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lovinRchickens
True Blue Farmgirl
3440 Posts
Kelly
Pipe Creek
Texas
USA
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 Posted - May 31 2013 : 6:43:54 PM
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I cleaned out the last of my winter crops from my garden beds to make more room for more summer seedlings. Did a lot of loads of wash, cleaned bathrooms, and started yet more seeds in the greenhouse. Been a good day even with the cleaning.
Liz I too have a couple more chicks arriving in late June, so exciting. I just needed a few more hens so I ordered them this round.
Farmgirl #5111
Blessings
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levisgrammy
True Blue Farmgirl
9324 Posts
Denise
Beavercreek
Ohio
USA
9324 Posts |
Posted - May 31 2013 : 7:01:58 PM
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Well, the bathroom renovation is making things messy but I am keeping things cleaned up and put away as much as I can. Did a bit more laundry today. I really feel wrung out today. Don't really know why other than the heat.
farm girl sister#43
http://www.ladybugsandlilacs.blogspot.com/
O, a trouble's a ton or a trouble's an ounce,
Or a trouble is what you make it!
And it isn't the fact that you're hurt that counts,
But only--how did you take it?
--Edmund C. Vance.
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lucky1
True Blue Farmgirl
52 Posts
Liz
Homer
OH
USA
52 Posts |
Posted - Jun 04 2013 : 09:22:37 AM
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Hi Kelly! What kind of chickens did you order? We bought Cornish Rocks for meat, and I was so tempted to just keep buying...love those Americaunas, and Silver Lace Wyandottes...
If the only prayer you say in your entire life is "thank you", that would suffice.
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EllaRow
True Blue Farmgirl
64 Posts
Chantelle
Nevis
MN
USA
64 Posts |
Posted - Jun 09 2013 : 3:31:35 PM
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Think I'll add on to this thread. My kitchen has been under a construction zone for almost 1 1/2 years now. We're hoping to get the new counter finished and the sink installed. The major problem I'm having is keeping all my clutter off the "new counter" skeleton. It has no drawers or sides yet, just the base skeleton and the counter top. I started throwing 1 or 2 items on it and it kind of took over. So my goal is to clean my kitchen. Completely clean it. Hopefully we'll get the counter done before canning time here too.
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marlee
True Blue Farmgirl
1650 Posts
Marlene
DeRidder
Louisiana
1650 Posts |
Posted - Jul 04 2013 : 3:27:08 PM
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Ok my sweet farm sisters. I need advice on how to clean a lamp shades. I have one that has folds all around. I've tried using a damp cloth, and other stuff . But it doesn't come clean. HELP!!!!!!!
Marlee
God is the painter, he paints the picture. And his son builds it, for he is the Master Carpenter!
Silly Boys Trucks Are For Girls |
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levisgrammy
True Blue Farmgirl
9324 Posts
Denise
Beavercreek
Ohio
USA
9324 Posts |
Posted - Jul 04 2013 : 5:20:01 PM
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Marlee,
I use a lint roller on the smooth fabric ones and the only thing I have used on the folded one is the crevice attachment of the vacuum cleaner and when that isn't working I use tape. It is time consuming but gets down in the folds and pulls the dust out.
Denise
Farmgirl Sister #43
"Thy Word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path."
Psalm 119:105
http://www.ladybugsandlilacs.blogspot.com/
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Edited by - levisgrammy on Jul 04 2013 5:21:08 PM |
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crafter
True Blue Farmgirl
2313 Posts
lori
Fort Atkinson
Wisconsin
USA
2313 Posts |
Posted - Jul 05 2013 : 05:06:58 AM
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I use a paint brush (softer bristle) to get in crevices.. it has worked wonderful.
Lori
God has promised strength for the day, rest for the labor, light for the way, grace for the trials, help from above, unfailing sympathy and undying love.
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marlee
True Blue Farmgirl
1650 Posts
Marlene
DeRidder
Louisiana
1650 Posts |
Posted - Jul 05 2013 : 06:50:18 AM
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Thank you Denise and Lori. I knew I could count on my sisters. So I will get to it and get the job done. I have been cleaning out. The trash company probably didn't like me last week We had about 7 bags of trash and old broken machines I chunked them. It feels like weight has been lifted off me. Just getting rid of stuff.
Hugs Marlee
God is the painter, he paints the picture. And his son builds it, for he is the Master Carpenter!
Silly Boys Trucks Are For Girls |
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levisgrammy
True Blue Farmgirl
9324 Posts
Denise
Beavercreek
Ohio
USA
9324 Posts |
Posted - Jul 05 2013 : 11:09:59 AM
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I need to do a purge again this Fall. After moving my dad and all of his stuff here, I am going to give him time to decide what he wants to keep and what he wants to get rid of. He is already telling me he needs a trash bag so he can get rid of some things. I'll be happier if he does it himself.
Denise
Farmgirl Sister #43
"Thy Word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path."
