Seb Coe Sunday

[Kittykatt]

Triple Dog Dare!

Pick 3 things
Do them
Post your TaDas!

»»—-Cheers! WTG! Ygg!—-««

Don't think about it. Just do it!
~~ I Triple Dog Dare ya! ~~
Good Morning!
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[Kittykatt]

Sebastian Newbold Coe, Baron Coe, CH, KBE, Hon FRIBA (born 29 September 1956), often referred to as Seb Coe, is a British sports administrator, former politician and retired track and field athlete. As a middle-distance runner, Coe won four Olympic medals, including 1500 metres gold medals at the Olympic Games in 1980 and 1984. He set nine outdoor and three indoor world records in middle-distance track events – including, in 1979, setting three world records in the space of 41 days – and the world record he set in the 800 metres in 1981 remained unbroken until 1997. Coe's rivalries with fellow Britons Steve Ovett and Steve Cram dominated middle-distance racing for much of the 1980s.

Coe headed the successful London 2012 Olympic bid for the 2012 Summer Olympics and became chairman of the London Organising Committee for the Olympic Games. In 2007, he was elected a vice-president of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), and re-elected for another four-year term in 2011. In August 2015, he was elected president of the IAAF.

[Kittykatt]

Happy Sunday, everyone! Today we celebrate Candlemas at church, so I need to get moving so I'm there early to help DF PM hand out candles.

Laura, you're doing all the right things. I don't think early neutering would have adversely affected Smokey. With boy cats, it's late neutering that sometimes fails to have the desired effect re marking (although of course it's still successful in its primary aim!)

[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
Hang up towels that washed overnight
Hang up sheets to dry
Quick kitchen clean up
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
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, Jude and 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:

[trissie]

Happy Sunday!
Britain has a good slew of Olympionics, kittykatt!

I hope our USA and Canadian SHEs are not disappointed that they didn't get a mention this week - there is the Canadian Barbara Ann Scott, the winner of the first-ever figure skating Olympic competion, or USA Jimmy Shea, who holds a gold in skeleton in Salt Lake City 2002 and is the grandson of John Amos Shea, an American double-gold medalist in speed skating at the 1932 Winter Olympics (and the first American to win two gold medals at one Winter Olympics). And for the measure, a Czech one would be Martina Sablikova, with her 2 golds, 2 silvers and 3 bronzes in Olympic speed skating

I wasn't as productive yesterday as I had hoped, so today can't be a full day off. But I will do the basics and I will do three 45-minute sets and call that a day!

TaDas
- sleep in
- slow morning
- dressed to shoes
- breakfast, coffee, news

ToDos
- morning routine
- 45 on whatever needs doing
- start lunch

Braindump
routines
- midday routine
- afternoon routine
- evening routine
food
- lunch
- dinner
- bake something sweet
- freezer cooking
- bake bread
organization
- DBD's speech therapy
- pay bill
- update land contract
- 15 on filing
- homework and backpacks
- check the dates on seeds and note what to buy
cleaning
- strip and remake beds
- dusting & spiffying up living room
- clean office
- spiff up DBD's room
- spiff up twins' room
- spiff up DS13's room
- spiff up master bedroom
- spiff up master bathroom
- spiff up kitchen
- spiff up downstairs bathroom and hallways
laundry
- load of towels
- load of linens
- load of cleaning rags
- ironing
- folding
- mending
- laundry put away
me time
- 15 of exercise
- Bible study
- reading

[FrenchFlybebe]

◕‿◕ * * * Good Morning! * * * ◕‿◕

Happy February !

Hi trissie, three sets of 45 minutes can mean huge progress. As for the Olympic winners I must confess I was not as interested by this week's theme as other weeks. I enjoy watching winter sports, I'm looking forwards to watching some sports events in the Milano Cortina games next week, but for some reason I never remember the names of the winners, or their countries.

Thanks for the start, kittykatt, have a good time at church for Candlemas !
We will celebrate Candlemas tomorrow by making and eating crepes, a tradition that is French only (AI says in parts of Belgium too).

