Easter Sunday

[Kittykatt]

Triple Dog Dare!

Pick 3 things
Do them
Post your TaDas!

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Don't think about it. Just do it!
~~ I Triple Dog Dare ya! ~~
Good Morning!
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[Kittykatt]

Good morning everyone and happy Sunday. Happy Easter to all who celebrate - He is risen!

Just a quick post as we need to leave early for church today, so hope BBL.

Have a good day, everyone!

[FrenchFlybebe]

* * * Good Morning! * * *

Good morning kittykatt, thanks for the start. Happy Easter! I hope you have a good Easter time at church.

Waving to all, glad to read helian's DM is settling in her new home with caring staff.

Grey morning but no rain so far : it's a relief because the "Easter bells" hae brought chocolate eggs in the garden. The grass is wet (and a bit high), full of slugs and snails, I hope they don't attack the chocolate before the kids are up and start egg-hunting.
Probably next year we can schedule the Easter egg hunt better and tell them "you just wait while we put the eggs, then we get started". But DS6 still believes in the "bells" or something (he's not sure), so right now we have to hide the eggs while he sleeps.

Yesterday's family movie was Gremlins, and both DSs enjoyed it. Family-friendly websites said the movie is ok for kids aged 12 and older, but even DS6 had to laugh at the ugly creatures. It should be noted somewhere that at some point in the movie the young woman tells the truth about Santa.

TADAs
up early, silently opened chocolate egg packages
eggs hidden in the garden
quick CUOP

[Doggedly]

Happy Easter, to all who celebrate.

Thank you for starting us off, kittykatt. Have a wonderful Easter celebration.

Wishing you a slug-free easter egg hunt, FrenchFly.

I have hung all of the laundry and am enjoying a snack of broccoli and cheese before I head to bed.

See you later!

[trissie]

Good night, Dogged, you're really responsible having such a healthy snack!
Frenchie, yikes about Gremlins revealing the big secret! Do your kids still believe in Santa? In our family, DBD really believes and the older ones I think don't, but you can't really ask "hey, do you still believe in Santa or do you know it's just a scam by the parents?"
kittykatt, how was church?

I am home from the mass. It was lovely!
We didn't finish with the carpet yesterday - we maneuvered it inside (a rather daunting tasks since we couldn't really move out the bed and the carpet is slightly bigger than the room and needs to be cut in place), but then the pizza delivery was here and we opted to just sit down with pizza, wine and a marathon og Agatha All Along on Disney So that's on the list for today and then of course get everything back and it needs to be done by 5pm or else the kids will have nowhere to sleep!
But DH needs to do the cutting and taping of the carpet before things can be moved back, so it's his job now.

TaDas
- up and attem
- dressed to shoes
- breakfast and coffee
- church
- internet time
- some help to DH

ToDos
- morning routine
- 3x10 minute rescue - living room, kitchen, bathrooms
- 15 on laundry

Braindump
routines
- midday routine
- afternoon routine
- evening routine
food
- lunch
- dinner
- bake Easter lamb cake
- feed breadstarter
organization
- pick up kids at 5pm
- 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
- strip and remake all beds
- clean office
- clean windows in DBD's room
- move back everything to DBD's room
- iron and hang curtains in master bedroom
- iron and hang curtains in DBD's room
- spiff up DS13's room
- spiff up twins' room
- spiff up master bedroom
- spiff up master bathroom
- spiff up kitchen
- spiff up living room
- spiff up downstairs bathroom and hallways
laundry
- load of linens
- load of towels
- load of winter jackets
- ironing
- folding
- mending
- laundry put away
me time
- 15 of exercise
- Bible study
- reading
garden
- plant jostaberry
- plant apricot tree
- plant treatment - pest
- plant treatment - mold & funghi disease (maybe not yet? check)
- watering
- tree and bushes pruning
- general pick up in garage
- general pick up around the house
- fertilizing
- April seeds in ground

[trissie]

