How on Earth did I get the idea....

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How on Earth did I get the idea....
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Thu, 05-29-2003 - 6:08pm
that I could clean up a year's worth of "I'll get to it later" housework that I put off while working, in only two days? Hmmmm? With chat closing on Tues., I figured Weds. and Thurs., I could just whip the house into order. Wrong!! I'm picking away at it little by little, but I can see it's going to take some time. Where the heck does all the dust come from? Oh, yeah, dh has been working on refinishing the stairs, so that accounts for most of it. Such is life. At least now I'll have time to get here and visit more often than I did this past year.

Love ya'!

Jan

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Thu, 05-29-2003 - 6:17pm
Jan,

I figure it's like this. While we are sitting staring at that screen in front of us....gremlins are at work. Throwing things all over. Putting things where they don't belong. Dragging in dust and making all the windows dirty. Has to be, only thing I can think of. Yup, it's those gremlins. We keep every thing spotless and they make a mess.

Hugs,

Rain

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Thu, 05-29-2003 - 6:43pm
Hi Jan, Your post made me giggle....outwardly my house is in pretty good order but....DON"T look in all the closets, drawers, and basement...have 25 years worth of 'stuff'...It gets scary sometimes....lol

Hugs

RJ


 


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Thu, 05-29-2003 - 7:12pm
Hi Jan. So nice to "see" you. Is this time off work just a temporary thing? If your house is anything like mine, the stuff has been accumulating a long time and it'll take more than two days to clear it up. Have you ever heard of flylady.com? She has some pretty interesting theories on housework and cleaning.

Hope you're able to shine around more. I'm going to try to do that myself too. Take care ........ kaci

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Thu, 05-29-2003 - 10:27pm
Jan, I don't usually see you hanging out here. Now I know you don't have those full closets, drawers and cupboards like the rest of us (counsins just wouldn't allow it). So, I'm like RJ, my dusting and vacuuming gets done, but boy could I use help cleaning out those closets and drawyers. I even tried flylady for awhile, but somehow it was just too much for me, haha. Charlie
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Thu, 05-29-2003 - 11:25pm
Where are those dreaded cousins when you need them??? Glad that you'll be hangin' out with us more, now, Jan-girl!

--Red

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Fri, 05-30-2003 - 2:05pm
(((Jan))) You must be on top of the world and feeling free as a bird. Also, I'm sure you feel that you have made a major accomplishment. I have no room in this place and no storage area, so my problem is clutter. Every try to dust around clutter?

Anyhow, I'm still around and didn't even know that Ivillage was down for a day.

BTW, in ref to my computer problems, I got Dell on the horn and they walked me through some things and later I received an email that one of the programs that came w/the pc needs to be removed and installed over again. Dell says this is what's causing my problems. Who knows??? Still getting that those error messages b/c I need someone to walk through this procedure w/me. I have the phone number to call for tech service, but don't have all that time right now.

Enjoy your day Jan, and hope to talk to you again soon. Miss you and talking to everyone.

Hugs, Terry

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Sat, 05-31-2003 - 8:52am
jan its so good to see you here posting!!hey how bout brunch at madison?? ((hugs))mindy
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Sat, 05-31-2003 - 8:40pm
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Tue, 06-03-2003 - 1:02am
I got an email of kitchen slogans recently, Jan. One that seemed really appropriate for my house was: If you feel compelled to draw pictures in my dust, just don't date them!

No one ever dies wishing they'd done more housework!

Kat

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Tue, 06-03-2003 - 8:30am
Cool, Jan. When he's finished, it will be like having a new house. Well, maybe just a little. BIG HUGS. ..Free