Georges Seurat Sunday

[Kittykatt]

Hello, everyone!

FFB, that is a genius idea to get kids to paint "in the style of Georges Seurat! I hope your pie turns out well.

KitKat, that's a very long winter! Here in the SW of the UK, winter is usually now over by mid February, although areas further north, especially Scotland, can still get snow well into March.

Bama, cut and paste is quite straightforward on my phone - I've only really had write my complete lists out once - I just edit and "tweak " them from time to time to accommodate life's changes.

L.Ann, that's a wonderful birthday celebration!

Helia, you have a busy day!

Dogged, I think we'll see a partial eclipse this summer. I do remember the 1999 full eclipse - we were so fortunate to be in the path of totality then (I think it was just Cornwall and parts of Devon).

Trissie, turkey drumsticks are both delicious and economical, with very little waste - you've reminded me I need to order one soon!

It's been a good day - at church we celebrated Mothering/ Refreshment Sunday (4th Sunday of Lent). We had a very sensitive sermon on the subject from the curate. I didn't see DF E today, as she was going out to lunch with some friends, but I had a good chat with DF PM after church instead. Lunch today was roast duck legs with sea salt, whole grain mustard and honey coating, roast potatoes, gravy, broccoli, carrots and peas , followed by raspberry ripple yogurt fool. I managed some deadheading in my front garden before the rain came, and this afternoon I've worked on the photos and watched my favourite Poirot - the Hollow, and Matilda is now on my lap.

[Kittykatt]

To do:
Cuddles and snack for Matilda, Jude and Freddie
Bible reading and meditation
Update latest Waitrose order
Cup of tea
Get up!
Scrub out litter trays (DH)
Change sheets on bed
Shower/wash hair/moisturiser and sunblock/ clean and floss teeth
S/S bathroom
Physio exercises
Get dressed in casual clothes
Give everyone fresh water
Cat breakfast and meds /supplements
Breakfast and meds /vitamins for me
Hang up sheets to dry
Quick kitchen clean up
Load DW
Quick PUPA downstairs
Quick dust and Hoover downstairs
Change into smarter outfit
OTD to church
Back home again, change back into casual clothes
Meat in oven
Coffee with DH
Put potatoes to roast
Put up my vitamins and supplements for the week
Weigh out Jude's and Matilda's dry food for the week
Quick PUPA upstairs
Fold laundry and PA
15 minutes in tiny front garden
15 minutes in back garden
Dish up lunch
Walk Freddie
Lap time with Freddie, Jude and Matilda
Head rubs with Freddie, Jude and Matilda
Play with Freddie, Jude, Matilda
Run DW when full
Unload DW
Post list with my plans for the week
Clothes laid out for tomorrow

Extras:
Menu choices.for ladies breakfast
Type and email DF E's article.for parish magazine
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[Gma]

Jus tstopping by for a quick minute to announce that we had no churh this mroning. Plow came by atound 1030, and I have removed 8 inches of snow from my drievway with my small blower, and from my sidewalk mostly with my shovel.
I'm tired. ! Neighbor helped with the heavy snow plow dump at the end of the driveway, and I'm off ot bake some banana bread for them.

[helia]

Oh my, Gma! That is a lot of snow! Nice a neighbor helped you.
Such an inspiring lunch, Kitty! Enjoy Poirot and some down time. You deserve it.
L Ann! What an awesome birthday present to yourself!! I'm so excited for you and DD33! I didn't realize there was a Disney anything on Hawaii.
trissie, I hope your coworkers do their jobs re: the deadlines next week.
I like sweet onions, Bama! Actually, I like raw red onions too. And chives. I like onions in general.
Hoping your internet behaves the rest of today and tomorrow, Doggedly.

Next: I spent some time this afternoon at home - alone, doing puzzle games. Eventually, I got bored and have now joined dh at a coffee shop. I need to go for a walk - not sure I will. Dd30 is smoking a chicken for dinner tonight. I think S and J12yo will join us; R may need to work. Then at 8:15ish, we'll have our monthly family zoom call! I hope we get to see baby I!

Getting some lists set up for next week might be a good thing to do today too.

I'll jog again tomorrow, if the weather cooperates. Temps are now dropping nonstop until Tuesday morning when they'll be back down to 16F and 3F (-16C) with windchill. We're all getting tired of winter. BUT I've heard there might be a strong el niño this summer/ fall which might make next winter warmer. As long as that polar vortex stops meandering out of its territory.

Later:
- back exercises
- WF run
- walk
- towels: fold and p/a
- read dh's chapter
- writing time
- try again to order wedding gift for V + J
- figure out forms for passport renewal
- make lists for next week
- ~ 6 host Sunday dinner for up to 8 people: DD30 is bringing a smoked chicken; bread, Dutch cheese, pizza
- after dinner clean up
- 8:15 family zoom
- more duolingo?
- update health apps - I've been slacking in this

TaDas!
- up; weighed self - down a little
- coffee
- duolingo
- email deletions + weather website
- s2s and self care
- 9:45 otd to church
- 12:10 home from church?
- lunch
- after lunch clean up
- vegged; played games
- at coffee shop with dh

[FrenchFlybebe]

Bedtime CI.
Kids are in bed, homework is done, laundry has been done, what is dry had been folded. Cooking ahead : part of it done. A list is ready for the week.
What didn't get done : a few things I postponed to next week. Vacuuming the bedrooms (DS10's allergy to dustmite will have to wait another day)
The new recipe was a success, kids loved it. (Not my exact recipe but close)

Election results in our town : the right-wing list is elected. In many cities there will be a second election day, but not here since they won by more than 50 %. 59, I think. The town has been administered by leftwing people for many years. Not sure what changes this will bring. Not looking forward to it.
The results in France's large cities will be known later tonight, I will read them tomorrow - hoping the news don't make that Monday morning harder than the others.

