Hi Tatoulia 🙂

YES! YEA!!! pictures! 😀
Your bay window area is lovely!
Miss Kitty is the absolutely perfect accent.
Good plan to make her a matching coverlet in case of accidents.
I have little quilts & afghans put down everywhere, just in case.
WAY TO GO! finding the trash/recycle combo can and for continuing to clean your home & Mom's too.

To enlarge the tiny photo I just clicked
ctrl and + once and the pic popped up full size.

Happy you like your new desk location by a window.
I really like windows too. 😉
You can't write too much or too many posts here.
There is no limit and we all need to write whatever or whenever we need to.
That's the whole point of this message board site. ((((HUGS))))

Hi Mar 🙂
This month we decided to challenge that we will all work on our floors.
Some are clearing some floor space and putting items where they are supposed to go.
Some are doing some cleaning and or vacuuming.
Doesn't really matter what you do, just do something to help make a floor there better in some way.
A good way to work on table tops or counters is to clear off a square foot area and work on keeping that small little space clear and clean.
Then expand the clear spot another square foot and keep it clear & clean.
And so on and so on...
Also, since you are moving out
How about getting boxes and filling them with items you want to take with you but do not need to use right now?
Stack the filled boxes neatly along a wall out of your way.
This would free you up from handling these items and trying to keep them separate from the rest of the stuff.

Mar I am glad you are here. Could you focus on holding stuff only once? It's in your hand, decide is it trash/recycling or a keeper? If trash/recycling it goes one place. If you are keeping, wrap in tissue and put in a moving box with like items. Try very hard to not touch too many times. Moving from one space to another just moves it.

Of course I tell myself this too. I struggle.

So glad you came here. Your English is perfect.

Okay I tried to upload a photo. You might be able to click on link (final test) or you might be able to take the link from first test and see my dining area. Bonus: kitty is on one of the chairs. I don't know what those light dots are at the bottom of the photo.

If you can see it and if you want more, I'll load more photos. That was a test one. Kitty is sitting on extra fabric which is the same fabric as the chair cushions. I'll be having a small quilt made for her. So if she should puke, my chair is still okay.

Let me know if you have any interest in photos and I'll upload more. Tell me which way you could open (if at all)

Ty!!!

dining

final test

second test

https://pix.sfly.com/sjYR6z

Testing

Hi again! Tatoulia, Anony, Tillie, SubC, Porter, CM, all. Congrats to all of you for your progress!! 😀

SubC, sorry about your bunny 🙁

Not much time to read and post, and the intermittent wi-fi signal does not help. Also, my first language isn't English and when I'm in a hurry it's a little difficult to formulate my ideas in English, as well as to ask for help to google translator, hehehe. So, I only took a quick look over your posts. However, I noticed something about to do a challenge declutter game for this month, it sounds good, how does it work?

Thanks for offering support. I'll be grateful if you can help me to think about how to organize, how to do. Sometimes I don't know where to begin or what the following step should be. (Thank you as well for your good wishes, prayers and help, regarding my March posts.)

Maybe you remember I'm in the process to move from a rented room to my family home in a different city. I need to clean up all the mess I have. I started on March, taking out bottles and other recyclable stuff almost daily, and working on the clutter. But my decluttering activity slowed down, diminishing with the passage of time, until, suddenly, I "woke up" and realized of the few remaining days. I wanted to be at home before June 15, now I think it's impossible. I've been too slow with this.

Usually, I try to start with a small area, say, the table. I pick up some things, throw away/recycle others, and so on. The problem is that I never finish clearing it completely when new stuff arrives, like disposable cups, wrappers (for example, empty bags of bread), boxes of medicine, etc.

I get several cardboard boxes for putting sorted items in them, like useful papers, gather the food in one only place, but they end up filled "provisionally" with things that I don't know where else to place. Now I've invaded with boxes one corridor out of my room, "provisionally", too ...

I don't know how I got to this point. Last time I was living far from home had no problem with clutter, but this time all went out of control.

