Gudrid Thorbjarnardóttir Thursday @ TDD - C&C

[Smile*Lee]

Bama ~ so glad you're here! Those second sleeps sure feel great!
Dogged ~ I DO remember she was quite a handful in the beginning.
trissie ~ you guys have worked so hard taking care of your family and deserve every bit of praise.

Lunch was delicious! Added a little tuna into the salad for some extra protein. I feel energized, so it's a keeper. I'm getting a late start on house things. Need to do a quick spiff first and get laundry going. I didn't empty dw last night so there's a sink piled with breakfast and lunch dishes. Really?.... there's only 2 of us!

So.. thinking of starting up flybys. Not sure where to put them yet, so I'll hop over to the other forums for today, at least.

[Bama]

Smile, your energy is infectious, you can’t go away any more.

Trissie, I can relate on the unknown history of a dh. If I knew then… I’d still make the same choices probably so maybe it’s better I didn’t know, wouldn’t want to change what’s good in my life. Your dh is very blessed to have you to hold things together.

Doggedly, what a flash down memory lane, you and Germane have done well. I’ll never turn down a good nap, especially with a full moon and a super short day. I saw a meme that was something like “daylight savings time, I love enjoying a sunset on my lunch break”.

Done:
Bible
Weigh
Breakfast
Inside pets fed
10 minutes closet - mostly hanging clothes that were in the bathroom which led me to
10+ minutes bathroom - wiping down counter, tossing empty lotion container and replacing it with a full one, filling crystal vase with chorus for Lily bc she so fancy
Idk how long in bedroom bc I set timer for :10 but somehow moved the hour to 1 so it never went off and I just kept working thinking this is the longest 10 minutes ever - dusted empty bottom shelf of bookcase and started moving larger grown up books there in order of subject (the bottom 3 rows are children’s books easy to grab for height challenged youngsters, moving those to mom’s), so now bottom row is college, survival, health, landscape, baby…, top is Native American, Bibles and religious books, paper maps and countries. The remaining shelves are still in chaos for now.

Do:
Breaking for lunch and water
Dailies
Monthlies

[Kittykatt]

Hello everyone!

Helia, I hope you get some answers soon. I think you're probably wise to stop running and walk more in the meantime.

Bama, I think L.Ann is having her surgery today. Laura did peek in a couple of days ago, bit, again, didn't post.

CL, I hope your shoulder starts to improve soon.

Trissie, I wasn't particularly close to DH's DDeparted Auntie, but DH has very fond memories of staying with them and playing with his cousins when they were all small. I'm concentrating on the good life she had, in her own home, right up until the last couple of weeks of her life. I'm also grateful she didn't " linger". I think she would have hated being in a "home" after so many years of being in her own home!

Good to "see" you again, SmileLee. The mew house looks beautiful!

Gma, I would be very happy to give you some if our rain!

Dogged, in the circumstances, that's a very wise strategy to give Germane her treats in a spoon rather than your finger. I know just how sharp cat fangs can be (looking at you, Freddie!), so I imagine Germane's gang must have a similar impact!

Hi, Peaches!

I'm finally sitting down with Jude on my lap. The funeral was beautiful, and it was very easy to see DF GH had closely planned the whole thing. It was her wish that her coffin remained in the Lady Chapel before, during and after the service, so people were able to say their goodbyes. Then, after the refreshments, the vicar rounded up everyone who was left and we went back to the Lady Chapel, where the vicar said the prayers of committal, then the undertakers collected the coffin and carried it back through the church, led by the vicar, who read the Nunc dimittis as they all walked behind him all the way down the aisle and out of the west door. For some reason, I found that the most poignant moment of the whole day.

Afterwards DF PM and I went back to her house for a cup of tea and head rubs with Bella, her beautiful cat. I was shifted very closed when I eventually got home.

Waitrose have delivered, groceries are PA and everyone has been fed. Freddie also had some time iny lap, out in the kitchen where no one could witness his loss of cool!

[Kittykatt]

Today's short list:
Kitty time on the bed
QT
Shower/ dress etc in casual clothes
Kitty breakfast and meds
Walk Freddie
My breakfast and supplements / meds
Quick hoover /dust / tidy downstairs
Rubbish down to bins
A few minutes in front garden
Can I hoover the car?
Change into smart outfit
Remember to pick up flapjack for the Y
9.45 am leave house and walk down to main road to meet DF PM
Drop off flapjack at the Y
Help at church, handing out orders of service and welcoming people
12 noon Funeral for DF GH, followed by refreshments at the back of the church
Home at??5.30 pm
6-7 pm Waitrose delivery
Unpack groceries and PA
Kitty supper
Our supper
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[helia]

Oh wow - I think L Ann's surgery is today. Right? Saying a prayer, L Ann.
WTG with the progress organizing your bookshelves, Bama.
OOh - could you put a flyby thread in fun and games, Smile? Yes, an investment that you will get to enjoy!
trissie and CL, my dh's family has a lot of wonky genes too; there are several autistic cousins in dh's generation and MANY who have (or had) mental health challenges across at least 3 generations. Also, some dyslexia, including dh. But also many highly intelligent and functional people and some of these categories overlap. Dh is probably more socio-emotionally clued in than I am.
trissie, I need to read about those Czech explorers! You handle CRAZY times well.
I hope the funeral details are coming together easily, Gma.
Aw, Germane is so delicate, preferring to be hand fed vegetables, Doggedly. Did you disappoint her greatly?
I'm sorry your dh lost his aunt, Kitty. Glad GH's funeral was beautiful and well-planned.

