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Monday 27th November 2006

Housereclaimer final post 6:00 am

wash/teeth/hair [done]
dress [done]
meds & vitamins [done]
make bed [done]
clean room [done]
breakfast [done]
clean breakfast dishes [done](dad had a stroke after seeing my morning routine!!!could hardly beleive it)

Called verizon to switch phones [done]
copy numbers from my phone [done]
have dad download numbers from his old phone [done]
Download verizon navigator program [done]
set gps locator (so dad 82 can always be located) [done]
Download navigator guide [done]
Put dad on interactive tutorial [done]

Go to the post office [done]
mail bill [done]
call dental insurance [done](didn't get through will do again)
go shopping [done]
unpack shopping bags [done]
30 min exercise [done]
mowed dads 21/2 acre property (this was fun) [done]
load of wash[done]
set hair[done]
clean out and reorganize the pantry [done]
pantry shelf 1 [done]
pantry shelf 2 [done]
pantry shelf 3 [done]
pantry shelf 4 [done]

pantry side shelf 1 [done]
pantry side shelf 2 [done]
pantry side shelf 3 [done]

pantry floor [done]
dry wash [done]

post master list for rest of trip

clean out kitchen cabinets
clean kitchen side board
Call dental insurance again

ooppss error

mybad

Housereclaimer at my dads in georgia 7:30pm

Hi all!!!!

Went with my dad to jacksonville florida for thanksgiving got back to Georgia on saturday night. Slept most of sunday, had dinner with aunt and uncle. woke at 8 am and this is how my day went:

wash/teeth/hair [done]
dress [done]
meds & vitamins [done]
make bed [done]
clean room [done]
breakfast [done]
clean breakfast dishes [done](dad had a stroke after seeing my morning routine!!!could hardly beleive it)

Called verizon to switch phones [done]
copy numbers from my phone [done]
have dad download numbers from his old phone [done]
Download verizon navigator program [done]
set gps locator (so dad 82 can always be located) [done]
Download navigator guide [done]
Put dad on interactive tutorial [done]

Go to the post office [done]
mail bill [done]
call dental insurance [done](didn't get through will do again)
go shopping [done]
unpack shopping bags [done]
30 min exercise [done]
mowed dads 21/2 acre property (this was fun) [done]
load of wash[done]

post master list for rest of trip
set hair
clean out kitchen cabinets
clean out and reorganize the pantry
pantry shelf 1
pantry shelf 2
pantry shelf 3
pantry shelf 4

pantry side shelf 1
pantry side shelf 2
pantry side shelf 3

pantry floor
dry wash

Pro- forgot my password and did not want to change it since it is set automatically to sign me in on home computer. So I registered again under Gagirl.

iwant2workharder - CO 22:45

Finished reading the papers. I am now really tired, so
going home. The weather is quite windy, I will have to
be careful on the road.

Rollover
- website3: steps 51,54,55,56,58,59,60,61,62
- website1: 7 steps
- IT meeting: 26 steps

scarlett CI 4:20 pm

Last CI of the day... have a good evening, everyone!

Already done:
Eat breakfast
Take pills
Review schedule
Update master to-do list
Review work/personal email for urgent matters
Prep meeting
Mtg follow-up
Compare DG
- Find printout
- Dl files
- Compare division by division
Eat lunch
Work order
Enter DG comment

Postponed:
Monthly report - started
Review leave time
Respond to LCP email

Tonight:
make/eat dinner
feed cats/scoop pan
dance
rehab
dishes
meditate
grab xmas ornament?

And a reminder to myself (and others if they need it) to...

scarlett CI 3:40 pm

Already done:
Eat breakfast
Take pills
Review schedule
Update master to-do list
Review work/personal email for urgent matters
Prep meeting
Mtg follow-up
Compare DG
- Find printout
- Dl files
- Compare division by division
Eat lunch
Work order

To do:
Enter DG comment
Monthly report
Review leave time
Respond to LCP email

Tonight:
make/eat dinner
feed cats/scoop pan
dance
rehab
dishes
meditate
grab xmas ornament?

And a reminder to myself (and others if they need it) to...

iwant2workharder - CI 21:15

My steps were not well defined. So I am not doing them in order.
Done 52,53,57. Progress is progress.
Now going to step 54 : first read all the papers.

Done
- website3: steps 38-50,52,53,57

To Do
- website3: 9 steps : 51,54,55,56,58,59,60,61,62
- website1: 7 steps
- IT meeting: 26 steps

scarlett CI 1:10 pm

This day is flying!

Already done:
Eat breakfast
Take pills
Review schedule
Update master to-do list
Review work/personal email for urgent matters
Prep meeting
Mtg follow-up
- Find printout
- Dl files
Eat lunch

To do:
Compare DG
- Compare division by division
Monthly report
Review leave time
Respond to LCP email

Tonight:
make/eat dinner
feed cats/scoop pan
dance
rehab
dishes
meditate
grab xmas ornament?

And a reminder to myself (and others if they need it) to...

pro's first check-in - 12:35pm

I'm not being very efficient. I went to bed late, got up late, and then spent a couple hours reading instead of getting dressed.

I'm bored and annoyed with setting up my computer since wiping it last week. I want it to be done. It is a lot faster and more stable, but BORING. I'm sick of it, and I'm procrastinating because I don't want to deal with it anymore.

Time to get dressed (at least).

how's it going?

dressed yet?

what's the next step towards getting that boring computer set up and done?

}:)

You can do it...

scarlett CI 12:20 pm

Monday's half over already. Wow. Time to eat lunch and get cracking on Comparing DG.

