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20:59:32 |
host_susie |
hi everyone! |
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21:01:50 |
host_melissa |
It's just us |
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21:02:02 |
host_melissa |
And I am barely here but I am here |
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21:02:12 |
host_susie |
k |
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21:02:19 |
host_susie |
me too |
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21:02:24 |
host_susie |
just rearranged the whole house |
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21:03:24 |
host_melissa |
i love doing that |
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21:03:43 |
host_melissa |
we should change the name of the chat to
Susie and Melissa bullshit chat |
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21:03:55 |
host_susie |
LOL oh yeah |
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21:04:05 |
host_susie |
wanna know what i moved? |
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21:04:22 |
host_melissa |
your shrank? |
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21:05:09 |
host_susie |
not this time LOL |
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21:05:16 |
host_susie |
i moved my office into my sewing room |
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21:05:31 |
host_susie |
so that the computer is not so accesible
and i can't spen every second of every
day bsing on the puter |
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21:05:44 |
host_susie |
and now... it will be way better |
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21:06:02 |
host_melissa |
cool |
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21:06:16 |
host_melissa |
I want to move ours downstairs when we
move the futon and TV back there |
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21:06:20 |
host_melissa |
I have a 2006 goal |
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21:06:21 |
host_susie |
LOL |
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21:06:31 |
host_melissa |
I am going to leave sewing behind for
awhile and focus on christmas stuff |
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21:06:34 |
host_susie |
i moved upstairs and you are down |
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21:06:36 |
host_susie |
cool |
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21:06:41 |
host_melissa |
My house is bare and I like it all
decorated |
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21:06:57 |
host_melissa |
I hope we have a little $ after the
first that I can hit the clearances |
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21:07:02 |
host_susie |
yeah.. we are putting the tree up
tonight |
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21:07:27 |
host_melissa |
ours is up but kind of plian |
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21:07:35 |
host_susie |
yeah |
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21:07:36 |
host_melissa |
we ended up getting just one kind of new
ornament, but they are pretty |
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21:07:42 |
host_susie |
cool! |
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21:07:46 |
Jodi |
hi ladies |
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21:07:51 |
host_melissa |
they are sparkly non-shatter balls |
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21:07:54 |
host_melissa |
Hi Jodi! |
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21:08:00 |
host_susie |
i have to finish the ornaments.. each
year we do cranberrys, popcorn and
cinnamon sticks |
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21:08:03 |
host_susie |
hi jody! |
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21:08:05 |
Jodi |
how are you tonight? |
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21:08:15 |
host_melissa |
We barely made it |
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21:08:19 |
host_susie |
oy... its been a long day |
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21:08:21 |
host_melissa |
I am sick, yet again or still or
something |
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21:08:23 |
host_susie |
:) |
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21:08:30 |
Jodi |
hehe I haven't started decorating yet! |
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21:08:34 |
host_melissa |
Not like truly sick, but having
digestive issues now that i am actually
eating |
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21:08:38 |
host_melissa |
This really sux |
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21:08:41 |
host_susie |
lol.... me either :) |
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21:08:42 |
Jodi |
oh no Melissa :( sorry to hear that |
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21:08:47 |
host_melissa |
I am a whiner |
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21:08:49 |
host_melissa |
LOL |
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21:08:51 |
host_susie |
i refuse to do christmas until december |
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21:08:56 |
host_susie |
so now i can do it LOL |
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21:09:00 |
Jodi |
lol |
