Serendipity on Sunday

[Smile*Lee]

Rose ~ Hello! Picking up your footprints ~ I like that! It might take us awhile to "get the feel" of these forums. I imagine that we'll migrate some stuff to different places eventually. I keep nosing around to get used to everything.
L. Ann ~ prayers that the new med implementation will go smoothly and that she'll stay well. ((hugs))

Still not doing much, but I'm getting a bit antsy. Time to start doing some things...

[FrenchFlybebe]

L.Ann enjoy your time walking with your friend ! This must be some special time indeed. I wish I had friends close enough that I could have a walk with them. I enjoy walking alone, but I don't always enjoy my conversations with myself

R-Rose, I like the footprints term ! I leave footprints too when I'm in a hurry to leave for work or an appt. I spend the evening removing my footprints and my kids'. As for locations, I live close to the Western coast of the Atlantic Ocean in France, in Brittany.

Smile, we're not right on the beach. The houses that have a view on the sea are sort of... expensive. They are owned by rich people who live in Paris (where the salaries are higher), the families arrive around the end of June, and leave at the end of August. Sometimes they spend a week for the Easter break. The houses are empty, blinds closed etc., all winter long. People living and working all year in Brittany have a hard time finding affordable houses, they buy houses far from the coast, and they commute to the coast cities where there are jobs and shops. The SHE boards are lonely now, it's a bit sad to have to leave it all behind, with lists and posts and (for me at least) whole years of lists and news and updates about my kids when they were babies, and even long before that.

Lunch is eaten, kids are playing quietly (because we asked) and we grownups are quielty sitting on the LR couch for digestion, before getting a backpack ready for a trip to the sea side. It's cold and windy, not sure we will stay for long. MrNG suggested we find a spot where we can stay in the car and watch the kids from there but that's usually not possible, car parks are always a bit far away into the land with a small hill or dune to "cut" the winds from the ocean before they reach the roads and towns.

TADAs
eat, clean-up
spent time with chatgpt trying to have him do a macro on Excel for a spreadsheet MrNG made with his gardening organization

TODO
sort throuh family pics : March April, for the 2024 photobook
decide which sea shore spot we will hit, enjoy fresh air and sunlight daylight
find serenity ?
prepare week ahead
check the past week's to-do list and prepare next week's to-do list
post weekly to-do list here, somewhere ? (I'm not sure there is a Payroll She thread)

[Smile*Lee]

Frenchie ~ Ikwym. I felt like that when we moved from the first phpBB board. A lot of my kids' milestones were there. I get it about beach. We lived on a Michigan lake when I was a kid. The richer people had summer homes on the shore. We poorer people who were there all year round lived in the much simpler cottages farther back off the shore. Summers were SO much different than the winter.

[helia]

Oh yes, Kitty - decaf and kitkat. And of course, Doggedly. For some reason, I thought she was here - but I think not. I do hope someone has contact info for them or they stop by before the board is shut down for good. Enjoy church and your visit with DF E. What's your lunch menu for today?
I like picking up footprints, RRose. I do that too, leave a trail behind myself. LOL! I sometimes put very specific things on my lists so I don't forget them and/ or so I have more to cross off and I can feel more accomplished. Items on my list vary in time to accomplish from 2-3 hours (class, some meetings, church including travel time) to 5 minutes. It works for me.
L Ann, we're getting some rain now. Maybe it will move east across the country to you later today? Enjoy walking with your friend.
Are you going to church this morning, Smile? I stopped by the other board, and it did feel lonely.
FFB, it's nice to hear about your future garden. Being able to have an outing to go walk on the beach always sounds so lovely to me.

Last night, I quickly reviewed the chapter for payroll, did some duo, and updated health apps. Kitty and FFB, do you think we can start up a monthly healthy habit thread here? Or maybe you've set it up already. I can also look into that.

Today is my most scheduled day of the week, ironically. I'm not happy that my week flows this way, but I do love the communities I'm in. Relationships take time and are part of what helps me flourish in life, even though I am an introvert. We'll be out to church 10-12:30/ 1. Then, we host CG2 here 3:30 - 5:30/6. Then, we'll host Sunday dinner at 6 for up to 8 people (casual meal for the girls and the Cs, basically family). Then, at 8:15, we have our monthly family zoom call. Before hosting CG2, I need to finish up the end-of-session tasks for payroll, spiff the house, maybe make a WF run which didn't happen yesterday. And dh still wants me to look at his chapter.

