Good morning :)

I am trying to change the settings on my main clock.
It's one of those digital ones that gets the correct time from a satelite way out in space but I need to find the setting for turning "off" daylight savings time.
Wish I could find the buttons to change all the cat's clock settings too.

Yesterday was a really nice day.
Two different couples came by at different times to visit. :D

Also went to town to grocery shop.
Only two grocery stores in town any more. :(
We went to WallyWorld (walmart) because their prices are better than Safeway.
While leaving the store I noticed a shopping cart in the parking lot with a ladie's purse in the seat area.
I looked around and waited to see if she would come back.
After a while I picked up the purse and took it inside to customer service and told them where I'd found it.
The woman said that they would take care of getting it back to the owner.

It is overcast & rain cloudy here today.
Good day to find interesting indoor activities.

Hope to see you all in chat tonight.
I will log into both chat rooms so I don't miss anybody. ;)

Hi Karl :)

Hope you get your bike back together & it all goes smoothly for you. ;)

OK, we can try the new chatroom.
My screen doesn't allow me to see the whole page & I have to scroll up & down but if we can post enough so that the whole screen shows then it would be doable for me.
I found the buttons at the bottom of the page to change the color back ground and that makes it easier to read.

In the separate JAVA thread, I suggested that for this week's chat session, we try using the experimental new chat instead of the old one -- see if it works better, and keep a record of what does not. How does everyone feel about that?

In the input box for your nickname, the default is "Guest", and I think you'll have to backspace over that in order to enter your name, but you won't have to backspace over the text in every line you send.

If your screen is too small to display the entire chat window, you might have to scroll up and down at first, to see what people have said while you were typing; but once we've had about 35 lines of content -- or 18 if you select the large font -- the newest text will be at the bottom anyway, so I think that should work out well enough.

Saturday: Went to social event by bicycle. Someone offered me a ride home, but I had to disassemble part of the bike to fit it into his car.

After I got home, the host emailed me to let me know that I'd left several items behind; I'll have to go back and get them, but first I'll need to see if I can reassemble the bike. Bleagh. At least I'll be able to make the round trip by daylight (if I start out soon enough).

Hi Tillie,
Haha! I very rarely wear high heels. I don't really like wearing high heels that much. The only reason I wore them to the party was because they looked really good with my costume. :)

ATTENTION

this is a public service announcement

Remember to turn your clocks back one hour

Thank You :D

Good morning :D

Hi Roxie :)
WAY TO GO! for getting some stuff done.
Good luck getting a handle on the "just drop it where ever" clutter.
Try to get the most important/urgent winterizing done. Neglecting that can & will cost you more in the long run. ;)

Hi MayMay :)
Since I have never had any desire to wear high heals, I never have.
But I have had many a good laugh laughing at my sister every time she fell off her shoes. ;D

Hi Karl :)
Wonderful that you found a way to pay the one bill without the extra bank fees! :D
That's one of the terms of zero percent interest credit cards. One little late payment and they hit you very hard with high rates. :(
Happy you have the "Bank of Mom & Dad" to help you out. :)

Today the guy that is getting all the wood from the tree will be coming by this morning to start hauling it away.
Other than that I have no idea what the plans are for today.
I need to get some food.
Fridge is really empty right now.
Have my list all made out.
Fed the cats.
Need to freshen their water bowls & scoop their litter boxes.
Right now I will go get dressed & all that.

Busy day! :D

Thanks Tillie and Roxie,
The party was a blast! Matt, Cory, and Snuggles all looked hilarious in their costumes. The only bad thing is now I'm all battered and bruised from falling down more than 5 times at last night's party. I always have trouble walking in heels; and the boots that I wore last night, with my costume, had 6 inch heels on them. :D

Hi Dianne :)
Thank you (((hugs))) :)

Got a lot accomplished and am now taking a break & resting up before I continue.

