With the new version of the FlyLady website going live, the link to our Chatroom Rules has been temporarily disconnected. I'm posting them here for now, especially so we can share them with our new chat friends.
FLYLADY CHATROOM RULES:
Welcome to our chat! We are so happy you have decided to FLY (Finally Love Yourself) with us. This room is full of the most loving and dedicated FlyBabies from all around the world. Of course, we are all still learning and growing in our journey. We are here for motivation, inspiration, sharing and fun games to keep us focused and productive. This is a "working" room - Remember, you can do anything for 15 minutes!
This is a private chat paid for by FlyLady and located on her personal servers. The Moderators' names are at the top of the User list, in red. They are mostly volunteers, and have been chosen for their efforts in caring for the chatters. They spend many of their own hours in chat and behind the scenes to help make chatting here a safe and pleasant experience for all. Please respect them and appreciate the work they do for you.
We have two main rules in our chat:
1. Respect for each other, including moderators. If you need a specific definition of what is respectful please email nikki@flylady.net
2. No Whining. Venting is acceptable. Venting is done with a solution in mind and keeps us from exploding. However, please set a five minute timer and be prepared to seek a solution within that time limit.
This chat is intended primarily for adult FlyBabies. Anyone under 18 wanting to chat MUST list their age in their signon, e.g. "Susie(12yo)", and anyone under 15 MUST have a parent or guardian signed on with them and watching at all times. Chatters under 18 must keep their conversations in the public Chatroom - no private chatting except with a Moderator. Adult chatters are requested to watch out for our younger FlyBabies, and to conduct their language and topics accordingly when minors are present.
When chatting here, please try to observe some common courtesy:
1. Enter the room pleasantly. "Hello" works well as a greeting for the room. "UGH" does not.
2. Do your best to greet other chatters as they enter, and to cheer them on as they list their accomplishments.
3. Try to keep your comments positive - we are all trying to battle "stinkin thinkin" every day. ( see "No Whining", above )
4. No controversial topics, including politics and religious discussions. (It is perfectly acceptable to mention your religion or to ask for prayers, if done in a respectful way.)
5. Once you choose a nickname, please do not change it substantially without letting other chatters know it's "you".
6. Please do not just dump your personal problems on the other chatters. While we all want to be supportive, this room should not be used as a substitute for professional therapy, medical, or legal counseling.
7. If you have a product or service that you sell, please limit your sales pitch.
8. If posting any links, please keep them family-rated since minor chatters could be on with their parent at any time.
9. For your safety, do not give out personal information (e-mail, phone number, etc.) in main chat. If you trust another chatter enough to share, please do so in Private Message only.
10. Unknown idlers (i.e. users signed in but not "speaking") are not allowed in this chat and may be logged off at the Moderators' discretion.
11. You do not ever have to answer a Private Message, unless it is from a Moderator. Ignoring a Moderator is considered disrespectful and can result in disciplinary action.
The Moderating Team reserves the right to temporarily "kick" or permanently "ban" any chatter for any reason deemed necessary. If you wish to discuss a Moderator's decision or any other chat issue, please send an email to nikki@flylady.net
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
Sunday, April 10, 2011
Oh for heaven's sake...
Has it really been THIS long since I've posted here??? Guess I need to get busy and update! :D New Post Coming Soon.
Sunday, October 31, 2010
Friday, September 24, 2010
Chaos all over the place.
So far, I've posted pics of the living and dining room construction... but nothing about the effect this little project has had on the rest of the house. Literally, the only rooms that have not been affected are the three bathrooms and our upstairs master bedroom.
The dining room chairs and assorted small living room furniture are up in the "greatroom" part of the second floor. Breakfast room chairs and table are in the basement, along with the diningroom chandelier and lord-knows-what-else. And, on our main living floor:
Most of the dining room furniture is now in the breakfast room.....
as are the contents of the china cabinet and secretary desk.
The dining room chairs and assorted small living room furniture are up in the "greatroom" part of the second floor. Breakfast room chairs and table are in the basement, along with the diningroom chandelier and lord-knows-what-else. And, on our main living floor:
Most of the dining room furniture is now in the breakfast room.....
as are the contents of the china cabinet and secretary desk.
The piano is in the hall, serving as a "catch-all" hotspot.
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Pictures and other assorted stuff are living on the guestroom bed.
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Annnnnnnnd the living room sofa is now tucked behind the TV room sofa, making the room nice and.... Cozy.
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Yeah, cozy. that's it.
(Is it any wonder that I'm just a WEE BIT CRANKY lately?)
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But painting is DONE... Pics of that next... and all that's left is getting the floors refinished.
Sunday, August 29, 2010
Progress!
When we finished the upstairs renovation, I sure thought we were done with "house guts"!
But NOOOOOO - so here's the living room, minus ceiling...
The rafters were so out-of-level that the low point in the ceiling was over three inches different from the highest point. Plaster can make up for the difference, but not so with drywall.
So, rather than having 2x4's added to every beam, Nathan The Supercontractor suggested this metal framework. Using a really cool laser level, Enrique and his drywall team had it installed in both rooms and drywall HUNG in less than two days. WAHOO!
The "Scene of the Crime"... showing the spot where the plaster originally fell.
(That yellow scaffold, by the way, was about the best tool investment we have EVER made.)
Dining room, with drywall hung but not yet mudded... Using another tricky little gadget, Enrique and crew were able to save the wallpaper! They installed a "zip strip" which they mudded into the ceiling seam. when the mud was dry and sanded, part of the strip zips off, leaving a clean joint which Tom then sealed with a clear caulk.