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21:09:10 |
host_melissa |
I think there needs to be more christmas
decor from WAHMs |
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21:09:32 |
host_melissa |
some of those types of things are fast
and easy but people buy them up |
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21:09:39 |
host_melissa |
like ornaments and stuff |
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21:09:42 |
Jodi |
oh yeah |
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21:09:45 |
host_susie |
yeah.. xmas decor is cool.. well at my
craft shows.. we sold not one xmas deco
thing |
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21:09:49 |
host_susie |
no wreaths or ornaments |
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21:09:53 |
host_melissa |
we should start a website WAHM Holidays |
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21:10:01 |
host_melissa |
with themes and products LOL |
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21:10:04 |
host_susie |
lol not another website LOL |
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21:10:11 |
Jodi |
hey there ya go! that;d be a cool thing |
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21:10:12 |
host_melissa |
LOL I know!! But it's an idea |
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21:10:25 |
host_melissa |
you could have gifts for every age
group, and decor |
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21:10:29 |
host_susie |
i think jodi can have that idea |
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21:10:32 |
Jodi |
rofl |
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21:10:38 |
host_melissa |
I had a really good side idea for extra
money |
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21:10:44 |
host_melissa |
Do gift wrapping at home for Yuppies |
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21:10:51 |
host_susie |
lol |
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21:10:57 |
Jodi |
I actually have a site I was supposed to
have done and up by fall.. rofl |
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21:11:10 |
Jodi |
I've barely started building the front
page |
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21:11:16 |
host_melissa |
Have them fil out a little form about
which gift is to who, from who and then
they drop off the packages and pick em
up all pretyt |
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21:11:23 |
host_susie |
what type of site? |
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21:11:23 |
host_melissa |
We took one full year to get DD up |
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21:11:28 |
host_susie |
that would be cool melissa |
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21:11:36 |
host_melissa |
So many ideas, so little time |
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21:11:41 |
Jodi |
oh thats a good idea too melissa |
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21:11:53 |
Jodi |
it is like an online scrapbooking
expo/party site |
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21:12:08 |
Jodi |
the url is/will be
thescrapconnection.com |
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21:12:10 |
host_melissa |
I love scrapbooking |
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21:12:16 |
host_susie |
cool! |
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21:12:41 |
host_melissa |
will you be selling supplies too? |
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21:12:45 |
host_susie |
i am not a scrapbooker |
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21:12:53 |
host_melissa |
I love it, I do it very basic tho |
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21:12:59 |
Jodi |
it was given to me by a friend, she used
to own it and the sister sites"
themouseconnection.com ,
theexpoconnection.com , and the
wahmconnection.com" |
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21:13:02 |
host_melissa |
Like crop pics, mount them, then paste
them |
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21:13:17 |
host_melissa |
cool |
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21:13:34 |
Jodi |
basically what it will be is I'll hold a
few online expos a year, plus people can
rent party rooms to hold classes,
parties, and chats |
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21:13:37 |
host_melissa |
I think we were like months behind our
orignial open by date |
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21:13:43 |
host_susie |
omy... |
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21:13:44 |
host_melissa |
We wanted oct 04 and got aug 05 |
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21:13:50 |
host_susie |
we wanted to open by like nov |
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21:13:56 |
Jodi |
hehe |
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21:13:58 |
host_susie |
yeah our grand opening was june 05 |
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21:14:06 |
host_melissa |
okay I am way off |
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21:14:14 |
host_melissa |
We have got to start spamming this chat |
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21:14:15 |
host_susie |
lol |
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21:14:15 |
