Weymouth Beach Wednesday @ TDD - C&C

[trissie]

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[trissie]

Weymouth Beach is a gently curving arc of sand in Weymouth Bay, beside the town of Weymouth in Dorset, England. Immediately adjacent to the beach is The Esplanade.

The beach is a popular destination for beachgoing and was frequented by King George III for sea bathing during times of illness. The king named Weymouth his 'first resort' and made bathing fashionable there. George III was advised to take the waters after his first bout of porphyria.

Weymouth Beach is very wide and gently sloping, with golden sand and shallow waters normally with small waves. In addition to bathing, the expansive beach is used for beach motocross and volleyball.

The beach has the traditional attractions of an English seaside resort, including (during the summer season) donkey rides, Punch and Judy, sand sculptures, trampolines, a small funfair for children, and pedalo hire.

At the southern end is Weymouth Pier, including the Pavilion Theatre and Weymouth Sea Life Tower. At the northeastern end is the suburb of Greenhill, with Furzy Cliff and Bowleaze Cove beyond that.

The beach was voted Number 1 in The Times and Sunday Times Best UK Beaches 2023.

[Kittykatt]

Good morning, Trissie, and thank you for a very nostalgic start! You've taken me back nearly 50 years when my family used to holiday in nearby Dorchester, with frequent trips to Weymouth. Memories include donkey rides, building sandcastles on the beach (the sand was perfect!), the "sand man" who built the most amazing sand sculptures (and who is still there - I think it's a grandson doing it now?), the best freshly caught fish and chips (Weymouth was still a working harbour in those days), fishing trips in a boat, cockles in vinegar, a funfair with a tradition carousel compete with fairground organ, narrow streets of small independent shops ranging from gift shops where I could add to my Dawn doll collection (similar to the Pippa dolls) and also traditional ships selling boots, nets and other fishing equipment, and, of course the King's Statue - a tribute to King George III, who frequented Weymouth for a "health cure" (mostly sea bathing ). The statue depicts him in his coronation robes, and associated regalia flanked by two pedestals, one with a golden lion, the other with a unicorn amd was erected in 1809, for the occasion of his golden Jubilee

Driving out of Weymouth is the Osmington white horse - a carving of George III on horseback in the hillside at Osmington, overlooking Weymouth bay. It is thought that this was carved in 1808. Of course, this was only visible in the daytime, bit one of my clearest memories is driving up the hill away from Weymouth after dark, and reaching the top of the hill, if you looked behind, there were all the orange neon lights of Weymouth. When you went over the brow of the hill, there below were the silver twinkling lights of Dorchester, which looked like fairyland! Happy memories!

It looks as though DH's retirement is growing slowly nearer. Yesterday he was asked to confirm in writing that he still soaked to be considered for voluntary redundancy. He should hear sometime.in December whether he's been successful for this round (there will also be subsequent rounds) and should get an estimate of his pension sometime in mid February of next year . I actually already have a very rough idea of what his pension will be, as the NHS has a very useful online pension calculator, but it will be useful to get more exact details. Realistically, through, I need to start budgeting now. Even if nothing comes if this round of redundancies, it will be a good exercise, and if he does get it, we'll be better prepared.

We had more rain overnight, and I think the forecast is for another wet day. ( I'm really hoping tomorrow is dry, or at least just very light rain, as I have errands to run them). So it should be a good opportunity to work on the house. Top of the list, kitchen cleaning and some more decluttering/ spring cleaning in the bedroom. It would also be good to tackle kitty nails (or could I move some of the nails to Friday, when I have a free day?) A walk would be good if the rain eases, and a little garden time, but it's good to be very soggy, so possibly too optimistic!

