Another upside down day, up all night, slept most of the day. But I'm stopping by to say hi.

Keyboard failure on my main computer yesterday. I'll be in the chat tonight, but I might not be able to participate effectively, depending on how good a workaround I can find by then.

Good morning everybody! 😀

Hi Bonnie 🙂
WAY TO GO! on making phone calls!
I too hate doing anything on the phone. 😉
Fantastic! that you found that certificate! 😀

Hi Roxie 🙂
GREAT! that you got that yardwork done!
We have some dangerous trees here that need to come down but "HE" doesn't want to let them go.
He hoards trees too.
WTG! for keeping up with the maintenance of yourself and your home. 😀

Hi Janie 🙂
WONDERFUL! that you got that rotten smell all under control! 😀
So nice to come home to a nicer smelling house. 😉

Scooter was so nervous and freaked out when he came home. 🙁
He is so very feral except when he is here in his own home.
Took a long time to reassure him that he was safe.
This morning he is back to his usual little self except that he is not as hungry as usual and he is not as active.
He is back in my bed now sleeping again. 🙂

Today I plan to bake chocolate chip/pecan cookies then clean the kitchen.
Yesterday I did a lot of straightening, sorting, organizing of my clothes & linens.
Was in a "mood" and tossed a lot of clothes that are still very nice but I am done with them.
I am very easy on my clothes and shoes and rarely ever wear things out.
Some stuff I have been wearing for 10 years.
Time to move on. ;D

Keep up with all the GREAT progress and keep on including us in your daily doings. 🙂

It was nice to walk into the house after being gone all day and not be hit with the smell of rotten food. Got home from work at 8:30pm and just finished dinner. Sooooo tired. That's what I get for staying up late last night reading posts. I was going to clean out the refrigerator tonight, but that's just not going to happen. Going to curl up on the sofa and watch TV and then get a good night's sleep.

ROXIE - Way to get that master list done!!

Roxie, so glad to see that you had something crossed off your master list!! I too had a tree taken down recently. Clearly I should have gone to school to learn how to take down trees - it is sooooo expensive!!!!

I am making progress on my paperwork. Still lots to do but the BIG pile is going down slowly. I did find my certificate for the Defensive Driving Course and went up the street to the drugstore to fax it. I should get some money back as it becomes effective upon completion of the course.

Again, glad to see the progress everyone is making.

WE CAN DO THIS!!!!

Nite Nite and Happy Dreams to all.

I am so happy to read all the updates, and to see "old" faces back again.

Good Morning Everyone!!!

I am thrilled to see that awesome progress that all of you have made. Keep it up!!!

Right now I am trying to make baby steps.

I had a bunch of phone call to make and they are all done!

I continue to work on my bedroom. I took a driver safety course back in May and I have to find the certificate to mail to my insurance company. My plan today is to pour through/organize my paperwork so I can fax it to them.

Hi Karl 🙂
Keep up the 15 minute challenges and soon your livingroom will be back to maintenance and the other rooms will be organized.
Remember to schedule in time to sleep. 😉

Good morning everybody 🙂

Hi SusanL 🙂
WAT YO GO! on getting all that stuff donated and out of your home! 😀
It can be hard for a little while getting used to things being gone after so many years of them surrounding us.
Enjoy all your new open space. 🙂

Hi Janie 🙂
So nice to see you posting again! 😀
That was a GREAT! start taking care of the bug attractions.

My day so far....
Scooter is off to the Veterinarian. He will be home later this afternoon.
While they nooter Scooter I will do all the things that I can't really do with him home.
But first I will sit here drinking my tea and reading stuff on the interwebs. 😉

Question, why do I always feel guilty, like I have betrayed them when I send them off to be neutered?
It's for the best, keeps them healthier, they live longer.
Oh well. 😉

Today I will go through my clothes. See if I still like them or if any of them can be tossed.
Straighten the linen shelves.