A good restful night's sleep will really make a big difference in most every thing you do.
So happy you finally got the new beds! :D

Good luck getting the outside winterizing done before winter weather really sets in hard.

I plant something over my graves. Bushes, iris, daffodils, etc.
My main cemetery is getting too full and I will need to find another spot some day. :(
My neighbor has the same situation in her garden too.
So many fur babies that we all love and miss.

Just keep working at that decluttering and organizing and someday soon you will be able to find everything easily because everything will have a place and be right there. ;D

Break time is over, now back to the salt mines. haha

Good morning :)

Friday, November 1st. 2013

Weather is supposed to be pleasant today and tomorrow so I will do some winterizing.
Since it has already snowed and melted, I no longer need to water stuff in the yard again till Spring.
I will lay out the hoses, drain them & roll them up & store them away.
I will completely cover the outside faucets with insulation to try to keep them from freezing and breaking.
I will cover some windows with plastic. Hate having to do that because I like being able to see clearly out of them but they are old & leaky & let in a LOT of cold air.
I need to replace some insulation strips around the doors.
The strom door on the back door is not a good door at all.
My hoarder has about 3 other storm doors in the hoard. There is one out there that would fit and do a much better job at reducing the air flow.
I will keep trying to get him to swap out the doors.


My plans for today.....
hang out my laundry
clean the kitchen
try to get him to use up some of the food he has been storing in the freezer for over a year
do cat related tasks
weather proof around here

Getting depressed about not accomplishing much around here lately but with the horrid painful rash of shingles you also get fever and fatigue.
I should be happy with myself for at least keeping up with the daily maintenance. ;)

A whole new month, a fresh start for all our plans. :D

Hi MayMay
Hope you are having a lot of FUN! :D





Hi SusanL :)
Wonderful to hear from you! :D
Hoping all your paper piles are soon very small. ;)

Hi Cory :)

HAPPY HALLOWEEN :D

Only 3 of us were in Sunday chat and another poster joined us later.

We decided that even with all the issues, the regular chat room was easier to use than the new one.

We are getting pretty good at back spacing to erase our previous post before writing a new post and when the site goes all crazy printing out a post multiple times, we just bear with it.

Yes, we really are crazy, but in a fun way. :D

Happy Halloween Everyone!

I hope everyone has a safe and fun night, whatever your plans are.

Can someone let me know what the experience was with the Sunday night chat? I never heard anything back from the web hosting company about how to fix the issues with JAVA. Did you try the new chat room or just suffer through the old one? Thanks all!

Cory Chalmers

HAPPY TRICK OR TREAT!

Self-care, got a long overdue haircut. Looks pretty good. I got out a stack of papers to sort couple of days ago. They're still right there on my desk. Will get to them this week.

Keep up the good work, everybody!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!!! :D

Tonight we are throwing a Halloween party at the bar. :)

I'm going to be a firefighter for Halloween. :)

I'm also dressing Cory, Matt, and Snuggles up for Halloween too. Cory is going to be a hot dog, Matt is going to be a taco, and Snuggles is going to be a banana. I was really hungry when I bought their Halloween costumes. LOL. ;)

Good morning :)

Hi Roxie :)
WAY TO GO! for getting the usual two done early! :D

Hi Dianne :)
WOOHOO!!!
sleeping in a new bed and waking up a new & improved you! :D


Have no real plans for today, just continue what I have been doing.
Tuesday I made a curtain, yesterday I hemmed my new jeans.
Been having so much fun sewing and making plans for more sewing projects.

So far in the Nielsen diary all I have noted is that the TV is off. lol

Like my mornings quiet and stress free and TV is too intense this early.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN
wishing you all a day filled with treats! :D

Good morning :)

Sunny with occasional clouds today.

