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Post by michelle on Feb 12, 2021 3:41:43 GMT
Another good day for me. I primarily did office work and dealt with getting people at work organized. Not much else went on. One good thing is that I am feeling so much better. I spent time out in the garage putting away things, brought items in, did the dog and bird chores.
Hope you had a productive day!!!
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Post by zenamidievel on Feb 12, 2021 5:35:34 GMT
Yay, I am glad you are feeling better!!!!
Things are still in a bit of disaray here as I deal with multiple goings on but that's ho it is right now.
Craft:
-In the process of getting the thing printed for my mom for the 100 year birthday, I did photograph, sent, and it was just "okay". Because when you photograph something that has white, or large parts of white, it comes out grayish. So, I'd forgotten about that (as this had happened before) and the spaces on the card where there are not actual items is white. One thing lead to another and I tried working with the scanner at home...which I've tied before, using, the touch pad, and not had success getting what I wanted.
-Using the computer screen/mouse, not the touch pad on machine, I see I can scan and save as a JPEG, which I did. When that is done, that means I can then upload the scanned image as jpeg to Lightroom/PHotoshop and work with it. So, I did that and it was a lot lighter, less grayish right from the get-go, which I knew, and did get me a better end product, so this was all good!
-Then since I learned how to scan to a JPEG I realized I could probably scan my own quilt, pet collage, etc. all those things and possibly rather than have them do it at the print place do my editing, layouts, and send, and all of this combined with the recent correction of low DPI I was using, and compression, maybe, maybe, I could have a better, good, clear, crisper quality thing than what I've had to date!!! And....drumroll.....this all WORKED!!!!!!!!! Because due to low DPI/COmpression, I was going to have to rework some card layouts anyway to improve them. So now, I think I can do it, at home, most of it, without having to bother the print place too much, get help with editing pay for scans, lbah, blah, blah..if I can ultimately do more of this myself and just send the jobs to print. This would probably make them happy and it would make me happy too. Thanks for listening...more progress and I think, beyond all of this, there is not much else to do get anything any better than what all I know to do now. I will able to put my order in tomorrow for the new Pet Cards, feel awesome about the quality.
Home:
-grocery shopped today, this was a lot.
-came home, put away most of it
-cooked tonight's dinner and made soup for tomorrows dinner, it's called Beechers Vegetable Barley soup except I did add stew meat to it. This soup is easy and hearty and uses canned stuff and all dried/ground spices from pantry so is very easy to make. I'll make biscuits tomorrow to go with it.
-listed three more of DH's bags to Ebay, I'm going to list 4 more tonight in sets of two, then I will move that box to the guestroom, I'm tired of smelling this stuff.
That's about it.
Z.
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Post by michelle on Feb 13, 2021 0:38:02 GMT
Z, That is fantastic!!! You have made such incredible progress with the technical aspects!! Also the soup sounds delish! I zoned out shopping on line. Good grief! Well at least I didn't buy a bunch of stuff. I did manage to work more in the garage. Got the floor swept and the front of the fridge and freezer cleaned. Took the trash out and did the recycling. It's surprising how nice the house looks when I keep things picked up. Did a mini home blessing. Took the dogs for three runs and got all the dog/bird chores done.Also did a load of wash.
That was about it. I want to get my Yoga done early. I keep putting it off until very late each night so today I am turning over a new leaf. Errand day for em tomorrow.
Hope you had another productive day!!!
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Post by zenamidievel on Feb 13, 2021 5:32:02 GMT
Hello!
Nice work in the garage and your dog activity points! I'm glad you were mindful about your online shopping! Good job, virtual pats on the back from me!
Home=
-made a small dent in the kitchen, trashes out
-restocked toilet paper everywherehttps://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/78052/beakers-vegetable-barley-soup/
-made the buttermilk biscuits tonight to accompany the soup. The soup is called "Beakers Vegetable Barley"
-got remaining items so far of DH's stuff listed on Ebay, there's more, but this is enough to deal with now as was about 25 items, $525.00 worth of stuff. One thing sold tonight. Interesting. Boxed the things and moved them to the guest room so MB doesn't smell like musty fabric, oil/gasoline. stinky stuff, military surplus stuff.
-rebooted laundry x1
Craft:
-edited the pet cards for blanks and with the quotes, I had to learn more today on that, DH helped me, so was able to send the document, and print place had to do nothing, just print them. Hooray.
-took my paper in, made my order, went and cut more paper at the other place to make mini cards at home later
-organized bits and pieces of my stuff in MB, threw stuff away, put the scraps iwith scraps, boxed bits, that go together, and stacked all nicely MB looks better with that done and surplus stuff out of here.
