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Dang, that's a lot of cleaning Lee. I'm impressed.

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Glad DD got there safe, storms were bad here as well.

Part of the reason I do it this way now is because I used
to freak if

every

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thread wasn't clean. I mean it was really an issue. I
finally figured

out

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that I could obsessive on perfect hanging/folding rather
than on ALL done and I get less overwhelmed and less
tired also. I now have as a goal that it will all be
done once a year after the annual linen run. I am
finding that obsessive behavior, cluttering behavior and
weight issues are

connected

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and have also found that when perfectionist tendencies are
thrown in it is difficult. I am learning very slowly that
if I improve a little at a time and don't fall back I do
fine. I have transferred the perfectionism to specific
things and this gives me something a little more healthy
to focus on. I thought long and hard about all of this, I
am probably borderline

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these areas but I am also terrified of medical situations
so refuse to go and find out. Once I realized action had
to be taken I read, and read,

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read... What I read, learned and decided has helped me to
improve in several areas.

And just one thing more and I will quit rambling, I
haven't beaten the

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doing on the cleaning, I just scrubbed, by hand, half of
my 22.5 by 15 livingroom carpet with a small scrubbrush,
Lee, who earned 12 activity points today Joyce
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Laundry and traveling is the pits, glad I don't travel
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one of those obsessive/compulsive things with me. I have
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laundry

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done before I can walk out the door - which usually
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to accomplish this feat. I pack garbage bags in the
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dirty

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clothing is tossed in the garbage bags. Repacking to
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clothes

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for how long) and when we return home those cases are
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basement. It sounds wierd, but it really does make my
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less

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complicated. And like you, I have to do all the dirty
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get back home, so having to not chase everyone to get it
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me.

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This week-end's rampage was only due to getting daughter
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spring trip to FL with a friends family. I've just
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her ... just hung up now. 2:15 am and they finally have
reached their

hotel, got

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sorted into rooms after finding out their reservations
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rooms

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too small ... this after being delayed for takeoff at
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over

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an hour

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(we had some nasty storms roll through late
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poor

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mom who has taken all these kids has got to be a basket
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On Mon, 29 Mar 2004 01:17:39 -0600, "Miss Violette"

<[email hidden]>

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OOOHHH, I only suggested this method as a way to not be
overwhelmed,

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the two of us I do a huge amount of laundry but, I
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DH, I also only use towels once so there is a great
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have

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all whites as I thought once I had it sorted correctly
and bleached a colored towel, DH had pink underwear for
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too happy. I figured that if they were all white we
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next one goes in as soon as it is ready and if we
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after getting back and unpacked I do laundry until it
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Lee, who feels your pain Joyce <[email hidden]> wrote in
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> I guess how you tackle the laundry depends on just
> how much you have

to

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do. I
> will say that laundry for 4 people ... 2 of which are
> construction

workers

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who
> live to play in the mud (boy did they have fun this
> past week) and 1

is

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a

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teenage
> girl (need I say more) ... is much different than
> doing laundry for 2
adults. If
> I did laundry one load at a time, start to finish
> before starting

another

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one, I
> would never even make a dent in the mountain. <g> I
> am a

self-professed

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laundry
> queen. There are days (hell, there are months) that I
> swear this is

all I

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do in
> life. This week has been one of those weeks.
> Yesterday I had to

push

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40

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trips up
> and down the basement - everytime I thought I was
> done, more

mystically

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appeared
> at the bottom of the stairs. The *boys* clothing had
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machine
> twice - and I'm still not sure all the mud is out.
> LOL
>
> I went out last year and bought three of those metal
> type laundry

sorters.

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Each
> one is divided into 3 sections ... and I have an
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hamper

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for
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> old enough

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they can
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> after a few years

they

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no
> longer run or shed. <G> Anyway, I sort laundry
> everyday - usually

when

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I

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head
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treadmill
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walking,

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the load
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wash

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gets
> done each day - and it makes life a bit easier for me
> these days. I

did

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> officially no laundry at all today (YEAH!!!!!!) -
> tomorrow will be
dedicated to
> getting my mom's laundry done ... deliver to her on
> Tuesday or

Wednesday,

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just in
> time to pick up another batch. <sigh>
>
> Joyce
>
> On Sun, 28 Mar 2004 23:36:26 -0600, "Miss Violette"
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> wrote:
>
> >now I can help with the laundry, I got those
> >Rubbermaid buckets,

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> >trash can for the whites, all towels are white. DH
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me,

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each
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> >is enough to

do.

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that
> >way it is never done but it never piles up. Also if
> >you are behind,
don't
> >try and do IT ALL today, do one load from presoak
> >and shout to hung

up

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and
> >put away, don't start a second one until you have
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done,

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that
> >way you don't feel the pressure of things sitting in
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dryer

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and
> >ruining. I know this sounds counter productive but
> >it works. Now

once

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you
> >get that first load in, sit down and do your grocery
> >list or your

menu.

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You
> >could also exercise while they are drying, [censored]!!!
> >time for you and

some

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> >laundry done, Lee, who doesn't mind laundry skiur
> ><[email hidden]> wrote in message news:qDmdnaHzxpSXCfrd3cwC-
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> >> Thanks Alex.
> >>
> >> It's a pretty simple life-just me and dh and an
> >> apartment. It'll

be

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> >getting
> >> busier soon as we're looking for a house, but
> >> that's a bit

different.

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I'm
> >> bad at letting the chores go (I'd rather get them
> >> done), but it's
gotten
> >to
> >> the point where there are too many chores that
> >> have gone undone

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too

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> >much
> >> clutter that isn't going away. That's what bothers
> >> me the most.
> >>
> >> I'm not a fan of laundry and there is a pile of it
> >> waiting for me.
*sigh*
> >>
> >> Julie
> >>
> >> "Alex Robinson" <[email hidden]> wrote in
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> >> > > On a different note-kinda. I find it so hard
> >> > > to focus on

myself

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when
> >> > there
> >> > > is all this work around the house that needs
> >> > > to be

accomplished.

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> >> > > anyone have any suggestions?
> >> >
> >> > The simple fact is - you are just as important
> >> > as anything else

on

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> >> > do list. I have no idea what you're life is like
> >> > so I can't

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> >specific
> >> > advice but you should devote some time to
> >> > yourself everyday. If
you're
> >> > really nervous about not having any time, just
> >> > devote 15

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> >> > use this time to organize yourself for the rest
> >> > of the day (or

to

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> >prepare
> >> > for the next day), to take a walk with your
> >> > favorite music
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> >if
> >> > you have a household that requires you to leave
> >> > to get some

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make
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> >> > habit of going someplace for a cup of tea every
> >> > day and turn

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cell
> >> phone
> >> > off.
> >> >
> >> > If you work outside of the home, you might want
> >> > to do this on

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way
> >> > home - unwind from the demands of work and and
> >> > get your time to
yourself
> >> > before the demands of home attack you. If you
> >> > work inside the

home

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> >maybe
> >> > you can exchange babysitting moments with your
> >> > neighbor where

you

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> >> give
> >> > each other a half hour of babysitting time (one
> >> > right after the
other)
> >to
> >> > give you time to go for that walk. Not to
> >> > mention, if someone

else

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is
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> >> > accountable to someone
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> >> >
> >> > The better you are to yourself, the better you
> >> > can be to others.

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> >> can't
> >> > offer others what you don't have. Those dishes
> >> > aren't going to

be

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any
> >> > dirtier in a half hour and that report isn't
> >> > going to be any

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> >written
> >> if
> >> > you don't do it right this minute. But if you
> >> > take the time to
> >yourself,
> >> > you'll be able to do these things with much more
> >> > energy and

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find
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> >> > Alex
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >>
> >
>

-) Thank you. It was so easy to make and if you set it up so
that everyone rolls their own food, then you don't have to
talk hours putting the rolls together. Leave that to the
sushi chef's.

I love kitchen stuff in general and if I had more space, I
would show it off more. When I'm in a house, I probably
will. I have a teacup collection that is pretty big (grandma
gave me that one, I've never used it) and very original. I
had a wonderful German dinner set with the soup tourine,
creamer, sugar bowl, 12 place settings with fingerbowls and
it was destroyed. It had a white background with small blue
flowers. The plates had a thin silver line around the edges.

If I remember to post them, I have a set of pasta bowls that
I like very much. I got them at William's Sonoma, but they
aren't online any more. It's a shame too, because I think
they were the nicest set they had. oh well.

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Can I go to your house for dinner?

I got a kick out of you posting the pictures of the dinner
plates, as I am

a

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potter, and always look at the plates more than the food.

I don't want to go to they gym today (took yesterday off
after 3 days in a row) but I will go anyway.

Great pictures. Pretty plates too. I love this comment of
his: " Sad to say, the community of fish did not survive our
onslaught". LOL!

