Gerard Manley Hopkins Monday

[helia]

I hope the appointment went well, Kitty. I need to keep myself focused as well - lots of things going on this week. No doomscrolling. I'm going to see if there's a weekly list thread up to help me stay focused.
We're a little warmer here, kitkat. It was 22F by the time I checked as I got up late. But the sun is shining and the skies are clear! We have a beautiful day too!
Enjoy lunch with friends today, L Ann. And WTG with the early morning walk.
trissie, good luck with all the emails. --Ooh, the evening playlist dh and I listen to is also very eclectic! Pop music, harder rock, Tallis Scholars (a cappella classical), movie soundtracks (like LOTR), classical orchestra, K Pop, folk music, black gospel music (Soweto Gospel Choir), Abba, Shulem (Orthodox Jewish singer from Brooklyn, NY we discovered while in Israel - his songs are hauntingly beautiful and soulful). . . . However, no bagpipes for us either.

If anyone wants to check out Shulem, Jerusalem of Gold is a very soulful song of his. Noting: It is sung in Hebrew.

I'm up and sort of at 'em. I'm having a slow start to my day, which I feel I'll pay for later. My day is open but my evening is busy with 2 events: hosting MZ for dinner at 6:30 (I think) and then a zoom call with ds + F at 8:30. Other things I need to do today: get groceries, go for a jog, make progress on exam prep, tend the exit exam graphic + send emails, be present for the gas inspection, writing time. Laundry would be good too. I might start researching restaurants for dinner out in Austin Friday night.

I'm glad I did the tidying yesterday as it means I don't need to do much cleaning today before our dinner guest arrives.

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

Later Possibilities:
- make bed
- lol 1 w d f pa
- payroll: exam prep - LBBR Exam draft ready for review
- payroll: AIR Exam draft ready for review
- payroll: can I get google workspaces set up?
- payroll: start prep for AR D6
- move bags of give away items for gas inspector
- gas inspection at some point
- join dh and work at a coffee shop with him? (Or does he have meetings all day? - It's spring break for the university so he doesn't have his class today.)
- lunch
- after lunch clean up
- groc. list
- WF
- Kroger order
- put everything away
- dress to jog
- go for a jog
- duolingo
- update health apps
- writing time
- reading time
- make dinner: shrimp pasta in tomato cream sauce, green salad, baguette
- 6:3- host dinner with MZ
- after dinner clean up
- 8:30 - 9:30? zoom call with ds + F; hope we get to see baby I!

TaDas!
- up; weighed self -- up a lot
- kitchen reclaimed
- coffee
- email deletions + weather website - we may get by without much rain in Austin, TX on Friday; the storms may hold out until the evening. Saturday still looks pretty dubious. . .

WEEKLY ACTIVITIES
Mon 10-12 be home for gas inspection/ 6:30 host MZ for dinner/ 8:30 zoom call with ds + F
Tue 9 - WW?/ KSJ get together?/ 11-1 payroll: teach AR D6 /6:30 - 8ish Fable here
Wed
Thu 11-1 payroll: teach AR D7/ 2:15 leave for airport - fly to Austin, TX!
Fri Enjoy Austin!! /3-4 payroll: exit exam? / Dinner with the Ks
Sat hike and dinner with the Ys - maybe no hiking if it is storming
Sun church with the Ks/ fly home

Mon 1-1:40 payroll: instructor meeting
Tue 9 - WW?/ KSJ get together?/ 11-1 payroll: teach AR D8 / host Tuesday dinner party
Wed
Thu 11-1 payroll: teach AR D9/ 2:30 - 3:30 payroll: CA mtg/ 4-5 work out with AS/ 6:15 - 7:15 SS Vol. ESL class?
Fri last day of session (do I need to be present?)
Sat
Sun 10 Church/ 6 Host Dinner for up to 8 people/ 8:15 Family zoom call

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

This Week - Deskwork
- Writing progress - wip
- menu plan and groc. list

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

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

[Bama]

Good morning, Glories!

Kittykatt, I never could get into poetry so I’m excited to see how it goes this week, working the old brain out.
Hope the change in appointment times hasn’t messed with your routine.
My family lives about an hour away, dh’s family about 1.5 hours in a different direction. All easy enough to visit if we put in the effort, which we don’t do very often. Once a year at Christmas seems to work for most of us.

