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Mack
Member
07-22-2002
| Friday, October 02, 2026 - 7:22 am 
Back to our cleanup and reorganization chores today. I think we’ll both focus on our master bath vanities. We do have totally separation vanities so we can both work on them without getting in the way. Tomorrow son comes over and he and I are going to dismantle the weight machine in the exercise/crafts room and move it to his house. With that out of the way I’m going to reconfigure the TV and surround sound system up there. Other than the pending window replacement and change in window treatment that room will be done.
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Dipo
Member
04-22-2002
| Friday, October 02, 2026 - 2:16 pm
Friday's Mission
https://www.flylady.net/
It's Clean Your Purse/Car Day AND time to get down and dirty with the cobwebs and the dust bunnies. Look up and look down, get the dust off the baseboards and the cobwebs out of the corners in the ceiling. While you are looking up, does your light fixture need dusting?
I ended up going out to lunch - Chili's - so just getting back to my daily routine. I made Cold Coffee, took out the trash and straightened up the kitchen. Grabbed the mail and a package at the front door.
Working on email/socials, missing Tarans update, LOL, but watching Perry Mason now.
Off to email.
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Dipo
Member
04-22-2002
| Friday, October 02, 2026 - 2:17 pm
Mack that sounds great, getting another room in the house back for your use.
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Grooch
Member
06-16-2006
| Friday, October 02, 2026 - 2:29 pm
Ha! I did my cobwebs on Tuesday.
Though I will do a second round on my next days off.
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Dipo
Member
04-22-2002
| Friday, October 02, 2026 - 3:49 pm
LOL, I love when I do the mission before it happens.
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Mack
Member
07-22-2002
| Friday, October 02, 2026 - 3:57 pm
A slight change in the order of what happened today. Carey felt even though we have a large master bathroom I would have to get by her if I worked on my vanity. So I tackled the exercise/crafts room and got the equipment stack moved. That room has become the final destination for older audio video equipment like flat screens, receivers, dvd/blu-ray players, and speakers. They all still work but audio visual stuff is my realm and I like to have state-of-the-art equipment in our main viewing areas like the family room and theater. Carey has always asked that I have an exit strategy for the older equipment, minus those pieces which just plain break, and the exercise/crafts room gets the older equipment. Anyhow, I got the stack moved and rewired everything so it’s totally functional. Carey finished her vanity and started on the small linen closet in the master bath. I will go after my vanity tomorrow.
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Dipo
Member
04-22-2002
| Saturday, October 03, 2026 - 11:03 am
Saturday ... a day for fun and no chores, LOL ...
Cleaned up the kitchen, brewed some coffee, copied the menu to a printer friendly format, refilled water bottles and changed out the brita filter!!
Also cleaned up the printer area, apparently, I need some new ink, so I ordered some.
Time to work on email/socials
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Mack
Member
07-22-2002
| Saturday, October 03, 2026 - 4:17 pm
Another step forward today. Son came over and we disassembled the weight machine and loaded in his truck and off to his house. Other than easy and minor rearrangement the exercise/crafts room is done. That means the laundry, pantry, kitchen, and exercise/crafts rooms are done. Master bath is 1/2 to 2/3 done as I still have to do my vanity. Slowly but surely we are working through the projects.
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Dipo
Member
04-22-2002
| Sunday, October 04, 2026 - 11:44 am
Sunday ... a day for rest and reflection and BINGO ...
Cleaned u the kitchen this morning so I could get the dishwasher going before it gets too hot, brewed some coffee and hit the showers to cool off from the night.
It's not getting that cool at night, just waiting for Wednesday when this heatwave is supposed to be over.
Time to grab some coffee and deal with emails/socials.
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Mack
Member
07-22-2002
| Monday, October 05, 2026 - 10:16 am
Got my vanity done this morning. Next up is the office. We still haven’t totally got the office back to where we want it once we torn down Carey’s second office. Starting back during the Covid pandemic Carey worked mostly from home as there were times her headquarters building was completely shut down. Even after the pandemic she still worked from home one or two days a week and frequently on the weekend.
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Dipo
Member
04-22-2002
| Monday, October 05, 2026 - 12:22 pm
Monday's Mission
https://www.flylady.net/
Its Home Blessing Day AND we are back to the kitchen. Time to clean the trash can!
