Organizing 101/Jan- Family Room

[BernardandMissBianca]

Ok I found my paper. This is from a magazine I bought several years ago. This was written by Franny van Nevel in Woman's Day 1/2/01

PRIZE! If you complete said assignment by the end of the month rlovew is willing to cut out a title for the World Showcase for you!

Goal: Find the remote! or in my house the remoteSSSSS

Declutter:
- Recycle old magazines, flyers, mail order catalogs. Sort the rest.
- Cull piles of photos- separate the good, the bad, and the ugly. Toss the bad.:eek: :faint: share duplicates with friends and family. Set aside the rest for now.
- Go through CD's, videos, books. Create piles for keepers, loaner-returners, donation or resale.
- Paw through the stacks of games and toys; collect missing pieces and put them in appropriate boxes. Create stacks to donate, to toss, to store elsewhere and to keep in the family room. Donate what you can't use. like our 1000 different Monopoly games
- Start inventory list of model and serial numbers for your TV, stereo, VCR, DVD player, etc., for your homeowners insurance.


Clean:
-Vacuum and clean floor, walls, bookshelves, entertainment centers, windowsills, mini blinds, and ceiling fans.
- Dry clean or launder drapes, throws, and area rugs. If possible, switch sides when rehanging drapes to minimize sun damage.
-Spot clean sofas; vacuum cushions and sofa base; flip and rotate cushions. Dig down the sides for lost coins Hey for those saving for big trips this is good and writing instruments and don't forget food -blech

Maintain:
-Choose a drawer or find a basket to hold remotes. Or attach infrequently used remotes to components with Velcro.
-Buy acid free photo boxes or albums for pictures. Spend 1/2 an hour a week arranging albums. Obviously written before the scrapbook obsession took hold LOL
- Designate a basket or box to hold on-load tapes, books, videos. Write return dates on the calendar.
-Initiate weekly 5 minute cleanups with family members( :rotfl2: ) to keep things moving toward their designated spaces.
-Once organized take a photo or videotape of the room to keep with your home inventory list.

[BernardandMissBianca]

OK everyone needs to post their progress!!!

[ddavis860]

OK everyone needs to post their progress!!!

I printed it so I can refer...

Oh and :rotfl2: to the weekly 5 min cleanups with family members...that for real? If I wait a week, it will take longer than 5 min to get that room back together! My conclusion is that she actually lives alone....

[PrincessNancy96]

Okay, I'll try some of this tomorrow.. My family room is fairly clean..but only because DH decided to clean today so because he was "bored"... no football on at that point! As for magazines.. we don't have many.. I have 4 scrapbook ones and they are in my scraproom...
As for 5 min. family member help.. Well, we can hope for miracles!!!

[lewdyan1]

I am in. :thumbsup2 I probably will start next Monday when the kdis start back to school.
Talya and I are spending this afternoon scrapping. I am about to journal on the pages I just did and she is on her second layout!:cool1:

[BernardandMissBianca]

I'm hoping to journal today too. i will start cleaning tomorrow after the kids go to school.
I want rlovew's prize!

[AlexWyattMommy]

I am so in for this.
Our family room is where we hang out, watch TV, etc. So we have tons of pillows, blankets, movies and books all over.
I promise to find a home that these things will go back everyday. I promise to move the couch to vacuum, mmm, tomorrow. I promise to wash the curtains. Okay they are really shower curtains 'cause we were broke when we finished building this house. But they are a nice linen look and washing them means, yup, ironing them.
Is that worth an England topper?

[rlovew]

I think I will try to start sorting through our videos when DH leaves for Kentucky Wednesday. This will be one of the easier rooms for me as we don't have a living room and i like to keep this one clean for our guests but I guess i need to start by getting the Christmas gifts still in there but away.

[BernardandMissBianca]

I can put my living/family room back together after the tree comes down. We have to rearrange furniture to get the tree in so it's kind of cramped. I have already started to straighten the table up though.

[Honeybehr1]

I am in. Its one of my goals to get more organized. Well the problem isnt getting organized its staying organized.

[StitchIsOurHero]

I'm in. I'm hoping to just get some actual cleaning done tomorrow. . .our family/living room will be one of the easier ones to do. It's just DH & I, so once he puts away the Christmas boxes, it shouldn't take long.

Now, the scrap room, that's another story. If I could actually see the floor when I walked in there, I'd consider it a success!!

[YodasMom]

My family room is in pretty good shape. I do have a fairly new oak media cabinet that still does not have the shelves installed and can't be used until it's fully assembled. So, getting that functional will be helpful in getting the DVD's and CD's out of another room. I'm so good at getting organizational furniture and tools and not assembling them or actually putting things in them!

Since the dining room flows off of the family room ( at a right angle) and is full of scrap stuff, that's still my major goal to get sorted, organized, and out of there.......so, I'm including that in my family room organization this month.

[rlovew]

I decided to take a look at our family room and convinced DH to help me weed through our DVD and CD collection- we did that and it looks messier for now with piles to take to different people- but I will deliver those by Sunday. I only have to declutter 1 bookcase and I will be done with step 1- once everything has made it to new homes. Then it will be off to the cleaning section.

[BernardandMissBianca]

I've got about 1/2 the table cleared off and most of the new DVD's rounded up to be absorbed into the old stuff. DD keeps waking up form her nap though. One good thing is I have DH out running an errand to get him out of my hair for a few minutes.

[PrincessNancy96]

Well, my DVD's and Video tapes are in order.. I'm so anal they are alphabetical order for the Disney Videos! The DVD's aren't.. I need to find a cabinet for the CD's.. they are neatly stacked though.. The top of the entertainment center is cleared and dusted...
Now, the floor has upteen years of Christmas pictures that need put into their photo box and transported to the scraproom..but right now I'm scrapping 1995 Christmas! LOL Yes, I'm starting my Christmas albums! Yeah!

[New England Eeyore]

I will join this challenge! A one month time frame seems to be something I can manage.

I think now is the time to finally go through my CDs and copy the ones that I never listen to all the way through into iTunes and set them free. The list of albums I actually listen to is about 20. The number of CDs I have on my shelf? In the hundreds. I almost exclusively listen to music through my computer anyway - it just makes sense.

I too am printing out the list in post one and I won't let the month end without finishing it!

[MomOf2DisneyKids]

ok, I'm in! :cool1:

[PrincessNancy96]

ok, I'm in! :cool1:

Hey sunshine, where have you been hiding today??? ;)

[PoohBearLovinMama]

Count me in! My house is in terrible need of some major cleaning out and reorganization. My hope is that I'll have a lot done before my Disney trip on the 9th. :)

[MomOf2DisneyKids]

Hey sunshine, where have you been hiding today??? ;)

LOL! Getting ready for back to school tomorrow!! And trying to avoid all of these threads that are trying to get me to do something. Clean?:scared1: Scrap? Lose weight? :laughing: Organize? Can't I just sit around and eat bon-bons?? :surfweb: Calgon, take me awaaaayyyyyyyy!! :rotfl2: :rotfl2:
:rotfl: :rotfl:

ETA: I need to join all those threads, btw... clean, scrap, lose weight, organize....I'm just not motivated (yet). One thread at a time. LOL

[BernardandMissBianca]

I got my table cleaned and rotated back to it's original position! :cool1: And DH gathered all of the DVD's that we got at Xmas. Tomorrow I need to add them to the cases.

List of things for tomorrow:
grocery store
bank
tree
DVD's
dishes

All that after the kids go to school. Thank goodness they all have a long day tomorrow. :goodvibes

[AlexWyattMommy]

I don't think the bank will be open. It is a Federal Holiday for the funeral of President Ford.

But my list is:
sign up for MK Swap
grocery store after going to Hobby Lobby
move couch to vacuum
wash and iron curtains
take down last tree and put it in box
take boxes to barn

[ddavis860]

I worked on my scrap/craft room all day, I can see floor, and have a ton of paper for the recycle...mostly things that seemed like saving at the time...print...and pile...some recipes were saved, and all bead patterns, but the rest is junk...sigh...
SOOOO, another goal, saving on puter, not on paper for 2007...

List for tomorrow:
Bank
JC Penny for a return
Borders
Office Max

[ddavis860]

I don't think the bank will be open. It is a Federal Holiday for the funeral of President Ford.


Oh HECK!!! DS is going to be really mad! He is counting on cashing a gift so he can get a new keyboard....I never gave it a thought...

[PrincessNancy96]

Tomorrow:
Sweep hardwood floors in living room
9:20 DS10 basketball practice
10:00 DD13 basketball practice
scrap while they are gone.. DS6 will watch CARS again!!!
oh, sign up for swaps.. must...
12:00pm pick up kids from basketball
lunch
1:40 dental appts for DD13 & DS10
done for day.. than more scrapping/cleaning/putting up laundry
DH is working from home so I'll have to do "drive by posting" tomorrow!!!

[New England Eeyore]

I got a few small things done tonight. I cleaned, reorganized and weeded out our video nook. (DVDs are housed elsewhere - they will be another project.) I did the same for one bookcase.

I also started my list for Thursday (my next day off). It includes: post office to return a package, gathering up and returning all the used printer and fax printer cartridges I bring home from work to recycle and going to Target to buy a couple trunks to house books and videos from my childhood that I can't part with yet but don't need to be on display. I also plan to wash the curtains, go grocery shopping and take my crockpot out of the box and maybe use it. I got it for Christmas, you see... In 2003!!! It never made it out of the box, but a friend gave me a crockpot cookbook for Christmas year and told me now I have no excuse.

[YodasMom]

I assembled my second scrap paper storage rack tonight. This one went together easier because I didn't follow the directions! My next step(hopefully, tomorrow night) is to organize my cardstock by color and the patterned paper by theme, and actually put the paper on the shelves of the racks. They will be going in the basement so it doesn't take up so much room elsewhere.

Now that I'm in an assembly mood, I might put the shelves in my media storage cabinet tonight or tomorrow night. I'll be organizing my DVD's and CD's, etc by themes......Disney, drama, comedy....so that they can be watched based on the mood of the moment!

[PoohBearLovinMama]

Well I got all of my Christmas stuff put away and my living room back together. Doesn't seem like a whole lot, but it did take a while.
My goals for tomorrow:
1. go to the gym first thing
2. grocery shopping
3. take Brooklynn to school
4. if Molly is up to it, run to office max, michaels and bed bath and beyond (for new curtains) while Brooklynn is in school. If not, that will have to wait until Wed.
5. get the dirty laundry out of the living room and into the laundry room.
6. Get clean laundry out of the living room and into the dressers.

[BernardandMissBianca]

Tomorrow:
Sweep hardwood floors in living room
9:20 DS10 basketball practice
10:00 DD13 basketball practice
scrap while they are gone.. DS6 will watch CARS again!!!
oh, sign up for swaps.. must...
12:00pm pick up kids from basketball
lunch
1:40 dental appts for DD13 & DS10
done for day.. than more scrapping/cleaning/putting up laundry
DH is working from home so I'll have to do "drive by posting" tomorrow!!!


Thanks for the reminder DS10 has a dentist appt at 3:30. Of course now I have to figure out how to pay for it. They have opted to not accept our insurance anymore. :mad:


I scraped today too!!!!:cool1:

Ergh! I'll be mad if the Bank isn't open tomorrow. I need to deposit some xmas checks to make a payment on our trip to WDW.

[lewdyan1]

Not sure, but I think by law the banks must be open tomorrow. The law says a bank can't be closed more than three days in a row, so if I was you, I would try stopping by.

Okay as far as cleaning my living room this motn, it just got easier. DH and I bought new living room furniture yesterday, so I need to empty the wall unit of everything and the room needs to be ready by the 1/25 delivery, so I still have the whole month, but I know it will be clean before February's challenge!:thumbsup2

[rlovew]

Mu goals for today:
1. Walk on elptical machine for at least 10 minutes before signing up for swap(I need a reason to do it).
2. Get all the stuff I weeded of our family room bookcase to where it belongs.
3. Clean fans in family room.
4. Sign-up for swap
5. Get things for recipe swap printed and cut.
6. Get at least 5 more pages ready for pictures in my birthday book.

[jennyL]

My family room is actually still clean. LOL with the new house we don't have alot in there yet. Of course I'm joining in for future months when you hit a room that I have a mess in.

Todays plans:
Work
Lunch
Work
Finish my last swap and watch football

[AlexWyattMommy]

Swap sign ups - done.
Couch moved & vacuum - done.
Hobby Lobby - done.
Curtains washed & put back - done. Did you know linen shrinks in the dryer?
Trees down - done.
Still need to move boxes to the barn and grocery shopping will have to wait until one boy goes back to school. Just couldn't do it with the two of them.

[PrincessNancy96]

Tomorrow:
Sweep hardwood floors in living room NOPE, kids made a tent in the living room!
9:20 DS10 basketball practice Done
10:00 DD13 basketball practice Done
scrap while they are gone.. DS6 will watch CARS again!!!
oh, sign up for swaps.. must... Done and was good only 1 group each!
12:00pm pick up kids from basketball DONE
lunch Done
1:40 dental appts for DD13 & DS10 Done & NO CAVITITES!!
done for day.. than more scrapping/cleaning/putting up laundry
DH is working from home so I'll have to do "drive by posting" tomorrow!!! DEFINTELY DRIVE BY POSTS

I did get some title pages done for our Christmas Album too! I did about 6 of them.. I'm still working on 1 of them...but I'm not happy w/ the stencil zero so I'm going to use the "O"!!

[rlovew]

My goals for today:
1. Walk on elptical machine for at least 10 minutes before signing up for swap(I need a reason to do it).- done, although only 5 minutes before swap signups its been awhile and I can't do 10 minutes at 1 times- I will work my way back up
2. Get all the stuff I weeded of our family room bookcase to where it belongs. done
3. Clean fans in family room.done
4. Sign-up for swapdone
5. Get things for recipe swap printed and cut. got my papers all choosen out and I am starting to print the recipes out now.
6. Get at least 5 more pages ready for pictures in my birthday book.hopefully I will do this tonight but with DH leaving in the morning it is looking doubtful.


If I hadn't decided to drive into Fort Myers for lunch with DH and to stop by the craft stores in town and look for swap materials then I probably could have actually got some swapping done.

Tomorrow's goals:
1. Go through bags and baskets in the family room and sort out things. POut them all away.
2. Get some scraping done on my birthday album.
3. Vacum blinds and couch.

While I head back to work tomorrow DH heads out of town so hopefully it will be easy enough to get things done in the evening.

