Vinaigrette Salad on VE Day

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Kittykatt
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Re: Vinaigrette Salad on VE Day

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Hello, Trissie, Helian, Bama, FFB and Gma!

Trissie, your High School sounds an amazing place, with such wonderful opportunities of the study.

Helian, I hope the process is of discharging your dMum goes smoothly. You've.got a busy day ahead!

Bama, I've had problems with the site too,but so far it's behaving today.

FFB, so glad you're able to enjoy your day off.

Gma, I hope you have an encouraging vet visit.

I'm finally back home for good today. My favourite guest priest took the service today, and we had a good chat over coffee afterwards. I met JV (the manager of the retirement complex where DF E lives) and she I voted me to their VE Day celebration tea this afternoon. I explained I would have to bring Jude with me, as there wasn't time to take her home after her appointment and then drive back to the retirement complex, and she was fine with that. Jude's appointment went well, and she has lost another 5 grams (I think that's around 0.2 oz, but at least it's in the right direction! :D )

Tea was lovely, and very traditional - cups of tea (in cups with saucers!), cucumber sandwiches, fairy cakes and scones with clotted cream and jam (with the cream on first as we're in Devon!! Yes, this really is a thing! :lol: ). The whole of the r sodents' Lou he was decorated in a Union flag bunting, with tablecloths and napkins to match, and there were more small flags on the tables . And the teacups, saucers and plates were all in the traditional blue and white "willow ware".

Afterwards, I made it back in tim.to get to the post office on on our community shop before it closes, so I was able to drop my parcel off. I'm now sitting in my front garden enjoying the sun, with another cup of tea. I think I'm going to try and clean at least some of the fridge before Waitrose deliver.
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Today's list:
Morning routine πŸ˜€
Quick hoover sitting room πŸ˜€
OTD early to churchπŸ˜€
Hoover car (weather permitting!)πŸ˜€
Any other errands?
2 pm weight loss clinic -JudeπŸ˜€
Order Matilda's flea control πŸ˜€
Check Freddie's bill for when he was poorly - the lovely receptionist has credited the admin fee.for the direct insurance claim, but Petplan's method of calculating our 20% co pay seems to vary from everyone else's, so oncel that payment has arrived (it's on its way somewhere in in the banking system!) our account will actually be in credit by a few Β£s. I've said not to worry, and just to take it off the next bill)πŸ˜€
I couldn't book Jude's next appointment, as the diary hasn't been updated for June yet
Tea party for VE Day at retirement complexπŸ˜€
Stop at community shop to drop off parcel πŸ˜€
Home!πŸ˜€
6-7 pm Waitrose delivery
Unpack groceries and PA
Kitty supper
Our supper
Can I cut one set of kitty nails? I think I'll try and clean the fridge instead
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Re: Vinaigrette Salad on VE Day

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gma, no, I don't keep in touch with my host family - in the end, we didn't part on good terms (I think the problem was that they overestimated their financial ability to keep another person fed, but I came "home" one day about a month before the end of my supposed stay to find my bags packed, no explanation and no good-byes)
Frenchie, so did you do anything in the afternoon, or did you enjoy it in the garden?
Bama, a good day to you too!
helian, I'm defrosting some red and black currant I found in the freezer, so yes, there will be baking! :-)
kittykatt, my HS was really a good one! Good times, even if I didn't recognize it at that time :-)

We went for a bike ride - with a lot of b***ing from the twins. They are in full teenage glued to the phone mode, but DS and DBD enjoyed it. It was a really short one - just to the next village (2.5k) and their sweetshop. I really don't know how to make it any more enticing than promising them a fancy cake or icecream!

Just read that there is a new Pope, but still not who it is. I pray he will be a unifying, not a dividing spiritual leader in the tough times!

TaDas
- lunch
- midday routine
- bike ride
- lights flipped to dryer
- helped DS start pizza dough

ToDos
- afternoon routine
- dinner
- watering in garden

Braindump
routines
- evening routine
food
- dinner
- bake something sweet
organization
- homework and backpacks
- DBD's speech therapy
- make medical apt for DBD - neurology
- make medical apt for all kids - eye check
- 15 on filing
- amendment to rental contract
- rental accounting
- pharmacy order
- order clothes stand for bedroom
- deal with insurance
cleaning
- spiff up 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
- spiff up office
- iron and rehang living room curtains
laundry
- ironing
- folding
- mending
- laundry put away
me time
- 15 of exercise
- Bible study
- reading
garden
- plant treatment - pest
- plant treatment - mold & funghi disease
- watering
- tree and bushes pruning
- general pick up in garage
- general pick up around the house
- fertilizing
- April + May seeds in ground
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Re: Vinaigrette Salad on VE Day

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Good afternoon!

