Wagon Wheel Wednesday

[Kittykatt]

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[Kittykatt]

Wagon Wheels are a sweet snack food sold in the United Kingdom as well as other Commonwealth countries such as Australia, Canada, New Zealand and India. They are also sold in Ireland. They consist of two biscuits that form a sandwich with a marshmallow filling, and they are covered with a chocolate-flavoured coating.

Wagon Wheels were invented by William Peschardt, who sold the patent to Garry Weston, son of W. Garfield Weston. Garry Weston worked for his father's business in Australia before taking over his family's business in Sheffield, England. He placed two Marie biscuits around a marshmallow filling and covered it with chocolate. They were introduced in 1948. The name (originally "Weston Wagon Wheels") relates to the shape of the biscuits and capitalised on the Wild West, which was popular in mass media at the time.

In Australia, Wagon Wheels are now produced by Arnott's Biscuits. George Weston Foods Limited sold the brand to Arnott's in August 2003.

In the United Kingdom Wagon Wheels are produced and distributed by Burton's Foods who separated from the Weston family connection when they were sold out of Associated British Foods in 2000. The original factory which produced the biscuit was in Slough but during the early 1980s production was transferred to an updated and modern factory in Llantarnam in South Wales.

Weston had been producing biscuits on the Slough site since 1934 and the Llantarnam site since 1938.

In Canada, Wagon Wheels were originally produced by McCormick's, however they are now under the Dare Foods Limited name.[1] They come in Original, Fudge, Choco Cherry, and Raspberry flavours.

There have been many debates amongst fans of the biscuit about its size. Wagon Wheels have supposedly shrunk in size over time, but Burton's Foods Ltd has denied this. It has been suggested that the supposed shrinkage is due to an adult's childhood memory of eating a Wagon Wheel held in a much smaller hand; this argument is perhaps moot, as it does not explain why the modern Wagon Wheel appears to be fatter than the original. Furthermore, in Australia, Arnott's has stated that tray packs of Wagon Wheels were in fact 'Mini Wagon Wheels' and have re-released the original 48g Wagon Wheels.

As of 2006 the diameter of the Australian version is measured at 88 mm (3.5 in) which is 14 mm (0.55 in) larger than the UK version, while the UK Wagon Wheel is notably thicker by 4 mm (0.16 in).

[Kittykatt]

Good morning everyone and happy Wednesday!

Sleep well, Dogged!

How kind of your DS and DGS to work in your gutters and garden, Gma, I'm sorry your DMum is struggling ATM . It must be very hard to watch, even though everyone knows the NHS is the best place to meet her needs and provide her round the clock care. I don't know if an animatronic "pet" would help her at all? They are becoming more widely used over here, and do seem to help elderly people who, realistically can't have a "living" pet .

https://www.barchester.com/help-and-adv ... ll%2Dbeing.

Today is a sunny start. DH goes to the office today and I need to get moving !

[Kittykatt]

To do:

Appointments:
Wednesday: DH to office
At home for me
Laxapet for Jude and Matilda
9 pm Final touches to Waitrose order
Thursday: DH WFH
10.30 am church
12 noon parish lunch
Any errands?
Hoover car? ( Weather permitting!)
Bring blue crates up from garage
6-7 pm Waitrose delivery
Laxapet -Jude and Matilda
Friday: DH to visit his brother and stay for W/E
At home for me
Saturday:
*Text DF E re coffee tomorrow*
Sunday:
church 9.30 am
Coffee with DF E
Laxapet Jude and Matilda
Set up new Waitrose delivery
DH returns at???