Rebecca

[hopemax]

I succeeded with my goals today too

1. I did my Walk away the Pounds 1 mile tape
2. Only signed up for one swap
3. Shredded documents for 2002. This one was the hardest, because the shredder jammed up, I had to take it apart, clean it out, and put it back together. It's amazing how much one year's worth of paperwork turns out to be shredded. Too bad I still have 2001-1993 still to do. Then I have to clean out the desk of the last couple of years, and shred what needs to be shredded. That's my goal for all of January.

[PrincessNancy96]

Rebecca, I didn't realize you were near Ft. Myers.. My DH's grandparents are in N. Ft. Myers.. WE love it down there!!! :)

[BernardandMissBianca]

Well I got the grocery shopping done, but that was about it. The dentist was a bust, I thought it was at 3:30 but it was at 1:30 so we missed it. Not like I had the money to pay them so what ever.

Tonight
-Pizza Box
-5 pages journaled
-1 CJ completed
-Sort DVD's
-Copy pages for Mom's scrapbooks, we are going to a crop on Sat
-Gather pics and papers for said crop

Wednesday:

-Bank We'll try again. Our bank is 30 minutes away so I try to avoid going there unless necessary.
-Tree
-Mall DH's watch died so I need to get a new battery. Near bank so that's good.
-ACMoore I'm in need of some retail therapy and since I have gift cards I don't have to feel guilty.
-Walk Done 2miles WOO HOO!!
-TRU Darn Disney mix stick doesn't work again. So I'm getting DS10 an IPod soon.
-Cancel DH's DR. appt, he'll be in BF Washington state.

[PrincessNancy96]

Girl, I thought you told me 3:30 the other day too.. I think the office changed it on you and didn't call!! :(

I'm making my list shortly off what has to be done tomorrow.. also need to copy the organizational list to verify what I have done in the family room!!

[BernardandMissBianca]

Girl, I thought you told me 3:30 the other day too.. I think the office changed it on you and didn't call!! :(

I'm making my list shortly off what has to be done tomorrow.. also need to copy the organizational list to verify what I have done in the family room!!


I think they booked it for 1:30 but then they called before the winter break to confirm and I'm pretty sure she said 3:30.

Oh well!

[StitchIsOurHero]

I didn't get much done today, except organizing my paper stacker and scrapping some.

Here are my goals for tomorrow:

1. Do 30-40 exercise minutes.
2. Visit my kindergarten teacher (we visit every year, and tomorrow's the day)
3. Scrap at least 2 pages
4. Use my mom's tanning bed ;)
5. Dust living room
6. Survive work with being less negative!

Good luck tomorrow, everyone!

[rlovew]

Rebecca, I didn't realize you were near Ft. Myers.. My DH's grandparents are in N. Ft. Myers.. WE love it down there!!! :)

My DH works in N Fort Myers. I am about 30 miles outside of Fort Myers in the center of the state. I do love Florida weather but I hate the city traffic. Today was only the 3rd time I had driven to Fort Myers alone and I have only driven with others 2 times. Normally I ride with DH or a friend into the city. We have lived here for 3 and 1/2 years.

[ddavis860]

List from yesterday:
Bank done, got Ds monies out, made deposit, and got money for DS18 college tuition :scared:
JC Penny for a return done, and bought a new scale...blech
Borders done
Office Max done, DS got his wireless keyboard

ALSO took DS to lunch, and started planning the Big Bday party for DH's Uncle who is going to be 95. We are the closest relatives, so it falls on us to make all the arrangements
I also got all the little ornies put in their drawers on the Advent Tree, so the post holiday clean up started
And got 3 loads done off the top of Mount Washmore

List for tomorrow:

DS starts back to school :banana:
Candles out of the windows
Start taking down tree
Retrun uniform gift (I already have 2 navy scrubs...)
Maybe hit ACMoore for swap items...

OH, and will walk on the treadmill

[PrincessNancy96]

Ok, in looking at the list for the family room.. DH and I only have about 4 items to finish and we are done w/ that room.. He lost it with the suggestion of all family members helping for 5 minutes.. he wants me to let him know how that works for me! LOL
I hope to have the list accomplished tomorrow night and the family room complete!! Yeah!!!

[PoohBearLovinMama]

1. go to the gym first thing Yikes, not done. But I did stick to my diet and I had tap class tonight
2. grocery shoppingdone
3. take Brooklynn to schooldone
4. if Molly is up to it, run to office max, michaels and bed bath and beyond (for new curtains) while Brooklynn is in school. If not, that will have to wait until Wed. couldn't. Molly wanted a nap instead
5. get the dirty laundry out of the living room and into the laundry room. done
6. Get clean laundry out of the living room and into the dressers.done

ETA: Forgot my list for tomorrow
1. Go to the Gym (for real this time)
2. Go to office max, linen's and things, home depot and michaels. Maybe to Best buy, bed bath and beyond and ac moore if LNT and Mikes doesn't have what I need
3. Sort out baskets and end table
4. Keep plugging away with the laundry
5. Finish up the dishes
6. Clean off dining room table

[lewdyan1]

Okay, I am jumping in here with goals. I had a bunch yesterday, but the rain got in my way, so I will try today.

1. Fold laundry and start next loads.
2. Get DS to tennis camp (unless it rains).
3. Get DD to twirling lessons (unless it rains).
4. Pick up picutres at Walgreens.
5. Get DD new dance shoes.
6. Sign up for DD's new dance class.
7. Unpack from Disney trip (while watching marathon of America's Next Top Model).
8. Try to get homework started so it won't be a rush next week when school starts back.

Thanks for being so encouraging! I love making the list public so I feel accountable to someone!:thumbsup2

[AlexWyattMommy]

My house has been sparkly for three days now. I asked my DH, don't you like it? He says, "What, your not doing it for me, your doing it for your internet friends." I told him, you make me some toppers and I'll do it just for you.

Okay, from the list B&MB had, I just need to inventory equipment and go through DVDs. I even found a basket to hold our remotes & Xbox stuff. I was pretty sad that there was no money in my couch. But very happy there wasn't much under it. I've been doing better there.

So today,
take DS to school and pick up later
fold laundry and put away (yesterday's laundry is already put away :yay: )
call about jury duty at appointed time
grocery shop after taking DS to school
call preschool if jury duty because little bit will have to come with me
wash kitchen floor
(trees are down) take boxes to barn.

And start on my swaps if there is time.

[PrincessNancy96]

That wasn't so bad! Items complete!
Declutter:
- Recycle old magazines, flyers, mail order catalogs. Sort the rest. Only have 5..for DS6 school work!
- Cull piles of photos- separate the good, the bad, and the ugly. Toss the bad. share duplicates with friends and family. Set aside the rest for now. No problem..photos are being organized in scraproom
- Go through CD's, videos, books. Create piles for keepers, loaner-returners, donation or resale. No problem..we had weeded prior to Thanksgiving!
- Paw through the stacks of games and toys; collect missing pieces and put them in appropriate boxes. Create stacks to donate, to toss, to store elsewhere and to keep in the family room. Donate what you can't use. like our 1000 different Monopoly games WE have a game cabinet in the basement so those items were already done there with the exception of the new ones for Christmas.. Just a few reminders to the kids and they are all stacked downstairs ready for the shelf to be dusted!
- Start inventory list of model and serial numbers for your TV, stereo, VCR, DVD player, etc., for your homeowners insurance. Inventory list made.. DH just needs to get the serial numbers done tonight!


Clean:
-Vacuum and clean floor, walls, bookshelves, entertainment centers, windowsills, mini blinds, and ceiling fans. DONE
- Dry clean or launder drapes, throws, and area rugs. If possible, switch sides when rehanging drapes to minimize sun damage. DONE
-Spot clean sofas; vacuum cushions and sofa base; flip and rotate cushions. Dig down the sides for lost coins Hey for those saving for big trips this is good and writing instruments and don't forget food -blech Cleaned..just a few items of wrappers.. uhm, lecture started!

Maintain:
-Choose a drawer or find a basket to hold remotes. Or attach infrequently used remotes to components with Velcro. basket by my side of the couch w/ controls in there!
-Buy acid free photo boxes or albums for pictures. Spend 1/2 an hour a week arranging albums. Obviously written before the scrapbook obsession took hold LOL not, scrapping instead!
- Designate a basket or box to hold on-load tapes, books, videos. Write return dates on the calendar. no returns/ going to library tonight.. maybe...
-Initiate weekly 5 minute cleanups with family members( ) to keep things moving toward their designated spaces. We are going to try this! Wish us luck!
-Once organized take a photo or videotape of the room to keep with your home inventory list. Done! Photos taken today.. it was clean.. couldn't pass it up!
__________________
So, my mission of Family Room organization has been accomplished! Yeah!!! Okay, what room is next!

[ddavis860]

So, my mission of Family Room organization has been accomplished! Yeah!!! Okay, what room is next!


:cheer2:

Congrats to you! I'm not finished mine yet. :sad2:

[PrincessNancy96]

I have a little family room.. my house was built in 1950... so the rooms are small... I'm actually very picky up clutter in my family room since that is the first room you see off the entry... so it doesn't take much to clean it! ;)

[rlovew]

Congratulations Princess Nancy!

Rebecca

[BernardandMissBianca]

So, my mission of Family Room organization has been accomplished! Yeah!!! Okay, what room is next!

no need to rub it in!! :p
you get the rest of the month off to scrap. Or I can find the list and get the next room up.

[PrincessNancy96]

No, no rush.. I can use the time to scrap.. I have to catch up on a lot!!! Plus the swaps have started... but I've been good in my addiction... limits!

:)

[ddavis860]

Teacher's pet?!?!?

HA, I knew it!!

:rotfl: just kidding :rotfl2:

[BernardandMissBianca]

HA, I knew it!!

:rotfl: just kidding :rotfl2:

:rotfl2: LOL :rotfl2:

[PoohBearLovinMama]

My house has been sparkly for three days now. I asked my DH, don't you like it? He says, "What, your not doing it for me, your doing it for your internet friends." I told him, you make me some toppers and I'll do it just for you.

:rotfl2: That is too funny!

Great job Nancy! My house was built in 1946 so all my rooms are little too. Makes it easy to clean out everything.

[PrincessNancy96]

I hear ya PBLM! We resided the house..and the insulation they had on the outside... I was fuming.. it looked like Reynolds Wrap! I was like no way! My DH laughed at me because I was a fussin' and a cussin'... Than FIL explained that was insulation in those days! Hello, give me that big, fluffy pink panther insulation.. now that is insulation!

[hopemax]

I live in apartment, so it's a little hard to jump into these room challenges too. I do have to organize regularly otherwise we would run out of room quickly! The biggest area of non-organization is the desk/file cabinet/shoe boxes of financial stuff, so that's what I've been focusing on.

I am probably about 3/4 of the way done with the shredding.
I did my exercise tape
DH made an appointment at the PO to apply for our passports, next Tuesday (Woo Hoo)
And most importantly, another day where I didn't spend any money. Although we found out that DH's latest dentist appointment didn't get covered because they only cover 2 cleanings per year (GRRR, I could use that $150)

[StitchIsOurHero]

I'm impressed, Nancy!! My family room clean-up is going to be this weekend. We did get all of the Christmas stuff put away last night, into the attic, so that's done. Just have to move the desk back to its rightful spot and clean, clean, clean.

Here 's my list from today (I stunk it up!):

1. Do 30-40 exercise minutes. Nope, lost the battle.
2. Visit my kindergarten teacher (we visit every year, and tomorrow's the day) did this--it was fun!
3. Scrap at least 2 pages not yet
4. Use my mom's tanning bed She wasn't home, so I didn't go by.
5. Dust living room Nope, DH said we'd do the living/family room this wknd
6. Survive work with being less negative! Didn't really do too good at this either. The woman I work with was in her office. I told her I was going to go run schedules (we do this together). An hour and 15 minutes later, she came in and asked if I was running schedules. When I said, "Yes", she said, "Why didn't you tell me? I wanted to help.":rolleyes: I didn't do so well with the no negativity!!

Ok, my goals list was crap today. Starting fresh tomorrow. We have a basketball game tomorrow, so my list of things to do tomorrow has to be modified.

1. Exercise 30-40 minutes (I'd like to do this before work)
2. Follow my WW eating plan
3. Call to schedule appointments
4. Be less negative at work!!
5. Get to work with everything I need (I couldn't get that going today!)
6. Weigh in to determine starting weight for diet.

I hope everyone has a successful Thursday!! :cheer2:

[BernardandMissBianca]

Tonight we'll try again tonight
-Pizza Box
-5 pages journaled
-1 CJ completed
-Sort DVD's
-Copy pages for Mom's scrapbooks, we are going to a crop on Sat
-Gather pics and papers for said crop

Wednesday:

-Bank We'll try again. Our bank is 30 minutes away so I try to avoid going there unless necessary.Done!!!
-Tree
-Mall DH's watch died so I need to get a new battery. Near bank so that's good.Done
-ACMoore I'm in need of some retail therapy and since I have gift cards I don't have to feel guilty.done and got some cte stuff too
-Walk Done 2miles WOO HOO!!
-TRU Darn Disney mix stick doesn't work again. So I'm getting DS10 an IPod soon.Moved to Sat or Sun, they won't let me return it without DH and his Credit Card
-Cancel DH's DR. appt, he'll be in BF Washington state.

[ddavis860]

Today didn't work out the way I had planned...

List for today:

DS starts back to school :goodvibes yup, and I missed him
Candles out of the windows nope....
Start taking down tree Ummmm, nope......
Retrun uniform gift (I already have 2 navy scrubs...)Ummmmm, nope :confused3
Maybe hit ACMoore for swap items...OHHHHH YEAHHHHHH...got the paper for my Recipe Swap...and spent a long time trying to find things on the net for my other swaps....

OH, and will walk on the treadmill :rotfl: And can you say nope?