Psalm 119:105
http://www.ladybugsandlilacs.blogspot.com/
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hour3suns
True Blue Farmgirl
76 Posts
Sharon
Frankfort
OH
USA
76 Posts |
Posted - Jul 08 2013 : 04:46:20 AM
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This week I am in clean it up and clear it out mode. Our 25th anniversary is tomorrow and we're celebrating with a BBQ on Saturday. It's a disaster around here. The boys don't do diddly do to help, but that's changing today. I told them get back to doing chores like they're supposed to or there are no electronics what so ever until they do. Even so, I have a ton to go through and get in order before Saturday. I finished my herb garden and also pulled weeds out of one of the walkways. Imagine that...there's actually brick under the weeds. Hehehehehe! Ahhhhhhhhhhh!
Smiling & Waving,
Sharon
http://www.thesilvermaplefarm.com |
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FieldsofThyme
Farmgirl Guide & Schoolmarm / Chapter Leader
4928 Posts
USA
4928 Posts |
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EllaRow
True Blue Farmgirl
64 Posts
Chantelle
Nevis
MN
USA
64 Posts |
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hour3suns
True Blue Farmgirl
76 Posts
Sharon
Frankfort
OH
USA
76 Posts |
Posted - Jul 10 2013 : 4:58:08 PM
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I too, tackled the kitchen yesterday, FofT. Must have just been a day for it. What really blew my mind was that I actually cleaned the windows. Yes, yes, I did. Inside and out, too boot. I was shocked as I did it and don't know what got into me. There's 23 more to go, but I'll save them for another day ;-) We have our 25th anniv. BBQ on Saturday and I've been shoveling stuff out so when someone has to come in they aren't absolutely mortified by the man eating dust bunnies and such. Smiling & Waving, Sharon
http://www.thesilvermaplefarm.com |
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marlee
True Blue Farmgirl
1650 Posts
Marlene
DeRidder
Louisiana
1650 Posts |
Posted - Jul 11 2013 : 11:51:52 AM
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Got a few things done whoohoo! I cleaned out a closet in a spare bedroom, cleaned out a hall closet, and under the sink in the hall bath. In the kitchen I cleaned out the pantry and organized . It looks nice. And thank you to Denise and Lori I got two lampshades in the living room cleaned. And I purged some stuff. I now got more spaces. Now I walk around and look at all my handiwork. It feels so good. Yippee!
Marlee
God is the painter, he paints the picture. And his son builds it, for he is the Master Carpenter!
Silly Boys Trucks Are For Girls |
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FieldsofThyme
Farmgirl Guide & Schoolmarm / Chapter Leader
4928 Posts
USA
4928 Posts |
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EllaRow
True Blue Farmgirl
64 Posts
Chantelle
Nevis
MN
USA
64 Posts |
Posted - Jul 29 2013 : 3:01:41 PM
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Ok, I started on my kitchen finally. Got the counters almost completely cleaned off of the skeleton counter that will be the next project to do. Tile and new vanity (made by hubbie) are installed in the bathroom. We ran out of grout, but I bought some more so we need to finish the grout and seal it. Weeded the garden and picked some herbs. Dehydrated them a bit and put them in their containers. Tore apart the bedroom and vacuumed under the bed, changed linens, and put it all back together again. All in all a productive week. 
Soaking in wisdom as the showers fall
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levisgrammy
True Blue Farmgirl
9324 Posts
Denise
Beavercreek
Ohio
USA
9324 Posts |
Posted - Jul 29 2013 : 7:09:12 PM
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Looks like everyone is keeping busy. I have a lot of canning going on. I just told my daughter yesterday that it is hard for me to keep focused in chaos, so she came over and helped me get rid of three bags of things. She took two along with her and there is still one here. I need to finish adding to it and then get it out of here. Surprisingly enough it made the room we were working in much more manageable for me now. I don't know what I'd do without her. She has a way of helping me stay on track. 
Denise
Farmgirl Sister #43
"Thy Word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path."
Psalm 119:105
http://www.ladybugsandlilacs.blogspot.com/
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Edited by - levisgrammy on Jul 29 2013 7:10:05 PM |
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FieldsofThyme
Farmgirl Guide & Schoolmarm / Chapter Leader
4928 Posts
USA
4928 Posts |
Posted - Jul 30 2013 : 06:06:18 AM
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We are tackling so much cleaning this week. Finally.
Carpets are getting cleaned, dusting out the pie safe, and so much more. We took another load to recycling too.
I am slowly moving my crafting supplies to my large utility room, and will make it my craft room too (in the near future). I don't have any closets (other than in my bedroom) in the house. So all the coats are in there, along with the larger items to store (ice cream maker, sweeper, carpet cleaner) so it will be fun organizing. I can't wait until we have zero carpet here too. I can then eliminate my sweeper/carpet cleaner, and shampoo for it.
I don't have any linen closets either, so once I have the utility room cleaned out, Hubby and I will design a drawer or shelving system for storage, and still give me space for a work table in there.
