What I Accomplished on New Year's Day
@Kouponkaren (5487)
United States
January 1, 2022 5:04pm CST
To start with let me say it doesn't feel like I accomplished much. But when I actually write it down, it's better than I thought:
1) Made scones for breakfast
2) Updated all of my eBay items with new prices
3) Made sandwiches for lunch
4) Stripped the bed and remade it with clean sheets
5) Washed and dried 1 load of wash which included the sheets
6) Spent some time on myLot
7) Took a bath
8) Took the dog for a walk
And in a few minutes, I am going in to make pasta and sauce for dinner. Later tonight I will pop back on here and see what everyone is up to on this first day of the new year.
Have you accomplished anything important today?
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@Juliaacv (48447)
• Canada
1 Jan 22
I feel like I spend the majority of my day doing laundry.
I did 2 extra large loads in an attempt to get everything done.
As a result the dryer was running for part of the morning and the entire afternoon.
I also baked a double batch of cookies for my hubby, read a bit, mylotted, and prepared a nice supper.
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@Kouponkaren (5487)
• United States
1 Jan 22
@Juliaacv Wow you accomplished a lot today. Good for you.
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@Juliaacv (48447)
• Canada
1 Jan 22
@Kouponkaren I will sleep good tonight, I am sure that you will also.
@JimBo452020 (42629)
• United Kingdom
1 Jan 22
I managed to walk home from the Hogmany party.
If you saw how much I smoked and drank you would agree it was impressive managing to stay upright and move in a forward direction
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@RasmaSandra (73444)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
2 Jan 22
@JimBo452020 you must have been on automatic pilot heading for home
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@JimBo452020 (42629)
• United Kingdom
1 Jan 22
@Kouponkaren
I spelled it wrong
Hogmanay
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@JimBo452020 (42629)
• United Kingdom
2 Jan 22
@RasmaSandra it was only about 50 yards home lol
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@GardenGerty (157555)
• United States
2 Jan 22
Due to weather related aches and pains I have had two naps today. I fed hubby well for noon and evening meals. I did write a Textbroker article. I also washed the never ending dishes.
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@Kouponkaren (5487)
• United States
2 Jan 22
@GardenGerty You write for Textbroker? I used to but then I stopped, and they closed my account. I am still thinking about trying to sign up again. I don't know if they will take me back though. I may give it a try.
@xFiacre (12599)
• Ireland
1 Jan 22
@kouponkaren I do like freshly laundered sheets dried on the line outside in the garden beside the rosemary and lavender bushes and close the the pine trees. I also like them starchy and cold. I’m still tidying up after Christmas.
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@Kouponkaren (5487)
• United States
1 Jan 22
@xFiacre I like the smell of freshly laundered sheets but when they dry outside on the line they can sometimes get bugs on them. That freaks me out a bit.
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@Ronrybs (17849)
• London, England
3 Jan 22
@Kouponkaren In my mine I cut the amount of sugar in half. I think it makes the pie taste more 'pumpkinny' and is kinder to the old teeth!
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@Kouponkaren (5487)
• United States
3 Jan 22
@Ronrybs Mmm, that sounds good. I forgot I was going to make a pumpkin pie over the holidays. I made an apple pie. I still have ingredients to make a pumpkin pie, but now that I am starting this new diet tomorrow, I think I am going to have to save the ingredients and make it after the diet challenge is done.
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@Kouponkaren (5487)
• United States
3 Jan 22
@Ronrybs Hey, that sounds like a very good idea. I like that "pumkinny" tatse. Cool word by the way!
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@Kouponkaren (5487)
• United States
2 Jan 22
@CarolDM It seems like a lot of us did laundry today. I guess it's part of the motivation of a new year to get things cleaned up. I am so sick of the rain. We just got an emergency siren on my husband's phone about another tornado watch tonight. Ugh. I think they will go away starting Monday because it is supposed to turn very cold.
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@CarolDM (203452)
• Nashville, Tennessee
2 Jan 22
@Kouponkaren I do it the same days each week. Cold here today. All safe here from the tornadoes overnight.
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@Kouponkaren (5487)
• United States
2 Jan 22
@CarolDM My husband does his own laundry and he does it every Saturday, except for holidays. I just do it when I start needing clean clothing!
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@snowy22315 (170011)
• United States
2 Jan 22
Important maybe so, I started looking through a stack of magazines I have been storing for many years time to cut out any important things and toss the rest.
