Jean Pierre Serrier Saturday @ TDD - C&C

[Kittykatt]

Good morning, FFB! I'm sure the "right" job is out there for you somewhere. Sending you perseverance vibes for your job hunting process. Does DS10 have an inhaler for his asthma, and is he able to use it without supervision yet? ( I know from personal experience that some times are much easier to use than others!) Also breathing exercises are a very useful strategy to help with that panicky "I can't breathe" feeling. I've found this site helpful with my asthma:
https://www.asthmaandlung.org.uk/sympto ... thlessness

Dogged, what a good strategy to obtain something positive from interrupted sleep. I hope Germane allows to to sleep for the rest of the night!

DH has been launched for the day, Fred has been for his walk, and I've tidied upstairs. I need to wait in for a parcel, so I'm going to tidy downstairs and then go out in my front garden.

[kitkat]

Good morning trissie - thanks for the start and the education. Enjoy the quiet(er) household!
Kittykatt - those silly kitties keep you busy day and night:)
Dogged - my dson's little dog does the same... She is 16 ...
FFly I feel for you with the job stress... Hope you find a good solution.
Gma - you are amazing!

Saturday!
Cold and windy out - there must have been some freezing rain earlier, it was quite slippery on the deck...
I was hoping for an outdoor walk but maybe, by the afternoon things improve.
DD will come by this morning, after that I have a yoga class. (I need it after yesterday's workout)
Starting with MR - but I'll be back.

[L.Ann]

Morning everyone!

1-dress and pick up bedroom
2-meds and temp for DD33
3-walk a mile

Menus
Saturday-eat out after bball
Sunday-spicy coconut turkey curry soup
Monday-stir fried rice
Tuesday-sweet Thai chili salmon with carrots and zucchini
Wednesday-DD33 out/me leftovers
Thursday-fajita spiced shrimp and grain bowl
Friday-curried Chicken and roasted sweet potato jumble

Events
Saturday-bball tournament-11-7
Sunday-walk with friend???
Monday-Little Bit 7:40-5, Little Bit school 9-3:15
Tuesday-Little Bit 7:40-5, Little Bit school 9-3:15, 10:30 eye appointment me, 3:30 DD33 hair appointment, Little Bit late
Wednesday-Little Bit 7:40-5, Little Bit school 9-3:15, DD33 w/PS 3-8
Thursday-Little Bit 7:40-5, Little Bit school 9-3:15, 10:15 virtual genetics appointment, Little Bit late
Friday-Little Bit 7:40-5, Little Bit school 9-3:15
Saturday-1:00 Annie

Weekly House Blessing-mop kitchen and bathroom, vacuum, dust, swish and swipe
Detailed cleaning of dining room-scrub dining room
Death book-update DD33’s pages, call lawyer for appointment to review will and DD33’s POAs
Phone calls-call my tax person, email DMom’s tax person
Taxes-contact 2 accountants

Accomplishments
-stretching and knee exercises
-breakfast for dog and me
-read
-diet site

[Kittykatt]

Good morning KitKat and L.Ann!

Yikes on the freezing rain, KitKat -I hope it warms up for you. Enjoy DD's visit!

I hope DD enjoys her basketball,.L.Ann,.and that it's not too tedious for you!

Just had a knock at the door from a lady who had "come about the puppy". Of course we dont have any puppies! As soon as I answered the door, the poor lady realised something was very wrong, as the person she had been talking to on the phone, and to whom she had paid the deposit for this puppy was a "foreign lady". I checked she had come to the correct address (the road signage is either non existent or ambiguous here) and yes she had come to the address she had been given. She showed the the video of the puppies she had had been sent, (fairly easy to "obtain" this online, as there are many places legitimately selling puppies), and, of course, the "foreign lady" wouldn't answer the phone when she tried ringing her to ask what was going on. I suggested she contact her bank to stop the payment, and consider contacting the police.

Our road is very small , and you have to drive through several other roads to reach here, and the numbering is eccentric, so I think it's unlikely to been picked by some random scammer, but more likely.to be chosen by someone with local.knowlege. Which is why I have a suspicion that our foreign neighbours down the road (or the gang they're part of - they have certainly had some "interesting" visitors lately) *may* be implicated in this. After all, they've been involved in the illegal tobacco trade, wheeling and dealing some very "dodgy" cars, they're almost certainly in involved chocolate smuggling, so why not add "selling totally fictitious puppies" to their CV? I didn't voice my suspicions to the poor lady, as I dont have any actual proof , but it's food for thought. I'll ask around and see if any of the other neighbours have had a similar experience.

