tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25780244012675485802024-03-13T20:31:24.682-07:00Scene of ChangeryJanet Olsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04050113659801461258noreply@blogger.comBlogger100125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2578024401267548580.post-14061463584159658172014-11-30T14:11:00.001-08:002014-11-30T14:11:44.083-08:00It's beginning to feel a lot like Christmas<p dir="ltr">This year the holidays in my home are starting with sickness. It is frustrating when you have no voice and you are a talker, and when decorating for Christmas is your favorite thing but all you want to do is lay down. </p>
<p dir="ltr">But I'm pulling out the Christmas music, and playing it, and watching any Christmas themed movie I can. It's gonna be Christmas in my house regardless of putting the tree and lights up, it's starting to look a lot like Christmas. </p>
Janet Olsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04050113659801461258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2578024401267548580.post-5070984902026588372014-07-17T14:37:00.002-07:002014-07-17T14:37:14.472-07:00Life is a Journey<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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Today I am starting a journey…. </div>
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What kind of a journey, you ask?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Good question- I am still asking myself that question. I had the
intention of going gluten free…. Changing my diet to maybe make things better….
It all started with an article… Oh the dreaded article.</div>
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But…. This article was different. It was written by a woman who
struggle with Ulcerative Colitis, the exact same medical condition that I had…
Only her road was a bit different than mine. She chose to pursue a healing diet.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I envy her ability to follow through on this
path… I tried a number of times to make that change… I failed each time. It was
too big, too scary and there was not enough support.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I may be strong. Everyone tells me I am, I
have faced some pretty tough stuff in my life, but this one area brought me to
my knees in tears.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I had a debilitating
medical condition that was only made bearable by drugs that suppressed the
immune system. I had doctors laugh at me for thinking that just changing what I
ate would allow me to live a normal life. I ended up making the decision to
have surgery.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I don’t regret that
decision. In anyway shape or form…. </div>
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I just wish I had the courage this woman had to make the necessary dietary
changes. To explore the path that she explored…. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But alas I did not.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I lead a better life now, no doubt. I can go
for a walk with out fear of an ‘accident.’ <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can drive to visit family hours away with
out mapping every single rest stop praying I can make it from one rest stop to
the other (although I still have them memorized).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But I still have a way to go… I still need to
find something that is missing…. </div>
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After having read <a href="http://againstallgrain.com/" target="_blank">Against All Grain’s </a>introduction and what prompted
this woman on her journey, I began to realize that it is not about the diet… it
is about finding what works for you… I have no colon, I had it removed, and so
my dietary needs are a bit different. But, what I learned, what finally hit
home to me is that in all of her struggles, in all of her research, and in all
her final decisions, Peace stood out… Peace with her choices, peace with her
body…</div>
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My Journey is about peace… What ever choices that are made, whatever
roads I go down, Peace with myself is the ultimate Goal. God made me, God has a
plan for me, and that plan is to find peace in the now. (along with a few other
things, but you get the gist). If I find peace with myself, things should start
working out a little better….</div>
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My problem is I am queen of worrying (who is with me?) My mother taught
me the ways of a worrier well (I love you mom, and don’t blame you,
generational curse and all). And so, as I approach my diet, and my lifestyle, I
do it slow, and steady and with a bit of trepidation.</div>
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Why trepidation, you might ask? Needless to say, there are nay-sayers
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you are doing that may stop you in your tracks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Things like “you aren’t doing it right” or “how about this” (which is
passive aggressive for the first statement).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Those words, to this worrier over here, are like a knife to the
heart.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They bring to mind unhappy
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what makes me think this time is any different?”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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And hence the journey to peace…. Not to a better life style, not
to healthier eating…. But to finding peace in the life style and eating habits
I choose to follow. Yes, I need to eat better, Yes I need to make some changes
to my family’s daily life…. BUT, and I capitalized that on purpose, I am not
going to let anyone else tell me what that means.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Be it going gluten free… (which I really don’t
think is possible for this bread loving girl) or minimizing it just to see the
numbers on the scale move in the right direction…. I will not let anyone, and I
mean anyone, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>judge me… I will not let
any comments on my face book page cause me to doubt myself or my decisions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My journey is to find peace with MY life…. Not
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2A: Work on eating better.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Life is chaotic in so many ways. We have intentions, things
we want to accomplish. We make lists, we lose lists, we have dreams, and those
dreams change.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It can be frustrating, infuriating
in fact, when those lists don’t get completed, or those dreams aren’t
achieved.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But the one thing I am beginning
to realize, as my life changes and the chaos abounds; no matter what is going
on in your life, there is always something good to hang on to. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">My dreams are still there (changing a little as time goes
by, adapting if you will), and although they have not been accomplished yet, I
still hold on to them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are part of
what keeps me going when I go to that job that pays the bills but doesn’t fulfill
my dream. Along with the dreams is my family.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I look at my son, his big smile <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and “hug me now, kiss me too” requests throughout
the day, my husband who goes to work from 9-5, while picking up side jobs to
make ends meet, who is tired and needs a vacation… I look at all these things,
at the life growing inside me, and I am blessed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I still have my dream, I still have my
family! God is good! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">So, as a venture into a new chapter of my life, yet again, I
hold on to the good, the beautiful, and embrace my place in the world. I am not
perfect, by any means, but I am a child of God with a purpose.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I embrace where I am because I have followed
God’s will, and he has placed me here.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
still dream, and someday that dream will become real, I will be where I want to
be, doing what I want to do. In the mean time, I am doing what I have to do,
embracing my family, and finding joy and peace amidst the chaos that is life.</span></div>
Janet Olsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04050113659801461258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2578024401267548580.post-5317671619635495432012-08-14T08:42:00.002-07:002012-08-14T08:42:49.225-07:00Ephesians 2:10
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<b>Ephesians 2:10</b></div>
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<b>“For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do
good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.”</b></div>
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It is difficult, sometimes, to feel like there is a higher
purpose in life. We go about our day, however that is, and sometimes it just
seems pointless.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have been at this
point for more than a year.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I wonder
what my purpose in life is. </div>
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I got caught up in the world, feeling like my life needs to
have some grand scheme to it. There is a need to be greater. But then I am
called back to a place of humbleness. I am reminded that without the people who
clean up the messes, life would be pretty ugly.</div>
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As I read the scripture today I am also recalled to the fact
that He has me covered.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Point in case…
we need money to pay our bills, and my husband (who does computer work on the
side) got three calls to do computer jobs, that right there is enough to make a
car payment and some.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Praise God.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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So, how does the feeling of life being pointless and the
fact that God has me covered tie together?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>My husband was given an amazing gift, the ability to understand
technology.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One of the calls he got was
a desperate woman who had her school work on the computer, she needed it to
finish up some assignments, and in no time he had the stuff she needed on a
disk, ready to give to her, while he worked on getting her computer up and
running.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This woman was in need, and my
husband was able to help her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What
greater example of Christ is there?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>God
provided an opportunity for my husband to have a greater purpose, while
providing for his family.</div>
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As I have mentioned many times, this period of my life is a
time of struggle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have been dealing
with emotions that I thought I had dealt with back in my first year of
college.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In a way, I feel as though I
have lost my identity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But then other
