Comments on: A Long and Accomplished Day for the Non-Consumer Advocate http://thenonconsumeradvocate.com/2010/03/a-long-and-accomplished-day-for-the-non-consumer-advocate/ Use it up, wear it out, make it do or do without Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:09:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Katy http://thenonconsumeradvocate.com/2010/03/a-long-and-accomplished-day-for-the-non-consumer-advocate/comment-page-1/#comment-10720 Katy Sun, 07 Mar 2010 18:30:58 +0000 http://thenonconsumeradvocate.com/?p=5800#comment-10720 Don't forget the rooms at my house! Katy Don’t forget the rooms at my house!

Katy

]]> By: magdalena http://thenonconsumeradvocate.com/2010/03/a-long-and-accomplished-day-for-the-non-consumer-advocate/comment-page-1/#comment-10719 magdalena Sun, 07 Mar 2010 18:28:14 +0000 http://thenonconsumeradvocate.com/?p=5800#comment-10719 Gleaning is a perk of cleaning someone else's space. I had a spring cleaning binge, started with washing windows in the baby's room because we took down the sheer curtains to wash them before hanging the new dark curtains I'm sewing. So that led to cleaning the floor, washing the mirrors, cleaning out the closet, and sweeping under the dresser. And the clean closet meant that an old crib, a baby mobile, a play mat and a fan got moved to the lumber room over the kitchen. The outgrown clothes got bagged and set aside for the rummage sale next month. One room down, twelve to go! Gleaning is a perk of cleaning someone else’s space. I had a spring cleaning binge, started with washing windows in the baby’s room because we took down the sheer curtains to wash them before hanging the new dark curtains I’m sewing. So that led to cleaning the floor, washing the mirrors, cleaning out the closet, and sweeping under the dresser. And the clean closet meant that an old crib, a baby mobile, a play mat and a fan got moved to the lumber room over the kitchen. The outgrown clothes got bagged and set aside for the rummage sale next month.

One room down, twelve to go!

]]> By: tammy http://thenonconsumeradvocate.com/2010/03/a-long-and-accomplished-day-for-the-non-consumer-advocate/comment-page-1/#comment-10714 tammy Sun, 07 Mar 2010 15:47:44 +0000 http://thenonconsumeradvocate.com/?p=5800#comment-10714 Ah Katy! When I read you were de-cluttering a basement I thought, "Hmmm, I wonder if Katy will gleen any treasures!" Glad to hear about the bookends! Ah Katy! When I read you were de-cluttering a basement I thought, “Hmmm, I wonder if Katy will gleen any treasures!”
Glad to hear about the bookends!

]]> By: Sense of Home http://thenonconsumeradvocate.com/2010/03/a-long-and-accomplished-day-for-the-non-consumer-advocate/comment-page-1/#comment-10713 Sense of Home Sun, 07 Mar 2010 14:24:42 +0000 http://thenonconsumeradvocate.com/?p=5800#comment-10713 Emily I have used that "cat on my lap rule" many times. -Brenda Emily
I have used that “cat on my lap rule” many times.

-Brenda

]]> By: Karen http://thenonconsumeradvocate.com/2010/03/a-long-and-accomplished-day-for-the-non-consumer-advocate/comment-page-1/#comment-10698 Karen Sun, 07 Mar 2010 02:52:29 +0000 http://thenonconsumeradvocate.com/?p=5800#comment-10698 Katy, I think it was very sweet of you to help clean out someone else's basement! I don't even like to be in ours, let alone go through someone elses's stuff. It must be spring in the air, because today we attacked our bedroom and it's about half done. Who knows when the clutter got cleared out last, or when the room got dusted! But after de-cluttering the floor, cleaning the windows and washing the curtains, it's beginning to feel like a new room...and I hope this inspires us to keep decluttering. Goodwill will be happy with some cool stuff to sell, and the library's used book sale area will too. Katy, I think it was very sweet of you to help clean out someone else’s basement! I don’t even like to be in ours, let alone go through someone elses’s stuff.

