JUNE - CHORES & EXERCISE Double Whammy Challenge

[Mia*Bella]

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Everyone is SOOOOO motivated! Awesome. Thought I'd just check in and let eveyone know that as part of my exercise promise, Ive been getting off the bus 1.5 miles before my normal stop....Every little bit helps, right?

That's awesome!!! WTG!!!! What a great way to get in exercise!!!
Makes me wish I lived nearer the city to take the bus!

[jimmie 48]

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just finished spraying the drive and around the house. my job is done and now the job of the weed killer has to take over.

1. paint the back steps
2. clean up the basement
3. kill the weeds in the drive DONE
4.trim the bushes at the front window
5.remove the iron stake that is bent over and sitting right in there with no purpose in the back yard. [[[[[scrtching head wondering what's that all about]]]]]
6.add rocks to the border on the very small hasta bed out back DONE
7. add some bushes and/or flowers to the front porch area.
8. trim the lower branches off the trees that are brushing up against the kitchen window
and if i have the strength (this will purely be a bonus)
9. i want the rusted clothesline pole (there's only 1) removed from the yard.

[sallyseachange]

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Can I still get in on this? if so...

1) Clean out all my cabinets and organize them!
2) Sort the laundry room
3) Clean off the back porch and make room to plant my flowers
4) clean the cars out every week lol!

Yesssss! You so can get in on this still! The challenge is open to all and people can join at any time during the month. We're getting to be quite a merry crowd, overflowing with energy, which is fantastic!
I'll put your name down.
Cleaning cars out every week? Oh now there's a real weakness of mine! Wanna come over and do mine?

[sallyseachange]

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Good to see you've recovered from Everest enough to get two chores done already Jimmie! Good job!

I'm adding a chore to my list: Watering two transplanted olive trees when it doesn't rain. This might not sound much, but it actually involves: Tramping up the terraces (steep)to the top of the garden with the hose. Tramping down again to turn on the water. After a good long drenching, tramping up the garden again... carting hose over to the second moved tree (which isn't that close) and repeating with all the same upping and downing. Finally carting the hose back down again.
The hose is probably 50 metres long and quite heavy to drag. I moved the trees with a digger, when making a new driveway and car port. Am keeping fingers crossed that they'll "take". Did a drastic pruning to help them. Olives are such pretty trees!
One difficulty will be remembering to turn off the water! It's town water which is hideously expensive here in Italy, particularly in the summer months. I think I need to set my kitchen timer!

[apple]

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Woo hoo Jimmie gettin' it done...already!!!

Welcome new friends

Sally...I think you need one of those hose "houses" with a crank handle on it so you can just drag it one way and then reel it in the other. But then again that would defeat the purpose for cardio and weight lifting

[apple]

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OH, and thanks for adding my stuff to the list, Sally.

I started on my list with getting one closet done...mine. Next week...I'm attacking all closets will full force.

[sallyseachange]

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Woo hoo Jimmie gettin' it done...already!!!

Welcome new friends

Sally...I think you need one of those hose "houses" with a crank handle on it so you can just drag it one way and then reel it in the other. But then again that
would defeat the purpose for cardio and weight lifting

Thats a good idea apple... except that I'll only be watering up at the top of the garden this summer... until the trees take. Most of the other watering is on the terrace around the house, so much closer. And you're right, this way is far better exercise!

I see that you too have made a good start to your chores! Good-o!

[Sweet Strudel]

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Well sofar this day has been pretty productive...gonna work on weeding tomorrow...and maybe the windows

I pledge to:

1. Mow the front and back lawn on a weekly or twice weekly basis, depending on how fast it wants to grow. DONE BOTH FRONT & BACK TODAY
2. Weed all flower beds in the back and front yard.
3. Plant my annuals. DONE TODAY
4. Wash the outside and inside of my windows (at least on the first floor).
5. Tidy up the garage.
6. Clean out the fridge every two weeks.
7. Go through my clothes and donate those I don't wear to the charity.
8. Re-mud, sand, prime and wallpaper the spare bedroom (with help from my brother and sister-in-law).