I've been busy, even tho it is hotter than hell (well not really) I changed out my summer table runner for a fall one, LOL. It just feels wrong since it is so hot. Also watered the inside plants. Probably should check the outside ones too, but I did water them yesterday.
I also woke up feeling odd, deep voice, itchy eyes so I decided it was time to clear out the cold/flu meds that are outdated and then take something for my "allergy". Found several items to put in with the batteries for special recycling.
Gathered everything up to go get some coffee and clean up the kitchen. Started to unload the dishwasher and the dishes aren't clean, did I forget to start it yesterday, LOL. So running now. then I cleaned out my plastics - I want to get some new lock and lock glass containers so trashed the #5 plastics that I have had for over 20 years.
Yesterday the 49er's were playing, yeah for the win, so a majority of the Bingo players didn't show. We had to cut down the cost to $3 and only play 5 games instead of 6. the payout was $3. I didn't win anything, LOL but it was fun playing.
The other thing I did was "prune" my flowers, dumped the vase, cleaned it and put in new water, then cut all the stems and put it back together.
Finally I took my "cinnamon rolls" scraped off alot of the icing and put them into individual containers so I they are easier to eat. They came from Safeway in a big plastic container that held 6.
So now I will enjoy my coffee, work on email/socials and try to stay still and cool. Oh I need to go and buy those new storage containers.
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Grooch
Member
06-16-2006
| Tuesday, October 06, 2026 - 6:00 am
Today my main goals are cleaning out the refrigerator and spot cleaning some doggie pee stains on the carpet. (My dog made quite a few mistakes on the rug last week with all the rainy weather we had from the never ending nor easter we had.
I bought a Bissel Little Green machine yesterday at Costco for $70. I'll see how that works. I have a hoover rug cleaner that can clean the whole rug and cleans really well, but the seal on the waste water compartment broke. They dont make my model anymore, so I can find a replacement seal for $20. If they were still making my machine, it would be less than $5. Or I can buy a whole replacement waste water compartment for $80. And I watched a YouTube on how to replace that seal, and I'd rather buy the replacement than attempt to replace the seal.
Well, he's been meaning to replace the rug for the past 2 years with laminate wood, and it will be done some day, so do I really need a stand up carpet cleaner that takes a lot of space and I have to carry it up and done the basement stairs when I need to use it? I don't think so. So, I'll try the Bissell and see how it goes. And if it doesn't do a good job or a pain in the butt to use, I'll return it. And by the way, this Bissell machine is going to count as one of my bf's Birthday present this week. Lol!
I wanted to clean the fridge yesterday, but I had to drive to the town with stores thats 20 minutes away and do my errands and shopping. I don't know why, but going shopping for the day always wears me out. I got home about 3 hours later and I tried to start in the fridge. I got one drawer all done and said to myself its better er to wait for the next day if I want a good job done.
So, off to get these jobs done.
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Grooch
Member
06-16-2006
| Tuesday, October 06, 2026 - 6:28 am
Oh, good lord. I just finished vacuuming the room I need to clean the rug. I am going to have to take my power nozzle to get fixed at the repair store soon. Having problems changing the rug level. Only problem is that the store is closed on my days off (as is everything else that I need to go to, or go out to eat, so frustrating.) And the repair place is in Store town which is 29 minutes away, so I can't go on a lunch break.
Anyway, the rug is vacuumed and I decided to watch a YouTube video on my Bissel before putting it together, and what comes up on my feed? Best 50 deals on Amazon Prime Day. Done by the Deal Guy, who I watch for Costco deals. I'm going to have to watch that first, and compare prices, etc. Let's see how far I get today.
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Mack
Member
07-22-2002
| Tuesday, October 06, 2026 - 6:42 am
Not sure what the plan is today for the Mack house. Carey got up at 5:15 AM to get ready to go to a monthly breakfast gathering of retired senior leaders from her agency. A couple of them are still involved in the agency as part time consultants and they use these breakfasts to bounce ideas off the others and keep them informed of current ongoings. Carey is very people oriented and still feels some responsibility for her old staff many of whom have stayed in contact with her. Anyhow, I imagine we’ll get back to the office cleanup later today. We’ve slightly changed our focus to working on the rooms where windows are being replaced since that project should start here soon.