-put the new comforter in the new duvet cover, changed the sheets on the bed and have new thing on the bed.
That's it for tonight!
Z.
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Post by zenamidievel on Feb 13, 2021 21:38:27 GMT
Good Morning,
Snowing hard here, will be an at home day today.
Home:
-got the Euro Shams on the big pillows for the new bedding. I like the new bedding, the other was wearing through and tired, got a "stay-cool" type of comforter insert and the duve is big black/gray buffalo check as are the Euro shams. Bold, yet also more neutral.
-Ebay...SOld out on a Fixed price item of 5 quantity thing =$100, one "buy it now" price backpack, $35.00, so this has made it worth the time to list the things.
-brought two loads of laundry upstairs, will put it away
-cooked spaghetti sauce
-emptied DW, reloaded, ran it, hand wash away, new hand wash washed, quick sweep, counter swipe,
-cooked frozen pizza's for dinner. Spaghetti sauce is for tomorrow night and to freeze.
Craft:
-Photographed the two new sets of pet cards, blank and with quotes, and replaced both listings on Etsy.
-Rephoto'd the "misprints" and got those listed in the "Misprint/Discount Section" with and without quotes
-made two mini notecard sets with the red and blue bandanna paper
-Interesting, did I mention that the maker of the bandanna fabric also had a selection in paper from on Scrapbooking.com site? I'd ordered one sheet of it! However, I kind of like the color of the photographed paper more, as it's a deeper red, less orange.
ToDos:
-clean the bathrooms
-move plant and other item back to proper locaton in formal living room
-vacuum formal Living room and lower stairs
Hopefully do some art today of some king, or new creations.
More later,
Z.
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Post by michelle on Feb 14, 2021 6:23:06 GMT
Z, The bedding sounds fantastic! Congrats on getting items sold on ebay.
I ran errands today. I had several items I wanted to pick up for my office to decorate it and found everything I was looking for. I had so many places to go to and managed to get everything done. Watched a silly movie tonight that is one of my favorites. I never get tired of watching it. Most times I will only watch a movie once.
Lots to do tomorrow and I am going to get it done--I mean business!
Hope you are having a pleasant evening!!!
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Post by michelle on Feb 15, 2021 3:03:44 GMT
I had a DIY Handywoman success! The quad needed the protective rubber mat replaced that is put down over the basket in the back. This basket can catch a dogs nails and what a mess that is--which I learned about many years ago. Anyway I knew exactly what i was doing and did a great job!!! I am very excited because it was obvious that all my trials and tribulations in regard to DIY are paying off.
Also had a bunch of little chores that piled up so I spent some time getting most of them done and then I made a very neat list of the remaining ones and threw away all those crazy making scraps of paper and partially done To Do lists.
Happy Valentines Day!!!
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Post by zenamidievel on Feb 15, 2021 3:07:11 GMT
I would like to know that name of that movie you enjoy! Congrats on accomplishing all your errands today! I rewatch programs/movies many, many times. Lots of times it's because I enjoy, but I also like the background of the T.V.on and if it's a program I know well, I still enjoy, but don't have to actually sit and watch it, I can work on things while it runs.
Craft/Etsy/Organization/CB:
-DH had bought these DeWalt tool organizers some time ago but not used. Passed on to me, I'd not used yet. One is larger (12"x14"x3.5"D). THere were also some thinner, clear lidded containers, nice ones, 12"x10"x3" that came out of DS's closet. I'd still been using thin/flimsy paper boxes from Staples to store some things, excess card prints, bit of this and that with paper. So As I am cutting more paper in different sizes for mini notecards and gift tags, I realized today that better than stacking hodge podge in those paper boxes all mixed up, I could use the DeWalt thing, it can be sectionalized as it has plasatic deviders you can move around.I can store them a bit by types, sizes, it could also hold the envelopes and the notecards too once they were folded. So I got a lot of items moved into that DeWalt thing and was able DB more boxes and sacks. This thing will be great when I'm doing tags and mini notecards and the other flatter lidded thing is good to hold the 8.11 larger pieces of card stock I'm still working with and will keep them from getting ruined, bent and whatnot.\
-Lost my post, I made a few more things today, non holiday and holiday and got them photo'd and listed.
-more ideas for cute things, I need to write down in my notebook before I forget
-also someone "favorited" the Western Shirt MIni NOtecard design, which made me happy.
Home
-made spaghetti noodles to go with sauce tonight for dinner
Todos for tonigh:
-put current laundry away
-package the E-bay sales and print mailing labels
-figure out envelope for mom's card, so that I can mail that to her tomorrow
I still have cleaning and vacumming chores to do.
Z.
