Good morning 🙂

Tatoulia I was cracking up too. 😀

I have linens out on the clothes line this morning.
Wishing it would rain or snow.
We are experiencing a very bad drought and need water desperately.
Thinking today I will get back to my latest sewing project.
Yes, I know the house needs some cleaning
but, but, but I don't wanna do that.
My inner child wants to come out and play.
Still need to get out there and clean up all the pruning clippings that I just left where they fell. Maybe tomorrow?
I am tired of always being the grown up with a to-do chore list every day.
Today I will be taking a vacation from myself. 😀

Tillie I couldn't stop laughing. The mayor played it really cool The way the news kept showing the bite made it look like the groundhog just kept taking chomp after chomp!

What does it mean when the ground hog comes out of his nest and bites the mayor?
Will it be 6 more weeks of winter or not? LOL 😀

OK Tatoulia and Dave,
I will give the cats the benefit of the doubt as to what went on. 😀

WTG! LR2014
for working on your room and finding things! 😀

I don't know if the cats are into football.
I do know they enjoy hockey, soccer, golf, gardening, mountain and tree climbing and any and all blood sports like hunting. 😉

Frankly, I think that Tillie's cats were having a Superbowl pre-game party. (But I don't have cats, so what do I know???)

Diane, I'm sorry to hear about your cousin passing away.

At this moment, "my" room here at my friends' nice and neat house looks like a wreck. I have a number of bags, suitcases, and such here in "my" room. Yesterday, I realized I was already missing several things that were definitely in the room "somewhere." (No, there are no kids and no animals to blame this on. There's just me.) I decided to take out some time this afternoon to go through some of my bags and start rearranging items and also to start making some notes on what bag contains what. Dave, I found a nice, black pair of dress gloves during this organizing process. Yes! A left glove and a right glove! They were in my, uh, well, uh, laptop case. (Doesn't everyone keep dress gloves in a laptop computer case???) I found a more logical place to put them (and I put them in a zipper-lock plastic bag to keep them together)!

After I finish this sorting/rearranging project, I hope to make the room look a little more tidy. Haven't worked on my vehicle today; too cold outside here!

Oh, and by now, I have no idea what I decided to do back in December for Tillie's end-of-year challenge. I don't think I posted it here. I do remember thinking about it, though! (Maybe I decided to exempt myself, considering I was in the process of packing things up for my move.) I'll cut myself some slack on that one.

OK, back to my sorting/rearranging project. (FYI, I found the main item this afternoon that I had been looking for.)

Happy Groundhog Day!

LR it's good to hear of your progress living with someone who is neat. I know when my friend stayed here this summer she spent time teaching me good habits and she wasn't judgmental so I didn't have to make any excuses for myself. I find if I'm busily defending myself I can't hear what the other person is saying.

Tillie five cats means a lot of cat toys. Small price to pay. Plus I agree with Dave, although the cats are obvious suspects, some of the other toys may in fact be the true culprits!

Good morning 🙂

Hi Diane 🙂
Wonderful that you spent hours outside!
I know you prefer to do yard work above all else. 😀
Sorry to hear of the sadness and loss. (((HUGS)))
Please be extra kind to yourself as you deal with your grief.

Hi Tatoulia 🙂
WAY TO GO!!! For all your progress and getting things accomplished. 😀
I do try to thin out all the cat toys but with five cats, all having their favorites, that is still a LOT of cat toys. LOL 😀

Getting outside yesterday did help my head cold but I still have a nagging headache and runny nose and little energy to do much.
All the pruning I did has my shoulder muscles achy now too.
My house is a filthy mess. Kitchen and bathroom are disaster areas.
Going to decide what my priorities are and only do that today.
Think I will only get to washing my hair and washing dishes.
The rest will have to wait.

Diane, that is a lot of grief in your family right now. Do what you can to help and be sure to take care of yourself too.

My car trunk is almost cleared out, I had started it as Tillie's end of year challenge and I'm really happy with my progress. Yesterday I scrubbed kitchen counter (the one that was clear but dirty) and today I will out the stuff away on the other counters. I also am going to deal with the pile on the living room floor.

Tillie, I keep a little basket of cat toys and every so often I weed it the ones she no longer plays with. But everywhere I look there is a little bunny or pony to remind me that someone enjoys her little friends.

Wishing you all a wonderful day. We are having another snowstorm which brings panic to the people I check in on. I will not let on that today is a now day at work and will just proceed normally. There was a day where I would make myself sick with worry, but I've found some peace with the passage of time.