I feel guilty because my dad needs me at home and I'm still here.

GRRRRR!!!!! Internet has gone again!!!! I hope can to post this soon...

(Finally, almost 8 hours later, I can post this! Uff!)

Glad to hear you are voting tmr, Tillie. I am fortunate as my polling place is a short walk from here.

I found a combination recycling/trash bin. I had to get a small one as my kitchen is small. I'm feeling good about it. I've ordered it and we shall see what happens.

I am cleaning as I go. I just got back from mom's. I changed and cleaned the litter box and I put clean sheets on her bed.

I have to get my garbage out soon.

I enjoyed working in the new desk area. It's right at a window so very sunny and light.

I'll likely write more later. I know I'm posting too much but as always, no need for anyone to read it.

Hello Tatoulia 🙂

Sorry, but I was super busy this morning.
WAY TO GO! for getting out the unwanted medicines! ;D
So, how is it sitting at your newly relocated desk?
We are all looking forward to following you along on this redecorating project.

Your home will be "DONE" but still a lovely work in progress.
Good luck finding the exact right trash can for your kitchen. ;D

Tomorrow morning I plan to leave here early because it's the primary election and I need to go vote.
This morning I had to go to WallyWorld for some things I really needed.
Mostly all cat related but I got some strawberries and two cantaloupes too & some other produce.

Helloooo?!?!? Anyone home?!?!?

Cold water clinks! I am working from home and feel fairly focused. I have gone through my medications and chosen which ones to take to be destroyed. I haven't done any laundry. Cool and sunny so naturally I am happy.

I am looking for a dual trash can/ recycling can so I won't perpetually have a trash can and a separate recycling bag messing up my kitchen.

Thank you for the advice, Tillie. (Yes kitty and I are up at 4:45 or whatever time it is). I am looking forward to finishing the decluttering. It has been a solid, easy process for me. My goal is to fix what we can see over the next two nights (three or four, makes no difference) then clean. I'm also cleaning as I go but then taking a big swoop at it. Then get the cleaning lady in to really do it.

Today is the first day where I'll be sitting at my desk in its new location. Should be very nice.

Once House is done a little bit more I will set up an account where I can post pictures. ( If that's something people would like).

I ordered a narrow console table for the hallway. The fireplace will need to wait for a different paycheck. As will the floor covering for the living room.

Then I'll do paint and wallpaper (still a ways off). And I'll consider it done til I can afford kitchen. Pretty nice.

I wiped down all the kitchen counters before bed last night.

Hi Tatoulia 🙂
You are on a roll there!
After pushing through these next few nights
You need to take some time off to decompress.
You have done a LOT in a very short time and need to throttle back and adjust to all these new changes.
Plus Miss Kitty needs some extra quiet snuggle time.
We don't want you two to get burned out because then it always takes longer to get back into your groove. (((HUGS)))

I see we are working our floor projects!

I wanted to watch the Tony Awards tonight but I couldn't do it. I am not sad but I still have something stopping me tonight. So I will put on my pjs and call it a night.

Long day. Friend is on her way back home. We did more arranging and rearranging today. She was pleased I'd gotten so much done. I think I can push through two more nights.

Good Morning Everyone 🙂

Hi Subclinical 🙂
Sorry about the Bunny.
She knew she was loved and well cared for and I believe she felt very safe in your arms. (((HUGS)))
WAY TO GO! for keeping up with the floor challenge!
Long time habits are hard to break, especially when we have limited other better places to put stuff.

Hi Tatoulia 🙂
WAY TO GO!!!
Great job scrubbing part of the floor!
Wonderful that you finally recovered that last chair.
Feels so good to complete a project that has been waiting for a long time.
Have a wonderful time today and good luck with all your plans. 😀

Actually chilly this morning.
Will enjoy it while it lasts, soon it will be too hot.
Planning to do a little tidying up in here today.
Should vacuum and the kitchen floor needs some attention too.

