Happy birthday Laura!
No studying? Damn! Next thing they'll tell me is I'll have to eat jelly doughnuts or sleep with a supermodel to get things done around here. I ask you, how much can one man give?
Xander ,'Conversations with Dead People'
Natter 63: Life after PuppyCam
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
CaBil - Feb 22, 2009 6:55:31 am PST #7387 of 30000
Remember, remember/the fifth of November/the Gunpowder Treason and Plot/I see no reason/Why Gunpowder Treason/Should ever be forgot.
tommyrot - Feb 22, 2009 7:16:53 am PST #7388 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Birthday Happies, Laura!!
Calli - Feb 22, 2009 7:18:12 am PST #7389 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
A friend of mine does professional decluttering. I'm not sure how much she charges.
SailAweigh - Feb 22, 2009 7:22:07 am PST #7390 of 30000
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
I've been thinking of using the 15 minutes a day method of clearing the debris field I call home, but it likely will only last 2 days.
I managed to stick to that for a couple of weeks and got my walk-in closet all put to rights. And donated about $250 worth of clothes that I was able to write off on my taxes. Not bad for what ended up being a total of about 3 hours work. When you think of it in that terms, it gives a lot of incentive to do it.
t /lazy, but greedy
Jesse - Feb 22, 2009 7:51:36 am PST #7391 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Yum -- I just made a delicious Spanish-style omelet. I say "style" because the chorizo I used was Goya, not actually Spanish, but it was still yum. And should reheat well, like a quiche, no?
Calli - Feb 22, 2009 7:59:26 am PST #7392 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I just tried Trader Joe's creamy tomato soup. Very good, and probably the healthiest thing I've eaten this week.
megan walker - Feb 22, 2009 8:04:00 am PST #7393 of 30000
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
A friend of mine does professional decluttering. I'm not sure how much she charges.
I would love to know.
Barb - Feb 22, 2009 8:10:58 am PST #7394 of 30000
“Not dead yet!”
I went to the gym and worked out for an hour.
< is grumpy but virtuous>
Came home and had leftover red beans and rice, this time with the added nummy goodness of Andouille sausage.
I can haz nap?
beekaytee - Feb 22, 2009 8:20:03 am PST #7395 of 30000
Compassionately intolerant
Declutterers/packers charge depending on their area but I can tell you that my minimum charge for the DC region was $45 per hour. And nobody blinked. I also wrote it into my contract that there was an extra charge ($20 ) per hour, if the client chose to 'work with me'.
Typical speech: "If you let me put my head down and plow through this, it will take less than half the time. Nothing will be thrown away without your approval and everything will be categorized in an easily understood system. At the end, there will be a pile of things with questions attached to them. Be prepared to spend about 20 minutes answering those questions. We will finalize all decisions before I leave and you will be good to go!"
Also, do NOT buy any storage containers/widgets until I am done. Only then will we know what you really need.
Too many people start the other way 'round and set themselves up to fail.
SailAweigh - Feb 22, 2009 8:36:44 am PST #7396 of 30000
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
Too many people start the other way 'round and set themselves up to fail
No shit. I bought plastic sleeves for all my comics and boxes to store them, then they just sat there until my son came up for Christmas. He was so bored, he stuffed all the sleeves for me. Until then, all they were was more clutter.