Kudos, onebyone! By the time I got home from work you had made LOTS of progress on your progress report. What great strategies you used today...saying no choice to your desire to not do anything and instead making a choice to move forward! Reclosing the doll box is really effective when you have many other boxes to choose from. The time will be right to deal with it. Great, too, to find something to clean and something to just get rid of. I'm pretty picky with soaps and have just gotten rid of some handmade ones I didn't like, either.
Recognizing that your decluttering process will ultimately help LooLoo is very realistic...and perhaps a very effective thought for your continued progress forward. I hope she finds some more progress forward.
So 1-2-3
old clutter-paperwork! I have several unfinished projects sitting next to the computer. They all require phonecalls for more information. I organized them and wrote the #'s on paper to take to work...perhaps I can deal with a few this morning during slow time. If not, I pledge to complete them all tomorrow on my day off.
current clutter-off to do right now....I'm going to start upstairs making the bed, picking up in the office, tv room...downstairs to dining room table and kitchen....it's not too bad today.
clean-I am going to pull out the vacuum and do the entryway carpet. I noticed this morning that it's got a collection (good) because it doesn't get tracked to the rest of the house if I keep it clean regularly.
Off to my studio for most of the day today. Will be taking a fresh look at my space to see what can go where. It felt jam-packed last night when we dropped off the press (!). It's sitting in a crate on the floor right now. Some presses need access on both sides of the machine as your roll your print under the rollers in one direction and then take the print out. And then the next print can be made but you are rolling the machine back again and so turning the wheel to roll it from the other side of the machine = needing access on both sides. My space is quite narrow so this may mean a total re-configuration. Whatever my press needs, it will get. It is priority #1.
At home I plan to do two boxes, to catch me up to 6 for March 6th.(old clutter)
Would like to do dishes as well (new clutter)
and I plan to clean the outside and inside of the toilet today done as well as the mirror in the bathroom. (clean)
Helping Rachel: yikes on taking your daughter to the cardiologist. Hope all goes well! Thinking of you and her
OnebyOne: So happy for your new press and the artistic endeavors ahead. What fun to have a new piece of equipment to express....
Crazy day. EKG, ECHO......waiting for reports from a cardiologist that looks like my own daughter! On to the endocrinologist to find out what is going on with insulin, metabolic issues and talking PCOS. A journey to find answers that is for sure. Not much else going on. Met with a friend who is healing from deep sad abuse since the age of 3. Realizing we all need a little more compassion in this life and let it begin with me.
Hugs and Sweet dreams toward your life's values.
Last edited by helping rachel; 03-06-2013 at 10:21 PM.
Forgot to take *credit for dropping off a box at the Salvation Army yesterday. They gave me a coupon for $5 off my next $25 purchase. I didn't expect that.
Today I am looking at emptying the four boxes that obscure the rest of the window inthe dining room Caesar was fascinated by a squirrel on a tree right outside that window and I can use the light to start some seeds in soon. = old clutter
new clutter = dishes and maybe a general floor pickup. Lots of stuff, mostly papers, boxes etc lying on the floor. They need to go in the recycle bin.
clean=bathroom mirror and window/window sill. Maybe one tiled wall of the tub/shower. Will probably set a timer for 15min and see how far I get and stop.
Tami(helping rachel), I hope you are finding helpful/hopeful answers with your DD and cardiologist. I send out supportive thoughts today.
onebyone, Credit for moving forward and posting today's 1-2-3 even amidst stressful times on the home front. Extra credit for dropping stuff off at Goodwill. I think it's such a helpful strategy to take the stuff out of our space as soon as we are able...once we have decided it is leaving. It just frees that space so much sooner.
Me, at home today. It's beautiful out but I have some serious paperwork I'd like to make progress forward with. I found out yesterday that I was not taking a deduction on state taxes that I could have been. I can go back 4 years. IF I do that I will get approx. $200/year which will mean I can use that money for DH's DD's wedding expenses instead of having to budget for it.
I really feel that the only reason I finally found this out is because I could take time because everything else is in very good order. Credit for daily progress which has made this possible.
Even so, I will 1-2-3 today
old clutter= tackling old taxes
current clutter=pick up, make bed, do dishes and put away
clean=I "noticed" the bedroom needs a vacuum so I'll do that and dust while I'm there.