Ok I'm doing some work here. I've made some progress including scrubbing part of the floor in the hallway. I am getting there. I have to stop and take a look at what needs to be done. I'm sure it's not very hard.

I got all my sheets and quilt washed last night. I think I'm the only one in the building, which is nice. Christmas time it's eerie to be the only one here but right. Is it feels breezy and peaceful.

We are doing this. Yes we are. I got the final chair recovered on Wednesday and I've hung a piece of artwork (no longer works in apartment) in the common area hallway. It looks good. It fits with the building and in the chosen space.

Time to shower so I can pick up friend. She's about an hour or so away. And we are picking up another friend of hers who needs to be at airport by 3. I think my friend needs to be there at 7.

I found some money in my pockets so I can buy gas.

I have English muffins and jams for my mother and also for a friend who is in the same assisted living. I also put a few dollars in friend's goody bag so she will have bus fare for church. I will drop off on way to car.

Coffee clinks!

I'm so sorry about the bunny, SubC. I'm glad you two were together. I love "it goes to with Mom". So good to have a husband/life partner to stand right by your side. Good work on the floor!

Tillie I am glad you are cooking and yes I will hug friend today. I'm up early and making progress. Big hugs to friend!

I am navigating my life. Thank you everyone for helping me. I treasure our friendship.

Hi all,

I have been reading.

Tatoulia, I think what you did with your friend is amazing.

Anony, I think "nice" means that it is comfortable and functional for you, and that it makes you happy. That is all you need. My oldest daughter has a degree in architecture with additional work in art and design. My house drives her crazy. She once said "nothing in this house goes with anything else!" To which dh replied "it all goes with mom."

Part of my post just disappeared, so if this comes out strange, i'm Sorry.

I've been doing ok on the floor challenge. Yesterday I left my purse on the floor, but yesterday I also got a big box off the floor in the studio.

I've been a little sad this week because my bunny died. She was a rescue, so I don't know how old she was, and I think it was age - she slowly got more picky about her food and then stopped eating even her favorite treats, but her abdomen was fine, and her poop was fine until after she stopped eating. I was brushing her in my lap and she was snuggling my elbow, and then she rolled over and stopped breathing. It took me a minute to realize what happened.

Good Evening 🙂

Hi Anonymoniker 🙂
YES! make baked beans in your solar oven!
Great way to test it out and baked beans aren't fussy about how they get cooked. ;D
WAY TO GO!!! for sewing your wallet and making the kayak cover!

Hi Tatoulia 🙂
Home made baked beans are the absolute best.
I sweetened mine with molasses and sometimes I have used real maple syrup.
WAY TO GO!!! for all those bags of donations and the bag of consignment!!! ;D
That is wonderful progress you are making (((HUGS)))
Would you please give your friend a hug from me?
(((HUGS Friend)))

Boy howdy the wind sure raged all today!
Still brisk but not as bad tonight.
Supposed to rage again all day tomorrow.
But it has been pleasantly cooler and I roasted some beef today.
Been a very long time since I ate any meat.
Not that I am practicing vegetarianism, just haven't wanted any.

Great work on the fabric! I am working, working, working here. And yes your artsy home is going to be great, Anony!!!

~ice coffee clinks!~
Tatoulia, your place must be getting gorgeous by now! It sounds like youre doing such great things & having fun, too! I laughed at your 'load of cat laundry', partly cuz i know ill be washing my new fabric covers in cat laundry loads, too!
I just put the kayak cover on & it is soooo beautiful, but it kinda sorta looks like a coffin for royalty or something now....ha ha 😀
The more i think about it, the more that money may have been a very wise investment! I decided a while back that there is no making my place nice, the only direction it can go is funky, artsy, almost in a parady sort of way, and these fabric covers are perfect for that! If nothing else, they will be funny & happy looking!
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Afternoon check in. Tillie I don't believe I've had homemade baked beans! They sound wonderful!

