Stollen Sunday

[trissie]

Very quiet here, everybody must be busy with Christmas activities!


TaDas
- 15 on laundry
- 3x10 room rescue - living room, kitchen, communal areas
- go over box of decorations - anything else we want up? if not, put it in attic
- make braided bread

ToDos
- afternoon routine
- decorate gingerbread cookies
- dinner

Braindump
routines
- evening routine
food
- dinner
- bake something sweet
- freezer cooking
organization
- update land contract
- rework contract with DS14's therapist
- have kids check and empty backpacks (no forgotten food found on Jan 4)
- DBD's speech therapy
- 15 on filing
cleaning
- remake master bed
- spiff up twins' room
- spiff up DBD's room
- spiff up DS13's room
- spiff up master bedroom
- spiff up master bathroom
- spiff up kitchen
- spiff up living room
- spiff up office
- spiff up downstairs bathroom and hallways
- spiff up front porch
laundry
- load of cleaning rags
- ironing
- folding
- mending
- laundry put away
me time
- 15 of exercise
- Bible study
- reading
Christmas preps
- assemble gingerbread nativity
- more Christmas baking if anything seems interesting? all family favourites are done
House&Holidays - I kinda really should do something about it
- week 3 deep cleaning - DBD's room
- week 6 deep cleaning - twins' room
- week 9 deep cleaning - living room
- week 10 deep cleaning - kitchen
- week 11 deep cleaning - pantry
- week 13 deep cleaning - storage spaces
- week 14 deep cleaning - public spaces
- week 4 Christmas tasks
- week 5 Christmas tasks
- week 6 Christmas tasks
- week 7 Christmas tasks
- week 8 Christmas tasks
- week 9 Christmas tasks
- week 10 Christmas tasks
- week 11 Christmas tasks
- week 12 Christmas tasks
- week 13 Christmas tasks
- week 14 Christmas tasks
- week 15 Christmas tasks
- week 16 Christmas tasks
- week 17 Christmas tasks

[Kittykatt]

Hello, FFB, Trissie, Helia and Bama!

FFB, DS 10 having just one guest for his birthday sounds much easier on you!

Trissie, I have made braided bread. Once. It was just using three strands and I tucked the ends in, but a mould sounds much easier!

Helia, I so understand needing time on your own to recharge!

I'm sure the party will go well, Bama!

I'm having some time home alone, after a few days filled with people. DBIL (he is D once again now he is no longer in our house! ) left early this morning, so he could be back home in time for their church. He did actually have some helpful and encouraging things to say to DH yesterday evening re the voluntary redundancy / early retirement thing that's still hanging over us.

Church was good this morning, but rather fraught afterwards , as no one can find the supplies for Christingle, the preparations for which are taking place on Tuesday, with the actual service on Wednesday. The verger, MQ has hidden them in a "safe place", but she is now sick and (understandably) her phone is turned off. Between us we've established that the oranges have been ordered and just need collecting tomorrow, someone has found the candles in their hiding place, but no one can find the red rubber bands, so I've found some on Amazon, which should be delivered tomorrow. No one can find the big cardboard model of the Christingle, even though we've searched the church everywhere, including all the cupboards. But one of the retired priests knows she has one in the attic, so her husband will be sent up there this afternoon to retrieve it. (He looked like a frightened rabbit caught in headlights when he heard this news!)

Lunch was very nice - DH's DF A came with his GF, so it was just just the four of us. We had a carvery, followed by crème brulee, very tasty, but the best bit for me was having nothing to do with the meal except eating it!

I've folded laundry and PA, and DH has gone to the choir rehearsal for the carol service. DNeighbour S did some more work on the fence this afternoon (Why? How? It was raining!) but I've now drawn the curtains to make it more cosy.

My main aim this evening is to plan the next few days so I can get everything done. S flies out Tuesday afternoon, so weather permitting, I want to have some time then to rescue the far end of my poor garden. An hour should do it, but it would be nice if it stopped raining! DH is going out to play with a group of friends tomorrow, so that will be time for me to get upstairs clean and tidy, and restore the spare room after DBIL's stay (I can't face it this evening) . And I need to plan meal prep for the Christmas meals this week, so it's not all left until the last minute!

[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
Hang up sheets to dry
OTD to church
Lunch out with DH and some of his friends
Put up my vitamins and supplements for the week
Weigh out Jude's and Matilda's dry food for the week
Quick PUPA upstairs
5 minutes in tiny front garden
15 minutes in back garden
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

Extras:
[/quote]

[L.Ann]

We are back home and getting set up for the week. The powers that be, helian, are also talking about requiring DNA samples for entry. How real that is vs just talk I am not sure.