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Post by michelle on Feb 16, 2021 2:59:03 GMT
Z, I checked out those organizers. That is going to be so helpful keeping those smaller items organized! I doubt you really want to know the ridiculous movies that are my favs. House Sitter is my all time favorite which just goes to show my taste level. I forced myself to work on my Paper Tiger items this morning before I went to town. I am slowly reducing the pile of personal ones. One of my large mirrors had a malfunction which fortunately did not cause it to fall and break (what a mess that would have been). Anyway I went to Lowes to get another one and now they are not carrying those nice mirrors anymore so I will have to see about finding some epoxy that will glue the backing thingie back on so it can be rehung. Probably I will have to go to Ace Hardware so I can get some advice--forget Lowes or HD as far as getting anyone competent to answer a question.I will prevail. I found some K items, wash cloths and hand towels at Target that are perfect and I was looking for them so it wasn't an impulse purchase. Otherwise I had another Dr appointment. Sam, my male collie is having a hard time. His job is to guard the premises. Well he isn't really a guard dog but he certainly didn't care for that Bobcat. Anyway the displaced deer from the wildfires are in our valley now. Some of them come into the yard and check out the birdfeeding area for food which Sam cannot tolerate. They wait until just before it is dark to come up by the house which Sam flips out about. Of course he can't get out of the yard around the house so the deer are safe.
I went to the UPS store and got all of my returns done. There seemed to be a significant number which is unusual for me. Glad I got that taken care of.
Hope you are having a great evening!!!
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Post by michelle on Feb 17, 2021 0:23:23 GMT
I spent the day catching up with my house cleaning. Managed to get one bathroom, the laundry room, K, LR, DR, FR all done. The K took a long time. Also cleaned the fridge. Not much to talk about since I was a whirling dervish of cleaning today!!!
Onward>>>>>
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Post by zenamidievel on Feb 17, 2021 0:58:35 GMT
Good AFternoon,
I've not seen that movie! Listen, we all like what we like, and I don't consider it a "taste" level. We just know what entertains us and that's what is important! I might check out that movie, I've not seen it. I'm sure my family would appreciate me not watching "Earovision: The Story of FIre Saga" for the twentieth something time. How's that for some taste? lol..it just makes me laugh.
I hope you get what is needed to resolve the mirror situation and good work on your paper tiger and your returns!
Hmmm...well apparently I'm going to have a lot to do tonight and tomorrow before 2:00 PM before the realtor comes to this house for the first visit.
CABIN: DH and I had discussion about listing the cabin, there is little to no inventory right now, we have the best lot/cabin in that particular development with the most useable outdoor space and additional vehicle/utility trailer parking pad. We have potential to make a killing here. DH is hung up on minutia that I think Could be resolved after listing, by the time it were to close, if it sells. He said he's stuck on it though and can't move forward till he has a plan formulated in his mind. Hopefully this happens in the next two weeks.
Home:
-I did get the laundry put away
-I got all the items (so far) listed on EBAY, we've sold 8 items, another just today after I got home from shipping the others. I boxed the other seven, along with my two Etsy Orders, printed labels, updated shipping information to customers on line, and the and the "100 YEarS' Card and poster to send to my mom, and drove/dropped all at the post office this morning. $160.00 worth of items sold!
-Did a good job cooking all the way through the food I bought last week pre snow storm, we got almost 2 feet, it's all melting now. Last night I made chicken fried steak, mashed potatoes and gravy.
Craft:
-I spent time making individual coffee themed coasters from Scrapbooking paper yesterday, I made 12 of them. I have a bunch of already painted, assembled coaster stock I'd not done anything with, there were little reasons for this, I'll not bore with. But I got the cutest coffee themed papers and I just started cutting and making them. I think they are adorable! And I think they slightly different from the typical thing one sees in regard to coasters in that: 1. you can buy just one (like an ornament) so great for a small gift, teacher's gift, type of thing. 2. I use more than one piece of patterned paper to make (other sellers are just cutting one single piece most of the time and applying, that is fine, but they are kind of "one-note if that makes sense?) IMO it's using combination of two or more of the patterned papers that that make the things cute. 3.Mine are wood, so light weight, different than tile, stone, or even laser cut wood, different. Possible HUrdles to Overcome: People need to believe they're waterproof, they are. People need to like/accept the "charm" of hand cut papers, things not being perfectly cut like with a Cricut, laser cutter, paper punches etc. I think if people "find" them, they WILL like and people that like a truly handmade thing will appreciate them and think them charming. People that want perfection, perfectly cut, laser cut, perfectly fitted, etc. won't. So this is always a challenge when making things is of course I do my best, and I love making what I make, but I want to do it how I want and know how to do it, and it's not going to be computerized, perfectly cut, symmetrical thing. Then I wonder if it's lame to try to sell it in comparison to what else is out there that is "perfect". Thanks for listening to that. I've tried to combat this by including a little more information about my "Process"..lol so hopefully that is read and decisions made accordingly. If anything, they will look cute in my shop as listing, whether they sell or not. This I know for sure! But they have to cure for 3 weeks before I can list them. I have lot more of that cute paper to work through and it will be fun. I have such fun making what I want to make!
