Wichien Maat Wednesday

[Kittykatt]

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[Kittykatt]

The Wichien Maat, ( other names are Thai cat.amd Traditional Siamese) is, as their name suggests, a native of Thailand. The breed is considered the ancestor of the Siamese, while being both more stockier and more rounded. They have short and dense hair, light on the body and dark at the extremities (the colour darkens with the age).The dark colour can go as far as forming a mask on the face. The head is very triangular in shape, with eyes as blue as possible and ears broad at their base and rounded at the tips.

The Thaï has a life expectancy of between 12 and 20 years. It is an averaged-sized cat, with females weighing approximately 7 lb, and males between 9 and 11lb. They are talkative, sensitive and very attached to their owners, and they demand attention! They are also Intelligent and docile, very endearing and sweet natured.

Their original name, "Wichein-maat" means "Golden Diamond", or "Moon Diamond" in Thai. This shows just how much the breed was appreciated and treated with devotion. Most likely because Thai people thought that the "high-ranking" dead chose the body of a cat to reincarnate. These cats were present in the temples where they were treated with respect.

Various legends circulate about their origins and history. The oldest of them says that, on Noah’s ark, a monkey fell in love with a lioness and that of their union would be born the Thai cat, which would have the peculiarity to present the courage of the lioness and the agility of the monkey!

The Thai cat had a place in the Court of the King of Siam, former name of Thailand. It is said that these cats were used to guard royal treasures and that they would eventually become cross-eyed from staring at the jewels for so long. This peculiarity is nowadays considered a defect, and these cats are excluded from competitions.

Another legend is linked to another of their physical peculiarities, the "break" in the tail. It seems that the Princesses of Siam used their tails to hold her rings. The weight of the jewels thus caused the "break" of the tail.

In 1871 that the King of Siam offered to the Ambassador of England a couple of Thai cats, which is the origin of their appearance in Europe. They were bred selectively which gave rise to the breed of Siamese cat, with a finer silhouette than their ancestor.

[Kittykatt]

Happy Wednesday, everyone!

Today is the funeral of DH's DAuntie, followed by the wake (somewhere? Still no idea of the location..(Sigh!) DH's family are.not the most organised of people!) . My outfit is hanging up all ready to go, and I will need to pour DH into his suit! (Last time he wore it , it was so what right in places. At least now though, he has a shirt that fits him.)

More prosaically, I need to finish cleaning the kitchen, which I started last night, before we leave. Having slept for most of yesterday, Freddie is in very good spirits this morning, presumably as a result of foiling that photographer?!!!

[Kittykatt]

To do:

Appointments:
Wednesday: 12.30 pm funeral for DH's Auntie
(We need to leave the Wake no later than 4.15 pm so I can drive DH to the train station to catch his train for Leeds
Laxapet for Jude and Matilda
9 pm Final touches to Waitrose order
Thursday: DH in Leeds
10.30 am church followed by coffee and chat
*Take tickets for Christmas lunch*
Ask MQ if I can park at the church tomorrow
Any errands?
Call in to see if shoes have arrived yet? (Or move this to Friday?)
Hoover car first thing? ( Weather permitting!)
Bring blue crates up from garage
3 pm (check time! ) podiatrist -me
6-7 pm Waitrose delivery
Laxapet -Jude and Matilda if not done yesterday
Friday: DH in Leeds
2.40 osteopath - me
DH home at??
Saturday:
*Text DF E re coffee tomorrow*
Sunday:
Church 9.30 am - READING IN CHURCH Check what the reading is, and practise!
Take tickets for Christmas lunch with me
Coffee with DF E?
Laxapet Jude and Matilda
Set up new Waitrose delivery

Future dates to note:
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:
Order biscuits for church
Find the reading for church next Sunday.(I've swapped with someone else and she couldn't remember!)
Practise reading
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 for his walk
Physio exercises and back exercises wip
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 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, Freddieand 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

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 wip

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 (23)
Add CK to the list on my book
Encourage people to actually buy their tickets!
Liaise with caterers nearer the time
Research Christmas crackers for table decorations - Amazon /Wilko /Morrisons?
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]

Morning kittykatt. The doctor wanted me to do another Covid/flu test this morning to make sure that wasn’t the issue. Covid was positive this morning.

