Not quite a horder - decluttering

Another good idea.   

Do one room at a time!!!!!! feel so good having a good clear out !!!!

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Hot and Cold, take a photo of yourself with you phone in the mirror and send it off to your daughter for nearly instant feedback. My daughter saves me with clothing errors. I have this shirt that is big and full and sooo comfortable. She grabbed it from the back and pointed out to me that it was about two times too big around for me, even for "comfort".  I am a plus size but I could put a beachball under this shirt.

I think I have been so uncomfortable with so much of treatment that I would like to spend all my time in flannel pajamas.

Ginger

Okay, you all are motivating me.  Hopefully it can stay until Saturday as I had Saturday plans cancelled so I can really use the time to turn my hangars around like Meece and get the Christmas items that are sitting stacked helter-skelter on top of bins in the garage and den put away.  For now that's the plan.

where, oh where does the paper work come from??

 got the liv d rm done, rearranged, now, we're drowning in papers.. i gues 1/2 of it is tax stuff. so, i know where thats' from.. and, im getting all the old pics to scan and get them on disc.. so, i guess i answered my own dilemna!!!

   Meece, the "backwards" hanger thing is geniues.. ive got one out of 3 closets done by doing that.. i don't wait a year, only a few months..

  they know our car at salvation army now!!!

  it just does take a long time, when you've let it go for so long..

   wish i had a magic wand; or more gumption to throw things in the bags

  we have a one in, two out rule here, but ive not gotten anything new for awhile can't get it in, there  still so full!!!3jays

Cleaning lady finally showed up!  Claims she came one week and knocked on the door and nobody answered.  Hard to believe, but I did have an early dr. app't one week and boyfriend sometimes doesn't hear the door if he's back in the bedroom.  Of course he vehemently denies this could have happened.  Anyway, she came and cleaned and got paid.  I keep thinking that the money I give her could pay for a nice massage for me, but then I would have to get out the mop and do all those tile floors and then I would need a chiorpractor for my back, so it evens out I guess.

Saw my MO yesterday (the one I'm not real fond of) and it was actually better than I expected.  No long wait like the time I tried to see the new one and walked out after an hour and a half.  I was in and out in less than an hour, all my questions answered, even if they weren't the answers I wanted, and a refill for my tamox.  They did blood and told me to come back in three months, everything looked fine.  He even liked the idea that I got a thermogram, said just don't replace mammograms totally with them.  This is the breast center where my BS is located and they are efficient, which is what I'm into right now.  I see the BS next week to be poked and prodded by him.

I was supposed to have my IV infusion today, but I'm not going.  I'm beginning to look like a drug addict with all the needle marks on my arm, so I'm taking a week off!

Have a good day everyone! 

Teka -

I actually lost 4.5 pounds last night at our second class even though I didn't start the Optifast until this morning. I'd been "in training" since I found out the class wouldn't start right away, so I went to Trader Joe's and found some Whey protein powder I liked. I made smoothies (like protein powder, Greek yogurt, frozen blueberries, ice, and water) for breakfast, along with a piece of lowfat string cheese. For lunch I made another smoothie, and ate more protein, like organic turkey jerky. For dinner I had soup or a salad.

Those were on days I stayed home. If I went out, I ordered something. I was never hungry. Optifast will be strict, that's for sure, but I just consider it another part of my breast cancer treatment. The nutritionist told me that even FIVE MINUTES of moderate exercise after each meal will be beneficial! Last night they gave us pedometers. I learned that if you jiggle it just right you can add a gazillion steps to your database.

hotandcold -

You are SO right!!! When I was working (and a lot younger!) I looked hot in really snazzy dresses and oh-so-high heels. As I got older, I made the transition to nice slacks and cute tops, and flats. But when I retired, I started living in my WalMart stretch jeans and cheap T shirts because I refused to spend any money on clothes in those big sizes I was.

Sigh......so you really don't think huge shoulder pads will make a comeback?

hotandcold, I vote for morning.  I need to do it as soon as I get up, before I leave my bedroom because many times I don't see my bedroom again until time to get in bed and then no motivation to do anything late. 

Blessings2011, no, get rid of the shoulder pads.  By the time they come back (if they do) we'll be too old and frail to carry the weight on our shoulders!  And don't think your kids will want them; they'll just laugh at you. 

i hate to admit it, but since the bmx, and the bloating, i WEAR shoulder pads.. just not the big big ones i used to !!!and, ive used them to put them on top of "foobs" under shirts.. so, im glad i kept them,, i have to compensate for the big belly , with bigg foobs, and shoulderpads.. it used to be big hair, too.. sadly, it looks like that went south, and "big wigs" isn't the same.!!!!

  i am really proud of you gals for doing the dieting.. i can't eat often enough yet, to do so, with the dysphasia.. can't eat lunch, miss 2 snacks, so can't Realy diet.. does force me to be a little more careful with food choices, though.. wishing you all get to your goals.. yrs ago, i lost over 100 lbs on the Richard Simmons never say diet program, but did a lot of excersize with it. excersize, which im not doing much of, either, is the best you can do.. for weight loss, well being, strength.. even walking does so much!!!wishing you all well....3jays

I have to admit that I hate to exercise, but I do it 3x a week...unless I can find a good excuse not to.  I know it's an important part of keeping healthy.  In NC where we spend the summers we have an eliptical machine on our lower sun porch and I get on it every day.  We don't have room for one here in Florida, so I go to a gym nearby.  It isn't as convenient.  I am going to get some hand weights to use on the off days to keep my arms strong and toned.  It really helps if you just do a little bit of lifting.  My legs stay strong because I go to the shopping malls a lot and just walk around.  Now if I was spending money, I could get the arm workout carrying the bags...lol!  Those days are over:(

Happy Friday everyone...I'm headed to W. Palm to see DGD.

3jays:  I haven't forgotten about the flea market and the red wig...just haven't had time to go there yet.  The eye thing threw me into a tizzy with new dr. app'ts and such:( 

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I did not exactly declutter today, but since it was 80 degrees at noon, I folded all my winter sweaters and sweatshirts and have them on my dresser, ready to be put away in my out of season portable closet.   For the time being, my closet is a little bare until I drag out the summer stuff and hang it/them.   I always cut out shoulder pads since I am very short waisted and looked like a stuffed turkey to begin with.   Long legs, though - 34 inch inseam.    Once upon a time when I was skinny, my nick name was spider woman.   Rest well, keep happy, and Hugs, Nancy

Turned the hangers this morning as promised.  Need to go through the sweaters and convince myself to give them away.  Several are just too heavy and I never wear them.  Did go shopping today in stores and online so need to get rid of at least 6 items.  Will do that when I go upstairs tonight.  Also got rid of a little bit of clutter in the garage so I can at least see the bins that the Christmas stuff need to go into.  I'll leave that for tomorrow afternoon's task.