Week 5

Area to clean: Half Bath

You may be asking Why I need a whole week to clean my half bath. I have four teenagers who primarily use that bathroom…nuff said….LOL. Well that and it gives me time to play catch-up. I fell a little behind, but now I am all caught up. :)

Holiday Prep
1) I bought 2 extra cans of corn for my Holidays menus.
2) I have begun to work on some of my Homemade gifts.
3) I went through another box of Christmas Decorations.

Well so far so good. I hope I can stay the course. I do love how my house is starting to feel more organized and clean! I love all the planning I have been able to do. :)

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Week 4

Area to clean: Master Bedroom

I thoroughly cleaned my master bedroom. This didn’t take long at all as I usually keep up with this room. :)

Lists:
1) Finished gift list. May add a few things later….but it is done! :)
2) Finished Holiday Budget. Is it what I want…NO…LOL. It is definitely workable though. :)
3) Wow my list of crafts and gifts websites is endless…lol.

Holiday Prep
1) Made a list of supplies I need to buy for my homemade gifts.
2) I bought 2 extra bags of flour for Holiday baking.
3) I went through another box of Christmas decorations.

It’s progress! :)

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Week 3

Area to clean: Entry/Foyer

I thoroughly cleaned my foyer. My foyer is wood and I have 2 built in wooded benches. Kinda looks like a cabin…..:) So I had lot of dusting in the crevices. It looks beautiful now. I also went through all our coats hanging on the coat hangers and our shoe basket.

Lists:
1) Finishing up my gift lists
2) Holiday budget is coming along…although not as much in it as I want…lol
3) Continuing making my crafts and gifts website list.

Holiday Prep:
1) I am starting to collect the things I need for my homemade gifts.
2) I bought 2 items needed for my Holiday Menus. (Frozen Green Beans)
3) I went through 1 box of Christmas decorations. To take inventory of what I have. I will try to go through 1 box a week. This way I can de-clutter and organize and make note of items I may need. :)

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Week 2

Area to Deep Clean: Living Room

I have thoroughly cleaned my Living room. I even re-arranged my furniture. :) Cleaned out and organized my coat closet. I was amazed at what I found lurking in my closet. LOL….found lots of items I had been searching for.

I replaced the batteries in my smoke and carbon monoxide detectors.

Lists:

1) I am still working on my gifts list.
2) I am compiling a list of crafts and gifts websites.
3) I am working on a holiday budget….VERY Important. We are debt free (other than our Mortgage) and I want to stay that way!
I will have to control my impulse shopping for Christmas. :0

**Working on my gifts lists and holiday menus NOW instead of last minute is so nice and calming. I have the time to plan! :)

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Week 1

I am late in my progress report. I fell a little behind but I am almost caught up!

Clean Front Porch:

I cleaned my front porch and decorated for fall. Pulled weeds….oh how I hate doing that..lol. My yard looks nice and hopefully no more weeding and mowing till next Spring. :D

Lists I’m working on:

1) I have my Christmas card list done. I only have a few.
2) I have made my Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, Christmas, and New Years menus.
3) I have made my baking plan list.
4) I have began working on my gift list
5) I have my freezer plan list

whew..week 1 done! :))

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91-100 Things that make me Happy!

91) Baskets
92) Strawberries
93) Disney Movies
94) Sunny Days
95) The country-I hope to move back someday
96) Sleeping IN
97) Making people Happy! :))
98) Finding something worth smiling about in this messed up world
99) Having a Lazy Day
100) HUGS from my True Love-Makes everything right with the world

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Latin

Well I began to learn/teach Latin with my daughter. We are using Latina Christiana to learn. Basic, but its what we need to start with. :)

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81-90 Things that make me Happy!

81) Good Friends
82) Warm Blanket fresh from the Dryer
83) Butterflies
84) Sharing
85) Crossing things off my To Do List!
86) Shopping for Holiday Decorations
87) My Homemade Salsa. YUM :)
88) waterfalls
89) Kisses from my True Love
90) Turning all electricity off in the house for complete silence

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71-80 Things that make me Happy

71) Seeing HIM and Linkin Park Live on MySpace….It was the next best thing to being there. They were AWEsome!!!

72) Vacations
73) Spontaneous Road Trips
74) A Good cup of Tea
75) Karaoke-watching my kids
76) The ZOO
77) Cheers
78) Surprises
79) Fireplaces
80) Dreaming…good dreams

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61-70 Things that make me Happy!!

61) Little Debbie Snack Cakes (my comfort food)
62) Pictures
63) Realizing we have NICE wood floors under our carpet :)
64) wind chimes
65) sandy beach
66) walking around bare foot…I hate shoes lol
67) Smell of the ocean
68) Smoothies
69) Baking Fresh Bread
70) My herb garden

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51-60 Things that make me Happy!

51) Summer Breeze
52) A good cup of Coffee
53) wireless internet (just got it today :D)
54) new clothes
55) De cluttering my house
56) Have energy ALL day! :))
57) Organizing my house
58) Re decorating my house
59) exercising
60) Dancing

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Ready To Start!

I have started to organize my binder for this. I really need to follow this plan so I am not as stressed this Holiday season. I have my binder set up and my calendars ready. I also set up some reminders in my calendar program on my computer.