It must be spring in the air, because today we attacked our bedroom and it’s about half done. Who knows when the clutter got cleared out last, or when the room got dusted! But after de-cluttering the floor, cleaning the windows and washing the curtains, it’s beginning to feel like a new room…and I hope this inspires us to keep decluttering. Goodwill will be happy with some cool stuff to sell, and the library’s used book sale area will too.

]]> By: Lisa http://thenonconsumeradvocate.com/2010/03/a-long-and-accomplished-day-for-the-non-consumer-advocate/comment-page-1/#comment-10687 Lisa Sat, 06 Mar 2010 20:43:12 +0000 http://thenonconsumeradvocate.com/?p=5800#comment-10687 Katy- We just had a 4 day stretch of volunteer work, so I understand what you mean. By Friday, the best I could do was make a valiant effort at cooking and housework before collapsing on the bed....for just a short nap. (It ended up lasting nearly 4 hours!) I've been lingering on my morning routine this weekend because I was rushed through it all week. Next week we'll be volunteering again unless it comes to the point that the work is caught up. Hey, I can always HOPE! Katy- We just had a 4 day stretch of volunteer work, so I understand what you mean. By Friday, the best I could do was make a valiant effort at cooking and housework before collapsing on the bed….for just a short nap. (It ended up lasting nearly 4 hours!) I’ve been lingering on my morning routine this weekend because I was rushed through it all week. Next week we’ll be volunteering again unless it comes to the point that the work is caught up. Hey, I can always HOPE!

]]> By: Katy http://thenonconsumeradvocate.com/2010/03/a-long-and-accomplished-day-for-the-non-consumer-advocate/comment-page-1/#comment-10685 Katy Sat, 06 Mar 2010 19:55:29 +0000 http://thenonconsumeradvocate.com/?p=5800#comment-10685 The hoodie did turn out super cute. We had looked for a white hoodie at Goodwill without success, and I ended up actually going to the mall to find a light grey one at Old Navy, which exactly used up a gift card that someone had given my husband. The polar fleece I already had, so there was no money spent. I consider using up gift cards to be a Compact exception. Katy Wolk-Stanley The Non-Consumer Advocate The hoodie did turn out super cute. We had looked for a white hoodie at Goodwill without success, and I ended up actually going to the mall to find a light grey one at Old Navy, which exactly used up a gift card that someone had given my husband. The polar fleece I already had, so there was no money spent.

I consider using up gift cards to be a Compact exception.

Katy Wolk-Stanley
The Non-Consumer Advocate

]]> By: Katy http://thenonconsumeradvocate.com/2010/03/a-long-and-accomplished-day-for-the-non-consumer-advocate/comment-page-1/#comment-10684 Katy Sat, 06 Mar 2010 19:51:59 +0000 http://thenonconsumeradvocate.com/?p=5800#comment-10684 Emily, We have a rule that trumps that one, which is "if you just worked a 12-hour shift, then you neither have to cook nor clean." Why is why I do a lot more cooking and cleaning than my husband. Katy Wolk-Stanley The Non-Consumer Advocate Emily,

We have a rule that trumps that one, which is “if you just worked a 12-hour shift, then you neither have to cook nor clean.”

Why is why I do a lot more cooking and cleaning than my husband.

Katy Wolk-Stanley
The Non-Consumer Advocate

]]> By: Angela http://thenonconsumeradvocate.com/2010/03/a-long-and-accomplished-day-for-the-non-consumer-advocate/comment-page-1/#comment-10679 Angela Sat, 06 Mar 2010 18:37:10 +0000 http://thenonconsumeradvocate.com/?p=5800#comment-10679 I love the polar fleece panda hoodie! I love the polar fleece panda hoodie!

]]> By: Emily http://thenonconsumeradvocate.com/2010/03/a-long-and-accomplished-day-for-the-non-consumer-advocate/comment-page-1/#comment-10677 Emily Sat, 06 Mar 2010 18:12:18 +0000 http://thenonconsumeradvocate.com/?p=5800#comment-10677 Do you not know the rule that if you cook, you don't have to clean up? It is even more important than the "if you have a cat on your lap you can ask someone to fetch you things" rule! Do you not know the rule that if you cook, you don’t have to clean up? It is even more important than the “if you have a cat on your lap you can ask someone to fetch you things” rule!

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