Good Morning Everybody 🙂

Hi Tatoulia 🙂
Thanks for the drive by (((hugs)))

Hi Anonymoniker 🙂

Wish I knew anything about phones and how to fix posting issues.

Have to get dressed and over to the neighbor's house to feed their cats breakfast.
But first I should probably feed my cats their breakfast.
It is cold here.
Today I plan to get out some warm Winter stuff.
Blankets and space heaters and maybe even clothes.

Hello everyone. My October Challenge: kitchen. All of it. Clutter, clean, drawers, cabinet.

Sorry I can't write much more. I am reading your posts when I can and cheering us on!

Its taking longer & longer to get on this site and then to get my post to take, so if y'all dont hear from me any more, thats what happened. ~♡~

....well, not only were there 2 big spiders AGAIN in the kitchen, but tiny skunk turds on the screen porch by the cat food bowls, which means a litter of skunks are now learning to find food from my porch, which means ive got to completely change when i feed my cats & hope the skunks dont try to come in the house....i cant take this any more....the spiders are bad enough.... 🙁

....well, not only were there 2 big spiders AGAIN in the kitchen, but tiny skunk turds on the screen porch by the cat food bowls, which means a litter of skunks are now learning to find food from my porch, which means ive got to completely change when i feed my cats & hope the skunks dont try to come in the house....i cant take this any more....the spiders are bad enough.... 🙁

Oh, Tillie, your day did sound just perfect!!! Chyrsamthenims(sp?!?!? ha ha) bloom this time of year? Wow? Thats interesting, cuz something in them helps deter fleas & annoying bugs etc., which seem to get worse in the late summer/early fall. Im always fascinated by the way nature works with natural remedies!
I had a nice day yesterday too! I love working at the farmers market & im glad i didnt give it up permanently to go be my ex's groupie.
Today im going to check out the huge drum circle! Im so excited! Its so amazing to play with lots of drums....plus, if i mess up, no one can tell...ha ha ~☆♡☆~ =^-^= 😀 ;D 😀
~☆~Happy Home improvement to all!~☆~

Hi Anonymoniker 🙂

Had a lot of fun outside yesterday.
Watered trees and bushes and did some branch pruning on a couple of things.
The chrysanthemums are just getting ready to bloom.
The ash tree leaves have all turned yellow.
Lit the burn barrel.
It was a perfect Autumn day. 🙂

Tillie, im so sorry your hoarder is not cooperating? That must be so difficult.
I hadnt considered having a goal for this month, but i like that idea & think i will come up a reasonable goal for October.
.....i just killed a big spider on the ceiling right over my bed...that was 2 tonight...my steady average...ha ha

Tillie, im so sorry your hoarder is not cooperating? That must be so difficult.
I hadnt considered having a goal for this month, but i like that idea & think i will come up a reasonable goal for October.
.....i just killed a big spider on the ceiling right over my bed...that was 2 tonight...my steady average...ha ha

HAPPY OCTOBER 😀

Hi Anonymoniker 🙂
Great job stirring up all the spiders and making them relocate elsewhere! 😀
Bed bugs are a terrifying thought nowadays.
They not only hide in fabric items but also in electronics and solid wooden furniture, anything with little crevices.
In some large cities even Victoria's Secret and Nike shoe stores have had infestations in them.
Some libraries have had to destroy a lot of books because they had bed bugs in them.
Some movie theaters, taxi cabs, busses, motorized shopping carts, waiting rooms and restaurants have gotten them too.
They can be in anything anywhere. :/

Have no plans yet for today except to water the trees and bushes.
Neighbor friends are leaving tomorrow for about a week for deer hunting.
I will be baby sitting their three cats and looking after their house.
The beginning of September I gave my hoarder until October 1st. to clear out the driveway and one space in the three car carport so we could park the car in there.
I did NOT say to throw away anything, just move it.
He didn't do it. 🙁
If the car was under the carport roof it would not need to have snow shoveled off of it or the ice scraped off the windows all Winter long.
Why do we have a carport that we pay annual property taxes on?
I am not even asking that we use the garage for the car, just one of the three bays in the carport. 🙁
I am so disappointed, frustrated and pizzed off.

