Hi Subclinical 🙂
Thank you

WAY TO GO! with having immediate plans for what you brought home today!

I STARTED A NEW THREAD.

Hoping it solves Anonymoniker's problem. 😉

Tillie, yay for using up stuff from the hoard to solve a problem!

I brought home one box of bread, some beat up zucchinis and a stack of egg cartons from the food bank. I plan to cut the bruises off the zucchinis and use them in dinner tomorrow. The chickens can have all the bad spots. The egg cartons will get filled with eggs and go back.

The box is a nice one with handles that I want to use for sorting pottery lesson examples.

Good Afternoon 🙂

Hi Mar 🙂
You say you are living in a shared home,
is the other person or persons contributing to the recycling overflow?
Do they help, could they help?
It's hard enough when sorting out only your own stuff and even harder when you also have to do someone else's recyclables.

Hi Anonymoniker 🙂
Do you think a new thread would help straighten out your problem?

Hi Subclinical 🙂
WAY TO GO! for all you are doing there!
Great plan relocating floor stuff to more out of the way spots since there is really no permanent home for them there.

Hi Tatoulia 🙂
Thank you
I have heard over & over again that sitting at a properly set table with no distractions helps with weight loss.
And it is important for our spirit to treat ourselves as we would treat a guest.
This is why daily I always use the good silverware and stemware.

Hi CriticalMass 🙂

Did some watering of things I did not water yesterday.
Also washed my blanket.
Then I did some crevasse filling at the doorway into the pantry to try to keep any random spiders from coming in through the ceiling.
Used that expanding foam insulation that you squirt in with the aerosol can it comes in.
Nasty stuff to work with. All gooey & sticky.
Found the can of it in the massive spray paint & assorted other kinds of stuff in spray cans hoard and decided I would use it for this.
Been a self appointed task that I have been putting off for months and now it's done!

I think the most important thing is to get stuff out.
So as soon as the recycling is full, it goes out. If you find you are handling dirty bottles a lot, stop and wash them when you pick them up and then into the recycling and then out!

I know that will be slow, so grab everything you can see that you know is garbage or recycling first. Then pick up the bottles at the end when you get tired, or when you find yourself making boxes of "later" - because three bottles now is better than three boxes of later!

Also, look at where things are coming in - i'm going to guess one place is food packaging (because of the bottles) ask yourself what you are going to do with the food packaging before you put the food in your cart. Then, as soon as it is empty, do that - into the garbage or wash right away when it is easy and into the recycling.

Thinking about the food packaging before I buy the food has cut way down on my garbage and recycling and improved my diet.

I worked in the studio a little today - it's slow because it is stressful. I am focusing on one area. I put more in the recycling (a whole paper bag worth) a bit in the trash, and I carried three bins of legos back to the house. They are heavy and it is hot - my exercise for the day! They are a new pile on the basement floor, but I cleared a piece of studio floor bigger than what is under the new pile. I also swept up a place on the basement floor that had scraps on it from an unfinished project. And I threw the scraps in a bag and dropped them in the waste basket at the park when I went out. Gone!

I also stopped by the new farmer's market, and someone had jalapeño mustard in a glass jar with a metal lid. Dh is going to be happy about the mustard, and I am happy about the packaging.

Heading off to the food bank now - taking a few empty containers for them to use in the garden and my paper bag ollection from this week.

Good afternoon to everyone!

Thanks for your advice!!!

Still struggling with wi-fi.

I have 2 bags for putting cardboard and papaer for recycling. One of them is for items that definitely will go to recycle, the second bag is for items waiting for my decision of what to do.

I also had a big, big plastic bag full of bottles, which now is almost empty! yay! although there are several bottles out of the bag, mainly on the floor (oops, good moment for the floor challenge, hehe). I've a problem here because I consider that some of them should be washed before doing anything with them. The other option is simply pick up and throw them, but then I'll be wasting, noooo!

I see I'll need to get 2 more boxes, because don't know where to put the stuff temporarily placed in the others. After reading what you said, my plan is: when I'm searching for something, instead of just moving around the other things, item that I hold, item that will go to one of the boxes (keep or recycle) or to the trash bag. And, when packing, I'll really try to hold stuff only once, or twice at most.