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@Kouponkaren (5487)
• United States
2 Jan 22
@snowy22315128729 I have tried to do that thing about going through magazines and keeping what I want. I have a separate 3 ring binder that I am supposed to tape things into. But I haven't get organized enough to tape things in yet so everything is just thrown in.
@dodo19 (47082)
• Beaconsfield, Quebec
2 Jan 22
@Kouponkaren it is definitely sad when we bring them down.
@Kouponkaren (5487)
• United States
1 Jan 22
@dodo19 It is a good day to relax. I always get depressed taking down the Christmas decorations. We won't do it until next weekend.
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@Letranknight2015 (51532)
• Philippines
2 Jan 22
I did my laundry and fed the dogs twice that day.
Then I did some biking.
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@Kouponkaren (5487)
• United States
3 Jan 22
@Letranknight Getting some exercise in is a very good way to start the new year. As is feeding the dogs. I am sure that they are very happy that you fed them! Happy new year!
@Kouponkaren (5487)
• United States
2 Jan 22
@marlina It's okay to have days like that sometimes.
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@RasmaSandra (73444)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
2 Jan 22
I managed to do a lot of cleaning up on my laptop and preparing my sites for the new year, I will finish up tomorrow and I am happy with all I accomplished today,
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@Kouponkaren (5487)
• United States
2 Jan 22
@RasmaSandra Sounds like a really good day for you. It's nice that we have tomorrow too that is also part of the weekend so we can have extra time to get things done.
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@Kouponkaren (5487)
• United States
2 Jan 22
@franxav That is good and the first day of a new year is a good day to make plans to get your goals met.
@Kouponkaren (5487)
• United States
2 Jan 22
@nela13 That is a nice way to spend the day. Happy new year.
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@Kouponkaren (5487)
• United States
2 Jan 22
@prasuns I actually just did enjoy it. I made a vegetarian spaghetti sauce for me, and I had some frozen meatballs for him in the freezer, so I added meatballs to my hubby's sauce.
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@kaylachan (57711)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
1 Jan 22
Yes I did. And, that included going shopping with my husband and getting out of the house. It was so hot, he wore shorts instead of his pants.
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@Kouponkaren (5487)
• United States
1 Jan 22
@kaylachan Growing up in New England, a hot Christmas season would really bother me. Especially in shorts!
@averygirl72 (37726)
• Philippines
3 Jan 22
For first day of the New Year I had my pedicure and I declutter my drawer of clothes
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@Kouponkaren (5487)
• United States
3 Jan 22
@averygirl72 Sounds like you are off to a great start on both counts! Happy new year.
@41CombedaleRoad (5952)
• Greece
2 Jan 22
I changed the beds and did the laundry. I made some mince pies. Wrote a couple of emails and spoke to my twin brother. I sorted out my ear rings (which I make as a hobby and now have far more than I need). II made a roast pork dinner and an apple crumble to go with it. I feel asleep in the chair. So no, nothing important at all! I had meant it to be a holiday, a day of rest. But then I changed the beds and the day was no different to usual.
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@Kouponkaren (5487)
• United States
2 Jan 22
@41CombedaleRoad Wow that doesn't sound like a restful day but you did accomplish a lot, so good for you. I wasn't that motivated yesterday, and today is a gray and rainy day so I once again am not very motivated.
@LeaPea2417 (36442)
• Toccoa, Georgia
2 Jan 22
Not much because I'm not feeling that well and have been laying down most of the day.
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@LeaPea2417 (36442)
• Toccoa, Georgia
3 Jan 22
@Kouponkaren I am a little bit better but still under the weather today.
@Kouponkaren (5487)
• United States
3 Jan 22
@LeaPea2417 Aw Anne Marie, I hope you are feeling better today as I think this was yesterday when you responded to this.
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@oahuwriter (26780)
• United States
2 Jan 22
Very good new years start! You did a lot! I'm hoping for sunny days now so we I can do my laundry in our laundry room. Been raining for a few days now.
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@oahuwriter (26780)
• United States
3 Jan 22
@Kouponkaren
Hoping weather behaves for us! Saw a baby spotted dove resting in my backyard... hoping it's only resting... it's drenched.
@Kouponkaren (5487)
• United States
2 Jan 22
@oahuwriter It's been raining here also. Tomorrow is supposed to be sunny and it's raining and 60 degrees here now. Now they tell us it may snow overnight?? It will have to get a lot colder than that for snow!
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