French Bulldog Friday @ TDD - C&C

[Bama]

Good morning
We made it home. Dh gets a complementary stay at various casino hotels so we used those to stay at two different ones just to get away while dd2 could petsit. Had a nice time “antiquing” (found a mix of cheaper thrift stores and high end pieces way out of my range) in the different cities. I’m not sure if this is good or bad but the food was way too good and I feel so sluggish. Now back to routines reinvigorated.

Trissie, thanks for the start. Glad T is feeling better. Pork in milk sounds intriguing.

Dogged, hope to see you later.

Kittykatt, inbreeding and overbreeding is a thing here too.

Helia, another busy day planned.

LAnn, hope the party goes smoothly.

To Do:
Hair?
Spot clean floors
Feed pets

[trissie]

Bama, welcome home! Glad you had a good time!
helia, just a disclaimer - I am not using that recipe, but a different variation (with thyme and garlic in slow cooker), and since slow cookers make thinner sauce than the oven, at the end I remove the meat, run an immersion blender to even things out, and thicken it with a bit of cornstarch. But it's GOOD! and slow cooker meals make dinner a much smoother affair.
L.Ann, then it's a party to enjoy!

I should start thinking about dinner, as it's already 5pm. I'm having a major Scarlett O'Hara moment and wanting to think about dinner tomorrow, but that's of course not feasible

TaDas
- midday routine
- pick up DBD
- 30 on laundry
- spiff up DBD's room
- load of colors

ToDos
- afternoon routine
- another 30 on laundry
- start dinner

Braindump
routines
- evening routine
food
- bake something sweet
- feed breadstarter
organization
- DBD's speech therapy
- make medical apt for me - obgyn
- 15 on filing
- amendment to rental contract
- rental accounting
- pharmacy order
- deal with insurance
cleaning
- 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
laundry
- ironing
- folding
- mending
- laundry put away
me time
- 15 of exercise
- Bible study
- reading
garden
- plant windowsill boxes
- plant treatment - pest
- plant treatment - mold & funghi disease
- weeding in front garden
- oil patio furniture
- tree and bushes pruning
- general pick up in garage
- general pick up around the house
- fertilizing

[Bama]

Thanks for the cooking tips, trissie. Your version sounds much better than their watery version.

Litter
Wipe down counters
Eat, coffee
Vacuum
Shower

[L.Ann]

Little Bit’s actual birthday is tomorrow, helian. Sounds like you had a nice get away, Bama. I have been toying with adding Noom to my diet routine, helian. I also need to try to figure out how to add something different in the exercise arena. My body is too used to the things that I do and has adjusted for them.


1-change…. It is super humid today and jeans aren’t cutting it
2-walk outside
3-plant flowers I just bought

4-empty the water table

Menus
Friday-black bean soup
Saturday- Little Bit’s birthday
Sunday-pizza at DD32’s party
Monday-chickpea or chicken curry
Tuesday-smoky garlic herb shrimp
Wednesday-DD32 out/ leftover me
Thursday-grilled lemon chicken Caesar salad
Friday-cranberry chicken lettuce wrap

Events
Friday-pick up birthday cake@5:00, no Little Bit
Saturday-take Little Bit to soccer, Little Bit’s party 12-4??, concert on the square@5:30
Sunday-barn party 3-5
Monday-Little Bit 8:45-5, my physical@8:10, Little Bit camp 9:30-2:30, lunch with friend@11:30
Tuesday-Little Bit 7:40-5, Little Bit camp 9:30-2:30, 10:30 care meeting for DM and visit, 3:30 haircut for Little Bit
Wednesday-Little Bit 7:40-5, Little Bit camp 9:30-2:30, DD32 PS 3-8, lunch with friends@11:30
Thursday-Little Bit 7:40-5, Little Bit camp 9:30-2:30, bocce@5, DD32 late @ luau dance
Friday-Little Bit 7:40-5… drop off time??? Dance pictures???