The wallpaper isn't "scrubbable", so we resorted to an old renovator trick - white bread. Take the crusts off, and wad a slice or two into a bread ball. It acts like an art-gum eraser, taking smudges off like magic. A quick vacuum to get any crumbs, and VOILA!
"Scene of the Crime" again, this time with drywall and mud completed!
Tom asked Enrique if his team could fix two or three cracks in the plaster walls - and they responded by going Above and Beyond the call. They went over the walls with a fine-toothed comb, and mudded every little imperfection and pock-mark in the plaster that they could find!
We probably should have mentioned to them that we like the "character" of old plaster... OH WELL! There are still plenty of little flaws left to make our hearts happy. *grins*
Living room fireplace. This is going to be SO much fun to re-paint... ummm... NOT.
Another living room shot... complete with drywall-crusted tarps on the floor. My job was to take those out and hose 'em down when we were done with this phase!
AHHHHHHHHH!!!! PAINT!
(ain't he CUTE...)(*grinning*)
We went around the whole dining room first, taping clear plastic to the walls to save that wallpaper.
At the time I'm posting this, we have finished the dining room painting completely except for a little scraping on the windows. We've sanded the living room woodwork, spackled and filled in with wood filler where necessary, and Tom has finished painting the ceiling in there.
This very moment, he's out there painting trim - and I'd better go join him!! ( POOF! I'm gone!)
But NOOOOOO - so here's the living room, minus ceiling...
The rafters were so out-of-level that the low point in the ceiling was over three inches different from the highest point. Plaster can make up for the difference, but not so with drywall.
So, rather than having 2x4's added to every beam, Nathan The Supercontractor suggested this metal framework. Using a really cool laser level, Enrique and his drywall team had it installed in both rooms and drywall HUNG in less than two days. WAHOO!
The "Scene of the Crime"... showing the spot where the plaster originally fell.
(That yellow scaffold, by the way, was about the best tool investment we have EVER made.)
Dining room, with drywall hung but not yet mudded... Using another tricky little gadget, Enrique and crew were able to save the wallpaper! They installed a "zip strip" which they mudded into the ceiling seam. when the mud was dry and sanded, part of the strip zips off, leaving a clean joint which Tom then sealed with a clear caulk.The wallpaper isn't "scrubbable", so we resorted to an old renovator trick - white bread. Take the crusts off, and wad a slice or two into a bread ball. It acts like an art-gum eraser, taking smudges off like magic. A quick vacuum to get any crumbs, and VOILA!
"Scene of the Crime" again, this time with drywall and mud completed!
Tom asked Enrique if his team could fix two or three cracks in the plaster walls - and they responded by going Above and Beyond the call. They went over the walls with a fine-toothed comb, and mudded every little imperfection and pock-mark in the plaster that they could find!
We probably should have mentioned to them that we like the "character" of old plaster... OH WELL! There are still plenty of little flaws left to make our hearts happy. *grins*
Living room fireplace. This is going to be SO much fun to re-paint... ummm... NOT.
Another living room shot... complete with drywall-crusted tarps on the floor. My job was to take those out and hose 'em down when we were done with this phase!
AHHHHHHHHH!!!! PAINT!
(ain't he CUTE...)(*grinning*)
We went around the whole dining room first, taping clear plastic to the walls to save that wallpaper.
At the time I'm posting this, we have finished the dining room painting completely except for a little scraping on the windows. We've sanded the living room woodwork, spackled and filled in with wood filler where necessary, and Tom has finished painting the ceiling in there.
This very moment, he's out there painting trim - and I'd better go join him!! ( POOF! I'm gone!)
Sunday, August 1, 2010
News from the Construction Zone...
Hardhat work is DONE WITH!! Both ceilings have been cut into chunks, loaded into a truck, taken to the dump and are GONE. Underneath this dust mask, my jaw is hanging open in amazement at the hard work my sweet husband can do. (I only helped with the Living Room - he handled the Dining Room all by his ownself!)
One more little cleanup session for me tomorrow, and it's in the contractors' hands.
WOOOO HOOOOOO!
Sunday, July 11, 2010
Ceiling, meet Floor
All right... here's what woke us up at 2:30am Saturday... the sound of 500-600 pounds of 90-year-old plaster, hitting the living room floor...
That's about an 8 x 10 foot hole in the ceiling... luckily, no one was hurt, and the only real casualty was Nana and Grandpa's chair - possibly fixable.
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Tom and I are sick about it of course, but SO grateful WHERE it fell ( the most open point in the room, causing the least damage possible) and, even more importantly, WHEN it fell - at a time when nobody was standing under it.
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We think it came down due to the years of construction that have been going on upstairs - all the pounding, nailing, etc... just loosening the plaster from the joists. And now? Well... we can't trust the rest of it - or the ceiling in the adjoining dining room either. Soooooo... Looks like we're back into Demolition/ Renovation Mode, tearing out the rest of both ceilings, *sigh*. But I'm painting flowers on my hardhat, and trying to fly thru this round with something like a smile. :)
That's about an 8 x 10 foot hole in the ceiling... luckily, no one was hurt, and the only real casualty was Nana and Grandpa's chair - possibly fixable..
Tom and I are sick about it of course, but SO grateful WHERE it fell ( the most open point in the room, causing the least damage possible) and, even more importantly, WHEN it fell - at a time when nobody was standing under it.
.
We think it came down due to the years of construction that have been going on upstairs - all the pounding, nailing, etc... just loosening the plaster from the joists. And now? Well... we can't trust the rest of it - or the ceiling in the adjoining dining room either. Soooooo... Looks like we're back into Demolition/ Renovation Mode, tearing out the rest of both ceilings, *sigh*. But I'm painting flowers on my hardhat, and trying to fly thru this round with something like a smile. :)
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