Next:
-Update Toodledo
-Check bank accts/Amex
-Office - pupa
-Open & sort mail/file

Extras:
-Thursday 3pm KITTY NAIL APPT - DS TAKE
-Thursday - Home PT (5/5 assessment)
-Monday? - spinal tap
-DS - cat fountain/see index card
-Toodledo tasks - Amex activity/DH reim recon/DH docs needed

Routine:
-Gather dirty laundry/sort
-Laundry #1 to washer
-Laundry #1 to dryer
-Laundry #1 hang/fold
-Put away laundry

-Files/Med Info/Papers/Emails - 5 min
-Kitchen - 5 min
-Declutter/organize/clean - 5 min
-Cat - brush/food/water/litter
-Vacuum something
-Close blinds
-Make list for next day
-Update log

Done:
-Fresh food for kitty
-Bedroom - pupa/make bed
-Open blinds/get water
-Foyer Bath - pupa/restock
-Medicine/vitamins
-Check email
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Re: Vinaigrette Salad on VE Day

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Trissie, you probably know by now, but just in case:
From the BBC website:
"Robert Prevost becomes first American pope and will be known as Pope Leo XIV.

Prevost, 69, is greeted with huge cheers from thousands gathered in St Peter's Square

"May peace be with all of you," he says from the Vatican balcony

Chicago-born Prevost is seen as a reformer and worked for many years as a missionary in Peru before being made an archbishop there."


Hi, Peaches!

The fridge is clean, we had leek, potato and chicken soup for supper the kitties have been fed and the groceries PA. I'm off to bed now!
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Good afternoon. πŸ˜ƒ
Trissie, what a let down by your host family, there should be some kind of agreement that binds them so the student doesn’t end up being punished for the host’s lack of hospitality. I read the new Pope (Leo?) is from the United States.

Howdy Peaches!

Kittykatt, hope Jude behaved on his unplanned outing.
What do you put on your cucumber sandwiches? I’ve heard of a thin layer of mayonnaise or cream cheese, which one is the β€œproper” way?

Gma, I just keep clicking until it lets me in or I leave for a bit and try again later. No problems this time, thank goodness.

Hi ffb! I just saw the US will be celebrating today as well, it hasn’t been honored before.

Helia, hope your mom is getting settled in at the NH this afternoon and all is going well with your plans.

Nothing much to report here. I’ve piddled in most rooms, enough to call it good, I had cooked dried beans last night but they never got soft enough in time for supper so we will eat those tonight with ham, working on my planner now, backfilling information, while a home improvement show plays in the background. Not very exciting at all but nice and cozy at least.
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Kittykatt, good to know about the Pope, I pray he does well. Sweet dreams. 😴
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Bama, Jude was a little angel at the vet , as always! :D

Cucumber sandwiches may have the addition of cream cheese, ( definitely not mayo!) but today they were really traditionally made with just slices of cucumber between slices of white bread and butter, that had had the crusts cut off. The sandwich is then quartered into triangles and they are all placed on a serving platter. The butter (not a "spread") is important, as it provides an "insulating" layer between the brea and the cucumber, so helps stop the sandwich getting soggy.! But even so, they are best if made only a short while before being eaten. On a personal note, when growing up, I was informed it was "common" when making sandwiches if the bitter wasn't spread all the way to the edges of the bread!! :lol:
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Today's list:
Morning routine πŸ˜€
Quick hoover sitting room πŸ˜€
OTD early to churchπŸ˜€
Hoover car (weather permitting!)πŸ˜€
Any other errands?
2 pm weight loss clinic -JudeπŸ˜€
Order Matilda's flea control πŸ˜€
Check Freddie's bill for when he was poorly - the lovely receptionist has credited the admin fee.for the direct insurance claim, but Petplan's method of calculating our 20% co pay seems to vary from everyone else's, so oncel that payment has arrived (it's on its way somewhere in in the banking system!) our account will actually be in credit by a few Β£s. I've said not to worry, and just to take it off the next bill)πŸ˜€
I couldn't book Jude's next appointment, as the diary hasn't been updated for June yet
Tea party for VE Day at retirement complexπŸ˜€
Stop at community shop to drop off parcel πŸ˜€
Home!πŸ˜€
6-7 pm Waitrose deliveryπŸ˜€
Unpack groceries and PAπŸ˜€
Kitty supper πŸ˜€
Our supper πŸ˜€
Can I cut one set of kitty nails? I think I'll try and clean the fridge insteadπŸ˜€
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Busy couple of days here…. But I now have new lights in the kitchen and dining room, a new back door and new carpet in the living room, hall and 3 bedrooms. Everything is back in place and I think the 4 boxes I still need to unpack and put away are the books that go in the pie safe. I should be cleaning up the kitchen but I am tired so I figured I would take a break and post first. While the carpet guys were putting in the carpet, Little Bit and I went and bought a lot of plants for the vegetable raised bed and the annual flower bed. I have planted probably 30 of those but it is still a small portion of what we bought. :roll:

If I can get these 4 done before I crash I would be happy.

1-clean up the kitchen
2-set up coffee for tomorrow
3-unpack on more box

4-diet site
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