Being pushed around
@GardenGerty (160663)
United States
December 8, 2015 8:08pm CST
I have not worked very hard at settling in and making my furnishings fit this very different space but the deadline is here. I have to have beds and rooms ready and a cookable kitchen.
I have brought more furnishings in from the shed and situated a table for @finlander60 and I to eat. No separate dining room here. I even have a folding table here and set up with a Christmas cloth for the grandkids to eat at.
I pushed an overstuffed chair from the office to the living room, and I pushed filing cabinets from the same living room to the office/dining space.
In between, I downloaded the Chrome browser. I think it is going better for me than the Firefox was.
I got the box springs into the front bedroom, and the mattress will follow soon .
We had a good evening meal and will probably go to bed a little earlier than usual.
I will be checking in but not here quite as much as usual from now until around Christmas.
So, do not be pushed around, but enjoy preparing for the season.
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@GardenGerty (160663)
• United States
9 Dec 15
My answer to the doctor suggesting I lift weights.
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@paigea (36317)
• Canada
10 Dec 15
@GardenGerty If done properly it's even better exercise! And makes one feel productive.
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@GardenGerty (160663)
• United States
10 Dec 15
@paigea It is purposeful and I should do it often.
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@Namelesss (3365)
• United States
9 Dec 15
Where'd you get all that energy? Pass some this way. Sounds like you'll be ready for the holidays in no time.
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@GardenGerty (160663)
• United States
9 Dec 15
The energy comes and goes. I was walking daily before Thanksgiving and I noticed that helped.
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@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
10 Dec 15
@GardenGerty that helped me too and while I was wallking I slept better at night tool and it actually helped m y arthritisi on my right knee which surprised me latel the mornings have been too cold b ut I will get back to walking.
@BelleStarr (61102)
• United States
9 Dec 15
It sounds like you are making good progress. Enjoy your holidays.
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@GardenGerty (160663)
• United States
9 Dec 15
I really feel good about some of the placements I am coming up with.it feels homey.
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@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
10 Dec 15
@GardenGerty thats all that counts making it youir home for you.
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@GardenGerty (160663)
• United States
9 Dec 15
Nope, they will be here the 13 th. Gone long before Christmas. Having Christmas with my daughter in law and son on 14th.
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@GardenGerty (160663)
• United States
10 Dec 15
@Juliaacv My daughter in law was going to go all out, but has hurt her back. My kids and their kids still need to sleep and have a few meals here. We are talking four kids nine and under. I went and took care of them for a week in June. We are lucky if we see each other that often.
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@Juliaacv (51193)
• Canada
9 Dec 15
@GardenGerty Our son, his girlfriend and their dog are arriving here this Saturday. We have our in-law's family Christmas party on Saturday, and since the kids live about an hour away, they will spend the night here. I just got finished cleaning the spare room so that they can sleep in there. We go to their place on Christmas day, it is so nice to be pampered over!
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
9 Dec 15
chrome takes some tweaking but I like it MUCH better than the other options
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@GardenGerty (160663)
• United States
10 Dec 15
I did not like it and it did not fix my script problem. I think I am just too impatient at this time to get used to it.
@GardenGerty (160663)
• United States
10 Dec 15
@Hatley Chrome is actually causing me some problems. I need to remove it and IE which my hubby needs. I will put IE on his computer because I am tired of him messing with mine.
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@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
10 Dec 15
@GardenGerty i found firefox in the latest is m uch better and I h ave chrome too. but I use fire fox the most.
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@GardenGerty (160663)
• United States
9 Dec 15
There are some places here that will need deep cleaning when all the cutting up of walls is done.
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@JudyEv (339930)
• Rockingham, Australia
9 Dec 15
@GardenGerty Doing renovations can create a real mess. The fine particles seem to get into the farthest corners.
@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
9 Dec 15
well I haven't gotten near enough done for my move either. but guess I just have let it be how it will be. not a lot of choice
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@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
10 Dec 15
hi@bunnybon7 I do hope you get some help on that mo ving it worries me for your sake.If I lived close I would come help too. hugs.
@Shellyann36 (11384)
• United States
10 Dec 15
You are one busy woman. I always hated the moving and unpacking and trying to restructure everything. I am sure you will get it all done very soon!
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@GardenGerty (160663)
• United States
10 Dec 15
I have not done this for thirty years, and I had lots of stuff at my house that people left with me. It is a process but it keeps me busy.
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@Shellyann36 (11384)
• United States
16 Dec 15
@GardenGerty For some reason people like to leave things at our house as well. My friend Kim has left a complete room full of stuff at my house twice and left them here for months, years. My older kids still have stuff here.(That is not too hard to believe.) Even one of their ex-girlfriends has a big box of clothes in the attic that she never took back home with her. I don't understand how people can just leave their belongings. I guess they always feel that their items are safe with me.
@allknowing (136401)
• India
9 Dec 15
That is living - getting things organised that is. I had improvised too. I had placed the radio - a first christmas gift for my beloved - on the crate that the radio had come in. I did it up with a nice table cloth.
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@GardenGerty (160663)
• United States
9 Dec 15
I love how festive nice table cloths make a space feel.
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@GardenGerty (160663)
• United States
9 Dec 15
We went there in June this year. It is a long trip. I have tons more to get done before Sunday night, but I am glad to do it.
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@simone10 (54187)
• Louisville, Kentucky
13 Dec 15
@GardenGerty Fortunately for us, it's only a two hour trip.
@softbabe44 (5816)
• Vancouver, Washington
10 Dec 15
Oh you have a lot of work to do and your still doing.
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@GardenGerty (160663)
• United States
10 Dec 15
I have had people tell me that I am always in transition--but I am never bored.
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@Marilynda1225 (82798)
• United States
13 Dec 15
Have a wonderful time with your company. It sounds like you're getting organized
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@poehere (15123)
• French Polynesia
9 Dec 15
Did you know this. When my grand daughter wanted to rearrange her room and it was limited space she went on line to a free room designer. She entered the size of each piece of furniture and then was able to arrange it like this on a floor plan. Sure saved a lot of time moving it around from one place to another. Might like to try this one to make sure you have the design you like.
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@GardenGerty (160663)
• United States
10 Dec 15
I have seen sites like that and also have done it with graph paper and cut outs, took some classes long ago. My spaces are very strange due to it having been a duplex. It would be fun to goof around on the site, though.
@poehere (15123)
• French Polynesia
10 Dec 15
@GardenGerty Have fun and good luck. Hope you can get all this done and be happy with your arrangement. I'll be gone for awhile I need to go to the Marquesas for work and not sure when I'll be back again. Happy holiday and enjoy your new home.
@Mike197602 (15505)
• United Kingdom
9 Dec 15
when i eventually get my own house again im just going to buy a bunch of blow up furniture.
a camping stove and plastic utensils.
living out of suitcases for nearly 9 years has given me a healthy disregard for earthly posessions.
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@GardenGerty (160663)
• United States
9 Dec 15
My possessions came with me in a very disorganized manner. I would hate living out of suitcases for that length of time.