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I'll try to remind you. :-)

I went the gym today after all. I'm hurting a little. I
did 20 minutes

on

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the treadmill, but then did squats. Fortunately, I didn't
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I

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tend to. I could actually still walk when I got home and
although I'm a little sore (tomorrow will really suck),
I'm a lot less stressed out that

I

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would have otherwise been. That, right there, is reason
enough for me to

go

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to the gym.

Tonight we had sushi. We also got the plates that we've
been drooling

over

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for the last year or so at the Japanese market. Check out
dinner at our house on: jcatena.netsushiOpen ↗

I love to cook and present, dh loves to take pictures and
he couldn't

resist

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pulling out the camera and posting dinner. (Plus, I had to
show the

pattern

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to my friends who know I've been drooling over it for
a while.)

Julie

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I've been convincing myself that I should go to the
gym for quite some

time

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and that I would start on a Saturday so that if I do
screw up, I won't

beat

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myself up for it too much. Well for the past few weeks
I've been

excusing

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myself by saying, "It's too cold to go". Yesterday was
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I

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managed to convince myself to go to the gym. I'm
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I

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didn't go overboard on anything, just general movement
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to

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do.

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I used to be a total and complete gym rat, and then I
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it.

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Love yoga, but don't have the hour and a half every day
to devote to it. Really made a difference though when I
was going it with some

regularity.

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Re the gym: the deal I make with myself is this: half an
hour. I go 6 days a week and do half an hour on either
the treadmill or the

elliptical

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trainer. (Hate the bike and stair climber). Invested in
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can

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do

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ANYTHING for half an hour - at least that's what I keep
telling myself.

So

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far so good. I don't know if I've lost weight (just
started WW) but I

don't

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have guilt about it.

And will someone please remind me of this in 3 months
when I say I'm

bored?

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thanks...lo

Enjoy the new dishes.

I had sushi tonight but went to the local restaurant (two
blocks from my home). I've only been involved in making it
once many years ago.

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I'll try to remind you. :-)

I went the gym today after all. I'm hurting a little. I did
20 minutes on the treadmill, but then did squats.
Fortunately, I didn't overdo it like I tend to. I could
actually still walk when I got home and although I'm a
little sore (tomorrow will really suck), I'm a lot less
stressed out that I would have otherwise been. That, right
there, is reason enough for me to go to the gym.

Tonight we had sushi. We also got the plates that we've
been drooling over for the last year or so at the Japanese
market. Check out dinner at our house on:
jcatena.netsushiOpen ↗

I love to cook and present, dh loves to take pictures and
he couldn't resist pulling out the camera and posting
dinner. (Plus, I had to show the pattern to my friends who
know I've been drooling over it for a while.)

Julie

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I've been convincing myself that I should go to the gym
for quite some

time

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and that I would start on a Saturday so that if I do
screw up, I won't

beat

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myself up for it too much. Well for the past few weeks
I've been

excusing

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myself by saying, "It's too cold to go". Yesterday was
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I

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I

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didn't go overboard on anything, just general movement
that I needed to

do.

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The trick is to get myself to do that again today.

I used to be a total and complete gym rat, and then I
realized I hated it. Love yoga, but don't have the hour
and a half every day to devote to it. Really made a
difference though when I was going it with some
regularity.

Re the gym: the deal I make with myself is this: half an
hour. I go 6 days a week and do half an hour on either
the treadmill or the elliptical trainer. (Hate the bike
and stair climber). Invested in an iPod. I can

do

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telling myself. So far so good. I don't know if I've lost
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don't

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And will someone please remind me of this in 3 months
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bored?

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thanks...lo

I love them. I have been showing the site to everyone. I
work at a Japanese company and even impressed them.

:-)

Julie

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Enjoy the new dishes.

I had sushi tonight but went to the local restaurant (two
blocks from my home). I've only been involved in making it
once many years ago.

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I'll try to remind you. :-)

I went the gym today after all. I'm hurting a little. I
did 20 minutes

on

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the treadmill, but then did squats. Fortunately, I didn't
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I

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tend to. I could actually still walk when I got home and
although I'm a little sore (tomorrow will really suck),
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I

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would have otherwise been. That, right there, is reason
enough for me to

go

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to the gym.

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over

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for the last year or so at the Japanese market. Check out
dinner at our house on: jcatena.netsushiOpen ↗

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resist

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pulling out the camera and posting dinner. (Plus, I had
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pattern

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to my friends who know I've been drooling over it for a
while.)

Julie

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> I've been convincing myself that I should go to the
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time
> and that I would start on a Saturday so that if I do
> screw up, I

won't

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beat
> myself up for it too much. Well for the past few
> weeks I've been

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> was an icky day,

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myself.

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to

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Love yoga, but don't have the hour and a half every day
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6

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days a week and do half an hour on either the treadmill
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elliptical

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trainer. (Hate the bike and stair climber). Invested in
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far so good. I don't know if I've lost weight (just
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thanks...lo

Yeah, I thought that was hilarious too. I was on the phone
with a friend of mine who had a really rotten day today and
she busted out laughing as soon as she saw that line.

dh is really good with a camera and I had a heck of a lot of
fun putting it together. :-)

Julie

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Great pictures. Pretty plates too. I love this comment of
his: " Sad to

say,

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the community of fish did not survive our onslaught". LOL!

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I'll try to remind you. :-)

I went the gym today after all. I'm hurting a little. I
did 20 minutes

on

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didn't overdo it

like

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tend to. I could actually still walk when I got home and
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go

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to the gym.

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been drooling

over

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for the last year or so at the Japanese market. Check
out dinner at our house on:
jcatena.netsushiOpen ↗

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and he couldn't

resist

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pulling out the camera and posting dinner. (Plus, I had
to show the

pattern

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to my friends who know I've been drooling over it for a
while.)

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> I've been convincing myself that I should go to the
> gym for quite

some

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time
> and that I would start on a Saturday so that if I do
> screw up, I

won't

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beat
> myself up for it too much. Well for the past few
> weeks I've been

excusing

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> myself by saying, "It's too cold to go". Yesterday
> was an icky day,

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I

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> pleased with

myself.

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I

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> movement that I needed

to

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do.
> The trick is to get myself to do that again today.

I used to be a total and complete gym rat, and then I
realized I hated

it.

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Love yoga, but don't have the hour and a half every
day to devote to

it.

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Really made a difference though when I was going it
with some

regularity.

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an hour. I go

6

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days a week and do half an hour on either the
treadmill or the

elliptical

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trainer. (Hate the bike and stair climber). Invested
in an iPod. I

can

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do

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ANYTHING for half an hour - at least that's what I
keep telling

myself.

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So

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far so good. I don't know if I've lost weight (just
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don't

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have guilt about it.

And will someone please remind me of this in 3 months
when I say I'm

bored?

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thanks...lo

When I lived in Atlanta, there was a sushi place that
delivered. I had sushi a LOT then. I have several friends
who either have never had sushi or loved sushi so when they
would stay at my place, I'd just call up Wasabi Sushi (funny
name) and 30 minutes later...dinner.

It beat pizza.

Julie

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Enjoy the new dishes.

I had sushi tonight but went to the local restaurant (two
blocks from my home). I've only been involved in making it
once many years ago.

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I'll try to remind you. :-)

I went the gym today after all. I'm hurting a little. I
did 20 minutes

on

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the treadmill, but then did squats. Fortunately, I didn't
overdo it like

I

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tend to. I could actually still walk when I got home and
although I'm a little sore (tomorrow will really suck),
I'm a lot less stressed out that

I

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would have otherwise been. That, right there, is reason
enough for me to

go

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to the gym.

Tonight we had sushi. We also got the plates that we've
been drooling

over

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for the last year or so at the Japanese market. Check out
dinner at our house on: jcatena.netsushiOpen ↗

I love to cook and present, dh loves to take pictures and
he couldn't

resist

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pulling out the camera and posting dinner. (Plus, I had
to show the

pattern

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to my friends who know I've been drooling over it for a
while.)

Julie

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> I've been convincing myself that I should go to the
> gym for quite

some

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time
> and that I would start on a Saturday so that if I do
> screw up, I

won't

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beat
> myself up for it too much. Well for the past few
> weeks I've been

excusing

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> myself by saying, "It's too cold to go". Yesterday
> was an icky day,

but

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I

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> managed to convince myself to go to the gym. I'm
> pleased with

myself.

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I

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> didn't go overboard on anything, just general
> movement that I needed

to

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do.
> The trick is to get myself to do that again today.

I used to be a total and complete gym rat, and then I
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it.

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Love yoga, but don't have the hour and a half every day
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iu.

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with some

regularity.

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an hour. I go

6

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days a week and do half an hour on either the treadmill
or the

elliptical

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trainer. (Hate the bike and stair climber). Invested in
an iPod. I

can

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do

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ANYTHING for half an hour - at least that's what I keep
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far so good. I don't know if I've lost weight (just
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don't

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have guilt about it.

And will someone please remind me of this in 3 months
when I say I'm

bored?