Already done:
Eat breakfast
Take pills
Review schedule
Update master to-do list
Review work/personal email for urgent matters
Prep meeting
Mtg follow-up

To do:
Compare DG
- Find printout
- Dl files
- Compare division by division
Monthly report
Review leave time
Respond to LCP email

Tonight:
make/eat dinner
feed cats/scoop pan
dance
rehab
dishes
meditate
grab xmas ornament?

And a reminder to myself (and others if they need it) to...

iwant2workharder - CI 16:25

Up to step 50 done.
Could improve it better, but will leave this as it means
going to the library. Might do that later on. But now
I just want something 'finished'.
The steps are effectively harder. 12 steps left, the next
5 one should be easier, though time consuming.

Done
- website3: steps 38-50

To Do
- website3: 12 steps : 51,52,53,54,55,56,57,58,59,60,61,62
- website1: 7 steps
- IT meeting: 26 steps

looks like you're really moving along!

Have some virtual candy as a reward. ;)

the image is really shiny

Thank you

scarlett CI 9:30 am

Oof, Monday again. I've decided to implement 3 new habits: for physical health - do my rehab and dance 20 min/day; for mental health - meditate every day; for 'apartment' health, do the dishes for at least 20 min every day. I know it's hard to implement 3 new things at once, but I think I can do it.

Already done:
Eat breakfast
Take pills
Review schedule
Update master to-do list
Review work/personal email for urgent matters

To do:
Prep meeting
Monthly report
Compare DG
- Find printout
- Dl files
- Compare division by division
Review leave time
Respond to LCP email

Tonight:
make/eat dinner
feed cats/scoop pan
dance
rehab
dishes
meditate
grab xmas ornament?

And a reminder to myself (and others if they need it) to...

would a washing machine be useful

Hi Scarlet,

I am myself thinking of getting a washing machine.
Have you ever had one and given up on using one?
May be it could save you 20 minutes/day

Hmm...

Not a bad suggestion, but I rent an apartment and there is nowhere to put even a portable one.

If my roomie and I could be consistent, it wouldn't be a big deal. But we're both busy and sometimes get lazy, and have very little countertop space. Things get messy really quickly.

Lark's 8:45 AM CI

1.Prayer and reflection (is not a waste of time)
2.Meet the other homegroup member of another 12 Step group at the bank for some business (and go to a meeting while in town. It's been nearly a week).
3.Focus on my main project for work till it's time to go.
4.Get out my list of partially done things from last week, and finish two this afternoon.
5.Continue working on #3 later in the day.
Good morning and good luck to everyone else.

iwant2workharder - CI 13:25

Still at step44!!! This one is a hard one???

Done
- website3: steps 38-43

To Do
- website3: steps 44,45,46,47,48,49,50,51,52,53,54,55,56,57,58,59,60,61,62
- website1: 7 steps
- IT meeting: 26 steps

You seem to be really moving, but...

Good luck with your project. It seems like a large one, and I know you have a deadline. In any event please take a minute or two to breath a couple breaths of fresh air and stretch your body and think of something else while you're doing it. I'm really in to watching your posts, like a game on TV: "44, Yeh!!..." Please don't burn yourself out, and in the meantime I'll send some happy, relaxing thoughts your way. Be well.

gush you must be a specialist!

Hi Lark,

Thanks for your very good advice: seems you know a lot about procrastination.

Thanks

I hope things are going well for you,too. Unfortunatly I know far too much about procrastination, and not enough of how to recover. Good thoughts!

iwant2workharder - CI 12:49

Only one step done: step43!!!
It was quite a long one. I guess when I started to
write my steps, I didn't have a clear idea of what
I'd have to do at the end, so I had a very general
list. Next time, I'll have to remember to start
early so that I can rewrite my steps.
At least one more step done.

Done
- website3: steps 38,39,40,41,42,43

To Do
- website3: 19 steps
- website1: 7 steps
- IT meeting: 26 steps

Rexroth10.12 GMT

Todo today

Up prayer and reflection
tidy up before friend comes
set friend up working on legal/admin project

above so far and todo

work on legal/admin myself
shopping
bank ATMs
email landlord repairs and file in order
email or phone club attendance
email charity workers
write journal
prayer and reflection
bed and sleep

I'm sure I've left some things out but I'll come to them when/if I remember.

Regards Rexroth

Rexroth 14.02 GMT

Progress with legal/admin project is slow but definite and very thorough.

Perhaps I'm not going to be doing all of the other things today.

Regards Rexroth

Progress!

WTG, Rexroth! Congrats on staying focused and whittling away at it.

Rexroth 21.08

Thanks Scarlett.

Have made excellent progress on project today. There is a lot to do and a lot of uncertanity. Many things would have been simpler if I had dealt with it when the matter was fresh some 4-5 years ago. Anyway too late now.

Having someone in my bedsit for 8 hours a day is stressful and I need to see if there is a way of rearaning things.

Just had argument with friend on phone. Not what I wanted.

Now to bed I've had enough.

iwant2workharder - CI 11:10

Up to step42 done.
Seemd that the steps are getting harder and harder and time
passes sooooo quickly!!!

Done
- website3: steps 38,39,40,41,42

To Do
- website3: 20 steps
- website1: 7 steps
- IT meeting: 26 steps

iwant2workharder - CI 08:56

Managed to go home safely and had a good but (too) short night sleep. Working overnight is definitively not a good idea. This week I am keeping a log book to see where my time is going.
So starting step 39: go to the filing cabinet and get some binders.

The ideal would be to finish this todo list today. I am not adding anything more for today. Seems that I have leared something: I have ONLY 8 hours to get the job done!

Done

To Do
- website3: 27 steps
- website1: 7 steps
- IT meeting: 26 steps