New House:
-I need to find my Lighting/Electrical online shopping cart and clean that up and get in contact with a person from the lighting place!
I hope your day has gone well!
Z.
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Post by michelle on Feb 17, 2021 4:04:36 GMT
Z, I just checked back in to post my homemaking steps for the day 16,901. Lots got done!
The coasters sound adorable!!!
Onward>>>>>
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Post by michelle on Feb 18, 2021 3:42:49 GMT
Wednesday:
Good day for me! I managed to get all items done on my ToDo list. Got several phone calls completed, cleaned half of the big deck, cleaned off my quad, another bedroom cleaned and emails answered. Also had some K chores that I completed.
I did have a really big mess in the back of my SUV caused by the small critters that had invaded it so I had to remove the spare tire on and on. It was hidden under the mats etc, under the spare tire and around it so it wasn't something that would be seen unless the tire needed to be changed. I was able to declutter a few items and also add some that would be needed if I got stranded so it was well worth it. This is an old mess since the critters have been under control for a couple of months now.
Z, You certainly got a lot of snow! Right now we are back to winter with a very chilly wind blowing. But it was nice to get outside to do some chores. I sat out on the deck in the sun for a while which was very pleasant.
Hope you had a good day and that the appointment with the realtor went well.
Onward>>>>>
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Post by zenamidievel on Feb 18, 2021 5:42:20 GMT
Good Evening,
You had a great list of accomplishments today and woohoo getting through all your ToDos! Including the SUV clean up, that head to feel good!
TaDas:
-put away handwash, washed new
-cleared off kitchen island to 90% (10% is DH stand up desk/work station)
-swept kitchen got extra gunk of chair legs/feet pad areas
-cleaned all toilets, 4 bathroom sinks, two bathroom vanities, MB tub, Tub surround, swiped floors
-cleaned the roller on the SHark Vacuum, that took 30 minutes, gack attack!!! How coudl it even spin
-cleaned the coffee station ceramic tray by coffee maker
-directed DH through cleaning counters while I finished working upstairs with the vacuum, vacuumed MB looks GREAT!!! Also realized my old decorative pillows sort of go with the new bedding so that was nice suprise.
-folded and stacked blankets in family room
-folded and put away excess blankets in MB into linen closet
-got kids up , showered, out of house before realtor meeting
-stacked exess empty boxes in craft closet from entryway
-did church sound system for Ash Wednesday service., that went fine.
All of this was worth the effort, don't imagine things were perfect, there area still PILES of carp to get through here, but things were in a much improved state for the meeting. We like her, will go with her, we will be taking next initial steps, meeting with stager for possible input on paint colors. She did not think we needed to spend time on projects we were worried she'd tell us we needed to do, so this was good. Not saying there's nothing to do, there is of course a lot to do, but at least she seemed positive about what we have here and what we can get for it and we have 6-7 months to work toward the listing phase.
Ebay: We've sold two more things, about $180 dollars worth of stuff. I will ship two more packages tomorrow.
Craft: Solvable problems, but I kind of want to hit myself over the head. Failed to request that the printing place actually SAVE and E-mail me back the edited files o the last two jobs I had them scan and edit, my faul and very stupid. This is fixeable but super annoying, they only save files for two weeks, it's not their fault.
New House: I did clean up my "Build.com" thing into separate projects by rooms and showed DH a couple of the things to DH and we may have finalized a few choices there as well. But we'll still need to have the virtual meeting with the lighting company.
Etsy: Someone bought a pack of St. Patrick Day Cards and someone else bought two sets of mini notecards.
That's about it for today! Enjoying a mostly tidy, pleasant, clean vacuumed MB and clean Bathroom!
Z.
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Post by michelle on Feb 19, 2021 2:41:40 GMT
z, Your meeting with the realtor sounded so positive!!! Great job getting something sold on Ebay! You got so much accomplished in the house!!
The highlights of my day: I got a package ready to be shipped and then started working on an audit. I haven't done one in a long time so I had to plod along working on getting back up to speed. That took the rest of the day but now I am almost done. Hooray for that!
That was about it for me today. I started snowing so working outside was not an option.
Hope you are having a pleasant evening!!!!
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