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thanks...lo

Sushi also beats pizza in the points category - that was
one of the first things I checked in the WW booklet when I
joined and was most relieved when I saw that I could eat
it without problem. I've given up Thai food - not so
points friendly

skiur said:

When I lived in Atlanta, there was a sushi place that
delivered. I had sushi a LOT then. I have several friends
who either have never had sushi or loved sushi so when they
would stay at my place, I'd just call up Wasabi Sushi
(funny name) and 30 minutes later...dinner.

It beat pizza.

Julie

"Fred" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Enjoy the new dishes.

I had sushi tonight but went to the local restaurant (two
blocks from my home). I've only been involved in making
it once many years ago.

skiur said:

I'll try to remind you. :-)

I went the gym today after all. I'm hurting a little. I
did 20 minutes

on

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the treadmill, but then did squats. Fortunately, I
didn't overdo it like

I

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tend to. I could actually still walk when I got home and
although I'm a little sore (tomorrow will really suck),
I'm a lot less stressed out that

I

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would have otherwise been. That, right there, is reason
enough for me to

go

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to the gym.

Tonight we had sushi. We also got the plates that we've
been drooling

over

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for the last year or so at the Japanese market. Check
out dinner at our house on:
jcatena.netsushiOpen ↗

I love to cook and present, dh loves to take pictures
and he couldn't

resist

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pulling out the camera and posting dinner. (Plus, I had
to show the

pattern

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to my friends who know I've been drooling over it for a
while.)

Julie

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> > I've been convincing myself that I should go to the
> > gym for quite

some

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> time
> > and that I would start on a Saturday so that if I do
> > screw up, I

won't

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> beat
> > myself up for it too much. Well for the past few
> > weeks I've been
excusing
> > myself by saying, "It's too cold to go". Yesterday
> > was an icky day,

but

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I
> > managed to convince myself to go to the gym. I'm
> > pleased with

myself.

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I
> > didn't go overboard on anything, just general
> > movement that I needed

to

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> do.
> > The trick is to get myself to do that again today.
>
> I used to be a total and complete gym rat, and then I
> realized I hated

it.

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> Love yoga, but don't have the hour and a half every
> day to devote to

it.

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> Really made a difference though when I was going it
> with some

regularity.

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>
> Re the gym: the deal I make with myself is this: half
> an hour. I go

6

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> days a week and do half an hour on either the
> treadmill or the

elliptical

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> trainer. (Hate the bike and stair climber). Invested
> in an iPod. I

can

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do
> ANYTHING for half an hour - at least that's what I
> keep telling myself.

So

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> far so good. I don't know if I've lost weight (just
> started WW) but I
don't
> have guilt about it.
>
> And will someone please remind me of this in 3 months
> when I say I'm
bored?
>
> thanks...lo
>
>
>

good for you, one of the reasons we decided on the Rubbermaid is that
originally we figured it would stack and take up little room, the original
plan didn't work but I am glad I got them as they are just a bit deeper than
a laundry basket and it is easy to judge a load. I am at the point in my
weight loss that there are very few clothes left let alone dry-cleaning...
and that is the secret to littler laundry... less clothes, less to build up,
Lee
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Laundry is a pain in this apartment-electric dryer so
things take twice as long to dry and I don't have the room
to store too many things. When I

get

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a house there will be an in-house sorting area (not just
the floor near

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washer/dryer). I did most of the laundry last night, but
the

underclothing,

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towels and sheets didn't make it to folding stage-least of
my worries.

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load and I was good to go-too bad it's only 4 items a
load.

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the clothing is done and now I don't have to go to work in
my birthday suit. :-)

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now I can help with the laundry, I got those Rubbermaid
buckets, except

a

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trash can for the whites, all towels are white. DH
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each

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bucket has an assigned place. I do a load when there is
enough to do.

that

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way it is never done but it never piles up. Also if you
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don't

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try and do IT ALL today, do one load from presoak and
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put away, don't start a second one until you have the
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that

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way you don't feel the pressure of things sitting in the
washer or dryer

and

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ruining. I know this sounds counter productive but it
works. Now once

you

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get that first load in, sit down and do your grocery
list or your menu.

You

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could also exercise while they are drying, [censored]!!! time
for you and some laundry done, Lee, who doesn't mind
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Thanks Alex.

It's a pretty simple life-just me and dh and an
apartment. It'll be

getting

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busier soon as we're looking for a house, but that's a
bit different.

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bad at letting the chores go (I'd rather get them
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to

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the point where there are too many chores that have
gone undone and

too

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much

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clutter that isn't going away. That's what bothers me
the most.

I'm not a fan of laundry and there is a pile of it
waiting for me.

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Julie

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> > On a different note-kinda. I find it so hard to
> > focus on myself

when

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> > is all this work around the house that needs to be
> > accomplished.

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>
> The simple fact is - you are just as important as
> anything else on

your

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to

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specific

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> advice but you should devote some time to yourself
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> use this time to organize yourself for the rest of
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> and turn your

cell

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phone
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>
> If you work outside of the home, you might want to
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way

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> home - unwind from the demands of work and and get
> your time to

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> before the demands of home attack you. If you work
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maybe

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each

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give
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other)

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to

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> if someone else

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> The better you are to yourself, the better you can
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any

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> dirtier in a half hour and that report isn't going
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written

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if
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> energy and you'll

find

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you
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> else done.
>
> Alex
>
>

NOT there are two reasons for this, well actually three. I do not like the
way he does it and if we followed your theory we would be doing separate
laundry and that would be too much. He did it for three years because I
couldn't bend over to get in the dryer because of my knee. I am so grateful
to be doing it again... and lastly, since there are certain things I can not
do because you have to see to do them, I feel it is very important that I do
as much as possible of the things that I can do. I do what cleaning gets
done, all dishes, and all laundry... I just scrubbed half of my living room
carpet last night. It would have taken him maybe 45 minutes to do the
entire job, it took me 1 hour 40 minutes, but, I did it all by myself, and
when I am ready he will come, inspect it, spot clean if I missed a stain
and after that dries, I will vacuum and he will finish it off. This works
good because the cleaning is more important to me than him and it gets to
looking pretty good when I do it, and he does nice finishing work so it
looks like we worked our butts off, Lee, hoping this makes sense as she is
very tired
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The best fix for hubby not being happy with pink underwear
is having him

do

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laundry :-)

If he makes it pink, he can't complain.

Julie "Miss Violette" <[email hidden]> wrote in
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OOOHHH, I only suggested this method as a way to not be
overwhelmed,

With

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the two of us I do a huge amount of laundry but, I
change alot and so

does

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DH, I also only use towels once so there is a great deal
of whites. We

have

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all whites as I thought once I had it sorted correctly
and bleached a colored towel, DH had pink underwear for
a bit which did NOT make him

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too happy. I figured that if they were all white we
wouldn't have that issue again. I actually have a system
where I do a load or so a day but

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next one goes in as soon as it is ready and if we travel
the first thing after getting back and unpacked I do
laundry until it is totally caught

up.

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Lee, who feels your pain Joyce <[email hidden]> wrote in
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I guess how you tackle the laundry depends on just how
much you have

to

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do. I

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will say that laundry for 4 people ... 2 of which are
construction

workers

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who

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live to play in the mud (boy did they have fun this
past week) and 1

is

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a

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teenage

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girl (need I say more) ... is much different than
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adults. If

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I did laundry one load at a time, start to finish
before starting

another

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one, I

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would never even make a dent in the mountain. <g> I
am a

self-professed

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laundry

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queen. There are days (hell, there are months) that I
swear this is

all

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do in

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life. This week has been one of those weeks. Yesterday
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40

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trips up

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and down the basement - everytime I thought I was
done, more

mystically

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appeared

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at the bottom of the stairs. The *boys* clothing had
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the

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machine

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twice - and I'm still not sure all the mud is out. LOL

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sorters.

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one is divided into 3 sections ... and I have an
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hamper

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for

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towels. Our towels aren't the same color, but they're
old enough that

they can

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get tossed into the same loads anyway ... funny how
after a few years

they

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no

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longer run or shed. <G> Anyway, I sort laundry
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when

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I

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head

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down to the scale and/or treadmill. I start a load up
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treadmill

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- whichever bin is the fullest. About 40 minutes later
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the load

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is ready to go into the dryer. If nothing else, at
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wash

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gets

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done each day - and it makes life a bit easier for me
these days. I

did

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officially no laundry at all today (YEAH!!!!!!) -
tomorrow will be

dedicated to

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getting my mom's laundry done ... deliver to her on
Tuesday or

Wednesday,

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just in

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time to pick up another batch. <sigh>

Joyce

On Sun, 28 Mar 2004 23:36:26 -0600, "Miss Violette"

<[email hidden]>

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wrote:

>now I can help with the laundry, I got those
>Rubbermaid buckets,

except

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a

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>trash can for the whites, all towels are white. DH
>sorted it for me,

each

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>bucket has an assigned place. I do a load when there
>is enough to

do.

