Forsythia Friday

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Bama
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LAnn, was it you that got the bird feeder w camera? Those are so cool.

Dogged, I’m glad you liked the movie. I like most Bruce Willis early action movies including the die hard series.

What type virtual machines are you looking for Dogged. Plants have to be pretty hardy to survive my care.

Hi Peaches.

Welcome home, helia! Even the sun is happy to see you.

List has been updated. I’m starting to drag. Posting 3 and doing them.

Make soup
Take down Christmas cards
Take measurements
Bonus: give dogs meds in a treat so I can get my planner sticker :lol:
♥ Wake each day expecting good things to happen! ♥
Bama
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Moving list to page 3 for easy referral

Friday, Jan 2 list

✔️Dailies - make post it for planner
Wfd - French onion soup if have ingredients
✔️Walk dogs
✔️Groom dogs
Laundry - dh’s last load drying, put away clothes
Take down Christmas decor, cards, pack decorations, pack tree
Paper, planner - in progress - pick habits, goals, write out bills in date order due, learn something new
Read
Craft - fake cupcakes
Outside - deal with bottles and jars, prune fig and weed around ✔️dh cut limbs between moms trailer and dog yard, I treated ant beds between our house and dog yard
Weeklies -
Monthlies - measurements, ✔️add vinegar to dw, clean glass, bleach in AC, chg air filter, dog meds, ✔️whiten teeth
Check on lp order for dd2, email says delayed, no update until January sometime
✔️Find stainless steel cookie sheets
Check for frying pan at moms

All done:
Week 1 porch, front entry - see about planting any potted plants in yard or is it too early
Pets fed
Litter scooped
Floors cleaned up
Dusted
Laundry in hampers to be put away
Last load of dh’s in dryer
Sent dh to store for bacon, making bacon cheese on puff pastry sheet
Showered and washed hair
Water 💧💧💧💧💧
Wiped down bathroom surfaces

Foyer -
cleaned mirrors
dusted console

Porch -
cleaned storm door and front door glass
cleaned windows
watered plants
filled dog water bowl
swept
*asked dh to fix railing and he said he would, so waiting on that
♥ Wake each day expecting good things to happen! ♥
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helia
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Re: Forsythia Friday

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Hi Bama! Sorry I forgot to send greetings earlier. I've never made French onion soup. Sounds wonderful on for a January meal.

I'm doing nothing. Had some yogurt, spiffed the kitchen. Feeling very sleepy.
L.Ann
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Yes, Bama. I went to get a pole and the store said to bring the bird house down so I got the right one. Then DD39 said they were getting me a pole and setting it up this weekend. I can’t wait to see how it works.

1-put away binders
2-clean up kitchen
3-FACE

Menus
Saturday-Thai sweet chili glazed salmon
Sunday-rest of enchiladas


Events
Saturday-movies
Sunday

Weekly House Blessing-mop dining room, kitchen and bathroom, dust, vacuum
Extra stuff-
January paperwork-my bedroom-file boxes, Little Bit’s art work—spare room- DM’s papers, organize shred box——-cabinet in living room- binders… order fire proof box
Electronic paperwork- delete email boxes, put photos on Shutterfly and delete, delete apps on my phone and DD33’s
Death book-updates, call lawyer for appointment to review will and DD33’s POAs, check POD on one account

Accomplishments
-stretching and knee exercises
-breakfast for me
-dress and pick up the bedroom
-meds and temp for DD33
-feed dog
-read a bit
-start laundry
-walk outside
-go thru paperwork at the end of hall
-read
-reboot laundry
-load recycling and package into car
-put random Christmas things away
-short outside walk
-errands- recycling to dump, post office, CVS, wild bird store, Kohls
-lunch out
-read
-work on photos
-walk outside
-dinner preprep
-review 3-5 binders of paperwork
-dinner cooked and eaten
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Kittykatt
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Hello everyone!

L.Ann, my DNeighbour R has one of those bird houses, and the detail the camera picks up is amazing!

I'm glad you're back safely, Helia. I'm not surprised you're sleepy after such an early start! :D

Dogged, does the Christmas arrangement comprise several plants in a planter? If so , it might need more watering than expected, as garden centres tend to plant very closely to give a good display, so there isn't as much "free" compost to hold the water. That said, most plants don't like overwatering either!

