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Connie_W
Austin, TX
(Zone 8b)
September 16, 2006
12:21 AM Post #2728478
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This thread is a continuation of one that was getting unwieldy, so we're starting a new thread.
Short and simple: We choose (someone just suggests an idea) something to clean every Thursday. It should take about 30 minutes. If you want to work longer, good for you! If you just want to visit and listen to us talk about it...good too!! We all do the same thing so we can talk about how it went...of didn't !!! :)
Any ideas for next Thursday??
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roadrunner
Hereford, AZ
(Zone 8a)
September 16, 2006
12:52 AM Post #2728537
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I need to bake cookies for the Army base...does that count? Jo |
IO1
Waaaay down south, GA
(Zone 8b)
September 16, 2006
6:16 AM Post #2728741
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Sounds good to me! LOL After all ... look at all the cleaning afterward. ;) Hmmm, let's see what *do* I want to bake? |
magoobu
Phoenix, MD
(Zone 7a)
September 16, 2006
11:02 AM Post #2729191
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well I have rearranged my son's room- and his playroom and all closets since he started school for the first time going all day.
That took a long time but one other thing was to take all the tupperware out and throw away the icky stuff and organize that cupbaord! That took 30 mintues...
Another good task for Thursday can be to take one cabinet a day and take everything out you will be surprised what may not need to go back in and organize it one at a time. That way you do not get overwhelmed!
Tag your it LOL
here is the playroom all neat and organized-- this took me 8 hours LOL
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magoobu
Phoenix, MD
(Zone 7a)
September 16, 2006
11:04 AM Post #2729195
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ewww fuzzy shot 
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magoobu
Phoenix, MD
(Zone 7a)
September 16, 2006
11:07 AM Post #2729206
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ok backwards but here is a before shot probably fuzzy too I think the lighting and camera setting were off sorry!! 
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IO1
Waaaay down south, GA
(Zone 8b)
September 16, 2006
11:50 AM Post #2729306
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Wow Mags ... where'd you get all that energy? Mon over to my house. I don't have a play room but you can sure do my cabinets any time you want to! LOL
~Elaine~ |
leelovespigs
Talbot
(Australia)
September 18, 2006
6:48 AM Post #2734587
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Hi everyone. Not been on for a couple of weeks (been busy with heaps of stuff including moving my son out of home). He decided to 'leave the nest' and now all the fights are happening. Which(of the twins - that are the only ones home now) is going into his vacated room!!! News for them - going to change it into a guest room for when my parents come over for their visits!!!! I don't think they are going to like that idea - when they realise!!! LOL
Have I missed out on much - other than we have started another thread for the 'Cleaning Tag Team' - well done as the other was getting a tad long!!! We can certainly talk (or at least type)!!!! LOL
:-) Lee |
Connie_W
Austin, TX
(Zone 8b)
September 18, 2006
8:52 PM Post #2737290
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Hi Lee! Welcome back! I have been verrrrry busy myself...seldom on!! School is killing me this year...the extra preparation and the extra grading of essays...wow...
Magoo...what a JOB!!!! But it looks fabo!!! I remember those days...sorting through BINS of toys...deciding what to keep and what to toss!!! Never will forget the time I heard something go "Thunk" in son's TinkerToys container...instead of "rattle-rattle"...found a Playboy magazine hidden in there!! ha...I just tossed it and never said a word..!!! He and I laugh about it now that he's 26 and gainfully employed!! :)
Any suggestions for Thursday????? I'm thinking "empty the dishwasher" LOL!!!!! Actually, I organized the bottom of my pantry yesterday!!! I had to take the bird food container and empty it...clean it...replace the bird seed with cat food now that I have my little (big) Brutus to feed. I bought the 20# bag of food for some silly reason...it will probably get stale before he finishes it!!!!
Here are the 2 "men" in my life that I just spoke of...the son and the cat!!! :)
Edited to say...
Weird...the post says "click for a larger image" and there's nothing there!!!
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Connie_W
Austin, TX
(Zone 8b)
September 18, 2006
8:57 PM Post #2737303
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Okay...I'll try again... 
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alyrics
Beachwood, OH
September 18, 2006
9:54 PM Post #2737491
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I went to a couple places today and ended up buying bins at Target to put on my daughters shelves to hold the small toys. Unreal - all those little tiny pieces |
magoobu
Phoenix, MD
(Zone 7a)
September 19, 2006
12:20 PM Post #2739195
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WOW forgot to "watch " this thread LOL guess that is first on my list of things to do!!!!!