TaDas
- morning routine
- spiff up kitchen
- spiff up living room
- spiff up bathrooms
- 15 on laundry
- cleaning of painting supplies
- load of winter jackets running

ToDos
- start lunch
- remake DS13's bed
- 15 on laundry

Braindump
routines
- midday routine
- afternoon routine
- evening routine
food
- lunch
- dinner
- bake Easter lamb cake
- feed breadstarter
organization
- pick up kids at 5pm
- 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
- strip and remake all beds
- clean office
- clean windows in DBD's room
- move back everything to DBD's room
- iron and hang curtains in master bedroom
- iron and hang curtains in DBD's room
- spiff up DS13's room
- spiff up twins' room
- spiff up master bedroom
- spiff up master bathroom
- spiff up downstairs bathroom and hallways
laundry
- load of linens
- load of towels
- ironing
- folding
- mending
- laundry put away
me time
- 15 of exercise
- Bible study
- reading
garden
- plant jostaberry
- plant apricot tree
- plant treatment - pest
- plant treatment - mold & funghi disease (maybe not yet? check)
- watering
- tree and bushes pruning
- general pick up in garage
- general pick up around the house
- fertilizing
- April seeds in ground

[helia]

Happy Easter to all who celebrate.

Kitty, He is risen indeed! Do you have a special meal today?
Are Easter bells like fairies, FFB? I hope your boys found the chocolates before the slugs did!
Trissie, I see you're making your famous lamb cake. Good luck to your dh laying the carpet. You are real DIY-ers!

My daughters are also DIY-ers. They are installing fencing around a part of their driveway so they can just open the door and let Fable out rather than walking her to the backyard gate. Friday, they installed metal posts and screwed the supporting plates into the concrete driveway. I don't know if they had to make holes in the concrete beforehand or how they did it, but they used a special machine. Dd26 also dug narrow holes 2 feet deep in the ground for poles for the side of the fence. She also put together the gate.

Other good news: Dd29 has been accepted into graduate school, specifically the Big U's social work program. It is one of the top programs in the country, ranked #1 by one common ranking org. I think her plan is to defer a year -- though I don't totally understand why.

Next:
- back exercises
- s2s and self care
- visit Mom; drop off some things for her

Later:
- home; pick up dh
- start driving to church before 10 a.m.
- 10:30 - 12-ish church service
- drive home
- lunch
- make the bed
- reclaim kitchen; run dw
- empty dw
- JOG
- lights: w d f pa
- can I get clean sheets on the bed?
- tidy living areas
- dust living areas
- s/s main bathroom
- payroll: end of session tasks
- make a salad
- leaves in table; set table for 13 people
- 5:30 - ? host Easter dinner
- after dinner clean up
- duo --oops! Forgot to do this yesterday
- update health apps
- 8:15-ish family zoom call

TaDas!
- up; weighed self -- up since yesterday
- coffee
- email deletions + weather website - sunny and low 50s today

WEEKLY ACTIVITIES
Sun Try to visit Mom early/ out 10 - 1-ish Church/ JOG/ 5:30-ish Host Easter Dinner for 13 people/ 8:15 family zoom call

Mon REST
Tue 10-12-ish KSJ get together/ 1-3 payroll: PD meetings/ 6:30 - ? host Tuesday dinner
Wed payroll @ _______
Thu 8 work out with trainer/ 2-3 Counseling
Fri payroll @ ______/ Dinner out with dh
Sat 8 - 5K/ 5-8 SC Retirement Party
Sun Church/ 3:30 - 5:30ish host CG2/6-8-ish R's BD dinner @ Cs (I hope - it will be very hard for us to host it since we're also hosting CG2 which usually ends around 6, though it's supposed to end at 5:30)

Aprilh Brain Dumps
This Week - House
- clean sheets on the bed
- 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
- order bowls

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

MOM
- send letters to Mom's friends who do send her cards re: the move
- email Mom's address to cousin
- put up pics in her room
- shelves for her room?
- keep on sprucing up her wardrobe

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

[FrenchFlybebe]

Sleep well, Dogged !