1-shower, dress and pick up bedroom
2-diet site
3-texts to center

Menus
Wednesday-one pot chicken sausage and chickpea soup
Thursday-pizza
Friday-garlicky chicken and lemon mustard sauce
Saturday-out to eat
Sunday-ginger chicken and rice bowls

Events
Wednesday-doctor@1:40
Thursday- Little Bit 7:40-6:30, Little Bit school 9:15-3
Friday-Little Bit 7:40-4:30, Little Bit school 9:15-3
Saturday-Christmas activity with miniature cows

Weekly House Blessing-
Detail cleaning of dining room-scrub floor
Extra stuff-waiting for paper for lawyer


Events
-knee and stretching exercises
-breakfast for me, dog
-covid test for DD32
-meds and temp for DD32

[helia]

Ugh. I'm sorry about the covid L Ann. Is DD32 positive as well?
I hope the wake and the funeral go well, Kitty. Was dh able to get into his suit?

LOL on the book discussion last night! We have bookshelves in most of the rooms here, and they're overflowing. There are piles in our office room on either side of the bookcase in there. LOL! I have a hard time decluttering books. I also strangely like cookbooks but use the same recipes over and over again, trissie.

It is sunny here today. There's not a cloud in the sky - at least not in the section of the sky that I can see out my living room windows blocked by trees. LOL! It is 30 with a forecast high of 45F.

Yesterday, I was fairly productive, which felt good! In broad strokes, I made a WF grocery run, went to the weekly KS2J get together with friends, got in some exercise at the gym, helped cook and host dinner for 5 -- dd27 and Fable stopped by so there were 6 for a bit. I got another lol washed - put away. On the payroll front, I stopped by the school and exchanged books (and chatted with AC for a short bit), attended 2 Prof Dev meetings 1 - 2:30, and got my syllabus made. Some payroll, some exercise, some social time. Not too much done around the house but it's still in decent shape (on the surface at least) from cleaning last Friday before hosting the dinner party.

Today, I have more payroll: prepping for class and then teaching 1:30 - 3:30. I'd like to walk outside for exercise, make progress on Mom's laundry - 1 more load (I've decided I'm aiming for 1 load/ day) and on her memorial thank yous. Dinner is leftover white chicken chili over rice and roasted squash. I think it will be late bc dh is going to a talk on campus 6-7.

Next:
- some qt
- back exercises
- s2s and self care

Later:
- payroll: set up Telegram group
- payroll: prep AAS D1
- payroll: print out syllabus + any other hand outs (get to know you game?)
- walk
- 1 load of Mom's: w d f bag for give away
- 1 thank you
- lunch
- 1:30 - 3:30 payroll: teach AAS D1
- reach out to JK
- Kroger?
- email reply to cousin J
- do we have Fable tonight??
- late dinner: white chicken chili, rice, roasted squash
- after dinner clean up
- duolingo
- update health apps

TaDas!
- up; weighed self --going up. egads.
- coffee
- email deletions + weather website

WEEKLY ACTIVITIES
Wed 1:30 - 3:30 payroll: teach AAS D1/dinner: white chicken chili, rice, roasted butternut squash
Thu 12-1 haircut in other town/ 2-3 work out with trainer/ dinner: quinoa and beans, rice, salad
Fri 1:30 - 3:30 payroll: teach AAS D2/ dinner date with dh
Sat dinner: leftovers of some sort
Sun 10 - church/ 6 host Sunday dinner?

Mon 1:30 - 3:30 payroll: teach AAS D3
Tue 10-12 KS2J?
Wed Dbro + dniece arrive - room ready/ dinner:
Thu Tgiving dinner for 8? @ ____/ menu: BBQ baby back ribs, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, cranberry sauce, green beans, other things? dessert -- can dd27 make something?
Fri Do something with dbro?
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
- Memorial thank yous
- call pavers for driveway?
- reach out to JK
- email cousin J

This Week - Errands
- Kroger
- back to furniture store?

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: 2

[L.Ann]

DD32 is the one with Covid, helian. Apparently the symptoms she has are rampant at the center. It really just seems like a bad cold. I buy things for the kindle when they go on sale and then put the hard copies in a Little Free Library. Since retirement I use the library A LOT and if I buy something it is for my kindle.