1-mix up cookie dough for Tuesday
2-pay dog watcher
3-check paint on Little Bit’s Christmas gift

Menus
Friday-Sunday away for weekend
Monday-Southwest shrimp tacos
Tuesday-Mexican chicken and rice bowls
Wednesday-family dinner @DD39’s
Thursday-leftover brunch food
Friday-one pot kidney bean and pepper soup
Saturday-black bean burgers
Sunday-Cajun tilapia and roasted veggies


Events
Monday-Little Bit 7:40-5, pick up cookies for DD32 to take to center for her birthday, doctor@3:30 for DD32
Tuesday-Little Bit 7:40-5, DD32’s birthday, pick up baked goods for Christmas Eve
Wednesday-DD39’s house for dinner and festivities
Thursday-Christmas brunch
Friday-DD32 off
Saturday-
Sunday-

Weekly House Blessing-mop dining room, kitchen
Extra stuff-


Accomplishments
-hotel stuff
-drive home
-get gas and lottery tickets for some Christmas game
-unpack car
-pack DD32’s lunch for tomorrow
-lunch
-unpack and put away everything
-declutter top drawer in DD32’s dresser
-mail sort and pay bill
-talk to DD39 and DD41

[Kittykatt]

Welcome back, L.Ann! I'm glad you're back safely.

[Kittykatt]

Posting an outline of the week ahead. It's flexible in places, as I can't be sure if all the timings and some things are weather dependent, but at least it's a start!

To do:

Appointments:
Monday:
DH out with friends
At home for me - clean upstairs,
get spare room back in order
Take ham out of freezer
Put ham to soak when thawed
Will S finish the fence?
Will he finish early enough to enable me to start renovating the end of my garden? (Weather permitting!)

Tuesday: Riverford veg box delivery
DH??
At home for me - clean downstairs
Take beef out of freezer
Ham to soak if not done yesterday
Can I start prep for Christmas Eve meal?
9pm final touches to Waitrose order
Hoover car? (Weather permitting!)
Sort out end of my garden (weather permitting!)

Wednesday: Christmas Eve
9-10 am Waitrose delivery
PA groceries
Dr appointment for DH - give him a list of anything Waitrose didn't have so he can pick it up for me from somewhere
Clean kitchen
Prep veg etc for Christmas lunch
Make fruit salad
Work out timings for beef
Hoover car? (If not done yesterday!)
Sort out garden? (If not already done!)
Cook supper - start red cabbage early in low oven
Laxapet for Jude and Matilda
7pm (earlier if possible) Christmas Eve supper -baked ham, mashed potato, carrots, broad beans, red cabbage, parsley sauce
9 pm Bethlehem Mass

Thursday: Christmas Day
Stockings first thing
Ask DH to lay table
Ensure bathroom is clean and tidy
Run a quick duster and hoover round hall and sitting room
Cook lunch - use timings in my book.
12 noon Dnextdoorneighbour C arrives
1pm lunch - roast beef, roast potatoes, roasted carrots and parsnips, gravy , Brussels sprouts, Yorkshire puddings, fresh fruit salad, cream
Take my apron off and relax!

Friday: Boxing Day
Possibly some time sorting out my garden (weather permitting!)
Leftovers to eat

Saturday:
At home ??
Leftovers to eat

Sunday:
Church 9.30 am
We'll still be eating left overs so probably cold cut for lunch
Laxapet Jude and Matilda
Set up new Waitrose delivery

Future dates to note:
7/1 order inhalers
6/1 Freddie - Solensia 8.30 am
8/1 Jude weight check 2 pm

Outstanding deliveries:

Extras:
Email J - do this MONDAY
Email NW when I have a reply from RO
Check and send above
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 ? MJ will.sort it out in the new year
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 2025
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? We're going to do this in January

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 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, 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

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

Financial:
More work on budget WIP

[L.Ann]

1-read
2-walk
3-mop kitchen floor

Menusu
Monday-Southwest shrimp tacos
Tuesday-Mexican chicken and rice bowls
Wednesday-family dinner @DD39’s
Thursday-leftover brunch food
Friday-one pot kidney bean and pepper soup
Saturday-black bean burgers
Sunday-Cajun tilapia and roasted veggies


Events
Monday-Little Bit 7:40-5, pick up cookies for DD32 to take to center for her birthday, doctor@3:30 for DD32
Tuesday-Little Bit 7:40-5, DD32’s birthday, pick up baked goods for Christmas Eve
Wednesday-DD39’s house for dinner and festivities
Thursday-Christmas brunch
Friday-DD32 off
Saturday-
Sunday-

