Garden Trowel Tuesday

[trissie]

Dogged, do you have a way to make a hot beverage?
L.Ann, is it already gardening season for you? What are you doing in your garden?

TaDas
- morning routine
- load of colors sorted and running
- clean downstairs bathroom window and install insect net
- planted another section of veggie garden
- veggie garden watering
- compost received a hefty dose of water too
- some pick up outside
- reading homework with DBD

ToDos
- midday routine
- chase big kids to do their homework
- start dinner

[L.Ann]

It’s still too early to plant most things, Trissie. I am doing winter clean up…. The first round of weed pulling, shrub pruning and stuff like that. I didn’t get the daffodil blooms I usually get so I need to divide a couple of those. It is too early to do that but I want to figure out where to plant them once I divide them.

[kitkat]

Kittykatt - i'm picturing you enjoying your garden while I'm shivering here...
Dogged - you could sure use something warm! Is there a Tim Horton's near you?
LAnn enjoy the garden! How are the birds?
Bama women seem to be the target of all these customs... in the name of fertility. What about male fertility?
What birds do you get these days, helia?
I hope you get a better sleep tonight, trissie !

I'm on lol #5 -
must keep going... Lots more to go. Bedding will wait till tomorrow...

[trissie]

kitkat, I kinda envy you the very valid excuse to stay under a warm blanket on the couch with a good book and cuppa tea!
L.Ann, clean-up is the necessary start of every year's gardening!

TaDas
- midday routine
- chase big kids to do their homework
- start dinner

ToDos
- afternoon routine
- 15 on laundry
- speech therapy with DBD

[kitkat]

Trissie - that is Dogged under the blanket
I'm in the cool laundry room-
No reading time:)

[Bama]

For real kitkat, I’m going to start hitting dh with a stick amd then dousing him in cold water and see how he likes it. I’ll yell “for women everywhere” while I do it.

Trissie, wait until they start chasing you back.

LAnn, will dividing help them bloom? I have some that came up but with no blooms on them, maybe they need thinning out.

Dogged, I hope nobody was in the shower when the power cut off.

♥ Tuesday focus - tackle this list, monthlies ♥
Monthlies - face mask, clean glass, wash doors
Wear sunscreen
Weigh
Water
Take vitamin, supplements
Bible
Sign up for cruise activities, need passport first
Wfd - chicken sausage, cabbage, cornbread
Pet chores
Pet extras - pb blueberry treat for dogs, wash out dog bowls, trim dog nails front paws (they’re doing so good with this!)
Fed Tom turkey and Lola cat, dh gave everybody outside fresh water
Beau - eye cream? no
Walk dogs am pm
Spot clean
Dust
Vacuum
Laundry: porch rugs, sort and fold my clothes
Laundry room : hung picture dh had moved and couldn’t find nail, it had pushed into the wall
Kitchen:
Dw unloaded, loaded
Clean up after supper
Try apple, peanut butter, whipped cream, put in container and shake to mix - very good light snack
Cook apple beet carrot
7 soda bottles soaking round 2, brought in to start scrubbing, scrubbed and boxed up
Dining, Kitchen, Laundry : Paint floor w concrete paint
Kitchen - hung stained glass lemons and vines in window
Donate fabric dish drains or take to Hollywood
Living:
Tidy mantle, removed decor, need to dust and redecorate
Foyer: move console to living room
Work on junk room!
Pack planner supplies into two categories (want, don’t want)
Put shelving units together!
Outside:
Sweep porch
hung some stained glass items on porch
Glue pins back in shutters
Treat antbeds
Weed under picnic tables
Weed around fig, crepe myrtle
Plant bulbs in pot from grandmas house
Power wash house and porch rails
Pull up gardenias
10 minute weed
Work on front flowerbeds
Fertilize blueberries, figs
Moms -
Load ladder, lamps, couch, floor vinyl for Hollywood
Pack contents and bring curios to my house
Clean out an area
Paper/Online:
Mail
Emails
Pw filled out purina app and submitted receipts
Planner
Send message to dh to join sail center and find his birth certificate
Self:
Play daily games
Something fun and crafty - decorated some
Daily habit thread - abs plus rest of list
Beyond:
Make doctor appointment
Make dental appointment
Shop for tsa approved luggage
Watch “The Madison” on paramount
Make mushroom coffee in French press or iced coffee
Repot inside plants in larger pots
Passports - make appointment, find birth certificates, print forms
Make wasp nests out of paper bags to scare away carpenter bees (find paper bags)
Schedule atv service
Shop for new range
Wash jars/bottles I’m keeping for Hollywood, had dh bring them up from out back on the trailer
Find boarding kennel, ask vet for referral and check out
Taxes - print paperwork, get last years taxes
Courthouse - take pw for car
Friday - haircut, passport? Hollywood? Pace nursery?

