Hello All:

Sorry have not been on. I worked 98 hrs in 2 weeks. Still getting daughter situated into house. We are taking today off and the plan is to have a focused day tomorrow. Not on any specific task because if you look at the house, any place you pick to clean is working towards the goal. I am completing some laundry and dishes today. Thinking of all of you and hope for a good day today.

Hello, fellow accomplishers?!!
My stepson is staying here for a bit, so hes helping me with some cleaning projects, plus this phone is only getting intermittent internet! ...as frustrating as that is, especially it being my.main.procrastination.device..ha ha...its helping me get going on projects!
I hope you all get lots of good things done this weekend!

Bitsy!! So happy to hear from you! Have been thinking and worrying about you! Nice that you are able toile plans too see your grandchildren. Oh how I love children's books and I have such find memories of my nana reading to me! Do happy to hear from you.

Coffee clinks to all!

Hi all

I survived the carotid artery surgery OK and "rested" in north Carolina a couple weeks. It was the first surgery in 35 yrs. I cannot feel any difference but there should be more blood going to my brain and less chance of a stroke. The scar is not pretty and goes from the tip of my ear to the collar bone beneath my chin and is well healed but still a little tender. I had never heard of this kind of surgery. I am anxious to see how much I will owe. On the 22nd I go back to see if medicine helped circulation in legs. If not I will be looking at a more complicated surgery.

We did manage to get over to the other house last week and get some bags of trash and recycling out and some other stuff organized.

My great grandson is now a first grader. I hope to get over to see him and his sister this weekend and will try to get a chance to read to them.

Tomorrow I have to start paying September bills. I pay them all online and don't know how I ever managed to pay them by check and snail mail.

Seems impossible that it's September!

Thank y'all for posting

YEA!!! Tatoulia! 😀
WAY TO GO!
Great that you are "shopping" at home and are going to be sleeping on your new sheets! 😀
OK, lets extend the "NO SHOPPING" except for essentials to the end of September, you are doing FANTASTIC!

;D

Hi Roxie 🙂
So great to see you today! 😀
True, sometimes nature can be quite cruel.
My hoarder's pharmacy mails his meds to the house.
No having to go pick them up any more. Maybe you could get that too?
Wishing I was close by to bring you proper, nutritious meals. It is too important to your health to neglect.
Would you consider signing up for meals on wheels?
WAY TO GO! keeping up with your banking & bills! 😀 Ice Tea "Clink"

Anony, you are doing great work! Attagirl!

Hugs and coffee clinks to all.

Hello Tillie!

Still no new stuff making its way into my house! I can't remember when I accepted the challenge but I'd like to renew for another thirty days.

Yesterday sounds so pleasant at your house, with the kitties out and about. We are having a beautiful day in the East. Yet, I still find myself envious that that are predicting 40s for you! I love crisp air.

Oand of the things I bought during my recent relapse was new percale sheets (the lure of the sale price). I am washing them now, going to put on my bed, and am going to clear out five things from my linen closet.

Good Morning 🙂

Hi Tatoulia 🙂

Hello Everybody 🙂

Yesterday was a busy day for me.
Got up at 5:00am, did stuff around the house, cat stuff, made my bed, tidied up a little...
Then I drove into town and ran some errands and got a few groceries too.
Returned home, let all the cats out to play in the garden while I put the shopping away.
Checked the local weather forecast and discovered a cold front was moving into the area over night.
Had to do some things to prepare for a low of 40 degrees. :/
All this last week temps in the high 90s and now this!
All happening too fast.
But it will probably warm up again in a few days.
The weather has not acted normal here all year.
Hard to know what to do and when to do it. LOL 😀
Best I get my butt in gear and start prepping everything for winter, just in case.

Wishing you all a fun and safe Holliday weekend. 🙂

Thank you Tillie for the update on Diane! I hope she's making smoothies and maybe has a dog staying with her!

Thanks for the enthusiasm, Tillie, will help me to keep moving forward!

Good Morning 🙂

Hi Tatoulia 🙂
WAY TO GO!!!
For keeping up with the maintenance! 😀
Got an email from Diane yesterday. She is fine but dealing with some of life's stressors.
I sent her our love and (((HUGS))).