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that

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>way it is never done but it never piles up. Also if
>you are behind,

don't

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>try and do IT ALL today, do one load from presoak and
>shout to hung

up

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and

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>put away, don't start a second one until you have the
>first one done,

that

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>way you don't feel the pressure of things sitting in
>the washer or

dryer

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and

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>ruining. I know this sounds counter productive but it
>works. Now

once

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you

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>get that first load in, sit down and do your grocery
>list or your

menu.

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You

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>could also exercise while they are drying, [censored]!!!
>time for you and

some

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>laundry done, Lee, who doesn't mind laundry skiur
><[email hidden]> wrote in message news:qDmdnaHzxpSXCfrd3cwC-
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>> Thanks Alex.
>>
>> It's a pretty simple life-just me and dh and an
>> apartment. It'll

be

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>getting
>> busier soon as we're looking for a house, but
>> that's a bit

different.

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I'm

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>> bad at letting the chores go (I'd rather get them
>> done), but it's

gotten

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>to
>> the point where there are too many chores that have
>> gone undone and

too

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>much
>> clutter that isn't going away. That's what bothers
>> me the most.
>>
>> I'm not a fan of laundry and there is a pile of it
>> waiting for me.

*sigh*

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>>
>> Julie
>>
>> "Alex Robinson" <[email hidden]> wrote in
>> message "]news:[email hidden]...
>> > > On a different note-kinda. I find it so hard to
>> > > focus on

myself

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when

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>> > there
>> > > is all this work around the house that needs to
>> > > be

accomplished.

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Does

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>> > > anyone have any suggestions?
>> >
>> > The simple fact is - you are just as important as
>> > anything else

on

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your

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>to
>> > do list. I have no idea what you're life is like
>> > so I can't give
>specific
>> > advice but you should devote some time to
>> > yourself everyday. If

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>> > devote 15 minutes.

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>> > of the day (or to
>prepare
>> > for the next day), to take a walk with your
>> > favorite music

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>> > day and turn your

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>> > off.
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>> > If you work outside of the home, you might want
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>> > aren't going to

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>> > going to be any less
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>> if
>> > you don't do it right this minute. But if you
>> > take the time to
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>> > you'll be able to do these things with much more
>> > energy and

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>> > your walk to get
>> something
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>> > Alex
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>

I love walking on clean carpet, if I have to have it its gonna be clean,
Thanks, I felt like I should have gotten more and my muscles in my arms say
I should get more but the closest I could come was, housework, scrubbing
floors, and I figure there is more resistance in carpet but I timed the
actual scrubbing and moving time and it gave me 12 so I chopped them, was
nice to be really hungry for a change, Lee
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Dang, that's a lot of cleaning Lee. I'm impressed.

Julie "Miss Violette" <[email hidden]> wrote in
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Glad DD got there safe, storms were bad here as well.

Part of the reason I do it this way now is because I
used to freak if

every

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thread wasn't clean. I mean it was really an issue. I
finally figured

out

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that I could obsessive on perfect hanging/folding rather
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and I get less overwhelmed and less tired also. I now
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it will all be done once a year after the annual linen
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and don't fall back I do fine. I have transferred the
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focus

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on. I thought long and hard about all of this, I am
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read... What I read, learned and decided has helped me
to improve in several areas.

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over

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doing on the cleaning, I just scrubbed, by hand, half of
my 22.5 by 15 livingroom carpet with a small scrubbrush,
Lee, who earned 12 activity points today Joyce
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Laundry and traveling is the pits, glad I don't travel
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clothing is tossed in the garbage bags. Repacking to
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basement. It sounds wierd, but it really does make my
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complicated. And like you, I have to do all the dirty
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spring trip to FL with a friends family. I've just
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rooms

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too small ... this after being delayed for takeoff at
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On Mon, 29 Mar 2004 01:17:39 -0600, "Miss Violette"

<[email hidden]>

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>OOOHHH, I only suggested this method as a way to not
>be overwhelmed,

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>the two of us I do a huge amount of laundry but, I
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>Lee, who feels your pain Joyce <[email hidden]> wrote
>in message
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>> I guess how you tackle the laundry depends on just
>> how much you

have

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>do. I
>> will say that laundry for 4 people ... 2 of which
>> are construction

workers

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>who
>> live to play in the mud (boy did they have fun this
>> past week) and

1

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is

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>teenage
>> girl (need I say more) ... is much different than
>> doing laundry for

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>> before starting

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>> would never even make a dent in the mountain. <g> I
>> am a

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>> queen. There are days (hell, there are months) that
>> I swear this

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>do in
>> life. This week has been one of those weeks.
>> Yesterday I had to

push

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>> and down the basement - everytime I thought I was
>> done, more

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>> LOL
>>
>> I went out last year and bought three of those
>> metal type laundry

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>Each
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wash

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did

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>> officially no laundry at all today (YEAH!!!!!!) -
>> tomorrow will be
>dedicated to
>> getting my mom's laundry done ... deliver to her on
>> Tuesday or

Wednesday,

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>just in
>> time to pick up another batch. <sigh>
>>
>> Joyce
>>
>> On Sun, 28 Mar 2004 23:36:26 -0600, "Miss Violette"
><[email hidden]>
>> wrote:
>>
>> >now I can help with the laundry, I got those
>> >Rubbermaid buckets,

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>> >trash can for the whites, all towels are white. DH
>> >sorted it for

me,

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>> >there is enough to

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>that
>> >way it is never done but it never piles up. Also
>> >if you are

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>> >and shout to

hung

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>> >in the washer or

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>and
>> >ruining. I know this sounds counter productive but
>> >it works. Now

once

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>you
>> >get that first load in, sit down and do your
>> >grocery list or your

menu.

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>You
>> >could also exercise while they are drying, [censored]!!!
>> >time for you

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>> >laundry done, Lee, who doesn't mind laundry skiur
>> ><[email hidden]> wrote in message news:qDmdnaHzxpSXCfrd3cwC-
>> >[email hidden]...
>> >> Thanks Alex.
>> >>
>> >> It's a pretty simple life-just me and dh and an
>> >> apartment.

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>> >getting
>> >> busier soon as we're looking for a house, but
>> >> that's a bit

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>I'm
>> >> bad at letting the chores go (I'd rather get
>> >> them done), but

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>> >> the point where there are too many chores that
>> >> have gone undone

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too

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>> >> clutter that isn't going away. That's what
>> >> bothers me the most.
>> >>
>> >> I'm not a fan of laundry and there is a pile of
>> >> it waiting for

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>*sigh*
>> >>
>> >> Julie
>> >>
>> >> "Alex Robinson" <[email hidden]> wrote in
>> >> message news:5p-
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>> >> > > On a different note-kinda. I find it so hard
>> >> > > to focus on

myself

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>> >> > there
>> >> > > is all this work around the house that needs
>> >> > > to be

accomplished.

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>> >> > > anyone have any suggestions?
>> >> >
>> >> > The simple fact is - you are just as important
>> >> > as anything

else

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>> >> > do list. I have no idea what you're life is
>> >> > like so I can't

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>> >> > advice but you should devote some time to
>> >> > yourself everyday.

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>> >can
>> >> > use this time to organize yourself for the
>> >> > rest of the day (or

to

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>> >prepare
>> >> > for the next day), to take a walk with your
>> >> > favorite music
>(especially
>> >if
>> >> > you have a household that requires you to
>> >> > leave to get some

peace),

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>> >a
>> >> > habit of going someplace for a cup of tea
>> >> > every day and turn

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>> >> phone
>> >> > off.
>> >> >
>> >> > If you work outside of the home, you might
>> >> > want to do this on

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>> >> > home - unwind from the demands of work and and
>> >> > get your time

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>> >> > before the demands of home attack you. If you
>> >> > work inside the

home

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>> >> > you can exchange babysitting moments with your
>> >> > neighbor where

you

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>> >> give
>> >> > each other a half hour of babysitting time
>> >> > (one right after

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>> >to
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>> >> > mention, if someone

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>> >> > involved, you will be held to a schedule,
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>> >> >
>> >> > The better you are to yourself, the better you
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>> >> can't
>> >> > offer others what you don't have. Those dishes
>> >> > aren't going

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>> >> > going to be any

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>> >> if
>> >> > you don't do it right this minute. But if you
>> >> > take the time

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>> >> > you'll be able to do these things with much
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>> >> > Alex
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>>
>

I've never tried sushi. I love fish. what does it
taste like?

"skiur" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:9E6dneGgSoTXc_Xd3cwC-
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When I lived in Atlanta, there was a sushi place that
delivered. I had sushi a LOT then. I have several friends
who either have never had sushi

or

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loved sushi so when they would stay at my place, I'd just
call up Wasabi Sushi (funny name) and 30 minutes
later...dinner.

It beat pizza.

Julie

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Enjoy the new dishes.

I had sushi tonight but went to the local restaurant
(two blocks from my home). I've only been involved in
making it once many years ago.

