each chair, fluffed the pillows, Febreezed everything and put the new, still warm from the dryer pieces of polar fleece on each chair. We have animals here and they love to sit with us...so I am in love with polar fleece which not only protects my furniture but it's warm and soft to sit on plus it washes like a dream. Easy care. LOVE IT. Let's see. I also got rid of a large basket of dead flowers (except for the pink carnations which I pulled out and put in a vase) and am using the basket to hold ALL of my meds. Pretty, organized and the basket is special to me. I'm tired already. Too bad for me as I have an appointment at 11:00 and then my Subaru is going in the shop for a recall issue and an oil change. I can sleep while the car is in the shop if need be. Michelle |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healthy Feb-2010 Declutter & Fitness From: GUEST,LTS on the sofa Date: 08 Feb 10 - 09:20 AM Well, I'm back here on the sofa for another 2 weeks... decluttering has come to a halt, but I'm trying to keep a lid on the mess... did manage to get Manitas to move the allegedly pot grown Christmas tree into the garden where it may get colder but it will at least be watered more often than the dining room... it may survive - it may not. I found out it was double potted so the water in the tray wasn't actually getting to the root ball or soil in any quantity... poor tree. May have a bash at vacuuming up the needles it left behind later, but a walk up the road to the doctors and the purchase of some organic comestibles has wiped me out again. Have been busy sewing for other people again, maybe in the next week or so I can sew for myself for a while, and declutter the shelves behind me where all my projects are "resting".... and providing warm, soft spots for the cats who don't appear to mind sitting on 3" quilt pins. LTS |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healthy Feb-2010 Declutter & Fitness From: Stilly River Sage Date: 07 Feb 10 - 09:56 PM I have a dense set of files deleting from the old hard drive. I don't know why these are so difficult to remove, but once they're gone, I'll use this drive for a full backup. I'll probably set it up to do the backup after I head to bed. SRS |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healthy Feb-2010 Declutter & Fitness From: AllisonA(Animaterra) Date: 07 Feb 10 - 07:06 PM WYS:The caution-point now is to go toward the fun My late mother-in-law, who I am sad never to have met, was by all accounts a very wise woman (Sometimes I think that, even on "the other side" she hand-picked me (with help from my late SO) to be able to cherish and appreciate her multi-faceted Aspergery son). One of her wise sayings, closing phone conversations and the like was: "Oh, and don't forget to have fun!" She said that if you weren't having fun, you did yourself and those around you a great disservice! Lovely LilyF, from church and the comfy chair (why does Monty Python and the Spanish Inquisition pop into my mind just now?!), to groceries and laundry and more comfy chair- good for you! I was briefly at a contra dance today where a stunningly beautiful woman with a lovely scarf wound around her head was dancing every other dance, stopping and resting when needed, tenderly treated by her partners and others- she was clearly taking steps to have fun and enjoy life despite the big setback she was also dealing with. VTam and Stilly, not much to say but: yay! We had a committee meeting at the house this morning and you know what that means: yes! The floor is clean, the surfaces are clean, the furniture is free of books and instruments and debris, and for a few days I will enjoy a relatively clutter-free environment! AND DH wants to invite some friends for dinner later in the week, so it may last awhile! AND our hired hand arrives at 8:30 tmw am so the upstairs work will continue! See? Having fun! Meanwhile I finishd the "Afghans for Afghans" sweater and will start a simple neck-warmer for self until I can get to my local yarn store to stock up on some sweet, soft, lovely yarn for another little project I have in mind... |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healthy Feb-2010 Declutter & Fitness From: wysiwyg Date: 07 Feb 10 - 06:38 PM [clapping time for you Tam] LF, good effort! Felt good I bet. Rest after-- so smart (I told ya so, nyah nyah) Fr. Cootie+ glad you liked chair. We gotta abbrv that name to Fr CS. No Sunday folks thought a thing about the chair move. Now I can add a second comfy one too. SRS, I'm running free Avast while still letting Symantec scan automatically. Sleep deprived-- lost track of the rest of you. Remember: any movement away from clutter is progress, even if it looks small in the one-day-view mode. Tonight is sleep night, early. Soon. Let Ratched out if she hasn't chewed thru the restraints yet. ~S~ |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healthy Feb-2010 Declutter & Fitness From: VirginiaTam Date: 07 Feb 10 - 05:25 PM Forgot to mention that in the midst of the enormous declutter at work (Essex County Council is undergoing transformation decode= selling off services to private companies) The leader of the council Lord Hanningfield decluttered himself out of a job. Charged expenses peer Lord Hanningfield quits council tam .... doing happy dance |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healthy Feb-2010 Declutter & Fitness From: LilyFestre Date: 07 Feb 10 - 04:49 PM We went grocery shopping today. Pete carried everything in and I put most of it away. He cleaned out the fridge. We make a great team! One load of laundry is going and I've hand washed my compression stockings which are now hung to dry. I'm off to my recliner to read or sleep, whichever comes first! Michelle |
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Subject: RE: BS: Healthy Feb-2010 Declutter & Fitness From: Stilly River Sage Date: 07 Feb 10 - 04:31 PM I am decluttering the data from the hard drive that is now in an enclosure. I took it out of the CPU (it was the original hard drive in the computer) and moved it over and put in a larger faster hard drive. So after copying data over it was a defacto backup. But now it is old and out of date and doesn't need duplicate operating system stuff, so I'm emptying it out and going to use it for a backup of the current main hard drive. Also getting ready to run out to mail payments on a couple of bills and pick up some groceries. Chicken and broccoli over rice tonight, I think. SRS |