Next:
- payroll: finish AR Exam draft
- if time, remake the bed with clean sheets
- if time, start a load of bedding

Later:
- payroll: finish AR Exam and send it off for review
- payroll: catch up grading; update gradelink
- payroll: quizlet - vocab 5B
- strip MBR bed
- 1 load laundry w d f pa
- clean towels in upstairs bathrooms
- smail mail bills: CPA, heating Co., lawn guys
- start memorial thank you cards
- dinner: on my own - hummus and chicken wraps?
- after dinner clean up
- 7 - attend talk at chapel?
- duolingo
- update health apps
- call tombstone co. -- to engrave date of death on my mom's tombstone
- tell them little I went home: CG1, CG2

TaDas!
- up; weighed self - up
- coffee
- email deletions + weather website
- some qt
- back exercises
- s2s and self care
- squeegeed and wiped down the shower
- payroll: tweak IR Exam and send it off for review
- payroll: tweak AIR Exam and send it off for review
- lunch
- paid CPA; ready for the mail
- walked to personal trainer
- 2-3 worked out
- postal place: bill in mail + bought stamps
- ran into ML and SL from our old church; chatted with them for a long time. Learned of two people I knew from the church, similar in age to us, that have passed away.
- walked home
- communication with dh; now he IS eating with dd30
- coffee and cuop

[Kittykatt]

Helia, there's definitely * something* going on right the way through my family too, mostly on my father's side, but there were some "interesting" characters on my mother's side too. Afaik, no one in the older generations was ever diagnosed with any condition, and, of course, growing up, I thought it was "normal" to behave the way my father in particular did. But now I look back and think, hmmm. As for me, well, it would explain quite a lot, but the chances of actually being able to get a diagnosis are effectively zero (unless we paid), and most of the time I'm quite happy with life, so I see no reason (apart from curiosity!) to try this. I'm ok with being not quite "normal", and it does have some advantages!

[Kittykatt]

Things I need to remember:
Lunch ticket for DF PM
Update my book recording who's bought which tickets
Find change for DF PM
Add DF PL, C and M to list of people who want tickets
Find shoebox for DF PM for Sunday
Unpack boxes that have arrived and out their contents away! (Maybe tomorrow if it rains s again!)

To be continued...

[Smile*Lee]

Bama ~ you'd think I'd learn after several forum hiatus' - that being an extrovert, I do a lot better all around in my life when I have someone to "talk to" - ALL the time.
kitty ~ so nice that the funeral was so comforting for all - which would make your df very happy, I'm sure.
helia ~ yay! A flyby kindred spirit. Okay.. you talked me into it. I'll go get one started in a few. I think I started one before... I'll go check.

Been going through all the many bazillion links that the supply warehouse lady sent me for the townhouse updating. ugh.. makes my brain dizzy. I'm sure it will start sorting itself out once I get started on it. Washer is done, better flip into dryer. Next - clean and prep Brussel sprouts for dinner - and salmon. I'm still thinking about lunch. It was good.

[Gma]

"Baby" plants are those I planted 2 months ago. Perrenial evergreens that need extra water for their roots over winter. And "baby" grasses that need water to strengthen also for wintering. It's been very dry, and the dirt needs moisture before winter. No rain, or snow, in the forecast, so I'm helping it along before i put the hoses away for the winter (again, as I did it just after mother died, when I made a 2000 mile trip, and was gone for a week and didn't want hoses to freeze while I was gone. Now I have a couple days for watering before it freezes again.

There was a whilte cake mix in Motehr's cupboard, sothat's what I baked. I need to start thinning out contents.
Need to go back to read about Grandma's funeral - I thin k it was trissies?

Picked up the bulletins for service on Saturday, and teh folders for vistation on Friday. College did a fabulous job! And the acknowldgemnt cards turned out beautiful. But they forgot to give me envelopes, so I have to run back there to get them.
While the sprinklers are running, before I change the sprinklers to other areas.


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[Bama]

Thanks for the reminder on LAnn. I knew it was this week but didn’t recall the day. Sending prayers all went well.

Kitty, hope the funeral was a comfort. Your dkitties know you cheated on them but I’m sure you’re forgiven after some cuddles.

Smile, we may leave but we always come back.

Gma, good luck on decluttering.

Done:
Bible
Weigh
Breakfast
Inside pets fed
10 minutes closet - mostly hanging clothes that were in the bathroom which led me to
10+ minutes bathroom - wiping down counter, tossing empty lotion container and replacing it with a full one, filling crystal vase with chorus for Lily bc she so fancy
Idk how long in bedroom bc I set timer for :10 but somehow moved the hour to 1 so it never went off and I just kept working thinking this is the longest 10 minutes ever - dusted empty bottom shelf of bookcase and started moving larger grown up books there in order of subject (the bottom 3 rows are children’s books easy to grab for height challenged youngsters, moving those to mom’s), so now bottom row is college, survival, health, landscape, baby…, top is Native American, Bibles and religious books, paper maps and countries. The remaining shelves are still in chaos for now.
Break for lunch and water
Todays meals logged
Litter
Wipe down kitchen
Boil eggs for tuna salad
Dw loaded and running
Sink shined
Opened gate so bathroom cats could get out, Daisy went and shut it like a boss, she doesn’t like them being in her territory

Do:
Walk dogs, play ball
Dailies
Monthlies