mom’s remind me that I am a mom, I am raising a man of God.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I need to embrace that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is my purpose.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is what my job is right now.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes, I need to find one that pays, but while
I am searching I need to remember that God has prepared ‘good works’ for me. He
knows where I am going, and I need to turn to his word to be reminded of
that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One verse out of many sent me an
amazing message: God is in control.</div>
Janet Olsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04050113659801461258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2578024401267548580.post-79751936331467342432012-08-10T09:05:00.001-07:002012-08-10T09:05:50.180-07:00God's Will<br />
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Ephesians
1:11</div>
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In him we
were also chosen, having been predestined according to the plan of him who
works out everything in conformity with the purpose of his will.</div>
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<br /></div>
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I finally picked
up my Bible today (outside of church) and decided that I needed to read
it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Things have been rough lately. We
are struggling to make ends meet. We have only been able to do it this month
because of savings. All the while I am looking for a job to replace the one I
lost over a year ago and the unemployment insurance I lost about a month
ago.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have put out more applications
than I can count, and I have had four interviews, and four “thank you but we
decided to go with someone who was better qualified” responses.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Needless to say, I am discouraged.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am losing confidence, and I am just plain
angry right now.</div>
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Questions
are floating through my mind, </div>
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“Why is this happening?” </div>
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“Lord, your word say’s you will
provide, why then are we possibly going to lose so much that we have worked
very hard for?”</div>
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My church
has been reading through Ephesians for some time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Last week’s word spoke to me… it got me
thinking, if that spoke to me, maybe I should read it from the start and allow
it to speak to me some more.</div>
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<br /></div>
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As I read
the blessing I started to get angry again… let’s be honest here, I am not in a
happy place. I am floundering, looking for something solid, and feeling like
everything around me is crumbling.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I don’t
want to hear that I am blessed, because I sure don’t feel like I am.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But then I hit verse 11.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>God spoke to something in me that has been
nagging at me for some time…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He is
working out everything….EVERYTHING to the purpose of his will.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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I grew up in
the church. I have always been the ‘good little Christian girl’.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have lived my life doing the best that I
can to not ‘sin’ and do those things that might cause me guilt.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But the nagging thing was the question “What
am I doing to further God’s kingdom?”</div>
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So, how does
this scripture apply to what I am going through? How does the fact that I might
stand to lose a lot relate to God working everything out to the purpose of his
will?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It has everything to do with
it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He is stripping me down, and I have
the choice right now to take up his Cross, to allow the rebuilding of my life
to become part of his plan, to become part of his will.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can choose to allow him to use me to
further his kingdom.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I may end up with
no physical possessions, but I will have the most important things, my faith,
my family and my friends. </div>
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I don’t want
to lose those physical possessions, but I am willing to if that is what God has
in his plan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I don’t want to lose my
home and my cars, but those are things that society has made to be important,
and although a roof over my head is a necessity, my idea of what that needs to
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know that He has a plan, the pit is momentarily eased, and my faith is
renewed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I shall return to his word
again tomorrow, to look for the peace that only he can provide. It is a daily struggle,
and from this day forward I am asking God to hold me while I go through it, and
beyond.</div>Janet Olsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04050113659801461258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2578024401267548580.post-26997849750206345172012-07-31T16:30:00.001-07:002012-07-31T16:30:29.891-07:00Life is what you make it<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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The phrase “Life is what you make it” has been floating
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Today, as I read my email the saying again came to mind
again.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My family is at a place of
desperation. I need a job. I need something to bring in enough money to start
paying down our debt, and bring us to a place of financial peace.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have had four, yes four interviews, and
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As I laid in bed, wondering why, tears streaming down my
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did not get a yes from this job, because God was keeping me from having to
choose between that job (which made good money) and the other ideal job which
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GOD HAS NEVER FAILED ME… I always thing of those who do not
believe in God, who do not have faith… and my heart breaks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How can one not believe or have faith in
something bigger than themselves?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In my
times of difficulty, when my brother died, when my parents fought, when that
boy broke my heart, I had God to cling to, to cry out to.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How do those who do not believe in God coup?</div>
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“Have I not commanded you do not be afraid nor dismayed for
the Lord they God is with you wherever you go.” Joshua 1:9</div>
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It is that which I cling to. It is the hope that I cling to.
In those moments when I feel hopeless (right not being one of them) I turn to
my God who has commanded me to NOT be afraid…. Wow. If he commands it, then he
must have a plan, and although in my humanity I experience fear and anxiety, I
have NOTHING to fear…. He has plan….<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It
may not be my plan… heck if that were the case I would not have an amazing
husband and a beautiful boy… I may lose my home, and many ‘things’ but I will
never lose three things that are so important to me… My faith, my husband and
my son…. Praise God.</div>Janet Olsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04050113659801461258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2578024401267548580.post-24448160125226889392012-07-10T21:52:00.001-07:002012-07-10T21:52:54.489-07:00"Getting Unstuck"<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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What a ride…. Life is crazy, wonderful, awful and just plain
insane.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But the most amazing thing about
it all is that God is in control.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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My life this past year has been rough… emotional turmoil has
abounded.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have always been an uber emotional
person, to whom tears burst at the mere mention of stress…. Anxiety is my norm…
And yet through it all I attempt to hold on to the mantel of Gods peace.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This means that I go through moment’s of pure
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As another period of change approaches, I am again going
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the past.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am still allowing for God to
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husband far more than I had ever realized.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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As I am making some decisions that go against the so called ‘easy
way’ I am opening doors to opportunity’s I never would have seen had I chosen
to continue down my path of self pity.</div>
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One area that has been a constant struggle for me has been
my decision over a year ago to become a Mary Kay consultant.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When I choose to ‘take the plunge’, I was
full of hope and anticipation. I saw that this was a company with integrity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was drawn to that, and then self doubt and
lack of confidence took hold and began to fight the desire become more than
what I ever allowed myself to be.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Today,
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path of becoming a Mary Kay Consultant, a new door was opened to me… I am
terrified, but I am stepping through it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I took steps towards growing my business (albeit small steps, but steps
none the less).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One of those ‘baby’
steps was to watch some of the videos that Mary Kay provides to their
consultants to help them grow their business.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Wow- that sums it up….</div>
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I can count on one hand the times that God has had to slap
me upside the head and say “Janet, this is what you need to do to fix things
for now.” Those are the moments when all area’s of my life are telling me the
EXACT SAME THING.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Maybe not word for
word, but the message is the same.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In
this situation the Mary Kay Power video for the month had the appropriate title
“Getting unstuck”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As I listened to the
message of how this applied to growing my Mary Kay business, strings of how
this could apply to my daily thought life, and my marriage and my parenting