1-read
2-pick up Target order

Menus
Wednesday-one pot chicken sausage and chickpea soup
Thursday-pizza
Friday-garlicky chicken and lemon mustard sauce
Saturday-out to eat
Sunday-ginger chicken and rice bowls

Events
Wednesday-doctor@1:40
Thursday- Little Bit 7:40-6:30, Little Bit school 9:15-3
Friday-Little Bit 7:40-4:30, Little Bit school 9:15-3
Saturday-Christmas activity with miniature cows

Weekly House Blessing-
Detail cleaning of dining room-scrub floor
Extra stuff-waiting for paper for lawyer


Events
-knee and stretching exercises
-breakfast for me, dog
-covid test for DD32
-Target order
-meds and temp for DD32
-shower, dress and pick up bedroom
-diet site
-texts to center
-start laundry
-walk
-reboot laundry

[Smile*Lee]

Good morning, kitty ~ L.Ann ~ helian ~ and all incoming!

L.Ann ~ ugh! So sorry about the covid, but like you said, these days it's more just like a bad cold. Hope she's not too miserable and has a quick recovery.
kitty ~ I'd say it's extremely unusual to not know where to go to the funeral the day of. I've never heard of that happening in my entire lifetime. Good luck! Keep your powder dry, kitty!
helia ~ I envy your sunshine. It's going to be gloomy here for a few days. Won't see the sun till the weekend.

Thanks, everyone, for your kind and encouraging words. It means a lot.
Never got back here yesterday. Ended up going to the flooring/tile showroom to look at bathroom tile, kitchen backsplash, & carpet. I thought about putting down wood where the carpet is now, but just replacing carpet will probably be the easiest and quickest to do. Samples are in the trunk. I might run back and pick up the carpet board for a day. Might not get to the condo today to compare samples, but definitely tomorrow.

Today's short list:
• gym
• Meet with supply warehouse rep to talk about fixtures, sinks, bathtub, cabinets, etc.
• maybe meet with clothes lady to swap pants.

Okies.. I've done early morning QT, physio, check in. I'm a bit behind in the schedule, but not too bad. Gym next.
Off to flybys.

[Smile*Lee]

Hopping on the book confession train.
I couldn't even tell you how many books I have. I still have books from home-educating - and health books, and cookbooks, and self-help books, and... etc. I have gotten rid of a lot, including our old set of encyclopedias.

[Lauralind]

Morning all. At first the description the cat sounded very much Stella. Except I don't know where she got the coloring as Luna is her sister. Full grey long hair. Stella is short hair siamese with those colors description. Her body is short and because she's overly round she gets the name loaf or football. With a funny stub tail that looks like it was injured but there was no sign of it when she was tiny. She wags her tail like a dog cause it's stiff. But dh phone gave him a memory picture from 5 years ago. Same Stella snuggled in my arms like she is right now .

Sorry about the covid lann. I hope it goes away soon and doesn't turn into more for dd32. Or you. Lots of times it is just a cold now.

Hopefully the funeral gets sorted and goes off well kittykat.

Morning smile lee. Sounds like you are redoing a couple places and building. A lot. But fun picking colors etc. I desperately need a new living room carpet.

Very productive day yesterday helian.

I am off today. My house is a complete disaster again. I think because I have been so tired and also frustrated with my crochet but determined. I think I redid those most of 2 rows like 3 times ? Now I finally left it at the end of a row which I'm going to examine closely before stitching into it.

My day is going to turn out somewhat busier than I planned. Bible study this morning. I told dad I would bring mom home from the center today. At least if he brings her in taking her home won't take too long. I need groceries. And the last of Caspers food is in his dish.

Plus I have got to make the house look better. I waited for ds after basketball last night. Brought him home and he promptly took out some sausage and made supper. I crashed on the couch with my crochet. Nothing got done after supper. Kitchen is a mess. Just feels like every room is needing help. And I feel like I'm not going to get very far cause shopping and errands ..

Tired just thinking of it. But I'm going to start with routines... a lot can look better before school run.

Priority list

Basic routines
Kitchen clean
Groceries
Dog food
Bible study
Mom home from the pines
Finish cleaning vacuum and use it again
Declutter entry and fix shoe storage

Today's tada list

Shower
S&s both baths and start a load
Tidy laundry room and master bedroom some
Empty and reload dw
Finish tidying kitchen