Saunton Sands Sunday

[L.Ann]

1-walk
2-small lunch
3-scrub bathroom floor

4-diet site

Menus
Sunday-going out with DD39
Monday-ravioli
Tuesday-one pot chicken sausage and chickpea soup
Wednesday-leftovers/DD32 out
Thursday-ginger chicken and rice bowls
Friday-garlicky chicken and lemon mustard sauce
Saturday-pizza

Events
Friday
Wednesday-doctor@1:40
Saturday-Little Bit overnight

Weekly House Blessing-mop dining room
Detail cleaning of dining room-scrub floor
Detail cleaning of bathroom-scrub floor
Extra stuff-find bank information the lawyer needs


Events
-knee and stretching exercises
-breakfast for me, dog, and DD32
-start laundry
-shower, dress and pick up bedroom
-meds for DD32
-work on puzzle
-walk
-reboot laundry
-read
-swish and swipe

[Peaches1000]

Good morning/afternoon!

Next:
-Check email
-Update Toodledo
-Check bank accts/Amex
-Medical - appt info

Extras:
-Call to sch 4 hr test - hldg
-Tasks - (amex activity)(DH reim)
-Declutter/organize/clean - 10 min
-Files/Med Info/Papers/Emails - 10 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
-Medicine/vitamins
-This & that

[Doggedly]

Hello, all. We have flurries forecast for today, but temperatures around freezing so not bad. I hope to take Germane for a walk at some point.
After yesterday's day out socializing and running errands, the apartment is in chaos. Okey, it wasn't just yesterday. Last week, I kept preparing things to go to the basement and not taking them. But today is a free day, and I have lots of activities to choose from, so that worked out well.
I got a pork tenderloin on sale yesterday, which seems very bougie as I have not been getting much meat at all lately. I need to look up ideas on how to use it to know how to cut it up for the freezer.

Kittykatt, I looked up Saunton Sands on the map and had a laugh when I saw that it is facing Ireland, not France. I thought the Irish must have thought "What are those English planning to do to us now?" when they saw the practice for D-Day. Thanks for starting us off!

FrenchFly, I hope that MrNG's call goes well, and that you get some rest before the weekend is over.

Hi, Bama.

Hi, Harriet. Have a good time with DGDC.

Hi, L.Ann. You are making good use of your Sunday. I'm glad that you got some time in with your puzzle.

Hi, Peaches.

Sunday
Cleaned up after dog X 3
Cut down potato bag for recycling
Changed out kitchen garbage
Started big garbage bag to bring down
Updated goals

[helia]

I'm a fairly social introvert, FFB. Colleagues at work have been very surprised to learn I'm an introvert. I do like being with people, some more than others, but being with people does tire me out - and I will turn spectacularly cranky when I'm with people nonstop, which has led to some not-very-pretty meltdowns in my lifetime. I sometimes make conscious choices to value people and relationships over other things. I've learned to manage my introversion pretty well over the years - and better yet, dh the Dutch extrovert, has learned to respect that part of me. I'm spending time alone at home now until 3:30. --And I hope the contract comes through for MrNG!!
Enjoy time with dgdC, Harriet! I had forgotten you were an introvert too -- but I can see that. I think many of us here are introverts.
WTG Doggedly on snagging a pork tenderloin on sale! I hope you can enjoy it soon.
Hello Peaches!
Oooh, I see you're doing a puzzle, L Ann. Is it a jigsaw puzzle? Enjoy!

It's now 2:25 pm. The sun is shining, and it is 44F. I've had lunch and am hoping to be productive for 1 hour before social time starts.

Next:
- start a load of Mom's stuff load #2
- back exercises
- tidy living rooms

Later:
- spiff main bathroom
- write note for mem. thank yous
- write first mem. thank you -- Gma is inspiring me; I'm so far behind on this
- finish list in notebook
- Mom load #2 d-f-bag for give away
- help dh arrange snacks and make tea
- 3:30 - 6 host CG2
- 6 - 8:15 ish host dinner
- 8:15 - 9:15ish family zoom call
- duolingo
- update health apps
- progress knitting?
- progress reading?

TaDas!
- up; weighed self -- very high
- coffee and threw on some warm clothes
- went to park to walk along the river while dh ran; walked 1:10 (dh ran for about 1:20 - I finished a little early)
- started list in notebook
- s2s and self care
- made the bed
- 10-12:15 church
- home; helped dh with his ear
- lunch
- kitchen tidy again

WEEKLY ACTIVITIES
Sun 10 - Church/ 3:30 - 6 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 - tell him that dh already made an appt.
- Memorial thank yous
- call pavers for driveway?
- schedule lunch with B - waiting until I get my new work schedule next week
- reach out to JK

This Week - Errands

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 -- Loads done: 1

[Kittykatt]

Hello, everyone!

Did you walk with your friend today, L.Ann?

FFB, I hope you can get a nap in sometime today.

Enjoy your walk, Helia! I'm also member of the introvert club, so "get" the need for time alone. Today's lunch menu was roast chicken, roast potatoes, gravy, Savoy cabbage, carrots, peas and creamed leeks, followed by coffee crème.

Have fun decorating the tree with DGD, Harriet!

Waving to Bama, Peaches and Dogged!

Today we had an interesting sermon from Chaplain General of the prison service. Much of what he said was very sound, but I do have an issue with his criticism of the extremely high and imposing wall surrounding the prison grounds. We do, after all, need to keep the inmates inside safely, especially as the prison was built ( in Victorian times) right next to a residential area! We also had a collection for Angel Tree, which helps prisoners buy Christmas presents for their children.