ENERGY??? you ask- I seem to have tons when it comes to organizeing and cleaning then fade out at the end of the day...
this was the storage room before!
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magoobu
Phoenix, MD
(Zone 7a)
September 19, 2006
12:23 PM Post #2739206
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and after~~~~ 
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Connie_W
Austin, TX
(Zone 8b)
September 23, 2006
1:43 PM Post #2752231
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Wow, Magoo...wish I had a storage room that large!!! My h ouse was built as a lake house for weekends and had NOOOO storage except tiny closets!!! What a great job!!! |
magoobu
Phoenix, MD
(Zone 7a)
September 23, 2006
9:24 PM Post #2753393
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well I love the size of it but you would be surprised how fast it can fill up!!!!! coming from a townhome and then having that storage I thought I would have so much space it would never clutter!!!
HAH!!!!! |
Connie_W
Austin, TX
(Zone 8b)
September 28, 2006
6:48 PM Post #2767872
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Yes...I have found that MY "messes" are proportionate to how much space I"m given to mess up. I've lived in a one-bedroom apartment to an 8k SF house, and I can mess up (and straighten up periodically!!) all of them!!!! I'm just a messy/cluttery type person. |
Sofonisba
Putnam County, NY
(Zone 6a)
September 28, 2006
6:59 PM Post #2767908
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Me too. Bummer. I was thinking my place is a mess just because I don't have enough space. Oh well. I got chewed out last night by my DH for not keeping the 'common areas' clean. He's a clean-as-you-go type. I'm a go-about-your-day-and-massively-clean-up-when-relatives-come type. Oh well. Can't win 'em all. Guess I'll be trying to change my ways.
Sofie |
magoobu
Phoenix, MD
(Zone 7a)
September 28, 2006
7:51 PM Post #2768048
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Oh I am the clean up the minute you are finished with something- beds made still warm from the bodies that just got up!! LOL
Yes a clean freak and it can be exhausting
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roadrunner
Hereford, AZ
(Zone 8a)
September 28, 2006
9:19 PM Post #2768271
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You "clean freaks" are so lucky you are not at my house today!
My friend, azbelle, came and helped me or it would still be MESSY...
I got a bunch of clothes from a gal on Freecycle...seems she buys past due storage from storage companies...sells some in a garage sale...and some on Ebay...the clothes and stuffed toys went to ME!
I had told her what I couldn't use (most of it) I would donate to Turn-Around on our Army bAse (run by the Chapel)...and the stuffed animals to the Widowed Support Center...(they are re-furbished by us widows and given to charities)
I had to make 2 trips to her house to get the stuff...now I have my car full going to the Base tomorrow...and I threw a LOT of stuff away as not being in a good enough shape to give to anyone!
Aren't ya'll proud of me?? That was my Thursday work! Jo |
magoobu
Phoenix, MD
(Zone 7a)
September 28, 2006
9:54 PM Post #2768396
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YES very proud indeed good days work!! good for you!!!!! |
Posie4U
Mansfield, TX
(Zone 8a)
September 29, 2006
8:19 PM Post #2771177
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I am so thrilled. My living room and dining room are finally mostly clutter free. Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeee! |
roadrunner
Hereford, AZ
(Zone 8a)
September 29, 2006
9:20 PM Post #2771359
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Posie4U...I am SOOOO proud of you! *yawn*...I'll just sit here and rest on your laurels...LOL Jo |
Connie_W
Austin, TX
(Zone 8b)
September 30, 2006
1:53 PM Post #2772878
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I vacuumed and cleaned Thursday night after dinner with my son while he did abut 5 loads of laundry. The laundry room at his small apt. complex just has one washer and one dryer and he doesn't like to do it there. It seems that I also clean best when I have people over OR when someone is here to watch me clean...weird, huh? |
magoobu
Phoenix, MD
(Zone 7a)
October 3, 2006
7:57 PM Post #2783143
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whoohoo way to go all!!!!!! |
leelovespigs
Talbot
(Australia)
October 4, 2006
7:09 AM Post #2784221
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Hi everyone. Sorry, been away and wish I could say it was because I was so busy cleaning - not!! LOL Think I need some of those friends that you all seem to have - to help get my place back to looking like a home and not the local tip!! LOL
Catch me up to speed. What are we suppose to be doing this week and what is the chore for Thursday - has it been decided yet? :-) Lee |
Connie_W
Austin, TX
(Zone 8b)
October 9, 2006
8:21 PM Post #2801654
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And I have been in Maine...so cool and so beautiful!!!! I'm home now and too tired to clean!!! lol |
dun1kirk
Berkeley, CA
(Zone 9a)
October 18, 2006
4:45 PM Post #2829320
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This might not be the place, but I've asked elsewhere and no replies.