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Dipo
Member
04-22-2002
| Tuesday, October 06, 2026 - 11:32 am
Grooch, Errands take a lot of energy. I say just pick a day and make that the only task for the day.
Mack, that's a good idea to have the window rooms done before they do the construction.
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Dipo
Member
04-22-2002
| Tuesday, October 06, 2026 - 11:36 am
Tuesday's Mission
It's Planning Day AND
I brewed the coffee, got the kitchen cleaned up and the dishwasher unloaded. Then I packaged up 2 bags of trash so I guess taking the trash out is in my plans for the day.
My phone is "hissing" at me every now and again when the alarm goes off or I just open it up. So I checked the sound on settings and may have cleared whatever was happening with the speaker. But, I am going to research getting a new phone, I think this one is a few years old, so I will look around and see what I find.
Still need to unpack the laundry and break down the boxes. We shall see how the rest of the day goes.
Off to email/socials.
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Dipo
Member
04-22-2002
| Tuesday, October 06, 2026 - 12:07 pm
Oops, I forgot the mision ... time to scrub down your kitchen counter-tops.
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-26-2000
| Tuesday, October 06, 2026 - 10:17 pm
I have an iPhone SE2, and it is apparently going to last forever, so I just keep on keeping on with it. Bigdog same.
Mack, it is pretty natural for old staff to be scared about how they are going to cope without their leader. But life does go on, especially in USGOV jobs, and somebody capable always steps up and makes the old leader feel proud, most likely somebody the old leader trained.
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Mack
Member
07-22-2002
| Wednesday, October 07, 2026 - 7:18 am
For sure Juju. My old staff stayed in contact with me for several years after I retired. With maybe one or two exceptions all have retired now, left the area, and sadly a few have passed away.
As for today’s plans I have errands to run this morning and Carey is back to working on the office. We’d really like to get that at least organized to the point where getting to the windows is easy. Since the office is really a bedroom there is a small walk-in closet in the room. It’s full of computer pieces and parts, old software, and a few boxes of old records we need to keep. That’s kind of an out of sight out of mind situation so it doesn’t have to be done before the window install.
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Dipo
Member
04-22-2002
| Wednesday, October 07, 2026 - 1:46 pm
Wednesday's Mission
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It's Anti-Procrastination Day - guess I should get the laundry unpacked, LOL AND time to get an OLD toothbrush and some soap and scrub those kitchen sink faucets!
SOOOOOOO, the phone was hissing because a game app of Snakes was installed on my phone - not by me. I only found out because last night I swiped it on and there was the hissing and that game on my screen. I did uninstall it and it seemed to work, but this morning when my alarm went off it hissed again so I checked for more "illegally installed" games, then rebooted and that seems to have solved the problem. It wasn't a problem with the speaker!!!
This morning it was really nice out on (9am) the balcony, so Nala and I said in the nice cool air for a while and watched all the people out walking around. Also watered the plants again.
Then I went and read the paper, played some computer games and watched the rest of Perry.
Now I have cleaned up the kitchen, brewed the coffee, made some lunch, got all the chargers plugged in and charging that needed it and put away a bunch of minor things here and there.
Working on email/socials now. Oh and yesterday I did take out 2 bags of trash and 2 empty litter boxes. Off to email.
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Dipo
Member
04-22-2002
| Thursday, October 08, 2026 - 1:58 pm
Thursday's Mission
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It's Errand Day - I don't have any errands, yeah - AND time to wipe off the fingerprints, the spills and the dried food that gets stuck on the stove, dishwasher and the refrigerator. Wipe down the doors, handles and surfaces.
I got the laundry unpacked!! Some put away but most still on sitting on the bed. I did reload the laundry bag with stuff I had been piling up.
Cleaned the kitchen, got some cold coffee, paid the rents and some lunch. Now working on email/socials and just got a packge, can't remember what I ordered so time to open it up and see what I did, LOL.
Off to email and the package. It's my new Lock and Lock glass 1.5 cup storage bowls. I wanted glass and I got 6 at a great price. Now to get them unpacked and into the dishwasher. I didn't realize they would come so quickly.
