good morning all, I already did the dishes that I didn't finish last night
Morning Tillie, good reading your post, sounds like you are feeling good today, so am I
Woke up too early but so excited about the sunshine, feel good
Thanks Tillie for the chat last night, especially the extra help with Molly and my denial. You are so comforting
I am going out and spend some time outside before going to work, happy I don't have any early morning work days this week
It is still 31 out, so a bit chilly, the sun on the colored leaves is so beautiful this morning
Just remembered I am supposed to have fun today, ok, saying goodbye now and will get up and do a
"happy dance"in honor of tillie, good no one can see me in here
!!!!!!!!!!!
Have a great day everyone

Good morning :)

Hi Diane :)
Have a great week at work! :D

Hi Karl :)
Thanks for helping me try to figure out what is wrong with the chatroom. :D

Hi Dianne :)
So true about horses. Very smart but I think they think they are small as kitty cats. lol :D
The quail are always here, fewer now since there was recently bird hunting season.
The Robins have all moved back into the area and are establishing their territories.
Poor babies will miss that big tree after Wednesday, but too bad. HaHa :D

Cory is having the chatroom issues looked into today.
YEA! WTG! Cory :D

Today I will be cleaning the house.
Bathroom, floors, vacuuming and LOTS of sweeping the porches and walkways because of all the leaves covering them.
I don't mind sweeping dry leaves but hate to do it when the leaves are wet.
Today they are dry. :D

This week the neighbors are having new carpet installed through out their house.
So they are busy packing up everything and moving all their furniture out of the house.
That is a LOT of work, fortunately they are not hoarders so this is do-able for them.

Lots of nice big changes happening this week on our road. :D

Hi and good morning to all you who read and didn't post here lately! :D

Thanks Dianne, I agree, all the work I did to improve my living situation, did make work more fun, think I feel less shame, so just feel happier. Today I was outside all day, raked and burned some leaves. Scraped the length of the garage roof edge, that has looked like crap for years, painted it, it looks so much better. My neighbor who lives above me, came out and appreciated the new look. Chopped kindling, raked leaves in back yard as well as front. Not sure what else I did, but worked alllll day, now have to deal with the dishes etc in here, no fun for me. hope all had good weekends

My To-Do for today is to run all sorts of programs on my computer to try to get a handle on the chatroom problem.

Hope to see you all in chat tonight! :D

The smart horse stories reminded me of how my brother and I, as toddlers, could escape from the playpen by working together.

Hello everyone, so happy the tree is going away tillie. that is tough to be around a screamer, I used to be one, happy I don't yell anymore, it felt so out of control to yell, sorry you have to be at the same with a screamer.
Dianne, sounds like you had a great time.
I worked this week and next week will be the last week, will miss it, and will be happy I am done. I have had a good time, enjoyed it more this year than in previous years. Yesterday I went to a fund raiser rummage sale for troubled teens. Yep, bought some junk that were for "future craft projects", on the way to work. When I got home and had to haul the stuff in, it was obvious I bought the stuff for a reward for having to work when it was such great weather, and wanted to stay home. Today I had to deal with the stuff, very clear that I have no business bringing stuff home until I finish cleaning stuff out. Really don't want to be the person I was, want to get back on track and finish cleaning stuff out and start doing craft projects.
Today I stained several fence boards. This morning worked in bedroom 2 hours sorting stuff, went through several boxes of jewelry, and scarves. Can see progress. Watched show on OPB on replacing kitchen faucet, has leaked for 2 years, I have the new faucet, just haven't tackled it yet. Think I will wait until finish working next week, need tomorrow to have fun outside. Love the sunshine. see you in chat tomorrow

We all need fun time.
We need to get out and away from all the To-Do chores regularly.
This refreshes us physically and mentally.
This is called "Real Life" and we all need this time.
We are all so much more than the clutter and messes.
We are real people and need to experience real life pleasures.
Sure, the home work is very important and doing it without the help of a company takes a long time.
Try to remember to find time to live in the moment. ;)

Dianne,
I am so very very happy to hear how well Jakey is doing.
That is really wonderful news.


I had a horse that lived right next to me that could open the latches and would hold the gate for all the other horses to get out.
I put the horses all back, latched the gate and tied a rope around it.
He used his teeth and picked the knots out of the rope and opened the latch, letting out all the horses.
So then I took a piece of bailing wire and started to bind the gate shut.
The horse saw what I was doing and tried his best to crowd me away from the gate. :D
The wire did the trick and there was no more horse round ups.

Good morning :)

Cats have been fed.
He has gone off to get his hair cut.
We might go to the grocery store today.
Other than that I have no idea what I will be doing today.
Looks like another lovely day here weatherwise.
Hoping he will get his stuff all moved out of the way for the tree guys by tomorrow.

Have some fun today no matter what else you are doing. :D

Hey Dianne,
Yeah Matt and Cory are constantly jumping around, running through the house, and goofing off. They used to have this really bad habit of slamming into the bathroom door while I'm taking a shower. So now I just leave the bathroom door open, whenever I take a shower, so they can't do that anymore. But now, what they like to do is, sneak into the bathroom and walk into the tub while I'm taking a shower. LOL. :D

Good morning everybody :)

Looks like it is going to be another lovely Fall day here in northern Nevada.