Next:
- back exercises
- s2s and self care
- make bed

Later:
- reclaim kitchen
- church (out 10 - 12:45-ish)
- lunch
- WF run
- s/s main bathroom
- tidy living areas
- payroll: end of session paperwork (digital)
- can I look at dh's chapter?
- 3:30 - 5:30-ish host CG2
- 6 - 8:15-ish host dinner for __ people
- 8:15 - 9:15-ish family zoom call
- update health apps
- duo
- lists for the week
- other things?

TaDas!
- up; weighed self -- up quite a bit. (Maybe the restaurant food Friday night?)
- coffee
- email deletions and weather website; temps are slowly dropping from now until Monday morning

WEEKLY ACTIVITIES
Sun 10:30 - 12 church service/ 3:30 - 5:30+ Host CG2 / 6 - ? Host simple dinner for up to 8? / 8:15 family zoom meeting

Mon JOG/ grocery shopping/ 4:30 - 5:30 payroll: sub in a W program class
Tue 10-12-ish KSJ get together?/ 1-3 Prof Dev Meetings/ 6:30 host Cr's here for dinner
Wed ____ payroll: Teach _____
Thu 8 - work out with trainer/ 7:30 Lenten Bible Study
Fri ____ payroll: Teach _____/ Diner out with dh
Sat Drive to IL? / Dinner with dbro?
Sun visit Mom/ start packing up her stuff?? (Maybe not yet - I may need to return)/ Dinner with dbro?

March Brain Dumps
This Week - House
- get 2 guest beds remade with clean sheets
- polish kitchen appliances
- possibly, polish stone counter tops
- repot my little orchid

This Week - Deskwork
- email L + L
- make appt. with SOS for real i.d. (I've heard this takes some time where we are.)

General Brain Dump
- book bnbs for July vacation - wip
- progress decluttering clothes - wip
- new phone eventually
- buy queen bed frame + mattress + box springs for dd26's room - wip

Moving Mom
- figure out Mom's health insurance
- email current NH re: TB test
- figure out medical transport
- purchase hospital bed
- send letters to Mom's friends who do send her cards re: the move

Brain Dump - Mom and Trust
- get fire safe box for Mom's documents
- email pastor M about the tools in Dad's workshop; Dad would have loved for the church workshop to have them

[Smile*Lee]

helia ~ probably not church this morning ~ though I need to start going more regularly.

I'm also FB friends with Funmumlu ~ so I contacted her. I have no contact in for kitkat and decaf. I'll be sad if they don't make it. But there are Facebook groups that have been around for a long time that have SHEs from here and the SHE forums. Maybe they can find us through them. Dogged knows.

[CathyS]

Hi everyone! Some of you might remember me as Cabby. I retired from that job almost 10 years ago and moved to the Niagara Falls area of Ontario, Canada. I also married my high school sweetheart. Dh tells everyone that we had a 35 year break.

Not much going on here today other than dishes. I have always hated doing dishes. On top of that, we live in a rural area and we have a septic system and it's not happy this week. A lot of snow has melted and it poured rain yesterday and it's pouring rain again today. It's also extremely windy here as well.

Today I am making a beef stew for supper. Seeing as I will be in the kitchen, I will be catching up on the dreaded dishes.

So far today dh and I have sat together while he had his coffee. He has gone to a local store to buy some carrots. The stew isn't complete without them. I also took out the garbage from the bathroom. We have a very small house, but it's perfect for the 2 of us. When we bought it dh made one bedroom into a library for me. The walk in pantry/office space was the smallest bedroom right off the kitchen. Our house is a bungalow with no basement. I love having the washer and dryer on the main floor of a house, so I was thrilled that there wasn't a basement.

[Smile*Lee]

Hi, Cathy! Good to see you again! Sounds like you've found a wonderful life partner and place to be. Not sure what I'm making yet, but beef stew sounds yummy!

