Frog Stone Sunday

[Doggedly]

Good morning, all. Thank you for starting us off, Kittkatt. I had never heard of Frog Stone, so was interested to learn.
I take it as a very good sign that the seniors are telling you that they could hear and understand your reading. Also, it looks like your Parish lunch is well on track to be a success.

You are knocking your Ta Das out of the park, trissie. You must be looking forward to getting the first of your dkids home from camp. Any chance of recruiting them to help you around the house or yard?

Hi, L.Ann.

Lauralind, the computer game is a tough one. Modern social platforms and the big games are actually structured to keep users engaged, to make it hard to walk away from it. I can even see it in a non-competitive game that I have played for years. Every update seems to introduce another thing to make you feel that you will be missing out if you don't stay and deal with that. If your ds is more vulnerable to that than the average, it will make it all the harder to break away. If it has recognizable levels or quests, can you work out with your ds that at the end of one, he goes out and does something in nature like weeding in the greenhouse for X amount of time, or watering the flowers? To refocus his mind, as it were. If it's something that is constantly drawing him in, then would working with alarms work? Two hours on the game and then an hour outside?
For his long term goals, does he know what he wants to do for a living? Is he willing to think about that and plan for it? If so, you can work with him to work out the steps required to get there, and then break it down to attainable goals. That gives him a starting point. Or maybe see if he would agree to spend one day/week helping Grandpa? That would give him the experience of being competent and having a contribution to make to society, as the cooking did.
If he is withdrawing into the game to avoid dealing with the future because between fires and floods from global warming, and the threats to our economy that are not under our control, that's a whole different thing.
Take all of this with a grain of salt, as I have never had children so I'm guessing my way through it all.

Sunday
Cleaned up after Germane
Put on pot of coffee
Cleaned up after Germane
Put on pot of rice
Cleaned up after Germane

[Peaches1000]

Good morning/afternoon!

Next:
-Check email
-Update Toodledo
-Check bank accts/Amex
-Prep new RX sheet
-Amex activity - 15 min

Extras:
-Sunday - meal plan/place grocery order for Monday delivery
-Find sleep number info
-Neuro eval - 8/14 appt - prep notes
-Toodledo Tasks - Trust info/Delete msgs/Sleep number bed issue/see addtl
-DS - set up DS recurring SL pymt (last 7/6)/insurance (last 7/17) set up BCBS & Humana accts to set up recurring pymts & print new cards/vinegar weeds
-Declutter/organize/clean - 15 min
-Files/Med Info/Papers/Emails - 15 min

Routine:
-Laundry #1 start dryer
-Laundry #1 hang/fold
-Put away laundry

-Foyer Bath - pupa/restock
-1pm Eat
-Cat - brush/food/water/litter
-Vacuum something
-6pm Eat
-Close blinds
-Open & sort mail/file
-Prep for next day (clothes/calendar)

Done:
-Bedroom - pupa
-Dress/ready
-Fresh food for kitty
-Open blinds/get water
-Medicine/vitamins

[Lauralind]

Doggedly you are guessing your way through it really well. I think there's a lot of good stuff in there. Ds now that I know he's on the spectrum has specific things he can hyperfocus. He's one to switch them up sometimes. He does stop playing without too much trouble. I'm not too worried about that. And he always hated it outside. I'll have to think of some of those things that can break up his time better.

He does have ideas kinda of what might interest him but they're very vague so far. I can't see him doing a customer service job. At least not right away. Prep cook ot such in a restaurant might work. For starters.. if there's a good place to do that in this town. He lacks strength and endurance for a physical job. Getting better slowly.

Anyways kitchen is clean. Laundry going. I put jars in the dw. And made more icing for the cookies. Half hour till we leave for church.

[L.Ann]

For future things, I would start with your DS’s teacher, Laura. Ask them if there are job coaching services available in your area and how old your DS needs to be to access them. They would help him think about what he wants to do, practice interview skills, do the actual interview and then support him while he learns the job expectations. They can also touch base if there are issues to help him remediate the problem. I know you are pretty rural so if that is not an option the next best thing is to find a business that is willing to be supportive. He probably needs minimal support with the right job and training but maybe less hours than they usually schedule and extra support while he learns the job itself. If he is getting support services at school you can see if they can add a goal on jobs and the skills you need for different jobs. I think there are some computer programs that help kids narrow that down as well that he could maybe do on his own.