List for tomorrow:

Make sample for jewelry class
Haircut
visit with my friend at Mike's
return uniform
pick up kids
Candles out of the windows (unless Dh does it for me :goodvibes )
Tree undecorating
Not even going to think about the treadmill :sad2:

[PrincessNancy96]

Tomorrow:
Take tree down in my bedroom, yep a romantic tree (silver/blue/white)..
Make eye appointments for DH and DD13 (I'm next)..
Epcot sign ups 9am
DS10 to basketball by 9:20am
SS15 pick up 9:30 from basketball and take him home after dropping off DD at basketball..
DD13 basketball 10am..
Home to check swap sign ups
Work on more title pages and scrap at least 5 pages
Download photos and order them
Pay bills

Tonight:
Print calendar out for menu to hang on fridge
fix dry erase calendar so that we can see what is going on...
update my pocket calendar w/ DH dr appt next week/ 4-H events coming up

[AlexWyattMommy]

So today,
take DS to school and pick up later bad mom, made him ride the bus
fold laundry and put away (yesterday's laundry is already put away :yay: )done
call about jury duty at appointed timedone, no duty this week
grocery shop after taking DS to schooldone and MADE dinner
call preschool if jury duty because little bit will have to come with medidn't need to
wash kitchen floordone
(trees are down) take boxes to barn.I have way more boxes than I thought. They are in the garage until DH can load them in the pick up. Too many for my minivan

And start on my swaps if there is time. Printed out my recipe for a second time, first was way too big and no room for embellishing

I went through DVDs & VHS have a box to give away. Alphabitzed the Disney DVDs and put the rest in catagories. Photographed the equipment in the livingroom. Got Serial Number from TV, DH said to forget the ones on the VHS & DVD player as they are so old and new ones are less than $30. So my list from B&MB is DONE!!
PS- even took off the glass on the lights on the ceiling fan and washed them in the sink, how cool is that?
Tomorrow -
post sign ups for Epcot page kit
update it after coming back from preschool
do laundry-again

[rlovew]

Todays goals:
1. Go through bags and baskets in the family room and sort out things. POut them all away.- went through 1 bag but I still have 1 bag and a basket left
2. Get some scraping done on my birthday album.didn't do this at all but I almost finshed my recipe swap
3. Vacum blinds and couch.ambish for my first day back to school and teaching Bible study- didn't even pull out the vacum cleaner


Rebecca

Tomorrow:
1. Go through the last bag and basket in the family room.
2. Finish the recipe swap.
3. Package up everything I need to mail for a PO run on Friday.
4. Vacum blinds and couch.
5. 10 minutes on eliptical machine- I only did 6 minutes today- although I did walk 2.3 miles also.
6. Get 4 more pages ready to go.

[lewdyan1]

Yesterday's List:
1. Fold laundry and start next loads. - nope
2. Get DS to tennis camp (unless it rains). - yep
3. Get DD to twirling lessons (unless it rains). yep
4. Pick up picutres at Walgreens. - yep
5. Get DD new dance shoes. - yep
6. Sign up for DD's new dance class. - yep
7. Unpack from Disney trip (while watching marathon of America's Next Top Model). - nope
8. Try to get homework started so it won't be a rush next week when school starts back - tried and failed

Well, nothing happened in the house yesterday, try again on todays list, as I am inspired by PrincessNancy!
1. Get DS to the dr at 9:00.
2. Get DD to twirl teacher at 10:00
3. Unload Dishwasher.
4. Fold laundry start new laod.
5. Scrap two pages.
6. Unpack!

Wishing everyone luck on the lists today!:wizard:

[PrincessNancy96]

Ok, I have to keep a running tally on here..because I keep checking in here..and forgetting to mark my paper list off...
Tomorrow:
Take tree down in my bedroom, yep a romantic tree (silver/blue/white).. Done
Took large tree down! Done..but I do believe the ornaments multiply once they are on the tree! Anyone else notice that??
Make eye appointments for DH and DD13 Done, even managed to schedule mine w/ our previous doc.. he became a member of our insurance!!!! Yeah!!!!
Epcot sign ups 9am still working on
DS10 to basketball by 9:20am done
SS15 pick up 9:30 from basketball and take him home after dropping off DD at basketball.. done, boy you'd think SS15 was a young girl..he primps before he can come to the van.. geesh!
DD13 basketball 10am.. done
Home to check swap sign ups still working on
Work on more title pages and scrap at least 5 pages -nope
Download photos and order them nope
Pay bills done and still have money left over!
Clean out/switch purse done

Tonight: Last night...
Print calendar out for menu to hang on fridge done
fix dry erase calendar so that we can see what is going on... done
update my pocket calendar w/ DH dr appt next week/ 4-H events coming up done


The list for tomorrow.. will be posted tomorrow.. no time tonight!! LOL

[BernardandMissBianca]

-The tree is now bare, DH needs to take it out so we can bring the ornament bins in. Not enough room for both. LOL
-The DVD's are done but I need to buy 2 more binders, we ran out of room with 30 DVD's to go.
-I had lunch. :thumbsup2
- I shopped on line for a craft cabinet and found one. Now to come up with $230.00. :scared:
-I walked 2 miles and even managed to run, well jogged, 1 lap of those 2 miles. Not bad.

Tonight I have to scrap!

[maria34a]

My Christmas Tree is still up!!!! I need to take it down tonight!!!! :lmao: Not sure if that will happen or not, but I will try! :thumbsup2 That's all I can do is try! We have little Thomas for the weekend! So it will be lots of fun, fun, fun and mess, mess, mess!!!!! Oh well!!! I don't care, he is only around every other weekend and we get so little time with him... I would rather play and have fun than clean!

[ddavis860]

List for today:
Make sample for jewelry class done
Haircut done
visit with my friend at Mike's done, and bought paper for the pet swap :dogdance:
return uniform Nope, next week I guess
pick up kids yeah :goodvibes
Candles out of the windows (unless Dh does it for me :goodvibes ) What a nice DH, got it done for me :love:
Tree undecorating Only if I feel like doing some during Ugly Betty and GA reruns...sigh
Not even going to think about the treadmill :sad2: and I didn't :rotfl2:

List for tomorrow:
drive kids to school
tree undecorating
pack for work (beading kit from Christmas :santa:)
work 3p-11p

[hopemax]

Exercise done
Desk cleaned out
File cabinet cleaned out
Scanned images for swap stuff

De-decorating is on the agenda for this weekend.

[AlexWyattMommy]

post sign ups for Epcot page kit done
update it after coming back from preschool done
do laundry-again done

Have kept the room in tiptop shape. I can now find my remote. That's pretty cool. I hated always looking for it.

Tomorrow -
have to get up early for allergy shots before school
drive to and from school
finish Valentine's Swap
put dishes away from washer that is running right now

Thank you all for keeping me accountable. Reading all your to-do's and daily accomplishments is a really pick me up. :cheer2:

[PrincessNancy96]

Keeping this daily log of things I must accomplish on here.. has done wonders.. I find myself getting more things done..which allows me to come sneak in here more often.. It's a win-win situation!

Tomorrow:
DD to basketball 10am
Bank x 2
drop off bills (no need to waste the stamps)
dishes
laundry to basement will do on Sat.
SCRAP/SWAP
Clean desk in kitchen

overall a quiet day! Yeah!

Saturday:
SCRAP
DS10 scrimmage game at 11AM
SS15 has a tournament at 9AM but I won't be going.. DH will take a few of the kids...
Laundry

[New England Eeyore]

I only met one of my initial goals for today because my Dad called and asked me if I wanted to go to the Cheesecake Factory for lunch as his Christmas present to me. How could I resist? Yum! I did go to the post office to return my package with him, but I didn't feel like going out again afterward so I focused on in-the-house tasks. I made HUGE progress on the goals for this thread.


Declutter:
- Recycle old magazines, flyers, mail order catalogs. Sort the rest. DONE
- Cull piles of photos- separate the good, the bad, and the ugly. Toss the bad.:eek: :faint: share duplicates with friends and family. Set aside the rest for now. N/A - this is done on a regular basis.
- Go through CD's, videos, books. Create piles for keepers, loaner-returners, donation or resale. Books, DVDs, and Videos done. CDs are in another room and I will get to those later.
- Paw through the stacks of games and toys; collect missing pieces and put them in appropriate boxes. Create stacks to donate, to toss, to store elsewhere and to keep in the family room. Donate what you can't use. Done.
- Start inventory list of model and serial numbers for your TV, stereo, VCR, DVD player, etc., for your homeowners insurance.Done for all the things in the living room.


Clean:
-Vacuum and clean floor, walls, bookshelves, entertainment centers, windowsills, mini blinds, and ceiling fans. Done in a big way! I went over every inch of that room tonight. I don't clean often, but when I do I go all out!
- Dry clean or launder drapes, throws, and area rugs. If possible, switch sides when rehanging drapes to minimize sun damage. Done - I did all the curtains in the whole house so I've got a jump on other rooms! Who knew my curtains were white and not off-white!?
-Spot clean sofas; vacuum cushions and sofa base; flip and rotate cushions. Dig down the sides for lost coins Not yet - I want to pick up some upholstery cleaner for the sofas.

Maintain:
-Choose a drawer or find a basket to hold remotes. Or attach infrequently used remotes to components with Velcro. Already have a box for these.
-Buy acid free photo boxes or albums for pictures. Spend 1/2 an hour a week arranging albums. N/A but I did replace a couple albums that were ready to fall apart at the seams and completely reorganized the 'Photo album/scrapbook bookcase' that I had deconstructed about a month ago and never put back together.
- Designate a basket or box to hold on-load tapes, books, videos. Write return dates on the calendar. Already have a spot for these.
-Initiate weekly 5 minute cleanups with family members( :rotfl2: ) to keep things moving toward their designated spaces. N/A. DH does way more cleaning than I ever do and 99.99% of the clutter in the house is mine.
-Once organized take a photo or videotape of the room to keep with your home inventory list.Not yet - once I take the donation boxes out of the room.


I feel like I accomplished so much! I took "before" pictures. When I take the "after" I'll post them.

Goals for Friday:
1. Take car in for an oil change by 8:30 at the latest. (This will force me to get up and out early and start my day.)
2. If it's not raining, walk for at least 30 minutes while I wait for the car to be done.
3. Target for upholstery cleaner, trunks, and something I'm forgetting.
4. AC Moore for swap supplies.
5. If AC Moore doesn't have what I want, go to not-so-local scrapbooking store for backup.
6. Recycle all printer/fax cartridges.
7. Place online photo order.
8. Take GPS unit that I bought DH for Christmas out of the box and get it ready for him to use.
9. Clean living room set and then take picture of my finished room.
10. Start on at least one swap.

[StitchIsOurHero]

Thursday's goals:

1. Exercise 30-40 minutes (I'd like to do this before work)--nope, but DH said we'd both start exercising on Saturday to get me back in the swing of it.
2. Follow my WW eating plan--done
3. Call to schedule appointments--done
4. Be less negative at work!!--did pretty well with this
5. Get to work with everything I need--done
6. Weigh in to determine starting weight for diet--done (even though I wish I hadn't!)

Friday's goals:

1. Follow my WW eating plan
2. Get cheer stuff to work
3. Again, with the less negativity!
4. Deliver birthday cards I need to deliver!

I have quite the list I want to accomplish this weekend, so I hope that works!

I hope everyone has a great Friday!! :cheer2:[/QUOTE]

[rlovew]

not yet[/COLOR]
2. Finish the recipe swap.ready to mail today
3. Package up everything I need to mail for a PO run on Friday.still getting it all together
4. Vacum blinds and couch.did the blinds, recliner, and loveseat
5. 10 minutes on eliptical machine-I did 6:30 and never got back on
6. Get 4 more pages ready to go.got 4 pages ready to go and 2 pages completely finished


Friday's goals:
1. Vacum out couch.
2. Go to Post Office
3. Survive CPR class
4. 4 more pages ready to go.
5. Finish MK swap design.
6. Return videos to Movie Gallery.

[jennyL]

Well things have gotten in the way of my progress this week but I do have plans for today.

Work
Go to the Bank
Go to Grocery Store
Give the house a spit shine for dinner company
Prepare Dinner for company
Work on last of swaps (almost done so it will get there this weekend)

Hmm when you write it out it looks like alot to do. LOL

This weekend is all about taking down Christmas and going to my companies holiday party tomorrow night.

[BernardandMissBianca]

Walked 2 more miles today, did a load of laundry, ran the dish washer and worked on the bills. And the kids even made it to school on time today! :cheer2:

Off to finish the living room.
I've already got my idea for my title Rebecca!!!;)

[rlovew]

Off to finish the living room.
I've already got my idea for my title Rebecca!!!;)

I haven't got the newest update to the software that more easily lets me weld words- everyone is going to get the same one- I just don't know what it will be. If I have time I will make a special one for the group- If I feel I don't have much time then I will cut one I already have welded together. Anyway, I will definately send the same title to everyone- I can create it and then have the machine cut it over and over again from a 12 X12 piece of cardstock. If you have a phrase or word you would like you can PM me and I will think about it.

Rebecca

[BernardandMissBianca]

I haven't got the newest update to the software that more easily lets me weld words- everyone is going to get the same one- I just don't know what it will be. If I have time I will make a special one for the group- If I feel I don't have much time then I will cut one I already have welded together. Anyway, I will definately send the same title to everyone- I can create it and then have the machine cut it over and over again from a 12 X12 piece of cardstock. If you have a phrase or word you would like you can PM me and I will think about it.

Rebecca

I'm not picky! I'll think about it though.

[AlexWyattMommy]

I'm not picky either.
Do you want us to send you stamps or paper?

[ddavis860]

:banana:

Me too!!! I'll send paper and stamps! Thanks so much for doing this! WAY COOL!!!

[PrincessNancy96]

Me too.. I'll send paper and stamps.. :)
Can't wait!!!

[PrincessNancy96]

Tomorrow:
DD to basketball 10am Done
Bank x 2 done
drop off bills (no need to waste the stamps) done
dishes done
laundry to basement will do on Sat. done
SCRAP/SWAP
Clean desk in kitchen 1/2 done

[rlovew]

If you want to send stamps you can. I figure I will do something that I can send in a regular first class envelope. I'll take care of postage this month though- if you want to send some for future months you can send it (If I am doing a swap that you are hostessing wait and send it with the swap- I will probably send your first months title with my swap unless I send the swap out before Feb 1.) and I will keep a file with each persons envelope. As far as paper is concerned. I can usually cut 6-8 title from 1 12x12 piece of paper or 5-6 from an 81/2 x11. I haven't yet figured how to cut from scraps on this machine. If people want to send the cardstock to cut out the titles for a month they could do that- otherwise I will use what I have around- I have drawers filled with it and might as well use it.

I figured I would cut the word out and send it on with cardboard in the envelope.

