Matthias Mayer Monday @ TDD - C&C

[kitkat]

trissie - I'm just popping in to say I LOVE Kurt Vonnegut's writing!

Back later

[trissie]

I am glad your job is a stable one, lauralind, but from what you write, they really would be foolish to risk losing a hardworking one when the new hires are not that dedicated!
magnolia painted house sounds lovely, kittykatt, and it probably provides good backing to all those blooming flowers you have!
helia, being an ESL teacher in USA nowadays is probably not too optimistic...
Dogged, my mom's ex boyfriend had a private ski slope! I mean, it was just a 200 yard downhill meadow, but he was an electric engineer and built a very basic ski lift. Mom date him for about four years, when I was 10 to 14, and we would go to his cottage every weekend in winter, so I had plenty practise back then.

TaDas
- DBD's homework
- midday routine
- afternoon routine
- 10 in master bedroom
- vacuum hallway upstairs
- windex all family photos and placed them back on piano top (they were put away to make space for Christmas decorations and I hadn't gotten around to putting them back)
- dinner

ToDos
- last 30 and then reading till bedtime!

[Bama]

Trissie, must be pretty cool to have a ski slope all to yourself.

The dark colored houses I’ve seen look nice so I’m hoping. We can always paint over it, it’s small so it wouldn’t take too much effort. Hope Germane is eating for you.

Emptied a box of paper, got to 2024 bill statements and receipts, making progress. Going to move around some now.

Monday:
WHB
Something in every room
Foyer - take cat tree to burn pile
Closets - deal with clothing pile in mine, declutter others
Porch - take down hummingbird feeders and wash
Outside - pick greens, cover plants
3rd bedroom - cut out carpet by door and reset trim
Living room - take down tree?, pack up ornaments, repot plants? find blackout blinds or curtains
Bedrooms - declutter, wash linens
Bathrooms - clean, dc one drawer
Office - declutter
Dining - hang corkboard?
Call J and ask if she can notarize something this week
Schedule Polaris pu and tuneup
Pets - walk, dremel nails
Donations - decide what can go and load up
Auction - list board games?
Self care - wash hair and try out new hair dryer
Read book club book
Read for pleasure

Done:
Weigh
Breakfast
Fire in fireplace
Laundry - 2 covers back on lr furniture, last cover drying, washing 3 white throws
Fed Lily as she was chewing the food box to get into it
Picked up bedroom #3, emptied box of papers
Burning candles from Christmas to use up so I can toss on trash day
Emails
Brush: Toby, Opie, Tux
Dust
Vacuum
Got package delivered so tried on gloves, pajamas, water resistant hoodie and all good
:45 + :40 paperwork
Kitchen - unload load dw,

[L.Ann]

Luckily DD33 is the happiest person you ever met, helian. But she also has the worst stutter I have ever seen. I think she is perfectly understandable but there have definitely been many people who act like she is not. If you are looking for a good short beautiful and haunting book I just finished the Ferryman and his Wife. It is a Norwegian novella about a ferryman making his last journey on the last day of his life and picking up the ghosts of all the people that were important to him in his life.

1-Little Bit while her parents shovel my sidewalk
2-dinner prep

Menus
Monday-sausage and chickpea soup
Tuesday-cooking class gnocchi
Wednesday-DD33 out/me leftovers
Thursday-quick meal before theater
Friday-garlic shrimp and Spanish style potatoes
Saturday-buffalo chicken grain bowls
Sunday-salmon w/roasted sweet potato and broccoli

Events
Tuesday-Little Bit 7:40-5, Little Bit school 9:15-3, breakfast w/friends @8:30, cooking class for DD33@6:30
Wednesday-Little Bit 7:40-5, Little Bit school 9:15-3, DD33 w/PS 3-8
Thursday-Little Bit 7:40-5, Little Bit school 9:15-3, theater 7-9:30
Friday-Little Bit 7:40-5, Little Bit school 9:15-11:45
Saturday-9:30-10:30 bball practice for DD33
Sunday-


Weekly House Blessing-mop dining room
Detailed Cleaning of spare room- swish and swipe bathroom, scrub floor, wipe down woodwork, high dusting, detailed vacuuming
Extra stuff-send letter to friend of DM
January paperwork-my bedroom-file box, Little Bit’s—spare room- DM’s papers
Death book-updates, call lawyer for appointment to review will and DD33’s POAs, check POD on insurance
Phone calls- call and make dermatology appointment

Accomplishments
-stretching and knee exercises
-meds and temp for DD33
-breakfast for dog and me
-diet site
-dress and pick up bedroom
-read for 20 minutes
-walk inside
-help DD33 make peanut butter bars
-mop bathroom
-polish furniture in spare room
-read for 20 minutes
-lunch
-clean kitchen
-walk
-photograph the rest of Little Bit’s art and upload it to Shutterfly
-try to fix insurance beneficiaries which won’t save right…..grrrr

[Bama]

I took a screenshot of that book for when I’m in that kind of mood, LAnn.

