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kitkat, WTG on all that you got done. When I'm doing laundry, that's all that I get done.

LOL, we have come a long way, Bama. A girl in my German class played hockey in the 1970's and that was so unusual to us then. We had all been stuck in net for our brothers to practise in the back yard, of course, but to actually play on a team was unheard of.

That is so disappointing about the car and the key, trissie. If they had found something, you'd feel more confident driving it. In Canada, our fobs are expensive to replace because you have to go to a dealership. But the keys can be cut at Canadian Tire, so it's just a few dollars.
I had downloaded an old favourite of mine called Demi Gods. It's a game like My Kingdom For The Princess where you send characters out to collect resources and build things to complete the level. I just out of the blue wanted to play it again. I shouldn't have tried to play it all in one day, though, LOL.
Happy birthday! Do hold out for a nice celebration, even if it can't be on the actual day.

True, Bama and trissie. It's a long wait, but boy! Mondays feel different when you are retired.
I am completely mentally unprepared for Shrove Tuesday and Lent being this week. I was sure that it was in March. What do you want to bet that I had it mixed up with St. Patrick's day?
I also love the chance to talk to people from all over. That is the one thing that I miss from my call centre days; working with people from different countries.

Look at all of those Ta Das, helia. WTG!

I'm afraid that Kubla Khan never made it into any compartment in my brain, Harriet. I've heard of Genghis, of course, but we didn't cover any Khan's or Marco Polo in my history classes.
Apparently, New Orleans extended Fat Tuesday to Fat Monday, which is the origin of Lundy Gras. Nothing wrong with an extra day of pancakes in my view, LOL.

I haven't got progress to report either, helia. Just ate breakfast and CUOP. But the day is still young.

1-kitchen clean up
2-add local high school musicals to calendar
3-read

4-call tax accountant


Menus
Tuesday-southwest shrimp tacos
Wednesday-DD33out/me leftovers
Thursday-pasta
Friday-chicken burrito bowl
Saturday-turkey and Greek salad lettuce wraps


Events
Tuesday-Little Bit 7:40-5, Little Bit school 9:15-3, 12:40 mole check for me
Wednesday-Little Bit 7:40-5, Little Bit school 9:15-3, lunch out with friends @11:45, DD33 out w/PS3-8
Thursday-Little Bit 7:40-6:30, Little Bit school 9:15-3
Friday-Little Bit 7:40-5, Little Bit school 9:15-11:15
Saturday-bball practice 9:30
Sunday-walk with friends

Weekly House Blessing-mop dining room and kitchen
Detailed cleaning of bathroom-wash walls, wash floor
Death book-update DD33’s pages, call lawyer for appointment to review will and DD33’s POAs
Phone calls-call DM’s tax guy after 7
Taxes-

Accomplishments
-stretching and knee exercises
-breakfast for me and dog
-diet site
-dress and pick up bedroom
-walk a mile
-pick up Little Bit
-temp and meds for Little Bit
-breakfast for DD33 and Little Bit
-cleanser on shower walls
-fill bird feeders
-marine museum
-lunch out
-make cookies with the crew
-get out the playhouse for Little Bit to color
-walk
-matching games
-snack and kitchen clean up
-DD33’s lunch for tomorrow
-rinse shower walls
-pick up toys with Little Bit
-take Little Bit home
-dinner prepped and eaten

Trissie, how in the world did I miss your birthday statement?!?!?!

HAPPIEST OF BIRTHDAYS TO YOU!

LAnn, oops on the lost post, that’s frustrating after spending time on it.

Dogged, it does seem like Shrove Tuesday/Ash Wednesday is early this year.

Helia, enjoy your jog. International flavor is a good way to put it, similar yet different in our day to day routines.