My "Get'R Done list is slowly disappearing. Thanks to not having anything to can here this year (ha ha!).
How is everyone else doing this week?
Farmgirl Sister #800
My Life: http://pioneerwomanatheart.blogspot.com/
Recycle Ideas: http://scrapreusedandrecycledartprojects.blogspot.com/
Our Family Store: http://roosterscrowfarm.blogspot.com/
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FieldsofThyme
Farmgirl Guide & Schoolmarm / Chapter Leader
4928 Posts
USA
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StrawHouseRanch
True Blue Farmgirl
1044 Posts
Paula
Holt
Missouri
USA
1044 Posts |
Posted - Aug 02 2013 : 07:44:52 AM
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I just started reading this thread backwards from most current to previous and I have to say that it is highly motivating! Thanks for starting this thread!! I constantly keep a list of cleaning things to do and it is so rewarding to be able to scratch off another thing from the list. I finally called a number of someone who was advertising to haul off scrap metal. We've had a pile of metal tubing sitting around for a couple of years(!!) that used to serve as loops on some square livestock feeders that my husband removed for easier access for my equines. It was the best feeling to finally get rid of those things! That was the start of my major clean-up efforts and I'm slowly scratching away at the rest of the accumulation around here. More postings to come!
Paula
Farmgirl Sister #3090
Yesterday is History, Tomorrow is a Mystery, and Today is a Gift.
"Look deep into Nature, and then you will understand everything better."--Albert Einstein
"A meal of bread, cheese and beer constitutes the perfect food." --Queen Elizabeth I
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EllaRow
True Blue Farmgirl
64 Posts
Chantelle
Nevis
MN
USA
64 Posts |
Posted - Aug 04 2013 : 7:37:04 PM
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Pulled apart my wall of shelving in the bedroom and sorted through the books and various junk that accumulated up there. Have a box to donate to the local library and a few items I'll throw in a garage sale later this month. Hauled 9 huge boxes out of the basement of stuff that has sat there since we moved here in Fall 2006. Most was either donatables or throwables. Nice relief to see a whole pile go byebye. Hoping to get another stack of boxes out of there by the end of the week. We want to pull apart the old wood shelving in the basement and redo them. Make a nice place for all the stuff we can. We harvested a lot of tomatoes and are letting them ripen up on our counters (last year someone stole 2 harvests of our tomatoes, both times when we were out of town). My hubbie has a lot of scrap computer parts down in the basement too. Hes a computer technician so its expected, but I'm going to have him go thru and bring all the useless metals to a scrap dealer. Then I'm going thru his stuff and putting them in totes... less dust on his computer parts and less stuff for mice to get into :) . He still has to finish the grout and sealant in the bathroom and change out the hose for the sink in there, but hes been helping the neighbors/cousins move stuff out of a house(cousins fiancé's mom died suddenly). This summer has gone so fast and we've gotten a ton done... just not the main projects we wanted to get done. Oh well we'll get there.
Soaking in wisdom as the showers fall
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FieldsofThyme
Farmgirl Guide & Schoolmarm / Chapter Leader
4928 Posts
USA
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levisgrammy
True Blue Farmgirl
9324 Posts
Denise
Beavercreek
Ohio
USA
9324 Posts |
Posted - Aug 05 2013 : 05:04:46 AM
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We are slowly getting the last of the bathroom done up. Trim is all that is left and only because we did not purchase enough. Next is the outside wall of the bathroom. We extended the room so there are new walls in the room we moved the walls into. Make sense? Anyway now we need to do a clean up in that room which also serves as dh's office for our business. So we have some spackling, sanding (that is the part I hate most,all the dust) and painting to do in this room also. Hope fully we will accomplish it before Winter comes. As always I continue to purge. Seems every time I get a good handle on it more stuff comes in. Trying to keep on top of it all. We need to do a purge/ clean in the garage and basement too. Happy cleaning everyone!
Denise
Farmgirl Sister #43
"Thy Word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path."
Psalm 119:105
http://www.ladybugsandlilacs.blogspot.com/
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StrawHouseRanch
True Blue Farmgirl
1044 Posts
Paula
Holt
Missouri
USA
1044 Posts |
Posted - Aug 05 2013 : 10:15:50 AM
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I cleaned up a really trashy pile of empty flower pots and flower pots with dead plants in them along with other miscellany that has been sitting like an eyesore by our back garage door. Only one thing went into the trash. Everything else got sorted and put away where it should have been ages ago!
Paula
Farmgirl Sister #3090
Yesterday is History, Tomorrow is a Mystery, and Today is a Gift.
"Look deep into Nature, and then you will understand everything better."--Albert Einstein
"A meal of bread, cheese and beer constitutes the perfect food." --Queen Elizabeth I
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levisgrammy
True Blue Farmgirl
9324 Posts
Denise
Beavercreek
Ohio
USA
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