But now, my sitting room is still calling.me!

[Kittykatt]

To do:
Cuddles and treats with Matilda, Freddie and Jude
QT
Update latest Waitrose order
Cup of tea
Get up!
Shower/wash hair/moisturiser and sunblock/ clean and floss teeth
S/S bathroom
Physio exercises
Get dressed in casual clothes
Make bed
Scoop cat trays and give everyone fresh water
Cat breakfast and meds /supplements
Breakfast and meds /vitamins for me
Quick kitchen clean up
Load DW
Quick PUPA downstairs
Quick dust and Hoover downstairs
Wind clock
Quick PUPA upstairs
Quick dust bedrooms
15 minutes in tiny front garden
15 minutes in back garden
Go for my walk
Walk Freddie
Lap time with Freddie, Jude and Matilda
Head rubs with Freddie, Jude and Matilda
Play with Freddie, Jude and Matilda
Run DW when full
Unload DW
Lunch
Cats' supper
Our supper
Sort out lunch for tomorrow
Bake something?
Text DF E re coffee tomorrow - not this week, she is out to lunch
Towels in machine
Towels hung up to dry
Clothes laid out for tomorrow

Extras:
Give my menu choices for women's breakfast to either AP or M
Message PM about MQ's birthday - shall I make a cake so we can celebrate it next Thursday?

Garden extras:
Trim bits on hedge
Cut grass
Weed/ deadhead
Look at my list of seasonal.jobs.and pick something!
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[Lauralind]

Morning all. Kittykat that is unfortunate I hope that lady gets her money back on a fictitious puppy. Disappointing for her. Crazy cats trying to wake you by jarring the curtain.

Gma that's amazing 3 am bread. Winter is hanging on tight where you are.

Frenchie hopefully ds10 feels better soon. Sounds like a nice relaxing day. Hopefully something different will be found for work soon. You have been frustrated ever since you started there of I remember right and a long commute?

Trissie enjoy your less kids day. They are all getting so much older. Busy teen house almost.

Morning lann. Did I miss anyone?

I need a productive day. Somehow. We are leaving next week for dd and dfil area. Dh brother id coming. Probably going to spend the first night at our usual stopping place the other brother and family. Ds and ddil and dgs are coming for most of the week too. I think the plan will be all the kids staying at dd place and us and the brother stay at dad's and bring him back and forth most days. I should see what dd says. And confirm it all with ds tonight. Going there for supper after work.

While we're away I have a coworker friend coming to pet sit. Today's plan is to clean out dd ( guest room and wash bedding etc so it's ready for her to stay. Lots of laundry is the plan. Music prep. I really need to be productive. I want to have a down day. Guess laundry is hurry up and wait. Time for music and crafts and such. I was counting on some qt as Saturday usually is sleep in for ds16 but here he is before 7 today.

Priority list

Kitchen clean
Declutter craft room a little
Move some of ds stuff out of guest room
Wash bedding from master bedroom
Guest room
Freshen craft room bed
Some qt and counseling homework
Music prep on piano for tomorrow
Test out flute part of the choral music

Today's tada list

Finish qt
Shower
S&s both baths and reboot laundry
Take sheets off bed for wash and start
Put away a bunch of laundry

[trissie]

oh my, kittykatt, poor lady was so excited about puppies and she was swindled instead!
have fun at bball, L.Ann!
kitkat, aren't you ready for the winter to be over?
lauralind, wishing you some very happy family time!

TaDas
- 30 outside
- start lunch
- 15 on laundry
- midday routine
- load of darks
- load of towels

ToDos
- afternoon routine
- 15 more on laundry
- 30 outside

Braindump
routines
- evening routine
food
- dinner
- bake something sweet
- feed breadstarter
organization
- DBD's speech therapy
- update land contract
- 15 on filing
- homework and backpacks
- plan for March
- go over insurance proposal
- email to bank re mortgage
cleaning
- clean office
- spiff up DBD's room
- spiff up twins' room
- spiff up DS13's room
- spiff up master bedroom
- spiff up living room
- spiff up downstairs bathroom and hallways
laundry
- ironing
- folding
- mending
- laundry put away
garden and outside
- start seeds
- prune fruit trees
- prune roses
- pick up - front garden / porch
- pick up - backyards
- start cleaning out the carpool
- seeding plan for veggie garden
- sow seeds in veggie garden
- install green house
- fertilize roses
- fertilize fruit trees and bushes
- fertilize conifers
me time
- 15 of exercise
- Bible study
- reading

[L.Ann]

That’s terrible, kittykatt. You have to be so careful theses days. Yay for a pet sitter, Laura. I checked with my pet sitter and she can do both our Hawaii trip and NIH trip. I need to ask someone to water the garden when we are in Hawaii. Basketball is fine. The issue is it is a two hour drive for two 30 minute games and there is an hour between games so it’s a long day. But I planned for the day and we have nothing on the schedule tomorrow.

