Mambo No. 5 (a Little Bit of...) Monday @ TDD - C&C

[trissie]

Triple Dog Dare!

Pick 3 things
Do them
Post your TaDas!

»»—-Cheers! WTG! Ygg!—-««

Don't think about it. Just do it!
~~ I Triple Dog Dare ya! ~~
Good Morning!
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[Kittykatt]

"Mambo No. 5" is based on a 1949 instrumental by Dámaso Pérez Prado. Lou Bega added new lyrics and a modern pop sound to create his hit version.

Lou Bega describes the song as being about "the sloppy, mistake-prone journey of finding love as a young adult."

Mambo No.5 became a world hit and reached the number 1 chart position in over 20 countries around the world. This sweeping worldwide success was rewarded by five folded platinum awards and gold discs in over 20 countries and an artist Grammy nomination – the result of over 15 million single & album sold copies.

Reflecting on the song's 20th anniversary, Bega said, "Twenty years is nothing. Like a shadow, a vapour, it's gone in one second."

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[Kittykatt]

Good morning Trissie and thank you for starting us off. I'm now going to have Mambo No 5 in my head all day!

It's dark and rainy and I definitely did not went to respond to the also this morning! But I'm very glad I got the front garden almost ready for winter on Saturday while the weather was still kind, even if my joints are still complaining. I need to look on today as a good opportunity to get things done round the house. DH is going to the office, so I need to make the most of those hours. Maybe I can get some deep cleaning / decluttering done too?

I need a few more minutes for the lightbox to work it's magic, then I should have the energy and motivation to face the day.

[Kittykatt]

To do:

Appointments:
Monday: DH to office
At home for me
Tuesday: DH WFH
At home for me
Wednesday: DH to office
10 am visit C for coffee
Laxapet for Jude and Matilda
9 pm Final touches to Waitrose order
Thursday: DH WFH
10.30 am church
Any errands?
Collect Fred's and Matilda's meds and foods from vet - remember Petplan
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
At home for me
Saturday:
10 am coffee with C and collect her paper
*Text DF E re coffee tomorrow*
Sunday:
Church 9.30 am - harvest festival
Take tickets for Christmas lunch with me
Coffee with DF E?
Laxapet Jude and Matilda
Set up new Waitrose delivery

Future dates to note:
11/11 Freddie Solensia appointment
13/11 Jude weight check

Outstanding deliveries:
Amazon - bark for front garden

Extras:
REMEMBER TO ADD DF E'S and DF PS'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 WIP
Reframe picture when new frame arrives
Make notes for report for CMA
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
Wash throw on spare room bed amd kitty blankets

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!)
Top up bark in front garden as it settles

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 HT to advertise parish Christmas lunch in in newsletter ?

[trissie]

Merry Monday, all!

And especially good morning to you, kittykatt, even though you may not feel it!

Getting up in the dark is not my favourite thing, but it's gonna be getting worse for two months before it starts to get better!

I kinda disappeared yesterday - after lunch, I decided that I have way too many small errands (read: various shops from which I need one or two things, and which are out of my regular home-work-school-home route), so I hopped in the car and went to the nearest mall which had all of the shops I really needed (not all the shops I would LIKE to go to, but going to a fabric store was totally not necessary and that mall did not have all the stores I needed). Got home to kids just starting to carve pumpkins, made dinner, checked homework, cleaned up after pumpkin carving (oh boy, that was BAD! and at 9pm, I wanted the kids in bed, not cleaning), and just collapsed on the sofa doing my silly cellphone game. So, that was my weekend!

Working from home - well I have a six hour online seminar on legislative framework of AI use in business, starting at 9. So I theoretically have 1:30 to get going on housework before it starts, and then I could ready some brainless stuff to do while listening to it (like mending or sorting through colored pencils and sharpening them). Sounds like a plan!

TaDas
- morning madness
- snacks for all kids
- dressed to shoes
- load of cleaning rags running

ToDos
- morning routine
- 1:00 on cleaning
- 15 on filing + ready mindless tasks before