Kitkat, wtg on all those walks, don’t tell my dogs, we haven’t been out yet today.
Dd is waiting on the other driver’s insurance company, as of Friday they were still waiting on the police report, but their adjuster assured dd it was their fault and they are covering a rental for her. I’ve been looking at cars online for her but it really sucks bc her car is older and not valued at much although it had zero problems and low mileage. It’s gonna be hard to replace. Have you priced vehicles lately. The prices are outrageous.

Hi Harriet! I was horrible at history so don’t ask me anything lol. My birth town (Mobile, Alabama) is the original home of Mardi Gras although New Orleans took it to new heights. It’s really grown and spread to neighboring counties although I’ve seen more than enough for my lifetime so I ignore it mostly.

Done since last post:
Pet chores
Dust
Round robins:
Bathroom - took down pics I don’t like, shopped the house to replace them with others so it’s all fresh
Bedroom - boxed up some things to go to Hollywood
Living - took down Christmas themed books (put on top of bookcase in bedroom) and replaced with some yard sale books on history, 2 collections, 1 a set of children’s history, 1 an adult set of history. I’m trying to learn everything I missed in school. Took down Valentine hearts. Put shedding pussy willow stems on porch in bunny arrangements
Dining - tidy
Kitchen - unload dw, soak glass bottles (old beverage bottles from dh’s birthplace buried in yard so full of dirt), wipe down, wipe out drink fridge and fill with zero sugar sodas for dh, found one steak in freezer so thawing for fajitas
Foyer - took some pics off console and put in closet, added vine bunny for Easter/spring decor
Ate lunch

Do:
Log lunch
Vacuum
Mop? Dh will be home soon so may put off til later this evening or tomorrow
Laundry

Fun fact: a serving of Nerds candy is 1 tablespoon. Who eats one serving? Asking candy lovers, not those of you with no sweet tooth. Putting the box away and going to vacuum.

Hello, everyone!

How nice to have a Girls' dinner, Helia! I hope you're able to enjoy the nice weather today.

Happy Birthday, Trissie! Sorry about all the car related troubles. I hope you still manage to celebrate.

DPup is very well behaved, KitKat! Fortunately DH has several hobbies and interests he intends to pursue during his retirement, so he won't be underfoot all day every day!

Sorry about the lost post, L.Ann. I hope you all enjoyed the marine museum.

I've never heard of Lundy Gras before, Bama, but parades sound great fun!

Harriet, all these mentions of Kublai Khan have now put the poem by Coleridge into my mind: "In Xanadu. did Kublai Khan a stately pleasure dome decree ..."

Dogged, no tetanus injection for me today, as the nurse went through my records very carefully and discovered I'd had one in April 2019, so I'm still protected, even under new regulations. (I can vaguely remember a nurse sticking a needle in my arm sometime around then, but couldn't remember what for. I'm actually quite embarrassed at how laissez-faire I seem to be about things like this! Whereas the cats' vaccinations are all recorded and to hand.)

But, somehow when the health records got digitised back in the early 2000s, things went missing, so the record is incomplete. Smallpox and BCG jabs have both dropped off, which is ok as I still have the scar for both, which prove I had them, even thought they dont give them any more. But, there's no trace of the measles vaccine which I'm sure I had as a small child.

My parents were conscientious about things like this, so I 'm sure I must have had something. Not the MMR, obviously, as that wasn't available here until 1988, but there was some type of measles vaccine available here from 1968. I definitely have never had any symptoms of measles and I dont remember anyone at my primary school being ill with measles, and it's so infectious that it's inconceivable that we would all have escaped without being vaccinated with "something". The other alternative is that I could have caught it and been asymptomatic (apparently that does happen rarely) but that's highly unlikely for all of the class!

ATM, measles is surging in London, due to all the parents who can't be bothered to vaccinate their children , even though it's free, (which, of course, endangers those children who *can't* be vaccinated for medical reasons ) so it's only a matter of time before it makes its way down here to the SW. The nurse has recommended the MMR vaccination, so I've booked that for 2 weeks time. Apparently the government has launched a campaign to get everyone vaccinated to try and contain the outbreak. This will also give me time to look and see if I can find any paper childhood vaccination records in the filing system to prove my hunch. Getting a serology test done would also prove if had antibodies or not, but it's quicker and easier (and not harmful) to just get the jab.