Jodi |
I want to get it up and running.. just
gotta get motivated to do it |
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21:14:17 |
host_melissa |
I did on DD |
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21:14:33 |
host_melissa |
I find that when I get like that, I
don't want to even start |
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21:14:49 |
host_melissa |
But then when I just do it, it all flows
and it feels so good to make progress |
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21:15:13 |
host_susie |
yeah... i am hateing excel databases
right now |
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21:15:21 |
host_melissa |
ha and don't even ask how long till we
turned a profit LOL |
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21:15:25 |
host_susie |
but i am half way done... and once i
finish i will be free!!!! |
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21:15:50 |
Jodi |
oh hehe no I will do it more for teh fun
factor.. then when an income comes in
that'll be a bonus ;) |
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21:16:13 |
host_melissa |
Like us |
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21:16:18 |
host_melissa |
Except we wanted POWER LOL |
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21:16:24 |
Jodi |
i do scrapbook.. but my creativity isn't
the greatest, so I love kits rofl |
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21:16:27 |
host_susie |
yeah and suprisingly... our hobby pays
pretty well right now |
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21:16:28 |
Jodi |
hehe |
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21:16:33 |
host_melissa |
We are only doing it for powe and
influence |
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21:16:36 |
host_susie |
LMAO |
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21:16:38 |
host_melissa |
HEHE |
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21:16:39 |
Jodi |
rofl! |
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21:16:43 |
host_melissa |
I hope you know I am totally kidding |
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21:16:44 |
host_susie |
oh yeah... i want to be a cult leader |
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21:16:51 |
host_melissa |
My husband just jokes so much that I
work for free |
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21:16:58 |
Jodi |
lol |
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21:17:05 |
host_melissa |
but that's not really true because web
designers and such aren't free |
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21:17:17 |
host_melissa |
and somehow susie and I haven't had to
pay out of our own pockets too much |
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21:17:22 |
host_susie |
nope |
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21:17:26 |
host_susie |
it all works out |
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21:17:29 |
Jodi |
cool, thats always good |
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21:17:41 |
host_susie |
yup |
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21:17:53 |
host_melissa |
Well are we gonna do time managment" or
??" |
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21:17:53 |
host_susie |
so did you get us an outline together
about time management? |
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21:17:56 |
host_susie |
LOL |
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21:17:58 |
host_susie |
yeah |
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21:18:09 |
host_susie |
geez get outta my brain |
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21:18:19 |
host_melissa |
Well what I wanted to talk about first
was what everyone" had pursued in the
past to tackle time managment issues" |
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21:18:30 |
host_susie |
k |
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21:18:54 |
host_melissa |
I have done Flylady, Motivated Mom,
MOTH, and a looser version of MOTH
(managers of their homes) |
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21:18:59 |
Jodi |
sorry had to send an email |
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21:19:02 |
host_melissa |
I have adapted a version of all of those |
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21:19:04 |
Jodi |
I missed last weeks chat |
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21:19:11 |
host_melissa |
because not one really worked all the
way for me |
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21:19:42 |
host_susie |
so did everyone else LMAO |
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21:19:45 |
host_melissa |
we didn't really chat about anything
last week because no one showed |
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21:19:45 |
Jodi |
lol |
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21:20:01 |
Jodi |
wonder where everyone is lately.. must
be a holiday coming up huh? LOL |
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21:20:12 |
host_melissa |
From Flylady, I really got into my head
throwing out old stuff...junk and doing
things for 15 minutes no matter how
badly I wanted to avoid those things |
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21:20:27 |
Jodi |