rang through LOUD and CLEAR.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Praise God…
he is all knowing and all caring… He knows even better than myself what I
need.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have been in the slump, and I
am not going to kid myself that this revelation has brought me out of it, but
it has given me a rope to hold on to. It has provided me with hope.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And if I have to watch this video every day
in order to believe that I can do it; in order to believe that I will not fail…
then that is what I will do.</div>
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My Favorite quote from the power video of the month is “you
will win if you don’t quit”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I also read
somewhere recently that had JK Rowling given up after her first rejection
letter we would not have Harry Potter.(remember how I said God was trying to
tell me something.)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If she can live
through rejection after rejection and preserver to bring the world a wonderful
story, so can I preserve through self doubt and fear to bring the world a bit
of who I am… My passion, my faith, my self.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I am amazing. God does not make carbon copies… he does not make
failures. He makes amazing individuals who have amazing gifts to offer every
person they encounter.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I need to
remember this, I need to allow God to bless other’s through me.</div>Janet Olsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04050113659801461258noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2578024401267548580.post-25607777859009143172012-05-22T09:14:00.002-07:002012-05-22T09:14:22.653-07:00With a new Vigor<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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After a long hiatus from both my blog (not unusual) and my weight
loss journey (again not unusual) I am back with a vigor (or at least I hope
so).</div>
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The other day, while helping a friend clean her house, I saw
that she had a Wii Fit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have wanted to
‘try’ before I go out and spend the money, so I took a leap and asked.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Well, to boil it down, it is now mine. And
after having it sit in my house for exactly one week, I decided now was a good
time to hook that baby up and give it a whirl. And boy am I glad I did.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The set up was tedious, and it says my body
age is 54 (too which I was initially shocked and then as I recalled the major
aches and pains in my body as I moved around my house this morning I nodded in
agreement). It also says I am overweight… (sigh).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But with a little bit of work, I intend to
get myself back on track.</div>
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I keep finding excuses to not do what I need to do… and for
once in my life I can whole heartedly say they are not legitimate excuses. I
found myself saying “I really don’t care” but deep in my heart knowing that I
really did.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I also found myself turning
to Cheetos and soda when I was feeling down.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This is a new thing for me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
main reason I gained all the weight I did was not due to emotional eating, it
was due to a change in activity level (college= walking everywhere, 40 hour
week job = sitting on my tush) and no change in diet.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It also was due to eating when I was hungry
because there was nothing to do with my hands. </div>
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Since the loss of my job, and the eminent loss of my
unemployment checks, I have become majorly stressed out. And now I turn to
Cheetos…. Yes, Cheetos are the bane of my existence (along with hot artichoke
dip). Being an emotional person, this can be a problem. I need to figure out
how to work around this problem.</div>
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With that said, I will tackle one thing at a time. Cheetos will
no longer be purchased, and the Wii Fit is my friend. And I return to my blog
to share my journey.</div>
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Today I worked out, and blogged…. I am happy, and now I get
to go and get my little man up (I hear his cute mumblings from his room).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is a good day.</div>Janet Olsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04050113659801461258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2578024401267548580.post-71818107458005650032012-04-17T18:45:00.002-07:002012-04-19T10:34:10.405-07:00From the Heart<br />
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I have a pit in my stomach… it is that inexplicable feeling
that is akin to missing something. As it
is inexplicable, putting words to it seems somewhat redundant… if I could put words
to it, I might not have it. Overall it
is an amalgamation of stress, fear, frustration and excitement. I am at a cross roads in my life, aren’t we
always though? I am at a place that
requires an income of some sort sooner rather than later. I am also at a place
where I don’t want to do what is required for said income… plain and
simple. I realize that if we were not in
debt I would not be here. We could make ends meet and live comfortably while I pursue
my creativity as a source of income without the pressures of a deadline.</div>
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That said, who is to say I cannot pursue my creativity as a
source of income while searching for the ‘normal’ job that is expected of me by
some? No one, no one but myself that is.</div>
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I am a talented person, who is creative and can learn quickly
and easily many different things. I can crochet, cook and am picking up knitting
and sewing, I am a writer, and an artist… so what is the problem. The problem
is I am repeating what was told me earlier today by a dear friend. There is a disconnect somewhere in my being.
I may be good at all of those things, “but what does that matter?” I often ask
myself. Or the other question is “how do
I make something of it?” I feel at a
loss. I feel as though it does not
matter that I am good at all those things, and that is sad… and unfair. Who is it unfair to, you may ask? It is unfair to my creator, the one who gave
me the ability to do each and every thing that I am good at.</div>
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As I type that, the parable of the talent’s comes to
mind. I master gave his servants some
money (then called talent’s) and told them to take care of it. One buried it
while another invested it…. (this is paraphrased and not so well I am
sure). The moral of the story is that
God gave us talents to invest, not to squander and hide, or bury as the man did
in the parable.</div>
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My talent’s are gifts. My gifts are to be used and shared
with others. I am to present them to people as a form of worship. It is a revelation that I have been coming to
for some time. It is also something that
scares the ba-jeebes out of me. What if….
This always pops into my head at those times when I am about to embark on a new
journey, and often keeps my feet firmly planted in the ‘do nothing’ spot far
longer than I care to admit.</div>
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My hearts desire is to do the lords will. I love my creativity. I pray that following in
a path that allows me to use it to bring in income to my family therefore allowing
me to be the best wife and mother possible is God’s desire for me. I am taking a step out from that ‘do nothing’
spot. As I said to my friend many many
years ago ‘I need a scene of changery…. Wait no, a change of scenery’. So here’s
to a scene of changery, whatever that means to my life now…. Lord Change my
Scenery.</div>Janet Olsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04050113659801461258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2578024401267548580.post-36232545063499372882012-04-09T08:12:00.002-07:002012-04-09T08:12:21.902-07:00Weekends are hard to trackI am doing weight watchers. And I do my best to track what I am doing, but it can be hard. Having a three year old makes it easy to get distracted, and on the weekends when my husband is home, the distraction multiplies, and the motivation to track, decreases.<br />
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I do attempt, after the fact to track what I remember, and I always take away extra points to account for what I don't, generally I just assume that after the three days my husband has off, I have no extra weekly points.<br />
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Even with that, when I am aware of what I am putting into my body, I seem to loose. When I sit down and make that attempt to track after the fact I am good, whether that means I lose only a little or I stay the same... I am better off than when I throw caution to the wind and eat with out thinking, I generally gain.<br />
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That said... this week my goal is to throw in some exercise, (oh and attempt to hard core potty train). We shall see how both of those go. My exercise might just be doing laundry this week.Janet Olsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04050113659801461258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2578024401267548580.post-63365638385403849522012-04-04T14:21:00.001-07:002012-04-04T14:21:44.826-07:00I am struggling. Are You?<br />
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I want to be healthy. Period, end of story. I want my body to be in shape, so I am not
tired doing the things I need to do on a daily basis. I want my insides to feel good, and my
outsides to reflect that. Yet it is a
constant battle to stick to the healthy choices. I found that when I had a companion
alongside, encouraging me, I did far better, but that companion moved away. I
hoped that my husband would take her place, who better than the man I love to
stand beside me? But he approached the his journey differently than I did, and
really, who wants to hear that he lost 3 pounds because he stopped drinking
soda and made no other changes, when it takes me far longer and far more to achieve
the same goals?</div>
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No, as much as I wanted my husband to travel this path with
me, it was not working. Yes, he does encourage
me, which is great, but I need that “you go girl” that only a girlfriend can
provide. Yet, more than that, I need an
outlet to share my struggles with this journey.
It is a rough road. Some days I
just want to give up for no other reason that I just don’t want to work at it
anymore.</div>
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As I watched Biggest Loser this morning, a thought began to
formulate in my mind. One of the
contestants made a comment about an eliminated contestant, that she would find
a way to continue her journey at home, doing what she enjoys to do. So… I need to find something I enjoy that
will help me continue on in my journey.
Granted, they were talking about working out, which I need to incorporate,
but I need and outlet for my frustrations and successes that will allow me to
say “you go girl” or even “keep going girl” to myself. </div>
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What does this mean for me?