Upstairs is clean and tidy and DH made yummy pancakes for supper. (A day early, but he's out tomorrow evening).

To do:

Appointments:
Monday:
DH to office
3.30 pm health centre -me - for tetanus jab
Tuesday:
DH WFH
At home for me
Wednesday:
DH to office
9.45 am DF PM to give me lift to church for Ash Wednesday service (no communion wine for me)
Final touches to Waitrose order no later than 9pm
Thursday:
DH WFH
10.30 am church
(No communion wine for me)
Any errands to run?
Can I hoover the car?
3.30 pm podiatrist (again!) - me (check time!)
6-7 pm Waitrose delivery
Friday:
DH WFH
At home for me
Saturday:
DH??
Text DF E re coffee tomorrow
Sunday:
Church 9.30 am
Visit DF E for coffee?
Laxapet Jude and Matilda
Set up new Waitrose delivery

Future dates to note:
30/1 order inhalers
2/3 order my meds
18/2 Ash Wednesday - DF PM to give me a lift to church at 9.45 am (leave house at 9.30 am and walk down to main road)
24/2 Matilda - boosters - remember her vaccination certificate and passport
Sometime when it stops raining - roofer L will work on Garage roof and small house job
11/5 (this may get pushed back if the rain doesn't stop, but J will contact me the week before) - painter J to paint outside of house and clean fascias./downpipes etc

Outstanding deliveries: eBay #1 #2, #3, Amazon,

Extras:
Start list of menu choices people have made (IC and DF E so far)
Put Matilda's vaccination certificate ready to go
30 minutes on my response to DEFRA consultation ( they estimate it will take 4 hours. I've already read through the material and had a good think about some of the issues raised, so hopefully it will take less time, but I'm still allowing myself plenty of time. Responses have to be submitted by the end of March, but I dont want to leave it until the last minute!) #1#2#3#4#5#6#7#8
Order new orthotics - WIP
Can I do 15 minutes of decluttering each day?
Digital decluttering- Google Photos for 2024 and 2025
Pick up my footprints
Book eye test for me
Sort prints and put in albums (this will probably be an activity to do on wet days!) WIP I am now working on 2025
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?)

To do:
Early morning:
Cuddles and treats on the bed with Matilda,
Jude and Freddie
Cup of tea
QT
Lightbox session
Make bed
Shower / wash hair/ moisturiser and sunblock/ clean and floss teeth
DH Launched
Physio exercises and back exercises
Proprioceptors exercises X1 x2 x3
S/S bathroom
Get dressed
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
Unload DW
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

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 WIP- look at discretionary payments this week 30 minute sessions #1
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lol at your record keeping, kittykatt, I’m the same way. I have binders on all the pets but mine are in piles, and I couldn’t tell you what procedures I’ve had done or when, except for those with birthdays lol.

Finished cooking fajitas. Now trying a new thing, someone said to eat daily apple, carrot, and beet, so I’m cooking them all in the same pot to see how that tastes. Yes it will lose some of the benefits but I’m just curious.

Combining my lists for when I update my planner.

Done:
Weigh
Water
Eat breakfast
Dogs out and in
Inside pets fed and watered
Watched videos on “the big 6” moves to get the lymphatic system moving and it felt really nice, a quick exercise, I feel my blood flowing and more relaxed
Played daily puzzles
Pet chores
Dust
Round robins:
Bathroom - took down pics I don’t like, shopped the house to replace them with others so it’s all fresh
Bedroom - boxed up some things to go to Hollywood
Living - took down Christmas themed books (put on top of bookcase in bedroom) and replaced with some yard sale books on history, 2 collections, 1 a set of children’s history, 1 an adult set of history. I’m trying to learn everything I missed in school. Took down Valentine hearts. Put shedding pussy willow stems on porch in bunny arrangements
Dining - tidy
Kitchen - unload dw, soak glass bottles (old beverage bottles from dh’s birthplace buried in yard so full of dirt), wipe down, wipe out drink fridge and fill with zero sugar sodas for dh, found one steak in freezer so thawing for fajitas, chop peppers and onions, carrots and apple
Foyer - took some pics off console and put in closet, added vine bunny for Easter/spring decor
Ate lunch
Log lunch
Vacuum