[hopejoy]

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Hey, I could do this since I just spent half the day working in the yard on the landscaping... will finish up the job tomorrow! It is a lot of work: digging holes, shoveling dirt, raking, moving rocks, planting plants and spreading the bark...(that's my favorite part... it looks so pretty when it's done!) Just love what we've done so far! Makes me feel so happy!
Let's see...
also need to clean out my closet, the chest at the end of my bed so I can store the extra blankets in there... and finish the yard... clean the house from top to bottom..
okay that's it.
liz

[jimmie 48]

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wow! so much stuff getting done already!

sal, i feel tired after reading about your hose lugging.

i started on the basement. jack is going to be able to take the nasty boxes and a dresser to the work dumpster on wednesday so i'll have more room to get my stuff situated. the dresser is an old thing, no good, that was left by the last renters.
i reboxed most of my canning jars and i'll be throwing away the nasty boxes and all the paper from moving, then breaking down the boxes from the move. those i'm keeping because i am not done moving.

anybody in this challenge ever use a dehumidifier in a basement? ours isn't wet but there is moisture in the air. the moving boxes have a slight dampness to them. i was wondering if a dehumidifier would cure the problem. basement windows don't open and i couldn't do that anyway for all the cats in this neighborhood.

[Sweet Strudel]

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anybody in this challenge ever use a dehumidifier in a basement? ours isn't wet but there is moisture in the air. the moving boxes have a slight dampness to them. i was wondering if a dehumidifier would cure the problem. basement windows don't open and i couldn't do that anyway for all the cats in this neighborhood.

Personally, I've never had the need to use a dehumidifier, but my ex-MIL used one all the time at her house and it worked GREAT!

[sallyseachange]

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Hey, I could do this since I just spent half the day working in the yard on the landscaping... will finish up the job tomorrow! It is a lot of work: digging holes, shoveling dirt, raking, moving rocks, planting plants and spreading the bark...(that's my favorite part... it looks so pretty when it's done!) Just love what we've done so far! Makes me feel so happy!
Let's see...
also need to clean out my closet, the chest at the end of my bed so I can store the extra blankets in there... and finish the yard... clean the house from top to bottom..
okay that's it.
liz

Hey Liz, welcome to our band of busy bees! I'll put you down right now.

Isn't it the truth that getting active in a "useful" way is a great way to feel good? I certainly agree that the planting is the best part of garden work.

[sallyseachange]

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...anybody in this challenge ever use a dehumidifier in a basement? ours isn't wet but there is moisture in the air. the moving boxes have a slight dampness to them. i was wondering if a dehumidifier would cure the problem. basement windows don't open and i couldn't do that anyway for all the cats in this neighborhood.

Dehumidifiers work wonderfully, I'm told! Should sort out your basement problem nicely.

Actually, I'm in desperate need of one right now, for my eldest's pad. It's a studio flatlet, three steps lower than ground level and is horribly damp. Not good for him... and not good for expensive instruments (violin) either. I keep putting it off until getting the air conditioning installed, which I hope will solve the heating in winter, cooling in summer and, above all, the damp problem... without having to buy a dehumidifier as well. Problem is, they're taking forever to paint the outside element of the conditioner. It has to be painted and put in a recess in the wall with a grating in front of it, because his pad is in the historic centre of town and they won't allow them any other way. Looks like it won't get done until I get back from my holiday now. Grrrrrrr!

Good to see so many of you steaming ahead from the word go! I'm off to do some work on the pool surroundings today!

[MorningGlory]

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a beautiful day here....

• clean out and reorganize kitchen cupboards...DONE
  
• get my flower gardens organized...weeded, borders fixed where needed, soil added, plants planted. HALF DONE
• paint the fence
• paint spare room
• declutter sewing room, which has now become a depository for any and all junk/clutter.
• make mowing the front lawn my job so hubby only has to do the back.
• help hubby apply the driveway sealer. DONE
• clean out entire fridge every 2 weeks. I love a clean fridge!

[jimmie 48]

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1. paint the back steps
2. clean up the basement
3. kill the weeds in the drive DONE
4.trim the bushes at the front window
5.remove the iron stake in the back yard. DONE
6.add rocks to the border on the very small hasta bed out back DONE
7. add some bushes and/or flowers to the front porch area.
8. trim the lower branches off the trees that are brushing up against the kitchen window
and if i have the strength (this will purely be a bonus)
9. i want the rusted clothesline pole (there's only 1) removed from the yard.

i got the stake project started and jack finished it up after church. took some prying and more muscle than i had. the stake is in the garage and the hole is filled in.