How can I keep on track in my journey to a healthier me? What do I do
best? The answer is, I write. I love to write, and I find that when I am
struggling, putting those struggles in to words is a release. If I need to tell somebody something important,
I write it down first. If I need to complain
about things, I write it in my journal. </div>
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I want to share my journey with others out there…. It will
not be a perfect journey, it will not have step by step plans…. But it will be
a true, honest journey. Some days I will be gung ho, on the train of weight
loss, others I will be falling off that train, and even others I will be
picking my self up. I want to share what
I learn, not only about how to lose weight but about the struggles I have in
that process. I want to share that I have special dietary issues (ie: no colon)
and need to make choices that will help me not feel uncomfortable eating
healthier. I will also share the recipes I come across and how I have changed
them up to meet my needs in both diet and picky eaters (ie: my husband). </div>
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I want to be honest with myself. I want to hear your story too. Please feel
free to comment about your journey.</div>Janet Olsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04050113659801461258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2578024401267548580.post-18675546576572437582012-03-15T11:42:00.000-07:002012-03-15T11:42:48.849-07:00Keeping a Clean House, Is it an unattainable Dream?<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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Say Aye if your house is far from clean and organized. “Aye”
I shout.</div>
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Oh boy is my home far from clean and organized.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I don’t know when or where things went
awry.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All I know is that I am doing my
best to not become overwhelmed by the mess.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I have attempted a few approaches to being organized, but my ADD mind
just keeps jumping from one place to the next, never completing a single task,
and thus I end up with half cleaned messes all over the house that equals still
messy.</div>
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In one of my facebook comments I mentioned my desire to
clean house and how my ADD negatively affects it. In response a dear friend shared
her approach to daily cleaning, Thank You Jennifer Wojcik.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This list will soon revolutionize the way I
clean… Why, you ask? Because it takes into account the fact that cleaning is
not a onetime thing, and that there are things that one may not consider when
cleaning, but are very important. It also triggered a deep cleaning list idea
in my brain that will get me to the point of maintenance that Jennifer looks at
in her list.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> I will share Jennifer's list in my next post, this post is about deep cleaning</span>. </div>
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So, if you feel drowned in a messy house, and need to get
down and dirty, and then want to find a way to maintain that not so messy
house, join me in my two week deep house cleaning approach followed by the
maintenance list.</div>
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My list, is of course just a suggestion, as I have tailored it for the areas in my home that need a lot of help, but I hope it will be a jumping off point for you. A trigger, much as Jennifer's list triggered my thoughts. I have also only included 4 week days in my list as those are the days I can do deep cleaning with out considering my husband in the picture, as much as I love him, he distracts me more than my ADD.</div>
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My first task was to walk thorough my home and look at what was out of place, things that never seemed to be put away or areas that just never managed to stay clean. I then evaluated what the reason for that was. 1. It never had a home in the first place. 2. It was my toddlers and he needs to learn that it has a home and be put away. 3. The home it had was not convenient or organized. These are my main issues, and number 3 seems to be a big one, as I tend to leave it out because of this.</div>
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Once the problem areas are identified and reasons given, I go to my handy dandy excel spreadsheet and transfer the list there according to each room in the house. (I love spreadsheets if you do not, feel free to find the best way this works for you and share in comments for other readers) I like using spreadsheets because I can type my list and then select the cell and drag it around to organize my list.</div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
Never put away</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 4;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid black 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 18.9pt;" valign="top" width="25">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
4</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid black 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 94.5pt;" valign="top" width="126">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
Coffee table</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid black 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 365.4pt;" valign="top" width="487">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
Always cluttered with random objects</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 5;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid black 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 18.9pt;" valign="top" width="25">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
5</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid black 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 94.5pt;" valign="top" width="126">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
Couches</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid black 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 365.4pt;" valign="top" width="487">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
Always have toys’ blankets and crumbs</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 6;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid black 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 18.9pt;" valign="top" width="25">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
6</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid black 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 94.5pt;" valign="top" width="126">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
Floors</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid black 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 365.4pt;" valign="top" width="487">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
Always crumby and random papers all over the place</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 7;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid black 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 18.9pt;" valign="top" width="25">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
7</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid black 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 94.5pt;" valign="top" width="126">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
Book shelf</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid black 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 365.4pt;" valign="top" width="487">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
Dump spot, nothing gets put away.</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 8;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid black 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 18.9pt;" valign="top" width="25">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid black 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 94.5pt;" valign="top" width="126">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid black 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 365.4pt;" valign="top" width="487">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 9;">
<td colspan="2" style="background: #DBE5F1; border-top: none; border: solid black 1.0pt; mso-background-themecolor: accent1; mso-background-themetint: 51; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 113.4pt;" valign="top" width="151">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
Kitchen</div>
</td>
<td style="background: #DBE5F1; border-bottom: solid black 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-background-themecolor: accent1; mso-background-themetint: 51; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 365.4pt;" valign="top" width="487">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
Reason for Issue</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 10;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid black 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 18.9pt;" valign="top" width="25">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
1</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid black 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 94.5pt;" valign="top" width="126">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
Built in Hutch</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid black 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 365.4pt;" valign="top" width="487">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
Always cluttered, dump spot, Medicine always out.</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 11;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid black 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 18.9pt;" valign="top" width="25">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
2</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid black 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 94.5pt;" valign="top" width="126">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
Sink/dishwasher counter</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid black 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 365.4pt;" valign="top" width="487">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
Dishes always pilled, Dishwasher always full of clean dishes.. always
playing catch up</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 12;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid black 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 18.9pt;" valign="top" width="25">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
3</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid black 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 94.5pt;" valign="top" width="126">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
Kitchen Table</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid black 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 365.4pt;" valign="top" width="487">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
Dump spot… never gets put away</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 13;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid black 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 18.9pt;" valign="top" width="25">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
4</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid black 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 94.5pt;" valign="top" width="126">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
Pantry</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid black 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 365.4pt;" valign="top" width="487">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
Things put away in a jumble, no organization, leads to things being
left on kitchen table or folding counter</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 14;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid black 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 18.9pt;" valign="top" width="25">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
5</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid black 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 94.5pt;" valign="top" width="126">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
Folding counter</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid black 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 365.4pt;" valign="top" width="487">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
Dump spot for none laundry items.</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 15;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid black 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 18.9pt;" valign="top" width="25">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
6</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid black 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 94.5pt;" valign="top" width="126">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
Shelves under counter</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid black 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 365.4pt;" valign="top" width="487">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
Things just shoved in that I want to deal with later. Disorganized.