Anybody have anything they want to get done in October?
Any new kinds of challenges you want to do?
I plan to start garden work, Pruning and planning how I want to rearrange plantings and borders and all that as different plants go into hibernation.
By Springtime I could have it all done by working slow but steady. 😀

Tillie, it sounds like you are enjoying things?! YEA! Everytime i think the flow of spiders has stopped, out of the kitchen corner id started clearing, more come out...its averaging about 2 spiders a day...big ones, not daddy long legs!
I took my bicycle to be fixed & looked at sofas for my screen porch. As silly as it may have seemed at one time, to buy new couches for the porch, no way am i risking bedbugs in used couches!!! All the new ones i saw were pretty boring, so far..i want color!!! 😀

Good Morning 🙂

Looks like another nice day before the storm predicted to come in sometime this weekend.
Trying to figure out what to make to eat since I now have so many new food choices.
Nothing much needs doing around here today. House is tidy, dishes and laundry are all caught up.
Think the cats and I will go outside and play.

TTYL 🙂

Hi Everybody 🙂

Hi Anonymoniker 🙂
Bad dreams like that is your brain's way of saying that you don't want that to happen. 😉
I have an electric throw blanket that the cats won't allow me to use because they all hog it whenever I turn it on.

Went shopping today.
Felt good to get away from the house for a while.
Got food.
Went to thrift shops before the grocery store.
Found some beautiful fabric, enough to make a dress.
Bought 3 new hand towels to replace some of mine that are getting thread bare.
Bought a blouse to replace my favorite one that finally wore out completely.
Saw lots of other really pretty and interesting stuff that I don't need so I didn't buy it. 😀
Talked to people I know.
Came home and put away groceries, washed the new stuff, put that away now too.
The afternoon was so nice outside that the cats & I spent several hours out there.
I'm tired.
Going to get settled in for the night and call it a day.

Sweet dreams ;D

I had bad dreams about not getting anything accomplished on my place....i guess they could turn into 'good dreams' if they push me to fix it...?
~I hope everyone has a beautiful day & you all make changes that make you happy!~ ~☆♡☆~

YEA, Tillie!!! Congrats on the cumulative improvements!!! Isnt that fun?! Its a great feeling!!! I need to do that again soon, too... I cracked up at your cats reaction to their blankets being washed...ha ha...last night i soaked my cats food bowls to clean them good & they all stared at me so pitifully, like it meant no more food for them...its always tempting to give them treats when i do that, to reassure them, but i know that would mean every night for the rest of our lives theyd expect treats at that same time again...ha ha
Im so glad i got those electric kitty blankets last year! It is an enormous relief to know they have cozy warm beds all winter!!! (sigh)
I think today im going to buy 2 new sofas for my screen porch, and maybe a mosaic table for it, too...ive wanted to for ages...then my efforts will pay off...actually, a lot of my place is very close to being nice!!! I need to push on through to the other side!!! ha ha...through the doors, past the nation of Procrastination! 😀

Hi Everyone 🙂

TTYS 😀

CriticalMass, ha ha...you are so funny! Actually, all of you have such a delightful way of telling your stories! It does make coming here more fun!
I ended up with a tummy ache all night, and other unpleasant details i wont gross yall out with...(yuck)...i stopped to eat on my way home & im eating so clean at home, that i seem to get sick from ordinary restaurant food now...that doesnt seem fair...it should be the other way around...
Im also realizing, and im not sure how, but im not keeping the areas clean that id gotten clean...im more of a slob than a hoarder, at this point...this really bothers me a lot....it makes me so depressed that, ironically, i dont feel up to cleaning it..?!? Im not joking?!! One thing i do notice is, when i look at it as a job that im helping someone else with, and this place is someone elses place, and im being objective, it instantly seems easier....that is completely bizarre?!!!
~I hope you all have a happy day!~