[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 followed by coffee and chat
*Take tickets for Christmas lunch*
Any errands?
Can I return shoes before church?
2pm weight loss clinic - Jude
Hoover car first thing? ( Weather permitting!)
Bring blue crates up from garage
6-7 pm Waitrose delivery
Laxapet -Jude and Matilda if not done yesterday
Friday: DH WFH
At home for me
Saturday:
*Text DF E re coffee tomorrow*
Sunday:
Church 9.30 am
Take tickets for Christmas lunch with me
Coffee with DF E?
Laxapet Jude and Matilda
Set up new Waitrose delivery

Future dates to note:
13/11 Jude weight check
5/11 order inhalers
1/12 order meds
15/12 order HRT
19/11 12.30 pm funeral for DH's DAunt S
9/12 Freddie - Solensia 8.45 am

Outstanding deliveries:

Extras:
Put pictures back WIP
Order new orthotics - wait until ankle settles
Can I do 15 minutes of decluttering in the bedroom each day?
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?) I need for it to stop raining before I ask anyone to come and look!
Verge and ridge tiles on garage roof
Sort out cabinet that wobbles - does the back need some sort of bracing ?
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
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
Lightbox session
Make bed
Shower / wash hair/ moisturiser and sunblock/ clean and floss teeth
DH launched
Physio exercises and back exercises
Proprioceptors exercises X1 x2 x3
S/S bathroom
Get dressed
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 tray
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
Unload DW
Reload 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
Wash throw on spare room bed and 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:
Water pots
Feed pots weekly
Prune roses - 25 done, 1 to do (the totals might change as this time of year I assess what hasn't done well, and whether it gets another chance, or whether it's time to say goodbye!)

Financial:
More work on budget

Parish Christmas Lunch:
List names of those people who have requested tickets so far (9+3)
Add B and D to the list on my book
Encourage people to actually buy their tickets!
Send email to all the lunch group reminding them of Christmas lunch
On Thursday, check if SC1, SC2 and MQ would like a ticket?
Liaise with caterers nearer the time
Research Christmas crackers for table decorations - Amazon /Wilko?
Research bite sized mince pies (+ gluten free, as one lady is coming who needs to eat gluten free)
Research chocolates for bowls on table (can I get gluten free for these too?)

[L.Ann]

Hi Trissie. Morning kittykatt. It is a beautiful sunny day here today although still colder than I like.

1-15 minutes in bathroom for detailed cleaning
2-wrap magnets
3-read

Menus
Wednesday -leftovers
Thursday-sweet and spicy shrimp with noodles
Friday-sweet chili chicken and green bean stir fry
Saturday-orchard chicken and spinach salad
Sunday-ravioli

Events
Wednesday-DD32 PS 3-8, lunch out with friends
Thursday
Friday

Weekly House Blessing-
Detail cleaning of dining room-scrub floor
Detail cleaning of bathroom-scrub tub, mold remover, swish and swipe, wash walls, wash trash can
Extra stuff-find bank information the lawyer needs
Things I’d like to get done- wrap Christmas things I have already bought

Events
-knee and stretching exercises
-breakfast for me, dog
-temp and meds for DD32
-start laundry
-shower, dress and pick up bedroom
-diet site

[Bama]

Good morning!
Thanks for the thoughtful starts to the day, trissie.
Kittykatt, are you excited for dh’s retirement?
LAnn, I’ll be joining you in bathroom cleanup today.

I haven’t really woken my mojo yet but will be back with a to do list at some point. For now enjoying the cool morning weather and doing nothing.

[helia]

Thank you for another cheery start, trissie! I was so interested in Weymouth Beach that I went down a little bunny trail finding pics of it and that area of England. My dsil + dbil and 1 nephew and his young family live in Southampton which isn't terribly far from that beach.
Kitty, I googled the Osmington White Horse. So interesting! The landscape in that area is very pretty. I definitely need to visit that part of the UK some time. Are you going for kitty nails today?
Are the magnets Christmas gifts, L Ann? Enjoy the sunny day! I think we're going to get some sun here eventually.
Enjoy the morning, Bama!