Bins have designations but are very disorganized.</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 16;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid black 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 18.9pt;" valign="top" width="25">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid black 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 94.5pt;" valign="top" width="126">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid black 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 365.4pt;" valign="top" width="487">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 17;">
<td colspan="2" style="background: #E5DFEC; border-top: none; border: solid black 1.0pt; mso-background-themecolor: accent4; mso-background-themetint: 51; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 113.4pt;" valign="top" width="151">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
Laundry Room</div>
</td>
<td style="background: #E5DFEC; border-bottom: solid black 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-background-themecolor: accent4; mso-background-themetint: 51; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 365.4pt;" valign="top" width="487">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 18;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid black 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 18.9pt;" valign="top" width="25">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
1</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid black 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 94.5pt;" valign="top" width="126">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
Sewing table</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid black 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 365.4pt;" valign="top" width="487">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
Unorganized dump spot for sewing related items</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 19;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid black 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 18.9pt;" valign="top" width="25">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
2</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid black 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 94.5pt;" valign="top" width="126">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
Floor</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid black 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 365.4pt;" valign="top" width="487">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
Potty training pads cause mess. Socks seem to gather there and never
get picked up. Lint gathers and never gets cleaned….</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 20;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid black 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 18.9pt;" valign="top" width="25">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
3</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid black 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 94.5pt;" valign="top" width="126">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
Top of washer dryer and related counter</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid black 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 365.4pt;" valign="top" width="487">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
Piles of other items that have no home. Disorganized</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 21;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid black 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 18.9pt;" valign="top" width="25">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid black 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 94.5pt;" valign="top" width="126">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid black 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 365.4pt;" valign="top" width="487">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 22;">
<td colspan="2" style="background: #EAF1DD; border-top: none; border: solid black 1.0pt; mso-background-themecolor: accent3; mso-background-themetint: 51; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 113.4pt;" valign="top" width="151">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
Bathroom</div>
</td>
<td style="background: #EAF1DD; border-bottom: solid black 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-background-themecolor: accent3; mso-background-themetint: 51; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 365.4pt;" valign="top" width="487">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 23;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid black 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 18.9pt;" valign="top" width="25">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
1</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid black 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 94.5pt;" valign="top" width="126">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
Floor</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid black 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 365.4pt;" valign="top" width="487">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
Small area, Towels and cloths pile in corners, qtips never make it
into trash</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 24;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid black 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 18.9pt;" valign="top" width="25">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
2</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid black 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 94.5pt;" valign="top" width="126">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
Counter</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid black 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 365.4pt;" valign="top" width="487">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
Again, small area, little storage so everything gets left on counter</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 25;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid black 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 18.9pt;" valign="top" width="25">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
3</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid black 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 94.5pt;" valign="top" width="126">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
Medicine cabinate and drawers</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid black 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 365.4pt;" valign="top" width="487">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
Things get shoved in with little to no organization. Nothing has a
place that it belongs.</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 26; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid black 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 18.9pt;" valign="top" width="25">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
4</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid black 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 94.5pt;" valign="top" width="126">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
Hall closet</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid black 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 365.4pt;" valign="top" width="487">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
Same issue as bathroom, small, things just shoved in.</div>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
You get the idea. . . I am leaving out the bedrooms, as they
will be the last thing I do since they are really not that bad. They just need
to be maintained.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Next step, make a schedule to attack each area.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Choose your goal of how long you want to
accomplish this in, and then make that schedule.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Remember, you will still want to maintain
dishes and laundry and pick up the clutter as it accumulates.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I know that my cleaning tolerance is
short.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I need to do it in bursts or I
get overwhelmed and give up.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I also
realize that I need to spread it out over a few weeks, doing a little each day,
or once again I get overwhelmed and give up.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoTableGrid" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: none; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-padding-alt: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;">
<tbody>
<tr style="mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-irow: 0;">
<td colspan="2" style="background: #F2DBDB; border: solid black 1.0pt; mso-background-themecolor: accent2; mso-background-themetint: 51; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 6.65in;" valign="top" width="638">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
Week One:</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 1;">
<td colspan="2" style="background: #EAF1DD; border-top: none; border: solid black 1.0pt; mso-background-themecolor: accent3; mso-background-themetint: 51; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 6.65in;" valign="top" width="638">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
Monday</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 2;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid black 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 23.4pt;" valign="top" width="31">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid black 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 455.4pt;" valign="top" width="607">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
Put Ronin’s Toy’s in his room</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 3;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid black 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 23.4pt;" valign="top" width="31">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid black 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 455.4pt;" valign="top" width="607">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
Clean out desk, place all items on Folding table and organize. Return
Items to desk.</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 4;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid black 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 23.4pt;" valign="top" width="31">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid black 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 455.4pt;" valign="top" width="607">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
Clean Floor and Couches of clutter and also place on folding table or
other locations as necessary</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 5;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid black 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 23.4pt;" valign="top" width="31">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid black 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 455.4pt;" valign="top" width="607">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
Vaccum Couches and Floor</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 6;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid black 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 23.4pt;" valign="top" width="31">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid black 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 455.4pt;" valign="top" width="607">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
Gather Laundry and Start Loads Put away</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 7;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid black 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 23.4pt;" valign="top" width="31">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid black 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 455.4pt;" valign="top" width="607">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
Unload and Load Dishwasher, run</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 8;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid black 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 23.4pt;" valign="top" width="31">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid black 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 455.4pt;" valign="top" width="607">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
Go over budget and pay bills</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 9;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid black 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 23.4pt;" valign="top" width="31">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid black 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 455.4pt;" valign="top" width="607">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 10;">
<td colspan="2" style="background: #E5DFEC; border-top: none; border: solid black 1.0pt; mso-background-themecolor: accent4; mso-background-themetint: 51; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 6.65in;" valign="top" width="638">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
Tuesday</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 11;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid black 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 23.4pt;" valign="top" width="31">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid black 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 455.4pt;" valign="top" width="607">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
Clean out Coat Closet and place all items that don’t hang on folding
table</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 12;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid black 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 23.4pt;" valign="top" width="31">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid black 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 455.4pt;" valign="top" width="607">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
Check for mold and clean</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 13;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid black 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 23.4pt;" valign="top" width="31">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid black 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 455.4pt;" valign="top" width="607">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
Clean off book shelf.</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 14;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid black 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 23.4pt;" valign="top" width="31">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid black 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 455.4pt;" valign="top" width="607">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
Menu Plan</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 15;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid black 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 23.4pt;" valign="top" width="31">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid black 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 455.4pt;" valign="top" width="607">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
Gather Laundry and Start Loads Put away</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 16;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid black 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 23.4pt;" valign="top" width="31">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid black 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 455.4pt;" valign="top" width="607">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
Unload and Load Dishwasher, run</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 17;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid black 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 23.4pt;" valign="top" width="31">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid black 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 455.4pt;" valign="top" width="607">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 18;">
