A Visual Post
October 3rd, 2008 by Cass -- Posted in ChitChat | No Comments »
Here is the hole where the snake was today.
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Just sittin’ on the cyber porch together, chewin’ the fat, wastin’ time, bein’ real. One mind, two bodies, 1000 miles apart.
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Thursday-A New Look at Cleaning
October 2nd, 2008 by Ang. -- Posted in ChitChat | 2 Comments »I had it all planned out in the wee hours of the morning how I was going to deep clean the living and dining rooms and the bathroom today. Complete with dusting baseboards and wiping down the bathroom walls. So as I started in the living room I realized that plan was just setting myself up for failure! There was no way I was going to get that much done in one day. So I am starting fall cleaning today and doing it one room at a time. Hopefully a morning will catch most of them. And if it takes 2 mornings so be it. I do want to get all of the downstairs rooms done by a week from Saturday. And it is going to have to take all of us not just me, yk?
So today looks like this,
Reorganize yarn corner
Vacuum out heat vents
I think that is doable. If not, I will finish up what it left tomorrow afternoon. I know, its shopping day tomorrow. But I don’t want to leave a room partially finished until Saturday. So there you have it.
Oh, and thanks for telling me to turn up the praise music! It has been a good thing today. El Shadai had me in tears. Such a thing that God has never changed. We are worshiping the same God that people have been worshiping forever. That is just amazing. God is amazing!
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Sally the Camel Had Two Humps
October 1st, 2008 by Ang. -- Posted in ChitChat | 4 Comments »And God made her that way. God is good! I woke up to a TLA payment from BDMM! I suddenly have enough to make that interest payment and that is excellent! I feel so relieved. This means my next PU2B check can be put toward catching stuff up and buying some hay. w00t!
Today I have to run to town to get milk because the cow is dry. I think I will do that as soon as the kids are on the bus. Then I still have my whole day when I get home. I will go as soon as I get Emma’s sock done so I can mail it.
I am floundering with my house. It is just as big a pit as it ever was. I need to have a plan and right now I just don’t. I am feeling overwhelmed and like a failure. YK? So I need to work on having a plan again. And making a list. That helps me a ton.
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Cass Says:
October 1st, 2008 at 8:53 amYou have a cow?
Also, put on your praise music, and jam while you clean. It makes such a difference!
More later.
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Cass Says:
October 1st, 2008 at 9:27 amWell, yes it is Wednesday. I am so happy for you that God opened up the windows and threw you down a blessing. He is Amazing!
Today, it’s Wednesday, so I have no school. I plan to jam out and clean for an hour, then shower, then work on my desk pile.
I’m really trying to NOT be involved in blogging so much while dh isn’t here, because it requires so much attention. You know I write like I am talking to someone, and it’s just hard to cut that off in mid-thought. If I do stuff that’s easy to interrupt, I remain approachable by the kids, and that has become very important to me. My children need raising.
Now then. I have 12 blogs. That is a lot. My intention was to blog on them three times per week, with PU2B. That’s not happening, so I went to twice. That hasn’t happened either, because I just don’t have time to do all I want to do. I am considering two options: drop them OR blog for them once per week, and auto publishing whatever I can pump out over the next week.
There are pros and cons eiher way. If I drop them, then I lose any chance of ever making money off of them, but I can have more time to pump into the ones I want to keep,making them more attractive to readers and advertisers alike. If I keep them, there is always the chance that I can find someone who wants to buy links, but I have to make an upfront investment of time. Right now, I am
NOT reading
NOT crafting
NOT having very much funok, that’s all.
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Ang. Says:
October 1st, 2008 at 9:39 amI agree that your kids have to be your focus. That is your job. And while making some extra cash from home is great, your priority has to be your kids.
Drop the blogs. I would. They are really not serving much purpose right now and you have other things to do than hold on to them just because you MIGHT make money off of them. That’s my opinion, take it or leave it.
Now, back to my knitting.
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Cass Says:
October 1st, 2008 at 9:44 amYou knitter, you. Okay, I am keeping:
knits
musings
cooks
mothering
barbie
thingsIf cooks and barbie don’t break under 1M Alexa by the end of he year, I will look at dumping them, too. I am pretty sure cooks will, and we’ll see about barbie.
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Tuesday It Is
September 30th, 2008 by Ang. -- Posted in ChitChat | 1 Comment »I feel so much better today. Not perfect but better. I have energy so I can overlook the hoarseness and mildly sore throat. I have been posting like mad today trying to get PU2B caught up.