1-read
2-15 minutes working in the kitchen
3-move furniture and sweep the dining room

Menus
Sunday-garlic lime chicken with roasted veggies
Monday-turkey burgers with spinach and feta
Tuesday-one pan turmeric chicken and rice
Wednesday-DD32 out/me leftovers
Thursday-crab cakes and salad??
Friday-out after Dragon Race stuff

Events
Sunday-walk with friend@9. Go to Art Blooms exhibit @art garden
Monday-Little Bit 7:40-5, groceries, pick up orthodics, labs for DD32
Tuesday-Little Bit 7:40-5, library story time, dentist for me@3:20, breakfast@8:30
Wednesday-Little Bit 12-6, 9:00 lawyer appointment, DD32Ww/PS3-6, 11:00 bank appointment
Thursday-Little Bit 7:40-5, 8:30 oil change, 5:45 dragon boat practice
Friday-Little Bit 7:40-5, 10:30 financial advisor appointment, 5:00 Flash Mob dance practice for DD32

Weekly House Blessing-dust
Detailed cleaning of dining room-scrub floor
Detailed cleaning of kitchen-scrub floor, clean oven, clean stove, clean fridge, clean freezer, declutter cabinets, clean sink, wash curtain-in dryer, wash cabinets
Extra Stuff- work on last Shutterfly book
Little Errands-drop off will, mail shoes to DGS11, drop off DM’s driver’s license
Phone calls-estate call

Accomplishments
-stretching and knee exercises
-breakfast for dog and me
-dress and pick up bedroom
-diet site
-read
-send schedule to DD38
-start laundry
-walk with friend
-mop bathroom
-read
-reboot laundry
-get chicken out to defrost
-go with DD32 to the art garden
-lunch

[Peaches1000]

Next:
-Laundry #1 start dryer
-1pm Eat (ensure)
-Vacuum something
-Laundry #1 hang/fold
-Put away laundry
-Foyer Bath - pupa/restock
-Refill ice/water

Extras:
-Sunday - meal plan/place grocery order for Monday delivery
-Find sleep number info
-Neuro eval - 8/14 appt - prep notes
-Toodledo Tasks - Trust info/Delete msgs/Sleep number bed issue/see addtl
-DS - set up DS recurring SL pymt (last 7/6)/insurance (last 7/17) set up BCBS & Humana accts to set up recurring pymts & print new cards/vinegar weeds
-Declutter/organize/clean - 15 min
-Files/Med Info/Papers/Emails - 15 min

Routine:
-Cat - brush/food/water/litter
-6pm Eat
-Close blinds
-Open & sort mail/file
-Prep for next day (clothes/calendar)

Done:
-Bedroom - pupa
-Dress/ready
-Fresh food for kitty
-Open blinds/get water
-Medicine/vitamins
-Check email
-Update Toodledo
-Check bank accts/Amex
-Prep new RX sheet
-Amex/reim activity - 90 min

[Peaches1000]

Next:
-Pay lawn
-DH reim - 20 min
-Find sleep number info
-Review insurance info

Extras:
-Sunday - meal plan/place grocery order for Monday delivery
-Find sleep number info
-Neuro eval - 8/14 appt - prep notes
-Toodledo Tasks - Trust info/Delete msgs/Sleep number bed issue/see addtl
-DS - set up DS recurring SL pymt (last 7/6)/insurance (last 7/17) set up BCBS & Humana accts to set up recurring pymts & print new cards/vinegar weeds
-Declutter/organize/clean - 15 min
-Files/Med Info/Papers/Emails - 15 min

Routine:
-Cat - brush/food/water/litter
-6pm Eat
-Close blinds
-Open & sort mail/file
-Prep for next day (clothes/calendar)

Done:
-Bedroom - pupa
-Dress/ready
-Fresh food for kitty
-Open blinds/get water
-Medicine/vitamins
-Check email
-Update Toodledo
-Check bank accts/Amex
-Prep new RX sheet
-Amex/reim activity - 90 min
-Laundry #1 start dryer
-1pm Eat (ensure)
-Vacuum something
-Laundry #1 hang/fold
-Put away laundry
-Foyer Bath - pupa/restock
-Refill ice/water
-Texts DH

[Kittykatt]

Hello everyone!

Laura, L Ann has some very good advice re DS

Dogged, I am flattered, because I happen to know that some of the elderly parishioners, if they dont like the preacher, take their hearing aids out or turn them off!!!

It's been a good day. Lunch was roast chicken, roast potatoes, roasted carrots, courgettes and peppers, creamed leeks, gravy and chocolate mouse with cream. I've had a nice time pottering in the garden - the weather was perfect! I need to post my list for the week, and they for an early night.