I persisted until 830pm last night, with a short break to Denver. I'm headed down this morning with 3 years amended taxes which will put over $1000. in the slush fund. credit. I really credit my finding the glitch to being more organized.
Today's 1-2-3 dance
old clutter-"special" recycle is in the car, which includes the final old laptop I took apart last week.
Whoo hooo! for you Lexxiss! Wow, what a reward to your organization. I am going to sit with that for a moment............................................ ..............
OnebyONe--way to go to get the box off to SA. Sounds like your cats are enjoying the view and space as well.
Hi Julia and Ann- Sending hugs your way.
Hi all others who read this thread, may you find an unexpected blessings in your day.
It doesn't mean that what we are doing to declutter isn't hard, but boy is it worth it!
Off to Children's Hospital this morning. Did my cleaning last night while I was making dinner. Used my no choice card. I have a list to work on when I get back.....off to fill my car up and wash it, before we take off.
Tootles.
Last edited by helping rachel; 03-08-2013 at 09:47 AM.
Made no decluttering progress yesterday. So more modest list for today
1) clean off stove top
2) gather all cat food dishes and clean them so the are ready to go
3) toss out opened cat food Looloo snubbed in our quest to get her to eat this week
4) old clutter-next two boxes by the dining room window
5) B]enjoy[/B] a peaceful bath this evening
Tomorrow is my long day at work and this evening I found myself thinking ahead. I seem to have done the majority of my Saturday dance tonight. Kudos.
old clutter-finally took down the wreath (which I had committed to do two weeks ago). It's stored in the basement ready for next year.
current clutter-I picked up downstairs and enlisted DH's help for a few household chores. I did dishes and spent 10 minutes in the office going through mail/etc/even though I didn't feel like it.
clean-ongoing...did the cat box
I'll check back after work tomorrow....if I can log on...ski traffic rules with our cell towers here.
Just reporting in that yesterday *credits* I returned my waaayyyyy overdue library books and I cleaned the mirror in the bathroom, and wiped off the window sill, the wall under/around the window, the mirror, the light switches and the door knob-anywhere there was dirt or smudges that I could find. Ready to start the tile in the shower/bathtub area next.
Trying to regroup after a long week of medical tests and trying to find some answers for DD. She has one extra vein in heart but that isn't what is causing the fainting ect....We start a new process of Endocrine tests next week. I think she has PCOS and something with her metabolic system, in addition to wearing this heart monitor for a month. So the journey for answers continues.
Don't know what I am to do around here, but I will start my egg timer and do whatever I see for an hour.
On my agenda today is a bathroom cleanup. This means:
1) washing down tiles in bathtub/shower area done
2) cleaning the inside of the bathtub done
3)cleaning the edge/outside of bathtub done
4)removing cat litter box, garbage can whatever else is on the floor done
5) sweeping bathroom floor done
6)wet mopping bathroom floor done
(Time elapsed to get it done=1 hr)
OMG coaches. We have THE WORST low flow toilet in the world. And after the umpteenth toilet clog from "regular use" this morning I could not get it to unclog with the plunger. SO i googled it in frustration, like almost in tears frustration, and seeing the 5 star rating (41 reviews) I went out and bought a Rigid K-6 Toilet Auger. Pricey but not as pricey as having to call my fusspot landlord who told us that if we clogged the toilet again he would ask us to pay the half of the last (and 1st) plumbing charge and the full cost of the plumbing charge next time. So, wanting to avoid this I paid the $70 for this heavy duty tool which did the job. OMG. SO GLAD to have found a solution. (If any of you have this issue go get that tool. Do not bother with anything else. JMHO)
Needless to say I added another 5 star review to the home depot site for that tool. Anyway, even with this, there is clean up to do from my effort before I went out and bought the thing. It was time to get to it anyway.
I'll set the timer and do it Flylady style: dressed to lace up shoes and in 15min chunks. done
Wow, onebyone! When I read your list this morning from my iphone I thought what an ambitious project...now coming back I am so impressed and amazed that was a one hour job. Kudos.
I, too, tackled a 1 hour project today....I took down all the items from the top of my kitchen cabinets...washed cabinet tops/all items then put them back up.
old clutter-fixed a broken necklace sitting on my dresser for a month
current clutter-picked up
might see you tomorrow or not...internet is down to nothing here these days. It happens every Christmas and spring break season with ski traffic.
I can read with my iphone but am not good at any extensive typing.
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