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I'll try to remind you. :-)

I went the gym today after all. I'm hurting a little. I
did 20

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on

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tend to. I could actually still walk when I got home
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little sore (tomorrow will really suck), I'm a lot less
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would have otherwise been. That, right there, is reason
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go

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to the gym.

Tonight we had sushi. We also got the plates that we've
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over

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for the last year or so at the Japanese market. Check
out dinner at

our

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house on: jcatena.netsushiOpen ↗

I love to cook and present, dh loves to take pictures
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resist

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pulling out the camera and posting dinner. (Plus, I had
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pattern

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to my friends who know I've been drooling over it for a
while.)

Julie

<[email hidden]> wrote in message
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> > I've been convincing myself that I should go to the
> > gym for quite

some

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> time
> > and that I would start on a Saturday so that if I
> > do screw up, I

won't

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> > myself up for it too much. Well for the past few
> > weeks I've been
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> > myself by saying, "It's too cold to go". Yesterday
> > was an icky

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> > managed to convince myself to go to the gym. I'm
> > pleased with

myself.

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> > didn't go overboard on anything, just general
> > movement that I

needed

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to

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> do.
> > The trick is to get myself to do that again today.
>
> I used to be a total and complete gym rat, and then I
> realized I

hated

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it.

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> Love yoga, but don't have the hour and a half every
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> Really made a difference though when I was going it
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>
> Re the gym: the deal I make with myself is this: half
> an hour. I

go

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6

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> days a week and do half an hour on either the
> treadmill or the

elliptical

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> in an iPod. I

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do
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> far so good. I don't know if I've lost weight (just
> started WW) but

I

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don't
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>
> And will someone please remind me of this in 3 months
> when I say I'm
bored?
>
> thanks...lo
>
>
>

I think it tastes FRESH. Some of it does not have a lot of
taste. The consistency is what makes some folks
uncomfortable. Tuna is very tender and pleasant in taste and
a good starter item. There are also some cooked types so you
could start with that. There are more cooked items on some
menus to help introduce those who don't care for raw fish.

Laura said:

I've never tried sushi. I love fish. what does it
taste like?

"skiur" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:9E6dneGgSoTXc_Xd3cwC-
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When I lived in Atlanta, there was a sushi place that
delivered. I had sushi a LOT then. I have several friends
who either have never had sushi

or

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loved sushi so when they would stay at my place, I'd just
call up Wasabi Sushi (funny name) and 30 minutes
later...dinner.

It beat pizza.

Julie

"Fred" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Enjoy the new dishes.

I had sushi tonight but went to the local restaurant
(two blocks from my home). I've only been involved in
making it once many years ago.

On Sun, 28 Mar 2004 21:20:24 -0600, "skiur"
<[email hidden]> wrote:

>I'll try to remind you. :-)
>
>I went the gym today after all. I'm hurting a little.
>I did 20

minutes

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on

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>didn't overdo it

like

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>and although I'm

a

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>less stressed out

that

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>reason enough for me

to

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>to the gym.
>
>Tonight we had sushi. We also got the plates that
>we've been drooling

over

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>for the last year or so at the Japanese market. Check
>out dinner at

our

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>house on: jcatena.netsushiOpen ↗
>
>I love to cook and present, dh loves to take pictures
>and he couldn't

resist

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>pulling out the camera and posting dinner. (Plus, I
>had to show the

pattern

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>to my friends who know I've been drooling over it for
>a while.)
>
>Julie
>
>
><[email hidden]> wrote in message
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>> > I've been convincing myself that I should go to
>> > the gym for quite

some

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>> > and that I would start on a Saturday so that if I
>> > do screw up, I

won't

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>> > myself up for it too much. Well for the past few
>> > weeks I've been
>excusing
>> > myself by saying, "It's too cold to go". Yesterday
>> > was an icky

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>> > managed to convince myself to go to the gym. I'm
>> > pleased with

myself.

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>I
>> > didn't go overboard on anything, just general
>> > movement that I

needed

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to

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>> do.
>> > The trick is to get myself to do that again today.
>>
>> I used to be a total and complete gym rat, and then
>> I realized I

hated

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it.

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>> Love yoga, but don't have the hour and a half every
>> day to devote to

it.

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>> Really made a difference though when I was going it
>> with some

regularity.

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>>
>> Re the gym: the deal I make with myself is this:
>> half an hour. I

go

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6

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>> days a week and do half an hour on either the
>> treadmill or the

elliptical

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>> trainer. (Hate the bike and stair climber). Invested
>> in an iPod. I

can

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>do
>> ANYTHING for half an hour - at least that's what I
>> keep telling

myself.

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So

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>> far so good. I don't know if I've lost weight (just
>> started WW) but

I

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>don't
>> have guilt about it.
>>
>> And will someone please remind me of this in 3
>> months when I say I'm
>bored?
>>
>> thanks...lo
>>
>>
>>
>

Isn't it amazing just how much better sushi is! And if you
do sashimi, well...you've got most diets covered (low card,
low fat, ww, etc)

Who knew.

Julie "Fred" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
"]news:[email hidden]...

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Sushi also beats pizza in the points category - that was
one of the first things I checked in the WW booklet when I
joined and was most relieved when I saw that I could eat
it without problem. I've given up Thai food - not so
points friendly

skiur said:

When I lived in Atlanta, there was a sushi place that
delivered. I had sushi a LOT then. I have several friends
who either have never had sushi

or

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

loved sushi so when they would stay at my place, I'd just
call up Wasabi Sushi (funny name) and 30 minutes
later...dinner.

It beat pizza.

Julie

"Fred" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
"]news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

Enjoy the new dishes.

I had sushi tonight but went to the local restaurant
(two blocks from my home). I've only been involved in
making it once many years ago.

On Sun, 28 Mar 2004 21:20:24 -0600, "skiur"
<[email hidden]> wrote:

>I'll try to remind you. :-)
>
>I went the gym today after all. I'm hurting a little.
>I did 20

minutes

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Quoted message said:

on

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>the treadmill, but then did squats. Fortunately, I
>didn't overdo it

like

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I

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>tend to. I could actually still walk when I got home
>and although I'm

a

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>little sore (tomorrow will really suck), I'm a lot
>less stressed out

that

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I

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>would have otherwise been. That, right there, is
>reason enough for me

to

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go

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>to the gym.
>
>Tonight we had sushi. We also got the plates that
>we've been drooling

over

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>for the last year or so at the Japanese market. Check
>out dinner at

our

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>house on: jcatena.netsushiOpen ↗
>
>I love to cook and present, dh loves to take pictures
>and he couldn't

resist

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>pulling out the camera and posting dinner. (Plus, I
>had to show the

pattern

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>to my friends who know I've been drooling over it for
>a while.)
>
>Julie
>
>
><[email hidden]> wrote in message
>"]news:[email hidden]...
>> > I've been convincing myself that I should go to
>> > the gym for quite

some

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>> time
>> > and that I would start on a Saturday so that if I
>> > do screw up, I

won't

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>> beat
>> > myself up for it too much. Well for the past few
>> > weeks I've been
>excusing
>> > myself by saying, "It's too cold to go". Yesterday
>> > was an icky

day,

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but

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>I
>> > managed to convince myself to go to the gym. I'm
>> > pleased with

myself.

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>I
>> > didn't go overboard on anything, just general
>> > movement that I

needed

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to

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>> do.
>> > The trick is to get myself to do that again today.
>>
>> I used to be a total and complete gym rat, and then
>> I realized I

hated

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Quoted message said:

it.

Quoted message said:

>> Love yoga, but don't have the hour and a half every
>> day to devote to

it.

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>> Really made a difference though when I was going it
>> with some

regularity.

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>>
>> Re the gym: the deal I make with myself is this:
>> half an hour. I

go

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Quoted message said:

6

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>> days a week and do half an hour on either the
>> treadmill or the

elliptical

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>> trainer. (Hate the bike and stair climber). Invested
>> in an iPod.

I

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can

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>do
>> ANYTHING for half an hour - at least that's what I
>> keep telling

myself.

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So

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>> far so good. I don't know if I've lost weight (just
>> started WW) but

I

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>don't
>> have guilt about it.
>>
>> And will someone please remind me of this in 3
>> months when I say I'm
>bored?
>>
>> thanks...lo
>>
>>
>>
>

It's a more delicate flavor than the cooked fish of
whichever version you're eating. Texture is a big one for a
lot of people and for your first time sushi experience you
need to go with someone who likes sushi and knows where to
go. The wasabi factor plays a role in it and if you have a
sushi chef that puts too much on...well...don't bother.

Fred described it as tasting fresh. I'd agree. Consider lox-
a very salty, mostly raw salmon. If you were to get a
version of less salty lox, you would find it to have a
similar taste to smoked salmon. If you don't have a problem
with the texture of the lox you probably won't have an issue
with the salmon sushi/sashimi.

