Alexander Fleming Friday

[Harriet]

I'll never forget my absentminded question to Dr when I had to have several doses of cillan-type antibiotic for pneumonia 15 years ago. "What did people back in the wild West do when this happened to them? ". "They died," he answered. Of course, every bout of pneumonia didn't result in death, but it was pretty sobering to realize he thought mine would. So, thank you Dr Fleming!

Best traveling wishes for these interesting treks of family members - what fun!

[Doggedly]

Thank you for starting us off, Kittykatt, and for the reminder to be grateful to the people made the improvements in medicine.
That was good planning to bring the insulated bag so that you would not find yourself in need of modern medicine.

To clarify - no, I will not have the house to myself all week, because... I'm leaving on the jet plane (though I know exactly when I am coming back )

I heard the musical notes even before I got to the parenthesis, LOL.
You must be so looking forward to your vacation. And kudos to your DH! We are always hearing about husbands who won't parent their own children, so it's reassuring to hear about the men who are good fathers and want to spend time with their children.

helia, you will be happy to have had your relaxing evening as you go through your busy morning, no doubt!

Your poor DD32, L.Ann. I hope that she feels better soon, and that you are able to everything that you need rescheduled.

That was a wake up call, Harriet! It wasn't really that long ago that people would refer to their first family, as diseases could wipe out all of the children in a family and the parents would have to start over.

When I got up, my back was not interested in participating in any activities, so I had a veeeery slow start that involved no bending. Germane did get her treats, but her dish was lowered to the floor with a grabber stick, LOL. I was able to scrub out the sink and basin and start the rice pots soaking, and put on a pot of coffee. I figured that if I just waited it out my back would relent, as I'm not really prone to back issues. And sure enough, while I've been sitting here I can feel it loosening up.

[Gma]

Thank you for the start, kittykatt! The discovery of Penicillin was one of the major breakthroughs in medicine, and contributed significantly to the increasing life expectancy throughout the 20th century for everyone. Beth, in Louisa Mae Alcott's book Little Women, died from scarlet fever. It would have easily been curable with penicillin. Childbed fever, also caused by streptococcus bacteria, was another cause of death "way back then" that we never hear about now. Thanks to handwashing (Lister and Semmelweiss) and penicillin (Fleming)!
Vaccination development, especially smallpox and diphtheria, also reduced mortality among children, who then were able to live into adulthood. One of the consequences of that was the great European migration to America, where there was plenty of open land to settle, as families grew larger when children didn't die, but there was not enough land for all of them to inherit.
Another important advancement in medicine was identification and use of oxytocin, which significantly has reduced hemorrhage during childbirth, contributing to less death from childbirth.

The shop where I get my oil changed told me I needed tires aligned. I took it to a different shop, where I buy my tires. They checked it with their machine and manually, No, everything is fine. Saved me $.

I stayed home, loaded DW and cleaned my K counters while waiting for my car. (I live 5 blocks from the tire shop, so they brought me home, then delivered the car.) Now I need to head to mother's pretty soon, to meet with friends to have an afternoon coffee party with mother .

(I've gone outside several time to look at the clean steps I powerwashed a few days ago. They look wonderful! )

[Peaches1000]

Good afternoon!

Next:
-Refill water
-Check email
-Update Toodledo
-Check bank accts/Amex
-Fix daily lists issue
-Files/Med Info/Papers/Emails - 10 min

Extras:
-Tasks - bill pay/fix daily lists/load dishwasher/air filters/Mom trust info/Delete msgs/Sleep number bed issue/addtl
-Neuro eval - 8/14 appt - prep notes
-DS - set up DS recurring SL pymt (last 7/6)/insurance set up BCBS & Humana accts & recurring pymts & print new cards
-Declutter/organize/clean - 15 min
-Files/Med Info/Papers/Emails - 15 min

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

-1pm Eat
-Cat - brush/food/water/litter
-Vacuum something
-6pm Eat
-Close blinds
-Open & sort mail/file
-Prep for next day (clothes/calendar)

Done:
-Bedroom - pupa
-Dress/ready
-Foyer Bath - pupa/restock
-Fresh food for kitty
-Open blinds/get water
Eat (ensure)
-Medicine/vitamins
-Catch up DS
-Texts DH

[Doggedly]

Woohoo on getting the tires taken care of and saving money, Gma. Enjoy the fruit of your labour in those clean steps.