Rebecca

[maria34a]

OK you guys are blowing me away!!!!:lmao: I think I need to be a stay at home person!!!! :lmao: I can't possibly get all that stuff done! YIKES!!! What am I gonna do???? I didn't even get my tree done last night :rotfl: I did however go for a 2 mile walk with my boyfriend!!! Then we came home and got cuddly!!!! :love: That's why the tree didn't get done :lmao: Told you I was EVIL!!!! :rolleyes1

I am sooooo not going to win this challenge, I think I will just drop out now!!!! :rotfl2: My house will just be a trash pit forever!!!! What can I do? :confused3

[PrincessNancy96]

Rebecca,
I'll send next months cardstock.. Just let me know what kind when you decide!! I'll send my stamps w/ the swap!! :)

[rlovew]

OK you guys are blowing me away!!!!:lmao: I think I need to be a stay at home person!!!! :lmao: I can't possibly get all that stuff done! YIKES!!! What am I gonna do???? I didn't even get my tree done last night :rotfl: I did however go for a 2 mile walk with my boyfriend!!! Then we came home and got cuddly!!!! :love: That's why the tree didn't get done :lmao: Told you I was EVIL!!!! :rolleyes1

I am sooooo not going to win this challenge, I think I will just drop out now!!!! :rotfl2: My house will just be a trash pit forever!!!! What can I do? :confused3


Getting done first doesn't win the challenge. Doing it is all you need to try and do. Each of us that completes the list by the end of the month gets the prize not just the first people done. I will be working slower and slower as my classes start up and DH arrives home. It is amazing what I can do when he is gone.

Rebecca

[hopemax]

I am sooooo not going to win this challenge, I think I will just drop out now!!!! My house will just be a trash pit forever!!!! What can I do?

Do you remember the movie "War Games" from the 80's? The lesson there was, "the only way to win, is not to play." The lesson here is, "the only way to LOSE is not to play."

Don't let these overachievers :cheer2: :badpc: :wave2: get to you. January is 31 days long, and we're only on Day 5. Everything you do manage to get done that wouldn't otherwise, is a victory.

[ddavis860]

Do you remember the movie "War Games" from the 80's? The lesson there was, "the only way to win, is not to play." The lesson here is, "the only way to LOSE is not to play."

Don't let these overachievers :cheer2: :badpc: :wave2: get to you. January is 31 days long, and we're only on Day 5. Everything you do manage to get done that wouldn't otherwise, is a victory.

I agree Hope (and I remember that movie, it was cool!). Some things on the list don't apply to my house, so I'm good on those...:rotfl: I figure next week, after all the Christmas stuff is really out of there, I can get things in shape for real...

[PrincessNancy96]

Don't let these overachievers :cheer2: :badpc: :wave2: get to you. January is 31 days long, and we're only on Day 5. Everything you do manage to get done that wouldn't otherwise, is a victory.

I sure hope I haven't gotten to anyone.. that wasn't my intention.. I just have to get things done now because I have 5 kids in basketball and games start again this Sunday..and at least 3 days a week including Saturday & Sunday.. so I won't have time except now..

Maria, You can do it.. :) I just had the time this week to finish things up!

[AlexWyattMommy]

For me, getting clean is easy. It is keeping it clean all month that will be my challenge. I'm really consistant for about a week and then something will happen, usually I get a cold or flu, and than things go to, well that place in a handbasket and I have a very hard time getting back to straight and sparkly.
So keeping a daily listing and accounting is very good for me.

[maria34a]

Ok, ok I am back on the band wagon!!!! I am picking up Thomas tonight and the boyfriend is going to work at 6 and we are going to the grocery store to buy "stuff" for the weekend! Cause I am outa food!!!! :rotfl2: Nothing to feed the boy!!!! I'm starting off being a baaaad mommy!!!! :lmao: I'm 42, I should know better!!!! :lmao: Then I will treat the child to dinner!!!! Yeah, that's the ticket!!!! Feed him!!!! :thumbsup2 Then we will go home and put said grocery's away and then I will play with the little man for a while with his new christmas toys!!!! perhaps read a book to him or watch a movie or both! He likes to do both! Then put him to bed and then I am going to start on the SWAPPING DETAILS!!!!! Whoo Hoo!!!!

See I cleaned my Crop room last weekend!!!!! It is ready to be cropped in!!!! I am ready to go, go, go!!!!!

[Downrivermama]

OK, you guys, sent some pixie dust my way to actually make a major dent in my house cleaning! Or at the very least the brooms from Fantasia! :laundy:

My house looks so bad that if anyone would break in to burgularize it, they would think someone already beat them to it! :lmao:

The more I clean, the worse I make it! LOL!

I am going to try very hard to tidy things up and work on swaps too. Tidy first than swaps...

[New England Eeyore]

I did pretty good today on my goals.


Goals for Friday:
1. Take car in for an oil change by 8:30 at the latest. (This will force me to get up and out early and start my day.)I left the house at 9. Not bad.
2. If it's not raining, walk for at least 30 minutes while I wait for the car to be done. Nope - I was too tired. :(
3. Target for upholstery cleaner, trunks, and something I'm forgetting.Yes, but I went to 4 different stores looking for trunks - no luck. Only plastic storage.
4. AC Moore for swap supplies. Done.
5. If AC Moore doesn't have what I want, go to not-so-local scrapbooking store for backup.Done.
6. Recycle all printer/fax cartridges. Nope - forgot them at home.
7. Place online photo order. Done.
8. Take GPS unit that I bought DH for Christmas out of the box and get it ready for him to use. Done - it's so much fun! I used it to get to LSS. I love it!
9. Clean living room set and then take picture of my finished room. Done!
10. Start on at least one swap.Yes - I finished one element for one swap.

No goals for the weekend - I'm working Sat-Sun-Mon. Maybe do some scrapping/swapping at night if I'm not too tired. Think about my Tuesday list.

[StitchIsOurHero]

Friday's goals:

1. Follow my WW eating plan--done
2. Get cheer stuff to work--done
3. Again, with the less negativity!--did ok, but not great
4. Deliver birthday cards I need to deliver--done



I did ok today, but I have a lot for this weekend!

Tomorrow's goals:

1. Exercise--I must do this! I signed up for 1000 January minutes, and I must get going!
2. Clean the living room--I may not get the whole list done, but I have to get started on this room.
3. Go to the grocery store--always fun on a Saturday morning
4. Go to Hobby Lobby for swap supplies while they're still on sale
5. Go to my mom & dad's for dinner (sure not to be a WW friendly meal--that's why I MUST exercise tomorrow!)
6. Plan for swaps--maybe even cut some stuff
7. Scrap at least 4 pages

Posting our goals here does help me accomplish more! I hope everyone's Saturday is successful!!

[BernardandMissBianca]

I did ok today, but I have a lot for this weekend!

Tomorrow's goals:

1. Exercise--I must do this! I signed up for 1000 January minutes, and I must get going!
2. Clean the living room--I may not get the whole list done, but I have to get started on this room.
3. Go to the grocery store--always fun on a Saturday morning
4. Go to Hobby Lobby for swap supplies while they're still on sale
5. Go to my mom & dad's for dinner (sure not to be a WW friendly meal--that's why I MUST exercise tomorrow!)
6. Plan for swaps--maybe even cut some stuff
7. Scrap at least 4 pages

Posting our goals here does help me accomplish more! I hope everyone's Saturday is successful!!

Don't forget if you are doing the flex points you get 35 extra points a week so you can blow some of them on mom's dinner!

[PrincessNancy96]

Goals for tomorrow:

Put away the laundry..everything is done & folded but what is on our backs now!
Scrap at least 10 pages
Work on swap sketches
DS10 basketball scrimmage game
SS15 basketball tournament (can't be two places at once so this is DH's responsiblity)
Clean kitchen desk
File bills away

I also had DS6 shred the drawer full of papers/bill statement and junk mail tonight! He spent 45 minutes working on it..and was so proud of himself!!!

[BernardandMissBianca]

Goals for tomorrow:

Put away the laundry..everything is done & folded but what is on our backs now!
Scrap at least 10 pages
Work on swap sketches
DS10 basketball scrimmage game
SS15 basketball tournament (can't be two places at once so this is DH's responsiblity)
Clean kitchen desk
File bills away

I also had DS6 shred the drawer full of papers/bill statement and junk mail tonight! He spent 45 minutes working on it..and was so proud of himself!!!


we have so much shred stuff we opted to burn it. That's DH's job for tomorrow now that the grass is wet again. I won't let him do it unless the ground is wet.

[StitchIsOurHero]

I forgot about flex points!! It may take all 35 and then some. My SIL (my brother just got married in September) is out of town, and so my mom is fixing biscuits, sausage, and gravy for us, plus hash browns and fried eggs--my brother's favorite meal. I can skip the eggs & gravy, but I know I'll eat the other stuff!

Oh well, just another reason to accomplish that "exercise" goal!! :thumbsup2

[AlexWyattMommy]

Goals for today
have to get up early for allergy shots before school
drive to and from school
finish Valentine's Swap
put dishes away from washer that is running right now
Finished them all

Goals for tomorrow
finish up laundry
vacuum the steps (ick)
put tub toys away
scrub bathroom floor
sketch out pet swap if okay with it, start on it
I can't believe I'm gonna say this, clean my oven. What have you girls done to me?

Good luck with everyone elses goals for the weekend. Best of luck for you girls doing the healthy eating thing.

[rlovew]

Friday's goals:
1. Vacum out couch.done
2. Go to Post Officedone[COLOR]
3. Survive CPR class[COLOR="Red"]did-it was better than expected
4. 4 more pages ready to go.didn't get to this
5. Finish MK swap design.I designed the paper piecing but not my topper. I did get the toppers designed for my epcot swaps and many of the tags
6. Return videos to Movie Gallery.done

Saturday:
1. Pick up Dry cleaning.
2. GO shopping for new pants- only buy things I need for swaps at the craft stores I stop at.
3. Design at least 1 more swap item and cut out at least one topper.
4. Get 4 more pages ready for pictures.
5. Go through basket in family room and decide what to do with the stuff.

[flying_babyb]

Can I join? would you guys yell at me lots and lots if I dont get my stuff done please? Im ADD and have issues with completing tasks.

Saturday goals:
Clean the pit Wait I mean my room
Rearange said room to keep cat off the shelving unit
Clean fish tank filter (if i cant make mom do it)
Shop for patch collection display
Come up with a monkey display
Find time for sister
GO Through electronic games (I have so many of the old ones, mabye i can trade them off)


Any suggestions for my tasks? Funny thing is, my rooms not really messy Im just compulsive about cleaning.

[ddavis860]

List for Friday:
drive kids to school done
tree undecoratingdone
pack for work (beading kit from Christmas :santa:)done, and I started my beaded hummingbird:love:
work 3p-11pdone

List for Saturday:

Well, while messing in the kitchen right before I had to get ready for work, I tripped over the stool I was using, and fell HARD on the tile...

I'm not making a list cause I'm so sore right now :(
If I feel like this tomorrow it is heating pads, ibuprofen, and bath before work, no cleaning

Update: Still sore today, so going to be a baby and not listing... Just keeping quiet, planning swap stuff and scrappy stuff.
I do have to work 3p-11p, so that is enough for today

[hopemax]

Everyone deserves a day of rest. Get better!

I did my exercise
Uploaded pictures from the camera to the computer
Filled out my swap calender
Completed my Tree of Life PP, and got my squares figured out
Watched my movie from Netflix

Bit of an easy day today, DH is out for game night, so I get an easy day too.

This weekend, DH and I are supposed to de-decorate, but he says he might not feel like it, so it may be on the agenda for me next week.

Oh, and watch the Seahawks/Dallas playoff game and eat pizza!

[PrincessNancy96]

we have so much shred stuff we opted to burn it. That's DH's job for tomorrow now that the grass is wet again. I won't let him do it unless the ground is wet.

That would be an option but we live in town.. :( I'd like to do that better.. hmmm, may have to talk to DH about that... I'd like that option a lot better...

[PrincessNancy96]

List for Saturday:

Well, while messing in the kitchen right before I had to get ready for work, I tripped over the stool I was using, and fell HARD on the tile...

I'm not making a list cause I'm so sore right now :(
If I feel like this tomorrow it is heating pads, ibuprofen, and bath before work, no cleaning

Update: Still sore today, so going to be a baby and not listing... Just keeping quiet, planning swap stuff and scrappy stuff.
I do have to work 3p-11p, so that is enough for today

I sure hope you feel better soon!!! :hug:
Darn stools!!

Okay, I really need to get off of here and get my day started.. DS10 has to leave for a scrimmage game in an hour..and I'm not even ready.. and he isn't up.. neither are the other kids..
Although DH, DS6 and SS15 are already at a basketball tournament for SS15.. No updates from DH yet.. so that can be good or bad.. :rolleyes1

[AlexWyattMommy]

Whew, I haven't slept this late in ages. Didn't get out of bed until 10 this morning and what have done since then? Feed the kids and get on the DIS. Okay, I've got all my hosting swaps updated so now I'm going to leave the computer and work on my chores. THAN I can shower and do some swapping things.

ddavis860, hope you feel better soon.

[PrincessNancy96]

Put away the laundry..everything is done & folded but what is on our backs now! Done!
Scrap at least 10 pages 4 for CJ's..none for myself :(
Work on swap sketches done/now to template them!
DS10 basketball scrimmage game Done & Won
SS15 basketball tournament (can't be two places at once so this is DH's responsiblity) Done.. lost in championship game and OT! :(
Clean kitchen desk Done
File bills away Done last night took 15 minutes..I just need little hands to be in bed!

Today, I also cleaned out the underneath of my basement steps where I store the 8ft. tree & tubs of genealogy documentation.. found 3 dish towels I was missing! I also got DH and SS15 to put up the final Christmas tubs.. I even got my scraproom recleaned and found my items for the 39 cent swap..and the Pizzabox..but I'm way down on the Pizza Box list! I broomed the entire basement and de-cobwebbed!

[flying_babyb]

Im sitting here looking at my stuff. I swear Im gonna do it. then I think im gonna make a budget. Im freaking out over money.

[BernardandMissBianca]

Im sitting here looking at my stuff. I swear Im gonna do it. then I think im gonna make a budget. Im freaking out over money.

Me too. We have a trip in March to WDW so we are scrimping every penny.

[AlexWyattMommy]

Goals for tomorrow
finish up laundry Done
vacuum the steps (ick) Done, even used a toothbrush to get the corners
put tub toys away Done
scrub bathroom floor Done
sketch out pet swap if okay with it, start on it Well all my stuff is out on my table, didn't get a chance to sketch yet
I can't believe I'm gonna say this, clean my oven. What have you girls done to me? Okay, I passed on this one


DH decide to fix the toilet today and that took most of the day. We also went shopping for a new sink, I hate my sink. But the one I want is way too much (apron front) and what Lowes and HomeDepot carry didn't wow me. So we went to Hobby Lobby and $200 later I am all set for swapping!! THE WHOLE YEAR! HL had some of the Sizzix dies clearanced so I got a few, I'll list in the other thread. Also had some paper stacks that I have to go through so there could be some that end up in the Pizza Box. Some of the $$ was for models for the boys. But those go back as my oldest just couldn't see past the great drawings on the front. Once he opened one up and saw the work involved, he got really sad. Anyway, long story short, I am now stuck with a sink I hate for another few months. But that's okay. I'm gonna put some of my swapped items on the window sill and my sink will look so much better.