Hi Diane :)
WOW! chopping wood and chimney cleaning!
WAY TO GO!

Hi MayMay :)

Hi Roxie :)
Hope you are having a blast at your reunion. :D

Hi Dianne :)
So wonderful that you had all that electrical work done!
Happy that the electrician is a big time dog lover too. ;)

Hi to Karl and Diane and everybody else too. :D

I've been just laying low here.
Been sleep deprived, nervous and depressed.
Hate fighting, always have. But it is the only way to get anything accomplished around here.
He loves to verbally fight with everybody.
The power company, phone company, insurance company, bank, trash service, people at his work place, store cashiers, our rural letter carrier and post office. Just to name a few.
At home he stands in the room I am in and rants and raves about all these people and companies.
No matter how many times I tell him that I don't want to hear about it any more he just won't quit.
Until last night.....
I told him to stop. Just stop it.
He flew off the handle, like he always does, had a huge melt down. Very angry at me, slamming doors, screaming, etc.
And an hour later he did something he never did before.
He came out of his room and said "I'm sorry"
He spoke in a normal tone.
Tried to say things to make it better.
I am still in shock.

Anyways, the tree guy just called me and said he will be here about 8:00am Wednesday morning to get that tree down for me. :D

My To-Dos for today...
wash my hair
clean the kitchen
do cat related tasks
sweep floor & porches (lots of fallen leaves)
a quick vacuuming of the main carpet areas.
swish & swipe the bathroom

Hope you all have a GREAT Friday. :)

Hi Dianne,
WOW! That's a lot of German Shepherds! :)

Hi everyone! :)

Hey Roxie,
Have fun at your reunion. :)

Thanks Dianne! :)

Hey Tillie,
I'm glad you're feeling better. :)

My headache is lessening and I will sleep very well tonight.
The tree guy came by this afternoon.
We settled on 400.00 to take the huge dangerous tree down.
He said he was busy all this week but plans to stick me in sometime next week. He will call to let me know when he will be here.
My hoarder came home just as we were finishing up talking.
With this peer pressure on him now, he will get all his stuff out of the way over the next few days.
I already have someone lined up to come get all the wood. We agreed on 100.00 for the wood.
HAPPY DANCE! :D

Good morning! :D
WAY TO GO! everybody for taking care of business!!!

I am exhausted.
But maybe there is some good news.
He said that the tree guy will be here today sometime to look at the tree, give an estimate and schedule a day to remove it.
I am trying not to let my spirits get excited about this just in case he pulls the rug out from under me, like he has done so many times in the past.
I am so tired of having this damgerous tree hanging over my head, literally.

"Fight one battle at a time"

TTYL :D

Hi Dianne,
Great! My dress will definitely not be a typical wedding dress... I want the dress to be black with flames coming up from the bottom of it. I wish I could have a dress like the dress that Jennifer Lawerence wore in the first "Hunger Games" movie; the dress had real flames come out of it whenever she would twirl around in it. It was really cool. :)

worked at job in the morning an again in afternoon. In between work I cleaned the chimney, chopped kindling, fixed a few things, enjoyed working in the sunshine. Have an early morning start tomorrow. Happy to read what you gals had to say, thanks for posting.

Good morning everybody! :D
Great reading all your postings.
Don't really know what happened with yesterday. Never accomplished anything. Sort of was in a fog all day long.
Been expending all my energy on trying to get him working on this dangerous tree removal project.
Yesterday afternoon he actually looked under the hood of the vehicle that's parked right next to the tree.
Progress???
I dunno :(
Today I need to water some stuff in the yard.
Do some cleaning in the house too.
But first I have to feed the cats.
They are all staring at me as I type this.
TTYL :D

Turns out the motor home isn't such a good idea. I figured that would turn out to be the case.

I'll try to show up for at least the beginning of the Tuesday chat, but I'll probably have to leave soon after it starts.

Hey Karl,
Great wedding cake idea!... And since I plan to have so many people at the wedding reception, I might also have a cake that's shaped like a fire truck too. The cake that's shaped like the burning building could be a chocolate flavored cake; and the cake that's shaped like the fire truck could be a vanilla flavored cake. :)

In a chat with my brother, he asks if I've considered getting a motor home. I wonder what the costs would be like (up front and also gas/maintenance).

A beautiful day here today. Washed some plastic place mats and hung on line. Want to use them to wrap sweaters around to stop the wrinkling, hope it works. Worked with boss today, had so much fun, she is the best. took a shower, washed hair and curled it, yep, I am a bubble head today, actually looks good.
Put RV antifreeze in sinks and toilet and shower in RV, hopefully to prevent frozen pipes. Enjoyed messing around in RV, didn't use this summer due to dehoarding, really felt good being in there, and realize I will keep it another year, and get some use before I sell it.
Spread some pine needles over ground in back yar. No rain all week, sunny, so boosts my spirits. Sure enjoyed chat last night

LOL :D

Bride and groom figures atop a cake shaped like a burning building?

