Maple Tree Monday @ TDD - C&C

[Smile*Lee]

HI, CL! Glad you made it!

QT done. Still trying to catch up on planner planning.

A little me rant. Feel free to ignore...
Geez... I still feel like my brain is a big mush ball from all the meds I had to take - and maybe from the virus. idk... I keep saying I'm going to go to the gym but wow.. I've figured out a gazillion different excuses not to. MAKING myself go to the gym today. I think moving will help clear out this brain fog. But I gotta slug through it first to get there.

The short list:
• exercise
• house dailies
• grocery store
• Reboot HSS & FL

[Kittykatt]

Good morning/good afternoon, L.Ann, Smilelee and CL.

WTG with the weeding, L.Ann!

Smilelee, the windows *have* to be oiled etc once a year, to stop them seizing and things becoming blocked, but I revised it to twice a year, as once a year was a "big event" that I *had* to get "perfect", so it didn't get done. Twice means I sprint through it each time with a "good enough" attitude, as anything missed now will get done in the autumn.

Good to see you, CL. Did you have a nice trip?

Ive spent the whole moon the garden, mulching and weeding, and planting the phlox Dnextdoorneighbour C gave me yesterday.

Lunch on my front garden now, then I'll start those windows.

[Lauralind]

Morning all. Hi costumelady. Glad you found us. Hope all is well.

Trissie yikes on all the overtime. Especially that it is not paid.

Kittykat again you can so diligent on those little menial tasks.

I get that brain fog full well smile lee.


I need to do some thorough routine stuff. Technically i should call dad first and make sure he's good. E is already at work. He husband is going to go see dad and mom today but not for a couple hours. Again my schedule says freight. Pick my 8 hr shift. Or shorter if needed. Ds is on spring break. 2 more days of bball camp. I'll time lunch break to bring him there.

It would be rather fast acting to make 800 shift I haven't showered yet. Probably 9? Or later if the truck is going to be late. Technically I could go do a couple things at dads first....

Shower
S&s both baths and reboot laundry
Tidy laundry room and master bedroom some

Straighten main living space some
Empty and reload dw
Declutter island again
Figure out lunch
Call dad sometime

[Kittykatt]

Hi, Laura! I hope you can manage to sort and prioritise your day. It sounds as though your parents are being well looked after.

[Kittykatt]

To do:

Appointments:
Monday: DH to office
At home for me
Tuesday: DH WFH
At home for me
6.30 pm Choral society DH
Wednesday: DH to office
10 am visit C (PL's Mum) for a cup of tea and collect her grocery list
9 pm Final touches to Waitrose order - add C's items as well
DH out in the evening for team meal
Thursday: DH to office for team workshop
10.30 am church
Any errands?
Hoover car? ( Weather permitting!)
Bring blue crates up from garage (delegate this to DH)
6-7 pm Waitrose delivery
Laxapet -Jude and Matilda ( if we didn't do it yesterday)
Friday: DH WFH
10 am take C's groceries to her and have a cup of tea
Saturday: *Text DF E re coffee tomorrow*? Not this week
Sunday: church 9.30 am
Coffee with DF E ? Not this week
Laxapet Jude and Matilda

Future dates to note:

Outstanding deliveries: eBay, Boots the Chemist

Extras:
Flush through drainage channels on windows
Oil hinges and grease contact points
Clean windows and as.mich of the cladding as I can reach
Pick up my footprints! (Thank you, RRose!) What does this mean specifically for me? 0ff the top of my head: PUPA things out of place before I go to bed, PUPA tools I have used to do the housework, wipe down kitchen surfaces when I've finished there. Put my breakfast bowl and mug in DW. In other words, pick after myself!
Make list of outstanding jobs on the house and send to Handyman A. DF PM, who has been mentoring him through some difficult turns his life has taken, thinks he may be ready to start some jobs again. (If he doesn't reply in a reasonable time, or doesn't want to do anything, then I'll look for someone else, but I would prefer not to do that). Off the top of my head, clean gutters and the swan neck on the downpipes where "stuff" tends to accumulate, clean cladding back and front and downpipes, and short return wall as well. Replace the bit of mortar that's fallen out of the edge of the roof (I think its called the verge?) , fix dripping kitchen tap ( new washer?), sort out cabinet that wobbles, fix garage guttering that's loose at one end and bending down. More as I think of them? ( Waiting for a reply)
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
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
Update latest Waitrose order when new dates become available
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
Light box session for me - do I still need this now the days are longer and light levels higher?
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
2.5 hours 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

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

Extras: (maybe move this to the crafts thread?)
Clean/polish dolls house furniture for:
Bedroom #1
Bedroom #2
Bathroom
Sitting Room WIP
Kitchen WIP
Garage / utility

Arrange furniture in dolls house:
Bedroom #1
Bedroom #2
Bathroom
Sitting Room WIP
Kitchen WIP
Garage/ Utility

Garden extras:
Feed pots weekly
Order David Austin rose food - I have a discount card to use before mid April
April / May (depending on weather) buy geraniums for pots and small border
March /April order nematodes for Vine weevil , and predator mites for fuchsia gall mite from Green Gardener
Order Uncle Tom's rose tonic (RHS? Amazon?)
Mulch roses

Financial:
More work on budget WIP
Amazon S&S items
Healthspan
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[helia]

Yay! Glad you found us, CL.
trissie, that's an interesting idea about dh's technology and travel. Dh travels internationally for his work less than he used to but still maybe once a year. He's presenting at a conference in Japan in June. (This conference alternates between Japan and Hawaii.) Ugh - sorry about the lack of grandparents for your children. It was the same with ours; dh's were across the ocean on another continent, and mine were 350-1,000 miles away (farther when we lived in Austin, TX) -- and uninterested. I had no help with any of my new babies. Yes, it's good not to be bitter as much as you can -- but also don't push down/ deny the way it's been hurtful. We always had good friends who took our kids under their wings wherever we lived; they became like family to us. That's the Cs here. It was EK and CK in Austin.
I can picture you eating lunch in your beautiful garden, Kitty. Enjoy!
I've totally been there, Smile. I can procrastinate like an expert to avoid going to the gym. Sometimes, it's valid, though. Did you go?
I like your dinner plan L Ann! WTG on all that gardening!!
Hope all is well with your dad, laurlind. Have a good day at payroll!

It is gray and chilly today, 36*F with a high of 37*F. No rain forecast until Friday.

Last night, we had a lively dinner of 8 with the girls, M, and the Cs. Afterward, we had an impromptu family zoom call with ds and F since it was ds' 31st birthday yesterday! Wow - I have a child who is 31 years old. How is that possible? I feel like I was 31 years old myself just a few years ago. LOL!

Today, I need to prep for class and teach class. I also need to call/ email the new NH and ask (1) if they know any good transport companies for Mom and (2) ask what sort of hospital bed they might recommend. Friend R last night thought a hospital bed was an excellent idea even if Mom isn't in one now. (R is an MD, so that means a lot.) A jog would be good and maybe a WF run. Other things need to be done too - but if I do this much, I'll be satisfied.

Next:
- back exercises
- s2s and self care
- squeegee and wipe down shower

Later:
- payroll: grade AAS HW1
- payroll: prep AAS D3
- call AP (new NH)
- lunch
- make bed
- gather everything and otd by 1:15
- 1:30 - 3:30 payroll: teach
- WF run
- dress in exercise clothes
- jog
- bring in firewood
- dinner: tacos, green salad
- after dinner clean up
- update health apps
- duo
- finish HW for dh's chapter
- payroll: GGT spreadsheet - finish?
- read
- is the KSJ gathering happening tomorrow? (It's spring break for the kids.)

