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Nice mantra.

shris — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 14:38:47 -0400

Heh.

I like it.
You cannot make love in a pigsty (unless you are a pig).
You cannot make good food in a pigsty (unless you like raw, muddy pig).
You cannot clean clothes in a pigsty.

shris

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Anonymous — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 13:52:06 -0400

I hear you sister! And if only moms with small children could take a vacation... (or even get sick for a day.

Right now a bubble bath seems like a decadent amount of time.

And don't get me started on closets..

I like the matra I heard from one professional organizer. "You can not make love in a pigsty!" I shared this with my hubby on an index card pasted to his monitor, and decided to inspire dh to help me turn our bedroom into a five star hotel, so I can have that weekend away when the mood strikes.

I threw out the t-shirts with holes in them when he wasn't looking. Except for one "special" one. just because i love him...

thanks!

LisaPT — Mon, 9 Apr 2007 19:02:41 -0400

Things aren't real bad, just more interesting than I like.

Somedays, going to work sounds good...

awww

Sara — Mon, 9 Apr 2007 18:19:18 -0400

Sounds like you could use a good :huggle: and perhaps a cup of your favorite hot beverage.

Take care hun :)

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vacation???

LisaPT — Mon, 9 Apr 2007 17:19:08 -0400

You need a vacation when

-- While taking your rather ill spouse to the doctor's office, your six-year-old announces how fun it is that the whole family is going somewhere together.

-- Your most productive part of the day was scribbling a scene of your novel into a Moleskine while in a medical equipment waiting room.

-- You get irritated when a cashier opens a new checkout line because you were looking forward to the "down time" of standing in line.

(Can you tell I'm having a fun day)

Lisa PT

hide the shirts

Sara — Mon, 9 Apr 2007 15:59:52 -0400

Hang them in goofy places around the house ... and then tell him if he finds them all and gets them in the closet in 10 mins or less he gets a prize!

((I'm totally not serious... my boyfriend of 8 years couldn't be persuaded to do anything. I thank the heavens that we never lived together... weekends with him at my place was SOOO enough ;P))

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Time for more training...

rlaundry — Mon, 9 Apr 2007 15:44:47 -0400

That was supposed to be sarcasm- I hope some of it came through. Never translates well, does it. Anyway, all I can say is that you need to keep at DH about moving his own shirts to the other closet. With patience on your part, we are trainable!
:-)

Good Luck,
Reese

time for some thought

Sara — Mon, 9 Apr 2007 14:42:15 -0400

I think I need to re-evaluate where I am, where I want to be and then how to connect the two...

oh... off topic (because I'm the off-topic queen it seems)... go to my blog and see my first public piece of art :o) I would love feedback on it.

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Well, you could try...

steves — Mon, 9 Apr 2007 14:38:53 -0400

An older gentleman of my aquaintance took it upon himself to disassemble his own printer when it was not functional and then he used the telephone machine to communicate with his progeny, asking him to fix it because it wasn't working for some reason. That would be one approach:P

Steve Sharam
www.whenrealityknocks.com

Identifying the Need

Roberto_Notecardo — Mon, 9 Apr 2007 14:36:23 -0400

Another indicator of the need for a longer vacation is when you utter those words "why did I come back?".

Been there many times. Maybe I need a new job instead?

--Bob

Yeah, no kidding

steves — Mon, 9 Apr 2007 14:35:31 -0400

Yeah, that felt fairly descriptive of where most of us are now. Thanks, it's nice to know it makes people happy:)

Steve Sharam
www.whenrealityknocks.com

I have to watch out for that

steves — Mon, 9 Apr 2007 14:34:01 -0400

Meghan likes to throw out my older, more embarrassing clothes when I leave the house, which has forced me to take every item of clothing with me in a big bag when I leave the house, which is becoming rather inconvenient. Meghan insists that all this is unnecessary, if only I would buy some new clothes. Yeah, like that's going to happen:P

Steve Sharam
www.whenrealityknocks.com

today's sign

Sara — Mon, 9 Apr 2007 12:07:21 -0400

my printer tech never came back in so my baby is in pieces on the floor behind my chair... can't do work without a printer... >.< someone saveme.

