Getting ahead for the week!
To do:
Appointments:
Monday: DH to office
At home for me
Tuesday: DH WFH
8.45 am Freddie to vet -Solensia injection
Wednesday: DH to office
At home for me
Laxapet for Jude and Matilda
9 pm Final touches to Waitrose order
Thursday: DH WFH
10.30 am church
Any errands?
2pm Jude - vet weight check
Hoover car? ( Weather permitting!)
Bring blue crates up from garage
6-7 pm Waitrose delivery
Laxapet -Jude and Matilda if not done yesterday
Friday: DH WFH
Can I get up early to take the duvet to the launderette?
7pm harvest bring and share supper at church
Saturday:
*Text DF E re coffee tomorrow*
Sunday:
Church 9.30 am - harvest festival
Coffee with DF E?
Laxapet Jude and Matilda
Set up new Waitrose delivery
Future dates to note:
8/10 order inhalers
14/10 Freddie Solensia appointment
16/10 Jude weight check
Outstanding deliveries:
Extras:
REMEMBER TO ADD DF E'S MENU CHOICE FOR PARISH LUNCH TO MY LIST!
Book teleconsult for Fred and Jude re week of fireworks around bonfire night
More pruning on climbing rose
Mend that button hole on duvet cover?
Put pictures back?
Order new orthotics - wait until ankle settles
Can I do 15 minutes of decluttering in the bedroom each day?
Digital decluttering- Google Photos for 2024 and 2025
Pick up my footprints
House tasks: Replace the bit of mortar that's fallen out of the edge of the roof (I think its called the verge? Can this wait until next year when we get the house painted when a roof ladder will be in place?) I need for it to stop raining before I ask anyone to come and look!
Verge and ridge tiles on garage roof
Sort out cabinet that wobbles - does the back need some sort of bracing ?
Fix dripping kitchen tap (new washer ?)- DF E has given me the phone number of her plumber . I think DF CW also has a plumber she is happy with?
Take up and hem those thick winter curtains for the kitchen
Book eye test for me
Find picture hanging equipment for DH
Sort prints and put in albums (this will probably be an activity to do on wet days!) WIP I am now working on 2024
Think about setting up Guardianship for F,J and M - looked on Cats' Protection, I need their microchip numbers, approximate DOB, colour and markings and useful information about them. Bookmark link with local recommended solicitors (also ask DF CW?)
Change health centres to the one nearest us?
On hold ATM , but I'll leave it on my list so I don't forget.
To do:
Early morning:
Cuddles and treats on the bed with Matilda, Jude, and Freddie
Cup of tea
QT
Lightbox session
Make bed
Shower / wash hair/ moisturiser and sunblock/ clean and floss teeth
DH launched
Physio exercises and back exercises
Proprioceptors exercises X1 x2 x3
S/S bathroom
Get dressed
Breakfast and meds / supplements - me
DRINK WATER #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 #8
Check bank account
Go for my walk
Garden:
15 minutes in tiny front garden
15 minutes in back garden
Cats:
Cats’ breakfast and meds / supplements
Fresh water in cat bowls
Scoop cat trays
Check Jude’s bowl
Check Matilda's bowl
Walk Freddie
Lap time with Jude, Freddie and Matilda
Play with Jude, Freddie and Matilda
Head rubs with Jude, Freddie and Matilda
Cats' supper
House:
Rubbish down to wheelie bins
Kitchen clean up
Load DW
Run DW when full
Unload DW
PUPA downstairs
Quick dust sitting room
Quick hoover downstairs
PUPA upstairs
Quick dust bedrooms
Quick hoover upstairs
Lunch
Supper
Lay out clothes for tomorrow
Journal three things I am thankful for today
Hand cream
Extra house tasks:
Monday:
Clean bathroom
Clean spare room
Clean bedroom
Tuesday:
Clean hall
Clean sitting room
Clean stairs
Empty hoover before starting work
Wheelie bins back when dustmen have been
Filing paperwork for 15 minutes
Wednesday:
Clean kitchen
Garden extras:
Water pots
Feed pots weekly
Plant foxgloves and return tray and pots to Dneighbour R
Prune roses - 22 done, 4 to do (the totals might change as this time of year I assess what hasn't done well, and whether it gets another chance, or whether it's time to say goodbye!)
Financial:
More work on budget
Things that need to happen at home before DH retires!
Reorganise office WIP DH's cupboard still needs organising properly
Declutter bedroom 15 minutes at a time!
Parish Christmas Lunch:
Date and venue booked
Caterers booked
Email parish administrator re printing tickets and poster
Email parish administrator again
Put posters up at church
Ask DF DT to advertise parish Christmas lunch in in newsletter ?
before I could even think about cooking .lunch. Today's menu was roast topside of beef, roast potatoes, Yorkshire in pudding, gravy, horseradish relish, Savoy cabbage, carrot and peas, followed by coffee creme..Then I folded and PA laundry, and then pruned a little off the top of my climbing hydrangea. And the. I may on the sofa with Matilda on top and watched Poirot with DH - winter is definitely coming! 
, Jude
I'm just praying for a safe flight. Perhaps the government will be back by then.