[trissie]

DH is doing homework with DBD now (we kinda let it slide all week long and every day she was getting a list of stuff she's supposed to do while sick and we were too busy trying to work from home with kids underfoot to get through it) and he refused my offer to switch places, so... I won't insist! She's still in the stage when she thinks she can negotiate or whine her way out of doing homework. Not that DS, who is 6 years older, wouldn't attempt that from time to time too!

Smile*Lee, yes, losing the memories from the forums hits hard... it was sorts of a diary for me too!
Rose, I always tell my husband that I would be able to tell what he was working on, because there will be clues! If he sweeps the floor, the broom will be leaning against the wall. If he unloads the dishwasher, a pot will be left on the stove. And the same goes for all his house maintenance tasks! There is still a box of tools on the dining table from when he was fixing my earrings last night
L.Ann, what is the new medication supposed to do?
Frenchie, technically, the taxes have a deadline of April 30, if I file them online. But I try to stick to the March 31 for paper filing, even if I do file online every year.
helian, your social life is busy as always!

TaDas
- start lunch
- put away laundry (including folding towels from dryer)
- 3x10 - kitchen, living room, hallways/bathrooms
- midday routine

ToDos
- remake master bedroom bed
- 3x10 - office, master bedroom, DBD's room
- afternoon routine


Braindump
routines
- evening routine
food
- dinner
- bake something sweet
organization
- homework and backpacks
- DBD's speech therapy
- pharmacy order
- order clothes stand for bedroom
- start assembling documents for tax returns
- 15 on filing
- amendment to rental contract
- rental accounting
- deal with insurance
cleaning
- spiff up DBD's room
- spiff up DS13's room
- spiff up twins' room
- spiff up master bedroom
- spiff up office
laundry
- load of cleaning rags
- ironing
- folding
me time
- 15 of exercise
- Bible study
- reading
garden
- tree and bushes pruning
- general pick up in garage
- general pick up around the house
- spade and fertilize veggie garden
- plant seeds

[Ramblinrose]

Helia… we have a health habit link here on our site and several of us post there daily.

Y’all don’t be shy and come join us

[L.Ann]

DD32 has a genetic disease(DADA2) that has been identified in 650 people so far world wide, Trissie. A small number of the people with her issues have blood problems and a smaller number of those with blood problems have issues with neutrophils which are the white blood cell that fights bacteria. They have tried this medication in a very small number of people with success. They think what happens with her disorder is that her body makes neutrophils but that the leukocytes(I think) are extra strong and kill them before they mature. This medication is supposed to suppress the leukocytes which in several people has allowed them to develop normal levels of neutrophils. Since her low neutrophils are her biggest issue if we could fix that she could stay out of the hospital which would be great. Anyway it is worth a trial of 2-3 months.

1-swish and swipe
2-vacuum
3-help DD32 with showers and next round of meds

4-mop bathroom

Menus
Sunday-Cajun salmon with asparagus and sweet potato
Monday-Sweet and spicy glazed meatballs with rice, bok choy and mushrooms
Tuesday-DD32 out/left overs for me
Wednesday-DD32 out/left overs for me
Thursday-honey mustard chicken and farro salad
Friday-curry spiced chickpea wrap

Events
Sunday-walk with friend@9
Monday-Little Bit 7:40-5, Little Bit school 9:15-11:45
Tuesday-Little Bit 7:40-5, library storytime@10:30, PS for DD32 3-8
Wednesday-Little Bit 7:40-5, Little Bit school 9:15-11:45, PS for DD32 3-8
Thursday-Little Bit 7:40-5, museum program 10:15
Friday-Little Bit 7:40-5, Little Bit school 9:15-11:45
Saturday-bball for DD32@9:30, breakfast w/Dsis and walk, 7 theater tickets-High School Musical

Weekly House Blessing-mop kitchen, bathroom, dining room, vacuum, swish and swipe, dust
Extra Stuff- work on last Shutterfly book

Accomplishments
-knee exercises and stretching
-breakfast for me
-start laundry
-dress and pick up room
-breakfast for dog and DD32
-temp and meds for DD32
-walk with friend
-reboot laundry
-make brownies with DD32