In fact, the idea is to fill the boxes with things I want to keep, BUT these things have to be really and realistically useful, because Dad doesn't want I carry all my stuff with me. Otherwise, I could simply put most things in the boxes, excluding bottles and items evidently useless, and that's it.

At the moment, the only wall along which I can stack boxes, is the one of the corridor I've invaded. The walls of my room aren't available because of the stuff :(. I wanted to put there boxes with packed items for a short time, only while sending them home.

I'm living in a room in a shared house. Don't have a job, but I do volunteer activities in my church. Also, attend 2 classes per week related to the church work, and sometimes go to conferences and events at my university. Maybe too many activities. Now I don't know how to give up to all of them :s.

Tillie, I loved the idea of keep clear and clean a square foot and then expand it!

Anony, sorry about your "friend". I think if he behaves in that way with you, he maybe doesn't deserve the title of friend.
Just reading you're in trouble, I'm sorry. Can we do something? Best wishes for you!

Thanks for your comments about my English! 😀 I always try to write as clearly as possible, even if it takes more time.

Hugs to all!!!

I can almost smell the homemade bread and soup, SubC! WTG for putting your studio as a priority!

I'm up early, going to head into work early. I have lots to do here. I'm giving myself the weekend to finish up the papers, the clutter, and the homeless things that need homes?either here or somewhere else.

Tatoulia, I am not surprised that you need to sleep!

Anony, did it work? Do we need to start a new thread again?

Mar, are you still around? How are you doing?

Yesterday I planned to dedicate the day to my studio, but everything I wanted to do "before I got started" in the morning took way longer than I expected, so I ended up having just the afternoon. Then it was so hard and overwhelming i took lots of breaks, and my mom called. So basically my "day" became an hour and a half.

I spent it mostly sorting and reorganizing. I did put a very small amount of stuff in the trash or recycling bin.

I also added a thing to a floor - a new box in the basement for donation items. It's not really in the way. I am thinking about moving the legos and knex I am saving for my kids to the basement also. They would also have to be stacked on the floor, but it would get them out of my studio, where they do not need to be, and help with the gridlock there. They are taking up a shelf.

Of course, it would worsen the gridlock in the basement... I just really feel like I need my studio to be functional right now.

As far as the morning stuff yesterday - on good thing I did was, I baked bread. I haven't done that for a long time - we've been eating store bread, which is less healthy and less yummy. Dh was very appreciative. It's the first time i've baked bread since we put the new wall oven in and got rid of the range, and it came out much better and didn't heat the kitchen up! 7 minutes to preheat, and the bread (4 small loaves) filled the whole little oven. Beautiful crust and far more moist than with the giant range oven. We had some with homemade soup for dinner.

.....testing....♡

Wow! WTG Tillie! You got a lot accomplished today! 100F. I can't even picture that.

Well I sat at my dining table for dinner. So much more civilized. I need to finish up with clutter by the end of the weekend. I think going through my purses will help. I can't even imagine who or what is in the box. None of it will be consigned as I am tough on bags and totes and they wouldn't be in tip-top condition. But I'm ready to make the decisions!

Hi Tatoulia

It is tiring when we start doing something new.
So much to learn & remember and getting used to the time schedules.
Good that you napped. 🙂

Steven is a maintenance person at work.
He is supposed to know these things and how to fix them.
And at work if something is beyond his know-how he calls in specialists like electricians & plumbers.
Wish he would fix more things around here.
But if wishes were nickels we'd all be millionaires.

Did a LOT around here today.
Watered trees & bushes first thing this morning.
Did 5 loads of laundry this afternoon. Linens, clothes and stuff like rugs & things that were just here & could use it.
It was 100 degrees with a nice breeze and it all dried fast.
Hung one load out and by the time the second load was ready to hang the first load was dry.
And I washed my hair. ;D

Yay on the vacuum cleaner! Glad Steven knew how to fix!!

I slept this afternoon after weight loss appt. I'm getting ready for bed.

I need to do more here. I haven't done a thing.

The vacuum is working again!
Steven did something and now the beater bar turns.

Anonymoniker

CALL STERI-CLEAN directly.
The number is right here on this page.

OR click on that "INTERACTIVE HELP" square on the upper right and ask there.

We don't know how to help you but maybe someone there can do something.

It would help too knowing the kind of phone you are using.
MAYBE someone else with that model knows how to fix it.