Future dates to note:
11/7 HRT 18/7 inhaler 10/9 (everything else) order my meds

Outstanding deliveries:

Extras:
Email county council re proposed road closures WIP
Digital decluttering- Google Photos for 2024 and 2025
Pick up my footprints
House tasks: Replace the bit of mortar that's fallen out of the edge of the roof (I think its called the verge? Can this wait until next year when we get the house painted when a roof ladder will be in place?)
Sort out cabinet that wobbles - does the back need some sort of bracing ?
Fix garage guttering that's loose at one end and bending down. Dneighbour R2 may fix?
Fix dripping kitchen tap (new washer ?)- DF E has given me the phone number of her plumber . I think DF CW also has a plumber she is happy with?
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 I am now working on 2024
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
Make bed
Shower / wash hair/ moisturiser and sunblock/ clean and floss teeth
Physio exercises and back exercises WIP
Proprioceptors exercises X1 x2 x3
S/S bathroom
Get dressed
DH launched
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
15 minutes 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
Change throw on spare room bed
Wash cat blankets

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

Garden extras:
Feed pots weekly

Financial:
More work on budget WIP

Things that need to happen at home before DH retires!
Reorganise office WIP DH still needs to deal with a crate of "stuff"

Things to do while DH is away this weekend:
Boxes to wrap and label for eBay: #1 #2
Can I clean the windows?

More decluttering in bedroom - drawers under the bed, my clothes (a continuous process!)
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[Doggedly]

Good morning, Kittykatt. Thank you for starting us off. That's an interesting idea about the animatronic pet. It could bring Gma's mother some comfort.

[Gma]

Thanks for the interesting start, kittykatt.
Mid May, I had my brother order a little toy stuffed dog for Mom. It's not robotic, just stationary. But how she loves it! I bought a soft baby hair brush so she can brush it too. It has a basket to sleep in. It does give her some comfort. She says she loves it, and that she talks to it a lot.
That link has lots of helpful information!

[helia]

Good morning Doggedly.
Hello Kitty! What are you up to today? It looks like it's an at home day for you. I have not heard of those cookies, but they sound enormous!
That's great that your mom loves the stuffed dog, Gma. At my mom's NH, there are some very nice baby dolls that some of the residents enjoy caring for. Not my mom though.

I'm here, drinking coffee, trying to wake up. At 8:40 a.m. LOL! We got home from the AJR concert last night at midnight. They didn't start playing until 9:30 pm - but it was a super fun concert, very energetic, funny, and with interesting visual effects. I didn't realize how many of their songs I knew!! AJR is a band of 3 brothers (Adam, Jack, and Ryan), though Adam is not touring this year as he got a PhD in climatology and is writing a book. Or so my dd27 says. LOL!

It's already 75*F out there so I need to get in my jog asap. Today is "the hill" day.

Next:
- back exercises
- jog
- s2s and self care

Later:
- squeegee and wipe down shower
- menu plan and groc. list
- get groceries (a trip to Kroger?)
- put groceries away
- lunch
- setup new file folder organizer and finish desk
- make guest beds
- 15 minutes on fridge
- writing time
- read!
- dinner: chicken fajitas, green salad
- after dinner clean up
- duo
- update health apps

TaDas!
- up; weighed self
- dressed to jog
- coffee
- email deletions + weather website

WEEKLY ACTIVITIES
Wed Jog/ Groceries
Thu 8 - work out with trainer
Fri Visit Mom/ 6:30 host dinner for new friends R and L
Sat 8 - 5K+ (3.3)
Sun Church/ Visit Mom/ 3:30 - 6-ish Host CG2/ Host Sunday Dinner

Mon JOG/ Grocery Store/ 6:30 - 7:45 Writers' Meeting?
Tue KS2J get together?/ 1-3 payroll: PD meetings?/ payroll: sub plans? / Host T Dinner
Wed Travel to Maine with S2 and J; meet K there
Thu In Maine with K, S2, and J
Fri In Maine with K, S2, and J
Sat Travel home with K, S2, and J
Sun Church/ Host Sunday Dinner

July 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
- pay snail mail bills

General Brain Dump
- progress decluttering clothes - wip
- new phone eventually
- buy queen bed frame + mattress + box springs for dd27's room - wip

MOM
- shelves for her room?
- keep on sprucing up her wardrobe - pants
- sign Mom up for the patient portal - PA at the NH
- cancel appointments as they come up: Sept. - geriatrics

Payroll
- email exit test result to student

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

[Kittykatt]

Good morning/good afternoon, Dogged, Gma and Helian!

