This morning, I saw a wonderful program on PBS television regarding Quilts of Valor. Here is the web link: Quilts of Valor. The Public Broadcasting System (PBS) says there is a DVD of the program, with quilt patterns. ~~ In my humble opinion (IMHO) it is an admirable project for a Senior Center or “small group” project. I wish we, at JAARS, had such an activity. (A satisfying project for an individual but [IMHO] ideal for a “small group.”)
The 50’s: I was a young wife (1952) with two precious sons (1955 & 1957). As an Army family, we lived many places in the States, and Newfoundland, and Paris, France.
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(Click the link and read all the words of this old hymn.)
Rare quintuplets born at UTSW Medical Center.
Quintessential girl next door blossomed into quintuplet mom.
Here’s the blog address (mentioned in the first article) so we can follow their journey.
Olympics: Natalie Coughlin doesn’t swim in final, but earns historic medal.
I’ve spent a lot of hours watching the Olympics. And you?? I love the Synchronized Swimming!! And the Rhythmic Gymnastics, doing floor routines with a ball, or hoop. Awesome!! ~~ And, I was mesmerized by the skill of our Beach Volleyball women!! Another gold medal, their third (Athens, Beijing, London).
A heartwarming story.
“Memory Boxes” full of love, and treasures, en route to children and grandchildren. And, family history/genealogy to a Frantz family cousin.
(Below) What you didn’t see pushed forward behind the large boxes. Donations for a Thrift Shop that provides for battered women.
Furthermore, I spent hours (late afternoon and evening) on the computer trying to resolve the problem. One software utility program indicated I had 233 errors in the registry but could not delete them. It took a Microsoft technician–on-line, with control of my computer–to get rid of the culprit(s).
Postscript, Wed., Aug. 8th, 2012, 10:30 AM: “What’s next?” I’m hauling the Topsy-Turvy upside-down tomato planters to the trash receptacles. The heat killed the once-lush growth and abundant crop of tomatoes. I pampered them but they succumbed.
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Here’s the most painless way in the world
to declutter – and the best part is – this
really works!
When it comes to being organized, when we
try something complicated, it becomes just
one more burden.
It’s the easy and simple solutions to clutter
and getting organized that work the best –
because they’re not only easy to put into
practice, they’re easy to keep doing.
The simple ways are the easiest to become habits.
This tip is especially painless! It’s simple,
and it works on a gradual basis, whether you
have time right now for decluttering or not!
I call it “Take One Thing.”
Wherever you are in your house (or office), in
the middle of walking through a room, or making
a meal, just “take one thing” and move it to
where it’s supposed to be.
People who cook a lot will recognize this as
an essential part of keeping the kitchen neat
and clean while you are cooking! Cleaning and
putting things away AS YOU GO makes the job
much easier and pain-free than having a pile of
mess to deal with at the end of your creative
cooking!
So, try it: “take one thing” and make it a habit
to do several times a day. This can make a very
big difference.
It really adds up. It makes your life a LOT
easier, cleaner, and more in order!
Even if it is the smallest thing – like removing
something from the refrigerator that needs to be
thrown out – that counts. It adds up.
Even if it’s TRASH – yes, that counts too. So,
the bagels are gone but you still have the
wrapper on the counter for another day…
throwing it away makes your kitchen neater.
You might not have thought this counts, but
after seeing some of these TV shows in which
90% of the problem was TRASH that had not
been tossed out, we can now say, OH YES,
even THAT counts!
Take one thing and put it where it belongs –
in another room; in the trash, in the closet,
in a drawer, in the file cabinet – wherever.
Make a habit of doing this several times a day,
and you’ll notice a difference – a much more
serene life!
Life is too short to be stressed out all the
time. Clutter in sight adds to your stress.
You’ll breathe a sigh of relief when your home
is in order and when you feel the sense of
progress.
Whether you decide to get decluttered in one
day, or little by little, I encourage you to
keep making progress – because eventually you
WILL reach your goal of an orderly home.
For some fast ways to declutter your world,
check out my e-book “Declutter Fast.”
Every decluttering effort we make adds up.
Here’s to order in our lives!
With love,
Mimi Tanner
Author of Declutter Fast – How to Get Your Home In Order Almost Immediately!
www.declutterfast.com
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I have five boxes ready to ship to family. I’ve spent a lot of hours on that project!! See Christmas in July!!
Postscript, Saturday, Aug. 4th, 2012, 9:00 AM: FYI, I have over twenty-five years experience with personally owned home computers. (I started with an IBM-PC-Jr. in 1987.) I’m pretty “savvy” (for an old lady). My problem was (is) as suspected: The hard drive is down to four percent free space!! Yipes!! This laptop computer is almost six years old and I suspect it is time for me to replace it. A bit of trivia: My first laptop computer, purchased in November 1999, cost over $2,500. This computer cost less than $1,000. I’ll be able to purchase something exceedingly better (than the previous two) for about $500. (I’ve owned desk-top computers, too, but I want to keep things small and compact.)
Postscript, Sunday, Aug. 5th, 2012, 3:00 PM: **If** I could upload a picture, it would be of a woman pulling her hair out!! I am so frustrated because I have been deleting programs, and files, for hours–and only freed up fourteen percent more space. That isn’t enough to upload a picture!! It’s a mystery where the “space hog” is and why this problem happened virtually overnight. ~~ While programs, and files, are slowly uninstalled, or deleted, I am keeping busy shredding old Income Tax records and other information. Some of the information would have been valuable for an autobiography but I question whether I will ever accomplish that project. “Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.” (Philippians 3:13-14)
Postscript, Monday, Aug. 6th, 2012, 10:30 PM: I was on-line for several hours (this evening) with a computer technical person. It cost me “an arm and a leg” but, hopefully, the problems are resolved. Time will tell. “I could a (should a) bought a new computer!?”
Three Quarters & Counting 