Hello all. Uplifting reading all of your posts, thanks for all the insights. I have let clutter creep again. We had several warm dry days, so I spent hours cleaning yard leaves etc, and burning lots of stuff, well the rain is back, and cold wind. So today I am realizing it is .to clean inside. I have most of dishes done, soup started. Benny goes home tomorrow then plan to do a months worth of cleaning.
I too have to clean my car out really well. Also need to clean RV and sell it. Thank goodness I have you to remind me that others let clutter creep, TAT, otherwise I would really feel bad.
I have been watching superbowl, pregame show showed 6 finalist for a trip to game. Each contributed a lot to community, very heartwarming..
Tonight I plan to finish cleaning kitchen. Benny goes home at noon tomorrow then I go to class. Have to do homework tonight, then tomorrow or Tuesday will start major cleaning. Plan to get on chat to do buddy cleaning, to help me stay focused. Have to see some progress, so plan to clean one area at a time like I learned from you.
My cousin died last week and her memorial was yesterday and her brothers pancreatic has returned with a fury, so my aunt will need to move into assisted living for the first time, she is in late 80's, so will have so much to grieve. I plan to drive over in a few weeks, weather permitting to help her deal with grief.

LOL Dave 😀
That's exactly what Scooter has been telling me.

Had a GREAT time outside today and feeling better now too.
Pruned the heck out of everything.
Lilac hedge, roses, honey suckle, mountain laurels.
Didn't gather up the clippings and get them to the side yard. Just left it all where it fell.
I was on a roll and didn't want to slow down.
Will clean it all up at some later date.

Whenever I wear a hole in one glove or one sock, I throw the whole pair away. Both of them....
But maybe I have been being too hasty. 😉

Gloves:
I have some left handed yard gloves. The right hand ones wore out. Except for the left handed one that had the thumb cut off, the right handed ones seem to go first.

Dishwashing gloves. I have 2 left handed ones of those I have been loathe to discard. The right handed ones got the fork or knife pokes.

Toys:
Tillie, maybe the cats slept all night. It might have been the toys. It seems to me like I remember Raggedy Ann and Andy books discussing the behaviour of dolls when people are not around. Scooter and company may be getting a bum rap here.

Happy February! 🙂

WTG! LR2014 for having some fun this weekend! 😀
Your plan sounds solid for clearing up the space in your vehicle. I know you need to have that stuff with you when out there so the vehicle has been the only place for it.

My plan for today is to get outside and do a bit of yard work.
Will light the burn barrel and while that is going I want to remove some dead plant growth from my garden and prune some rose bushes & lilac bushes & honey suckle.
Today's weather forecast is cloudy & temps in the upper 50s.
Hoping the fresh air and some sunshine will help me get over this head cold.

Also need to have a stern talk with the cats.
They have too many toys and after their partying last night the house is in shambles.
Toys spread everywhere, throw rugs scrunched up into heaps.
It is a real big trip hazard in here. 😉

TTYL 🙂

Happy February, everyone.

You asked about weekend plans, Tillie. I spent a lot of my evening yesterday in my hometown watching one of my younger loved ones performing in his high school musical. Sooooo much fun!

I made progress on my vehicle this weekend, but I'm probably the only one who would notice. Fortunately, much of what is in it at the moment is a set of supplies that I use out at that "rural area" I used to mention often and (once I find or create a suitable "home" for them there) are items that can be kept out there. Doing that transfer will clear up a lot of space in the vehicle.

It's great to hear from everyone, of course, but it's especially refreshing to be seeing "Roxie reports" again. Roxie, I'm glad you're regaining strength!

I am enjoying my temporary stay at my friends' home. As I might or might not have mentioned, they are definitely the non-clutter type and keep things very clean. Nice to see daily examples of what they do to keep things so nice and neat.

Have a great day, everyone.

OOPS! sorry
Meant to say brother's home 😉

Hi Roxie 😀

(((hugs))) 🙂

Tat, I think many of us have that bad habit of putting things down then forgetting about them rather than putting them away.

I hope to see many people posting. Hugs to all

Tatoulia
You have been doing FANTASTIC!
It is hard to change those little habits that we have and never even think about what we are doing.

