CHORES & EXERCISE - Double Whammy Challenge (May)

[sallyseachange]

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Hijacks are great for procrastinators! We get to focus on something other than.... yeah, well... y'know! Lol!

I'd say that though it might seem like a chore to tot up the flights, it actually gets very compulsive and yes, addicting... hence totting is not a prob. I'll feel lost when I've finished and be really glad to carry on and do them all again... or other climbs if that's possible. Such fun!

[sallyseachange]

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I'm in! I hate running up and downstairs all day to do our laundry daily, but I will do it. I also will go through all of the stuff we don't need and donate it.
Now, we have two out of town trips coming up - May6-8 & 13-18, but I will work around them! And I won't leave our clothes in the suitcase when we come back! LOL!!!!!

Welcome aboard Tara! Don't forget to stock up on plenty of washing machine powder for a month's worth of laundry!

Hey... we're getting to be quite a team here. Whoever thought that "chores" would hold such appeal?

As many are putting down multiple chores, I think committing to a "time frame" is getting a little complicated. The best thing would probably be for everyone to report "success" or "failure" at the end of the month. That way, if you did have a time frame, then completing your chore within it would qualify as "success"; if it took longer, then not. However, if a time frame was hard to decide on, then you just have to get your chore(s) done within the month to get the award. I hope that makes sense... it does to me, but my mind is known to work in convoluted ways!

[jimmie 48]

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sounds good to me, sal, but then, my mind works in convoluted ways, too.

by the end of may, i plan on having my new digs in order. outside work will be the month of june.

[sallyseachange]

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sounds good to me, sal, but then, my mind works in convoluted ways, too.

by the end of may, i plan on having my new digs in order. outside work will be the month of june.

Well that makes two of us then!

Good planning Jimmie!

[WindCriesMary]

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Do tell... what is "edging" landscaping? It sounds fascinating with a half moon tool. Do you mean like, scything all around the edges? That sounds like good exercise, for sure!

It's a very English way to groom one's garden. This is the tool. Step Four of this link is how I do it.

[sallyseachange]

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It's a very English way to groom one's garden. This is the tool. Step Four of this link is how I do it.

Thanks for the links! I learnt something new today.
Well... aren't British lawns the best in the world!

[Uk Girl]

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Yay! I have got a lawn edger - and yes I do use it.


I like being British! and have a lovely cottage style garden with loads of flowers - and very soon veggies

[sallyseachange]

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My dogs see to the edging of my lawn... it peters out into dust where they run up and down barking at passersby in the road!

[zencyn]

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I wasn't planning on participating in this challenge, but I think I will now! For Christmas my in-laws gave DH and I the promise of a trip, but MIL and I were talking and she's willing to give us the money instead to go toward a deck for our above ground pool!! Yippee!!! With a deck it will be so much more convenient to use, esp with the kids. And we can have people over this summer to enjoy it. Thaht being the case, I'm going to use this month to get my front and back yard into shape. We bought this house last June and I was pregnant and incapacitated and the only yard work DH will do is mowing. The flowers beds are in bad shape and the backyard looks trashy. So my goal is to weed all the flower beds (there are a ton of them) and clean up the back yard.
Wish me luck because yard work is not my favorite, but I look at it as exercise.

[Uk Girl]

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Hi Zencyn

wow what a fab motivator! a Pool - you must live somewhere lovely and warm.
When the pool is done you will be able to exercise every day!!

[zencyn]

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Actually, the above ground pool came with the house when we bought it last summer. We just want to build a deck around it to make it more convenient to use with our three little kids It will be nice to have somewhere to put out towels, drink, sandals, etc. Right now there is nothing around the pool and it's in the middle of the yard so we were always tracking grass into it. With the deck it will be much easier to entertain I think. We live in Virginia Beach, so it is quite warm a good part of the year! Our neighbors already have their pool set up for the season, I heard them splashing around today!

[Solenne]

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Ok. I'm in too. This is my first challenge and I'm a little nervous!

I have a big garden that I really need to sort out (crossed fingers for sunshine! ) I want a lawn like my grandad had!

Also I really need to clear out my daughters room and my room.

Finally I will also commit to painting all the doors in the house. I bought the paint ages ago and somehow managed to find lots of other things to do that didn't involve painting doors!

[sallyseachange]

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Glad you're with us Cynthia! Sounds like you've got your work cut out for you...but it'll be awesome to sit around your pool in a pristine yard when you're done!

[sallyseachange]

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Got you down too Solenne! Glad you're with us. Good luck with all your jobs...particularly the door painting. You reminded me that I need to do a couple of mine too.

[sallyseachange]

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Well... tomorrow's May 1st! I'm wondering if any of you are going to start straight away?

I'll wait until after May 1st to start my garage as it's a holiday here and festivities would get in the way of the fully fledged attack on the junk that I have planned!
Is it a holiday wherever you are in the world?

Anyway... whether you start straight off tomorrow, or get your stuff done like, on the 31st May...

Good Luck Everyone and Have Fun!

(well... try to!!)