Bama, you got a lot done - WTG! Seed and plant catalogues can be curiously addictive! :D

Have fun with DPup, KitKat!

Hi, Peaches!

I've made the most of DH's absence and had a good session in the spare room today. There's still lots to do, and I definitely won't finish in the room tomorrow, but if I can just get the big jobs that can't really be divided into small jobs done, I'll be happy. The small jobs can then be tackled whenever I have a "few minutes".
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Today's list:

Cuddles on the bed with Matilda😀, Jude😀 and Freddie😀
QT😀
Physio exercises WIP
Up, shower, personal care and dress😀
All cats fed😀
DH delivered to station 😀
Take Freddie out? ( If he wants to go!)😀
Breakfast and meds /supplements -me
Lats bits of rubbish down to bins😀
Bins back once dustmen have been😀
Go for my walk - probably not today unless it brightens up this afternoon!
Run hoover round downstairs?
Quick dust sitting room?
Garden time - can I feed pots? A little deadheading? Not today -its too cold /wet :roll:
Lunch😀
Delicate /wool wash😀😀
Clean shoes
Polish bag
Fold laundry and PA😀
Clean sheets and towels out of the airing cupboard😀
Does DH have choir practice? Not this week
Cats' supper😀
My supper😀
Bed at a reasonable time!😀

Extras:
Start work on spare room / office 😀
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L.Ann
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1-diet site
2-FACE
3-check messages for photos

Menus
Saturday-Thai sweet chili glazed salmon
Sunday-rest of enchiladas


Events
Saturday-movies
Sunday

Weekly House Blessing-mop dining room, kitchen and bathroom, dust, vacuum
Extra stuff-
January paperwork-my bedroom-file boxes, Little Bit’s art work—spare room- DM’s papers, organize shred box——-cabinet in living room- binders… order fire proof box
Electronic paperwork- delete email boxes, put photos on Shutterfly and delete, delete apps on my phone and DD33’s
Death book-updates, call lawyer for appointment to review will and DD33’s POAs, check POD on one account

Accomplishments
-stretching and knee exercises
-breakfast for me
-dress and pick up the bedroom
-meds and temp for DD33
-feed dog
-read a bit
-start laundry
-walk outside
-go thru paperwork at the end of hall
-read
-reboot laundry
-load recycling and package into car
-put random Christmas things away
-short outside walk
-errands- recycling to dump, post office, CVS, wild bird store, Kohls
-lunch out
-read
-work on photos
-walk outside
-dinner preprep
-review 3-5 binders of paperwork
-dinner cooked and eaten
-put away binders
-clean up kitchen
Gma
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Welcome home, helia!
Good "morning" doggedly :lol:

My health insurance changed, so I had several stops to make today to get everyone local updated. 2 exercise places, pharmacy (oops, I forgot 1, we have 2 in town)the local hospital, and Dr. office. Plus new prior authorization needed for 1 item.
There will be banking changes due to Mother's death. I stopped there and will conitnue that process next week.
It's cold out, I stopped at mother's and took in the mail.
Haven't done anything in my house yet today, but the day is young. I did put in an exercise DVD for 30 minutes of activity.
time for some soup, then start back at the DR table. Sure feels good to look around and see somethings that are clean! It's actually beginning to show.


Bama
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No worries about personal comments, helia, I hadn’t noticed and I totally understand as I skip comments when my brain is on overload or simply miss someone.

LAnn, do you get a wide variety of birds? I usually only see cardinals, doves, blue jays and a faithful woodpecker that has been here for years so I wonder if this is an offspring and not the og bird. Maybe I’ll ask for a feeder for Mother’s Day. We don’t have WiFi though so will have to research and see if that’s an issue.

Kittykatt, yay on your accomplishments. Will dh notice your hard work? Mine doesn’t lol.

Gma, wtg on the exercise. Videos can be very helpful.

I don’t know where my day went but it’s after 6pm here which means I’ve been working for the better part of 10 hours. I’m clocking out. Watching a Shakespeare and Hathaway while we eat. The French onion soup is delicious. I baked a white sweet potato to go with and fill dh up if needed. I’m about to pop!