Weekly House Blessing-mop dining room, bathroom, kitchen, swish and swipe, vacuum, dust, windex, trash
Extra Stuff- work on last Shutterfly book
Little Errands-stop at CVS for qtips, attempt to drop off thrift shop donations, pharmacy pick up, library book pick up, a few more flowers???

Accomplishments
-knee and stretching exercises
-breakfast for dog
-diet site
-dress and pickup bedroom
-start laundry
-temp, meds, breakfast for DD32
-walk outside
-read a bit
-work on lists
-reboot laundry
-double check errand list and gather things
-library, pharmacy, thrift store drop off, CVS, Amish for a few more flowers
-lunch

[helia]

I agree with Bama, trissie. Garlic makes everything better! Thyme won't hurt either.
L Ann, I'm wearing jeans but I do feel warm. I might need to change too.
Glad you had a nice getaway with dh, Bama.

Of course, I'm moving very slowly. Almost done with lunch. Prepping for the postal place will be next.

Next:
- finish lunch
- prep items for the mail: paperwork for clinic + bubble wrap remote
- postal place

Later
- prep items for the mail: paperwork for clinic + bubble wrap remote
- postal place
- GGT emails
- 1 hour on other health paperwork for Mom
- change of address cards: 5
- get 2 gift certificates from restaurant
- purchase cards for another weekend of celebrations
- Walk
- 6-ish B BD party @ park
- update health apps: MFP, N, WW
- duo
- continue reading book for fun

TaDas!
- up; weighed self
- coffee
- scheduled out day
- email deletions + weather website: nice - high of 75*F; cloudy now but should get some sunshine later in the day
- some qt
- reclaimed kitchen
- made the bed
- back exercises
- s2s and self care
- squeegee and wipe down shower
- lunch
- update goodreads -- though I might have read another book and forgotten to track it??

[Bama]

My days are running together, I started to post on Thursday’s thread lol.
You’re doing great on those lists, LAnn, helia, everybody!


Heading out to run errands if the weather will cooperate. Bbl.

[trissie]

Bama, when you're retired, there's probably no reason to distinguish between days of the week!
helia, I love garlic and I love thyme. Thyme's probably my most favourite cooking herb and I have not one, but two thyme plants in my garden
L.Ann, what are you getting Lil Bit for her birthday? DBD's birthday party is next week, and I still don't have a gift for her - or time to buy one

TaDas
- afternoon routine
- another 30 on laundry
- start dinner

ToDos
- evening routine
- DBD's evening routine - bath, speech therapy, story time
- 15 more on laundry

Braindump
food
- bake something sweet
- feed breadstarter
organization
- DBD's speech therapy
- make medical apt for me - obgyn
- 15 on filing
- amendment to rental contract
- rental accounting
- pharmacy order
- deal with insurance
cleaning
- 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
laundry
- ironing
- folding
- mending
- laundry put away
me time
- 15 of exercise
- Bible study
- reading
garden
- plant windowsill boxes
- plant treatment - pest
- plant treatment - mold & funghi disease
- weeding in front garden
- oil patio furniture
- tree and bushes pruning
- general pick up in garage
- general pick up around the house
- fertilizing

[helia]

Hoping your weather cooperates, Bama.
I don't use thyme very much, trissie, but I do like it! Fresh herbs are the best!

I got GGT emails done - didn't take long. And I also got the 2 items in the mail. I put a letter and a book in my parents' memory box, so my mom's stuff in my room is all officially gone! Now, to work on her other paperwork a bit before getting the gift certificates from the downtown restaurant.

Next:
- email to Mom's PA with info
- vaccination records to NH
- PA patient portal?