<td colspan="2" style="background: #DAEEF3; border-top: none; border: solid black 1.0pt; mso-background-themecolor: accent5; mso-background-themetint: 51; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 6.65in;" valign="top" width="638">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
Wednesday</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 19;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid black 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 23.4pt;" valign="top" width="31">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid black 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 455.4pt;" valign="top" width="607">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
Remove all clutter from Hutch and place on folding table, organize</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 20;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid black 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 23.4pt;" valign="top" width="31">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid black 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 455.4pt;" valign="top" width="607">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
Organize hall closet</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 21;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid black 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 23.4pt;" valign="top" width="31">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid black 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 455.4pt;" valign="top" width="607">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
Gather Laundry and Start Loads Put away</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 22;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid black 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 23.4pt;" valign="top" width="31">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid black 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 455.4pt;" valign="top" width="607">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
Unload and Load Dishwasher, run</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 23;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid black 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 23.4pt;" valign="top" width="31">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid black 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 455.4pt;" valign="top" width="607">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 24;">
<td colspan="2" style="background: #C6D9F1; border-top: none; border: solid black 1.0pt; mso-background-themecolor: text2; mso-background-themetint: 51; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 6.65in;" valign="top" width="638">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
Thursday</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 25;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid black 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 23.4pt;" valign="top" width="31">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid black 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 455.4pt;" valign="top" width="607">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
Take all things that are not where they belong and put on folding table</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 26;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid black 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 23.4pt;" valign="top" width="31">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid black 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 455.4pt;" valign="top" width="607">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
Organize pantry</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 27;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid black 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 23.4pt;" valign="top" width="31">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid black 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 455.4pt;" valign="top" width="607">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
Put all items away that are on the folding table</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 28;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid black 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 23.4pt;" valign="top" width="31">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid black 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 455.4pt;" valign="top" width="607">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
Gather Laundry and Start Loads Put away</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 29; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid black 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 23.4pt;" valign="top" width="31">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid black 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 455.4pt;" valign="top" width="607">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
Unload and Load Dishwasher, run</div>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoTableGrid" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: none; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-padding-alt: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;">
<tbody>
<tr style="mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-irow: 0;">
<td colspan="2" style="background: #F2DBDB; border: solid black 1.0pt; mso-background-themecolor: accent2; mso-background-themetint: 51; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 6.65in;" valign="top" width="638">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
Week Two</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 1;">
<td colspan="2" style="background: #EAF1DD; border-top: none; border: solid black 1.0pt; mso-background-themecolor: accent3; mso-background-themetint: 51; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 6.65in;" valign="top" width="638">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
Monday</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 2;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid black 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 23.4pt;" valign="top" width="31">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid black 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 455.4pt;" valign="top" width="607">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
Organize inside of bins under folding counter</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 3;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid black 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 23.4pt;" valign="top" width="31">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid black 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 455.4pt;" valign="top" width="607">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
Put sewing items on sewing table away</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 4;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid black 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 23.4pt;" valign="top" width="31">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid black 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 455.4pt;" valign="top" width="607">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
Clean kitchen and laundry room floors</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 5;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid black 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 23.4pt;" valign="top" width="31">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid black 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 455.4pt;" valign="top" width="607">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
Gather Laundry and Start Loads Put away</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 6;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid black 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 23.4pt;" valign="top" width="31">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid black 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 455.4pt;" valign="top" width="607">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
Unload and Load Dishwasher, run</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 7;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid black 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 23.4pt;" valign="top" width="31">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid black 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 455.4pt;" valign="top" width="607">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
Go over budget and pay bills</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 8;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid black 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 23.4pt;" valign="top" width="31">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid black 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 455.4pt;" valign="top" width="607">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 9;">
<td colspan="2" style="background: #E5DFEC; border-top: none; border: solid black 1.0pt; mso-background-themecolor: accent4; mso-background-themetint: 51; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 6.65in;" valign="top" width="638">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
Tuesday</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 10;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid black 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 23.4pt;" valign="top" width="31">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid black 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 455.4pt;" valign="top" width="607">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
Tackle counter above washer and dryer</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 11;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid black 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 23.4pt;" valign="top" width="31">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid black 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 455.4pt;" valign="top" width="607">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
Clean windows thoroughly of mold issues</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 12;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid black 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 23.4pt;" valign="top" width="31">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid black 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 455.4pt;" valign="top" width="607">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
Clean off book shelf.</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 13;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid black 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 23.4pt;" valign="top" width="31">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid black 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 455.4pt;" valign="top" width="607">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
Menu Plan</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 14;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid black 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 23.4pt;" valign="top" width="31">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
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Clean bathroom floors </div>
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Unload and Load Dishwasher, run</div>
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<br /></div>
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Clean Toilet</div>
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<br /></div>
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Clean Tub and Sink</div>
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<br /></div>
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Clean floors</div>
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<br /></div>
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Gather Laundry and Start Loads Put away</div>
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<br /></div>
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Unload and Load Dishwasher, run</div>
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This is a rough idea of how I plan on tackling my home. It
is still a work in progress but I will be printing this out and putting it on
my fridge, and marking it off as I go. And then I will feel much better about
moving on to maintaining my home. </div>Janet Olsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04050113659801461258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2578024401267548580.post-1633001971364706492012-03-07T14:31:00.003-08:002012-03-07T14:31:27.068-08:00My three day Daniel fast<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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Well. The Daniel fast was a success for the three days my
body allowed me to partake in it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ever
since I had my surgery to remove my colon, I have felt much better than I have
in the 12 years prior with my Ulcerative Colitis.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That being a wonderful thing, I often forget
that I still have special dietary needs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Eating a diet primarily of vegetables is not one of those things that I
can do without much preparation and augmentation to the plan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is not saying I did not learn anything
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What I learned is that eating healthy is much easier than I
thought, and much tastier. I will have to figure out how to make this healthier
eating work best for me… certain balance of additional supplements etc. Eating
the way Daniel did may be something that is a bit extreme for daily eating all
year round, but cutting out the processed junk and eating more homemade, natural
foods is the way God intended us to eat.</div>
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When temptation came my way I turned to God… I prayed for
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I found that if I refocus, and avoid processed foods I am
spending less money.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have these urges
to go out and eat fast food far too often.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It is something I did not realize I did as often as I did… that may
sound a bit strange, but when we get into habits, well they are habits that we
do without thinking. I spent money on this food when I had perfectly good food
at home.</div>
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My three days of fasting taught me how to be more aware of
what is going on around me and inside me.</div>Janet Olsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04050113659801461258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2578024401267548580.post-33345096240677775062012-03-01T08:21:00.002-08:002012-03-01T08:21:12.700-08:00Daniel Fast<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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My weight loss journey has slightly derailed this week.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am fully aware of the choices I have made
that have caused it to do this, and sadly I have not felt guilty about those
bad choices.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I sat down and ate three of
those Cadbury Chocolate eggs that are only available this time of year.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I ordered that food that I normally wouldn’t
at our favorite restaurant, because we got our tax return.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I found a justification for every bad choice
that I made.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And I did not feel bad
about it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Granted, I occasionally looked
down at what I like to call my “jelly roll” and wished that it would be gone…
but I chose to do nothing about it for the past two weeks.</div>
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In discussing diet with a friend yesterday, she brought up
her struggle, and her solution: The <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Daniel
Fast</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In sharing her decision to
follow this fast she used the words “I prayed about it”. Wow, powerful words at
this moment in my life. Initially I nodded, and said that I might give it a
try.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My motivation was purely physical.