Good Morning Everyone 🙂

Sounds like everybody has been busy and having new adventures. 😀

Meanwhile, I've just been moseying around here trying to maintain the status quo.
Was nice to wake up to a kitchen today without any dirty dishes waiting to be washed.
Usually there is a bowl, cup, spoon, etc. in the sink.
🙂

Whoa, the fun never ends around here. Chaotic weekend in which housemate's elderly dog with chronic illness had sudden turn for the worse and died. And now there is a new doggie and he's a large breed puppy! Energetic enough that you could hook him to a treadmill with a generator and he could power the neighborhood! And a work in progress on housebreaking. He's a good natured guy but a handful. Just as I was typing this he piddled on the last unsullied throw rugs.

As for me, all the happenings made me kind of relapse with the sinus stuff, and I'm a day behind schedule. But I hope to regain at least some lost ground today.

Wow, Joan, ive read about that and wondered how it worked. Is it the magnesium? That sound like a good way to supplement that very important mineral!
Tillie, isnt it nice being close to nature? I appreciate that every time i have an encounter with wildlife! 😀
I had the most perfect anniversary today! After my delicious lunch, i saw a flyer in town for a drum circle tonight, so i went! It was great! Really neat ladies, and it was fun playing with experienced drummers! I also found out about another HUGE drum circle!
Both of my significant anniversaries this month were absolutely fantastic! What an unexpected Blessing!
~☆~♡~☆♡☆~♡~☆~

Hello all❗️

A friend of mine just turned me on to banana "tea". It is fantastic for relaxing and sleeping. All you need to make it is an ORGANIC banana and water. I like the cinnamon in it, too. The short UTube video link is below. Be careful, though. If you drink a lot of it, the magnesium in it may give you the runs.

https://youtu.be/8qZ7xvcaR5A

Hope you enjoy it.

Good Morning Everybody 🙂

CONGRATULATIONS!
Anonymoniker 🙂
I am so very proud of you (((HUGS)))

Hi CriticalMass 🙂
Wishing you all the best in getting those allergies under control.
Good luck with your sewing project! 😀

Hi Tatoulia 🙂
Glad you got to spend some time with your friends.
Sounds like a very healing visit for all involved. (((HUGS)))
I would love to have you hang your wash out on my line.
I feel so sorry for people who don't have access to fresh air dried laundry. 🙂

Taking it slow and easy today.
Yesterday I felt like stirring up a batch of chocolate chip pecan cookies.
Put the dough in the fridge and will bake them today. 😀
When it warms up today I plan to wash my hair.
Doing one load of laundry today and plan to run the vacuum over the carpet.

Yesterday afternoon I was standing out front in my yard and a huge Hawk flew right over my head, landed on a tree branch near by and just sat there looking at me.
I talked to it for the longest time and when I went back inside it was still sitting right up there. ;D

~Good Morning, Everyone!~
CriticalMass, i hope you get strong & healthy before your surgery! There was a meme online about a lady bragging about her new dress having pockets & there were hundreds of comments from women wanting pockets! It got me re-thinking making & selling my dress design!
Today is my 8 year anniversary of quiting drugs, and im treating myself to a trip to lunch at a health retreat that has a raw vegan buffet! Im really excited! This day is a more special day to me than my birthday, cuz i actually accomplished something, rather than just being born...ha ha
~☆♡☆~I hope you all have a fun & fantastic day!~☆♡☆~ 😀

Winding down for the night. It's been a crazy weekend but also some good stuff to report. I've been dealing for over a week with what I first thought was simply minor allergies. Somewhere in there it became a pattern of coughing fits. I am not a person who takes antibiotics lightly, though I was wondering, what with the surgery coming up, if it might come to that.