well time management,... aside from
using my planner and to-do lists.. I
haven't tried/done really anything else |
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21:20:32 |
host_melissa |
Motivated Moms really made me think
about the smaller things like clipping
the kids nails, stuff liek that |
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21:20:43 |
Jodi |
I do need to give flylady a try tho |
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21:20:48 |
host_melissa |
Managers of their homes really made you
break down your day as well as anyone
who shares your day |
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21:21:03 |
host_melissa |
I liked scheduling the kiddos to be
together during certain parts of the day |
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21:21:24 |
host_melissa |
Like for example, you schedule one child
to do something with another child
during third child's math time |
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21:21:27 |
host_melissa |
Or your computer time |
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21:21:44 |
host_melissa |
So I made a home management binder,
though I rarely stick to it |
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21:21:52 |
host_melissa |
For me, I have foudn something that is
going to work... |
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21:21:57 |
host_melissa |
and that's the point, it's all SO
personal |
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21:22:12 |
host_melissa |
Becuase our life is rapidly changing and
keeps changing, I have decided not to
schedule anymore |
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21:22:19 |
host_susie |
lol |
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21:22:31 |
host_susie |
my not schedule gets eaten up by the
puter |
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21:22:36 |
host_melissa |
I will write my to do list either each
morning or the night before |
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21:22:38 |
host_susie |
i have got to do a new schedule |
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21:22:41 |
host_melissa |
The things I *have* to do |
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21:22:49 |
host_susie |
gosh i miss my 1 bdrm apt. |
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21:22:51 |
host_susie |
LOL |
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21:22:58 |
Jodi |
yeah if I do a schedule where such and
suchs at 9, and so on.. I never stick to
it |
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21:23:00 |
host_susie |
i used to laugh at you and your cleaning |
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21:23:06 |
host_melissa |
With small chidlren and a business, I
simply cannot schedule myself to the 15
minute detail |
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21:23:09 |
host_melissa |
me? |
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21:23:14 |
host_susie |
yes |
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21:23:21 |
host_melissa |
why? :) |
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21:23:31 |
host_susie |
i think a general schedule works best
for me... just like i do this and then
this and then this |
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21:23:34 |
Jodi |
but if I at least make a to-do list, I
do pretty good |
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21:23:36 |
host_melissa |
me neither, especially when a child
throws you off |
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21:23:38 |
host_susie |
cuz i never cleaned and you always did |
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21:23:43 |
host_melissa |
There are schedules and routines |
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21:23:47 |
host_melissa |
I prefer a routine |
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21:23:52 |
host_melissa |
Flylady is routine based |
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21:24:02 |
Jodi |
yeah that would work more for me |
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21:24:18 |
Jodi |
freecyclce has helped me declutter a lot
too hehe |
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21:24:29 |
host_melissa |
The emails get irritating, but if you
never got organized before, her ideas
really do motivate |
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21:24:41 |
host_melissa |
I remember during the Fling deal, I got
rid of liek 200 pounds of stuff |
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21:24:42 |
host_susie |
yeah.. we move every 2-3 years so i
don't keep things anymore |
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21:24:44 |
host_melissa |
Just stuff I had around |
|
21:25:01 |
Jodi |
wow |
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21:25:12 |
Jodi |
are you military susie? |
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21:25:26 |
host_melissa |
Like we just got rid of all our videos |
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21:25:38 |
host_melissa |
The kids never watched them and we sub
to Netflix, what was I thinking? |
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21:25:42 |
host_susie |
yeah |
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21:25:48 |
host_melissa |
She's Army of all things |
