urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:declutter_bugs declutter_bugs declutter_bugs 2008-08-04T19:27:44Z urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:declutter_bugs:223801 Just Jenn 2008-08-04T19:27:44Z 2008-08-04T19:27:44Z After two hours and lots of cursing, I fixed my vacume cleaner! I saved myself $40 by doing so! urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:declutter_bugs:223532 Just Jenn 2008-08-01T12:59:09Z 2008-08-01T19:37:46Z The hubby and the kids are at the NASCAR race, so now I can give the place a good clean up without the kids making a mess right behind me.<br /><br />1) <s>dye hair</s> hopefully I got all the grays--I did!<br />2)<s>three loads of laundry</s><br />3) <s>sort, fold put away laundry</s><br />4) <s>ironing</s><br />5) <s>take out garbage</s><br />6)<s>take our recycling</s><br />7)clean off small table<br />8)<s>clean up kitchen</s><br />9) <s>clean up balcony</s><br />10)<s>clean up bathroom</s><br />11) <s>make beds</s><br />12)<s>put boxes back into bedroom</s><br />13)<s>clean up craft table</s><br />14)<s>eat breakfast</s><br />15)<s>clean carpets</s><br />16)re-connect printer---I foresee lots of yelling...<br />17) <s>put all books away</s><br />18)<s>start labeling school supplies</s> 100 labels wasn't enough!<br />19)<s>make lunch</s>--I'm having chicken wings<br />20)print last year's Nano<br />21)fix vacume cleaner<br />22) <s>go for walk</s><br />23) <s>clean out car</s><br />24)<s>make supper</s>--hints peoples! See below post<br />25)look for odd socks<br />26) <s>get mail</s> more bills<br /><br />Oh yeah I'll be busy today! urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:declutter_bugs:223235 Just Jenn 2008-07-24T13:33:37Z 2008-07-25T02:57:57Z Today's list since it's raining.<br /><br />edit: went out shopping instead and bought a new purse.<br />Now I'm several hours behind! eep!<br /><br />1) <s>three loads of laundry</s><br />2) <s>sort fold put away alundry</s> tomorrow<br />3) <s>make beds</s> kinda pointless since everyone is sleeping<br />4) wash floor<br />5)<s> clean up living room</s><br />6) <s>clean up bedrooms</s><br />7) <s>cleanup bathroom</s><br />8) clean off small table<br />9) <s>get mail</s><br />10) <s>try to clean up dvd area</s><br />11)clean up spill on the floor<br />12) fix printer-- still prints funny<br />13) <s>make lunch</s><br />14) <s>start packing</s><br />15)make Ryan do homework<br />16)start packing<br />17) <s>print driving instructions</s><br />18)iron<br />19) <s>make supper</s><br />20) <s>go to baseball</s> canceled due to weather urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:declutter_bugs:222746 M.K. Payne,B.Msc. 2008-07-13T23:07:39Z 2008-07-13T23:07:39Z in the last week<br /> we have almost all the apt carpet scrubbed with our bissell little green. stink is FAR lessened, but we have to get a new bottle of Dr. Bronner's soap. oh yah-fleas far lessened as well! All thats left is the closet and in front of closet in one bedroom, the other bedroom, and about half the living room. then we mop with same solution the 2 tile rooms.<br /><br />just hope we can get this tacked before the fleas reproduce too much. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:declutter_bugs:222553 Just Jenn 2008-07-10T15:44:37Z 2008-07-10T17:14:58Z I'm now tackling the Closet of Doom<br />Please send Rufus if I'm not back in 30 minutes<br /><br />Update:decided not to tackle the Closet of Doom. Instead I tackled the Garage of Doom instead. <br />I cleaned up the car, repacked all the baseball and soccer stuff, threw out broken toys and other junk. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:declutter_bugs:222373 Just Jenn 2008-07-07T20:05:19Z 2008-07-07T21:08:23Z 16:02 starting time<br />Goal:<br /><s>recycling</s><br />garbage--going down in five minutes<br /><s>change cat litter</s><br /><s>vacume floor</s><br /><s>start supper</s> hmm the pasta is freezer burnt<br />two bags for charity bins&lt;/s&gt; 1 1/2 bags instead <br /><s>spray for ants again!</s><br />clean off kitchen table<br /><br />back at 4:32 with an update<br /> is please with with 30 minute clean up<br /><br />16:40 starting time<br />Goal:<br /><s>put away clothes</s><br /><s>take down garbage</s><br /><s>wipe down bathroom</s><br /><s>look for more pasta</s><br />clean off kicthen table<br /><br />back in 5:10 with an update<br /><br />also corrected Ryan's homeowrk<br />called Chris (99 in LA! ouch)<br />found b-day cards urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:declutter_bugs:222083 Just Jenn 2008-07-06T14:41:28Z 2008-07-06T15:49:33Z 30 minute clean up starts right now.