No rain today, I hope it lasts. Still a lot of catching up on organisation things, admin emails to read, online shopping for our 3 days of ski at the end of February (if there is snow). I would like to relax and reset with a book or a craft project (still to be decided) but I know that as soon as I sit somewhere with a book, one kid will inevitably come and ask me something.

TADAs
slept late
all of us fed
lunch half ready for oven, some veggies still to prep and maybe a dessert

TODOs
finish morning routine stuff
prep an index card to monitor my daily routines for February
online shopping for ski gear for the kids, secondhand
also decide if grownups need ski gear and which, some cooking ahead for payroll lunches, cleaning, vacuuming, laundry or handwash, admin email, dinner prep, weekly planning and list...
also : relax, enjoy some time, get outside, plan fun things

[Bama]

Good morning, everyone!
Happy February!

I also confess the Olympics isn’t that entrancing to me, although I do try, so this week has stretched my brain in a good way, but I’m not sad about any one person not being mentioned. Probably because I have never been very athletic or competitive in that way. Thank you for the informative start to each day.

I don’t have any solid cat advice. It’s all trial and error here. Hence the furniture covers and the regular washing. It keeps the furniture safe and the smells at bay. Repetitive cleaning of all the things. Concrete floors for easy cleaning. Lots of attention to each cat. Using the same brush to help with scents, maybe they all smell the same now? As they grow older they seem to mellow. One cat used to be terrorized all of the time but has been mostly left alone for awhile now. She had to be treated for urinary and ear issues several times, not sure if it was stress from being bullied or if she was bullied bc of the issues, but now both seem to be better.

I’m up. It’s freezing outside. Our high was 40s yesterday and the weather app said we are 20 degrees below normal. I feel bad for the outside animals, both domesticate and wild, they’re not used to this. Hoping it warms up quickly. Thankfully the days are sunny and not wet to speed up thawing.

Hope you have a wonderful Sunday.

[kitkat]

Good morning and thanks for an other educational start, Kittykatt! I had no idea who Seb Coe was...
trissie I might have to follow your (multiple) :45 example... WTG
FFly - I know that feeling (wanting to relax with book/craft)... Just do it!
Bama it's been a very cold winter! Both in North America and in (Central) Europe.
My friend said, the only benefit is that the bugs etc. may not survive... On the other hand, other creatures rely on those for food.

Happy February! (I foolishly thought it started yesterday)
I disappeared, as our store walks took 2 hours... needed to get my shoulder checked, it's been rather painful. Got some exercises I can do at home. Hope it will improve. Shovelling did not help it

Today:
I have a morning class. Then, I'll attempt to deal with the hose.
Later, I have my three little ones coming. Need to prep some food and run a lol. Will try to follow my own advice and do something relaxing.

Will start with MR.

[helia]

trissie, the US gets mentioned so many times and ways in the world arena that I think it's more interesting to learn about other athletes. Yay for the Czech speedskater! 3X 45 minutes is a great idea! I might try that this afternoon. Are you sure you're not BO?
Thank you for the interesting start, Kitty. I'd never heard of Seb Coe before. Happy Candlemas!
FFB, did you get to sit down with a book? A ski trip is something to look forward to!
Enjoy the grands, kitkat! And WTG with another exercise class. You're doing great staying active. Maybe this will be a better year for ticks - from the person who got lyme disease from a tick bite last fall.

The sun is shining super bright! And the sky is clear. Sunshine on snow makes for dazzling scenery. And I hear a cardinal song; I haven't heard birdsong in weeks. We have heard the finches arguing with each other at the feeder, though. It is only 3*F (-16.1C) right now so not warm, but it will get up to 23*F this afternoon! We haven't been above 20*F in weeks!