Tomorrow, just going to do light housecleaning and put away my bought finds.

[rlovew]

Saturday:
1. Pick up Dry cleaning.done
2. GO shopping for new pants- only buy things I need for swaps at the craft stores I stop at.done- I am very proud of myself for not getting other things
3. Design at least 1 more swap item and cut out at least one topper.designed 1 more but didn't cut anything
4. Get 4 more pages ready for pictures.got 4 pages ready and I completed one that I didn't need pictures for
5. Go through basket in family room and decide what to do with the stuff.done and stuff is put away

Sunday:
My DH is finally home from his trip so we are going to relax together and probably do laundry but I am not going to make any goals for myself. I may do some scraping but I am not going to worry about it.

Rebecca

[PrincessNancy96]

Sunday Goals:
Template my swap items
Box my CJ's to have ready for the mail!!
DS10's basketball game at 2:30pm...leave the house at 1:30pm. It's a 25 min. drive! No problems!!!
Load dishwasher and run it while I'm at the game..
otherwise relax and work on swaps

[StitchIsOurHero]

Saturday's goals:

1. Exercise--I must do this! I signed up for 1000 January minutes, and I must get going! DH & I walked for 45 minutes--a little over 2.5 miles
2. Clean the living room--I may not get the whole list done, but I have to get started on this room.--nope
3. Go to the grocery store--always fun on a Saturday morning--yes!
4. Go to Hobby Lobby for swap supplies while they're still on sale--yes
5. Go to my mom & dad's for dinner (sure not to be a WW friendly meal--that's why I MUST exercise tomorrow!)--yes, and I didn't do TOO bad
6. Plan for swaps--maybe even cut some stuff--got it planned, but nothing cut
7. Scrap at least 4 pages--nope


Sunday's goals:

1. Exercise
2. Work on pet swap--get some cut
3. Scrap at least 4 pages--must get that June book done
4. Stick to WW points eating plan!
5. Meet KAMommy & crew for dinner
6. Dust the living room (one step at a time!)

I hope everyone has a great Sunday!! :cheer2:

[YodasMom]

I assembled my second scrap paper storage rack tonight. This one went together easier because I didn't follow the directions! My next step(hopefully, tomorrow night) is to organize my cardstock by color and the patterned paper by theme, and actually put the paper on the shelves of the racks. They will be going in the basement so it doesn't take up so much room elsewhere.

Now that I'm in an assembly mood, I might put the shelves in my media storage cabinet tonight or tomorrow night. I'll be organizing my DVD's and CD's, etc by themes......Disney, drama, comedy....so that they can be watched based on the mood of the moment!

This weekend, I made a lot of progress, partly because I had to get ready for company tonight.
*The scrap paper racks are all assembled, the cardstock and patterned paper organized, and stacked on the racks in the basement.
*The shelves are installed in my media cabinet and the DVD's are in it. I will need to unpack the rest of my CD's and a handful of videos when I get to the guest bedroom (where they're stored in the closet). They haven't been unpacked since this house was built three years ago!!
*The family room is organized and clean. I'm done with this room.
*The dining room, where I had too many scrap supplies, is clean and free of all scrap supplies and tools except for two tote bags that are in a corner where they can't be seen. I'm done with this room, too.
*I worked on my MNSSHP swap and will finish that up in the next two evenings, hopefully.
*Worked on designs and organized supplies for the rest of my early winter swaps. I have a plastic box for each of the upcoming swaps where I put paper and supplies for each. Made a list of supplies I need to buy in addition to what I have.
*It was a productive weekend!
*Now, I'm watching Desperate Housewives and The Apprentice on West Coast network stations and relaxing with a cup of high octane (too much caffeine)cinnamon spice tea.

[StitchIsOurHero]

Sunday's goals:

1. Exercise--DH & I walked 2 miles.
2. Work on pet swap--get some cut--didn't get this done
3. Scrap at least 4 pages--must get that June book done--nope
4. Stick to WW points eating plan!--yes!
5. Meet KAMommy & crew for dinner--yes, and still stuck to points!
6. Dust the living room (one step at a time!)--nope



I am having a harder time getting into the swing of being back at school! I basically crashed this weekend! I'm hoping to be more into the routine by next weekend and able to accomplish more!

Monday's goals:

1. Exercise
2. Scrap 2 pages
3. Stick to WW points eating plan
4. Call and make doctor's appointments
5. Less negativity at work!
6. Write Christmas thank-you notes (yes, I'm behind!)
7. Go to bed early

I hope everyone's Monday is a good one and gets us a productive start to the week!

[ddavis860]

Goals for Monday:

Put Living room back together (tree came down but no one knows how to move the furniture back in place but me:confused3 )
Vacuum in there
Dust
Make up kits for class tomorrow
Make up a card for Cruicut class on Wednesday
Paint sample for 1/24 Class
Work on Recipe Swap
Pick up kids at school

[rlovew]

Goals for Monday:
I am keepingnthe list short as this is my first day back with students.

1. Put away laundry (DH so nicely did everything yesterday while I was at youth group).
2. Put away scrap supplies I had out while I was working all weekend.
3. Put away clutter that accumuilated in the family room over the weekend.
4. Scrap 4 pages.

[PrincessNancy96]

Sunday Goals:
Template my swap items :( nope
Box my CJ's to have ready for the mail!! nope
DS10's basketball game at 2:30pm...leave the house at 1:30pm. It's a 25 min. drive! No problems!!! done..
Load dishwasher and run it while I'm at the game.. done
otherwise relax and work on swapsforgot I had a meeting..so nope!

Goals for Monday:
Work Part-time on side job during tax season done
post officedone
drs. office to transfer records done
grocery done
bank done
kindergarten pick up done
need to get name badges ready for skills day..but awaiting their arrival done
box CJ's to mail Tuesday done
Template Swaps... done one... like it..but worried about it...

How has everyone else done with their goals for today???

Goals for tomorrow:
Post office
Pick up kindergarten
scrap
DH doctor's appt.

[ddavis860]

Goals for Monday:

Put Living room back together (tree came down but no one knows how to move the furniture back in place but me:confused3 ) umm nope...see below...
Vacuum in there Ummm, nope, see below...
Dust Umm, nope, see below...
Make up kits for class tomorrow THIS is the reason that I didn't get anything done today...the kits didn't go together because they let 16 people sign up for a class that I have supplies for only 12...duh...not my fault. Had to remake the samples, then make up the kits...ALL DAY on this project that should have taken 1 hour...GRRRRRRRRR
Make up a card for Cruicut class on Wednesday nope...see above
Paint sample for 1/24 Class nope, see above
Work on Recipe Swap Nope, see above
Pick up kids at school I did do this...:rotfl:

List for Tuesday:
Crock Pot dinner prep
Teach morning class
Pick up kids
Teach evening class

Yup, that's about all I will get done tomorrow. I might vacuum, but I doubt it, I usually don't get much done when I have 2 classes

[PrincessNancy96]

Ugh! Debbie, that was pretty rotten of them to sign more people up on you! Gee whiz!! :( I hope the classes go well tomorrow!!! :)

[ddavis860]

Ugh! Debbie, that was pretty rotten of them to sign more people up on you! Gee whiz!! :( I hope the classes go well tomorrow!!! :)

Yeah, I ask how many to order for...12...then get the count...always higher. Tomorrow I'm talking to the director, cause they have to have a cut off, I can't pull the supplies out of my you know...you know?

Anyway, done venting. I guess I should be happy that my classes are so popular....

[hopemax]

Exercised
Pulled papers together for passport application appointment tomorrow
Got Christmas stuff all put away
Fried vacuum
Ripped apart scrap space AGAIN!

I have too much stuff, but I can't buy any new organizational stuff, so I appropriated a bookcase in the computer room and my old child-size table and am rebuilding again.

[New England Eeyore]

My goals for Tuesday:
1. Go to the gym.
2. Laundry
3. Food shop
4. Recycle printer cartridges
5. Post office to mail package for work
6. Cook dinner.
7. Clean up CD bookcase.
8. Finish at least one CJ.
9. Work on swaps.

[BernardandMissBianca]

Let's see, i went to the post office, wrapped up my last CJ, went to Staples, Walmart, and got gas in my car.
I did the dishes and worked on some swaps. All in all it was a pretty productive day.
Tomorrow I must finish the living room!!!

[rlovew]

Goals for Monday:
I am keepingnthe list short as this is my first day back with students.

1. Put away laundry (DH so nicely did everything yesterday while I was at youth group).done
2. Put away scrap supplies I had out while I was working all weekend.done for the most part
3. Put away clutter that accumuilated in the family room over the weekend.mine is away, DH's is well
4. Scrap 4 pages.we went out to dinner instead celebrating DH's new job.

Tuesday's goals:
1. Use elptical machine.
2. Cut out one swap item.
3. Design 1 swap item.
4. get DH to put away his stuff in the family room.
5. Do so scraping.

[AlexWyattMommy]

I didn't post goals yesterday, but I got a lot done.

I finished the 15 pages of "Fire Saftey Day" for the preschool books. (that took forever)
Have laundry ready to put away.
Mailed my Valentine's Swap.
Looked at my Pet's Swap.

Today is preschool day so most of my morning is gone with that. Hoping to get some grocery shopping in while in town.
Finish matching Names for Swap.
Finish up Page Kits for "My Gym Partner is a Monkey, The Big Field Trip" House Party I'm having on Saturday. We have nine kids coming so far and I wanted them to be able to scrap the event. (Most of the Mom's are from my Scrap Club)
Put Laundry Away.
Clean fish tank.
Vaccum AGAIN. We have Siberian Husky and she really likes to DIG!! Then the boys will let her in. Paw Prints Everywhere.

Debbie, what is the class you are teaching? I'm taking a 12 months of Tags Book class at the end of January. But I really need to take a techniques class.

[ddavis860]

Debbie, what is the class you are teaching? I'm taking a 12 months of Tags Book class at the end of January. But I really need to take a techniques class.


Not a scrappy class, it's a jewelry class. Pearls and crystals...I'm calling it "Snow and Ice" even though all we are getting this year is "Rain and Rain":rotfl:

[PrincessNancy96]

Goals for Tuesday:
Post office done
Pick up kindergarten done
scrap nope
DH doctor's appt. done


Got put in time out by Buffy for saying a dirty word SN** in a Nancy Moment.. So I worked on sketches..and I must say...being in time out gave me some major inspiration... So, I'm going to prototype some tonight..and than work on them tomorrow...I keep jumping from swap to swap.. so I sit down and said.. these are the deadlines (major date push ups on them) and this is the order I'm working on them..
DH also dropped the bomb that he is going out of town tomorrow.. :( I'm not very happy...but I'm so diligent w/ his meds and the time it is given..and I just like having him home..but he is going..and I have to let my guy grow up and go to work! :love: :hug: (I'm so protective since his hospital stay but he is doing soooo well!!!!).. So, I have big plans for tomorrow night..

Goals for Wed.
Pick up kdg. kids
Work on Swap items
Clean DD's closet (someone I'm sure is lost in there and hungry!)
Dishes
Laundry
Swap items

[New England Eeyore]

My goals for Tuesday:
1. Go to the gym. Nope. I'll try again tomorrow.
2. LaundryDone.
3. Food shopDone.
4. Recycle printer cartridgesDone.
5. Post office to mail package for workDone.
6. Cook dinner.Done.
7. Clean up CD bookcase. Nope - another time.
8. Finish at least one CJ.Done.
9. Work on swaps.Yes - finished journal boxes for Epcot swap.


I did pretty good today. I'm not making a list for tomorrow. I'm having lunch with my Dad, and I want to make a visit to my LSS. 2007 is their 10 year anniversary and they're having special events on the 10th of each month. Tomorrow they're having a giveaway with every purchase. I'd like to try and finish up my second CJ and do some more work on swaps but no housework tomorrow.

[BernardandMissBianca]

I need to find new home for my printer and then the living room is officially done! I have fleeting moment of clarity when it came to organizing the cabinet next to the fireplace and everything just fell into place. Now my kitchen on the other hand looks like a bomb went off. Everything that didn't belong in the living room is now in there. I have a ton of baby stuff to get rid of, but for now it will go in the loft. That's DH's job tonight.

ETA: next week I'm going to paint the living room, now that's it's clean I might just get it done! I've only had the paint for 4 months. LOL

[ddavis860]

Got put in time out by Buffy for saying a dirty word SN** in a Nancy Moment..

oooooooo...Nancy got put on the naughty mat!!!!!

[StitchIsOurHero]

I've been sick for the past 2 days, so I really haven't accomplished much at all! Here is my list for today:

1. Exercise
2. Weigh in
3. Stick to WW points
4. Make plan for CJ
5. Sketch out some swap stuff
6. Go to bed early!

Happy Wednesday, everyone!

[ddavis860]

List for Tuesday:
Crock Pot dinner prep nope, left overs
Teach morning class yup, went really well. And had lunch with a friend after
Pick up kids yup
Teach evening class yup


Crock pot dinner prep
Teaching a painting class
Teaching a Cricut class
Pick up kids
Call Provocraft...my Cricut quit cutting :headache: so all my swap ideas are on hold (hope my list tomorrow doesn't include replanning all my swap ideas)

[PrincessNancy96]

oooooooo...Nancy got put on the naughty mat!!!!!

Yep, I got in trouble..but I took my sketch pad with me and got some serious swappin' sketches ready for production!!

[PrincessNancy96]

I've been sick for the past 2 days, so I really haven't accomplished much at all! Here is my list for today:

Happy Wednesday, everyone!

Hope you are feeling better today!!! :hug:

[rlovew]

Tuesday's goals:none of these were acomplished yesterday.
1. Use elptical machine.
2. Cut out one swap item.
3. Design 1 swap item.
4. get DH to put away his stuff in the family room.
5. Do so scraping.


Wednesday's goals:
1. Survive parent conference.
2. Design middle school Bible study for tonight.
3. Get journaling done for Circle Journal.
4. Choose a picture(s) for circle journal.