Good work Anony! I agree with Tillie, sprucing up with fabric will enhance your mood immediately.

I have gotten an errand run for my designer friend. I see her tmr then I take her to airport. I went to mom's and she let me take a plate from her grandmother's china set so I could use it for display. I got two bags of donations out of mom's house and I dropped off some nice paper bags for her to fill up. I then went to goodwill where I had eight bags of donations. I also took a bag for consignment up to car. I did a little grocery shopping and now I'm home. I'm running a load of cat laundry.

I am also making a late lunch.

I have to make progress. For myself. And for my friend who has devoted so much time and love to fix my living situation.

~ice coffee clinks!~
Tillie, baked beans sounds soooo good! It is tricky not heating up the house more with the oven. I have a solar oven that i want to start using more & baked beans would be perfect to try in it!
I do use my kayak & wanted to take it a few weeks ago, but my truck isnt set up for it like my car with the rack on top.I messed with getting it safely in my truck, but changed my mind at the last minute cuz it was not secure enough. I want to get a rack for it. When i bought it, 30 years ago, they told me the only thing that will hurt it is sunlight, so under the awning in the winter, the sun is on it in the afternoon. Thats why ive made sure to keep it covered & it has stayed in tact amazingly! I like Roper Lake the best cuz its warm water, no wind & never many people or motor boats!
I just sewed my wallet, which was literally on its last thread. Had that thread broken, i couldve lost my license, registration & a bunch of important stuff! Next, the kayak cover.... 😀

Good Morning Everybody 🙂
"Clink!"

Hi Anonymoniker 🙂
I believe that you seeing fresh pretty fabric on the kayak and couches will make your spirit feel happy.
When you feel happy you will feel more optimistic and empowered to continue to work on your home.
Question...
Do you use your kayak?
Sometimes we would go inner tubing on the Gila river when I was a teenager.

Hope those spiders don't pester you too much this year. (((hug)))

Hi Tatoulia 🙂
Wonderful that you had a lovely evening with friends!
That Mrs. D is a treasure, believe in her wisdom that "you have a moral obligation to take care of yourself".
Good Luck with all your plans for today! ;D

Hi Subclinical 🙂
Hi CriticalMass 🙂
Hi Porter 🙂
Hi Mar 🙂

Going to be cooler the next few days but windy.
With the extremely low humidity and winds they have issued a "Red Flag" wildfire warning.
Aren't supposed to BBQ, do yardwork or anything that may cause a spark.
I sure hope all those idiots comply.

Since it was nice and cool last evening I used the oven to make baked beans.
Will freeze most of them and enjoy them again & again later.
Planning on roasting a beef roast this evening and doing the same with it.
Nice to not heat up the house on hot days but still have the cooked food. ;D

~♡~Good morning to all & coffee clinks!~♡~
Whew?!! I tried several times to get to this thread & it seemed to be gone?! I thought id lost y'all & i got a little panicked?!?
Tatoulia, i plan to start the couches tomorrow after i vacuum them really good! I think id be more upset if i hadnt saved so much on food this past month. Last night i started to go out to get the super heavy(and expensive!) bag of fabric out of the truck & just as i opened the door a big spider dropped to the floor just in front of me! Id been afraid of that the past few nights & the spiders are one reason i go to bed early in the summer! Im going to put the kayak fabric on it today! While i was getting that piece cut, it being gorgeous paisley upholstery, an older woman walked by & stopped to compliment it & i thought, if she knew i was gonna cover a kayak with it, shed be very confused, but i cant stand seeing that filthy white plastic drop sheet any longer! I think when i look at the money i spend on things, this may end up being a great investment in pleasure, seeing it over & over, instead of cringing every time i see the filthy, decrepit couches & kayak cover that ive been looking at all these years?! 😀 Im soooo glad you are realizing how right your new freedom is!
Tillie, i laughed so hard at me enjoying them while my stomach is growling....ha ha ;D
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Tillie I love a cool night. I've been known this put ceiling fan on to enhance the cool! Ah Twinkles. I'd try to tell you he was trying to save the baby robin but I'm sure you've heard that excuse more than once!