Trissie, kids do make scheduling anything complicated lol. Seems like schools could get on the same schedule with their breaks and holidays but that would be too easy.

Kitkat, I love that you find ways to stay active, through snow and ice even.

LAnn, I forgot to look it up last night after focusing on making a list for today so I’ll do that now while I eat. Hope it eases me in gently.
Since my girls have moved out they listen to rap and very jarring “music”, a huge difference from the 60s-90s stuff they grew up with. Where did I go wrong?

Waving to helia who snuck in as I posted.

I woke early and eager to tackle my list, let’s see how long that energy lasts.

Monday:
3PM Instagram Live
Weigh, dress
Water
Bible
Emails
Sign up for cruise activities
Breakfast
Pet chores - feed, water, litter, wash bowls
Dust
Vacuum
Wfd: Morrisons, make tea
WHB:
Glass
Mop
Water plants inside and on porch
Repot inside plants in larger pots
Laundry:
Put my clothes away
Wash dh’s clothes, towels/washcloths
Laundry room:
Unpack and put away pet foods, litter
Move bucket of tools off dryer to shelf
Kitchen:
Unload dw
Add vinegar to dw
Pledge cabinets
Try a wine
Dining:
Go through cookbooks
Unbox 2 deliveries
Living:
Clear mantel, decorate for Easter
Bathrooms:
Counters, toilets, fans, tub, shower
Foyer:
Clean off second shelf, wipe down top shelf
Bedrooms:
Declutter
Porch:
Sweep, tidy
Toss dead plants
Yard:
Trim gardenias
Weed
Lay down barrier and mulch
Put dead gardenias on burn pile
Find mulch
Moms:
Wash canning jars
Bring home Gatorade
:30 pw
Walk dogs am, pm (watch sunset)
Play daily games
Weeklies
Monthlies
ADHD planner
Something fun and crafty
Watch Bridgerton
Daily habit thread
Wednesday: all garbage out of here! 7pm workshop
Thursday: pack up donations, coffee table, bench, boxes
Friday: donations, Hollywood
Beyond:
Schedule passports

[L.Ann]

Like lots of music there is a wide variety in bagpipe music!

1-out to lunch

Menus
Monday-Middle Eastern chickpea bowl
Tuesday-sheet pan spicy Mexican tilapia
Wednesday-DD33 out/me leftovers
Thursday-spicy king pao chicken
Friday-black bean and rice bowls
Saturday-black bean and turkey chili
Sunday-Middle Eastern chickpea bowls

Events
Monday-Little Bit7:40-5, Little Bit school 9:15-3, lunch with friend @11:30
Tuesday-Little Bit7:40-5, Little Bit school 9:15-3
Wednesday-Little Bit7:40-5, Little Bit school 9:15-3
Thursday-Little Bit7:40-5, Little Bit school 9:15-3, DD33 dentist@11:20
Friday-Little Bit7:40-5, Little Bit school 9:15-3
Saturday-
Sunday-

Weekly House Blessing-mop kitchen, bathroom
Detailed cleaning of dining room-scrub dining room floor
Detailed cleaning of kitchen-clean fridge, clean freezer, wash trash can, clean small appliances, clean oven, clean counters, wash cabinets, scrub kitchen floor, quick declutter
Death book-update DD33’s pages, call lawyer for appointment to review will and DD33’s POAs
Phone calls-
Taxes-finish DM’s income so I can figure out what I still need(last paper done on 2/28)

Accomplishments
-stretching and knee exercises
-breakfast for me and dog
-dress and pick up bedroom
-start laundry
-meds and breakfast for DD33
-walk a mile
-reboot laundry
-read
-pick up Little Bit
-breakfast
-drop off Little Bit
-walk

[helia]

L Ann, I now think I need to educate myself on bagpipe music. I'm intrigued.
Signing up for cruise activities sounds like a fun todo, Bama!! You've reminded me - I need to renew my passport. Yay for waking up eager to tackle a todo list!!