One way that I got my hoarder to stop just dropping stuff in areas like near the doorways was that once I cleared the area I placed a dragon fountain/statue on the floor there.
Now when he sees the dragon placed in the empty area, he knows the big dragon (me) will be guarding that spot. 😀

Thanks Tilliie. I've been able to not add to my hoard and I'm continually reducing my stuff, but mail and bags etc still pile up. Very difficult habit to break. So while getting rid of stuff, even stuff with emotional attachments, has been a struggle, I don't know why the papers pile up. I don't know why the toilet paper I bought last Sundayis in my loving room.

Hi Tatoulia 🙂

Good luck and best wishes for tackling that clutter area! 😀

Washing the counters will give you great results you can admire.

Have fun while you are out and about. 🙂

Hi Tillie!

I a waking up late today--had a very late night. Saturdays are usually spent taking care of family. My brother has been housebound since the storm earlier this week. I will take him out today. I'm going to have to dig out his car at some point. Normally my BF does it but he's working all weekend.

My house is messy. I have papers on the floor, on almost every table surface and my kitchen counters while not cluttered, need to be washed. I have been working on the trunk of my car. The interior of my car is not hoarded because I'm pretty good at cleaning out water bottles and coffee cups after taking my brother out.

I need to decide on a patch of clutter creep to work on. There's a patch on the floor between living room and dining room. It is a magnet for stuff. I think if I chose that it will have the most impact and motivate me the most to keep moving forward.

Hello
Anybody here?

Does anyone have anything fun planned for the weekend?
I don't. Just going to the grocery store today and that's not very fun.

There are cotton tail bunnies all over my yard this morning. That's fun to watch 🙂
I can tell there have been many bunnies in my yard this winter due to all the bunny poop out there.

All the vehicles here are totally hoarded.
Stuff on the dashboard that always falls when he takes a corner.
The passenger side floor completely filled with trash.
Takes him over five minutes to clear the seat so I have a place to sit.
Back seat and trunk so filled that it is hard to get the groceries in.
It took him one and a half weeks to do this to the "new" used car he recently bought.
He gets ants, spiders, wasps and other creepy crawlies living in the vehicles, making it very unpleasant to ride in them.
At one time there was a desert pack rat living in his old abandoned VW beetle.
It felt right at home in there.

LR : My car is stuffed too. My excuse is that I don't want to bring anything else into my stuffed house! Something has to give or go. Keep up the good work ...

Hi, everyone. Just checkin' in.

Months and months and months ago, I mentioned on a Sunday night chat that I needed to work on clearing out and organizing my vehicle. For whatever reasons, I never really got that project fully underway. When I was trying to get the last bit of stuff moved out of my apartment a couple of weeks ago, my vehicle got even more stuffed and disorganized. Now I'm actually working on the "unstuffing" and organizing project. Been working on it off and on this week, but I've put extra time in on it today.

Dave, I haven't found any socks yet, but I have started finding a lot of right-hand work gloves. (For quite some time, every single time I tried to grab a pair of work gloves from my vehicle to get some outside work done, I would wind up with only two left-hand gloves.) Glad to finally end up with at least a couple of complete sets!

Happy afternoon. I'm going back to work on my vehicle now.

Good Morning 🙂

TTYL

I have done battle with the microwave. Not sure of the winner. I have my Warm Oatmeal Cookie hot chocolate. I also have a lightly burned throat.

I am busily not admitting to my depression, failures, lack of cleaning progress and the conflicts that is creating.

I experienced the eerie "someone's walking on your grave" feeling a little bit ago while washing dishes. I hope I was being prayed for and not cussed out!

I am thinking about some threads I have read in.

Wednesday afternoon I went to end of the ladder height in 2 mulberry trees and did some trimming. Wednesday night and this afternoon I managed to reduce a large mess to a compact pile of short sticks in the trash can. One round of spring yard waste out of the way in January! (I may or may not have been safer than last summer, the chain saw is broken so I only had a hand saw and pruners.)

I am wondering how long it takes for the dog to show symptoms.

I am wishing each of you a nice day in a few hours and shutting down.

Good morning 🙂

People naturally have their ups and downs.
Life happens and we all have our fears and worries about the outcomes of events and issues.
Sometimes just having a place to share helps us.
Many times I look around me for the good and positive to write about rather than the ugly and bad in my life and that helps me to see the positive and not focus only on the negative.
Sort of like writing in the what are you grateful for thread.

No.
You might make the dog sick.

drive by question:
Inquiring minds want to know if it safe to lick dog's noses?

drive by question:
Inquiring minds want to know if it safe to lick dog's noses?