First time I took dh out for bait, I picked a lousy place. I
hadn't been to that restaurant before and the sushi chef
should have been strung by his or her toenails and fed to
the sharks. I made such a fuss about how it was a terrible
sushi meal that he agreed to trying it again. I took him to
a great place for the next experience and then we were good
to go. He liked that place for sushi so much that he has
said the next time we are within reasonable driving range
(we live in Chicago, the restaurant is in the Philadelphia
suburbs) he wants to go there. It's a good thing that we've
got family in that area :-).

One things with fish in general is that if it has that fishy
odor, it's not fresh. You have to watch too because a lot of
places with squirt the fish with lemon juice as the fish
odor component mixed with the lemon juice acid creates a
salt that does not have an odor.

The way I was presenting it was one of the easiest ways I've
seen. We had dinner at a Japanese co-worker's home (sushi)
and she presented it the way I had displayed our dinner.
Fish in one area, nori, rice, wasabi, etc in separate
locations and you rolled your own. To be fair, when you do
it yourself it rarely looks like the rolls you see in
restaurants, but it sure does taste good.

I tried making california rolls once and it took forever to
roll and cut, etc. That is why sushi is such an art. It's
harder than you would believe, but it is certainly very
relaxing to do the chopping and everything else.

Julie

"Laura" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:aneac.520$vo5.15446@bgtnsc05-
news.ops.worldnet.att.net...

Quoted message said:

I've never tried sushi. I love fish. what does it
taste like?

"skiur" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:9E6dneGgSoTXc_Xd3cwC-
[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

When I lived in Atlanta, there was a sushi place that
delivered. I had sushi a LOT then. I have several
friends who either have never had

sushi

Quoted message said:

or

Quoted message said:

loved sushi so when they would stay at my place, I'd
just call up Wasabi Sushi (funny name) and 30 minutes
later...dinner.

It beat pizza.

Julie

"Fred" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
"]news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

Enjoy the new dishes.

I had sushi tonight but went to the local restaurant
(two blocks from my home). I've only been involved in
making it once many years ago.

On Sun, 28 Mar 2004 21:20:24 -0600, "skiur"
<[email hidden]> wrote:

>I'll try to remind you. :-)
>
>I went the gym today after all. I'm hurting a little.
>I did 20

minutes

Quoted message said:

on

Quoted message said:

>the treadmill, but then did squats. Fortunately, I
>didn't overdo it

like

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I

Quoted message said:

>tend to. I could actually still walk when I got home
>and although

I'm

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a

Quoted message said:

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>little sore (tomorrow will really suck), I'm a lot
>less stressed out

that

Quoted message said:

I

Quoted message said:

>would have otherwise been. That, right there, is
>reason enough for

me

Quoted message said:

to

Quoted message said:

go

Quoted message said:

>to the gym.
>
>Tonight we had sushi. We also got the plates that
>we've been

drooling

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

over

Quoted message said:

>for the last year or so at the Japanese market. Check
>out dinner at

our

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Quoted message said:

>house on: jcatena.netsushiOpen ↗
>
>I love to cook and present, dh loves to take pictures
>and he couldn't

resist

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>pulling out the camera and posting dinner. (Plus, I
>had to show the

pattern

Quoted message said:

>to my friends who know I've been drooling over it for
>a while.)
>
>Julie
>
>
><[email hidden]> wrote in message
>"]news:[email hidden]...
>> > I've been convincing myself that I should go to
>> > the gym for quite

some

Quoted message said:

>> time
>> > and that I would start on a Saturday so that if I
>> > do screw up, I

won't

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>> beat
>> > myself up for it too much. Well for the past few
>> > weeks I've been
>excusing
>> > myself by saying, "It's too cold to go".
>> > Yesterday was an icky

day,

Quoted message said:

but

Quoted message said:

>I
>> > managed to convince myself to go to the gym. I'm
>> > pleased with

myself.

Quoted message said:

>I
>> > didn't go overboard on anything, just general
>> > movement that I

needed

Quoted message said:

to

Quoted message said:

>> do.
>> > The trick is to get myself to do that again
>> > today.
>>
>> I used to be a total and complete gym rat, and then
>> I realized I

hated

Quoted message said:

it.

Quoted message said:

>> Love yoga, but don't have the hour and a half every
>> day to devote

to

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

it.

Quoted message said:

>> Really made a difference though when I was going it
>> with some

regularity.

Quoted message said:

>>
>> Re the gym: the deal I make with myself is this:
>> half an hour. I

go

Quoted message said:

6

Quoted message said:

>> days a week and do half an hour on either the
>> treadmill or the

elliptical

Quoted message said:

>> trainer. (Hate the bike and stair climber).
>> Invested in an iPod.

I

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Quoted message said:

can

Quoted message said:

>do
>> ANYTHING for half an hour - at least that's what I
>> keep telling

myself.

Quoted message said:

So

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>> far so good. I don't know if I've lost weight (just
>> started WW)

but

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I

Quoted message said:

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>don't
>> have guilt about it.
>>
>> And will someone please remind me of this in 3
>> months when I say

I'm

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Quoted message said:

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>bored?
>>
>> thanks...lo
>>
>>
>>
>

I tend to favor sushi for the greater variety per order but
sashimi is fine. One place had a large bento-type box which
I really loved and it contained sashimi but also fried items
and steamed interesting items (G) But I've not had that in
over a year now. Sushi is, at least, once a week.

skiur said:

Isn't it amazing just how much better sushi is! And if you
do sashimi, well...you've got most diets covered (low card,
low fat, ww, etc)

Who knew.

Julie "Fred" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
"]news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

Sushi also beats pizza in the points category - that was
one of the first things I checked in the WW booklet when
I joined and was most relieved when I saw that I could
eat it without problem. I've given up Thai food - not so
points friendly

skiur said:

When I lived in Atlanta, there was a sushi place that
delivered. I had sushi a LOT then. I have several
friends who either have never had sushi

or

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

loved sushi so when they would stay at my place, I'd
just call up Wasabi Sushi (funny name) and 30 minutes
later...dinner.

It beat pizza.

Julie

"Fred" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
"]news:[email hidden]...
> Enjoy the new dishes.
>
> I had sushi tonight but went to the local restaurant
> (two blocks from my home). I've only been involved in
> making it once many years ago.
>
> On Sun, 28 Mar 2004 21:20:24 -0600, "skiur"
> <[email hidden]> wrote:
>
> >I'll try to remind you. :-)
> >
> >I went the gym today after all. I'm hurting a little.
> >I did 20

minutes

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

on
> >the treadmill, but then did squats. Fortunately, I
> >didn't overdo it

like

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

I
> >tend to. I could actually still walk when I got home
> >and although I'm

a

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

> >little sore (tomorrow will really suck), I'm a lot
> >less stressed out

that

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

I
> >would have otherwise been. That, right there, is
> >reason enough for me

to

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

go
> >to the gym.
> >
> >Tonight we had sushi. We also got the plates that
> >we've been drooling
over
> >for the last year or so at the Japanese market. Check
> >out dinner at

our

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

> >house on: jcatena.netsushiOpen ↗
> >
> >I love to cook and present, dh loves to take pictures
> >and he couldn't
resist
> >pulling out the camera and posting dinner. (Plus, I
> >had to show the
pattern
> >to my friends who know I've been drooling over it for
> >a while.)
> >
> >Julie
> >
> >
> ><[email hidden]> wrote in message
> >"]news:[email hidden]...
> >> > I've been convincing myself that I should go to
> >> > the gym for quite
some
> >> time
> >> > and that I would start on a Saturday so that if I
> >> > do screw up, I
won't
> >> beat
> >> > myself up for it too much. Well for the past few
> >> > weeks I've been
> >excusing
> >> > myself by saying, "It's too cold to go".
> >> > Yesterday was an icky

day,

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

but
> >I
> >> > managed to convince myself to go to the gym. I'm
> >> > pleased with
myself.
> >I
> >> > didn't go overboard on anything, just general
> >> > movement that I

needed

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

to
> >> do.
> >> > The trick is to get myself to do that again
> >> > today.
> >>
> >> I used to be a total and complete gym rat, and then
> >> I realized I

hated

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

it.
> >> Love yoga, but don't have the hour and a half every
> >> day to devote to
it.
> >> Really made a difference though when I was going it
> >> with some
regularity.
> >>
> >> Re the gym: the deal I make with myself is this:
> >> half an hour. I

go

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

6
> >> days a week and do half an hour on either the
> >> treadmill or the
elliptical
> >> trainer. (Hate the bike and stair climber).
> >> Invested in an iPod.

I

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

can
> >do
> >> ANYTHING for half an hour - at least that's what I
> >> keep telling

myself.

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

So
> >> far so good. I don't know if I've lost weight (just
> >> started WW) but

I

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

> >don't
> >> have guilt about it.
> >>
> >> And will someone please remind me of this in 3
> >> months when I say I'm
> >bored?
> >>
> >> thanks...lo
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
>

I guess as we elaborate, it also has a consistency similar
to pickled herring or some of it does.