Rebecca

[BernardandMissBianca]

Wednesday's goals:
Walk
Good will
Tax prep
Mop living room floor
Remove all junk from Kitchen
Dishes (again)
Laundry (again...)
Sort more paper for pizza box circle

[ddavis860]

Crock pot dinner prep I didn't, DH wanted to make chili so he did it :love:
Teaching a painting class done
Teaching a Cricut class done
Pick up kids done
Call Provocraft...my Cricut quit cutting :headache: so all my swap ideas are on hold (hope my list tomorrow doesn't include replanning all my swap ideas) :sad: My Cricut is dead. They are sending me a new one. My swap stuff, my CJ stuff...everything on hold till next week :sad1:

List for Thursday:
Crock pot roast
Working on the Living Room list
Grocery store run
Lunch with DH (hopefully)
Pick up kids
Borders

[PrincessNancy96]

Goals for Wed.
Pick up kdg. kids done
Work on Swap items attempted
Clean DD's closet (someone I'm sure is lost in there and hungry!) nope
Dishes done
Laundry done
Swap items making list

[AlexWyattMommy]

I still need to clean the fish tank, but I'm doing pretty good with everything else.
Tomorrow
Make sure I get myself to school on time tomorrow to open the school store.
I need to finish glueing together the "house party" squares & toppers and I'm done with that.
Clean the downstairs(finished basement) of toys-on-floor-syndrome. And re-arrange that furniture so 9 kids can all see the TV.
More laundry. :laundy: Seriously, does this stuff mate or somthing?
Need to strip the beds this day.
Clean off the front porch so it looks reasonably presentable. I guess I should remove the Halloween stakes from the front garden too.

And if the toys don't win the battle, I'll try to work on some of my swaps.

[PrincessNancy96]

Thursday's list:
Bank for basketball league money (we are hosting games this weekend)
put up laundry
attack DD's closet (really I will)
broom/mop dining/kitchen
dishes
empty trash cans in bedrooms

then call it done for the day!

[rlovew]

Wednesday's goals:
1. Survive parent conference.done- 75% of my parents showed up and all the ones I really needed to talk with made it- yes I had to stay for an extra 1/2 hour to see everyone but at least they came and are saying they will work on any problems we are having.
2. Design middle school Bible study for tonight.After an extra long time at parent conference I pulled out Bible outburst- a rousing success and a great way for the 2 new girls to get to know everyone.
3. Get journaling done for Circle Journal.didn't get to this
4. Choose a picture(s) for circle journal.didn't get to this

Rebecca

Thursday's goals:
1. Get lesson plans completed for next week.
2.Check Powerpoints for next week and update them.
3. Work on Circle journal.
4. Begin cutting out swap items.
5. Get back to scrapping my own album.
6. Clean up the disaster area that took over my kitchen.

[BernardandMissBianca]

Wednesday's goals:
Walk -done
Good will
Tax prep done
Mop living room floorforgot I had to go to PTO, will do Thurs
Remove all junk from Kitchen done
Dishes (again) done
Laundry (again...) ran out of soap
Sort more paper for pizza box circle done for today


Thursday's goals
Walk
laundry folded, put kids laundry away
pizza box addy lists
Bathroom
Trash
mop the floor

[StitchIsOurHero]

Wednesday's Goals:
1. Exercise--no, craptacular day @ work and it just wasn't happening!
2. Weigh in--yes
3. Stick to WW points--yes, until dinner
4. Make plan for CJ--yes
5. Sketch out some swap stuff--one item done, not much but some!
6. Go to bed early!--yes



I did pretty well on Wednesday until work was over, and then I thought, "I really don't want to do anything else!!" Here are my Thursday goals:

1. Exercise--this IS happening!!
2. Stick to WW points--DH & I have promised each other that we will not cheat any more, so I have to do my part!!
3. Make list for CJ, and start on items
4. Cheerleading practice
5. Go to bed early!!

I hope everyone has a great day!! :dance3:

[PrincessNancy96]

Thursday's list:
Bank for basketball league money (we are hosting games this weekend) Done, plus I remembered to make all the sign in sheets/notes for doors
put up laundry
attack DD's closet (really I will) Done and no one had been lost in the mess!!!
broom/mop dining/kitchen done
dishes done
empty trash cans in bedrooms done

then call it done for the day!

Okay, now off to make lunch..and than attack DD's bedroom closet!! If I'm not back on today.. we will need a recon mission! Over!

[AlexWyattMommy]

Thursday's goals
Walk
laundry folded, put laundry kids away So they DO mate!!
pizza box addy lists
Bathroom
Trash
mop the floor

I knew it!

[ddavis860]

Okay, now off to make lunch..and than attack DD's bedroom closet!! If I'm not back on today.. we will need a recon mission! Over!


No time for recon tonight...

:happytv: tonight it's snacks and Grey's

[PrincessNancy96]

So far the mission organization of DD's closet went smoothly.. I had to take a break and shake my head because I wondered why she always complained of having now under garmets and socks.. Well, hello! They are in every drawer but the one they should be in!!
I forsee a "mommy lecture" coming forth tonight!

[BernardandMissBianca]

I knew it!


LOL See what happens when you type while talking to DH and watching TV.

[maria34a]

Ok! Last night after work I went to the gym and worked out for an hour and then practiced raquetball for 30 minutes. By the time I got home it was 745 and I was kinda tired, mom called and was in a weirdly chatty mood!! So I had to chat with her about absolutly nothing!!!! :rotfl2: Then boyfriend called and I chatted with him for 15 minutes before he walked into work then I was really tired, so much for changing the sheets on the bed!!! I kinda just slept on the dirty sheets! :lmao: Oh well... Tonight!!!! I go home early and here are my goals:

Shopping for needed groceries on the way home
Take the ornaments off the Christmas tree (YES... they are still up!!!! :lmao: )
Make dinner for me and boyfriend!
Change sheets on bed!!!! (They really need it! Boyfriend can help!!!)
Clean kitchen from dinner stuff
Laundry (again)
Work on Swap stuff (If there is time)

Do you think I can do it all????? Hummmmm.... Not sure!!!! I sure will try though!!!! :banana:

[ddavis860]

List for Thursday:
Crock pot roast yup, it was yummy!
Working on the Living Room list nope, too lazy this morning
Grocery store run DS brought in the necessary things, so I didn't have to go today :love:
Lunch with DH (hopefully) nah, he was tired after work, so no lunch out for me today
Pick up kids done
Borders done, and Mike's for snowman stuff for a friend

Forgot to post watch Grey's tonight...sheesh!

List for Friday:
Drive kids to school
Borrow friend's Cricut to cut some swap stuff
pack dinner for work
Work 3p-11p

[MyLittlePiglet]

OKay speaking of organization, that was one of my goals for the beginning of the year too. I have 10 6 gallons containers to place shoes that no longer have boxes with photographs inside. Started scrapbook organizing and boy do I need it (not that I hjave done anywork since the summer but....)

So here is where I need help. Does anyone have one of those carts that are shevles for paper and are enclosed in the case but when open the shelves "stand up." I saw one for clearance for 89.00 but want to make sure that It would really help and be used before I dish that kind of dough. Any thoughts?

Thank you!

[StitchIsOurHero]

I did pretty well on Wednesday until work was over, and then I thought, "I really don't want to do anything else!!" Here are my Thursday goals:

1. Exercise--this IS happening!!. . .no, it didn't, but DH says we'll do a lot of walking this weekend!
2. Stick to WW points--DH & I have promised each other that we will not cheat any more, so I have to do my part!!--yes!
3. Make list for CJ, and start on items--not so much, but this weekend!!
4. Cheerleading practice--went well
5. Go to bed early!!--I came home, had a :headache: and went to bed around 8 p.m. I think I met this one! ;)


Friday's Goals:

1. Stick to WW points (no chance to exercise, we have a game)
2. Go to ballgame
3. Get work stuff done so I don't have to do it at home this wknd
4. Be less negative! :yay:

Everyone have an awesome Friday!!

[rlovew]

Thursday's goals:
1. Get lesson plans completed for next week.done
2.Check Powerpoints for next week and update them.looked at but not updated
3. Work on Circle journal.didn't touch it
4. Begin cutting out swap items.
5. Get back to scrapping my own album.
6. Clean up the disaster area that took over my kitchen.did a little bit of this

Friday's goals:
1. Finish getting Powerpoints ready for next week.
2. Clean kitchen.
3. Work on swaps
4. Work on scrapping

[AlexWyattMommy]

So here is where I need help. Does anyone have one of those carts that are shevles for paper and are enclosed in the case but when open the shelves "stand up." I saw one for clearance for 89.00 but want to make sure that It would really help and be used before I dish that kind of dough. Any thoughts?

Thank you!

I've not seen one. It does sound interesting. Does the cart roll when not in use? Is it small enough to be hidden in a closet?

[PrincessNancy96]

Friday's Goals:

Bank for basketball money
Grocery
List for Jo's (going this evening)
Put away last of the laundry (got side tracked w/ DH came home)
Game with the kids (after Jo's)
Dishes

Saturday's Goals:
Swap one spot
Scrap
Enjoy the day
Dishes

[BernardandMissBianca]

Friday's Goals:

Bank for basketball money
Grocery
List for Jo's (going this evening)
Put away last of the laundry (got side tracked w/ DH came home)
Game with the kids (after Jo's)
Dishes

Saturday's Goals:
Swap one spot
Scrap
Enjoy the day
Dishes

while you're at the bank can you pick up some money for me too please. Oh and grab some more seeds for the money tree too, mines out of $1's. LOL

Thursday's goals
Walk - done
laundry folded, put kids laundry away done
pizza box addy lists 1/2 done
Bathroom done
Trash done
mop the floor

Fridays goals:
Mop that darn floor!!!
Walk
Swaps
Clean the Stairs
Take DS5 and Chille's DS5 out to lunch.
200 crunches

[ddavis860]

200 crunches

:scared1:

[PrincessNancy96]

Friday's Goals:

Bank for basketball money Done, they wouldn't give me any seeds.. they said they were about of money..and I got there at 9:15am
Grocery done
List for Jo's (going this evening)
Put away last of the laundry (got side tracked w/ DH came home) done
Game with the kids (after Jo's)
Dishes done

Saturday's Goals:
Swap one spot
Scrap
Forgot... birthday party at the indoor water park!
Enjoy the day
Dishes

Got everything ready for hosting the games on Sunday.. Am awaiting the last of the registrations to enter into the database for the minor basketball league... I just need the guy to get here so I can get them; than it'll only take 1/2 hour to get them entered and spreadsheets done for tomorrow! Than I can send them in with DH since he is helping coach and evaluate the little guys!

[BernardandMissBianca]

:scared1:

I used to do a 1000 everyday but that was in high school, only 15 years ago. LOL

[AlexWyattMommy]

So, I finished the page kits yesterday, cleaned the downstairs. Take that toys! I won!
Cleaned the fish tank. Have the whole main floor presentable. I am so ready for this house party on Saturday.

My son has strep. :sick: He will not be on antibotics for 24 hours before the party. Even if he was, my youngest most likely will be coming down with next, so he is still contagious. I was looking forward to being on Cartoon Network (sorry Disney). It would have been so much fun.

So I'll be dropping off the box of goodies to another mom from the cropping club and she will be the new hostess and the other kids will still be able to be picked to be on tv.

Guess I'll be working on my pet swap this weekend. Still need to have my laundry neutered. Know any good laundry doctors?

[rlovew]

So, I finished the page kits yesterday, cleaned the downstairs. Take that toys! I won!
Cleaned the fish tank. Have the whole main floor presentable. I am so ready for this house party on Saturday.

My son has strep. :sick: He will not be on antibotics for 24 hours before the party. Even if he was, my youngest most likely will be coming down with next, so he is still contagious. I was looking forward to being on Cartoon Network (sorry Disney). It would have been so much fun.


Did I miss something here? What were you doing having a party with cartoon netwrok?

Rebecca

[PrincessNancy96]

Got everything ready for hosting the games on Sunday.. Am awaiting the last of the registrations to enter into the database for the minor basketball league... I just need the guy to get here so I can get them; than it'll only take 1/2 hour to get them entered and spreadsheets done for tomorrow! Than I can send them in with DH since he is helping coach and evaluate the little guys!

Finally, done! The guy talked to me for over 45 minutes.. than I entered..no problem..but the spreadsheets decided to give me a run for my money.. I won..but not until I came unglued and threatened to throw the computer out in the rain! But everything is done..and even got on a parent who called and told me there was no info given out about try outs.. OH, no lady.. YOU HAD 3 WEEKS OF REMINDERS IN THE SCHOOL NEWLETTER! SO, SHE FINALLY ADMITTED SHE HADN'T CLEARLY READ THE WHOLE ARTICLE. :( Sorry for that but it clearly stated what was going on. So, my job is officially done with registrations! Yee Haw!

[BernardandMissBianca]

Finally, done! The guy talked to me for over 45 minutes.. than I entered..no problem..but the spreadsheets decided to give me a run for my money.. I won..but not until I came unglued and threatened to throw the computer out in the rain! But everything is done..and even got on a parent who called and told me there was no info given out about try outs.. OH, no lady.. YOU HAD 3 WEEKS OF REMINDERS IN THE SCHOOL NEWLETTER! SO, SHE FINALLY ADMITTED SHE HADN'T CLEARLY READ THE WHOLE ARTICLE. :( Sorry for that but it clearly stated what was going on. So, my job is officially done with registrations! Yee Haw!

Good for you! Did you get my money at the bank?

[PrincessNancy96]

I wish, they wouldn't even give me any extra! :( I did ask though!

[AlexWyattMommy]

Did I miss something here? What were you doing having a party with cartoon netwrok?

Rebecca

Hey-it was the Budget Board people's fault. I saw on the freebie thread that if you sign up at "house party" you could be picked to host one for the Cartoon Network World Premier of My Gym Partner's a Monkey The Big Field Trip made for TV Movie. Who would have thought they would actually pick someone who admitted to only having 5 families over?

It was pretty cool the stuff they sent. Plates, cups, napkins with Cartoon Network on them, animal print balloons, window decals, temporary tatoos and piccalos. Oh and the DVD with the movie and 4 other episodes on it. NOT my favorite cartoon they have, but it was still a neat idea.

If you want to see our party I'll PM you the web address and RSVP number to log on. You can see what my monkeys look like.

[rlovew]

That is really cool. I never knew people actually won those things- I mean I knew someone had too but I haven't ever known anyone who did. That is really cool. Have you already had the party and are viewing it tomorrow or what?