The word might was one that stuck in my head, followed by probably not.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then, this morning, as I went to make my
morning cup of coffee, I began to think about it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Okay… I need to go grocery shopping; I need
to PLAN what I am making this week… I need to make a change….” But do I really
want to be so restrictive? I was thinking only about the food…. Then I realized
that it is not only about the food.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Daniel chose to follow this food plan because the food presented to him
by the King was a distraction.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Hmmm…. What
else is a distraction? …. Wait, this is more than about the food.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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Light bulb moment… I realized that like Daniel, I need to
focus on God… He has been on the back burner in my life recently and I need to
move him to the front and turn up the heat…. I need this, not because I need to
lose weight (this will be a bonus), but because I need to refocus, remove an
area that has caused me great distraction of late, and focus on God.</div>
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It is not going to be easy … I love my food… but I also love
God.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>God can do amazing things, and if I
chose to focus on him, and avoid the distraction that food has become, I will
be taking a step in the right direction.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></div>
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My journey truely begins today, not only towards a trimmer me... but towards a more centered me. I need to put God back into the center of my life. And I start today. </div>
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Here are a few links related to the Daniel Fast (listed in
order of ones I found most helpful)</div>
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<a href="http://daniel-fast.com/about.html">http://daniel-fast.com/about.html</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.ultimatedanielfast.com/">http://www.ultimatedanielfast.com</a></div>
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<a href="http://diet.lovetoknow.com/wiki/Food_to_Eat_on_a_Daniel_Fast">http://diet.lovetoknow.com/wiki/Food_to_Eat_on_a_Daniel_Fast</a></div>
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<br /></div>Janet Olsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04050113659801461258noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2578024401267548580.post-20822377456248828642012-02-19T20:06:00.001-08:002012-02-19T21:12:33.434-08:00Changing Your Mindset<br />
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“If you continue to make excuses for why you are not doing
something you should be, you will never change.”</div>
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<br /></div>
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I want to make a change for the better. I no longer wish to live a life of stagnation
and frustration. As I write this I am beginning to realize that to move beyond
that life, it is not about changing things, it is about changing mindset.</div>
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<br /></div>
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When I started out this year, I set forth a few goals that I
wanted to attain; Weight loss and financial peace. I am taking part in things that help me to
reach these goals. This is good, but I
am beginning to realize that until I change my thought patterns I will never be
successful in either of those two things. In fact I will not be successful in
anything. </div>
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<br /></div>
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I have this thing for watching weight loss shows, “Biggest
Loser” and “Extreme Makeover: Weight Loss edition” are the two that I am in to
right now. As I was watching Extreme Makeover today, I heard one of the
participants say that unless you stop making excuses, nothing is going to
change… This was a man who at the beginning of his one year weight loss journey
weighed 650 pounds, and at the end of his journey had lost over 300
pounds. If this man, who could barely
walk down the street, could lose weight, then what is my excuse? No, having a toddler who takes up a lot of my
time is not good; I just chose to let that stop me from finding a way to exercise.
I am choosing to make bad decisions, and
making silly excuses to back up my bad decisions.</div>
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<br /></div>
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So… I may have a long to do list of areas I want to change
(finance, weight, household organization, etc) but if I change one thing… if I
change my mindset, it will make all of that easier. I am by no means saying that is will be
easy, but if I remove the barrier of mindset from the equation, I have
cleared one of the biggest hurdles that often gets peoples way. If I say that I can’t do it (when in fact I
am really choosing not to do it) then I am creating a false barrier… change the
mindset to ‘I can do it but am choosing not to’, it is a lot easier to change it
to ‘I can do it and I choose to do it.’</div>
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</div>Janet Olsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04050113659801461258noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2578024401267548580.post-55111993040063505092012-02-06T07:31:00.001-08:002012-02-06T07:31:29.741-08:00Fearless<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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I suffer from the fatal flaw of perfectionism.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I want everything to be in its place, from
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My goal for the year 2012 and the 34<sup>th</sup> year of my
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">New Years
Resoultions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is often a dread
phrase for many .I have never been one for 'New Years Resolutions.' It is my
firm belief that as a Christian, we need to address things on a daily basis,
and need to make changes as things arise.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It just so happens that two of those areas that my husband and I have
decided need to be addressed are timed perfectly for the new year. And I am
excited. I have also come up with a few areas that I personally need to address
and change. The end of this past year has been one of illness (both physical
and technological, my computer got a virus) and holiday<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>busy-ness. I have been away from my blog for
far to long.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">But alas I am back,
and I am commited to make a few changes in my life, which I will share with you
in the coming days.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But first, hop on
over to <a href="http://dwellinpossibilities.blogspot.com/%20" target="_blank">my dear friends sight </a>and
read what she has to Say about her word of the year, F.R.E.S.H.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is my new motto... I </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">The first change is
dealing with household finances.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This
has been an area of much distress for me most of my life, and when I got
married, the distress did not go away even though the financial stability was
there. I would flip out when it came to paying the bills, and thus had to
remove myself from the equation, so as not to ruin my marriage (again my
overdramatic description).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As time went
by, I came to a place where I was once again able to address finances with out
the major stress it caused previously.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That is when we discovered Financial Peace University.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We went through the class and it changed
things for the better, it was amazing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Unfortunetly due to a previous medical condition, we missed half the classes,
so, although we did benifit greatly from taking the class, we still have more
to learn.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our new church is offering the
class again, and we are going to take all the classes this time around.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">The second change is
dealing with our health.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Both my husband
I really could loose a few pounds.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Doing
it on our own has not really proved to be successful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Year ago I attended Weight Watchers and lost
20 lbs. Then I got pregnant (and you can't do weight watchers while pregnant)
and have not been able to do it since then.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>So, I know it works... and this time we are both able to do it at no
cost to us, as My husbands benefits at work cover it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is so exciting. (My new challange there
is to make sure my husband goes to meetings and has foods that he will eat that
fit into the plan. Please pray for me).</span></div>
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It has been a rather rough month with sickness in my household, but finally I am coming back from the world of he sick, and getting on track. I shall be sharing more How To's in the near future. In the mean time, enjoy my dear little Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer.Janet Olsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04050113659801461258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2578024401267548580.post-28341313846486291602011-11-24T10:47:00.001-08:002011-11-24T11:12:57.669-08:00Thanks Giving<br />
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This morning as I sit here, baking my pumpkin pie and
playing my favorite Christmas album, I am reminded of the one thing that should
overshadow anything else I should be thankful for. Jesus Christ! He is my savoir. He is the one
reason that I can wake up every morning, whether it is with cheery attitude, or
in the grumpy state of mind that has pervaded of late. Being sick as dragged me down, which makes
this morning’s Christmas music an even bigger deal. “When the God of glory who is full of mercy sent
His Son”….to save us; WOW- Me … this puny person with a stinky attitude
was blessed by God by sending his Son to sacrifice himself for ME. What greater gift. What greater thing do we have to be thankful
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A tradition I want to start, a part from the yummy food traditions
of turkey, stuffing, <a href="http://foodbyjanet.blogspot.com/2011/11/cabbage-roll-casserole.html" target="_blank">mom’s cabbage rolls</a> and pumpkin. That tradition will be something that will
remind us of who we are IN HIM. I want
everything I do, not only this holiday season but every day, to reflect HIS
glory. I want to instill that in my
child. He may only be almost 3, but it
what I teach him from day one that will matter.
I want him to understand the grace of God, and the love of God. Over at <a href="http://simplemom.net/an-easy-advent-calendar/" target="_blank">Simple Mom</a>, Tsh shared the homemade advent calendar that she is making for her
children. I intend on taking that and
making it my own, as we move from Thanksgiving to Christmas, those cards will
have blessing that God has given us, and blessing that we can give to others.
As the years go bye, things will grow on that list, and I am so looking forward
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I pray for each and every one of you who read this to
remember what God has done for you. It
will be different for each of us beyond his saving grace. But record those
things, if only for you to pull out on the grumpy days, to remember the amazing
Gift that God is to all of us.</div>
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of yarn<br />
from a project, you know what I mean, that little ball that just sits
there staring at you? We all have them, and always wonder, what can I do, how
can I make one cohesive project out of all these scraps? Hanger covers, yes, I
said it crocheted hanger covers.<br />
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This idea came out of not only the desire to use up the scraps
of yarn, but also to keep my clothes from falling off of hangers. I decided to search the world wide web for
some patterns, and found most of them to use more yarn than I had for the
project, or were just plain unattractive.