Dogged, when I first read about the animatronic pets I wrongly assumed they were similar to the walking/ talking toy dogs of my childhood. These were battery operated a d when the switch was pressed, would stiffly walk for a few paces and then stop and yap. Loudly. Looking back, I can totally understand why my parents would not allow one! But these are one a completely different on level altogether.

Gma, I'm glad your DMum has the stuffed toy dog she can care for. I think the need to nurture is something that often stays.

I'm glad you enjoyed the concert, Helian ,. despite the late night. Yes, today is a day at home for me. No appointments!

I was up reasonably early and tidied upstairs.amd fave it a quick dust and hoover. Amd homed / donated/ binned a pile of "stuff" that had accumulated by my side of the bed. I e taken Fred out for a long (for him!) walk, and tidied the front garden. It's starting to get dry out there again, so I need to water, but not until the evening. Then DF PM rang me to talk over something, and we were on the phone for an hour and a half! I had a hand free, so I did a little detailed cleaning of those nooks and crannies in the kitchen where dirt tends to accumulate. I've also admired G13yo's nails (pale pink polish with blue tips) which she had done before they went away for the weekend. (So long as G uses her own money for this, DF CW is quite happy about this, and in any case, G will have to take it all off before school starts at the beginning of September).

Now I need to make some proper progress min the kitchen - I'll go back out in the garden and get my walk in this evening when it's cooler.

[Kittykatt]

To do:

Appointments:
Wednesday: DH to office
At home for me
Laxapet for Jude and Matilda
9 pm Final touches to Waitrose order
Thursday: DH WFH
10.30 am church
12 noon parish lunch
Any errands?
Hoover car? ( Weather permitting!)
Bring blue crates up from garage
6-7 pm Waitrose delivery
Laxapet -Jude and Matilda
Friday: DH to visit his brother and stay for W/E
At home for me
Saturday:
*Text DF E re coffee tomorrow*
Sunday:
church 9.30 am
Coffee with DF E
Laxapet Jude and Matilda
Set up new Waitrose delivery
DH returns at???

Future dates to note:
11/7 HRT 18/7 inhaler 10/9 (everything else) order my meds

Outstanding deliveries:

Extras:
Email county council re proposed road closures WIP
Digital decluttering- Google Photos for 2024 and 2025
Pick up my footprints
House tasks: Replace the bit of mortar that's fallen out of the edge of the roof (I think its called the verge? Can this wait until next year when we get the house painted when a roof ladder will be in place?)
Sort out cabinet that wobbles - does the back need some sort of bracing ?
Fix garage guttering that's loose at one end and bending down. Dneighbour R2 may fix?
Fix dripping kitchen tap (new washer ?)- DF E has given me the phone number of her plumber . I think DF CW also has a plumber she is happy with?
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 I am now working on 2024
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
Make bed
Shower / wash hair/ moisturiser and sunblock/ clean and floss teeth
Physio exercises and back exercises WIP
Proprioceptors exercises X1 x2 x3
S/S bathroom
Get dressed
DH launched
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
15 minutes 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
Change throw on spare room bed
Wash cat blankets

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

Garden extras:
Feed pots weekly

Financial:
More work on budget WIP

Things that need to happen at home before DH retires!
Reorganise office WIP DH still needs to deal with a crate of "stuff"

Things to do while DH is away this weekend:
Boxes to wrap and label for eBay: #1 #2
Can I clean the windows?

More decluttering in bedroom - drawers under the bed, my clothes (a continuous process!)
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[Twins' Mom]

You guys are the original "write it down" subscribers. I can't believe your lists, and the capacity to write it down and keep up. Are some of the lists recopied day to day? Trying to figure it out...

Waving to all you busy people!