Wishing you all a serene Sunday evening and night !

[trissie]

Bama, would sweet onion be the white variety? I've also been told at a cooking course to use red onions as they are less sharp than the yellow ones.
L.Ann, I wanted to say that Europe has good hospitals too, but the problem might be insurance, as your DD has a lot of pre-existent conditions which an insurance company might be reluctant to cover, so it's wise to stick to where you know you won't end with exorbitant bill!
Dogged, politics is something I try to not think about. Our previous corrupt center-to-right-wing-but-anti-Russian government was replaced by also corrupt populistic center-to-left-but-will-work-with-Russia government and while one felt like sacrificing your right hand and left kidney, the other feels like sacrifing your left hand, right kidney and half of your spleen, and so far I haven't decided which one was which. Cause the corrupt populists will at least try to buy the votes by giving my money to some poor people, which I don't mind that much, but they will work with Russia. The previous one gave my money to their sponsors, which I do mind very much, but they did not work with Russia. Tough choice there! (I voted for neither, but my party of choice is not involved in any corruption deals hence they got kicked out of previous government and were not considered for current one).
kittykatt, we like drumsticks in slow cooker too!
that's a lot of snow, gma! Do you have anywhere you need togo any time soon?
helia, you really are getting the winter's last bout!
Frenchie, crossing my fingers that your new town leaders will work for the good of their people!

I was trying a new recipe (three-cheese ziti) and I made the original amount (as most of the times we do get by with a 4 people recipe for the six of us) and I was like "there's no way four people could eat that, this lady must be a real eater!" and then noticed the original was for 8! Oh well, DH has a nice lunch box for tomorrow and our little snake-child* has been fed and can starve for a week now
* that would be DBD. She's a picky eater, three spoonfuls and runs away, but every couple days, she will just gulp down something, request seconds and thirds and sometimes even fourth, end up eating a bigger portion than DH - and then proceed to barely eat for some time

Onto my last set!

TaDas
- pick up branches DH snipped
- 15 on laundry
- 15 on pick up/ cleaning
- dinner
- homework and backpacks

ToDos
- evening routine
- 15 on laundry
- email to bank re mortgage

Braindump
organization
- DBD's speech therapy
- update land contract
- 15 on filing
- plan for March
- go over insurance proposal
- email to bank re mortgage
cleaning
- clean office
- spiff up twins' room
- spiff up DS13's room
- spiff up floor in kitchen
- spiff up living room
- spiff up downstairs bathroom and hallways
laundry
- load of cleaning rags
- 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

[FrenchFlybebe]

(I voted for neither, but my party of choice is not involved in any corruption deals hence they got kicked out of previous government and were not considered for current one).

Trissie, I couldn't help but smile. But I'm sorry, of course.

[trissie]

Frenchie, the joke is on us, I am afraid! But it really is what happened - there was a state-run system, which generated a lot of money for certain private contractors. The Pirates, my party of choice, are all for digitalization so they tackled this system and came up with an alternative, but since they faced high opposition from people who would have seen their cash cow removed from pastures, there was a delay in implementing it. Realistically, it would have been fully operational 3-6 months later, which is probably the closest anybody has ever adhered to deadline as far as I recall. But the prime minister, at the behest of the people behind the private contractors, recalled the minister responsible for the system, who happened to be the leader of the Pirates party, contrary to the coalition agreement which prohibited him from recalling ministers without the approval of their party. He really, really was desperate to appease his sponsors!

[L.Ann]

1-finish clean up in kitchen and set up coffee
2-mop kitchen
3-quick house pick up

Menus
Monday-stir fried rice
Tuesday-pick up Panera to eat at home
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
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, 11:45 lunch out with friend
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
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
-start laundry
-long walk with friend
-DD33 meds
-dust
-lunch
-reboot laundry
-go to Kohls
-read
-vacuum
-a bit of gardening
-FACE
-read
-diet site
-email DM’s accountant
-write 2 checks
-dinner preprep/pack DD33’s lunch
-read
-dinner prepped and eaten
-kitchen cleaned

[Kittykatt]

Last CI before bed.

Helia, I hope you get to see baby I this time.

L.Ann, I can understand wanting.to stay in familiar territory with DD's medical concerns.

FFB, your recipe.looks very tasty!

Trissie, LOL at snake-child! (. Although it must be stressful for you at times!) I can relate though, as I, too was very fussy as a child (not helped by.my mother boiling most veggies to death to appease my father). But then, I discover the magic elixir that is Tomato ketchup. Result, a child that would eat anything, even things kids traditionally often don't eat easily, like broccol, Brussels sprouts and.other green veg. Ive recommended this to friends who have picky kids, and it seems to work for them, although one Mum voiced a concern about what would happen if her son still wanted ketchup at 18? I said he'd probably grow out of it by then as his tastes changed but if not, he could ask for the bottle himself!

Going to post my list for the week, and then I'll see everyone tomorrow. Night night!