Anony I will miss you. I'm wondering what we can do. We don't want you to leave. I completely understand. Completely. And I don't want to add to your frustrations each day. But surely we can find a solution.

I love you guys, but i can mess with trying to post any more until its fixed. Im in a crisis & id love to get some suggestions, but i cant spend any more time trying to work with that anti-spamming thing. Take care! Ill check in to see if its better at some point. All the best to each of you!!!
~♡~♡~♡~♡~♡~♡~♡~♡~♡~♡~♡~♡~♡~♡~♡~♡~♡~♡~♡~♡~♡~

I just had a really long post that this flakey test failed me on, to make sure im not selling something. That is almost impossible to pass because the squares are missing & have to guess where the signs or vehicles might be. #$*&!

Oh I didn't know that about the separate motor, Tillie. I bet that's what killed my last vacuum. I hope Steven can get it running again!

I agree with Tillie, Anony. You need to surround yourself with reliable people. It's part of the letting go process.

Tillie I didn't get my bags to the car. I remembered as I left that I had a bag for the dry cleaner and I needed to get that Jp to the car. The donation and consignment bags will go on the weekend.

I'm back from my appt and it was a very positive experience. I feel much better about myself.

Hi Anonymoniker 🙂

Thank you but I do know all about untangling stuff wrapped around the beater bar and especially at the edges.
Steven said that the beltless beater bar has a motor with an automatic shut-off/kill feature to keep it from over heating and burning out.

Maybe it can be reset? We'll see.
This vacuum is going on 6 years old and we can afford to get I new one.
But I really like the way this Kenmore works.

Very good plan to just deal with your handyman.
If he can't help with this project maybe he can suggest someone who might.
You need to only surround yourself with people who care about you and don't try to take advantage.
WTG! for utilizing the food bank!
You need the money for other necessities. (((HUGS)))

I could get food from the food bank here but don't because in the morning you must sit through a short Christian religious sermon.
This goes against my Spiritual beliefs even though they are nondenominational.

When someone I know dies I don't go to the church part of the funeral, just the graveside portion or the "celebration of life" gathering.

~☆~Good morning!~☆~
Tillie, this might be something obvious that you already did with the vacuum, but the beater bars(at least in the old days when i did vacuum repair) used to get hair wrapped around the ends near where it connects & would not spin & often it was hard to see.
Yesterday i got so worked up about my 'friend' who is doing the panels with me, that i started considering just asking my handyman if he could do it instead & just cutting my losses short before any more frustration, or his attempts to take advantage of me. It is actually my own stupidity, because he has shown me who he is, but i have not listened. My handyman is an option. I get frustrated with him for other reasons, but he doesnt try to take advantage of me & he keeps agreements. This job would be more straight forward...i think...i dont know what to do. Itd be healing in a way for me to just stop now, rather than let him manipulate me further. Were supposed to get a huge storm this weekend, so im gonna tape plastic sheeting over it today.
I got some cat things for the catroom id helped with. I feel good about that! Im saving enough money at her food bank to easily do that! =^-^=

Hi Tatoulia 🙂

Steven said something about the motor that drives the beater bar & he will check it out & maybe fix it.
We'll see. 😀
I got this beltless vacuum because my last one was always giving me fits with the darn belt.

WAY TO GO! for turning down the new mug!

I always take whatever I have to donate whenever I go to the thrift shop.
Last three times I have gone I only had one small item to donate.

Good luck going through purses!
That's a hard one for most women.
Personally, I only have one purse.
Bought it back in the late 1970s from the artesian who handmade it.
But I live a completely different lifestyle than a city girl. 🙂

Have a wonderful day today 😀

I'm off to go water trees and lilac hedge.

Oh boy. I'm sorry about the vacuum cleaner. It used to be a simple matter of replacing the belt. Who knows what it would take these days to fix a vacuum.

I'm up early and doing some work before going to appt. I have to make progress tonight. Even though not full I feel I should take my consignment bag to the car as well as my donation bag. Free up the floor.

Yesterday at work we were all given new coffee mugs. I gave mine back (graciously). I won't use at office since everybody's looks the same and I don't need at home. The person in charge of handing them out said a few people had done that and they will save for new hires. YAY!