Well, I set my alarm for 7. I turned it off bc I don't have anything pressing this morning. Next thing I knew, it was 8:46 a.m. I slept for about 9.5 hours last night. I guess I needed it after a couple restless nights. BUT that means I'm off to a very late start.

There's still snow on the ground in spots, but the high today is 46F.

Today and tomorrow are my low key days - even though I have payroll today. It's still comparatively low key! LOL!

Last night, dinner with MZ was good. We offered our home if she needs a safe comfortable place to stay. She lived with us for ~ 9 months many years ago because she felt staying with either parent (divorced) was not a healthy choice for her at that time. She is currently staying with her mom, and that is not an ideal place for her in her current mental state - but perhaps it is good enough. I graded all the practice exams turned in and answered some Qs posed by my Yemeni student who is very driven!

Today, I need to prep for class, and then I'm in the classroom 1:30 - 3:30. Dh and I are helping with Fable tonight. He'll pick her up en route home from work and she'll hang out with us for an hour or so this evening. Other things I'd like to do: exercise (walk and some low-impact cardio), pay 3 bills, get groceries for the rest of the week - Kroger order, make some phone calls, and tackle memorial thank yous.

Next:
- some qt
- payroll: slides for today -- not many bc of the exam
- payroll: print out the exam

Later:
- back exercises
- s2s and self care
- make the bed
- towels: w d f pa
- walk
- gym: some sort of cardio - elliptical?
- snail mail bills paid and in the mail
- call tombstone co.
- call window washer dude again - last time; if he doesn't get back this time, we're moving on
- call optometrist to schedule an appt.
- Kroger order
- put food away
- lunch
- gather everything and otd by 1:20
- 1:30 - 3:30 payroll: teach AIAS D13
- progress on Mem. thank yous
- Fable here in the evening
- dinner: pasta with homemade sugo sauce, roasted squash and cauliflower
- after dinner clean up
- duolingo
- update health apps (didn't do this yesterday. . .)

TaDas!
- finally up and out of bed; weighed self - up
- coffee
- payroll: graded another practice exam turned in
- email deletions + weather website

WEEKLY ACTIVITIES
Wed 1:30 - 3:30 payroll: teach AIAS D13 the final exam/ Evening: Fable here/ dinner: pasta, homemade sauce, roasted squash + cauliflower
Thu CLEAN house to prep for dinner party tomorrow night/ Dinner: kima, rice, salad
Fri 1:30 - 3:30 payroll: teach AIAS D14/ 6:30 - ? host dinner party with the Rs and Gs/ Dinner: we make white chicken chili and rice and corn bread
Sat 5:30 - ? CG1
Sun 10 - Church/ 3:30 - 5:30 Host CG2 / 6 host Sunday dinner/ 8:15 family zoom call!

Mon Groceries
Tue 10 - 12ish KS2J get together/1-3 payroll: PD meetings / 6:30 - ? host Tuesday dinner crew
Wed _____ payroll: teach ____ D1
Thu 12-1 haircut in other town/ 2-3 work out with trainer
Fri _____ payroll: teach ____ D2/ dinner date with dh
Sat
Sun 10 - church/ 6 host Sunday dinner?

November Brain Dumps
This Week - House
- get 2 guest beds remade with clean sheets

This Week - Deskwork
- make appointment with optometrist
- schedule window washers - wip - called to schedule and left a message - 2X
- Memorial thank yous
- call gravestone store to engrave Mom's gravestone
- call pavers for driveway?
- snail mail bills: heating co., lawn guys, IRS - penalty bc we extended, which we often do, but we owed a lot this year
- schedule lunch with B - waiting until I get my new work schedule next week
- reach out to JK

This Week - Errands
- Kroger groceries

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

Mom
- start washing her clothes and blankets donation site

[Lauralind]

Morning all. That will be a really big change kittykat bit it looks like you are doing really well being prepared. Did I read that right Freddie was better behaved yesterday at the vet?

Morning trissie and lann and Bama.