Next:
- some qt
- back exercises
- payroll: LBBR exam draft

Later Possibilities:
- lol 1 w d f pa
- payroll: exam prep - LBBR Exam draft ready for review
- payroll: AIR Exam draft ready for review
- payroll: can I get google workspaces set up?
- payroll: start prep for AR D6
- join dh and work at a coffee shop with him? (Or does he have meetings all day? - It's spring break for the university so he doesn't have his class today.)
- lunch
- after lunch clean up
- groc. list
- WF
- Kroger order
- put everything away
- dress to jog
- go for a jog
- duolingo
- update health apps
- writing time
- reading time
- make dinner: shrimp pasta in tomato cream sauce, green salad, baguette
- 6:3- host dinner with MZ
- after dinner clean up
- 8:30 - 9:30? zoom call with ds + F; hope we get to see baby I!

TaDas!
- up; weighed self -- up a lot
- kitchen reclaimed
- coffee
- email deletions + weather website - we may get by without much rain in Austin, TX on Friday; the storms may hold out until the evening. Saturday still looks pretty dubious. . .
- s2s and self care
- squeegeed and wiped down shower
- made the bed
- payroll: communications - I have to miss CA meeting on Thursday but CM and AC are very gracious
- gas inspector has come and gone; I never moved the bags

[trissie]

Bama, the system was created back when people were not allowed to travel abroad, so it was necessary to space out people vacationing with their kids (or kids vacationing on their own - there are many organized winter week-long camps going on) over several weeks. So each county has a place in the 6-week rotation - our problem is we live just outside Prague (which occupies two 1-week slots due to its size) and the girls go to scholls locally and DS attends a school in Prague. But it's very common for people to pull out one of their kids out of school if the other goes to a school in different rotation place.
helia, so there's two (three) of us then! I will definitely check out that Jewish singer! In return, don't know if you speak any French, but my recommendation would be for Boris Vian chansons - it's actually pretty easy to understand the words, and Le Deserteur has hauntingly beautiful lyrics. I think Joan Baez did a cover of that song too.
L.Ann, what do you put in that Middle Eastern chickpea bowl?

I never cease to be amazed how cleaning will fill any available time! I only did 3 rooms in that 1 hour slot, but since I am not in a hurry today, I did a lot of those extra little tasks. More to be done still, though

TaDas
- midday routine
- 60 on cleaning
- clean little glasshouse
- bread dough started (the starter took a lot of extra time to rise today...)
- clean DS13's room
- clean master bedroom
- clean master bathroom

ToDos
- afternoon routine
- 60 on cleaning
- 15 on organizational tasks

Braindump
routines
- evening routine
food
- dinner
- bake something sweet
- bake bread
organization
- DBD's speech therapy
- update land contract
- 15 on filing
- homework and backpacks
- plan for March
cleaning
- clean DBD's room
- clean twins' room
- spiff up kitchen
- spiff upliving room
- spiff up downstairs bathroom and hallways
- spiff up office
laundry
- ironing
- folding
- mending
- laundry put away
garden and outside
- start seeds
- prune fruit trees
- pick up - front garden / porch
- pick up - backyards
- start cleaning out the carpool
me time
- 15 of exercise
- Bible study
- reading

[helia]

trissie, how fun! I'll check out that song. I've already found it. My French used to be OK -- but I haven't used it much over the decades so it's not great anymore. I remember the song "No, je ne regrette rien" from French class at university!

Jerusalem of Gold by Shulem is a bit repetitive, imho, one downside.

[Doggedly]

Hi, all. I am up and at 'em. I have washed a few basinsful of dishes, and filled the drying racks. I might be able to avoid going outside today, as Germane had a good feed from a new container of Go! that I opened. That would be nice, as the windchill is unattractive. It's supposed to be nice on Wednesday, so if I can do my errands then, that would be my choice.

[kitkat]

Waving to Everyone!

I am back from class plus a quick bowl and coffee with DD:)
Had my pup out, too. Did some training exercises with her - this time with no words. She did her down/stay very well even when I opened the front door wide and left it open...

Time to get busy here then I can CUOP and see all the music discussion in detail.

Off to
start a lol
PUPAs main
WHB glass

[Bama]

Is anybody else having issues posting?

[kitkat]

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I was earlier