Rebecca

[AlexWyattMommy]

We were supposed to have the party tomorrow and then we would watch the show on Sunday and see if they put us on TV. The chances of that part are slimmer than being picked to host the party. But it was still a chance.

[ddavis860]

Forgot to post watch Grey's tonight...sheesh! did this, but kept getting interrupted

List for Friday:
Drive kids to school yup
Borrow friend's Cricut to cut some swap stuff Yup, but she was less than supportive of my paper pups cartridge. She isn't a big dog lover like I am
pack dinner for workYup, but we ordered out anyway, so I have it saved for tomorrow night
Work 3p-11p yup

List for Saturday:
Laundry
Try to print recipes for the swap
Work 3p-11p

[rlovew]

Saturday's goals:

1. Laundry
2. Work on scrapping (4 pages)
3. Work on swaps- design China title, a cake shaker (swap on another board), cut at least one of my designs to finalize it
4. Put together my envelope for the $0.39 swap

[BernardandMissBianca]

Goals for Sat:
everything form yesterday :rolleyes:
recycling
haircuts
Put DD crib up
Buy fabric for DD Belle dress
no walk today, it's pouring - Thanks a lot Nancy! :mad: :rotfl2:
must get MNSSHP swap done!
And take pics of other swap items

[PrincessNancy96]

Goals for Sat:

no walk today, it's pouring - Thanks a lot Nancy! :mad: :rotfl2:


:rotfl: :confused3 Hey! I didn't do it! Really I didn't... I don't want on the naughty mat again!!!!:scared1:

[PrincessNancy96]

Did I have a Sat. Goal list anywhere?
DS6 Basketball practice 8-9:15 with DH now; I'll pick up at 9:15am
DD13 Basketball practice 8-10 done; just need to pick up
Bank deposits ready done
Bank ~ Yep, I'm asking for the seeds for our money trees at both banks! done still no go on the money tree seeds. ;(
Birthday party at the indoor water park~ oh, help me; lots and lots of kids! done what a blast! We than went over to the house for a party and watch the COLTS win!!
Load of towels to make sure the FLUFFY BEACH TOWELS are ready done
Dishes done
Swaps nope.. :(

[ksjayhawks]

Here is where I am, ones completed are bolded.

Declutter:
- Recycle old magazines, flyers, mail order catalogs. Sort the rest.-I do this on a regular basis: new magazine in, old one out. Most flyers and catalogs don't even make it in the house. I am real good about getting rid of junk paper!
-Cull piles of photos- separate the good, the bad, and the ugly. Toss the bad. share duplicates with friends and family. Set aside the rest for now. This was my New Years Day project!
- Go through CD's, videos, books. Create piles for keepers and donation. Donations will be picked up next week!
- Paw through the stacks of games and toys; collect missing pieces and put them in appropriate boxes. Create stacks to donate, to toss, to store elsewhere and to keep in the family room. Donate what you can't use. Donations will be picked up next week!
[Start inventory list of model and serial numbers for your TV, stereo, VCR, DVD player, etc., for your homeowners insurance.

Clean:
-Vacuum and clean floor, walls, bookshelves, windowsills, blinds, and ceiling fans.
- Dry clean drapes, launder throws.
-Clean sofa base. Take off cushions and vacuum. Dig down the sides and under cushions for lost coins --found about $8!
Extra days after New Year's that I didn't have to work helped me get this done!

Maintain:
-Choose a drawer or find a basket to hold remotes. I got a "fancy" box to put them in that sits on the coffee table.
-Buy acid free photo boxes for pictures. Spend 1/2 an hour a week arranging. Got a box for XMAS. Need to organize the pictures--probably next weekend as this one is busy.
- Designate a basket or box to hold on-loan tapes, books, videos. Write return dates on the calendar. I also tape checkout slips by the calendar.
-Initiate weekly 5 minute cleanups with family members to keep things moving toward their designated spaces. Working on this one! My son likes to "Nest" and hubby leaves shoes all over!
Once organized take a photo or videotape of the room to keep with your home inventory list. Took photos, need to get a tape for a new video--old one is really out of date as we gotten rid of stuff, gotten new, rearranged.

[rlovew]

Great job ksjayhawks!

Rebecca

[YodasMom]

no walk today, it's pouring - Thanks a lot Nancy! :mad: :rotfl2:

Sorry, guys, but there may be some more heading both your ways, only it's the frozen kind up here, and it's noisy. They've been spreading salt all afternoon and evening and it just started tonight!! Yuk! :crazy2:

[rlovew]

Saturday's goals:
The only thing I got done was my toppers for a few swaps and cutting everything for Norway in the EPCOT element swap. Then DH and I went shopping and found out that the last of the scrapbook stores in our area closed down.

Sunday's goals:
1. Put together Norway swap.
2. Use pictures to complete swap pages since they arrived today.
3. Clean kitchen

Rebecca

[ddavis860]

List for Saturday:
Laundry yup
Try to print recipes for the swap nope
Work 3p-11p yup

List for Sunday:
Finish laundry
Try (again) to print recipes for swap
Work 3p-11p

[PrincessNancy96]

Sorry, guys, but there may be some more heading both your ways, only it's the frozen kind up here, and it's noisy. They've been spreading salt all afternoon and evening and it just started tonight!! Yuk! :crazy2:

NO way! NO way! Well, at least the basketball games are in town..and if it gets too bad we can walk home.. less than 4 blocks..but if I have to walk home..everyone cover your ears.. I'll be saying some naughty words! :eek:
Off to watch the weather before we head out today!

[PrincessNancy96]

Sunday Goals:
Basketball games our league is hosting these games.. from noon - 5:30pm..
5:30pm DS10 has a scrimmage game (yes, he even had a real game at 3:45)
6:30pm DS10 another scrimmage if he is needed...

[BernardandMissBianca]

Sunday's goals:
Expenses
MNSSHP swap
Laundry

[AlexWyattMommy]

Well, we had the party after all. The other mom's weren't as concerned about getting sick as I thought. Since on of the boys is in my DS class, he has already been exposed to the germs and the other family has it going around in their extended family so they were pretty sure if they were going to get, they would already have it.

It turned out to be lots of fun. The children had a blast. The cartoon was pretty funny. The best part was when a bunch of the animal kids fell of a cliff and the one giraffe girl says "Well, all my friends jumped off a cliff, I better do it too" and promptly jumped off the cliff. That was hilarious! :lmao:
The warthog lady does the word c-r-a-p. But that is the only bad word said in the cartoon.

So if you watch the show on cartoon network at 7pm and see some still photos from Ohio, it might be us.

Anyway, I got everything cleaned up from the party, laundry is in and some ready to be put away. Have to make a trip to buy parts so my DS8 can make a simple machine for class. Who thinks up these things? :confused3 My DH is out in the garage right now trying to figure out what parts he needs to make this fish feeder that uses a pulley, an inclinded plane, screw, a wheel & axle, and a lever. Than after they make this thing, DS has to write a report on it. The report part I understand. But really, to have to shell out $$$ so my DS doesn't get a failing grade seems a little out there. Enough of my whining.

Hope everyone has a happy Sunday!!:flower3:

[MomOf2DisneyKids]

...

[rlovew]

You should be able to use things around the house for most of the simple machines, unless the teacher is making them use new things. Pulleys are the main machine you don't find all over the house.

I am glad you got to have the party. It sounds like fun.

Rebecca

[BernardandMissBianca]

Well, we had the party after all. The other mom's weren't as concerned about getting sick as I thought. Since on of the boys is in my DS class, he has already been exposed to the germs and the other family has it going around in their extended family so they were pretty sure if they were going to get, they would already have it.

It turned out to be lots of fun. The children had a blast. The cartoon was pretty funny. The best part was when a bunch of the animal kids fell of a cliff and the one giraffe girl says "Well, all my friends jumped off a cliff, I better do it too" and promptly jumped off the cliff. That was hilarious! :lmao:
The warthog lady does the word c-r-a-p. But that is the only bad word said in the cartoon.

So if you watch the show on cartoon network at 7pm and see some still photos from Ohio, it might be us.

Anyway, I got everything cleaned up from the party, laundry is in and some ready to be put away. Have to make a trip to buy parts so my DS8 can make a simple machine for class. Who thinks up these things? :confused3 My DH is out in the garage right now trying to figure out what parts he needs to make this fish feeder that uses a pulley, an inclinded plane, screw, a wheel & axle, and a lever. Than after they make this thing, DS has to write a report on it. The report part I understand. But really, to have to shell out $$$ so my DS doesn't get a failing grade seems a little out there. Enough of my whining.

Hope everyone has a happy Sunday!!:flower3:


Tonight at 7? EST?

[AlexWyattMommy]

Yup, eastern standard time.

Oh, and no animals were harmed in the making of the cartoon.

[rlovew]

Sunday's goals:
1. Put together Norway swap.done except the last few embelishments
2. Use pictures to complete swap pages since they arrived today.did 5
3. Clean kitchendid most of this- I'll go back over the counters tomorrow

Rebecca

I haven't decided what I am doing tomorrow. I might scrap and swap of I might decide to veg out for the day.

[PrincessNancy96]

Sunday Goals:
Basketball games our league is hosting these games.. from noon - 5:30pm.. done
5:30pm DS10 has a scrimmage game (yes, he even had a real game at 3:45) done
6:30pm DS10 another scrimmage if he is needed.. done...and can I just say it's one heck of a long day.. now I'm going to bed.. see you all in the morning.. .

BUFFY, when can we meet for coffee.. we were still in the middle of a discussion yesterday when our DH's decided it was time to run errands!!!!!

[BernardandMissBianca]

BUFFY, when can we meet for coffee.. we were still in the middle of a discussion yesterday when our DH's decided it was time to run errands!!!!!

Sure can, I'm just doing laundry tomorrow. woo hoo.......

[ddavis860]

List for Sunday:
Finish laundry yup
Try (again) to print recipes for swap started, but not finished
Work 3p-11p yeah

List for Monday:

Friend coming over, so not doing much
Make sample for class for Feb
Keep organizing my scrappy craft room

[rlovew]

Goals for Monday:

1. work on protype for Everest paper piecing
2. Cut Tea Party swap
3. Finish last pieces of Norway
4. Cut Test Track Swap
5. clean kitchen counters
6. Begin getting list of people to send out prizes for organizing this month together.

[PrincessNancy96]

Sure can, I'm just doing laundry tomorrow. woo hoo.......

I'm home now! I had to pick SS up and take him home from basketball practice! He was a riot this morning.. I love that he tells me what is going on.. and than ends the convo with don't tell anyone okay! :rolleyes1

[PrincessNancy96]

Monday goals:

Dishes
Start Laundry/finish on Tuesday
Start Turtle Talk w/ Crush swap (I have the letters cut out already)
5:45pm take DD to practice and parent meeting
need to map out the rest of the week.. it's gonna be crazy!

[BernardandMissBianca]

Sunday's goals:
Expenses done
MNSSHP swap done
Laundry1/2 done

Monday's goals:
Coffee with Nancy
Take mom to the bank
finish laundry
photograph MNSSHP swap
clean the stairs
work out on the stairs
200 crunches
Finish Valentines Swap

[PrincessNancy96]

I thought I was the only one that used our stairs for exercise!! I climb up and down them w/ laundry continuously! EERRR!

[BernardandMissBianca]

I thought I was the only one that used our stairs for exercise!! I climb up and down them w/ laundry continuously! EERRR!

2 flights for me. the washer is in the basement. Plus technically the laundry is like carrying weights. LOL

[PrincessNancy96]

I hear ya!! I have one flight to the basement for the laundry room... than 4 steps from the dining/kitchen area up to the main living area! Yep they created a sunken dining/kitchen area! LOL

[rlovew]

When we had a 2 story house I did that but now we are in a one story so I have no stairs in the house.

[rlovew]

Here is my running list of those who are trying to get their family room organized this month. PM me if I missed your name on the list.

:cool1: all done just keeping it up

Buffy
Debbie
Nancy:cool1:
lewdyan1
Alexwyattmommy:cool1:
Honeybear1
Brooke (SIOH)
Yodasmom:cool1:
NewEnglandEyore:cool1:
Momof2DisneyKids
Poohbearlovingmama
maria34A
downrivermama
ksjayhawks:cool1:
Rebecca
Queenie
Ohmom

I will try to update this list as you write you are finished, but I will go through again at the end of the month. I will PM for addresses that I don't have as the month draws to a close.

If you want a say in what title we get then go over to the poll thread and vote for what you want.

Rebecca

[AlexWyattMommy]

Thank you so much for keeping the list. :cheer2:

[BernardandMissBianca]

I'm done I just need to paint now. I swear it will be done by the end of the month!

[hopemax]

I've been posting about what I've done this month because there were some things that I wanted to make sure got done, but I don't have a family room, so I am not really participating in this month's challenge.

[rlovew]

I've been posting about what I've done this month because there were some things that I wanted to make sure got done, but I don't have a family room, so I am not really participating in this month's challenge.

I understand, I'll fix the list.

Rebecca

[rlovew]

I'm done I just need to paint now. I swear it will be done by the end of the month!


Painting wasn't in the list so if you finished the list even if you need to paint then you are finished with the challenge.

[New England Eeyore]

Thanks for keeping the list and making the titles, Rebecca!

[PrincessNancy96]

Great list Rebecca!!! :)
I've been keeping it up.. if anything is left at out bedtime; I pick it up and put it away as I get kids going in the morning!!!
I have to paint too... that was on DH's wish list for last weekend..but with the rain he decided against it! So, I have primed walls but no paint and no photos and such on the wall.. But at least it's clean!!

[rlovew]

Goals for Monday:

1. work on protype for Everest paper piecingdidn't touch them
2. Cut Tea Party swapfinished the whole swap
3. Finish last pieces of Norwaygot this one done too
4. Cut Test Track Swapdidn't even try it
5. clean kitchen countersdid this since DH grilled dinner
6. Begin getting list of people to send out prizes for organizing this month together.posted it

Tuesday:
1. Cut out pieces for a swap.
2. get sub plans ready for Friday (we are taking a long weekend at WDW- we have a contemporary MK view)
3. Spend time with DH- since some idiots at his company cause problems that are taking him back into work- even though he didn't leave until 6:15 tonight- he gets the day off.
4. Study for my test Saturday (I am taking it in Orlando since it is only a little further and I figured I could enjoy the rest of the weekend.

[ksjayhawks]

I was tired of needing a owners manual/instruction book for something and having to run up or down stairs, so I took a notebook and sheet protectors and have put the manuals/books for items on each floor in them. That way if we need the manual for the vcr in the basement, it is there! I also wrote the serial number on the manual/book. I put the notebooks in a drawer or in a corner of the bookcase so it isn't so obvious, but we know where it is.