So I prayed about it - this was Thursday - and it came to me to hit it hard with my supplements and see. Felt some progress for two days. Today, the symptoms were more pronounced than yesterday, yet I still felt better in general and did some sewing on those pants pockets.

I think sleep will put me back in shape and get me through if I keep up with the vitamins and probiotics. The weather was rainy and I hope that will have cleansed the air of the allergens! I can breathe okay, it's just the stubborn postnasal drip and cough. My voice sounds worse than I actually feel.

Hope to have good news on this tomorrow, and maybe be finished sewing the pants as well.

Hello friends!

We had a cool autumn night--pretty nice. Glad I washed that blanket last week. And soon I'll have to pull out kitty blankets and freshen them up for my little friend.

Spent the day at my friend's house with his family. They are suffering and struggling with their child's death but we laughed and told stories and went for a walk and sipped tea. Pretty nice afternoon. I rarely visit with friends--generally running around with family and then I get too tired. I tend to socialize more during lunch than any other time. Even going somewhere after work tires me out, unless we are going to symphony or a lecture.

Anony, I am so proud of you for taking steps to have company over! Wonderful! Tillie I noticed at my friend's house they have a big yard and a clothesline. Next time I'm going to ask if I can bring some laundry to hang. That would make me so happy.

Running dishwasher and getting ready for bed.

Tatoulia, im so glad to hear about things improving with your brother, and that the kitty is also doing so well! It sounds like you are doing pretty good yourself, too! 😀
Yesterday i got myself into semi-initiating having different people over here...one was as a possible pet care person, someone ive known for a while, then i told the lady who hosts our drum circle that id like to someday have some of the meetings at my place. I told her its not ready now. She kept insisting nobody would care(i would!) Her place is SIMPLY GORGEOUS!!! It is maybe the nicest place ive seen in my area in my 20 years here! Then, my friend who comes to a nearby town regularly for doctor appointments, who suggested we just stay outside & visit. I think that could work? Anyway, im kind of nervous about even the thought of it, but i really want & need to push things through to an acceptable level. Im gonna see if this new pressure i created helps...

Good Morning Everyone 🙂

Hi Tatoulia 🙂
WONDERFUL to hear you had a good day! (((HUGS)))
Great news about the little kitty and that your brother is over this latest crisis.
My washer holds a bit more than yours but it's not a high capacity either.
I always try to not let stuff pile up so I do more loads than someone with a big washer too.
WAY TO GO!!! for getting that recycling out and keeping up with laundry! 😀

Glad you are feeling better today, Tillie.

I have clean sheets and a good book loaded in the kindle, just showered and ready for bed. Feels like autumn and that makes me feel more alive.

I saw brother today without incident. He had cleaned his house after tearing it apart last week so I changed his sheets and started his laundry for him. Used four washers! He lets it pile up. I then took mom for a ride to get some fresh air. Spent some time at her apt too, with her little kitty, too, who is in fabulous shape and has completely recovered since her weightliss this summer.

Thinking of you all. I've decided I need to move about more and fill up my time more during the day. But for now, I'm going to bed.

Keep up the good work everyone. I took out two large bags of recyclables and did three loads of laundry today. Need to be in office on Monday (I really dislike going to the office on Mondays) so must do as much laundry as I can tomorrow as my next day home (fingers crossed) won't roll around til Wednesday. I know I do a lot of laundry every week but I have a small washer and dryer, and I don't like to overfill it. So the sheets for my bed take two separate loads. Cat laundry is done separately and I wear fresh pjs every night. So it adds up fairly quickly. My work clothes are a mix of dry clean and gentle washing.

So, my dears, that's what I was doing today and it felt good.

Good morning Everyone 🙂

Cats have had their breakfast.
I have a list of 4 things to do today.
Simple stuff.
At 10:00am I will get dressed and start my day.

So, what are you all up to today? 😀

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