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Wholly appropriate clothes

reepicheep — Mon, 9 Apr 2007 11:31:50 -0400

... throw out the ones with welding-ball holes in them, but he wears them when welding and when mowing the lawn, etc.

Ah yes clothes with holes in. Personally I throw those away myself. Wouldn't even wear them for gardening.

Many years ago I had boss who liked to dress down --- even for customer/sales visits. He turned up to meetings with a major international accountancy company wearing a tee-shirt with a six inch diameter hole in it. This was before "grunge" was fashionable. He simply didn't see any reason to conform to arbitrary dress codes. Oh yes, and we won the business.

Too many shirts

shris — Mon, 9 Apr 2007 11:02:03 -0400

Hi.

Yes, I agree with you, we have too many shirts. I was tempted to remove some of the ones at the edges of his closet (the ones at the outside are least-worn in his system of use) and hide them in another closet to see if he'd need them later. Of course he would notice the extra elbow room, though, so I didn't.

We have, actually, three closets in our house that hold clothes. Each one is 36 inches wide, with a 24" door. DH gets one, I get one, and there's one for the kids' clothes and other schtuff.

There was more room for clothes when we used the wire hangers. I switched to plastic a couple of years ago to avoid rust when hanging damp items, and those are much bigger than the wire. I've been cutting down on my clothes ever since, in part because motherhood has totally destroyed my wardrobe. DH, though, has been the same size since he reached his adult height, so he's still got a few shirts he got in college, for sure. I am sorely tempted to throw out the ones with welding-ball holes in them, but he wears them when welding and when mowing the lawn, etc. Argh!

shris

Signs That You Need A Vacation

steves — Sun, 8 Apr 2007 01:05:26 -0400

Greetings all. If you're like me, you may be insane. That is to say, after slogging through work all Winter, your nerves may have become extremely frayed and as a consequence you may have lost your mind. Don't feel bad, it happens to everyone. I've also lost several important pieces of paper, so there's sort of a motif going here. With me I think it was the total lack of sunlight for months at a time. At this time of year, many people feel that they're in need of a vacation, but aren't sure if they may have a small amount of sanity left they can yet work through. Here's a checklist to help you determine whether you've lost your mind and should go on vacation.

Do You Need A Vacation? Try This Checklist:

You're having repeated nightmares that you're lost in a maze made of jello.
No one wants to ride the elevator with you.
You hospitalized the last person who criticized your choice of fonts.
You've started having long, animated discussions with George Washington.
You believe Hairy Potter is real.
Your family hid the knives.
Last time the printer failed, you went into a two-hour long screaming, crying fit, whimpering, "Its not fair....I, I just want to print."
You're writing cute little haiku poems about the Manson Family.
You made a suggestion for a corporate retreat wandering in the blisteringly hot desert for 40 days, contemplating the meaninglessness of existence. You want to do this only for the sunlight.
You spend a lot of time at home stoking and staring into the fire and you don't have a fireplace.
You're considering signing up for an expedition to search for the North West Passage because it would get you out of the office.
The only thing stopping you from forming your own end-of-times cult is deciding on a design for the jackets.

This, of course, is not an exhaustive list. If you have any other ideas about how to tell if you need a vacation, we'd love to see them, so share them with the class. Next week, the kinds of vacations you can take. Until then, keep your pen on the page and your jacket designs tasteful.

Steve Sharam
www.whenrealityknocks.com

D*I*Y Planner - Signs That You Need A Vacation - Comments

Nice mantra.

!

thanks!

awww

vacation???

hide the shirts

Time for more training...

time for some thought

Well, you could try...

Identifying the Need

Yeah, no kidding

I have to watch out for that

today's sign

Wholly appropriate clothes

Too many shirts

Signs That You Need A Vacation

DIY Planner - Signs That You Need A Vacation - Comments