trissie good luck with the cleaning and putting-things-back, I hope it's all finished in time. As for the Big Secret, DS9 knows the truth, and DS6 suspects it - he is in a classroom with 1st grades like him and 3rd graders, so there was a lot of debate aournd Christmas about The Question, DS6 asked me, and I of course aked back "what do you think?" and "what would you prefer, Santa or the other explanation?" and of course we agreed that it was nicer to believe in Santa. He wasn't upset during the movie yesterday, and a few instants later asked that we pause the movie to watch outside if there were any Easter bells flying in the sky

helia yes the Easter bells are the legendary / mystery / fairy beings who bring chocolate in the gardens, for the kids to search, on Easter morning. In some countries it's supposed to be a bunny or rabbit. In France it's the bells, originating from the church bells that wouldn't be allowed to ring from Good Thursday until Easter - the bells were supposed to fly away from all the church towers in every village, all the way to Rome, and then back again during Easter night, carrying eggs or other treats.
Your DDs seem to be very accomplished women. I don't think I'd be able to install a fence around a garden, let alone with a concrete driveway.


We harvested 1,5 kg of chocolate. And a dozen tiny slugs (as small as a grain of rice), but we put them back in the garden ! It's milk chocolate so that means less caffeine but more sugar than dark chocolate. They ate some for breakfast and now we will only allow them a few eggs at a time, after a meal or with a snack.
It reminds me I need to get rid of old Halloween treats.
The plan is to leave for a walk on the seaside around 3pm (in 25minutes) - it is drizzly but we need to get outdoors - then back for a quiet evening, probably another family movie because tomorrow is a day off.

TADAs
a lol in
played with the kids, we build tow towers with Kapla then made a video of their collapsing
Made white fish parmentier and salad
lol on the drying rack
lunch cleanup
coffee with some chocolate eggs

TODO
prepare backpack for a walk on the sea side
enjoy fresh air
easy dinner and family movie

[L.Ann]

Hi Everyone! We had a nice very busy day yesterday and today looks the same. A former student has a flower farm, FFB. She was offering 4 week tulip subscriptions so I got one and have to run by and pick up the flowers on Fridays in April. It is a nice touch of spring when the weather can’t make up its mind.

1-walk with a friend
2-windex
3-dust

4-put shower curtain back up

Menus
Sunday-seared chicken with orzo, zucchini and parmesan
Monday-black bean and rice bowls with roasted veggies
Tuesday-chicken curry
Wednesday-DD32 out/leftovers
Thursday-garlic lime chicken
Friday-tilapia and roasted veggies

Events
Sunday-walk with friend@9, Easter@DD38’s@12
Monday-Little Bit 7:40-5, carpet guy@11
Tuesday-Little Bit 7:40-5???, 7:30 physical for DD32, breakfast out, storytime@10:30, shot for DD32@3:15
Wednesday-Little Bit 7:40-5, Little Bit school 9:15-11:45, PS3-8 and cheerleading for DD32
Thursday-Little Bit 7:40-5???, 7:00 mammogram for me, 8:00 @ spring Special Olympics to do registration, no bocce
Friday-Little Bit 7:40-5, Little Bit school 9:15-11:45, tulip pick up
Saturday-shred and med drop off, Earth Day Celebration

Weekly House Blessing-mop kitchen and dining room, vacuum, windex, dust
Detailed Cleaning of bathroom-scrub shower walls, wash shower curtain-in washer, wash walls, windex, scrub floor
Extra Stuff- work on last Shutterfly book

Accomplishments
-knee and stretching exercises
-reboot laundry
-boil eggs to dye today
-breakfast for dog and me
-diet site
-dress and pick up bedroom
-meds and temp for DD32

[kitkat]

Happy Easter everyone:)
We did the egg hunt- rain held off

Now we have lovely sunshine.
Most prep is done for dinner... but I need some serious Pupas in main floor, a big walk for pup, so she is calm.

Starting
S2S
Meds
:15 pupas

lol
:15 pupas
Repeat as needed