Later
- 1 hour on other health paperwork for Mom
- change of address cards: 5
- get 2 gift certificates from restaurant
- purchase cards for another weekend of celebrations
- Walk
- 6-ish B BD party @ park
- update health apps: MFP, N, WW
- duo
- continue reading book for fun

TaDas!
- up; weighed self
- coffee
- scheduled out day
- email deletions + weather website: nice - high of 75*F; cloudy now but should get some sunshine later in the day
- some qt
- reclaimed kitchen
- made the bed
- back exercises
- s2s and self care
- squeegee and wipe down shower
- lunch
- update goodreads -- though I might have read another book and forgotten to track it??
- payroll: GGT emails done
- prep items for the mail: paperwork for clinic + remote + notes for each
- postal place

[Peaches1000]

Good afternoon!

Next:
-Laundry #1 hang/fold
-Put away laundry
-Update Toodledo
-Check bank accts/Amex
-Files/Med Info/Papers/Emails - 10 min

Extras:
-Respond to neuro about referral
-Declutter/organize - 15 min
-Files/Med Info/Papers/Emails - 15 min
-DS - (cat fountain)(outdoor - vinegar/pest)
-Toodledo tasks - Amex activity/DH reim recon/set up DS pymt
-Orders - my birth certificate

Routine:
-Gather dirty laundry/sort
-Laundry #2 to washer
-Laundry #2 to dryer
-Laundry #2 hang/fold
-Put away laundry

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

Done:
-Fresh food for kitty
-Bedroom - pupa
-Open blinds/get water
-Foyer Bath - pupa/restock
-Medicine/vitamins
-Check email
-Laundry #1 start dryer
-Lots of this & that

[L.Ann]

Everything I get for Little Bit stays at my house according to DD38, Trissie, so I have to be careful! I got bug collecting things 90% off at the end of last summer. So she is getting a bug net and a bug house you can put insects in. I also got a butterfly house with a coupon for caterpillars you can raise and then let the butterflies go. I ordered the caterpillars to be delivered on Monday. Then my friend I walk with decluttered her water table to my house and I got a new bag of sand for the sand box. The main gift was a week at summer camp…. Her parents do two weeks and I do one…. Which is sort of a gift for Little Bit but also a gift for me.

1-clean off the table
2-fold and put away laundry
3-read

4-chase DD32 out to walk for a bit and do another short walk


Menus
Friday-black bean soup
Saturday- Little Bit’s birthday
Sunday-pizza at DD32’s party
Monday-chickpea or chicken curry
Tuesday-smoky garlic herb shrimp
Wednesday-DD32 out/ leftover me
Thursday-grilled lemon chicken Caesar salad
Friday-cranberry chicken lettuce wrap

Events
Friday-pick up birthday cake@5:00, no Little Bit
Saturday-take Little Bit to soccer, Little Bit’s party 12-4??, concert on the square@5:30
Sunday-barn party 3-5
Monday-Little Bit 8:45-5, my physical@8:10, Little Bit camp 9:30-2:30, lunch with friend@11:30
Tuesday-Little Bit 7:40-5, Little Bit camp 9:30-2:30, 10:30 care meeting for DM and visit, 3:30 haircut for Little Bit
Wednesday-Little Bit 7:40-5, Little Bit camp 9:30-2:30, DD32 PS 3-8, lunch with friends@11:30
Thursday-Little Bit 7:40-5, Little Bit camp 9:30-2:30, bocce@5, DD32 late @ luau dance
Friday-Little Bit 7:40-5… drop off time??? Dance pictures???

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

Accomplishments
-knee and stretching exercises
-breakfast for dog
-diet site
-dress and pickup bedroom
-start laundry
-temp, meds, breakfast for DD32
-walk outside
-read a bit
-work on lists
-reboot laundry
-double check errand list and gather things
-library, pharmacy, thrift store drop off, CVS, Amish for a few more flowers
-lunch
-change…. It is super humid today and jeans aren’t cutting it
-walk outside
-plant flowers I just b\ought
-empty the water table
-read
-FACE, submit receipts and deal with mail