|
21:25:51 |
host_melissa |
They move constantly |
|
21:25:51 |
Jodi |
yeah we are working on that |
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21:26:02 |
host_susie |
lol |
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21:26:06 |
Jodi |
:( |
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21:26:07 |
host_melissa |
Clutter just really makes a person lose
their focus |
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21:26:17 |
host_susie |
yeah... you should see my sewing room
righ now |
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21:26:20 |
host_melissa |
On that note, I have seen WAHMs post
pics of their children and I want to
just cry |
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21:26:23 |
host_susie |
i can't stand to go in there barely |
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21:26:29 |
Jodi |
the kids did a big sweep of videos
awhile back and kept ones they had to
have"" |
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21:26:31 |
host_melissa |
They have so much crap everywhere I can'
tbelieve they can stay focused |
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21:26:41 |
Jodi |
but they haven't watched them since last
sweep.. so more are going out again |
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21:26:46 |
host_melissa |
Susie remember that pic of that girl
folding diapers?? |
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21:26:53 |
host_susie |
yeah that was awful |
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21:27:01 |
host_melissa |
It's like uhhhh don't post liek that |
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21:27:11 |
host_susie |
it was a pic of a ladys living room |
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21:27:13 |
host_melissa |
I am a bit OCD tho..I dont just liek
clean, I like pretty |
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21:27:16 |
host_susie |
with her baby in a laundry basket |
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21:27:25 |
host_susie |
and it was trashed... just stuff
everywhere |
|
21:27:29 |
Jodi |
ugh |
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21:27:33 |
host_melissa |
it looked like something on a Lifetime
movie |
|
21:27:41 |
host_susie |
lol |
|
21:27:55 |
Jodi |
I have seen pics like those on yard sale
groups.. and a lady was showing off her
kids.. the background was just a horrid
mess |
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21:28:24 |
Jodi |
i'd be way too embarrassed to send a pic
of my house looking like that |
|
21:28:29 |
host_susie |
my house can get like that but i don't
post pics of it for everyone to see LOL |
|
21:28:32 |
host_melissa |
I am not saying my house can't look like
that, but I am not snapping pics |
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21:28:35 |
Jodi |
right! rofl |
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21:28:40 |
host_melissa |
susie quit it |
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21:28:55 |
Jodi |
I clean before I take pics hehe |
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21:28:57 |
host_susie |
LOL |
|
21:29:00 |
host_melissa |
My kids can trash my house in two
seconds flat |
|
21:29:20 |
host_susie |
thats cuz you have a whole bowling team |
|
21:29:25 |
Jodi |
yep give my son some army dudes and
blocks.. and we have a war zone in no
time lol |
|
21:29:30 |
host_melissa |
One thing I really wanted to convey,
because I have fallen for it, is that
any system isn't perfect |
|
21:29:33 |
host_melissa |
You have to tweak it |
|
21:29:47 |
host_melissa |
Like with Flylady, I did somethings |
|
21:30:00 |
host_melissa |
The biggest thing I got from her is to
make your space a place you love to be |
|
21:30:30 |
host_susie |
yeah.. that is what i need to work on |
|
21:30:34 |
Jodi |
right |
|
21:30:35 |
host_susie |
i cant stand my house these days |
|
21:30:38 |
Jodi |
brb dd needs me |
|
21:30:42 |
host_melissa |
k |
|
21:30:49 |
host_melissa |
Susie, what is bothering you about your
house? |
|
21:30:56 |
host_melissa |
Mine is just too big and bright and
needs some warming |
|
21:30:59 |
host_susie |
its a feaking disaster |
|
21:31:06 |
host_susie |
and i have no time lately to work on it |
|
21:31:06 |
host_melissa |
too little space? |
|
21:31:17 |
host_melissa |
just do 15 minutes LOL |
|
21:31:22 |
host_susie |
to much crap... the kids throw their
jackets on the ground |
|
21:31:32 |
host_susie |
gloves, mud from being outside..dishes |
|
21:31:38 |
host_susie |
just stuff that needs my attnetion |
|
21:32:29 |
Jodi |
k back |
|
21:33:02 |
Jodi |
yep mine is very small |
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21:33:15 |
Jodi |
so I have to try and find space lol |
|
21:33:28 |
host_melissa |
sorry had a poop issue with my son |
|
21:33:41 |
host_susie |
np |
|
21:33:42 |
host_melissa |
I always thought if I had a bigger
place..it would be easier |
|
21:33:49 |
host_melissa |
I learned real quick about that |
|
21:33:54 |
host_susie |
i have a huge schrank so i have storage |
|
21:34:10 |
host_susie |
its just that the space is small so a
few things on the ground make it look
bad |
|
21:34:11 |
host_melissa |
what kind of wood is that? |
|
21:34:12 |
Jodi |
hehe I had to put this acne gel stuff on
for dd. dr gave her some last week..
