Every time we clean the whole house for a gathering we say we'll maintain it to that level, and it just never seems to happen.
Mal: There's plenty orders of mine that she didn't obey. Wash: Name one! Mal: She married you!
'War Stories'
Natter 76: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Foaminess
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
sj - Nov 22, 2019 2:44:40 am PST #13860 of 30019
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Sophia Brooks - Nov 22, 2019 3:00:03 am PST #13861 of 30019
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
The other option is a cleaning service, but I think I will wait until Aidan goes to college for that option. I can get an estimate now, because the sign is GONE! But I think the important thing is to maintain accountability. The therapist pointed out that I am not really a hoarder, I am just messy and do not care, and it gets out of hand. And I never learned the skills and live by myself— I would never do this to another person.
Sophia Brooks - Nov 22, 2019 3:44:15 am PST #13862 of 30019
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Also, amyth if you see this and are up to it, do you know your head circumference, or at least whether you think your head is average? I have read up and several people have accidentally made the hats too big. No stress, I have measured lots of heads, and they are almost all 20 inches, but if you think your head is particularly small or large, let me know!
amyth - Nov 22, 2019 3:54:24 am PST #13863 of 30019
And none of us deserving the cruelty or the grace -- Leonard Cohen
Sophia, I don't know my head circumference, but it's a little larger than average. But not enormously so. (I hope!) If it's stretchy, I can probably make do with a regular size. Thank you!
sj - Nov 22, 2019 4:00:55 am PST #13864 of 30019
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
ltc: Can I have a snack?
Me: Yes you can have a little packet of cookies but only because you're sick.
ltc: But I'm not really sick.
Me: Then I guess you can't have a snack.
ltc: confused blinking while she tries to decide how much she wants the cookies
t evil mom
Jesse - Nov 22, 2019 4:02:13 am PST #13865 of 30019
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
That is awesome, sj.
msbelle - Nov 22, 2019 4:02:38 am PST #13866 of 30019
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
on the off chance anyone needs to me reach me the next few days. Mac has my phone so do not text or call that, I will have my work phone which is 817 and the 307 and then 7084. Hopefully breaking that up makes it safer to post in this world of everything grabbing our data.
Personal Email is accessible on work phone also, so that is fine. FB Msgr is not though.
rainy rainy day here. I hope everyone has a good Friday.
shrift - Nov 22, 2019 6:26:22 am PST #13867 of 30019
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
Congrats, Sophia!
Upkeep is hard, especially when you live by yourself. The only reason why I clean out my refrigerator as frequently as I do is because I travel a lot and I don't want to come home to rotting produce.
I've had some success with breaking down tasks into the simplest components, like instead of "clean the bathroom" I list out the things that need to be cleaned in the bathroom (tub, sink, toilet, mirrors, etc). And then I use both checklists and Google Calendar to prompt me to Do The Thing.
Calli - Nov 22, 2019 6:41:17 am PST #13868 of 30019
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I just did a quick clean of the fridge to make room for Thanksgiving groceries. Also because celery should not be squishy.
Fred Pete - Nov 22, 2019 6:41:49 am PST #13869 of 30019
Ann, that's a ferret.
shrift, I used a variant of your plan to organize my studying in college. I created To Do lists that broke single assignments down into components. My lists were usually pretty long. But at the end of each day, I could tell myself that I'd accomplished something.
For example, if I needed to read three chapters of the textbook by Monday, I'd list each chapter as a separate item on my To Do list. So if I read one chapter during the day, I could knock one item off the list even if I hadn't completed the entire assignment yet.