Today I will do the usual everyday stuff, as always.
Took down the dining area drapes and will wash & rehang them today. They were dusty and had spider webs along the top, yuck.
Planning a trip to the grocery store for tomorrow so today I am making up a list as I think of things we need.
Also, I am slowly going through my clothing. Some things will not be worth storing over winter and will have to go. Some things need small repairs.
Did my socks already. 😀

TTYL 😀

Good morning, everyone!

I finally vacuumed my bedroom last night. Just need to dust everything and put away some clothes. I use the heat and humidity as an excuse not to do stuff.

I've been doing fairly well keeping up the kitchen since my helpful friend left. The dishes actually take no time.

Okay, plan for the day:

clean bathroom
Clean kitchen
Dust bedroom

Let's see what I can accomplish! Thinking of you all! Coffee clinks, Roxie!

Good Morning Everybody 🙂

Anonymoniker 🙂
FANTASTIC JOB YOU DID!!!
WAY TO GO!!! YOOHOO!!!
I am so very very happy for you! 😀
Enjoy all that freshly opened up space you have made!
HAPPY DANCE
(((hugs)))

Hi Roxie 🙂
Hoping all your bill paying is going smoothly and without any added frustrations.
We all love hearing from you.
"clink!"

Hi Tatoulia 🙂
Wonderful to see you, as always. 😀

No real plans for today here.
Will just play it by ear.
Have made up a list of things that I want to accomplish in September.
Only eight things.
During the month I will pick and choose something that I feel like tackling until all have been done.
The tasks are not difficult but just things I don't want to forget to do or put off too long and then can't do them because it might be too cold to do the outside ones.
Next Tuesday I have a dental appointment for xrays and an exam to see if I need any work done.
Then on the 12th. I have a wedding to attend.

Anybody have any plans for September?
It's time to start preparing for winter. 🙁
Spring and Summer never seem to last long enough.

Thank you, Tatoulia!!! 😀

Yay Anony! Congratulations! Great work!! So happy for you!!

The 2nd load out was packed!!! Its sooo nice having all that junk.gone!!! YIPEEE!!! Every area outside is clearer!!! It looks sooo much better!!!
I hope everyone had a good day of accomplishment, too!!!
😀 😀 😀

Hey Roxie?! I hope you feel a lightening of your financial load once you get your bills paid up!!! You go, girl!!! 😀

Loving the interesting posts. Keep on going, you are all doing well!

Hugs and coffee clinks.

Thank you for the encouragement, Tillie!!!
When he came for the first truck.load, he kept pulling stuff out asking me 'Does this work?' and saying things like 'Alls this needs is to replace the cord' and i felt like i.must be a healing-hoarder! ha ha I feel a lightness with each thing tossed!
Happy lightening to all!!!

Good Morning 🙂

Hi Anonymoniker 🙂
Wishing you a Fantastic! day today filling the truck!
Love zenification! 😀
WAY TO GO! gathering up items for the truck and thank you for the clarification, things not thongs. lol ;D

Hi Tatoulia 🙂
The kitties send their love to you (((hugs)))
WAY TO GO!!! FANTASTIC! that you are peeling that decluttering onion layer by layer.
Soon your home will truly be a sanctuary that represents your inner self and provides all your needs physically and spiritually.

Hi Karl 🙂

Hi Greta 🙂
Keep up the great work!
Trying different methods until we find what works best for us, since everyone is different.

Yesterday I got all caught up on the urgent type stuff.
Just kept plugging along doing one thing after the other even though my body and mind kept screaming for me to stop.
Today will be easier, I will eat properly and do some more pleasant tasks.
Honestly, yard sales are physically hard.
But they do motivate you to let go, especially if you stick to the rule that ALL unsold items get donated immediately after the sale is over.

September! Lets make it a GREAT month! 😀

My friend and I use to have laundry races when our kids were little I think I need to get back to that instead of everything being a race or most days a marathon lol.

Have a great day all

"Chore Wars" is a (free) site where various household chores are presented as sword-and-sorcery themed adventures, a la Dungeons & Dragons or World of Warcraft. Kind of silly but it can provide a little extra incentive. A few of us have signed up; if anyone else wants to join, click here soon (the invite is expected to expire Tuesday evening).