<br />Goal: 4 garbage bags of stuff<br /><br />GO!<br />Update: 4 1/2 bags, and 2 bags of broken toys<br /><br />Go me!<br /><br />Update #2-another bag of stuff but now I have to stop since I've run out bags!<br /><br />Tonight (insert music of doom) the living room... urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:declutter_bugs:221532 b_liz 2008-07-05T11:37:47Z 2008-07-05T11:37:47Z <p>Total is now 339.</p> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:declutter_bugs:221039 dias_muire_duit 2008-06-24T01:57:48Z 2008-06-24T01:57:48Z Ever since school let out 10 days ago, I've been diligently keeping up with the laundry and dishes. When the kids had their activities during the school year, it was so easy to keep up with washing and drying clothes, but finding time to fold and put away was a challenge. At it's worst, the turnaround time on clean clothes was two weeks, although at normal times, it was closer to five days.<br /><br />But as of this VERY SECOND, laundry and dishes are caught up!! urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:declutter_bugs:220771 Everything else is just static on the line 2008-06-16T17:51:34Z 2008-06-16T17:52:41Z Note to self: If you deal with junk mail and bills every day (or even every week) instead of letting it all build up until you can't stand the sight of the stack anymore, it will all be a lot less stressful to deal with and important papers won't get lost in the shuffle. Plus, paying bills late is <i>bad.</i><br /><br />On the up side, I have <i>almost</i> everything dealt with, including all backed up stuff that I couldn't bring myself to look at before.<br /><br />Yes, I made a post very like this a few months ago (yes, I did actually pay bills between that post and this post, but they started backing up again due to more fun and exciting medical stuff). I have a new pile of stuff to feed to my shredder, and a few things to file. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:declutter_bugs:220320 Everything else is just static on the line 2008-06-03T18:07:49Z 2008-06-03T18:07:49Z Remember <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/bluesalamanders/2489941549/">the chair and boxes that I just couldn't quite get rid of</a>? Well, one of my neighbors was visiting the other day and we decided to finally get rid of those, as well as some boxes that have been sitting out on my balcony basically since I moved in. <br /><br />We threw the boxes off the balcony into the parking lot (I'm on the second floor), which was <i>so satisfying</i> - it is something I have wanted to do for months. I just never got around to it (the dreaded inertia). Then I swept the balcony. So, while it's still ugly and little with peeling paint, it looks twenty times better than it did. And I'm planning to get some potted plants to put in the corners to brighten it up a little. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:declutter_bugs:220133 Just Jenn 2008-06-03T15:45:31Z 2008-06-04T00:51:18Z Spent the last week slacking off and today I'm paying for it.<br /><br />1) <s>recycling</s><br />2) <s>take out garbae</s><br />3)<s>buy milk</s><br />4) <s>make beds</s><br />5) <s>clean up kitchen</s><br />6)clean off tables<br />7) <s>clean up bathroom</s><br />8) <s>pick up toys</s><br />9) <s>three loads of laundry</s><br />10) <s>sort, fold put away laundry</s><br />11) <s>clean up shoe area</s><br />12) <s>hang up all jackets</s><br />13) <s>make lunch</s><br />14)<s>clean up living room</s> it was clean for five minutes<br />15) <s>make lunch</s><br />16) wash floor<br />17) <s>start supper</s><br />18)<s>pick up Ryan from school</s><br />19) <s>do hokmework</s><br />20) <s>go to baseball</s> cancelled due to rain<br />21)<s>wash dishes</s><br />22) search for missing library books--still missing<br />23)clean up computer area--gives up<br />24) clean up garage<br />25) collaspe into bed. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:declutter_bugs:219683 Everything else is just static on the line 2008-05-29T18:17:13Z 2008-05-29T18:17:13Z Yesterday evening, before I went to bed, I did the 27 thing fling and picked up a bunch of stuff that was laying around the living room and kitchen. <br /><br />I also did half to two thirds of the dishes that need to be washed.<br /><br />And this may sound silly to some people, but I've also been spending time organizing my inventory in the online game Second Life. It's so easy for it to get totally out of control (sound familiar to anyone? :), and I'm afraid I have let that happen - at worst, I had over 13,000 items (aren't you glad you can't hit a button and find out exactly how many items there are in your home?!). I've gotten rid of at least a thousand items in the past couple of days - At this moment, I have 12,197 (edit: now down to 12,103, since I'm alternating between sorting there and typing here).