Hi, Peaches

My back is back to normal, so I have made a start. I would like to get my breadmaker going and then call my db for a phone visit.

Friday
Cleaned up after dog X 4
Put on a pot of coffee
Scrubbed out sink and basin
Put rice pots in to soak
Put away some of the dry laundry
Washed 2 basinsful of dishes
Put rice on to cook
Set up breadmaker: found that the paddle won’t be able to move
Set up newer breadmaker

[L.Ann]

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Friday-out after Dragon Race stuff
Saturday-DD32 out/leftovers me
Sunday-crab cakes
Monday-garlic lime chicken
Tuesday-hoisin shrimp and rice
Wednesday-DD2 out/me leftovers
Thursday-seared chicken and apple spinach salad
Friday-one pan bean and pepper lettuce wraps


Events
Friday-Little Bit 7:40-5, 10:30 financial advisor appointment, 5:00 Flash Mob dance practice for DD32, doctor @10:30
Saturday-Dragon Boat Race 8:10, Luau and dance@4
Sunday-
Monday-Little Bit 7:40-5
Tuesday-Little Bit 7:40-5, Little Bit play date 9-12?
Wednesday-Little Bit 7:40-5, meet friends@pool with Little Bit 12-2, 8 local heme appointment with DD32, DD32 haircut@3:45 and PS from 3-8
Thursday-Little Bit 7:40-5, hang out at Little Bit’s house while the chimney guy does cleaning, DD32 home late
Friday-Little Bit 7:40-5
Saturday-Little Bit and her dog overnight, maybe marine museum boat ride

Weekly House Blessing-
Detailed cleaning of kitchen-scrub floor, clean oven, clean fridge
Extra Stuff- work on last Shutterfly book
Little Errands-drop off DM’s driver’s license, send email and documentation to delete DM’s Amazon and Facebook accounts
Phone calls-call financial advisor to reschedule(left message)

Accomplishments
-stretching and knee exercises
-breakfast for dog and me
-dress and pick up bedroom
-diet site
-pick up Little Bit early
-call doctor and financial advisor, text DD32’s driver, email center about DD32’s absence
-meds and temperature for DD32
-walk outside with Little Bit
-update schedule
-oven on steam clean cycle
-call my doctor to ask about surgery date
-read to Little Bit
-doctor’s appointment
-stat lab work
-lunch for Little Bit and DD32
-drop off expired meds for recycling
-Little Bit down for a nap
-walk and talk to Dsis
-email to heme about bloodwork
-return call to financial advisor
-wash garbage can

[helia]

I'm done with the GGT emails. I've done my larger things for the day. Now, it's 3:30. I should go for a walk but I'm very sleepy -- and I'm sore from my work out yesterday. And it's quite hot now. Maybe I'll follow L Ann's lead and read a book for a while and then get back to it.

L Ann, the flash mob dance sounds like fun for DD32!! And the dragon race tomorrow too.
Mmm.... the breadmaker, Doggedly! Happy visiting with dbro.
Enjoy the afternoon coffee party, Gma!
Hi Peaches!
LOL trissie! Like Doggedly, I heard the music in my head. . . Are you going with friends? Or just on your own? EIther way - sounds fantastic! Have a great trip!
Hello Harriet!

Next:
- read for a bit
- towel laundry
- fridge shelf

Later:
- cast on knitting project?
- walk
- towels: w d f pa
- fridge: 1 shelf
- writing time
- anything else from brain dump?
- dinner: turkey burger, leftover broccoli
- after dinner clean up
- duo
- update health apps
- read

TaDas!
- up; weighed self
- dw 1/2 unloaded
- coffee
- payroll: posted link to vocab journals for HW due Tuesday in class group (1 student was absent yesterday)
- email deletions + weather website
- back exercises
- s2s and self care
- squeegee and wipe down shower
- some qt
- make bed
- gather stuff and otd by 10:00
- visited Mom
- 11:15 haircut
- 12:30 payroll: phone call with director; enrollment is extremely low; no guarantees re: a class next session (I have seniority but they also know I don't need the $$ while other teachers do. Plus, I have some admin tasks that will keep me minimally involved. . .)
- lunch
- reclaimed kitchen
- email MM re: coffee
- payroll: GGT emails
- payroll: updated timesheet

[Kittykatt]

Hello, everyone!