Today: Church this morning will keep us out of the house from about 9:45 - 12ish, maybe 12:30. This church can have services that run up to 2 hours. Then, I have the afternoon to myself until 6 pm, when people arrive for Sunday dinner. I hope to go for a walk in the arboretum, put in edits to BR exam answer key, make progress on NY cards, and spend some time writing. Hosting dinner for up to 8 people tonight will take me from 6-8:30+. Then, more reading time and perhaps knitting, which has fallen by the wayside.

Next:
- back exercises
- s2s and self care
- finish reclaiming the kitchen

Later:
- make the bed
- church
- lunch
- walk
- NY cards progress
- payroll: edits to BR Exam Answer Key
- writing time
- new lists for the month and week
- 6 - ? host dinner for up to 8 people: rot. chicken (M usually gets this), frozen pizzas, bread, soup
- after dinner clean up
- duolingo
- update health apps
- read for fun

TaDas!
- up; weighed self - very very high after a disciplined day of eating and exercise.
- coffee
- email deletions + weather website

WEEKLY ACTIVITIES
Sun 10-11:30ish Church / 6 - host Sunday dinner for up to 8 people/ Dinner: pizza, rot. chicken, soup

Mon Groceries/ 2:30 - 3:30 payroll: meeting with AC, CM, and IF/ 4-5 payroll: proctor exit test/ Dinner:
Tue 9 - WW??/ 10 - ? KS2J get together/ 11:30 haircut in other town/ 3 - foot Dr. appt.
Wed 1:30 - 3:30 coffee with AA!
Thu 12-1 payroll: mtg w. AC and CM/ 2-3 work out with AS/ maybe see dfriend EP and ds?/ maybe: 6:30 volunteer ESL class
Fri 6:30 dinner with friends - the Os and others
Sat 5 - ? CG1 -will we host?
Sun Church (which one?)/ CG2: we host/ 6 - host Sunday dinner for up to 8 people

February Brain Dumps
This Week - House
- remake guest beds
- towel laundry
- can I spend some time decluttering in MBR?

This Week - Deskwork
- Writing progress - wip
- NY cards in the mail - wip

This Week - Errands
- get Mom's bags of stuff to the charity

General Brain Dump
- progress decluttering clothes - wip
- new phone eventually

Mom
- go through bag of Mom's knick knacks
- deposit check into our shared account

[trissie]

helia, don't know if I am a BO or a control freak! I too wouldn't mind a tick-free year, I hate them! It's DH's job to deal with them when kids have them, but lately they've been happening even when he's not home and I had to do it!
kitkat, is there like anything that eats ticks? Or head lice and fleas? As far as I am concerned, those could easily disappear off the face of Earth!
Bama, I don't care much for sports either, but I think it's good to know some names to not look dumb if conversation goes that way. And some sports(wo)men are simply amazing human beings with admirable attitude or very interesting stories of life.
Frenchie, great idea about those crepes! I think I will make beer pancakes for dinner! Now if you're wondering - I have a recipe that uses beer as the liquid / partial raising agent, and I have leftover (non-alcoholic) beer from last year (we have it around for guests, but I always overestimate how much would be needed), so that goes well together

TaDas
- morning routine
- strip and remake DBD's bed
- fold laundry
- ironing
- midday routine
- basic pick-up around the house
- bread dough proofing
- lunch

ToDos
- 2nd set of 45
- 3rd set of 45
- afternoon routine

Braindump
routines
- afternoon routine
- evening routine
food
- dinner
- bake something sweet
- freezer cooking
- bake bread
organization
- DBD's speech therapy
- pay bill
- update land contract
- 15 on filing
- homework and backpacks
- check the dates on seeds and note what to buy
cleaning
- strip and remake beds
- dusting & spiffying up living room
- clean office
- spiff up DBD's room
- spiff up twins' room
- spiff up DS13's room
- spiff up master bedroom
- spiff up master bathroom
- spiff up kitchen
- spiff up downstairs bathroom and hallways
laundry
- load of towels
- load of linens
- load of cleaning rags
- ironing
- folding
- mending
- laundry put away
me time
- 15 of exercise
- Bible study
- reading