Last night I had two wonderful geoduck sushi pieces.
Somewhat clam-like but nice and crunchy. I also had tile
fish which was new and I liked it. I've found some to be
an acquired taste like urchin. I happen to really like
mackeral while most find it to strong/fishy. And I like
raw sweet shrimp probably because I like the deep fried
shrimp heads (G)

skiur said:

It's a more delicate flavor than the cooked fish of
whichever version you're eating. Texture is a big one for a
lot of people and for your first time sushi experience you
need to go with someone who likes sushi and knows where to
go. The wasabi factor plays a role in it and if you have a
sushi chef that puts too much on...well...don't bother.

Fred described it as tasting fresh. I'd agree. Consider lox-
a very salty, mostly raw salmon. If you were to get a
version of less salty lox, you would find it to have a
similar taste to smoked salmon. If you don't have a problem
with the texture of the lox you probably won't have an
issue with the salmon sushi/sashimi.

First time I took dh out for bait, I picked a lousy place.
I hadn't been to that restaurant before and the sushi chef
should have been strung by his or her toenails and fed to
the sharks. I made such a fuss about how it was a terrible
sushi meal that he agreed to trying it again. I took him to
a great place for the next experience and then we were good
to go. He liked that place for sushi so much that he has
said the next time we are within reasonable driving range
(we live in Chicago, the restaurant is in the Philadelphia
suburbs) he wants to go there. It's a good thing that we've
got family in that area :-).

One things with fish in general is that if it has that
fishy odor, it's not fresh. You have to watch too because a
lot of places with squirt the fish with lemon juice as the
fish odor component mixed with the lemon juice acid creates
a salt that does not have an odor.

The way I was presenting it was one of the easiest ways
I've seen. We had dinner at a Japanese co-worker's home
(sushi) and she presented it the way I had displayed our
dinner. Fish in one area, nori, rice, wasabi, etc in
separate locations and you rolled your own. To be fair,
when you do it yourself it rarely looks like the rolls you
see in restaurants, but it sure does taste good.

I tried making california rolls once and it took forever to
roll and cut, etc. That is why sushi is such an art. It's
harder than you would believe, but it is certainly very
relaxing to do the chopping and everything else.

Julie

"Laura" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:aneac.520$vo5.15446@bgtnsc05-
news.ops.worldnet.att.net...

Quoted message said:

I've never tried sushi. I love fish. what does it
taste like?

"skiur" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:9E6dneGgSoTXc_Xd3cwC-
[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

When I lived in Atlanta, there was a sushi place that
delivered. I had sushi a LOT then. I have several
friends who either have never had

sushi

Quoted message said:

or

Quoted message said:

loved sushi so when they would stay at my place, I'd
just call up Wasabi Sushi (funny name) and 30 minutes
later...dinner.

It beat pizza.

Julie

"Fred" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
"]news:[email hidden]...
> Enjoy the new dishes.
>
> I had sushi tonight but went to the local restaurant
> (two blocks from my home). I've only been involved in
> making it once many years ago.
>
> On Sun, 28 Mar 2004 21:20:24 -0600, "skiur"
> <[email hidden]> wrote:
>
> >I'll try to remind you. :-)
> >
> >I went the gym today after all. I'm hurting a
> >little. I did 20

minutes

Quoted message said:

on
> >the treadmill, but then did squats. Fortunately, I
> >didn't overdo it

like

Quoted message said:

I
> >tend to. I could actually still walk when I got home
> >and although

I'm

Quoted message said:

a

Quoted message said:

> >little sore (tomorrow will really suck), I'm a lot
> >less stressed out

that

Quoted message said:

I
> >would have otherwise been. That, right there, is
> >reason enough for

me

Quoted message said:

to

Quoted message said:

go
> >to the gym.
> >
> >Tonight we had sushi. We also got the plates that
> >we've been

drooling

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

over
> >for the last year or so at the Japanese market.
> >Check out dinner at

our

Quoted message said:

> >house on: jcatena.netsushiOpen ↗
> >
> >I love to cook and present, dh loves to take
> >pictures and he couldn't
resist
> >pulling out the camera and posting dinner. (Plus, I
> >had to show the
pattern
> >to my friends who know I've been drooling over it
> >for a while.)
> >
> >Julie
> >
> >
> ><[email hidden]> wrote in message
> >"]news:[email hidden]...
> >> > I've been convincing myself that I should go to
> >> > the gym for quite
some
> >> time
> >> > and that I would start on a Saturday so that if
> >> > I do screw up, I
won't
> >> beat
> >> > myself up for it too much. Well for the past few
> >> > weeks I've been
> >excusing
> >> > myself by saying, "It's too cold to go".
> >> > Yesterday was an icky

day,

Quoted message said:

but
> >I
> >> > managed to convince myself to go to the gym. I'm
> >> > pleased with
myself.
> >I
> >> > didn't go overboard on anything, just general
> >> > movement that I

needed

Quoted message said:

to
> >> do.
> >> > The trick is to get myself to do that again
> >> > today.
> >>
> >> I used to be a total and complete gym rat, and
> >> then I realized I

hated

Quoted message said:

it.
> >> Love yoga, but don't have the hour and a half
> >> every day to devote

to

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

it.
> >> Really made a difference though when I was going
> >> it with some
regularity.
> >>
> >> Re the gym: the deal I make with myself is this:
> >> half an hour. I

go

Quoted message said:

6
> >> days a week and do half an hour on either the
> >> treadmill or the
elliptical
> >> trainer. (Hate the bike and stair climber).
> >> Invested in an iPod.

I

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

can
> >do
> >> ANYTHING for half an hour - at least that's what I
> >> keep telling

myself.

Quoted message said:

So
> >> far so good. I don't know if I've lost weight
> >> (just started WW)

but

Quoted message said:

I

Quoted message said:

> >don't
> >> have guilt about it.
> >>
> >> And will someone please remind me of this in 3
> >> months when I say

I'm

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

> >bored?
> >>
> >> thanks...lo
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
>

Just a thought here Julie ... if you always eat out on the
week-ends, higher sodium, bits of splurges, maybe you would
be better changing your meeting date to mid-week .. or
Friday? Then again, if you do the same thing week to week,
it should more or less balance out. Just me and my wishy-
washy thought processes.
<G>

If you are having problems with the multiple weight checks,
then you definitely do need to step away from that home
scale. Maybe try for a week or two to only weigh in at your
meeting. See how the week goes, if you are better able to
stay on track that way. I think we all have a tendency to
react the same way ... weight up, eat lighter ... weight
down, can splurge a bit. This works well on maintanence -
probably not a good thing while trying to lose though. But I
do see an NSV in there. A little bit of soul searching and
discovering a problem area. This will serve you well in the
days ahead. We all need to learn exactly where our problems
areas are, and the best way we can combat them.

As far as the gym ..... just do it. Get up and go, quit
procrastinating if you really do want to go. A few weeks
into it and it will become routine, you will feel lost
without it.

I have a very odd outlook on the housekeeping lately. Many
things get in the way of *me* time - chores around the house
no longer do. I figure that I have never heard of anyone
dying from a little bit of dust or clutter .... dirty
clothing ... unpainted doors ... clogged gutters, etc. So
*me* comes before those things. And it appears they don't
bother other members of the house either. New rule in effect
... those who complain, can feel free to take over the job.
I finally accepted the fact that I am not super-woman and
will never be, despite what my family seems to think. When I
get the phone call that will add one more thing to my list -
I make the caller rethink their options. Most of the time
now they realize it is something they can quickly and easily
take care of themselves. Passing it onto mom has only become
a habit. Try to get it under control now, put yourself
first. Decide what chores are life-altering or life
threatening, those that are probably do need to be taken
care of - those that aren't can wait. Dishes in the sink can
wait for an hour ... fire in the kitchen can't. <G>

Joyce

skiur said:

Results to date: 3.5 pounds lost.

I do my official weigh in on Sunday in hopes of somehow
detering myself from overdoing it on the food Friday and
Saturday. I don't know how well that has been working. We
went out to dinner yesterday and I had too much sodium in
my diet. I'm thirsty as heck this morning and I'm almost
done with liter of water #2. I'm down from last week's
sodium escapade so there may have been a loss somewhere in
there, but it is currently masked from going out to dinner
last night. Eh. Who knew it would take this long to lose 5
stinkin' pounds?

I found something rather interesting this week. I notice
that I do really well until I come up on a certain number
(usually found on my lowest weight day) and then I start
eating out at lunch and making poorer choices during the
week. I think I will be reducing the number of times I
weight a week, because I am completely getting in my own
way when I do. We'll see how that experiment goes.

I've been convincing myself that I should go to the gym for
quite some time and that I would start on a Saturday so
that if I do screw up, I won't beat myself up for it too
much. Well for the past few weeks I've been excusing myself
by saying, "It's too cold to go". Yesterday was an icky
day, but I managed to convince myself to go to the gym. I'm
pleased with myself. I didn't go overboard on anything,
just general movement that I needed to do. The trick is to
get myself to do that again today.