To Do:
Mop? Dh will be home soon so may put off til later this evening or tomorrow
Laundry
Walk

Taking a break before moving on.

I'm sorry that your post disappeared, L.Ann. It is frustrating when that happens.

Bama, cars are a shocking price here too. My db and I were discussing the Chinese EVs that will start arriving in Canada. I told my db that they hope to get them down to $35K in a few years. He said that was ridiculous; that you could get a gas-powered car for less than that. I did a quick search and told him that the average price of new cars in Canada is $63,665. He said that people would just buy second hand cars. I told him that the average price of used cars in Canada is $35,494. I paid $3000 for the car that I drive now. It looks like it is my last car.
I had no idea that the Mardi Gras celebration as we think of it was started in Mobile, Alabama. You never know what you are going to learn here.
And the next thing I need to learn: what are Nerds candies? Are they designed to be attractive to computer operators. Could you bait traps for programmers with them?

Not only were Khans missing from my history lessons, Kittykatt, but I didn't get that poem in English, either!
Isn't it always the way? The dkids are up to date on everything, but Mom gets overlooked.
We are having cases of measles here too, and also because of parents who don't vaccinate their children. You don't have to pay for children's vaccinations (and most adult vaccinations are free too) so they make it as easy as possible for people to get them.

Monday
Fed Germane
Put away dry dishes
Mini grooming session for Germane
Fed Germane
Made new Procrastaccomplishments list for the week
Checked emails
Confirmed dental appointment
Put pasta on to cook
Mini grooming session for Germane
Fed Germane
Washed dishes
Repacked paper recycling into smaller boxes that are also being recycled. Our city changed the recycling system to an outside company, and there have been a lot of problems with their not picking up the recycling. As a result, our paper bins are overflowing and people have piled up boxes of paper recycling to the point that we can’t walk all the way into the room. I don’t want to give up my packing boxes just now, as I want them for things being transferred to the basement, but I can reduce the backed up recycling in my apartment by taking down smaller boxes with the recycling crammed in.
Decluttered middle shelf of entertainment centre

Dogged, I don’t want to entice you into a bad habit but nerds are tiny candies, like small rocks, taste sort of like sweettarts in that they are sweet and tart at the same time, with a crunchy coating, and come in different flavors for each holiday season. Grape, a basic flavor, is my fave. I don’t indulge much but we have out $1 boxes of candy at Christmas and had some leftover so I’m “decluttering” them. I had a huge salad for balance.

Car shopping was never fun to begin with, now it’s beyond painful and humiliating as salespeople act like I don’t know a thing about the car, the office runs my credit and acts like I can’t afford the car, and the service dept is who let my dh drive off without tightening the lugs on his tires. And now the car drives for me, complains with bells and flashing lights if it wants air, oil, or any of a number of things, and can shut itself off. All in all, not a good thing.

The car being able to shut itself off is terrifying, Bama. You make me happy that my car is sol old that it's not smart enough to do things like that.
I believe that I am safe from the temptation of Nerds, because I don't remember ever seeing them sold here.

I have taken a trip to the basement to bring a box to the locker and some paper recycling down. It seems that we are making progress as the bins are outside. The apartment must believe that the new recycling company will pick up the recycling this time. There is still recycling stacked up against the walls, so there is probably a limit that the company will pick up at one time, but at least I could walk all the way into the room. I think that I should be able to go back to dumping my recycling in the bin within a couple of weeks.