<br /><br />For the SL inventory-organizing, Flickr is a useful tool. I'm taking pictures of all the items that I'm keeping and I'm uploading them to my SL-only flickr account. I go through all of the different kinds of stuff, figure out if I want to keep it or not, take pictures of what I decide to keep, and delete what I don't. I'm also sorting the stuff I'm keeping into (hopefully) a better-organized system of folders.<br /><br />As in RL, I can only sort for so long in SL before I get bored and frustrated with it, so I'm stopping for now. The temptation is always to go get more stuff, though... urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:declutter_bugs:219473 Everything else is just static on the line 2008-05-26T21:02:46Z 2008-05-26T21:02:46Z I am putting away my clean laundry (uhhh, finally?) and then I'm going to clean up around my chair, which will involve lots of putting stuff away and not a little throwing stuff away too. I tend to let stuff pile up until there's no room to put anything down anymore before I tidy it. Ugh.<br /><br />I have a question, though, that you guys might be able to help me with. I have hardwood floors in my apartment. I love hardwood floors, but there is one problem - my furniture moves. The chairs, the stools, the tables (I have very small tables), they all slide around at the slightest touch. Seriously, my cat rubs up against them and they slide. Is there anything I can do about it? I love hardwood floors, but this is very annoying. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:declutter_bugs:219167 Everything else is just static on the line 2008-05-25T22:23:56Z 2008-05-25T22:23:56Z So far today I have washed the dishes (after putting away what was dry in the dish rack), finally folded and put away my sheets and towels, also finally put away the rest of those groceries, and put or thrown away a few random things that were laying around. <br /><br />My living room is very nearly a living room again! All that's left is to put away the clean clothes (oops) and a few other bits and bobs. And take that chair and those boxes down to the garbage. Bah. Maybe I'll just throw them off the balcony into the parking lot (I'm only on the 2nd floor) and then go down and get them. It would be easier than carrying them down the stairs...<br /><br />I do have the balcony door open, which means the room is even lighter and airier, although it also means the neighbors can look inside if they so desire. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:declutter_bugs:218809 Everything else is just static on the line 2008-05-23T12:39:05Z 2008-05-23T12:39:05Z Well, I'm trying, but it's hard. You remember that nice (nearly tidy) <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/bluesalamanders/2489941549/">picture of the living room</a> I posted a while back? Well, <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/bluesalamanders/2516224986/">this is what it looks like now</a>. I have a bit of work to do...sigh. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:declutter_bugs:218393 M.K. Payne,B.Msc. 2008-05-17T22:48:41Z 2008-05-17T22:48:41Z Well vacuuming is not happening asd fast as I want, too much laundry. <br /><br />Since my last post however:<br /> I've got all but one or two pieces of winter bedding clean and packed for summer- the next load of laundry loaded, just waiting for apt to cool off a bit between sessions...<br />only one load to go after that!<br /><br />99% of the old dishes clutter is done and up to date *yay* some bits I still need M. to do, hopefully he will do it soon, as we don't need the kitchen to get so bad I won't clean.<br /><br />Stovetop cleaned<br />top of desk almost reorganized.<br /><br />Still need to do so much but can't wear myself out or I can't do my HW...<br />:(<br /><br />I think I need to break down to smaller chunks in the living room... urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:declutter_bugs:218115 dias_muire_duit 2008-05-16T22:55:21Z 2008-05-16T22:55:21Z Since we're all patting ourselves on the back, I think I'll join in. <br /><br />This week I decluttered my son's room (I realized he had too many clothes--I haven't been giving away his outgrown stuff. My bad.)<br /><br />Decluttered the third floor bathroom and re-arranged everything in nice baskets.<br /><br />Decluttered my girls' room--and got rid of the baby toys. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:declutter_bugs:217999 M.K. Payne,B.Msc. 2008-05-16T19:47:42Z 2008-05-16T19:49:03Z 1 load of dishes put away- <br />one done and drying<br /><br />2 loads of laundry<br /><br />Other things considered for today-<br /><br />tackle a pile of magazines<br /><br />or<br /><br />vacuum the bedroom.<br /><br />Also- need to sort desk area shelves. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:declutter_bugs:217599 Everything else is just static on the line 2008-05-13T21:29:18Z 2008-05-13T21:29:18Z Success! I have beaten the Big Pile o Stuff at last!<br /><br /><a href="http://flickr.com/photos/bluesalamanders/2329189182/">The pile at the beginning</a>.<br /><br /><a href="http://flickr.com/photos/bluesalamanders/2482240867/">The pile as of yesterday</a>.<br /><br /><a href="http://flickr.com/photos/bluesalamanders/2489941549/">The pile as of today</a>! urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:declutter_bugs:217326 Just Jenn 2008-05-11T23:57:19Z 2008-05-11T23:57:19Z I some how got gum all over my new skirt.<br />ANy clues how to get the gum out? urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:declutter_bugs:216925 Everything else is just static on the line 2008-05-11T12:07:16Z 2008-05-11T12:07:16Z I've moved half of that pile of stuff into the spare room. Maybe a little more than half. The rest is less well stacked, so I'll have to be more careful moving it. <br /><br />I'm seeing one of the side effects of clutter that I never paid much attention to before - dust. It is <i>so</i> dusty on and around these things I'm moving, which probably has something to do with the cough I've had for the past few weeks. Ugh.<br /><br />(<a href="http://flickr.com/photos/bluesalamanders/2329189182/">Before</a> and <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/bluesalamanders/2482240867/">After</a> pictures) urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:declutter_bugs:216675 M.K. Payne,B.Msc. 2008-05-11T02:07:39Z 2008-05-11T02:07:39Z Have been slacking a bit but my most recent updates have been <br />1) Fixed Vacuum! - now to use it in more of the house/get back in habit.<br /><br />2)Evicting unused magazines. must have gotten rid of a stack of 20+ already, and as we sort the boxes there will be more.<br /><br />current goal- clear and sort floor clutter. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:declutter_bugs:216550 dias_muire_duit 2008-05-11T01:56:12Z 2008-05-11T01:56:12Z Hi, I'm here because decluttering is very important to me right now. We've accumulated way too much of it, and I'm in the process of streamlining our house and our lives.<br /><br />My biggest victory lately was the purchase of three dvd albums to hold the dvds and throw away the boxes--HUGE space saver! urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:declutter_bugs:216077 Everything else is just static on the line 2008-05-10T23:33:45Z 2008-05-10T23:33:45Z I talk about little things when I post here - doing dishes, dealing with paperwork, tidying a bookshelf - and don't get me wrong, those are accomplishments and I'm really glad I each and every one of them, but they're not the biggest clutter problem in my apartment. <br /><br />About 8 months ago, I moved from a decent sized 2-bedroom apartment to a smallish 1-bedroom apartment. I thought I left a lot of stuff behind when I moved, but it turns out it wasn't nearly enough. I have piles and boxes of stuff that I've never unpacked - half of it (I'm sure) is stuff for my jewelry business (which I'm not doing anything with right now, in large part because I couldn't find anything if I wanted it) but the rest...I don't even know what the rest is. It's too overwhelming to try to go through it all. I've been trying to shift it to the bedroom (I set up the "dining room" as my bedroom, since the bedroom is more space than I need and also rather stupidly laid out) but I need to be able to reach the closet and my cat's litter box (and so does he, of course). It's just frustrating and overwhelming. I wish I could ask someone to come help me go through stuff, but my family is too far away and my friends...I don't know, I'm not really comfortable asking my friends that. It just feels weird.<br /><br />On the up side, I did 27 Thing Fling twice over this evening, including putting away books I finished (so my recently-tidied bookshelves aren't messed up again right away), putting dirty dishes in the sink (must wash dishes tonight! must!), putting dirty clothes in the hamper, and various other random things that were misplaced or needed to be thrown out.