Hi everyone. :)

Thanks diane. :)

Hi Karl,
That's so cool! Its so sweet that you thought of me and the guys. I've always liked firefighters; but I didn't really become a full fledged "firefighter groupie" (that's what my ex-boyfriend calls me.) until I was 18 years old, when I ran off with a bunch of firefighters. I think it's awesome that the firefighters were invited to the block party. When I get married I actually want to have a "firefighter themed" wedding. So there will be a crazy amount of firefighters invited to my wedding; like hundreds and hundreds of firefighters. I want to get married in Central Park, in New York City; and then I want to have the wedding reception at "Barclays Center" in Brooklyn. And I want there to be a motorcade of at least 20 fire trucks driving from the wedding ceremony to the wedding reception with all of the guests from the wedding ceremony riding inside the fire trucks. The actual wedding will be smaller than the reception; only friends and family are invited to the wedding ceremony. But anyone and everyone is invited to the reception. :)

My games event went well enough, but ended earlier than I'd expected -- I guess most people have to work even though tomorrow's a minor holiday.

Let's see how much cleaning I can get done in what remains of the day...

The fire fighters were there by invitation, as a surprise to the kids; they showed off their fire engine and equipment, gave out sticker-badges, and one 10yo girl got to dress up in full gear and got her picture taken. Isn't that more or less how MayMay got started? :-)

I'm in the chat room early, in case anyone wants to show up; I might be able to chat for a bit even when it hits the top of the hour, but I'll have to leave when my guests start to show up.

One other important thing to do is to
never neglect a mess.
When you see you have a mess like spilled something or pet accident
clean it up
right now.
This helps keep us from falling into squalor. ;)

The basic minimun daily maintenance is
dishes,
laundry and
trash out

Washing dishes daily or getting them into the dish washer helps keep the kitchen under control.
Getting dirty clothes into the hamper, washing clothes as soon as you have enough to do a full load, getting washed laundry put away where it belongs helps keep from ending up with a huge mountain of laundry to deal with.
Gathering up all the trash and getting it out of the house is very very important to help keep your home less cluttered, healthier and smelling better.

Keeping up with these tasks daily helps to keep things from getting too far out of control.

Diane :D
My chrysanthemums are a gift from a friend and she would notice them missing.
The desert is filled with the sage brush and even without the bushes on my property the other bushes would still make me wheeze any way.
Fortunately, I don't need to spend much time outside this time of the year and the windows are closed most of the time now.
Funny thing is that Scooter (the kitten) has allergies too to outdoor things and whenever I allow him out in the yard he suffers all night long with sneezing and runny eyes. LOL :D

Hey Karl
I want more details about that visit from the fire department.
Please.[/i ;D

Ok, enough of this relaxing business, had to elevate leg after doing the pile of clothes this morning. Now will clear of the top of dryer and put those things away. Have to bring more fire wood in, not easy with sore knee. Love it toasty warm in here so it is worth bringing wood in. My highlight of the day is 5pm chat.

MayMay, we had a friendly visit from the local firefighters at the start of the party, and I thought of you and your group.

thanks Tillie and Maymay, so great hearing from This morning I went through a pile of clothes at end of bed, actually made some real progress, think it helped to post on here yesterday and feel more connected to support for this hoarding ordeal. Tillie you have had to deal with so many allergies, can he just cut those things down or do you enjoy seeing them. Maymay, your hair sounds adorable.
Sun just peaked out for a minute, boosts my spirits to see it.
Tillie I have done dishes, laundry and taken garbage out but what was the other thing you said to do for maintenance?
Craft room has room to walk now as does the big bedroom. Still need to scrape paint off outside of window, caulk it and put up plastic, before I think of sleeping in there, so nice to use that bathroom and soon will be able to sleep in there if I choose. I put a big cube thing on desk and have been putting things in there where I can find them. Once I am done working, I want to focus on getting those rooms done so can start crafting in there so don't drag stuff out here and mess this area up. Good to have other dog go home, sure appreciate the income though. So weird to wake up with hope today, feels great, thanks to all of you for sharing your journey. We are blessed to have each other.

Good morning everybody :)

Hi Diane :D
So sorry the leg is still hurting. :(
WAY TO GO! though for keeping up with daily maintenance and not shopping on top of working out of the house!
When experiencing emotional or physical pain it is very difficult to see the light at the end of the tunnel.
(((hugs)))

Hi Karl :)
Happy you enjoyed the block party! :D
When it comes to parties, I have always thought "the more the merrier" ;D

Hi MayMay :D

Sunday morning, I am moving slow.
Been looking at stuff on the interwebs.
As a child I always enjoyed reading the Sunday funnies out of the news paper in the morning.
How things have changed. ;)
Cats have been fed already.
My chrysanthemums are blooming and so is the desert sage that grows all around here in the desert.
I am very allergic to both those things. LOL ;D
Sorta cloudy & overcast here today but I still plan to wash some of his laundry even though that always ticks him off. (?)
He did nothing yesterday and probably plans to do the same today.
Hope to "see" you all tonight in chat. ;)

Hey Karl,
I'm glad you had fun at the block party. :)