Friday, Jan 2 list

✔️Dailies - make post it for planner
✔️Wfd - French onion soup if have ingredients, eaten, logged, dw loaded and running
✔️Walk dogs 30 minutes
✔️Groom dogs
Laundry - dh’s last load drying, put away clothes
Take down Christmas decor, ✔️cards, pack decorations, pack tree
Paper, planner - in progress - pick habits, goals, write out bills in date order due, learn something new
✔️Wrote out recipe for French onion soup as well as 4 others I had on open tabs on phone so was able to delete those, Unsubscribed from or reported as spam all unwanted emails
Read
Craft - fake cupcakes
Outside - deal with bottles and jars, prune fig and weed around ✔️dh cut limbs between moms trailer and dog yard, I treated ant beds between our house and dog yard
Weeklies - ✔️whb
Monthlies - ✔️measurements, ✔️add vinegar to dw, clean glass, bleach in AC, chg air filter, ✔️dog meds, ✔️whiten teeth
Check on lp order for dd2, email says delayed, no update until January sometime
✔️Find stainless steel cookie sheets
Check for frying pan at moms

All done:
Week 1 porch, front entry - see about planting any potted plants in yard or is it too early
Pets fed
Litter scooped
Floors cleaned up
Dusted
Laundry in hampers to be put away
Last load of dh’s in dryer
Sent dh to store for bacon, making bacon cheese on puff pastry sheet
Showered and washed hair
Water 💧💧💧💧💧
Wiped down bathroom surfaces

Foyer -
cleaned mirrors
dusted console

Porch -
cleaned storm door and front door glass
cleaned windows
watered plants
filled dog water bowl
swept
*asked dh to fix railing and he said he would, so waiting on that - done

Saturday To Do List:
✨✨✨MILTON - PU LIMONGES✨✨✨
Weigh
Water
Bible
Pet chores
Dust
Vacuum
Kitchen - dw, wfd
Laundry
Walk dogs 30 minutes
Take down Christmas decor, pack decorations, pack tree
Paper, planner - in progress - pick habits, goals, write out bills in date order due, learn something new
Read
Craft - fake cupcakes
Outside - deal with bottles and jars, prune fig and weed around
Weekly
Monthly - chg ac filter, add bleach to AC, clean glass, polish cabinets
Check on lp order for dd2, email says delayed, no update until January sometime
Check for frying pan at moms
Week 1 porch, front entry - see about planting any potted plants in yard or is it too early, dc console
♥ Wake each day expecting good things to happen! ♥
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Doggedly
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I'm sorry for vanishing. I was on track; I had done a detailed sweeping of the floor and needed to sit down before I washed it. Then my db called, and we had a nice phone visit. After he and I hung up, three hours vanished. I did nothing useful. So now I'm back at it, and I have a quick supper in the oven. Time to CUOP.

Sun and no wind is definitely what you want for a walk, L.Ann.

Hi, kitkat and Peaches.

Your secret is safe with us, Bama.

helia, I come down on the side of Die Hard is a Christmas movie because: At the start, the child asks their mother if Daddy will come home for Christmas. The mother says that she will have to see what she and Santa can do. And by the end of the movie, people have died all around them, a high rise building is completely destroyed and I doubt that woman still has her job, but they both make it home for Christmas. Santa came through, LOL.

Made it to the end of Page 2. Time to flip dinner in the oven and post htis for accountability.


Friday
Cleaned after dog X 2
Treats for dog
Put on a pot of coffee
Turned the plants in the sunlight
Put on a pot of rice
Wiped down standing desk with a damp cloth
Looked into virtual machines
FACE: checking what payments have been taken
Realized that I had only rotated the top shelf of plants and I have two more shelves of plants being ignored
Rotated the rest to benefit from the the sunlight
Found the Christmas arrangement actually limp from lack of water. It was watered at the same time as the other plants, so I don’t know what its problem is. Thirsty plants do not tend to do well with me.
Watered the thirsty plant.
Swept kitchen and entrance
Saw the thirsty plant has already slurped up all of the water in its plate.
Refilled its plate
Dusted
Swept apartment
Pulled dog pen forward and cleaned out under desk
Quick deadheading of the thirsty plant
Phone visit with db
Put fish n chips in oven.
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