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Mack
Member
07-22-2002
| Friday, October 09, 2026 - 6:17 am
Carey bought Airtight containers off of Amazon for our pantry reorganization project. They are the BPA free plastic ones as the glass versions were expensive and she bought quite a few. Pretty much all of our dry goods like sugars, flour, pastas, etc., are now in the new containers. Though it can get humid here we really didn’t seem to be having issues with that but the new containers will keep dry good fresher. Also easy to see what and how much we have on hand.
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Dipo
Member
04-22-2002
| Friday, October 09, 2026 - 11:06 am
I love those big containers, but I don't really need them so I have to resist, LOL.
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Dipo
Member
04-22-2002
| Friday, October 09, 2026 - 11:11 am
Friday's Mission
https://www.flylady.net/
It's Clean Your Purse/Car Day AND time to sweep your kitchen floor really well and then mop.
My plan for the day is to get ready for Housekeeping tomorrow by getting this mass of boxes broken down and out of here, LOL. Also have some recycling that can go, so mostly "trips to the trash room" day.
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Grooch
Member
06-16-2006
| Friday, October 09, 2026 - 12:36 pm
Mack, I've been feeling out of sorts the past day or so, and won't be around much this weekend. I just wanted to let you know I'm enjoying your posts here and in the other home threads. So, keep on posting! 
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Dipo
Member
04-22-2002
| Friday, October 09, 2026 - 1:00 pm
Email/Socials done, kitchen cleaned up and dishwasher running.
Boxes broken down and ready to go out to the trash, just need to grab the newspapers, cans and other recycling and that task will be done.
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Dipo
Member
04-22-2002
| Saturday, October 10, 2026 - 11:39 am
Saturday A day for fun
Housekeeping is coming ... I have everything ready to go except for the bed stairs, bathroom kitty box and a few last minute things in the office.
Got the dishwasher unloaded and reloaded, added a bunch of stuff to the trash bag she takes out each time. I take out the stinky trash daily but the dry stuff I put into the trash can, then load it up on the Saturday she comes.
Got my coffee brewed and had some breakfast so now it's time to clear email/socials.
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Dipo
Member
04-22-2002
| Sunday, October 11, 2026 - 11:42 am
Sunday ... It's Bingo time ...
LOL, I just have brunch and Bingo today. Cleaned up the kitchen and brewed the coffee.
I will take the paper down to brunch and then play Bingo. I finally found my 49er's Shirt so I can wear that today.
Off to email/socials.
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Dipo
Member
04-22-2002
| Sunday, October 11, 2026 - 3:29 pm
WOW, I won 3 games - took home $22!! Fun games and great brunch.
Now to get my email cleared then take a nice nap, LOL.
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Grooch
Member
06-16-2006
| Sunday, October 11, 2026 - 4:14 pm
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-26-2000
| Sunday, October 11, 2026 - 9:26 pm
Yay!!!
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Dipo
Member
04-22-2002
| Monday, October 12, 2026 - 2:27 pm
Monday's Mission
https://www.flylady.net/
It's Home Blessing Day AND we have moved to the bathroom, time to get rid of those shampoos, conditioners, hair gels, etc., that you have held onto but you don't use them!
Brewed the coffee, cleaned up the kitchen, had my Blueberry Pancakes that I got from brunch.
Today I am working on my ballot, doing my research, the League of Women's Voters has a youtube out and there are several other sources. Also need to send my Health Directive off to the Kaiser. And a few more things are on my list.
Off to deal with email/socials.
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Dipo
Member
04-22-2002
| Monday, October 12, 2026 - 3:13 pm
Finally found some new glasses frames that I like so I ordered them. So annoying I just wanted to buy them and they wanted all kinds of info, I said purchase as guest but still!! Anyway, I used my gmail account and moved on.
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Mack
Member
07-22-2002
| Tuesday, October 13, 2026 - 8:28 am
Today we’re working in the office upstairs. The office really needs a big clean out and reorganization but our immediate goal is to get the window treatments down for the window replacement. That will be the last window upstairs we can handle ourselves. The theater upstairs will have to wait until Friday when the “professional” comes with his ladders, etc. I think there is just one or two windows downstairs left that we can do ourselves so the rest will be done Friday.
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