I think the Nielsen people picked my address & phone number out of the phone book and sent me a post card saying I would recieve a call in a few days.
Nice lady called and asked a few questions as to how many people lived here & how many working TVs we have.
Since I really wanted to do this, could have said no thanks, they sent me a packet containing instructions and 3 diaries, one for each TV and a dollar bill for my efforts.
I will keep one diary near each TV. He uses two and I only ever watch the one in the livingroom area.
When we watch a show we jot down the information or check the boxes for when the TVs are off.
The diaries make this very easy to do.
Only have to do this from tomorrow, Thursday through next Wednesday.
Then I seal the diaries and mail them back, they paid the postage.
The important thing about doing this is that our voices will be heard and noted as to what kind of programs WE enjoy and feel are worth our time to watch. :D

Yesterday I got caught up in sewing and sorting out my future sewing projects while watching the snow and spooky DVD movies.
Didn't cook a thing.
But now have a very lovely vibrant red sheer lace curtain hanging in the window of my little room.

I would not have been able to relax and enjoy myself yesterday had I not forced myself to do that house cleaning.
Getting the house decluttered and cleaned & fixed has all been very hard work and many times I just wanted to give up.
But I would be/was so miserable and depressed.
Now I must defend my "No Clutter Zones" and keep slowly working to get more things around here decluttered, cleaned and repaired.
Not easy when dealing with a hoarder who has no interest in doing the hard work or even allowing others to do the work for him.

As for remembering what day it is....
I try to check the date every morning and try to remember it all day long.
Just hate it when I lose days because I wasn't paying attention. ;D
When trying to remember my age, first I always think 18 then add some years to it. ;p
Life began for me when I became a legal adult and no longer had to live under my parent's roof and my mother's rules.

Have no idea what I will be doing today.
Should get dressed, hair brushed, face washed & teeth brushed too.
A little tidying up, cat stuff taken care of then the whole day will be all mine to do with as I choose. :D

Today is trash pick up day and the cans are out at the road!!! YEA!!! :D

Might do some winterizing of the windows and maybe do more to the outside faucets before we have a deep over night freeze.

What ever you all do today try to find the fun. :D

Been snowing here since 7:30am.
It is now 8:30am and the heavy snow fall has everything all covered in crisp clean white snow.
Looks so lovely! :D

Scooter, the kitten, looking out the window with an expression like "WTF!!! :O

I love it! HAPPY 1st. SNOW DAY!!! :D

Another rainy day today.
Yesterday I got the usual general cleaning tasks accomplished.
It was hard. I did not want to do it.
But I was very glad that I forced myself to get it done. It's done & over with for now.
This means that today I don't have a dirty house.
Today I can do whatever I want. :D
Been trying to talk myself out of making those wonderful little buttery cookies that you shape out of a cookie press. They go so nicely with a cup of tea or cocoa.

Ever hear of those Nielsen people who do the TV show ratings?
I always wondered who those people were that they used to rate shows.
Well, it will be me watching TV and telling the Nielsen people what is being watched on the TVs in my house this next week. :D
This is so much FUN!

Keep posting, love hearing about everything going on in your lives. (((hugs)))

Good morning :)

Hi Dianne :)
Chip chip chip away at those piles and eventually thay will all be gone! :D

Hi Diane :)
Hope you are having fun playing with crafts and straightening up the livingroom. :D

Hi Roxie :)
I read online that people like me, with a sensitivity to sunlight, who always use sun screen, wear wide brimmed hats, long sleeves and always stay in the shade have to be extra careful to make sure they get enough Vit.D in their diets. ;)

morning Dianne and Tillie sounds like you both have busy days. I haven't done anything but play with crafts this morning. Since it is so cold have to go out and get firewood, it is cold in here but 34 outside, guess will have to put a coat on and go out, or soon it will be 34 in here. windy and cold all week, down to 19 one night, brrrrrrr. Today I have plans to stay home all day and getting clutter out of living room, period, mostly practice having fun all day. Cold cloudy weather is going to keep me inside so I can practice being positive and happy inside the house. The chat last night helped me so much, thanks tillie.

Good Monday morning! :)

Today I will do some general house cleaning.
Sweeping, cleaning the bathroom & vacuuming.

