St Lucia Day Sunday

[Doggedly]

Hi, all. I have listened to my Sunday radio programs and am now ready to start my day. I am so happy that I did my errands yesterday. Today, the world is white. Completely white sky, white falling out of the sky, white on trees, cars and the ground. When I shop in the snow or rain, the packages get wet and I have to spread them out and wait for them to dry properly before I store them in the plastic containers, and I'm happy not to have to do that.

I hope that church went well, and that your DH is not too grumpy about natural consequences of his last night's choices, Kittkatt.

I've never tried the experiment, FrenchFly, but I think the dog food would have frozen and then burst the cans and tetra packs, FrenchFly. I'm not sure what the temperature was last night, but it was below freezing.
I didn't know that you also have the problem of people stealing copper wiring. I was baffled as to why our fibre optic service kept going out in rural areas, as it almost never goes out in the city where I live. It turns out, it was thieves cutting the wire thinking that it was copper. It was happening in more than one province.

Those cookies do look wonderful, trissie, but a lot of pressure on top of parents' other responsibilities. Do you recruit your teenagers to help with Christmas cookie baking?

You will never lose the delight in Christmas with DD32 to keep it all fresh for you, L.Ann. My only decoration is a poinsettia, which is cheerful. I don't really want to acquire a lot of decorations and then have to store them all year, so I'll probably keep mine pared down and just enjoy the neighbourhood Christmas lights.

That sounds like a fun way to help your dsister out, Lauralind. She can figure out which elements to pare down or skip entirely to help the students get finished during her class.

helia, I loved your disclaimer about your dh's information about cookies. I expect that he is more aware of where food comes from than many men, as he actually cooks, but cookies might still be a subject about which he is particularly aware, LOL.

I like the idea of a warm up for tomorrow, Bama. Last week I coasted into laziness. Time to get inertia going in the other direction.
There's a fireplace channel on TV, so you can have the coziness of the fire without the actual fire, and now that you have mentioned fireplaces, I think that this would be a good day for it.

I don't dare predict what I will work on because I always do the opposite. I am hoping for a phone visit with my db. He is planning to adopt a cat today! I'm sad for Schrodinger that the Cat Distribution System failed to deliver him to my db while he was between cats, but happy for my db that he is ready to love another cat.

Hi, Peaches

[Bama]

Hello smile and dogged!
Coast back into productivity this week with me.

Done:
Make tomato gravy
Cook sausage
Send dh to get biscuits so I don’t have to cook it all they didn’t have any so subbing toast and it was delicious
Make coffee
Ate and logged brunch
Dw unloaded
Waiting on dh to eat, he decided to get gas while out and now he’s unloading recyclables from his truck before he comes in (the recycling place was closed yesterday when he went)
Emails
Ordered vinyls for the girls (wicked, idkhow)
Watch Dear Santa with jack black
Pet chores -
Feed

Later:
Dust
Vacuum
Mop
Pet chores -
Water
Litter
Pets -
Try dry shampoo on dogs
Brush
Laundry -
Laundry room
Kitchen
Dining Room
Living Room
Bathrooms
Bedrooms
Porch -
Toss dead plants
Sweep
Yard -
Declutter around tables
Garden -
Check on greens
Vehicles -
Wipe out inside
Mom’s -
Toss dead plants
Self -
Shower and shampoo
Planner/Paperwork

[Smile*Lee]

Hi, Peach!
Doggedly ~ a new kitty ~ how sweet! I haven't been lazy, but I definitely need to get into a more focused productivity than a haphazard approach. I try.. but things go awry.
Bama ~ Tell me about tomato gravy. It's new to me.

[Doggedly]

Bama, I am right there with you making substitutes on brunch. Planned breakfast was potatoes and winter vegetables in the microwave with no seasoning so that I could share with the dog. But after half an hour on my feet with no food started, breakfast became what is quick and easy. I'm not ready to face jollof rice for breakfast, but somewhere out there a food purist is sobbing into their hankerchief: naan bread, black lentil curry spread all over it, sliced tomato, lettuce pieces and a few squirts of lemon juice. It turned out quite well.
I have some dishes air drying and some soaking, so a gentle coast toward productivity has begun...

Smile*Lee, you are juggling multiple households, and I'll bet that they don't all wait their turn for your attention. You are doing great.
I am curious about tomato gravy too.

Sunday
Went down to car and brought up the dog food that I forgot in the previous load so that it doesn’t freeze
Cleaned up after dog
Checked tshirts. Put away the dry and spread some more around the apartment to dry better.
CUOP
Emptied out wastepaper baskets
Put on a pot of coffee
Scrubbed out sink and basin
Washed dishes
Put more dishes in to soak
Breakfast

[Smile*Lee]

Dogged ~ omg.. that sounds delicious!