[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
Quick kitchen clean up
Hang up towels that washed overnight
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
Hang up sheets to dry
Coffee with DH
Put potatoes and veg 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
15 minutes in tiny front garden
120 minutes in back garden
Dish up lunch
Walk Freddie
Lap time with Freddie
Lap time with Jude
Cuddles with Matilda
Head rubs with Freddie, Jude and Matilda
Play with Freddie, Jude, Matilda
Fold laundry and PA
Run DW when full
Unload DW
Post list with my plans for the week
Clothes laid out for tomorrow

Extras:
Chat with MD and BA after church re parish lunch, especially the financial side
Chat with Dneighbour S
Reply to DM's email re Christmas parish lunch tickets
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[Kittykatt]

Getting ahead for the week!

To do:

Appointments:
Monday: DH to office
At home for me
Feed Izzy am pm
Tuesday: DH WFH
At home for me
Feed Izzy am pm
Wednesday: DH to SDR for the day
At home for me
Feed Izzy am pm
Laxapet for Jude and Matilda
9 pm Final touches to Waitrose order
Thursday: DH WFH
10.30 am church followed by baptism, follow by coffee and cake (I've been asked to be in charge of the coffees - DF PM will help)
Any errands?
Hoover car? ( Weather permitting!)
Feed Izzy am pm

Book Jude's September weight loss appointment
Book Jude's boosters due in September?
Bring blue crates up from garage
6-7 pm Waitrose delivery
Laxapet -Jude and Matilda
Friday: DH WFH
At home for me
Feed Izzy am pm
Saturday:
*Text DF E re coffee tomorrow*
Feed Izzy am
Sunday:
church 9.30 am
Coffee with DF E
Laxapet Jude and Matilda
Set up new Waitrose delivery

Future dates to note:
24/8 Matilda - 6 month health check
4/ 9 weight loss clinic -Jude
10/9 order my meds

Outstanding deliveries: eBay

Extras:
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?)
Sort out cabinet that wobbles - does the back need some sort of bracing ?
Fix garage guttering that's loose at one end and bending down. Dneighbour R2 may fix?
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
Make bed
Shower / wash hair/ moisturiser and sunblock/ clean and floss teeth
Physio exercises and back exercises
Proprioceptors exercises X1 x2 x3
S/S bathroom
Get dressed
DH launched
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 spare room throw and cat 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

Financial:
More work on budget

Things that need to happen at home before DH retires!
Reorganise office WIP DH still needs to deal with a crate of "stuff"
DH needs to organise his tools.in the garage into the new tool boxes
Then the garage needs decluttering / reorganising

Declutter bedroom 15 minutes at a time!

Parish Christmas Lunch:
Write out everything I want to say to caterers:
Date of lunch
Which meal I want to order
How many (20? Remember at least a couple need to be GF)
Church details - email to send invoice to
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[L.Ann]

1-kitchen stuff- DD32’s lunch, make turkey burgers for tomorrow, dinner prep

Menus
Sunday-garlic lime chicken with roasted veggies
Monday-turkey burgers with spinach and feta
Tuesday-one pan turmeric chicken and rice
Wednesday-DD32 out/me leftovers
Thursday-crab cakes and salad??
Friday-out after Dragon Race stuff

Events
Sunday-walk with friend@9. Go to Art Blooms exhibit @art garden
Monday-Little Bit 7:40-5, groceries, pick up orthodics, labs for DD32
Tuesday-Little Bit 7:40-5, library story time, dentist for me@3:20, breakfast@8:30
Wednesday-Little Bit 12-6, 9:00 lawyer appointment, DD32Ww/PS3-6, 11:00 bank appointment
Thursday-Little Bit 7:40-5, 8:30 oil change, 5:45 dragon boat practice
Friday-Little Bit 7:40-5, 10:30 financial advisor appointment, 5:00 Flash Mob dance practice for DD32

Weekly House Blessing-dust
Detailed cleaning of kitchen-scrub floor, clean oven, clean stove, clean fridge, clean freezer, declutter cabinets, clean sink, wash curtain-in dryer, wash cabinets
Extra Stuff- work on last Shutterfly book
Little Errands-drop off will, mail shoes to DGS11, drop off DM’s driver’s license
Phone calls-estate call

Accomplishments
-stretching and knee exercises
-breakfast for dog and me
-dress and pick up bedroom
-diet site
-read
-send schedule to DD38
-start laundry
-walk with friend
-mop bathroom
-read
-reboot laundry
-get chicken out to defrost
-go with DD32 to the art garden
-lunch
-read
-15 minutes working in the kitchen
-move furniture and sweep the dining room
-scrub the dining room floor
-start second load of laundry