This system starts on Aug 26 and continues through December. The idea is you do a little each week to prepare…instead of rushing around at the last minute.(which is ALWAYS the case with me) I did change a few things in the plan to meet my needs. Here is the web page if you are interested Holiday Grand Plan and if you want support and ideas here is a Yahoo Group . Lots of good advice and help in the group. :)

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91-100 Cat Superstitions

91) Dreaming of white cat means good luck. – American superstition

92) To see a white cat on the road is lucky. – American superstition

93) It is bad luck to see a white cat at night. – American superstition

94) If a cat washes behind its ears, it will rain. – English superstition

95) A strange black cat on your porch brings prosperity. – Scottish superstition

96) A cat sneezing is a good omen for everyone who hears it. – Italian superstition

97) A cat sleeping with all four paws tucked under means cold weather ahead. – English superstition

98) When moving to a new home, always put the cat through the window instead of the door, so that it will not leave. – American superstition

99) When you see a one-eyed cat, spit on your thumb, stamp it in the palm of your hand, and make a wish. The wish will come true. – American superstition

100) In the Netherlands, cats were not allowed in rooms where private family discussions were going on. The Dutch believed that cats would definitely spread gossips around the town. – Netherlands superstition

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81-90 Cat Quotes/Sayings

81) “Cats look beyond appearances-beyond species entirely, it seems-to peer into the heart.” – Barbara L. Diamond

82) “The cat is the only animal which accepts the comforts but rejects the bondage of domesticity.” – Georges Louis Leclerc de Buffon

83) “One cat just leads to another.” – Ernest Hemingway

84) “A cat’s behavior is a direct reflection of his feelings.” – Carole Wilbourn

85) “My husband said it was him or the cat…I miss him sometimes.” – Unknown

86) “I cannot deny that a cat lover and his cat have a master/slave relationship. The cat is the master.” – Arthur R. Kassin

87) “To understand a cat, you must realize that he has has own gifts, his own viewpoint, even his own morality.” – Lilian Jackson Braun

88) “In my next life, I’d like to come back as a cat.” – Patti J. Moran

89) “A cat will do what it wants when it wants, and there’s not a thing you can do about it.” – Frank Perkins

90) “The purr from cat to man says, ‘You bring me happiness; I am at peace with you.’” – Barbara L. Diamond

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41-50 Things that make me Happy!

41) Emails from pen pals
42) Rainbows
43) 43 Things—Seeing Progress helps so much :)
44) Christmas
45) Thanksgiving
46) The arrival of Fall weather
47) A Brand New Day! :))
48) A big City Lit up a Night
49) Crystal Balls
50) Jewelry

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71-80 Cat Quotes/Sayings

71) The trouble with a kitten is THAT Eventually it becomes a CAT.
- Ogden Nash

72) Curiosity killed the cat, but for awhile I was a suspect.
- Steven Wright

73) Curiosity is the very basis of education and if you tell me that curiosity killed the cat, I say only the cat died nobly.
- Arnold Edinborough

74) The ideal of calm exists in a sitting cat.
Jules Renard 1864-1910

75) “Cats don’t like change without their consent.”
- Roger A. Caras

76) Cat: A pygmy lion who loves mice, hates dogs, and patronizes human beings.
- Oliver Herford

77) A kitten is the delight of the household; all day long a comedy is played out by an incomparable actor.
- Champfleury

78) God made the cat in order that man might have the pleasure of caressing the lion.
- Fernand Mery

79) The purity of a person’s heart can be quickly measured by how they regard cats.
- Anonymous

80) People who belong to Siamese cats must make up their minds to do a good deal of waiting upon them.”
- Compton Mackenzie

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August Reads

I am reading Shape Your Life, 4 Weeks to a Better Body—and a Better Life. I am so excited to read this book, it is written by the same writers from the Shape Magazine. I wanted the book when it came out but I couldn’t afford to buy it. I forgot about it and when I was on the Paperbackswap site I found the book. I just received it today. :D

How To See and Read the Aura—I am very interested in the metaphysical fields. This will be an interesting read. :)

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61-70 at Quotes/Sayings

61) “A cat sleeps fat, yet walks thin.” – Unknown
62) “A cat is nobody’s fool.” – Heywood Brown

63) “In ancient times cats were worshiped as Gods, they have not forgotten this.” – Unknown

64) There is no such thing as ‘just a cat’.” – Robert A. Heinlein

65) “Cats come and go without ever leaving.” – Martha Curtis
66) “Cats are connoisseurs of comfort.” – James Herriot

67) “You can tell your cat anything and he’ll still love you. If you lose your job or your best friend, your cat will think no less of you.” – Helen Powers

68) “A little drowsing cat is an image of perfect beatitude.” – Jules Champfleury

69) “The way to keep a cat is to try to chase it away.” – E. W. Howe

70) “All cats are possessed of a proud spirit, and the surest way to forfeit the esteem of a cat is to treat him as an inferior being.” – Michael Joseph

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We have wood floors! :)

Pulling up all the carpet in the house and redoing the floors that need it. I don’t have the money to pay someone to do it….soooo we are doing it ourselves. It is slow going and a lot of work. It will be worth it. I don’t like carpet…It never feels clean enough to me.

My youngest daughter’s room is done and our living room is almost done. I have 2 bedrooms , hallway, and our breezeway left to do.
Work, work, work. :)

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My Soul Master Character

My Favorite Game to play is KungFuMu

It is a Role Playing Game. My SM Char currently has 140 resets. You have to reach 400 levels and then reset your character. On this server you gain levels pretty fast. Not quite halfway to my goal …but getting there. :)

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