I need to relook at my meals because I have Little Bit late 2 nights this week.

1-menus
2-swish and swipe
3-bball

Menus
Saturday-eat out after bball
Sunday-spicy coconut turkey curry soup
Monday-stir fried rice
Tuesday-eat out using one of the gift certificates I won in December
Wednesday-DD33 out/me leftovers
Thursday-pasta and garlic knots
Friday-curried Chicken and roasted sweet potato jumble
Saturday-fajita spiced shrimp and grain bowl
Sunday-sweet Thai chili salmon with carrots and zucchini


Events
Saturday-bball tournament-11-7
Sunday-walk with friend???
Monday-Little Bit 7:40-5, Little Bit school 9-3:15
Tuesday-Little Bit 7:40-5, Little Bit school 9-3:15, 10:30 eye appointment me, 3:30 DD33 hair appointment, Little Bit late
Wednesday-Little Bit 7:40-5, Little Bit school 9-3:15, DD33 w/PS 3-8
Thursday-Little Bit 7:40-5, Little Bit school 9-3:15, 10:15 virtual genetics appointment, Little Bit late
Friday-Little Bit 7:40-5, Little Bit school 9-3:15
Saturday-1:00 Annie

Weekly House Blessing-mop kitchen and bathroom, vacuum, dust, swish and swipe
Detailed cleaning of dining room-scrub dining room
Death book-update DD33’s pages, call lawyer for appointment to review will and DD33’s POAs
Phone calls-call my tax person, email DMom’s tax person
Taxes-contact 2 accountants

Accomplishments
-stretching and knee exercises
-breakfast for dog and me
-read
-diet site
-dress and pick up bedroom
-meds and temp for DD33
-walk a mile
-small amount of weed pulling
-put items in shed
-refill suet feeder

[helia]

I'm just now getting here. It is almost 11 a.m. I was awake for a while around 5:30 am but fell back asleep and got up for good around 9:15 a.m. LOL! Since then, I've had coffee, written a long chatty email to friend ML in Israel, and written an email to EP asking about her ds' university decision. I'm hoping he chooses a Michigan university. I know UM's out of state tuition is ridiculously high, like about $64K a year. That doesn't include housing or living expenses or books. They're pretty generous with financial aid though. MSU is a bit cheaper.

Gma, that's very committed and generous of you to drop off freshly baked bread at 3 a.m.! I bet ds appreciated it this morning.
Ooh a Hawaii trip, L Ann! When is it? Are you going with all your daughters and families? It's so nice to have fun trips to look forward to. We had tentatively planned to go to Hawaii this June as dh has a conference there, but he's decided to skip this conference this year as it interferes with dd30's event. One of his grad students can go and present the paper/s.
Kitty, I hope that woman can reverse the charges and does report the scam to the police. Ha - they chose the wrong address when they chose yours, meaning - they probably didn't think you'd encourage her to report it to the police. But now she doesn't get the puppy she was hoping for today.
I agree with others, FFB. A family movie in the afternoon and rugby in the evening sounds lovely for a rainy day. I hope ds10 feels better. I also hope you can eventually find a job that fits you well.
FFB, Dh and I are looking into a week in S. France and Spain this summer after our hut tour in the Alps. We're thinking about spending a few days in Provence, an area I've never visited. Do you have a city you'd recommend for a stay in Provence? We're thinking of Avignon.
So good you found a petsitter for your trip Lauralind. I hope you have some productivity today as well as some time to rest and relax.
kitkat, we had sleet a couple times yesterday, and it was very windy all day. Today, it's quiet and calm. There is even sunshine. Maybe the calm weather is headed your way.
trissie, we now have a steamer closet. We hang clothes in it, and it steams them to (1) get rid of the wrinkles and (2) get rid of bacteria that cause smells. We love it! Dh uses it the most. It takes 65 minutes though. Not fast. I see 2 of your kids are going to the zoo today! Enjoy a quieter house!
Being woken by a howling dog sounds stressful, Doggedly. I hope you got more rest.

Yesterday, I finished the course overviews and vocab lists for payroll S3 set up. I also completed the placement interview + notes, did a lot of communication with AC, did my work out with AS, washed and dried a load of towels - still sitting in the dryer. I tried 2x to order a wedding gift, and both times I couldn't get through to pay. Dinner - Dh and I went out for Asian noodle bowls.