No matter what we did or did not do this past week, today is a fresh new day to try to do better.
A fresh new start. ;D

It's 3am and I just finished reading posts. Hope I can stay awake at work tomorrow after staying up so late!! Just wanted to give a few comments while fresh in my mind. I apologize if I've missed anyone.

TILLIE - I read your posts and admire your patience with your hoarder. You desire to keep improving your own life is admirable. Oh, thanks for posting about getting rid of fruit flies. How timely for me! Hope your back is feeling better.

Janie, good job on going after the bug attractions! I knew a hoarder who had a serious problem with that, and I've seen what can happen if you let it go!

I had fruit flies a few weeks ago -- that caught me by surprise; it all happened between trash pickups, so it's not because I'd neglected to take stuff to the curb. I took care of it by putting the decomposable trash into an airtight glass jar.

Hi All! I'm still trying to read posts and catch up. Think I'm up to August 15th now. 🙂 I needed to read some posts to get some positive reinforcement. I was so angry with myself for not keeping up with maintenance. I worked so hard to get the first floor de-hoarded and cleaned and I just let it all go. I tell myself that there were special circumstances (exam studying, brother's illness, long work hours) but I still was depressed about it. I'm over it now. Today is a new day. The day I will begin to get my first floor back to clean! I felt a little paralyzed at first, but knew if I got started it would be okay. Today my focus was the kitchen, which was the obvious choice because these little pesky flies were starting to bother me.

Washed out all the cans and bottles accumulating on the kitchen counters and put them in the recycling bin. Emptied the dishwasher and refilled it with all the dirty dishes laying on the counters. Put away stuff on kitchen counters that didn't belong. Went through cabinets and threw out moldy bread, muffins and oranges. As far as I know, there is no more exposed food to attract those pesky little insects. Took out the trash to finish up. Doesn't seem like I did that much, but it's a start.

We had a goodwill pickup today to take the garage stuff and many other bags and boxes from the house plus some seriously awful stuff from the back yard.

It was almost physically painful to watch them carry 'good stuff' out the door. Felt like I was selling the children.

Husband had to remind me these were things we are all through with. That we were doing the children a favor getting rid of excess items.

Now several hours later I feel at peace with the process but it was very anxious for a while there. Am I really that attached to things?

Yesterday my back began hurting real bad while I was grocery shopping and so I came home and tried to rest it as much as possible.
This morning it doesn't hurt so I can get some things done around here. 🙂

Planning to go out and water the trees & bushes before it starts to get too warm.
Need to wash my hair.
Planning on being in the Sunday night chat at 5:00pm PST.

Have 2 loads of his laundry out drying on the line already.

I am sure I will be able to find a lot of interesting stuff I can do today.

Tomorrow Scooter goes to the Veterinarian all day.
We are going to nooter Scooter. 😉 HaHa
So I have made plans to do a lot of stuff tomorrow that I could not easily do with Scooter helping me.

TTYL 🙂

Good morning everybody! 🙂

Hi Karl 🙂
WAY TO GO! getting stuff done, taking a power nap and socializing! 😀

Hi SusanL 🙂
WOOHOO! Fantastic! job you did there!
Parking a car in the garage is wonderful! 😀

Hi Diane 🙂
Happy you got out and had a fun visit with your friend!
OK, so you fell off that "no shopping" wagon.
Did you buy things you can use and enjoy right now?
Make sure you get the new items unbagged and put away where you can use or see and appreciate them.
A good way to make the guilt go away is to now toss at least one old thing you have for each new item you just brought home.
This is how I keep my stuff under control, out with the old/in with the new. 😉

Hi Dianne 🙂
WOW! FANTASTIC job on the kitchen!!! 😀
Sorry about the washer issue there. Hope they fix it right and fast for you.
The cold months are when I love baking too. Makes the home smell so warm and cozy. 😉

Good luck everybody with all your plans for today and this fresh new week! 😀

Hey everybody,

Plan to work in familyroom today too. Just whatever piles say me first! The weather has been perfect early fall here which gives me more energy and a more optimistic mood that I can do this.

I got another couple of piles taken care of, and also a 20-minute nap to take the edge off of my having gotten up too early. I went to the usual pot luck event, and took home some leftovers that will be dinner later in the week.