Never empty the lint filter after you wash your hands. Especially when the dryer is full of throws the pets lay on.

Monday:
Closets - deal with clothing pile in mine, declutter others
Outside - pick greens
3rd bedroom - cut out carpet by door and reset trim
Living room - take down tree?, pack up ornaments, repot plants? find blackout blinds or curtains
Bedrooms - declutter, wash linens
Bathrooms - dc one drawer
Office - declutter
Dining - hang corkboard?
Call J and ask if she can notarize something this week
Schedule Polaris pu and tuneup
Pets - dremel nails
Donations - decide what can go and load up
Auction - list board games?
Self care - wash hair and try out new hair dryer
Read book club book
Read for pleasure

Done:
Weigh
Breakfast
Fire in fireplace
Laundry - 2 covers back on lr furniture, last cover drying, washing/drying 3 white throws - all done and back where they belong, washing pet cushions
Fed Lily since she was chewing the food box to get into it
Picked up bedroom #3, dealt with box of papers
Burning candles from Christmas to use up so I can toss on trash day
Emails
Pet chores
Brush: Toby, Opie, Tux, Beau, Thumper
Play ball w Beau
Dust
Vacuum
WHB done except mop
Got package delivered so tried on gloves, pajamas, water resistant hoodie and all good
Got package with binoculars, lined leggings, cat scratch carpet
:45 + :40 paperwork
Kitchen - unload load dw
Foyer - take cat tree out to burn pile
Porch - take down hummingbird feeders and washed
Outside - cover plants
Bathrooms - wipe down
Roast cut up, added veg, cooked rice for a delicious stew
Enjoying another fire in the fireplace

[Bama]

Kittykatt, the local news had a story of a trash can from my county that somehow traveled all of the way to Weymouth, England. It would have had to travel the gulf around the peninsula of Florida and across the ocean. It was covered in barnacles but you could read the county name on it.

[helia]

Wow. That's a well-traveled trash can, Bama!!
I'll look into that book, L Ann. Short is good sometimes. That's neat to hear that DD33 is so happy! It must be nice to live with such a happy person!
Yeah, Doggedly and trissie, true -- this may not be a great time for my industry. We shall see. Our school's owner is very good at drumming up business. He's actually a businessman - and a business professor at the university. Because of him, we survived Covid when many other programs folded.
Hope you enjoyed reading, trissie.
Looks like you've been busy, Doggedly.
Fresh air is lovely, Bama! And that's a pretty color for a house!
Hi kitkat! I don't think I know him, though I've certainly heard of Slaughterhouse Five. Another author to read.
Hmm.... My TaDas list looks very short. Am I forgetting some things??I didn't get to a lot of things on my list. Tomorrow will be more productive.

Next:
- duolingo
- update health apps
- read

Later: tomorrow
- do I need to get groceries?
- clean sheets on MBR bed
- sheets: w d f pa
- NY cards 10 more ready for the mail
- payroll: BRE draft ready for review
- payroll: IRE draft progress
- duolingo
- update health apps
- read fun book
- restart knitting project?

TaDas!
- up; weighed self
- coffee
- email deletions + weather website
- s2s and self care
- gathered stuff; otd late
- 9:20 - 10:40 out - walked in the mall with friend B
- postal place: shears in the mail to RH and bought stamps
- home; kitchen reclaimed
- payroll: messages - meeting has been moved up to 12 pm
- some qt
- 12-1ish payroll meeting
- lunch
- kitchen clean again
- refilled bird feeder
- brought in wood
- writing progress
- dinner: panko encrusted salmon, rice, roasted b. sprouts + mushrooms (broccoli had gone bad)
- after dinner clean up

[kitkat]

I took note of that book, LAnn!

For my Miss Marple and Poirot loving friends:
I've only read the books... I think, maybe one time I saw an episode on TV, decided that was not how I pictured the characters and stayed with the books.

helia - A VERY interesting author, with a LOT to say .

Waving to all my other accomplished SHE-friends:) The day REALLY got away from me but we did include a trip for pup and DGD to the bookstore.

There will be an early start tomorrow- my help is wanted/needed at Dson. So I'm off to bed.
Have a great night Everyone.

[Doggedly]

Good night, kitkat

What a wonderful thing for a young teenager, trissie, your own private ski hill!

That's a nice thing, Bama, being able to take a chance on the colour as you are not overly committed to it.

L.Ann, I'm sure that it is frustrating for your DD33 when people don't understand her. I hope that most people she meets are kind.

Bama, I have a hilarious image of you with yeti hands. Revenge of the dryer!
That trash can had quite the adventure!

helia, those people still need to learn English. If you don't get enough work at your school, might you be able to offer classes online?