Hi everyone. Good to hear from you Tillie. I can imagine how nerve-wracked you must be. Wow, you did a lot of work in his room--it really is a thankless job. When I cleaned out the trash-hoarding friend's place, I kept asking myself would I rather die doing something I love or doing something I hate. It seems that frequently people say things like, well, at least she died doing something she loved. And I would giggle to myself, saying that if I don't live through cleaning out someone else's fillth, it sure sounded good to me!

Today I had the first productive day I've had in a long time. The hard winter here kept me inside quite a bit, and I also ate so much and weight has ballooned. I didn't think that brownies baked during a snowstorm (and then served ala mode) would be so physically cruel to me, anyway my lunch plans for today were changed so I ended up having a lot of time to myself and I made good use of it, including going to the Apple store to get my iPhone fixed. I haven't just walked around for the heck of it in so long. And I've been putting off the iPhone fix for a while, so I feel good about all of it, I need to go back to the store on Wednesday. I also spent time with mom, with BF and I did my taxes. Sheets are changed and bedroom is in pretty good shape. I've been napping a lot this winter so have decided today to take steps to reset my clock--I seem to sleep late, then take a nap, then am up til all hours of the night and then the morning rolls around and I've overslept, and it starts all over again. So I didn't nap today and I'm going to try to get into bed by 11 PM.

That's all the news here. Will vacuum and dust bedroom tomorrow and will rethink the necessity of some of my knickknacks. I think some need to go into a witness relocation program....far away from me.

Good morning 🙂

It is morning, again.
No news is good news and there is no new news to note here.

I need to wash some dishes today.
I do NOT want to.
All I want to do is sit and stare off into space.

The day is cloudy, no sunbeams. Maybe that will change later on, hope so.

Had 8 small red potatoes laying around here. Decided yesterday to make them into potato salad.
Too dry, needs more mayo, an easy fix.

This will be another day hanging out at home with the cats waiting for the phone to ring or emails to pop up.
Better here than at the hospital. At least here I can get some rest and eat more regularly.

OK. Now I need to find the motivation to get dressed and brush my hair.

Hoping to hear from you all and see what you are up to today.

(((hugs))) 😀

Bitsy could I convince you to come here and help with my taxes? I am no closer too having them done today as I was any other day. Roxie, good to hear from you! I am now craving a cup of coffee but sadly do not have any decaf here.

Tillie I am pleased to hear of Mr T's continued recovery. Congratulations on working through the slop in his bedroom. Please know I'm sending every ounce of good wishes your way.

Yes, Roxie, I too wonder who took my body and energy and replaced them with....this.

Good night to everyone--I didn't meet my challenge today but I did get a bag of dresses together (one with a hefty price tag still on it*sigh*) and took the bag to my car. Have only done two loads of laundry and didn't change my sheets. I'm blaming the sleeping cat on my bed for this one. But I made myself a delicious dinner and I guess that's something. All dishes in dishwasher and I'll wipe down counters now.

Roxie
It's good to come here and see that you have posted.
I'm glad your heart and breathing are doing better.
I have real energy problems too! The years piled up when I was occupied with "more important things"

Tillie
I am so pleased to see you are home again and that Mr. Tillie is doing better. I hope he appreciates the work you did in his room. It must feel good to have the trash and garbage out of there.

Main thing for this afternoon here is to help my son get his taxes done.

Good morning
I am back home again.
Got a lot of sleep last night but am still all worn out.
He is doing ok but will still be in the hospital a while.
Hopefully nothing else will happen to set him back again.

Today I will do my laundry.
Want to do garden stuff but afraid to get all tired and dirty in case I need to rush back to the hospital.

Got a wide center of his bedroom floor area all clear.
Stuff still as he left it all stacked/piled/heaped all around the edges.
But all garbage, dirty dishes and dirty laundry has been taken care of and his bed is all fresh and clean and made up.

Thank you all for the "WTG's" and positive posts and thoughts.
It truly has give me strength and comfort through this trying ordeal. (((HUGS)))

Hello, everyone. Coffee toast!

How are you today?

Good morning everyone! I need to make some firm goals today. Saturdays are generally tough for me due to family obligations. My goals are:

One bag to goodwill
Do taxes (which means I have to find all paperwork)

Regular maintenance change sheets, do laundry, dest bedroom

Anyone else feel like setting goals today? If so I'd love to hear them! I'm going to gather some donations.

Thanks LR. I am consistently happy when I see that you've posted! And congratulations on you one year anniversary.

Tillie--keeping my prayers going in your direction.

Hello to everyone--under stress at work. Just showered and going to go lay down.

Tatoulia, I just now read one of your posts from several days ago. Thanks for the sweet comments. I get lots of encouragement from hearing about your progress. I remember (somewhat fondly, actually) the "suspense" when you were first getting ready to attack TDC. It's so great to be able to go through all the ups and downs and joys and fears and challenges of this process together. Lots of hugs!

Hi, all. Sorry, Tillie, that there's more surgery that has to happen again. Hugs.

Tatoulia, I like that notion about having tasks that we do without thinking about them. Unfortunately, making beds is not that type of habit for me, but I realize I do have my own tasks that I do without thinking about them. I like the idea of adding more such tasks to my list.

Yes, Dave, the clearing out the drawer concept you mentioned could be helpful to me in a number of areas (not just the vehicle). Thanks.

Roxie, so good to hear from you! I'm doing more hot tea than iced tea at the moment, so . . . hot tea clink to your coffee cup!