I realized last night that Mom and Bud will be here in 10 days or so. I need to start working on the pig sty, aka the toy room. I think a lot of things are going bye-bye for good when I do that. I want to be able to sew and use my treadmill and for Tom to be able to work at his desk. That room is so out of control it is mind boggling. And if we do this addition, I am moving my fabric stash the the storeroom. That will free up a ton of space.
So today, I am working on the kitchen, blogging and doing laundry. I also need to find Karly some jeans since the temperature is dropping. I know that we pulled a bunch of jeans out of her drawer at the beginning of summer. I pray that some of them still fit her!
And God is amazing.
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Cass Says:
September 30th, 2008 at 1:04 pmWell, I am churning through the day. Today, I worked in the living room on the bookcases. I posted about that on mothering.
There is a snake in a hole in my yard. Have I mentioned that I don’t do snakes? Kids are under house arrest until dh kills it. And also, he better figure out how to mow the damn grass, because, hello! SNAKES! UGH!
And also, God is amazing. I’ve been listening to gospel music while I clean this week. You know, my player has a sleep timer, it’s set for 60 minutes. I use that thing every night when dh and I go to bed, and it shuts off. When I am cleaning, it doesn’t shut off. I checked the time based on when I told you I had turned it on, and 75 minutes later, it was still playing!! But I am really enjoying spend that time in worship. It totally is awesome!
Finally, I’ve been gaining weight again, and I hate that! It’s aggravating!
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Monday, Monday
September 29th, 2008 by Cass -- Posted in ChitChat | 1 Comment »It’s Monday, and I think I am glad. I ran all weekend long, it sems, and my house certainly shows it! I’ll be trying to dig out today with a good tidy, as well as clean my bathroom and do school and work the internets. In fact, I need to work the internets a lot, since my husband just told his boss he isn’t going to Jacksonville anymore. Which decision I fully support mind you, but it’s one that may lead to them firing him. But they aren’t paying enough to buy the gas for those out of town calls. And I am pretty sure we have covered the whole cyclic nature of his work-gas-money issues before. Several times.
Anyway, that’s my day: clean, school, internet. Oh! and practice.
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Cass Says:
September 29th, 2008 at 11:35 amOh yeah. Remember how I used my MP3 player for a few days wile I was cleaning? Yeah, and then I stopped? Yeah, that was a mistake. Because it feeds my soul while I clean and I don’t get tired of it.
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October 2nd, 2008 at 11:41 am
I agree that you need to set reasonable expectations. Today I went through all my clean areas and then did the entertainment center. I found chewed gum under there. Gross.
Anyway, my new plan forever is to put on the praise and clean for an hour. I will start in my bathroom and just clean for an hour. Monday, I was able to do my bath and bedroom. Tuesday, I walked through my bath and bedroom, and did the 4 bookshelves. Yesterday, walk through all that, 2 more bookshelves and the toy bin and re-arrange the living room. Today, walk through all that and the entertainment center. Tomorrow, I will walk through all that, and do the tops of the doll cabinets and behind the couch, I think.
Monday, I will start again by cleaning the bathroom…. and each week, I should have a little more of the house under control and not lose control of what I have already done. I’m figuring it’s been since DaBaby was born that it has been descending into more or less disaster, and I would rather dig out thoroughly than keep having one crisis after another.
Eventually I may end up at a place that it takes me more than an hour a day to do maintenance cleaning, but maybe not. That’s ok, as long as I can make progress, and each area is cleaned well once per week. I mean, as long as by Friday of the week, I can make it from my bathroom to the front door working always to the forward right. I put the kids on notice today, because after the living room is cleaned (one more day, remember?) it will be on to the girls room, the boys.
Hmm, I am not sure this makes sense. If it doesn’t, I can walk you through the house again with the laptop and explain it.
October 2nd, 2008 at 2:30 pm
No, that makes sense. I remember that system from way back when!
I made good progress today. I cannot believe the amount of dirt in that room! My head should be sufficiently clogged up tomorrow. I have my yarn corner and the vents to deal with tomorrow. That shouldn’t take much time to do. I am considering taking the yarn out of the baskets and putting it in tubs. It would stay cleaner and I could store it in the high cupboard in the dining room. And it would free up 2 baskets that I could use for something else. Or maybe just one. I could keep one for WIPs.
Oh, Tom approves of my cleaning method. He hates coming home to see me tired and defeated with my previous methods.
I am going to attempt to get the carpets cleaned on Saturday/Sunday. The living room has so many spots and smells like dog and my bedroom smells like pee. I think that is from Belle. BTW…she is outside permanently now.
So far the day has been good. I got some much needed cleaning done and I can now spend the afternoon blogging.