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Sunday, September 9, 2007 - Scrapbooking...my lost hobby?

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I really, really want to get back to scrapbooking. If you remember (or maybe I never told you) I lost ALL of my scrapbooking paper in the flood we had in our basement over Christmas. sigh. Therefore, I've been kinda out of sorts in the scrapbooking area.

I got together with my friend Christina a couple of weeks ago and "re-did" a scrapbook that was made for another friend in a magnetic *GASP* album. It was really refreshing to handle pictures and arrange them and decide on colors and get the creative juices flowing and then sit back, take a look at the page and at the moment of satisfaction, slide that page protector on. Ahhhhh.....yes, you know the feeling if you're a scrapbooker. :)

So, having said all that - hmmm....not sure why I said all that ;)... If you feel sorry for me, you could always send me some scrapbooking paper ;)

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Sunday, June 4, 2006 - And the winner is..."Extreme Clean: HomeSchool Edition" by

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Wisconsin -- YOU are the winner of a one-year subscription (or extension) to The Old Schoolhouse Magazine...and the two e-books!  Send your email and snail mail addy to me at julie@TheHomeschoolMagazine.com.

 

Here's the title of my new "reality show" as I get my house in tip-top shape..thanks to my Mom!


"Extreme Clean: HomeSchool Edition"

 

Thank you to everyone for your entries, encouragement and inspiration...keep coming back to see the progress. 

 

Tomorrow's first project is getting the tile put on the floor in our bathroom.  This bathroom has been unusable (is that a word?) for about 9 months!! 

 

Then we'll be working on the yard .. before it gets too hot! 

 

I'll have pictures of the progress tomorrow night!  Stay tuned....

 

Signing off... 

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Thursday, June 1, 2006 - Julie's Journey to a Clutter-Free Home CONTEST -- Win a free one-year subscription to The Old Schoolhouse Magazine AND the two e-books!

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Well...it's only about 32 hours until my Mother arrives to stay for 6 weeks.  Yep, you read that right -- 6 weeks!

 

Bless her heart, she's coming all the way from Louisiana to Ilinois to help me organize my house.  I have for too long been enslaved with stuff.... bargain hunter that I am....it takes it's toll.  Especially since we bought our first house and moved 18 months ago -- I have yet to catch up.  And since I started working with TOS...and well....since I've inherited being a pack-rat...it goes way back. 

 

So...I'm thinking of doing a "reality show" of sorts here on my blog... taking before and after pics and posting the progress.  Talking about the struggles...the fights with Mom (haha)...the fear of failure...grieving the loss of the mess (?) ... the drives to Goodwill....that kind of stuff.  What do you think?  Would you follow along with me and encourage me?  I will need all the help I can get.

 

I'd really appreciate it if you would...I'm kind of nervous about it and excited at the same time.  Why am I nervous? 

 

I'm gonna be transparent here...I have adult ADD....I am highly creative but have trouble focusing!  I mean I can REALLY focus when it's something I'm extremely interested in or feel confident about -- like singing, playing my flute, being goofy with my kids, speaking, or marketing...but when it's something I'm NOT interested in like cleaning, or cooking, or organizing or something I'm not very good at...well, I get extremely overwhelmed.  Almost paralyzed.  I'm soooo much better than I used to be...but there is much to be overcome.  So friends...pray with me, encourage me, and stand with me...would ya?

 

The really cool thing about having my Mom here is that I feel like I'll be getting the mothering and teaching from her that I missed out on in my teen years.  See... I didn't live with my Mom during those years...I lived with my Father and my step-Mother...now don't get me wrong - I had a great life with my Dad and step-Mom.  But, I feel I missed a lot of the things that my Mom would have taught me had I been with her on a daily basis ... like how to cook!

 

So, having said all that...do you want to join me on the journey?  Julie's Journey to a Clutter-Free Home...yep...that's what I'll call it....at least until one of you can help me come up with a more catchy title... Hey...that's a good idea....who wants to help me come up with a title for my "reality show"?

 

How about a contest?  Oh goody, I love contests!

 

Okay, here's the deal -- if you can come up with the "catchiest" (is that a word?!?) title for my quest for a clean home....I'll give you a FREE one-year subscription (or extension if you're already a subscriber)  to The Old Schoolhouse Magazine AND the two e-books that have been written -- Secrets for Successful Homeschooling and Homeschooling the High Schooler.