I had a successful time selling tickets for the parish Christmas lunch, and now 23 people have said they would like to come. Of course, there are always people complaining, some of the more humorous complaints being: "I don't like buffets", (well, perhaps don't come then? There are many people who are very happy it's a buffet, as that way they can pick what food they want, rather than be faced with a huge plate laden with food!) "Why can't you change the day?" ( Parish lunch is always on a Thursday, as many of the "regulars" have other commitments on other days) and, "why can't we have it nearer Christmas?" (Because the church gets booked up with carol services, concerts etc and we needed a free afternoon in the bookings calendar to allow time for people to chat and also for all the clearing up afterwards). But I keep reminding myself there are many people in favour of the idea, and you're never going to please everyone!

I've folded laundry and PA, and now I'm watching Poirot with DH, and with Matilda on my lap.

[Doggedly]

Hi, helia! Having the house to yourself when you rarely get time alone... chef's kiss! I remember how much I enjoyed that as a teenager. Working from home and living alone, I have have met my need for alone time, and am actively seeking out time with my dfs. Spaced out, at my pace, etc. LOL

Parish lunch is up to 23 people, Kittykatt--WTG!

[Kittykatt]

How nice to be able to have balance in your life Dogged, where you can restore yourself in your times alone, and then have fun with your DFs.

[Kittykatt]

To do:
Cuddles and snack for Matilda, Jude and Freddie
Bible reading and meditation
Update latest Waitrose order
Cup of tea
Get up!
Scrub out litter trays (DH)
Change sheets on bed
Shower/wash hair/moisturiser and sunblock/ clean and floss teeth
S/S bathroom
Physio exercises
Get dressed in casual clothes
Give everyone fresh water
Cat breakfast and meds /supplements
Breakfast and meds /vitamins for me
Quick kitchen clean up
Hang up towels that washed overnight
Load DW
Quick PUPA downstairs
Quick dust and Hoover downstairs
Change into smarter outfit
OTD to church
Coffee with DF E
Back home again, change back into casual clothes
Meat in oven
Hang up sheets to dry
Coffee with DH
Put potatoes and veg to roast
Put up my vitamins and supplements for the week
Weigh out Jude's and Matilda's dry food for the week
Quick PUPA upstairs
15 minutes in tiny front garden
15 minutes in back garden
Dish up lunch
Walk Freddie
Lap time with Freddie
Lap time with Jude
Cuddles with Matilda
Head rubs with Freddie, Judeand Matilda
Play with Freddie, Jude, Matilda
Fold laundry and PA
Run DW when full
Unload DW
Post list with my plans for the week
Clothes laid out for tomorrow

Extras:
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[Bama]

How’s it going?

Kitty, I guess somebody is always going to find something to complain about is the lesson in life. I used to be a people pleaser but now i just keep moving and try to keep my thinking positive.

Dogged, I hadn’t thought of it but can you imagine seeing “war games” in your vicinity and wondering what is going on.

Harriet, what area of the world are you in? We have some beaches where pets are allowed but someone always tries to change it. (See above to kitty lol)

Helia, it’s funny that your husband being an extrovert forces you to socialize, my husband is an introvert which forces me to socialize as the silence gets so awkward.

Hi Peaches. Hi LAnn.

I actually have tadas on a Sunday.
Note for any history lovers that get the pbs channel or app, a new Ken Burns series on the American Revolution starts tonight.

Bible
Weigh
Pet chores + wash water bowls and can food bowl
Brush Beau
Walk Beau, play ball
Dh got breakfast, made a better than usual choice (scrambled eggs, sausage, and a bad choice of a hashbrown)
Grocery pu
Stopped at sonic and got a Sprite Zero with cranberry, not bad, a little tart
Unloaded and put away groceries
Filled pet food bin
Topped off litter box that needed it
Swept laundry room floor
Spot cleaned floors and rug
Dh caught a possum and is carrying him off now to release in a wooded area
Catching up on shows we dvr’d during the week
Noticed a hole in my suv side window yesterday so scheduled that to be replaced. I think it might have been a ball but I don’t remember playing with Beau near the vehicles, dh thinks he found a rock that came from the sky in the vehicle. Who knows? All I know is it’s very pricey to replace a piece of glass that is the size of a shoe box lid.

[Doggedly]

It's a luxury that I have waited my whole life for, Kittykatt. I highly recommend retirement, LOL.
Your lunch looks delicious. I meant to tell you: I got my hands on a savoy cabbage yesterday. Looking forward to getting my choppers into that.

I can easily imagine it, Bama, LOL. I live in the capital city. We have an armed forces base here, and we have had training maneuvers going on this weekend. They announced it on the radio so that we would know what's going on, and stressed that the vehicles are not carrying loaded weapons. We also have a firing range out past the urban part of the city, and my very favourite: Energy Mines and Resources has a sort of bunker half buried in the green belt where scientists conduct experiments that might blow up. I've never seen anything blow up there, but my old boyfriend was working in his lab when someone did an experiment in the next building when it should have been done in the bunker. It blew out the side of the building, right at his lab. He said that you could tell at once which side of the building people worked in. The people facing the other lab were shivering outside in the snow without their coats and boots. The people on the other side had no idea what was going on, so they had taken the time to put on their coats and grab their purses etc.

Bama, my friends tend to be great talkers, as they need a listener and I can't keep the conversation going by myself, LOL.

Sunday
Cleaned up after dog X 3
Cut down potato bag for recycling
Changed out kitchen garbage
Started big garbage bag to bring down
Updated goals
Swapped out kitchen cloths
Scrubbed out sink and basin
Washed dishes
Put more dishes in to soak