[AlexWyattMommy]

Restarted Pet Swap elements. Hope to work on those while little guy is in preschool. I'll grocery shop tomorrow.
Need to dust the ceiling fans again. Might as well stay on top of this. Every three weeks seems doable.
Take cushions off couch and move it before hoovering the floor (after dusting the fan :) )
Keep on top of the laundry :laundy:

Okay, enough play time this morning. I need to finish my breakfast cookie and get going.

[PrincessNancy96]

Tuesday:
Dishes
Laundry
Kdg. Pick UP
Bank
Beds made done
DS to basketball practice after school
Pick up DS
DD to basketball game last home one for the boys this season
Homework

[BernardandMissBianca]

Monday's goals:
Coffee with Nancy done
Take mom to the bank done
finish laundry
photograph MNSSHP swap
clean the stairs done
work out on the stairs done
200 crunches
Finish Valentines Swap

Tuesday's Goals
Finish laundry
photograph MNSSHP
valentines swap
work out on stairs or walk done
200 crunches
spot clean kitchen
round up goodwill
Call Travel Agentdone

[Queenie]

I'm in, I need motivation really badly right now!

Tuesday:
Tidy dining room (table, desk & floor)
Move desk out so artbins can be stored at the side
Laundry
Write answer to first exam question

[ohMom]

can i join? am i too late??? i dont' have time now to read all the posts --- i have a heads up, we remodeled last year so i did alot of decluttering but need to continue and maintain!! off to undecorate :rolleyes:

[BernardandMissBianca]

can i join? am i too late??? i dont' have time now to read all the posts --- i have a heads up, we remodeled last year so i did alot of decluttering but need to continue and maintain!! off to undecorate :rolleyes:

You can join anytime! We will be starting a new thread Feb 1st too. The first post gives the low down on how to start. Just post your progress here. Also we add our daily tasks too.

[maria34a]

OK,
This weekend I was a whirlwind cleaning machine!!!! Let me tell you what!!! I cleaned my house like there was no tomorrow! Then it got all dirty again! :lmao: I just don't know how it happens! Oh well... I finally got Christmas down and put away! :yay: All the toys are put up and where they should be until this weekend when the boy returns!!!! Then we will have a mess yet again!!!! :rotfl2: It just never ends!!!! Oh well! My kitchen was totally spotless and clean, then Manny arrived and decided to clean out his car and everything came into the kitchen!!! :confused3 Yeah! Now it is a mess again! :rolleyes1 I just watched and laughed and said that he was going to clean it! Right... :rotfl2: Anyhow I got all the laundry done and the bathroom clean and the crop room cleaned and the bedroom cleaned and my house was clean!!!! :yay: :yay: :yay: I was so excited!!!! I kept it up mostly too! Now it is just the clutter, but we are slowly getting rid of all that!

I am proud of me! :cheer2:
I am proud of me! :cheer2:
I am proud of me! :cheer2:

:dance3: :dance3: :dance3:

[maria34a]

Forgot to mention that I also went to the gym all weekend! Fri night, Sat, Sun and Mon!!!! Did great workouts too!!!

[PrincessNancy96]

YOU rock Maria!!! You did all that..Yeah!!! ;)

[BernardandMissBianca]

GO RIA :woohoo: GO RIA :woohoo: It's your birthday it's your birthday! :cool1: :cool1: :cool1:

So now that you are all caught up when ya comin' over to do mine??????

ME- I'm off to the grocery store!

[PrincessNancy96]

Hey! wait.. I need some juice!! Can you grab me some???

[BernardandMissBianca]

Hey! wait.. I need some juice!! Can you grab me some???

Got it! Ya comin' over to get it or shall I swing by and drop it off? LOL

[PrincessNancy96]

I'll be over.. after all this is my "mobile office" night.. I have kids every where in the next few hours.. so I now need to get swap stuff ready to go so I can scrap during practice...

[PrincessNancy96]

Tuesday:
Dishes done
Laundry almost done
Kdg. Pick UP done
Bank tomorrow.. really it has to be done tomorrow
Beds made done
DS10 to basketball practice after school done
Pick up DS10
DD to basketball game last home one for the boys this season
DS6 to basketball practice
Homework

What is with this goofy post today.. it keeps telling me my post is too short!:teacher:

[BernardandMissBianca]

What is with this goofy post today.. it keeps telling me my post is too short!:teacher:

you have to have at least 5 spaces filled. Just put :cool1: that should be 5 right?!

[PrincessNancy96]

I think so.. the hilarious thing was I had my quotes in there..and everything else...

[BernardandMissBianca]

I think so.. the hilarious thing was I had my quotes in there..and everything else...

Apparently quotes don't count, go figure!

So what's for dinner?

[PrincessNancy96]

Dinner tonight..
Hamburger surprise...
It's like a hamburger pie.. mashed potatoes/browned hamburger layered..and smoothered in shredded cheese and baked in the over for about 25 mins.
of course, it's a bologna sandwich for my picky eater...

what about ya?

[New England Eeyore]

I was tired of needing a owners manual/instruction book for something and having to run up or down stairs, so I took a notebook and sheet protectors and have put the manuals/books for items on each floor in them. That way if we need the manual for the vcr in the basement, it is there! I also wrote the serial number on the manual/book. I put the notebooks in a drawer or in a corner of the bookcase so it isn't so obvious, but we know where it is.

Want to hear something funny? It's really funny that you mention this now. Apparently I did this at one point (most likely after reading some organizational magazine article telling me to do so) but I only have a vague recollection of doing it. It was while cleaning out a bookcase for this task that I found that binder. Of course half the stuff in there is stuff we no longer own and who knows where the new instruction manuals are, but if I ever find them maybe I can keep that binder up to date!

[BernardandMissBianca]

Dinner tonight..
Hamburger surprise...
It's like a hamburger pie.. mashed potatoes/browned hamburger layered..and smoothered in shredded cheese and baked in the over for about 25 mins.
of course, it's a bologna sandwich for my picky eater...

what about ya?

Sorry never got back to you. Homework runith over!

We had ham and broccoli rolls with rice. Nothing to exciting. What's the plan for tomorrow? DH is going to Delaware so we have go get a rental car. And I need to do laundry as usual. it's a light day for me tomorrow since the airport is 45 minutes away so I will waste several hours getting the rental. I'm also hitting the post office first thing tomorrow to get the MNSSHP stuff out.

[PrincessNancy96]

We'll have to catch up today.. I'm off to take DD to school.. I'm making pizza potatoes in the crock pot because DD has her first home basketball game tonight!!! She is nervous, I'm nervous and the boys just want to know if they can have concessions? HM, Hello? I want to go to Disney..that concession runs into the Mickey Head Ice Cream bar money! NO!

[PrincessNancy96]

The remainder of Tuesday's list was accomplished!
Pick up DS10 done
DD to basketball game last home one for the boys this season done
DS6 to basketball practice done
Homework done... but boy was it a lot last night!

Wednesday Goals:
Kdg. pick up done
finish laundry only 2 more loads.. just need to fold 'em and put away done
put away laundry from yesterday done
DD to school done
DD home basketball game tonight done in an hour.. well, we will be going in an hour! She already checked in after school as promised!!
dishes done
Homework done but DD's left to check

Thursday's Goals
Bank
Post Office
DS10 to ball practice after school
Half day of school tomorrow...
DH is working from home.. so no computer time for me.. well, small amounts
DD eye appt.
DH eye appt.
Will work on swaps because DH is home!

[Queenie]

Well I almost finished my question, I'm actually 20 words over the limit so I need to trim down one night. Right now I'm 431 words into the 2000 limit monster, still got plenty to go on about, just have no idea if it's what I'm supposed to be writing :(

Not doing much in terms of other tasks today as exam work needs to take priority (deadline is next fri but I don't want to push it, especially as one of my bridesmaids is hoping to come over for a day of girl talk.) Plan is to keep the desk as clear as possible, so not happening with all my research papers scattered right now and do some exercise (done some steps on OH's stepper whilst I waited for the computer to load - trust me, that's a long time!) If I get chance I might clear the dining table.

[maria34a]

OK I am on a roll now!!!! The EVIL machine has taken over and you better watch out!!! LOL!!! I started my valentines Recipe swap 2 nights ago and just played around with it, kinda testing a few things out... Last night decided what I wanted, worked the assembly line and finished it!!!! Whoo! Hoo! I am mailing them tomorrow! Cause I don't have the correct baggies to put them into!!!! I have to go to the store after work and buy them. Then I will put them all in their baggies and take them to the post office and mail them away!!!! Whoo! Hoo! I am so Excited!!!! :banana: Tonight after work, starting and finishing the Pet Swap!!!! YES!!!! That is my GOAL!!!! Stacy is coming over to crop and my goal is to have that DONE!!!!!

Then on to the rest of them!!!!! I am actually ahead of the game this time!!! (Well, so far anyway!)

I also did laundry last night! And cleaned my kitchen and made dinner! And sorta cleaned up afterwards! Gotta finish the rest when I get home. But it is just putting stuff in dishwasher! EASY!!!! Piece of cake!!!!

[BernardandMissBianca]

OK I am on a roll now!!!! The EVIL machine has taken over and you better watch out!!! LOL!!! I started my valentines Recipe swap 2 nights ago and just played around with it, kinda testing a few things out... Last night decided what I wanted, worked the assembly line and finished it!!!! Whoo! Hoo! I am mailing them tomorrow! Cause I don't have the correct baggies to put them into!!!! I have to go to the store after work and buy them. Then I will put them all in their baggies and take them to the post office and mail them away!!!! Whoo! Hoo! I am so Excited!!!! :banana: Tonight after work, starting and finishing the Pet Swap!!!! YES!!!! That is my GOAL!!!! Stacy is coming over to crop and my goal is to have that DONE!!!!!

Then on to the rest of them!!!!! I am actually ahead of the game this time!!! (Well, so far anyway!)

I also did laundry last night! And cleaned my kitchen and made dinner! And sorta cleaned up afterwards! Gotta finish the rest when I get home. But it is just putting stuff in dishwasher! EASY!!!! Piece of cake!!!!

You never answered my question! When are you getting your butt over here to do my stuff?!?!?;)

[maria34a]

You never answered my question! When are you getting your butt over here to do my stuff?!?!?;)

You have way too much to do!!!!! It really scares me!!!! :scared:

[BernardandMissBianca]

You have way too much to do!!!!! It really scares me!!!! :scared:



But with help I can get it done in no time. Which leaves more time to play with scrap supplies!!!!
Come on you know you want to help clean!!!

[rlovew]

Tuesday:
1. Cut out pieces for a swap.didn't get it done yesterday or today
2. get sub plans ready for Friday (we are taking a long weekend at WDW- we have a contemporary MK view)mostly finished I just have to wait and see exact pages on some things to print it Thursday
3. Spend time with DH- since some idiots at his company cause problems that are taking him back into work- even though he didn't leave until 6:15 tonight- he gets the day off.got to do this
4. Study for my test Saturday (I am taking it in Orlando since it is only a little further and I figured I could enjoy the rest of the weekend.spent lots of time on this, the practice test was harder than expected


Thursday's goals:
1. Study for my test
2. Pack for Disney
3. Finish sub plans and math plans for next week
4. Get to the post office ($0.39, circle journal, MK swap)
5. Cut out a set of swap pieces.

Rebecca

[rlovew]

Thursday's goals:
1. Study for my teststill doing
2. Pack for Disneydid this today instead
3. Finish sub plans and math plans for next weeksub plans done- math I'll deal with Monday
4. Get to the post office ($0.39, circle journal, MK swap)got 39cent swap sent off
5. Cut out a set of swap pieces.I cut out pieces for a swap with another board

Rebecca


Today I am off to Disney. I will be checking out a few things for my Epcot swap, having fun, and looking over my notes. Have a great weekend.

Rebecca

[AlexWyattMommy]

Rebecca, Have an awesome time!!

I'll be dreaming of being there with you while I watch all these swirling snowflakes out my window.

Take lots of pics so you can scrap them and show us.

Safe travels!!

[PrincessNancy96]

Thursday's Goals
Bank done
Post Office going Saturday
DS10 to ball practice after school done
Half day of school tomorrow... done
DH is working from home.. so no computer time for me.. well, small amounts done
DD eye appt. done
DH eye appt. done
Will work on swaps because DH is home attempted but kids didn't want to cooperate! Go figure!


Queenie,
How are those winds??? We were watching the news and saw the high winds and damage it was causing..

Friday goals:
Kdg. pick up
Swap
dishes
sweep dining room

[PrincessNancy96]

Rebecca, Have an awesome time!!

I'll be dreaming of being there with you while I watch all these swirling snowflakes out my window.

Take lots of pics so you can scrap them and show us.

Safe travels!!

AWM,
You are on the naughty mat... you said the SN$$ word!!! :rotfl2:
Still nothing here! :woohoo:

[AlexWyattMommy]

Hey, you made me spit my coffee!!

Now I'm gonna be on the naughty mat when DH sees the monitor.

[PrincessNancy96]

:rotfl2: :rotfl2: Wet wipes, wet wipes! Keep them handy.. they work perfectly.. he'll never know! (believe me, I have them stored by the computer for that exact reason, especially when Maria gets going!)

[AlexWyattMommy]

She IS funny, isn't she?!

[PrincessNancy96]

Yep, she has gotten me in trouble a few times!! Gotta love it!!!

[maria34a]

Ahhh..... Snicker :lmao: Snicker :lmao: AWM got put on the Naughty, Naughty Mat!!!! :rotfl2: Remember you are not allowed to do anything when you are in a timeout!!!! You have to THINK about the bad word you said and promise never to say it again!!!! :rotfl2:

[PrincessNancy96]

I haven't seen her around in a while.. I wonder if she fell asleep on the naughty mat!

[BernardandMissBianca]

I haven't seen her around in a while.. I wonder if she fell asleep on the naughty mat!

she snuck away to her scrap room while you were distracted.

[PrincessNancy96]

Probably so! I went to work on some MK elements.. so I wasn't watching close enough!
Hey AWM, get back on that mat!!!!!

[AlexWyattMommy]

Wow Buffy, good call. I did go up to my room to work on my pet swap. I got the brilliant idea to tie ribbon around bone shaped paperclips. It is taking forever to do this. It seemed so simple on the prototype.

I did have to go pick up DS from school. They had early dismissal today. So now I'm back on the naughty mat and will not say the bad word anymore.