Showing posts with label getting stuff done around the house. Show all posts
Showing posts with label getting stuff done around the house. Show all posts

Tuesday, July 26, 2022

Getting Stuff Done Tuesday

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So what's been going on at Chez Sluggy?  
Yesterday was a busy day.  I've taken to doing a daily "Get 'Er Done" List trying to move forward on packing, decluttering, and anything else I need to get done to keep me motivated.  And Sissie has been keeping me accountable as I send her a text with what I get done.

Yesterday's List--

*  Clean antique sewing machine
*  Photograph it and list on FB Marketplace
*  Follow up with ceramic shop on them taking my ceramic molds
*  Bag up bisque smalls and ornament in basement and haul upstairs(Hubs to haul)
*  Box up another Food Bank donation
*  Call the Bank about getting more checks
*  Call NCL about password issue and currency issue
*  Gather and photograph stuff for 2 more Giveaways

All but the first two items got done.  go me. ;-)  I also made dinner and baked 4 small loaves of sweet breads(2 orange/cranberry and 2 blueberry).

3 bags and 1 box of smalls/ornies got hauled up for me to go through.  Not sure on how much I'll get done today as I need to take my nephew to the grocery store midday.  I was going to drive him to a job interview but that's being done on Zoom now but he still needs to go grocery shopping for himself and his father.  Yesterday somebody rear ended his almost new car so he's in a pickle right now.  Luckily his current job is walkable from his apartment.

Today's List--

*  Clean antique sewing machine
*  Photo and list it 
*  Write up Giveaway posts
*  Edit more old photos
*  Nephew to store and maybe lunch
*  Start going through bisque
*  Figure out what's for dinner(probably leftovers or Breakfast for Dinner-ie, easy)

Not a big list as that area of my back is acting up so I can't be bending and toting stuff for a few days until my back stops screaming at me.

Like Rhitter knows this whole preparing to move halfway across the country sucks.  At least she doesn't have to sell a house thrown into the mix. ;-)

What are you up to today?

Sluggy

Thursday, May 5, 2022

What's Going On This Week So Far?

Well on Monday Hubs took me out for a Mother's Day lunch(too crowded on the actual holiday)to Red Lobster.  They have Endless Shrimp on Monday so I got that.
I decided I shouldn't have had a helping of Shrimp Scampi(too much garlic and butter)as my stomach didn't feel well.  I ended up throwing up lunch afterwards. 8-((

On Tuesday I went to my old storage facility and  got a new unit.

This is where I'll be emptying the garage contents so I can stage a stockpile sale in the garage for next month.

I've made 4 trips so far and the garage is in a stage of chaos right now. lolz  It's getting worse before it gets better in there.  I'll take another load over to storage on Friday.

I burned a fair amount in the firepit of old wood/broken pallettes/tree branches piled by the shed. 

Hubs got the soil in the garden boxes so I can plant there as soon as the weather is warmer here and we are out of the frost/freezingtemps overnight.

I've got photos through July of 2017 edited.  Now it's on to August 2017.   8-))

Hubs is filling wall dents and dings and sanding in prep for painting the upstairs hallway.  Maybe by Monday he'll be ready to start in on the downstairs hallway, kitchen and den.

What's going on at your house?


Sluggy


Saturday, October 5, 2019

To-Do List......the September Update

Here's how the September to-Do List turned out.......

* Pay Bills  DONE  Everything was paid on time. No interest paid EVER! lolz

* Read 1, 2 Books  DONE  
I read this one..........


"The Wright Brothers" by David McCullough"

Mr. McCullough writes very readable books so it's always a joy to pick one of his up.
Wilbur and Orville(as well as their sister, Catherine, who was a teacher and an Oberlin graduate)were very interesting people.  
This book told me a lot I didn't know about the Wrights.  I found their trips to NC for their flight experiments most interesting as that is the part of the world I grew up near.


Then I read this one.......


"The Whole Town's Talking" by Fannie Flagg

I am a big Fannie Flagg fan but this books, IMHO, wasn't up to her usual standards.  I don't know, I just found it lacking in depth and it just seemed a predictable plot.  It started off well but by the end I wasn't as enamored with it.  But I am still glad I read it.