My fireplase is "faced" with colored plaster. It is getting "sooty". Any help on cleaning it?
Thanks! |
magoobu
Phoenix, MD
(Zone 7a)
October 18, 2006
8:34 PM Post #2829981
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Clean it best as possible and paint the inside
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Connie_W
Austin, TX
(Zone 8b)
October 20, 2006
1:20 AM Post #2834023
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I would try a wire brush...just a bit of soapy water...and then repaint... |
dun1kirk
Berkeley, CA
(Zone 9a)
October 20, 2006
1:11 PM Post #2835167
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Thanks for your input. I can't paint it as it is colored plaster. |
Connie_W
Austin, TX
(Zone 8b)
October 21, 2006
2:17 PM Post #2838076
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Hi Lee...and All,
Lee wanted a new chore...it's just been a chore for me to get all my school grading done lately!! ha...
I just work late, get home, and either bathe and plot into bed with the crossword, or watch TV.
I DID, however, TOTALLY empty my storage closet in the TV room and it took a FULL DAY to go through all the piles of junk and organize it. Threw away a huge lawn bag full of old picture negatives, etc. (wow...those will probably be collectors' items some day...haha), picture albums (took the pics out). AND, speaking of which...did y'all know that if your pics are in those albums where the pictures STICK to a page and then you replace a sheet of clear plastic over them...that most of them cannot be safely removed??? I will never use those albums again unless I want them there untill Kingdom Come!!
Today I'm doing laundry and organizing my closet...taking summer clothes out and bringing winter ones out again. |
Petal33
Kingston, ON
(Zone 5b)
November 7, 2007
7:26 PM Post #4169071
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Hello all!
Wow do you people have energy!
I have so many junk holes and corners ,I feel like I live in a round house!hahah
The 30 min idea is great ! Iam going to tell my hubby about this -as a reminder to at least leave me alone for that length of time , to try and get something done.
He's sweet but no matter what I'm doing he "needs me" .
Later complains "why haven't you gotten any thing done?'
So I am going to go up stairs right now and clean the bathroom.
It's a start -here's hoping ...
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Connie_W
Austin, TX
(Zone 8b)
November 7, 2007
10:29 PM Post #4169710
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Hi, Petal!
Wow...I had forgotten about this thing! My house is TOTALLY torn up now with remodeling, so I'm going to be cleaning 'round the clock' when it's finished until I get it done!
I know exactly what you mean by the DH needing something all the time! If mine says he's going to clean something or fix something, I MIGHT AS WELL do it myself as I have to "fetch this, find that...hand him something else..." haha
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WUVIE
Hulbert, OK
(Zone 7a)
November 8, 2007
3:49 PM Post #4172264
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Hello all!
Looks like a fabulous idea to me, a cleaning club.
Do you have a project for today?
KM |
Connie_W
Austin, TX
(Zone 8b)
November 8, 2007
11:16 PM Post #4173908
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I'll need some specific chore all during the winter or I'll just veg out on the sofa and watch TV!!
Does anyone have a suggestion for next week's special chose...something we all could do? |
WUVIE
Hulbert, OK
(Zone 7a)
November 9, 2007
10:25 AM Post #4175065
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How about organizing our recipes just in time for the holidays?
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Mothernature48
Monrovia, CA
November 10, 2007
2:49 PM Post #4179290
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Hello Everyone,
I think this is a great idea, I like the one cabinet idea or a drawer to make room for the new stuff the holidays ahead are sure to bring.
My place can use anything anywhere, lol
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Connie_W
Austin, TX
(Zone 8b)
November 11, 2007
8:59 PM Post #4183695
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Hey...anything is good for me! I just emptied the dishwasher and cleaned the kitchen surfaces and feel like a hero...hehe. These days since my house is so torn up, I don't want to do anything until the mess is finished!
Here is a picture to show you how everything is piled up in my kitchen...ug!
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Connie_W
Austin, TX
(Zone 8b)
November 11, 2007
9:08 PM Post #4183737
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And here is the empty living room...allowing the tile to fully dry before they put the enhancer and sealer on...in about 10 days. 
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