TaDas!
- up; weighed self
- some qt
- reclaimed kitchen
- email deletions + weather website
- ordered more nespresso capsules

WEEKLY ACTIVITIES
Mon 1:30 - 3:30 payroll: teach AAS D3/ groceries?
Tue 10-12:30 KS2J get together? / 6:30 - ? host Tuesday dinner for ____
Wed 12:40 - 1 payroll: phone call with director/ 1:30 - 3:30 payroll: teach AAS D4
Thu 8 - workout with trainer/ 1-1:40 payroll: PD meeting/ 7:30 Lenten group
Fri 1:30 - 3:30 payroll/ OR will I be traveling?

March Brain Dumps
This Week - House
- clean fridge
- 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 medical transport - wip
- purchase hospital bed - wip
- send letters to Mom's friends who do send her cards re: the move
- schedule bnb once I have dates of her move
- let dbro know

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

[helia]

BTW, following up on trissie's post on the other website, has anyone contacted Featherball or Oreos about the website closing?

[Kittykatt]

Thank you for thinking of ladies who are still "missing", Helian. I also thought of Musicalcatlover. (I know she hasn't posted for some time, but it would be good if we could somehow let her know we've moved if she ever felt able to rejoin us.)

[trissie]

helian, I wish I had that kind of friends - I may have online support, but not much in person. I guess I just missed forming those friendships when we moved in, and then we welcomed three kids in 19 months and just getting out of the house was so much of a hassle that I missed on forming the "playground friendships" too. But then again I guess I just don't look like a person who might need help.
laura, is DDad home already? How is he settling?
We're glad to have you, CostumeLady!
Smile*Lee, I am cheering you up, you can do it, you can do it!
kittykatt, so what's blooming in your garden already?

I had a hard time getting properly started on work, so it just dragged on, but I did finish at least one big task, so there's that! And upstairs is nice and clean. On to another set of tasks!

TaDas
- drive girls to school
- mailbox work
- tie in LQ and OS guidelines
- editing of LQ guideline
- pick up Terri and DBD from school
- clean DBD's room
- clean DS13's room
- clean twins' room
- clean master bedroom
- clean master bathroom
- lunch
- load of lights washed and dried

ToDos
- midday routine
- deal with today's load of laundry
- clean out car

Braindump
work
- print and read RTS guideline on ICT reporting
- research the regulatory guidance for ICT reporting
- find out who has access to system - can they download the templates for me?
- start research for IDD report (probably not happening, will be on the list for weeks to come)
routines
- afternoon routine
- evening routine
food
- dinner
- bake something sweet?
organization
- homework and backpacks
- DBD's speech therapy
- pharmacy order
- order clothes stand for bedroom
- order clothes for DS
- start assembling documents for tax returns
- 15 on filing
- amendment to rental contract
- rental accounting
- deal with insurance
cleaning
- spiff up kitchen
- spiff up living room
- spiff up downstairs bathroom and hallways
- spiff up office
laundry
- ironing
- folding
- mending
- laundry put away
me time
- 15 of exercise
- Bible study
- reading
garden
- watering
- tree and bushes pruning
- rose pruning
- general pick up in garage
- general pick up around the house
- plant seeds
- fertilizing

[Peaches1000]

Good morning/afternoon!

Next:
-Gather dirty laundry/sort
-Laundry #1 to washer
-Foyer Bath - pupa/restock
-Update Toodledo
-Check bank accts/Amex
-Office - pupa
-Files/Med Info/Papers/Emails - 5 min

Extras:


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

-Kitchen - 5 min
-Declutter/organize/clean - 5 min
-Cat - brush/food/water/litter
-Vacuum something
-Close blinds
-Make list for next day
-Update log
-Open & sort mail/file

Done:
-Fresh food for kitty
-Bedroom - pupa/make bed
-Open blinds/get water
-Medicine/vitamins
-Check email