Today, is actually sunny! And it's above freezing now. I'm going to go for a jog next. Other things I'd like to do today: try a SA drop off (bags of Mom's decluttered stuff), spend time writing, read dh's chapter, and work on updating the materials part of the teacher website. Dinner will be leftovers, something from the freezer OR the leftover tuna pasta.

Dh has said he wants to get our taxes done tonight. He has also said he wants to plan and reserve our trip to Europe this summer this weekend. After the family hut tour in the Alps, we hope to travel in S. France, Provence area, and Spain. I don't think we can do taxes AND get the trip sorted out. (The hut tour was reserved by his sister a long time ago; we'll a party of 20 hiking in the Alps, ages 8 - 65ish. THAT needed to be reserved early.)

Next:
- back exercises
- eat something
- some qt while eating

Later:
- dress to jog
- load car with bags
- SA - charity give away
- JOG
- s2s and self care
- squeegee and wipe down shower
- fold and p/a towels
- coffee shop with dh
- payroll: update instructor site
- read dh's chapter
- writing time
- other things?
- dinner: leftovers, green salad
- after dinner clean up
- duolingo
- update health apps

TaDas!
- up; weighed self - slightly higher than yesterday
- coffee and tea
- long chatty email to ML
- shorter email to EP
- email deletions + weather website

WEEKLY ACTIVITIES
Sat afternoon JOG (when warmer)
Sun 10 Church/ 6 Host Dinner for up to 8 people/ 8:15 Family zoom call

Mon 11-1 payroll: meeting and lunch w. AC and CM/ 6-7:30 Anglican church plant BS/ 8ish coffee with MZ
Tue 10-12 payroll: S3 set up tasks at school/ 1-3 Prof Dev Mtgs - help lead
Wed 11-1 payroll: teach IW D1? / 6:30 CG2 dinner out together
Thu 2:30 - 3:30? payroll: CA ci with AC/ 4-5 work out with AS/ 6:15 - SS Vol. ESL Class
Fri dinner date with dh?
Sat 9 - 5K run? / 5 - 9-ish CG1 (we host?) OR go to J12yo's state swim meet?
Sun church/ 3:30 - 6 CG2 @ L+B/ 6 - ? host Sunday dinner

February Brain Dumps
This Week - House
- remake guest beds
- can I spend some time decluttering in MBR?
- towel laundry - fold and p/a

This Week - Deskwork
- Writing progress - wip
- order wedding gift: V + J
- email dsil M + A (mother of niece's friend - coming to stay with us for 8 weeks in the fall)

This Week - Errands
- get Mom's bags of stuff to the charity

General Brain Dump
- progress decluttering clothes - wip
- new phone eventually
- passport renewal

[Bama]

Good morning, world!

Thanks for getting us going, trissie. I’m betting I don’t pronounce any of those French words properly lol.
Sounds like the iron is helping with your workload.

Kittykatt, that poor woman expecting a puppy…could you offer up Freddie as a companion? I’m just teasing, I know he’s family, but I couldn’t resist. That sort of thing is common here too, offering goods for money online and vanishing, sadly.

French, I totally get work related stress. Sending good work vibes to you for your current situation and for a better one very soon. Enjoy your family time.

Gma, how do I get on that bread delivery service? Your son is very fortunate to have you. It’s sweet that you miss your gentleman while he’s gone. Makes the reunion that much better.

Laura, have fun at your family gathering.

LAnn, hope you enjoy the basketball game. It’s nice to have a reliable pet sitter. Hawaii sounds so good.

Dogged, very wise of you to sneak that pill in and now it’s done. So sorry about the howling and so early.

Kitkat, stay safe out there.

Helia, hope you got some good rest in there. I will take a steamer closet over having to iron any day.

I don’t iron anymore since dh doesn’t work at a “dress up” kind of job, he has uniforms. They used to have a service do the laundry but cut that out so I do wash but they don’t wrinkle, thank goodness. And I’m usually in tshirts and shorts so those are simple to care for, other than getting bleach spots on them, which I did yesterday on a brand new shirt. I can’t be trusted with nice things lol.
I did in fact nap yesterday, and then did nothing the rest of the time. It was so nice. It was hard to get up today. I did make a grocery order for dh to pick up and bring back breakfast so I’d get moving. I put color on my hair while he’s gone. After I shower that off and eat, I need to load up things for Hollywood (a large coffee table and some small decor) and for a florist (old canning jars of dh’s mother they buy from us with credit to the store) and head out.
Hope you all have a wonderful day.