I've been using the living room as a staging area for stuff that I'm moving out of the bedroom -- I hope I'll have a proper place for it once the bedroom organization is done.

I have not posted because yesterday I went to a friends house north of here, she and a woman I had not met before, were having a garage sale. There were around 60 garage sales, so I stopped at about 7 sales plus hers. We had a fun visit, got home and had to deal with the stuff I bought. Like in the old days, fun going to garage sales, not fun putting stuff away. Guilt kept me from posting yesterday, so what did I do this morning? Went to a church garage sale, that I have gone to yearly, yep, bought more stuff. The addiction to shop kicked in and I went to about 4 other sales. My thinking, haven't gone all summer and this will be the last chance to go before I start work, and winter comes and no sales. The truth is, until I get rid of all my junk, I have no business going to garage sales, even though I have so much fun running into people I know and looking for bargains and unusual items.
Tomorrow I am not leaving home. Really want to get back to organizing and getting clothes ready for work this week. Tomorrow my close friend is stopping by to drop off her dog for me to take care of while she goes to Yellowstone park with her relatives. Sunday is the first day of the week and a new start on getting rid of clutter.

We finished cleaning the garage. That stuff was trash worthy 20 years ago. What took us so long? Now it looks so beautiful and spacious! Room for the car lol

I've had a change of plans. I'm skipping the first of today's events. Let's see if I can use the extra time for a bit more cleanup. (Or a nap.)

People! 😀
Hello people! 😀

So wonderful to read your posts! 😀

The cats curled up with me this morning and we all slept in till 9:00am.

Have to get dressed and go grocery shopping, my cupboard is bare.

Will post more when I return.
(((hugs)))

Hi All! It's been a month since I've been here and wanted to check-in. I can sum up life in one word... EXHAUSTING! I haven't read any posts, but I do plan to catch up when I have a chance next week.

All of my hard work in getting my first floor de-cluttered and cleaned seems like a distant memory. I feel like I will be starting at square one again when I finally have enough time at home to clean again. One advantage though is that there is not as much stuff as all the crap I threw out before is gone for good and I haven't had time to bring anything else new into the house. But for right now I just close my eyes, picture what my clean first floor looked like 2 months ago, and pretend all the dust and clutter is not there. Hey, a girl can dream, right?

Hi, Tillie!

Shoulder aching, I'm tired and heading to bed to read. Some awful hour of the morning, I see. Did the teeth thing today.

Hug
R

I'm not sure where the day went -- it feels like I didn't get anything done, but I didn't think I was doing a lot of time-wasting things, either. I still need to shower, and then I'll do a small cleanup task before going to bed. Tomorrow I'll be out all day, so I guess Sunday is going to be busy if I want to make that deadline I set for myself.

Looks like all the regulars must be too busy cleaning, sorting, and getting things done to post.

🙁

Good morning 🙂

Cats have all been fed.
I have a tummy ache today so will just do the minimum around here.
Sort of chilly this morning. About 55 degrees.
Yesterday the winds started blowing rather hard from the wrong direction.
Smoke was dangerously thick. Been coughing a lot all night.
The smoke has cleared a bit this morning. Hope it stays clear.

TGIF 😀

HI Karl 🙂
Happy to see the zombies didn't get you and Roxie.

WAY TO GO! both of you for keeping on keeping on! 😀

I just did another 15m of cleanup, much of which involved a box of clothes that I'm not yet prepared to get rid of. At least it's slightly more organized now than when I started, and I found a place to put the box where it's not blocking anything. The other stuff that had been stacked on the box will probably go out to the garage.

The bedroom is definitely looking less cluttered, though I think I'll have to step up my pace to meet my self-imposed deadline of Sunday evening -- there's still a lot of stuff on the dresser.

Inspection is Saturday, Sep 28. I've volunteered to host a board games event on Monday, Sep 23, so the rest of the house will need to be in adequate shape by then.

HI!!!!! ROXIE! 😀