I need to find someone more advanced than me with crochet. There's got to be someone. I think I might be one stitch short right from the beginning of this project. I'm on row 7 now and have backed up a row and a half several times over. To make the one end work I have to take the inside of the last stitch like a chain space. And then somewhere near the other side I have to adjust where I put the first stitch after the peak. Sorry I am thinking out loud. We'll see how today goes if I am in the right brain space maybe I will start over? It still looks like it works but every row is driving me nuts .

Today is going to be an interesting day. I wonder how I will come out of it. Let's see where do I start. Mom saw her dr again the other day. With dad and sister. He was thinking.. what is causing all the pain. Might something auto immune? Now that I think? Maybe arthritis? But he had some different name.. today she has full run blood work again. Then Monday my sister will go with them for full body CT scan. He can maybe do prednisone.. but yikes doesn't that also cause a whole mess of side effects?

Anyway today is cleaning in am. Then dad will bring her to the care home for a bit. I told him I would get her to the hospital for lab and then back and forth and home again. I don't have to stay anywhere except lab. Except it's just gonna break up my day oddly and I had plans for 300 visit with my sister friend. It all depends if the home wants her in and out like that.. find out when dad talks to them.

Other than that I need to pack my shoeboxes and figure out what else I need.. and my house needs attention. I have been doing some details. Scrubbed the sink in the laundry room and bleached it. Hand washing the floor and walls in my ensuite. Etc. But it's still clutter and mess and no basic whb and stuff i brought from dad's and too many shoes at the front door and so on and so on....

Priority list

Basic routines
Kitchen clean
Shoe boxes packed
Do I need to add anything
Mom to lab
Declutter main entrance
Floors

Today's tada list

Pack garbage for dh to take
Shower
S&s both baths and reboot laundry
Tidy laundry room and master bedroom some

Empty and reload dw
Tidy kitchen all the way
School run

[L.Ann]

Hi bama! I need to wash the walls today in the bathroom. The magnets are photo ones, helian that I bought when they were a dollar each and yes they are for Christmas. Prednisone does have side effects, Laura but one of the biggest things to know is that you cant

1-present sort
2-wash walls in bathroom
3-read

Menus
Wednesday -leftovers
Thursday-sweet and spicy shrimp with noodles
Friday-sweet chili chicken and green bean stir fry
Saturday-orchard chicken and spinach salad
Sunday-ravioli

Events
Wednesday-DD32 PS 3-8, lunch out with friends
Thursday
Friday

Weekly House Blessing-
Detail cleaning of dining room-scrub floor
Detail cleaning of bathroom-scrub tub, mold remover, swish and swipe, wash walls
Extra stuff-find bank information the lawyer needs
Things I’d like to get done- wrap Christmas things I have already bought

Events
-knee and stretching exercises
-breakfast for me, dog
-temp and meds for DD32
-start laundry
-shower, dress and pick up bedroom
-diet site
-15 minutes in bathroom for detailed cleaning
-wrap magnets
-read
-walk outside

[trissie]

Waving to all!

This week is beyond exhausting, both physically and mentally. And now it seems that DS may have a mild case of whopping caugh (he's sick and apparently one of the kids from his class has it, so if it quacks like a duck...), in the week when our primary doctors is on holidays. Also, the school asked us to chaperone DS on his two week school trip to England in May, otherwise he won't be able to attend. I'd like to exit stage left, if possible?
Of couse I am not going to do that, but sometimes it's just one bad news after another and the problems to solve don't even wait till I resolve one for another to appear.
But I am also hopelessly tired so first I will do a 10 minute power nap and hope it will do the trick

TaDas
- morning madness
- workday, don't know what I did but it took me all day
- many calls re who would see us re the whopping cough
- meeting at school
- talk with all kids
- DS on her way to scout session with another mom

ToDos
- 10 minute power nap
- morning routine
- gather recyclings in car
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- pick up DS and othe kids at scout session
- clean kitchen
- homework with kids