And then I read a third book.......




"The Revised Fundamentals of Caregiving: A Novel" by Jonathan Evison

This book went fast and I actually finished it before September was over.  It was a delightful little read(though the subject matter was so delightful lolz)that kept me interested and in suspense.  I may have to hunt down Mr. Evison's previous novel, "West of Here" and give it a look.


* Purge Inserts & Q Envie  DONE  
My poor little coupon envie looks so thin and anemic lately as I haven't been spending much time hunting down Qs to use.
 I have hardly any Qs in my envie right now after cleaning it out and the Insert stack is quite short.

* Hold Giveaway  DONE


All the above plus a few items chosen by the winner were given away.

* Mail Giveaway  DONE  
The box went out promptly and received safely.

* Deep clean Master Bedroom  IN PROGRESS
I haven't been able to deep clean our bedroom for ages.  All the stuff stored in it was relocated to new places in the house by the beginning of September but with everything I've been working on in September(sewing room mostly)I haven't gotten the bedroom thoroughly cleaned.  It's been cleaning by drips and drabs in there so far.
When I get back from my trip, the seasonal clothing will need to be switched and I'll incorporate the closet into the deep clean too.  More to do on this in October.

* Prepare Peppers for Freezer  DONE
This chore got done in early September as that is when we went to the farm and picked a peck of peppers(or was it 3 pecks? I don't know.).

* Can Tomatoes  DONE



I canned the tomatoes in early September.  After that the tomatoes ripened in drips and drabs so I either sauced and used them right away or tucked them into the freezer as there wasn't enough to run the canning pot really.
I didn't can as many this year as last partly because I didn't buy any at the farm like last year and we ate more of the ones we grew fresh(or I made sauce to use right away).

* House Train Puppy  IN PROGRESS
Mostly Dixie is trained now and we haven't had any accidents in the house in a month but I hesitate to mark this one DONE for awhile longer.  Maybe at the end of October?

* Take Load to Salvation Army  DONE
I didn't get a photo of what we took in the last week in September.  Mostly it was Hubs' things he de-cluttered from the man cave as he was setting it up after the makeover in there.

* List Items on eBay  IN PROGRESS
I got about 7 items up in September. It is so frustrating though as eBay REQUIRES you to have the "Make An Offer" feature on non-auction listings so I am having to run the gauntlet of lowball offers from eBay bottom feeders. ugh.
Is it worth it really anymore?  Maybe I'll just start putting my eBay goodies in Giveaway boxes instead!

* Get Car Checked for Trip  DONE  The oil got changed and all belts/hoses checked and tires inflated to proper levels.  We are all set to travel...woohoo!

* Move More $$ Into a CD  DONE I finally got this completed.  The cash hasn't been in a CD for a month yet and already I've earned $30+ on the deposit(can't take it until the CD matures but I still count it every month lol).  Much better than the .06¢ it was earning a month in the reg. checking account. 8-((

* Organize my Stuff in Sewing Room  DONE



All my crap is in there now.



And it's all organized and set up.



Now I just need the motivation and inspiration to get in there and sew something. lolz




* Reorganize Garage  IN PROGRESS
With the Stockpile Sale lots of things got moved and reorganized in the garage.  I've still got some work to do out there but with the weather getting cold now(and I'll be away for a couple of weeks)I don't know how much more progress I'll make this year.  I'll call this one done for the year once October is finished.

* Put Garden to Bed  FAIL
As we are still harvesting veggies into October the garden wasn't put to bed in September.  I am hoping Hubs does it without my help while I am away.  hehehe

* Organize my Stuff in Dining Room  IN PROGRESS  The Dining Room has become "eBay Central" now........it's where I photograph, store and pack what I am attempting to sell on eBay.  It's also where I load/store Giveaway boxes too.  I've got it fairly organized in there now and don't need to clear it out until Thanksgiving, when I'll just move the stacks into the corner of the living room where the Daughter's hanging device(for her back pain)use to be.

* Go Through Stack of Recipes  FALL
Here's what I need to go through...........