Hi, Diane, Karl, Bitsy, and others! Looking forward to hearing more updates.

I got a little bit more work done on my vehicle today (emphasis on "little"). At least I did get some work done on it!

Hugs to everyone!

I come here and wonder how long I've been away since I think I'm here every day. 🙁

Thank you Dave 🙂 (((HUGS)))

Your special house or the antics of your cats or your pretty back yard will take you to the quietness inside where your strength resides.

Back into surgery again today.
Complications.
Still not out of the woods. 🙁
My nerves are totally shot.

Wish I had better news to post.
Keep up all the fantastic forward progress.
(((hugs)))

Good morning, everyone! Great to see so many of you! Diane, that is a nice, sweet thought! Yes! You need to love yourself! I am working at home today so will fit in a little maintenance.

Plan: vacuum bedroom. I vacuumed last week, need to establish it needs to be done once a week. I have already emptied clean dishwasher, filled it with last night's dishes, changed the cat's placemat and made my bed. Making my bed shouldn't count because I've made it every single day of my life, I don't even notice that I'm doing it. That's where I want the dishes to be. In a category where I don't even think about it.

Have a wonderful day, everyone. Congratulations on your good work!

WTG Tillie on all the cleanup. Tremendous amount of hard work.
diane, Weeds and Dishes are good. I was out for just a little bit last evening clipping some poky berry vines and long grass to drop in the trash can. I think clean yard spots and clean counter spots are the reframed side of messy.

Tatoulia, nice to see you cheering folks on.

All the kitties are so happy I am home but they are keeping a close eye on me just in case I get "lost" again and can't find my way back home.

The only thing I know about Gulliver is he got tied down by little people. If you see Scooter coming in from the garage with a ball of twine and all the others casually hanging around, you might have a bit of concern.

Good morning. Tillie, hugs as you deal with all that "stuff" in his room. You have a lot of compassion as a human being to be doing what you are doing for him. Glad you have the chance to be at your own home and with your kitties.

Diane, I think that what you said in your last post is a great goal for many of us: "I will do the best I can to improve and for now, accept I can love myself even on days I do not make much progress." I like that.

I spent a little time yesterday morning making use of the tool that I had gotten back "up and running" on Monday. That was satisfying. I also spent a lot of time working on my "vehicle project." I did a lot of churning at first, but I eventually made some progress. I also found a "significant item" while I was going through the stuff in there.

Karl, thank you for your help yesterday as I worked on this project.

Hugs to everyone.

So true Tillie, no place like home. Happy you are able to love on kitties.
Where did the time go today. I pulled weeds today, washed more dishes.
I think it was you Tat, that said you are messy. Well today I saw and accepted I am messy. I will do the best I can to improve and for now, accept I can love myself even on days I do not make much progress.

Tillie,
Some of us men do not deserve some of the women around us.

You are amazing Tillie. Take a nice hit shower, put on fresh nightclothes and get some sleep. Are you also taking care of neighbor's animals this week?

Wish I were there to help.

HI! EVERYBODY 😀
Please forgive me for not responding to all of you individually.

Taking a break & a breather.
Been working hard all day doing the extreme clearing and sorting out of his bedroom.
So far...
I have done 8 loads of his laundry
Filled 3 big trash bags with garbage and LOTS of rotted food type yuck.
Filled 2 burn barrels with paper food wrapper type stuff
and sorted out the still edible food stuff from the other clutter.

I estimate that I still have 4 more loads of laundry to do and 3 more big bags of garbage to bag up.

Haven't even started cleaning/washing/straightening/organizing in there.

Think I will shut the door and call it a day
but I got a good head start in there today. 🙂

All the kitties are so happy I am home but they are keeping a close eye on me just in case I get "lost" again and can't find my way back home.

There's no place like home. 😉

Hi Karl.

I would not want anyone to think the sky is falling, but ..............

There is one more pair from the remnant bag I uncovered in the basement while mourning moldy books, an at least part wool pair of boot socks. I am still trying to decide about them.

Keep your chin up Tillie. Will write more later. Til then I hope you can sleep and shower and just find some time to be yourself, before you have to mentally and physically prepare for the road ahead

I've ignored the message board for the last few months, but I finally got back to reading (or at least skimming) the backlog for this thread.

Hi to everyone!

I got a little bit done on my vehicle today. It wasn't much, but I know that every little bit counts. Progress. I also was able to do a little repair work on a tool that was inside and got it up and running again.

Diane, glad you were able to get so much done today and got to play with the rock piles. 🙂

Tillie, I'm glad to know that you have the chance to be home with the kitties!

Hugs to all.

Thanks for the update Tillie. It is wonderful that he needs to have a clean room to recover in, less stink coming from his room after you clean it. Of course I hope to hear that they fixed his brain while in hospital. Sweet dreams

Never saw a hearse with a trailer hitch Dave

GREAT to see so many posts! 😀
Promise I will read them tomorrow when my brain is less foggy.

Hospital is 75 miles away from my home & that's why I stayed with friends.
But today I felt things are settled enough that I drove home.
So wonderful to be back home with my kitties! 😀
He still has to stay in the hospital for now.
Maybe tomorrow I will start to dig out his bedroom so he will be able to get in there using a walker.
Right now there is just a small goat path surrounded by heaps of "stuff" and very unsanitary for a person with deep surgical incisions running the length of both legs.
Will need all your help and encouragement to tackle this.
But for now I am just looking forward to sleeping in my own bed with my cats. 😀

Good night & sweet dreams (((hugs)))