 

Are you up for the challenge? 

 

Deadline for entries is midnight Sunday, June 4th!  I'll pick the winner and post first thing Monday morning!  Hurry...and tell all your friends, ok?  Hey, who can pass up a good contest?  (And see me being REALLY transparent...okay...what am I getting myself into here? )

 

Comment here with your entry!  Happy Commenting!

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Thursday, June 1, 2006 - My friend Kim...

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It's been real difficult for me to keep up daily posts here whilst working for TOS!  They are such slave drivers....sheesh...  

 

My friend Kim sent me the nicest e-card today...check it out.

 

Click me 

 

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Monday, May 8, 2006 - The high cost of raccoons...

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Well, we've spent a total of $260 to rid our attic of raccoons.

 

$95 for the "initial visit" and $55 for each raccoon trapped and hauled away...

 

$260

 

The high cost of raccoons.

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Sunday, April 30, 2006 - Raccoon damage...in case you're interested...

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Look at all the information I'm finding out about raccoons and the damage they can cause ...

 

http://www.wegotbats.com/Raccoon_Damage_Page_2.html

 

And oh my word....read this guy's nightmare of having raccoon in the attic...

 

http://homepage.mac.com/kykurnal/iblog/B255583918/index.html

 

But they're so cute...

 

http://www.247wildlife.com/raccooninwall.htm

http://www.247wildlife.com/raccoonsnareattic.htm

http://www.247wildlife.com/raccoonswallceiling.htm

 

Yuck, yuck and more yuck!!

 

http://www.247wildlife.com/raccoonatticcontamination.htm

 

Okay I feel like gagging now.

 

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Sunday, April 30, 2006 - We have raccoons in our attic!

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So last night I'm awakened about 4am to the sound of what I thought was a child waking up and dragging something in my room.  I groggily looked around the room and did not see or hear a child.

 

I heard more noises ... they were above me .... I then remembered what my friend's husband had told me last week.

 

He had just cut down a tree in their backyard.  I chatted with him about how Daniel wanted to cut down a birch tree by our house because raccoons kept using it to climb on the roof.  I also lamented how he wanted to also cut down the pretty purple dogwood tree in the front.  Chris proceeded to tell me about some friends of his who had a family of raccoons living in their attic.  They didn't realize it until the urine started leaking through their ceilings.  GROSS!!!  The raccoons had done extensive damage to their attic and it had to be totally redone.

 

So here I am last night (or rather early this morning) thinking back over that conversation.  I'm imagining this family of raccoons in our attic.  I'm imagining raccon urine and feces everywhere.  I'm thinking (worrying) about the cost of repairing the damage.  I'm sick with worry.

 

I also start imagining them getting in the house and waking up being stared down by one of them.  Yikes! 

 

So what do I do?  Well of course ... I wake up my husband out of a deep sleep and make him listen for the noises.  Duh...

 

So now we're both awake.  I'm listing all the worst-case scenarios.  I can't get back to sleep...arrgggg.  I finally start praying. Of course that helped.  God knows what's going on in the attic.  He created these obnoxious little rascals.  It could be worse.  We're not seeing urine stains in the ceiling.

 

So Daniel does some research online this morning.  We stayed home from church because we were so tired.  We have a guy coming in the morning -- to the tune of about $95. 

 

I'm gonna post some interesting things about raccoons in the attic... in case you were curious. 

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Saturday, April 29, 2006 - Our shower issues...need advice :o)

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Anyone have any ideas on how to get your husband to stop describing the gunk he just dug out of the drain when he was fixing the shower?

 

YUCK!!!!!!  

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Saturday, April 8, 2006 - The Clean Heart, Clean Home Challenge

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I'm considering doing this challenge by Amy ... but alas ... will I be able to actually finish it?  Seems like I start lots of things in my home and rarely finish them...

 

http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/DandelionSeeds/111545/

 

http://www.acleanheart.com/CHCHCOrganizer.pdf

 

Anybody wanna join the challenge with me?

 

 

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Saturday, April 8, 2006 - Jesus, Take The Wheel....

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