Anony, I read your post before bed last night and then I had a dream that the price leaped to over a thousand dollars. I would have been mortified. I'm sorry about the price but somehow you managed to pay for it?! I would have been in that awkward situation where no credit card would go through and all funds in bank account would've been already spent. twice.

Anony as your older sister who loves you madly might I suggest that you put the fabric to use immediately? I have had so many things in my life that turn into aggravated assaults on my daily living.

Anony and Tillie, your continued insights into my lightened burden are much needed and greatly appreciated. I had a fun, loud evening of dinner at a friend's house last night. This friend comes in from Florida once or twice a year and we frequently would have dinner at her parents' house with her brother and his wife in attendance. Well with her father gone and her mother very frail, her brother and his wife hosted instead. And so the tradition of out of control laughter continues. The point, however, is that I got some alone time with Mrs. D and we were talking about our lives and i caught her up to date on sibling. And she cried a little and gave me some examples from her own life and she said, you have a moral obligation to take care of yourself.

I am drawing strength from us all.

Well there is a lot to do today and God willing, I will get it done!

Love you all so much

WOW! Anonymoniker
The hard lesson you have learned is to do ALL the math before you make your final decision.
(((HUG)))
Just think how nice your couches are looking every time your stomach growls. 😉

Been having fun watching the baby birds and their Mamas in the yard.
The tops of the tall trees are all buzzing loudly with bees enjoying the pollen.

Correction: lightened burden of all that rage...

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Tatoulia, i think the lightened burden of a that rage, etc. that you no longer host, has made a big difference in your mood & energy levels! Im so proud of you! 😀
Tillie, im so sorry about the baby bird. I know how upsetting those things can be, but it is not your fault! It is just nature~♡~
Mar, i hope things are going better with your project & that youre feeling better?
I went to a discount store for the fabric to cover my screened porch couches & my kayak, and i found some for both that seemed right for each, i was pretty excited as the clerk measured & cut them. Then he added(or so i thought) the fabric pieces up, i looked at what i tbought was the total, being the last amount listed, which was $79. I was so proud of myself for getting these improvements for such a good price, then at the register, she says $421. ...?!?!? I thought it was a mistake?!? No, it was the total?!! Id already picked them out, had them cut from the bolt of fabric, there was a long line, i had no idea it could be that much, so i payed it & tried to tell myself that it was ok, that ive needed this for many years, itll make a big difference in the appearance of my place, all day every day,and that ive spent that much on food, which does not even last but a week...i wasnt really that upset, just unexpected shock...i just hope it is an improvement....i need to do another fast anyway...thatll help the money part....i know there must be a lesson in this somewhere...ha ha ~☆~

Good Morning Everybody 🙂
11:00am right now.

Hi Tatoulia 🙂
WAY TO GO! for a fantastic presentation!
Great luck BF was there just in time for you to be able to buy heavy stuff.
Happy you had good sleep since you were so exhausted.
WTG! Miss Kitty for accepting the new box!
So WONDERFUL! that you are ready to finalize the clutter issues in your home.
Having beautiful plans in place to spruce it up is so motivating!!! (((HUGS)))
Even if you can only afford to have the cleaning lady come once a month to do the floors would still be very helpful for you. ;D

Got up early, early this morning and got outside to water the trees, laurels and lilacs while it was still cool out.
Managed to do lots of other stuff too while I was out there.
Resting now and need to find something to eat before I start doing something else.
The cats are not allowed to come outside with me right now because the baby birds are starting to fledge.
Last week Twinkles harmed a baby Robin and I was unable to save it. 🙁
My fault, thought it was safe to let him out. 🙁

This weekend the temps are supposed to be cooler, around 75 for the highs.

The nights have been refreshingly cool.

That's one thing I have always appreciated about this area, the nights cool down so I can sleep. 😉