Only got rain over night, no snow here.
Supposed to be rainy all day today.

Really enjoying all the light that I get now through the two main windows now that that tree is gone. :D
It is the west facing side of the house but even early morning there is a lot more natural light in here.
Helps wake up my brain. ;D

WAY TO GO! Dianne :D

Here is an interesting website.



energy saving website, bubble wrap window insulation

Chatroom tonight.
Anybody attending?
Anybody want to use the other chatroom Cory set up?
On the other board I have to scroll down to write then scroll back up to read.
Very frustrating and I can't figure out how to change the format on my screen there.

Last week's chat went well once we all decided to just laugh at the weirdness in our chatroom.

It is still usable. I will try to be in our chatroom by 5:00pm PST.

Please join me there! :D

Good morning :)

Thank you both (((hugs))) :)

Diane :)
Great! that you and your friend had quality time together. :D

Hi Dianne :)
It's because of these little moves forward I keep going. Nudging him along at a snail's pace since I can't get him to move any faster. ;) haha

Last week I finally figured out what's been wrong with me physically.
Put all my symptoms together.
It was the blistery rash that finally clued me in.
I have shingles on the left side of my head.
I refuse to allow this to bring down my spirits. I will not allow myself to wallow in self pity.
I am much stronger than a silly old virus. ;D

Today I will continue to play and relax and enjoy the weather, tomorrow rain & snow is predicted.

Dianne, you are so insightful and warm hearted, yes sounds like Steven is opening his heart a little, so wonderful. Tillie, so happy for you.
I went to a friends house out in the country yesterday, we had fun, she is the one that I asked for help and she said no, and I was upset, then she gave me the cold shoulder for over a month, and yesterday was like the good old days. We talked about doing some craft projects this winter. We both have felted wool that we are ready to start on.
Feels so goood to clear the air on that friendship.
Well, looking around I see some clothes on the back of the recliner an a pile of papers on end table, now that clinics are over, will be good to get back to keeping things neater, and get rid of more stuff.
And Dianne you are right, I had not noticed the peace I feel when I look at that photo, but that is exactly what I feel and a sense of wonder that nature is so breathtaking. Dianne and Tillie, hope you are enjoying the day. I am in slow motion, and am about to get moving.

Diane, have a wonderful fun time today!
You earned it. (((hugs)))

We also have those old 1960s single pane windows.
I use the clear plastic window kits every winter.

Just learned about a new trick that I want to try on some windows.
Bubble wrap.
Get the 1 to 2 inch bubble type, not the tiny bubbles.
Moisten the window and stick the bubble wrap to it.
Gives you a lot more insulation R factors and you can remove it and stick it back up again and it lets the light in.
Planning to try this on HIS bedroom windows and the bathroom window just as soon as I get the bubble wrap.

I think my hoarder has made some sort of break through with his hoarding thinking.
Went to the thrift shop Thursday.
He saw 2 turn tables. He has a massive collection of vinyl LP albums.
He said they were really very good turn tables and in perfect working condition and a very good price tag.
I asked "do you need them?"
He said "no, I counted and already have 12 at home. "
I asked him "are the ones you have just a good as these?"
He said "yes, I don't need to buy these. Somebody else will be very happy to get them."
Normally he would have grabbed them both up in a second.
His attitude is also so much better since the tree was cut down.
Peer pressure from having the tree guy here and the neighbors and other people coming by.
Normally he is very nasty & negative about things like this but he has been extremely pleasant and actually getting out there to start cleaning up the mess the tree made.
All these years I had been telling him the tree was diseased and damaged and dangerous and he was telling me how wrong and mean I was.
With the tree cut up you can see exactly all the diseased and rotting away at the core of the branches and half way through the trunk it really was.
So wonderful having other people come here and agree with me. Validation.