poor kid is going thru puberty hell so
early :( |
|
21:34:21 |
host_melissa |
oh poor thing |
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21:34:49 |
host_susie |
and we have a yucky old couch so i sewed
a cover but the kids get it all
discombombalated and then i have to fix
it... really brings the look of the room
down |
|
21:35:03 |
Jodi |
yeah a bigger house means you just buy
more stuff to fill the spaces, then it
multiplies |
|
21:35:12 |
host_susie |
lol |
|
21:35:25 |
Jodi |
oh yeah our couch is horrid, looking to
buy a new one first of the year |
|
21:35:30 |
host_melissa |
we had a futom in the family room but
had to move it to my sons room to give
his bed to the girls room |
|
21:35:54 |
host_melissa |
We bought good furniture a few years
back and I am so pleased with how it has
held up to so many moves and young kids |
|
21:36:24 |
host_susie |
yeah we have nice furniture but it fills
up our tiny post quarters :( |
|
21:37:34 |
host_melissa |
i want to get mine recovere |
|
21:38:03 |
host_melissa |
i don't thik I can sew anything for it
because it's a traditional shape with
curces on the back |
|
21:38:10 |
Jodi |
ours was given to us and now we know
why. LOL it is the MOST uncomfortable
thing ever |
|
21:38:17 |
host_melissa |
and I am typing funky because of my son
on lap not because I am drinking LOL |
|
21:38:25 |
Jodi |
hehe |
|
21:38:57 |
host_susie |
the cover i made is very nice |
|
21:39:08 |
host_susie |
i wonder if i have the pics still... |
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21:39:15 |
host_susie |
hi barry and kim! |
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21:39:56 |
host_susie |
but since the couch does not have
traditional covers then it kind of moves
around |
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21:40:01 |
host_susie |
and i have to fix it |
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21:40:12 |
host_susie |
hi maggie! |
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21:40:51 |
host_susie |
hmmm so a recap... find a system that
works for you... find a routine.... make
your space inviting... do things in
small spurts if you are unmotivated |
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21:41:02 |
host_melissa |
yep |
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21:41:12 |
host_melissa |
one habit at a time |
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21:41:32 |
host_melissa |
i wanted to go into more details but
hard one handed |
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21:41:53 |
host_susie |
yeah... well still not many people here
today so you can do the indepth advanced
class next week :) |
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21:42:40 |
host_melissa |
what about new joiners? time management
questions, issues? |
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21:43:09 |
host_susie |
anyone newbies wanna jump in the cHAT? |
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21:43:19 |
host_susie |
we are talking abotu time management |
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21:43:29 |
host_susie |
i imagine kim and barry should be
experts :D |
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21:44:00 |
host_susie |
hmm maybe they are being shy |
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21:44:05 |
host_melissa |
we were talking about flylady...schedules
verses routines |
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21:45:07 |
host_susie |
argh got booted |
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21:45:13 |
Jodi |
sorry dh had me looking up something |
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21:45:21 |
Jodi |
sigh worse than the kids bugging me |
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21:45:24 |
host_susie |
lol |
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21:45:35 |
Jodi |
the others aren';t in this chat |
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21:45:42 |
host_susie |
hmm where are they? |
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21:45:56 |
host_susie |
oh in the nfb chat LOL |
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21:45:57 |
host_susie |
duh |
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21:46:00 |
host_melissa |
hellllooooooooooooooo? |
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21:46:04 |
Jodi |
not sure, when they are white like that
it means they are in another room |
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21:46:06 |
host_susie |
going to go look.. brbr |
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21:46:31 |
host_susie |
k never mind |
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21:46:33 |
host_susie |
LOL |
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21:46:46 |
Jodi |
looks like in the nfb room? |
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21:46:58 |
host_susie |
yeah |
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21:47:08 |
host_susie |
i did not know they were having a nfb
chat right now |
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21:47:41 |
host_susie |
maybe its just some nfb people that are
chatting? |
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21:47:43 |
host_susie |
hmmm |
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21:48:33 |
Jodi |
maybe a party or something |
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21:48:51 |
host_susie |
maybe |
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21:49:31 |
host_susie |
okay ladies i know its a tad early but i
am so hungry |
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21:49:43 |
host_susie |
so i am going to duck out and feed ma
bell-y |
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21:50:05 |
Jodi |
k chat with ya next week I hope |
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21:50:13 |
Jodi |
have a great week!! |
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21:50:13 |
host_melissa |
k |
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21:50:29 |
host_melissa |
I will stay till 8 with my one free
typing hand lol |
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21:50:33 |
host_susie |
bye! |
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21:50:35 |
host_susie |
:D |
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21:51:18 |
host_melissa |
anyone else want to pipe up? |
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21:51:53 |
host_melissa |
If not we'll wrap it up |
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21:52:16 |
host_melissa |
gotsta put little son in my bed, as my
arm is quickly losing feeling |
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21:53:11 |
host_melissa |
okay well, night everyone! |
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21:53:18 |
host_melissa |
see ya next week! |
