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#34341 - 04/04/04 03:21 AM
spring cleaning
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The Divine Ms M
Registered: 07/07/03
Posts: 4894
Loc: Orange County, California
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I work full-time (and not as a homemaker) but this topic definitely belongs under WORK! We just started spring cleaning, including the stuff that gets done once a year whether it needs it or not haha: vacuuming the ceilings, cleaning out the kitchen cabinets, etc. Out of everything I hate (and I hate all of it) my Least Favorite Award goes to the 2.5 hours I spent yesterday going over the shower grout with a toothbrush and trying to remove hard water buildup in toilets and showers. For my money, it doesn't get any more boring than this. What's your least favorite spring cleaning chore?
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#34342 - 04/04/04 04:36 PM
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Registered: 01/04/04
Posts: 164
Loc: Minnesota
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What's spring cleaning? I did sweep out and dust the barn the other day. Am I sick or what? I found that some mice have been storing cat food in one of my saddles. My barn cat is definately not doing her job.
The thing I dread doing the most in the spring is pulling out my boxed up spring/summer clothes and putting away my fall/winter stuff. I have to wash and unwrinkle everything and spend an inordinate amount of time debating what stuff I should get rid of, always keeping more than I should.
Anyone else have the magazine glut problem? That's on my next hit list. They all have these great articles that I so want to read, going all the way back to 1998. It's so important as a writer to keep current on topics and know what the market is looking for. How can I possible throw the stuff out? Certainly no one can part with back issues of National Geographic or American Cowboy. Can they?
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#34343 - 04/04/04 10:44 PM
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Registered: 01/01/04
Posts: 678
Loc: Tazewell County, VA, USA
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catalogs first, magazines second. at least magazines have useful information. catalogs have stuff they have already sold by the time I get around to reading them!
chores...I'm the clutter queen. we still have boxes piled up in the hallway from where we haven't unpacked from moving in. in all fairness, all of those boxes were in storage until a couple of months ago . now they are in storage in the hall.
some of those boxes have Dave's first wife's financial records and she died in 1988! I suppose that makes us the King & Queen of Clutter, eh? I think he also has the first Playboy magazines he ever bought and that was when Playboy was brand new. Could any of those magazines be worth $$$? E-bay here I come!
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#34346 - 04/06/04 05:49 AM
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The Divine Ms M
Registered: 07/07/03
Posts: 4894
Loc: Orange County, California
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My husband saved 20-year-old phone bills from 3 houses ago and I finally got him to throw them out (mostly by intentionally tripping on his paper pile a few times .) Now he only backlogs for 7 years. I put a 5-year moratorium on magazines here. By then, they're all outdated anyhow. I donate them to the library's used book sales.
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#34347 - 04/06/04 06:28 PM
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Registered: 11/01/03
Posts: 1076
Loc: Ohio, USA
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Aha! After reading this thread, now I can see why Dotsie suggested I come post. I had just written this little poem off the cuff last night and sent it to some friends. Fits right in here!
Packrat
I have too much space
To spread stuff about
And need to give away
A lot of it, no doubt.
My closet holds clothes
In four different sizes
When you open a drawer,
It’s full of surprises.
I need to organize,
And learn to give away
Just keep what I’ll use
Or what I’ll display
God’s blessed me so much
And I must confess
I’m sure I’ll never wear
That size six mini-dress!
By Donna J. Shepherd
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#34350 - 04/08/04 03:59 AM
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Registered: 10/15/03
Posts: 446
Loc: California
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Wait a second, wait a second.....back up a little....Agate, you've got old American Cowboy magazines? I LOVE those......you wanna trade for some Sunset, Martha Stewart, County Living, Country Home, Southern Living, Elle Decor, Coastal Living... (what else do I have?) Well I probably don't have but a few Coastal Livings.....anyway..... Don't ask. It's too scary. Kate
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