Having that tree down allows so much more light into the house. And now all the dust, pollen, leaves, seed pods, bugs, wasp nests, allergens and old bird nests are gone and no longer bugging my allergies and making me always have to sweep the front porch & walkway.

In the winter months the sunlight will warm the house and I have insulated drapes to block it out in the summertime. :D

Great plan Dianne. So easy to focus on whats wrong, which seems to be more familiar, good you are going to focus on positive and bring yourself more joy. I am going to join you on that journey today!!!! Started the day thinking I need to fix some plumbing problems, then read what you wrote. Last night finished my last clinic, got home at 7pm and today I am going to just have fun outside, last warm day and it is sunny and beautiful. I forget it is ok to just have fun, and today is the day for fun.
Yesterday I washed some windows inside and out and will go to habitat restore today and see if I can find old storm windows for them, I measured them this morning, old ones broke years ago. I have window plastic I can use if can't find glass that fits. Windows in here are from 1967, so very thin single pain, one is cracked, really would like to replace the whole thing, just not now. Just insulate for the winter is good enough. I hung a beautiful photo of rock formation on a wall that is so wonderful, it was in big bedroom on floor, looks so much better than what I had on the wall, can see it from where I use computer, makes me feel good to have things I enjoy and am proud of.
I love this site and how it has changed my life. Thanks to all that have passed through here, even those that have had huge relapses, helps me to see the severity of this problem and that it will take time to really change behaviors, and to catch myself as soon as I relapse and get back on track, we deserve a better life.

Good morning! :D

Hi Dianne :)
Thank you! :D
I am so very sorry that you are having all these problems with the washer. :(
Keeping my fingers crossed that it all gets fixed and stays fixed for you.
Isn't the early morning a special magical time to experience. Especially in the wintertime. ;)
Wonderful that you are turning your focus to the things you can change!
I always try to maximize the positive to minimize the negative.

Hi Diane :)
YIPPEE!!! that you had fun!!! :D
Next time you get asked out you shouldn't be so nervous, got your feet wet, so to say.
Wonderful isn't it, not having a totally cluttered home always hanging over your head.
Decluttering, cleaning and getting home repairs tended to really does give us so much freedom to get out there and enjoy life to the fullest. (((hugs))).

Thanks Dianne and Tillie Hung over from joy, that is great. You turned heads, good for you. Dinner went well, fun, I was a bit too talkative, but all went well. No connection for several reasons. I am ok with the whole thing.
Work was really fun today, last clinic of the season. We all felt it was a bitter sweet day we will miss working together, and are happy we will be free to do whatever we like.
Tomorrow will be another sunny day, was tough working indoors when so nice outside, an will be so much cooler next week when not working---darn it. I am just happy this year was so much more fun than previous years.
I am looking forward to focusing on finishing areas of clutter after this weekend. Hopefully I will get out an go to a river or lake and forget cleaning tomorrow.
Great hearing what is going on in your lives.

Good morning :)

Feeling a bit hung over from just being happy, relaxing and enjoying everything. ;D

Hi Karl :)
Very happy you are getting a check for the work you did. :D

Hi Diane :)
"HAPPY DANCE " :D
How did it go????
Did you remember to just have fun!???
WAY TO GO! for getting things accomplished and keeping up with the daily maintenance! :D

Hi Roxie :)
What wonderful memories you have now! ;)
Happy you slept so long and are now back to getting on schedule.
WTG! :D

Hi Ali :D

Not much on my mental list of To-Dos for today.
Mainly just going to continue resting and playing. :D
Been watching some videos on the interwebs this morning and generally surfing.
Another beautiful day here. Must make sure to spend lots of time soaking up the fresh air outside.
Soon it will be too cold to spend much time outside.

Yesterday did some shopping and visiting with lots of people.
Two different men, strangers to me, flirted with me. Complimented my attire.
Boosted my ego & made Mr. Hoarder jealous. HaHa

Friday, everybody try to find some fun in it. ;)

Welcome Home Roxie. So glad you had a good visit.