A red box of my mother's recipes as well as print outs of recipes from online and a recipe tin with recipe cards, both mine and my mother's.  A lot of these print outs from online can get pitched.  I just didn't get to any of this in September.  Maybe this Winter when I'm stuck inside because of the weather I'll get around to it?  Let's remove it for now and re-attempt this chore during the Winter in 2020.

* Make Reservations for Dec./Jan.  IN PROGRESS
I've gotten MY half of the reservations completed. Hubs is in charge of the car rental and the dog boarding reservations.  I suppose I'll have to nag at him, especially the boarding rez as they will fill up for the Holidays soon. sigh

* Clean my Car  DONE
I got it cleaned and vacuumed out.  The cup holder was nasty(Ex-CB must have spilled something in it one of the few times I've let him take my car lately)but otherwise not too bad.  I wish I could reach the windshield better to clean the inside of it but it's done.

* Color my Hair  FAIL
I didn't get around to coloring my hair until this past Thursday, which was October.

*  Pack for Oct. Trip  IN PROGRESS
Packing is a process and takes days for a trip like this.  I commenced the process late September(making the checklist and gathering supplies).  The actual packing(putting stuff in the car)happens a couple of days before leaving.  After all, I can't be riding around to Rite-Aid and Weis(PMITA)Markets here with my car filled with stuff, right? ;-)

*  Hold Stockpile Sale  DONE



Held the sale the first Saturday of September and traded a lot of what is pictured above for cold hard cash below, with a trace of my sanity too.........




That's all from Chez Sluggy for September.  It was a good and full month.
Onward and upward to October!

Did you have a productive September?  Tell us all about what you got done. ;-)


Sluggy

Tuesday, June 10, 2014

It's the Chair for Me and My "Green" Weekend with a Big Gun

 
I was one busy beaver last weekend.

It all started on Friday when I got rid of the Christmas tablecloth on the kitchen table......about time, right? lolz


I sewed up a spiffy new summery tablecloth.....


And put it under vinyl.......

Then I took one of the nasty and stained seats off of the chairs......


And recovered it in matching fabric with vinyl covering, then reattached the seat to the chair.


By Saturday evening I had done 4 of the chairs and this project was completed!


Looks a lot better, don't it?

I have 2 extra chairs but their seats aren't in bad shape and I don't use them in the kitchen with the other ones.  I may go ahead and purchase another 3/4 yard of fabric so I can cover those chair cushions/seats eventually.  I can always use that fabric to make throw pillows for the living room if I don't end up recovering those seats/cushions before the other 4 get beat to hell.   But I'll wait until the fabric goes on sale again.  8-)

Also on Saturday I went and picked up the last of the soda for the party.  I had a $5 off $25 coupon for Dollar General(the sad store)so we are stocked up on sugary carbonated drinks for the crew.

Then we rented a power washer and de-molded (or as Jane would say de-moulded)the siding on the house and cleaned the French doors, window screens and the deck.
I also emptied the pool deck box and then scrubbed it good with a bleachy cleaner and now it almost looks presentable. lolz

Here's my best Bonnie & Clyde type pose with my big gun.....hehehe



And here is the backside of the house now that it's nice and pretty.....


I had Hubs also pick up 2 lime green Adirondack at Lowe's when he went out on Saturday.
Yah, an impulse buy for $36. 

Now we don't have to drag out the canvas camp every time we want to make a fire.  We can leave these out in the elements and the canvas chairs can be extras for when we have company.



Then on Sunday morning I got an email from Overstock that the lime green leather club chair I wanted to buy(which was out of stock for months)was available again, so I hopped right on that and bought it.
I'll cross my fingers that it arrives before the graduation on Friday.  If not, that's ok too.


Sunday I worked on the living room curtains when I wasn't trying to clean the house and move junk around and clear off the bed in my "fabric lair".

We also got 2 boxes of stuff in the car for Salvation Army ready to go the next time we are over there.

By the time everyone leaves on Sunday I will need a week in bed!

So between mold(or mould for my Canadian friends) and assorted chairs, I have a very green weekend, didn't I?  8-)))

Let's close with a shot of my peonies as they finally decided to bloom this weekend.....



So what have you been up to lately?



Sluggy