I need to make more room by getting rid of more stuff. There's plenty of untapped spaces here. I'll f I could go through my boxes of purses I would have a place for my winter comforter. Those would be great donation finds for people.

Ok let's make coffee.

Thank you Tatoulia 🙂
I don't have a lot of sterling service pieces but what I do have is in fine condition and antique.
Not the kind of stuff I would sell at the pawn shop like I do with the "just stuff" 😉
The auctions around here are always farms & common household & farming equipment and livestock.
They are held right out there at the farm/ranch.
But Reno or Carson City probably hold regular auctions.
Sorry you didn't get free bacon just for voting. HaHaHa ;D
Have a great time at the nutritionist/coach, learn a lot! 😀

Well, the vacuum is broken. 🙁
The beater bar won't turn no matter what I do.
The wand still sucks and the upright still sucks the linoleum.
But I can't vacuum the carpet. 🙁
Yesterday I opened the fridge and the light came on as usual but then immediately burned out.
There used to be a sewing machine/vacuum repair shop here but the guy died.

I wonder if WallyWorld has a vacuum I would like?
Steven has refrigerator light bulbs somewhere in the garage and soon as he can find one he'll give it to me.
Early tomorrow morning I plan to get outside and water the trees before it gets too hot out.

Are there any estate jewelers or auctions houses near you, Tillie? I took my jewelry to a consignment shop but if I were to get rid of any of my significant jewelry (Tiffany pearls) Or any sterling silver pieces (depending on quantity and quality) I would try to sell at an auction house such as Skinner or Sotheby's. The stuff I recently took in was nice (some pearls, all set in gold) but nothing special. Gifts over the years. Necklaces with pearls but not strands of pearls. A couple of gold bracelets. I have my mother's sterling flatware, which is a beautiful, simple, classic design and someday I suppose I will sell it. Right now it's in a giant safe deposit box in a bank. Silver plated stuff is out of favor so unless of "significance," consignment shop. The stupid expensive man bag I sent to TheRealReal.com. Lord knows if it will sell. My work clothes I sell through threadup.com, which is pennies but why not? I carefully curate what I send to them and so far they've accepted and sold everything I've sent.

I'll keep you posted on how my jewelry sells. I'm hoping to get something for it.

Anony I am very unhappy that this person is unreliable. You do not deserve that. You need some certainty. And you need to move forward. To be treated so shabbily is unacceptable and yes I'm aware of the fact I'm coming off of decades of abuse.

Great work not putting your bags on the floor SubC. I'm not quite there yet but my friend did ask me, why do you keep putting everything on the floor?

Time for a haircut. I'll be back later. Tmr is weight loss coach/nutritionist and other stuff like that. I'm working 2 hours in AM and then heading to appointment.

I would love a BLT right now, Tillie.

Good Afternoon everybody 🙂
Iced tea with lemon "Clink!"

Hi Subclinical 🙂
WTG! for completely cleaning up the addition
AND for making a cake! 😀
Great that you have been reading along here.
Posting is not required to be part of the family. 😉
That straining ladle sounds and much better than the plastic one.
WOOHOO for not putting the new items on the floor! ;D

Hi Anonymoniker 🙂
Thank you. Love you too (((HUGS)))
Sorry about that "friend" of yours.
Honestly, some people!
When I was nine years old I memorized a quote from Buddha that has served me very well all my life.
"You will know me not by my word
but rather by my deed."

Something to always keep in mind when judging a person's character.

Hi Tatoulia 🙂
Yes the third picture, one highlighted in blue was the one I clicked on. 🙂
WAY TO GO! for vacuuming and sweeping! 😀
You have been doing GREAT with always having bags ready for donation or consignment!
Question...
What kind of shop is best for selling off sterling silver pieces and jewelry?

Went out early and voted and got a coupon for 10% off at the thrift shop just for voting today.
So, of course I had to go see if they had anything I could use.
Found a fabulous and totally new pair of pretty pink socks!
There were also two large jar candles heavily cinnamon scented.
Returned home and did some chores, mostly cat related.
Was starving and had to eat lunch and now I am resting.
Sometime soon I plan to vacuum the carpet.
For voting I also got a coupon for the butcher shop, 1 pound of bacon free with any purchase.
Too bad I do not like bacon. LOL ;P
There are 11 other coupons from local shops & services but nothing I'm interested in using.