Quick spiff tadas: bedrooms, bathrooms, LR, DR, entry
todos: kitchen, sunroom, mudroom hall

coasting along....

[Doggedly]

Smile*Lee, it is always reassuring to find that my food choices have not horrified people.

Breakfast was good, and surprisingly filling. Time to lurch back into action until inertia favours coasting.

[Smile*Lee]

Ha! Ikwym. I have a few peculiar things from my childhood, like banana & Miracle Whip on white bread. I get a craving for it a few times a year.

Not so quick spiff done. Going to take a break, eat a bit, and do a little desk stuff.

[Kittykatt]

Hello, everyone!

FFB, I also have that love / hate relationship with Christmas. I'm going to confess that I now have my little "Christmas book" where I have *everything* written down, so I can treat it like military campaign.

Trissie, I love hearing about all your different cookies and the history behind them. Iirc, you also make wasp nest cookies too, or is that for a different time of year? My gingerbread men are very traditional. I use a cutter so they're the right shape, and then add currant "eyes" and also 3 currant buttons down their fronts. I don't ice them, as I think that detracts from the ginger flavour and makes them too sweet. ( I'm also lazy!) Sometime over the next week or so I'll make mince pies (the "mincemeat" in these is actually made from dried fruit, not meat! ) and with the Christmas cake that will be it, unless I get a sudden desire to try anything new! We also have a big tin of assorted chocolates over Christmas. Traditionally this was always Quality Street, but the tins have been getting smaller, then changed to a plastic tub and got smaller, with less variety and more expensive. The final straw was last year when the tub got even smaller, even more expensive and the wrappers changed from exciting and shiny to boring dull paper. (I think this last is probably a nostalgia thing, but it's still important!). This year, the QS tub had nearly doubled in price, and M& S saw a gap in the market, and produced their large "traditional" tin, complete with the favourite varieties and shiny wrappers, and at around half the price. M&S's chocolate is usually good, so I've taken the plunge.

L.Ann, since we adopted Matilda, Ive scaled back on decorations too. She is both a climber and a chewer!

Helia, traditional gingerbread cookies are easy. I have a cutter for my gingerbread men, but you could do any shape you wanted. All my Christmas baking keeps well in airtight tins, but I keep the different types in separate tins.

Painting classes sound fun, Laura!

Bama, enquiring minds this side of the "pond" also want to know about tomato gravy!

I'm glad you had fun with Lil H, Smilelee!

Congratulations to your DBro on his new feline overlord, Dogged! ( I'm typing this with Matilda on my lap.)

Hi, Peaches!

Today we had a lovely Advent Sunday service, and the first candle on the advent wreath was lit. DF E was once again in fine form when I visited her for coffee.

The lunch menu was roast chicken, roast potatoes, roast carrots and parsnips, creamed leeks, Savoy cabbage, followed by apple crumble and cream. Freddie has had his walk, I picked up a few leaves in my front garden and folded and PA laundry.

This afternoon I've sent some emails re parish lunch - just some last minute details- and watched Poirot. I still need to complete the form Curate S gave me to critique her sermon this morning. Bit that will have to wait until a certain Tabby Tyrant gets off my lap!

[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, Jude and 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

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[L.Ann]

DD32 is currently face timing with the Utah crowd and then we are going to put up the tree.

1-put up tree
2-finish gingerbread house
3-early dinner


Menus
Sunday-
Monday-garlic lime chicken
Tuesday-fiesta chicken(in freezer)
Wednesday-DD32 out/leftovers me
Thursday-chorizo enchiladas
Friday-chipotle honey salmon with veggies
Saturday-sheet pan Mexican shrimp tacos

Events
Monday-Little Bit 7:40-5, Little Bit to school 9:15-3
Tuesday-breakfast with friends@8:30, Little Bit 7:40-5, Little Bit to school 9:15-3
Wednesday-DD32 3-8, Little Bit 7:40-5, Little Bit to school 9:15-3
Thursday-8:30 appointment with radiologist, Little Bit 7:40-5, Little Bit to school 9:15-3
Friday-2:00 appointment with financial advisor, Little Bit 7:40-5, Little Bit to school 9:15-3


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


Accomplishments
-stretching and knee exercises
-breakfast for me
-reboot laundry
-clean off top of dry sink
-diet site
-dress and pick up bedroom
-windex
-read if time
-work on art book for Little Bit
-dust
-Target order
-15 minutes cleaning up dining room
-walk inside
-meds and help DD32 with shower
-Kohls order
-get Christmas things out of the spare room closet
-mop bathroom floor
-unpack bin of Christmas stuff
-FACE
-errands
-lunch
-read
-walk outside
-help DD32 with gingerbread house
-get out tree