Braindump
routines
- midday routine
- afternoon routine
- evening routine
food
- dinner
- bake something sweet for school
- cookie baking with DBD (promised her yesterday)
organization
- rework contract with DS14's therapist
- homework and backpacks
- DBD's speech therapy
- 15 on filing
cleaning
- clean twins' room
- clean DBD's room
- clean DS13's room
- clean master bedroom
- clean master bathroom
- spiff up kitchen
- spiff up living room
- spiff up downstairs bathroom and hallways
- spiff up office
laundry
- load of lights
- load of linens
- ironing
- folding
- mending
- laundry put away
me time
- 15 of exercise
- Bible study
- reading
garden
- weed out front garden
- decide where and which bulbs to plant
- hopefully plant some
- pruning of rose bushes
House&Holidays
- week 1 deep cleaning - office
- week 2 deep cleaning - master bedroom
- week 3 deep cleaning - DBD's room
- week 5 deep cleaning - DS14's room
- week 6 deep cleaning - twins' room
- week 6 deep cleaning - master bathroom
- week 1 Christmas tasks
- week 2 Christmas tasks
- week 3 Christmas tasks
- week 4 Christmas tasks
- week 5 Christmas tasks
- week 6 Christmas tasks
- week 7 Christmas tasks
- week 8 Christmas tasks

[Kittykatt]

Trissie, that sounds a very good plan for using your time productively today! Thank you for the timely reminder that there's only 2 more months of shortening daylight before the days start to gradually get longer again. I don't know why, but it worked on my weird brain , and provided some optimism. (Of course that means it's almost exactly 2 months until DH"s birthday and just over 2 months until Christmas, but I'm not thinking about that right now! )

[Kittykatt]

DH has left for work. I've done my PT exercises, and now I need to write down some thoughts I've had:

I need to get something going in the slow cooker today, so it's more welcoming for DH when he comes home on a dark, wet evening. (I think he's struggling a bit ATM, as there's still no news about his retirement , and having made the decision, he's ready to go. I have a suspicion that nothing will be decided this side of Christmas,.and maybe not even until well into the new year. Government depas always mover verrrrry slowly! Maybe tomato and butter bean soup? Or, if we don't have butter beans then find the recipe for the sausage casserole with baked beans that will sit happily in the slow cooker.

The landing bookcase can mostly be decluttered and cleaned one one shelf at a time. It is not an "all or nothing" job! ( The three lowest shelves are, in fact a free standing bookcase, which does need to have even taken off so I can clean behind it, but that can be left until DH is away next month. There is nothing to stop me tackling the other shelves one at a time!)

Rainy days are a gift to work on the house. I just need motivation and good lighting!

Some down time with Jude is also a blessing.

Reading is a good use of time, but it needs to be uplifting, not doomscrolling on my phone!

[Kittykatt]

To do:

Appointments:
Monday: DH to office
At home for me
Tuesday: DH WFH
At home for me
Wednesday: DH to office
10 am visit C for coffee
Laxapet for Jude and Matilda
9 pm Final touches to Waitrose order
Thursday: DH WFH
10.30 am church
Any errands?
Collect Fred's and Matilda's meds and foods from vet - remember Petplan
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
At home for me
Saturday:
10 am coffee with C and collect her paper
*Text DF E re coffee tomorrow*
Sunday:
Church 9.30 am - harvest festival
Take tickets for Christmas lunch with me
Coffee with DF E?
Laxapet Jude and Matilda
Set up new Waitrose delivery

Future dates to note:
11/11 Freddie Solensia appointment
13/11 Jude weight check
5/11 order inhalers
1/12 order meds
15/12 order HRT

Outstanding deliveries:
Amazon - bark for front garden

Extras:
REMEMBER TO ADD DF E'S and DF PS'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 WIP
Reframe picture when new frame arrives
Look for those tupperware pots for cat food that DH has lost (How?!)
Make notes for report for CMA - 15 minutes
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!)
Top up bark in front garden as it settles

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 HT to advertise parish Christmas lunch in in newsletter ?
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[FrenchFlybebe]

◕‿◕ * * * Good Morning! * * * ◕‿◕

Trissie thanks for the music in my head all morning if you're supposed to listen to your seminar and nothing else, maybe ironing is an option too ?

Kittykatt glad you could enjoy the last sunny day before who knows when...

I managed to walk DS7 to daycare - at this age parents have to walk in with them and at least say hello to the team - and drop DS9 to the sports center, and he can walk himself there alone from now on, and I was on time at payroll. And MrNG left at 7.30 for a whole week of training an hour away.
Heavy rain and wind started just as I was sitting down at my desk.
So, that's a good start to the week.

TADAs
Unusual morning rush
All on time
Started payroll

TODOs
Well, payroll stuff.

[Kittykatt]

Good morning, FFB! It's very good to "see"you on a week day. WTG getting both DSs to where they needed to be and yourself to work on time.

I've spent 30 minutes writing down random thoughts for my report to the CMA. This is a good start..If I can even manage just 15 minutes a day, by the end of the week I should have something that I can organise into a logical reasonably well constructed report . Thanks to the wonders of modern day tech, especially "cut and paste", it doesn't have to be perfect to begin with! And just getting something written down helps overcome the "block" of starting.