CORRECTION: .things cleared, not thongs....ha ha

Wow?!! Tatoulia, Congratulations on a great day of accomplishment!!!
Im feeling accomplished, too! Ive got a huge pile ready to go in the morning! It is a nice change having those thongs cleared! I even.found a pile of wood thatd be perfect pai ted turquoise for the garden! I also made some more decisions! It feels great! I hope all of you got a chunk accomplished too, and are feeling good about it!!! 😀

Got garbage and recyclables out. Emptied dishwasher and put in dirty dishes. Didn't get vacuum out. Trying to get to bed early tonight. Would really like to be on time for work tomorrow.

Hope you are all well. Chipping away and feeling good about it. Sometimes I've loved something enough and it is time to send it on its way. And sometimes I never loved something and it is still time to send it on its way. Going through third and fourth level stuff including old costume jewelry. Still no non food purchases, Tillie! Thank you for helping me in so many ways--your post about what life do I want is reinforcing all the lessons learned here during the worst of the cleanout last year. Much love to Marty and Twinkles and Scooter and the other two cats.

Thank you all for your support. Hello to all--Oodles and Mel and LR and Bitsy and Anony and Roxie and Karl and everyone else! I know I'm missing some people but I'm thinking of you warmly and fondly. Special shout-out to friends Diane and Dianne.

Thank you for another beautiful description, Tillie! Oh how I wish it were 54 degrees here! We did have some beautiful days without humidity so for that I am grateful.

Need to vacuum and get garbage out today. Not sure that I'll do much more. Bedroom needs to be dusted and vacuumed too. Actually the whole place needs TLC.

How neat that the little birds chased off the big hawks that were hunting, Tillie?! I love stories like that!!! 😀
Im collecting junk for my pile to go out tomorrow! YEA!!!
I asked myself, 'What kind of support did i want to hear from a friebd?' I wondered what i would tell myself, knowing myself this well, and my honest answer was, that id likely eventually get my place cleaned and fixed up and wish id just done it sooner, instead of fretting over it so long. That has really been a comfort and a motivator!!!
Happy projects everyone! 😀 A freind coined the phrase 'Zenification' meaning to create empty space. Happy Zenification.to all!!! 😀

Good Morning Everyone 🙂

7:30am and I am drinking tea and looking at the internet.
Have stuff that needs to be done outside this morning.
Water trees and bushes
light up the burn barrel
wash the cat's litter boxes
But it is only 54 degrees out there right now so I will wait till the sun warms it up a little first.
Have fallen behind on household tasks due to being busy with the yard sale and just too exhausted to do anything else around here.
Now it is time to play "catch up".
Slowly but surely things will get done.
The rancher has moved his cattle into the field close to my home and the cows are all mooing.
The covey of Quail in my yard are all chittering.
There are two roosters crowing nearby.
Other than that, it is another quiet day here.
Saturday at the yard sale a runaway horse all saddled up came by, shortly after, the angry rider followed. LOL
Two hawks were hunting in the trees and all the little birds ganged up on then and chased them away, what a loud bird chirping noise that made.

Monday!
A fresh new start on a fresh new week.
Lets all make it a good one! 😀

Keep up the good work, Anony! I'm excited about the truck coming to your place!

YEA!!!! Anonymoniker 😀

What a wonderful opportunity you have to make a fresh clean & clear start in your yard!
Go! Go! Go! 😀

Wow, Tatoullia(sp?), Congratulations on not bringing in more stuff AND the bag of stuff you threw.out AND the nice clean new arrangement of things to keep!!! It sounds like you made progress on.all 3 fronts!!!
Tillue, im glad your yard sale went well and is over!!! I realky like your suggestions about how to view old sentimental things!
I have a truck coming Tuesday to take some loads out and im getting big stuff to go! Im really ready to clear the yard of this cr@p!!! As soon as the offer came j started realizing how much i want my yard cleared of it all!!! YIPEEEE!!!
Happy cleaning and clearing to everyone!!! Good job!!! 😀