On a different note-kinda. I find it so hard to focus on
myself when there is all this work around the house that
needs to be accomplished. Does anyone have any suggestions?

Julie

No, I love the powdered Biz - it gets anything and
everything out. This mud wasn't a stain factor, was because
from waist to ankle on the jeans was coated with wet mud ...
probably 1/4 of an inch thick. It was hillarious. I tackled
sonny boy before he even made it in the door - made him
strip down on the front stairs. I'm glad my husband phoned
ahead to forewarn me.

Joyce

skiur said:

A decent system. Have you tried oxyclean for the mud?

Julie "Joyce" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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I guess how you tackle the laundry depends on just how
much you have to

do. I

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will say that laundry for 4 people ... 2 of which are
construction workers

who

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live to play in the mud (boy did they have fun this past
week) and 1 is a

teenage

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girl (need I say more) ... is much different than doing
laundry for 2

adults. If

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I did laundry one load at a time, start to finish before
starting another

one, I

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would never even make a dent in the mountain. <g> I am a
self-professed

laundry

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queen. There are days (hell, there are months) that I
swear this is all I

do in

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life. This week has been one of those weeks. Yesterday I
had to push 40

trips up

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and down the basement - everytime I thought I was done,
more mystically

appeared

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at the bottom of the stairs. The *boys* clothing had to
go through the

machine

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twice - and I'm still not sure all the mud is out. LOL

I went out last year and bought three of those metal type
laundry sorters.

Each

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one is divided into 3 sections ... and I have an
additional single hamper

for

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towels. Our towels aren't the same color, but they're old
enough that

they can

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get tossed into the same loads anyway ... funny how after
a few years they

no

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longer run or shed. <G> Anyway, I sort laundry everyday -
usually when I

head

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down to the scale and/or treadmill. I start a load up
before I hit the

treadmill

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- whichever bin is the fullest. About 40 minutes later
I'm done walking,

the load

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is ready to go into the dryer. If nothing else, at least
one load of wash

gets

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done each day - and it makes life a bit easier for me
these days. I did officially no laundry at all today
(YEAH!!!!!!) - tomorrow will be

dedicated to

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getting my mom's laundry done ... deliver to her on
Tuesday or Wednesday,

just in

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time to pick up another batch. <sigh>

Joyce

On Sun, 28 Mar 2004 23:36:26 -0600, "Miss Violette"

<[email hidden]>

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now I can help with the laundry, I got those Rubbermaid
buckets, except a trash can for the whites, all towels
are white. DH sorted it for me,

each

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bucket has an assigned place. I do a load when there is
enough to do.

that

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way it is never done but it never piles up. Also if you
are behind,

don't

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try and do IT ALL today, do one load from presoak and
shout to hung up

and

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put away, don't start a second one until you have the
first one done,

that

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way you don't feel the pressure of things sitting in the
washer or dryer

and

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ruining. I know this sounds counter productive but it
works. Now once

you

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get that first load in, sit down and do your grocery
list or your menu.

You

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could also exercise while they are drying, [censored]!!! time
for you and some laundry done, Lee, who doesn't mind
laundry skiur <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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> Thanks Alex.
>
> It's a pretty simple life-just me and dh and an
> apartment. It'll be
getting
> busier soon as we're looking for a house, but that's a
> bit different.

I'm

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> bad at letting the chores go (I'd rather get them
> done), but it's

gotten

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to
> the point where there are too many chores that have
> gone undone and too
much
> clutter that isn't going away. That's what bothers me
> the most.
>
> I'm not a fan of laundry and there is a pile of it
> waiting for me.

*sigh*

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>
> Julie
>
> "Alex Robinson" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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> > > On a different note-kinda. I find it so hard to
> > > focus on myself

when

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> > there
> > > is all this work around the house that needs to be
> > > accomplished.

Does

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> > > anyone have any suggestions?
> >
> > The simple fact is - you are just as important as
> > anything else on

your

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to
> > do list. I have no idea what you're life is like so
> > I can't give
specific
> > advice but you should devote some time to yourself
> > everyday. If

you're

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> > really nervous about not having any time, just
> > devote 15 minutes.

You

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can
> > use this time to organize yourself for the rest of
> > the day (or to
prepare
> > for the next day), to take a walk with your favorite
> > music

(especially

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if
> > you have a household that requires you to leave to
> > get some peace),

make

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a
> > habit of going someplace for a cup of tea every day
> > and turn your

cell

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> phone
> > off.
> >
> > If you work outside of the home, you might want to
> > do this on your

way

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> > home - unwind from the demands of work and and get
> > your time to

yourself

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> > before the demands of home attack you. If you work
> > inside the home
maybe
> > you can exchange babysitting moments with your
> > neighbor where you

each

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> give
> > each other a half hour of babysitting time (one
> > right after the

other)

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to
> > give you time to go for that walk. Not to mention,
> > if someone else

is

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> > involved, you will be held to a schedule,
> > accountable to someone

else.

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> >
> > The better you are to yourself, the better you can
> > be to others. You
> can't
> > offer others what you don't have. Those dishes
> > aren't going to be

any

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> > dirtier in a half hour and that report isn't going
> > to be any less
written
> if
> > you don't do it right this minute. But if you take
> > the time to
yourself,
> > you'll be able to do these things with much more
> > energy and you'll

find

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> you
> > don't actually need that 15 minutes you used for
> > your walk to get
> something
> > else done.
> >
> > Alex
> >
> >
>
>

Good post from noting that weekends are just that and if
the overall trend is down but the WI is up from a low
somewhere else in the week, so what.... to realizing that
some "chores" have little to do with life-safety and we
need to figure out what is really important, including
taking time for ourselves. (you think I could borrow a
backhoe from your hubby's worksite once a year to move my
dust bunnies outside?)

Joyce said:

Just a thought here Julie ... if you always eat out on the
week-ends, higher sodium, bits of splurges, maybe you would
be better changing your meeting date to mid-week .. or
Friday? Then again, if you do the same thing week to week,
it should more or less balance out. Just me and my wishy-
washy thought processes.
<G>

If you are having problems with the multiple weight checks,
then you definitely do need to step away from that home
scale. Maybe try for a week or two to only weigh in at your
meeting. See how the week goes, if you are better able to
stay on track that way. I think we all have a tendency to
react the same way ... weight up, eat lighter ... weight
down, can splurge a bit. This works well on maintanence -
probably not a good thing while trying to lose though. But
I do see an NSV in there. A little bit of soul searching
and discovering a problem area. This will serve you well in
the days ahead. We all need to learn exactly where our
problems areas are, and the best way we can combat them.

As far as the gym ..... just do it. Get up and go, quit
procrastinating if you really do want to go. A few weeks
into it and it will become routine, you will feel lost
without it.

I have a very odd outlook on the housekeeping lately. Many
things get in the way of *me* time - chores around the
house no longer do. I figure that I have never heard of
anyone dying from a little bit of dust or clutter ....
dirty clothing ... unpainted doors ... clogged gutters,
etc. So *me* comes before those things. And it appears they
don't bother other members of the house either. New rule in
effect ... those who complain, can feel free to take over
the job. I finally accepted the fact that I am not super-
woman and will never be, despite what my family seems to
think. When I get the phone call that will add one more
thing to my list - I make the caller rethink their options.
Most of the time now they realize it is something they can
quickly and easily take care of themselves. Passing it onto
mom has only become a habit. Try to get it under control
now, put yourself first. Decide what chores are life-
altering or life threatening, those that are probably do
need to be taken care of - those that aren't can wait.
Dishes in the sink can wait for an hour ... fire in the
kitchen can't. <G>

Joyce

skiur said:

Results to date: 3.5 pounds lost.

I do my official weigh in on Sunday in hopes of somehow
detering myself from overdoing it on the food Friday and
Saturday. I don't know how well that has been working. We
went out to dinner yesterday and I had too much sodium in
my diet. I'm thirsty as heck this morning and I'm almost
done with liter of water #2. I'm down from last week's
sodium escapade so there may have been a loss somewhere in
there, but it is currently masked from going out to dinner
last night. Eh. Who knew it would take this long to lose 5
stinkin' pounds?

I found something rather interesting this week. I notice
that I do really well until I come up on a certain number
(usually found on my lowest weight day) and then I start
eating out at lunch and making poorer choices during the
week. I think I will be reducing the number of times I
weight a week, because I am completely getting in my own
way when I do. We'll see how that experiment goes.

I've been convincing myself that I should go to the gym
for quite some time and that I would start on a Saturday
so that if I do screw up, I won't beat myself up for it
too much. Well for the past few weeks I've been excusing
myself by saying, "It's too cold to go". Yesterday was an
icky day, but I managed to convince myself to go to the
gym. I'm pleased with myself. I didn't go overboard on
anything, just general movement that I needed to do. The
trick is to get myself to do that again today.

On a different note-kinda. I find it so hard to focus on
myself when there is all this work around the house that
needs to be accomplished. Does anyone have any
suggestions?

Julie