Tatoulia, I hope your new trash/recycling can works for you. Isn't it funny how we get numb to things?

Anony, I am sorry you can't rely on your friend. Can you get any of the panels up on your own?

"Heartdaughter" came from my attempt to explain our relationship, because she is not my bio, step, adopted, "in-law" or foster child. She is just my child because she needs a mom, and I love her. She is the daughter of my heart.

I went out in the world today, at the grocery store I bought food and a pastry brush dh asked me to get. At the thrift store, I bought a basket with a pretty canvas liner (I don't know what I will keep in it yet, but it was $1 and I am sure I will need it for something...), a stainless steel Italian straining ladle perfect for cheese making (i've been using a plastic soup ladle) and a matching spaghetti server - plastic server is on its way out!

I did not put anything I brought home on the floor, and I put my bag of books on a chair.

~♡~Coffee clinks & good morning with love to all!~♡~
SubC, i am so sorry about your bunny~♡~It sounds like the best possible way to go for the bunny, tho~♡~ I love what dh said about the house matching you! That is so wonderful! I was once told my place is me & i felt kinda mixed about that...ha ha 😀
I love the title, 'heartdaughter', that is beautiful!
Tatoulia, your place sounds so wonderful! Im not high tech enough to join the app for your pics, but it sounds fantastic & exciting & im so proud of you on every level for all you have created in your life! 😀
Tillie, you are such a loving lady with such an unlimited sense of support & positivity! It is so inspiring in this harsh society! (((HUG!)))
Mar, i can so totally relate to what you said about an area getting re-cluttered before completed. Your description sound soooo much like what i go through, too, so i cant think of what to suggest? ha ha You are working on it & that is the main ticket, and your english is beautiful!!! 😀
Hi,CM! 😀
Hi, Porter! 😀
Yesterday we went to get the new wood strips for the panels & afterwards he started talking again about his hours & paying him after 16, which i have repeatedly reminded him was NOT our agreement. He has reneged on his part of barter deals twice before & im feeling really down about expecting him or anyone to ever change & rectify their past mistakes with me. Then he tried to talk me into hiring him to shampoo the carets, which would not be worthwhile for me at all. He is just trying to milk me for money, knowing i cant afford that. He has done it before & im the fool that expected him to do me right this time. Ive always been generous & he always worms out of his side or something. The worst is he will be inheriting maybe several million dollars very soon, yet hes still trying to get money i dont have out of me. I will just show him out forever this time & figure out the panels, later, if he doesnt follow through. 🙁 ~Forgiveness, more or less, just makes more of a mess, cuz in the end, the friend will just do it again~ ....sorry, im feeling bitter about humans right now...being a crazy catlady is sounding like a better way to live...

Hi SubC! Thank you for the feedback!

How lovely your dear sweet heart daughter visited yesterday! And you baked a cake! I am so happy for you.

I too still have bags on the floor. I have loads of stuff that needs to find a home. But we are getting there. I know for me I can finally see the stuff on the floor. It used to just blend in. Imagine my surprise yesterday when I realized that every time I go into the kitchen I have to step over the recycling bag. I had no idea. So hopefully my new divided trash can will work. It's rather small. The big one was going to be too big and the little one is suggested for a home office. I bet I can make it work. I need to adapt and find better solutions.

Thank you all for your support. I need to be held accountable.

Hi Tillie, I'm glad you could see the picture! Those were the drapes I had made last year. And the chandelier that I had hung. I have to have it lowered about five inches. The guy hanging it was fighting me on where I wanted it.

I think it was the middle attempt where you could see the picture? I can't see it so I can't tell.

Keeping with our floors challenge, I vacuumed the bedroom last night and I swept up the living/dining area. I'm getting rid of stuff yet still piles to deal with. I do have a bag for consignment and a bag for donations in the house.

Okay I need to get to work!!!

Oh tatoulia, that is lovely!

I could use the third link.

I am glad you have been posting so much. I'm sorry I've just been reading mostly.

Mar, do you have a job or other demands on your time right now, or are you able to just pack? Is everything actually in one room, or do you have things other places? (Is it an efficiency apartment, or a room in a shared home?)

My heartdaughter came to visit yesterday and she brought me a bag of books on loan, and the bag is still on the floor exactly where she left it. But, I managed to completely clean up the addition and make a cake before she got here.