Weekly House Blessing-mop dining room, kitchen
Extra stuff-


Accomplishments
-hotel stuff
-drive home
-get gas and lottery tickets for some Christmas game
-unpack car
-pack DD32’s lunch for tomorrow
-lunch
-unpack and put away everything
-declutter top drawer in DD32’s dresser
-mail sort and pay bill
-talk to DD39 and DD41
-mix up cookie dough for Tuesday
-pay dog watcher
-check paint on Little Bit’s Christmas gift

[helia]

It's always helpful to think through one's week beforehand, Kitty. Glad you also got some alone time.
I hope the party is going well, Bama! Have fun!
Welcome back, L Ann! --Oh goodness on DNA samples. At least they could prove dniece is related to dh. LOL! We'll look into entrance requirements as the time draws nearer. Things also seem to change rather quickly, so who knows what will be required next fall?
Did you bake cookies today, trissie?

It's almost 3 pm. I need to get back at it.

Church went long this morning, so we didn't get home until around 12:30. I've had lunch, dealt with laundry, reclaimed the kitchen, reloaded the dw, and am running it again before we host dinner for 7 people.

I still need to pick up food for 7 people, so a WF run is in order. I also need to put up some material in GC to help my students prep for their final exam tomorrow. Dd27 is making noise about getting a tree with Fable this afternoon. Will there be time? RH is out for a couple hours. I suppose he might want to join us in getting a tree? It would be kinda nice to do it with just dd27. . . . We'll see how things unfold. I'm going to prioritize payroll.

The zoom call tonight has been cancelled because ds + F are going to a wedding. We'll zoom on Christmas day instead.

Next:
- payroll: set up material in GC
- payroll: let students know it's there
- payroll: message to students re: missing HW - if they care

Next:
- switch laundry
- back exercises
- s2s and self care
- laundry: tumble press and then fold/ hang shirts and pants

Later:
- reclaim kitchen
- make the bed
- payroll: post audio + scripts, vocab list, midterm exam - to redo for practice
- lights: w d f pa
- walk
- WF run?
- 6 host Sunday dinner for 7 people
- after dinner clean up
- duolingo
- update health apps
- maybe start wrapping?
- put away puzzle?
- other things?

TaDas!
- up; weighed self
- coffee
- email deletions + weather website - sunny but cold, high of 29F (around -1.67 C); currently 18F
- s2s and self care
- 9:45 - 12:30 ish church
- lunch
- kitchen reclaimed; dw loaded with leftover dishes and running again
- darks: mostly folded and p/a
- lights: washed

[Peaches1000]

Good afternoon!

Next:
-Check email
-Update Toodledo
-Check bank accts/Amex
-Rebate info
-Declutter/organize/clean - 10 min

Extras:
-Tasks - (call S)(grocery order)(unload dishes)(Toodledo tasks)
-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

-Foyer Bath - pupa/restock
-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
-Fresh food for kitty
-Open blinds/get water
-Medicine/vitamins
-Catch up DS

[L.Ann]

1-mix up other cookie mix
2-clean up kitchen
3-sweep and mop dining room

4-1000 of the 3200 steps I have left

Menusu
Monday-Southwest shrimp tacos
Tuesday-Mexican chicken and rice bowls
Wednesday-family dinner @DD39’s
Thursday-leftover brunch food
Friday-one pot kidney bean and pepper soup
Saturday-black bean burgers
Sunday-Cajun tilapia and roasted veggies


Events
Monday-Little Bit 7:40-5, pick up cookies for DD32 to take to center for her birthday, doctor@3:30 for DD32
Tuesday-Little Bit 7:40-5, DD32’s birthday, pick up baked goods for Christmas Eve
Wednesday-DD39’s house for dinner and festivities
Thursday-Christmas brunch
Friday-DD32 off
Saturday-
Sunday-

Weekly House Blessing-mop dining room
Extra stuff-


Accomplishments
-hotel stuff
-drive home
-get gas and lottery tickets for some Christmas game
-unpack car
-pack DD32’s lunch for tomorrow
-lunch
-unpack and put away everything
-declutter top drawer in DD32’s dresser
-mail sort and pay bill
-talk to DD39 and DD41
-mix up cookie dough for Tuesday
-pay dog watcher
-check paint on Little Bit’s Christmas gift
-read
-walk
-mop kitchen floor
-pick up Target and dinner order
-eat dinner