Trissie, your DH is definitely a keeper! I hope DBD enjoyed her celebration.

Enjoy your quiet house, Helian! Is the down turn in students likely to be a long term thing, or just temporary?

Good to "see" you, Harriet!

Dogged, our bread maker in is very temperamental too. It insists on the "extra strong" Canadian flour, and refuses to produce a loaf using the normal "strong" bread flour.

Gma, I loved all of the Little Women series as a child, but re reading it with adult eyes, one realises just how far medical science has come since then! Interestingly, scarlet fever made a comeback here in the SW around 20 years ago, and you're right, with modern anti biotics and prompt treatment, it was just are relax minor illness(I don't think any of the children were hospitalised. My DF P's DD who was about 7 at the time, caught it, and was "cross" rather than ill with it.)

I hope you have some uninterrupted erupted time with your book, L Ann.

Hi, Peaches!

It's been a very good day. The weather has been perfect, and I spent a lot of time in my garden, both doing jobs out there, and also sitting reading on the shade On the home front, I e ordered another couple of shirts for DH, cut Matilda's nails, fed Izzy and got the laundry up to date. Oh, and I fed everyone here as well! I just need to plate Matilda's second supper (this one has the Plaque Off mixed inz to hopefully help clean her teeth!) and then I'm off to bed. The house will still be there tomorrow.

[Kittykatt]

Today's list:

Cuddles on the bed with Matilda, Jude and Freddie
QT
Physio exercises
Up, shower, personal care and dress
All cats fed
Take Freddie out? ( If he wants to go!)
Breakfast and meds /supplements -me
Rubbish down to bins
Feed Izzy
OTD to hair appointment
Go for my walk - I walked up and down the High street carrying shopping and round M&S, so I'll count that.
Run hoover round downstairs?
Quick dust sitting room?
Garden time - can I feed pots? A little deadheading?
Lunch
Delicate /wool wash
Clean shoes
Polish bag
Fold laundry and PA
Clean sheets and towels out of the airing cupboard
Does DH have choir practice? Not this evening, he's meeting friends
Cats' supper
Our supper
Bed at a reasonable time!
Cut Matilda's nails, give her a brush, do her flea control.and Laxapet

Garden extras:
Spray roses front garden
Spray roses back garden
Feed pot in front garden
Feed pots back garden
Cut grass
Weed / deadhead
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[Peaches1000]

Next:
-Open & sort mail for several days/file
-Change printer ink
-Medical info - 10 min
-Close blinds
-Weigh/note
-Make food/eat

Extras:
-Tasks - bill pay/load dishwasher/air filters/Mom trust info/Delete msgs/Sleep number bed issue/addtl
-Neuro eval - 8/14 appt - fup report/pay online
-DS - set up DS recurring SL pymt (last 7/6)/insurance set up BCBS & Humana accts & recurring pymts & print new cards
-Declutter/organize/clean - 15 min
-Files/Med Info/Papers/Emails - 15 min

Routine:
-Cat - brush/food/water/litter
-Vacuum something
-6pm Eat
-Prep for next day (clothes/calendar)

Done:
-Bedroom - pupa
-Dress/ready
-Foyer Bath - pupa/restock
-Fresh food for kitty
-Open blinds/get water
Eat (ensure)
-Medicine/vitamins
-Catch up DS
-Texts DH
-Refill water
-Check email
-Update Toodledo
-Check bank accts/Amex
-Fix daily lists issue
-Files/Med Info/Papers/Emails - 10 min
-Phone DH
-Test DH connection
-Catch up DS
-This & that