This led me to develop a simple yet practical pattern that follows.</div>
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Here is a list of what you will need:</div>
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Measuring Tape</div>
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Crochet Hook</div>
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Scraps of yarn (or the ball you bought and can’t figure out
what to do with.)</div>
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Scissors</div>
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Blunt Needle</div>
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Stitch markers</div>
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Measure the hanger and jot down length on a piece of
paper. Jotting it down and keeping it in
a place with other similar info will allow you to make more for this without
having to continually measure the hanger every time (especially if you are like
me and retain that into for only as long as it takes to measure the hanger).</div>
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Begin by making a chain in approximately the length you
jotted down, applying a little tension when measuring against the measuring
tape. Leave a tail the same length, in this case 27 inches (this will be used
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Double crochet in third chain from hook and in each chain
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When you have reached the end, chain two, and then slip
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the other side of the chain until the end.<br />
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to the first two chains created at beginning.<br />
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Take the yarn and wrap it around the hanger and use the
stitch markers to hold it in place: (you
may have either side of the pattern facing out, I am sure that I never do it
the same twice.)<br />
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Once you have attached
the piece to the hanger, thread the blunt needle, and then begin to stitch
together the two ends and then work your
way around the hanger.<br />
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And there you have a practical hanger cover that will help you cloths stay on the hanger. The example was using a child hanger, but it can be done with any size hanger, with left over yarn scraps, or a consistent color if you want to give them as a gift.</div>
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In a valley so golden, ringing with laughter<br />
The memories created here are sweet as nectar<br />
Bringing a tear of joy for times long past<br />
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I was thumbing through a stack of old college papers that I had written, looking for inspiration, and came across this poem I wrote for one of my literature classes.<br />
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It is a 'song' of childhood. And a reminder of youth. It makes me smile to recall the memories of 'spirit place' where friends and I whiled away the hours imaging different scenarios taking place in our little cottage, and in the golden valley. Maybe it was just a small play house and back yard, but to us it was anything we wanted it to be. This one is for you Christie and Heidi.Janet Olsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04050113659801461258noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2578024401267548580.post-47278990757043946312011-11-12T14:37:00.001-08:002011-11-12T14:38:05.675-08:00Stepping out In to the Open<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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I am entering a new phase of blogging; one that I approach
with much awe and a little trepidation. My readership has been mainly family
and close friends.My desire is to step out into the open, wrangle in a larger readership.</div>
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This requires a few things of me. Focus… oh boy, there is
that word that always gets me… I sit in my kitchen as I type this, attempting
to avoid glancing up to my kitchen counters where the last day and half worth
of dishes sit pilled high, along with the cereal box my husband got out and did
not put away, and the oat meal container I emptied into a more cupboard
friendly container; and my focus is almost lost… I must rein it in.<span> </span></div>
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Okay… where was I, oh yes, along with focus come structure;
another area that I have a difficult time with.<span>
</span>I must create a structure not only with which to work in, but for my
blog.<span> </span>I take a deep breath, okay, that
is a big task for me… creating my own structure.</div>
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Then I must write, for I am a writer.<span> </span>What do I write about? That is the question.
One suggestion is that my blog be DIY.<span>
</span>But is that too limiting? Should I attempt to broaden my horizons a
little? Or if I broaden my horizons, is that making it too big a task?<span> </span>All these things come to mind. I sit in a
pool of too many ideas, and not enough definition.</div>
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Let’s find definition in my pool, let’s pick up the few
things that have defined my life recently.<span>
</span>I am a mom. I am the caretaker of my home, the one who needs to keep it
in order.<span> </span>I love to crochet, and attempt
to create things for my home using this art form, or craft as many call
it.<span> </span>I am learning how to make products
that first are less expensive, and second less caustic to the environment. I
love food and am looking to eat healthier. These are the few things that I want
to write about.<span> </span></div>
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As I sit here I am thinking of a few projects that I have
done recently, and really have very few projects to share. So, if it is DIY shouldn’t
it be more than just the few things I have done, and if it is DIY does that
mean I can’t just write an article sharing my thoughts on a scripture, or say
an author I love. Oh this task is making my head spin.</div>
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So, to my friends and family members who do read my blog
currently… I need suggestions on what to focus on.<span> </span>Yes I want in part to share my projects in a ‘DIY’
format, so this will definitely be a part of things. I am looking for what to
share beyond that. What do you want from me?</div>Janet Olsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04050113659801461258noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2578024401267548580.post-62174424136629095022011-11-03T14:40:00.000-07:002011-11-03T14:40:49.512-07:00EZ Orchard's<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Janet Olsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04050113659801461258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2578024401267548580.post-17972232003404349332011-10-13T11:47:00.001-07:002011-10-13T11:47:41.268-07:00Living Beyond Your Emotions<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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I have mentioned in the past how it is amazing how God
speaks to me with the same message from various different areas in my
life.<span> </span>And even some times the messages
he is telling may initially seem different, but when you add them all up they
are very much the same.</div>
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The message that God was giving me, which I am still piecing
together, is a combination of two things.<span>
</span>1. Friendships are important, especially to mom’s of toddlers who stay
home. 2. Emotions do not necessarily need to be your guide.</div>
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God used two things to show me that Friendships were
important, one was MOPS and the other was Women of Faith.<span> </span>The same week both events spoke on the
importance of Friendships, and in the same exact context… being a mom of a
toddler can be isolating. Wow… I thought… I need to reconnect.<span> </span>The past several weeks, when at events with
other adults, I was reverting back to the college girl who stood in the corn
feeling awkward and unable to connect with others… ending up in tears.<span> </span>It was unsettling.<span> </span>I thought that I had moved past this era of
my life… it was scary too.<span> </span>I did not
want to have to start all over working back to a place I had already been,
where I was not too long ago. </div>
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I was becoming this emotional wreck.<span> </span>I have always been lead by my emotions.<span> </span>But God was starting to say no more.<span> </span>He was saying that I needed to live beyond my
emotions.<span> </span>At the Conference I was
somewhat shocked by my lack of emotion.<span>
</span>Generally when I go to spiritual gatherings I am overwhelmed with emotion
in regards to something that is being spoken about.<span> </span>When the topic is relevant to my situation,
my emotions step in and I have this ‘<span>epiphany’
</span>that is based on my emotional response… NO MORE… God said no more.</div>
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After the conference (that same day in fact) I was talking
with my husband, and he asked a typical guy question “can’t you separate emotion
from what is being said?”<span> </span>I was mad… I
wished that he could understand that that was not possible… or was it? </div>
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So… what does this mean, I ask myself?<span> </span>It means that I can make a change based on
what I learned from the speakers at the conference, regardless on whether I had
an emotional <span>epiphany</span>. And that
means that with work, and prayer I am going to work on living beyond my
emotion.</div>
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I am not sure what this means yet… but with work and prayer,
God will teach me… With friends help… God will guide me, NOT MY EMOTION.</div>
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<br /></div>Janet Olsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04050113659801461258noreply@blogger.com0