[Kittykatt]

Hello, everyone!

Helia, I'm glad you were able to see Baby I at your family call last night.

KitKat, you're putting your new washing machine to very good use!

L.Ann, I hope you enjoyed breakfast with your friends.

Trissie, at least you remembered the meds in time, even if it was a rush!

Dogged, you sound very well prepared for today. What time to they expect to have the power restored?

Bama, on the topic of Easter customs I discovered an old English one that I have never come across before - the Easter custom known as “lifting” or “heaving”

On Easter Monday, men would gently lift women into the air. On Easter Tuesday, the women returned the favour. The ritual dates back to at least the 13th century. In 1290, even King Edward I was lifted by the ladies of his court.

The custom symbolised the Resurrection, the rising of Christ, and the shared renewal of the whole community after Lent. But, like many older traditions, it has disappeared.

Today I enjoyed a lovely walk, I had some time in my garden,.and I cleaned downstairs, so it no longer resembles a pig sty. Everyone has been fed and are snoring!

[Kittykatt]

To do:

Appointments:
Tuesday:
DH WFH
At home for me
Wednesday:
DH to office
At home for me
Thursday:
DH WFH
10.30 am church
Remember card for DF PM's birthday celebration at church
Lunch with DF PM?
3 pm podiatrist -me
5.40 pm nurse appointment -me
Any errands to run?
Can I hoover the car?
6-7 pm Waitrose delivery
Friday:
DH WFH
At home for me
Saturday:
DH??
10 am coffee with C (DF PL's Mum)
Text DF E re coffee tomorrow
Sunday:
Church 9.30 am
Visit DF E for coffee
Laxapet Jude and Matilda
Set up new Waitrose delivery

Future dates to note:
30/4 weight check -Jude
28/4 bloods/Solensia -Fred

11/5 (this may get pushed back if the rain doesn't stop, but J will contact me the week before) - painter J to paint outside of house and clean fascias./downpipes etc

Outstanding deliveries:

Extras:
Email everyone on lunch mailing list
Email MD re coffee/ lunch report
Email reply to SR
Can I do 15 minutes of decluttering each day?
Digital decluttering- Google Photos for 2024 and 2025
Pick up my footprints
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 finished with 2025 for the cats, and.stsrt3d.on the garden
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?)

To do:
Early morning:
Cuddles and treats on the bed with Matilda,
Jude and Freddie
Cup of tea
QT
Make bed
Shower / wash hair/ moisturiser and sunblock/ clean and floss teeth
DH launched for his walk
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
Load 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
Wash cat blankets and throw on spare room bed

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
April (depending on weather!).buy geraniums (work out how many I'll need in advance! - 24?)
Buy begonias - enough for 2 round bowls
Green Gardener nematodes and predator mite for fuchsia gall mite


Financial:
More work on budget WIP- look at discretionary payments this week 30 minute sessions #1
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[Doggedly]

Hi, all. The sun has come out and is shining into my apartment so I'm toasty warm, and my power is back on so I am enjoying a warmed-up cup of coffee. I did enjoy my fresh bread, but now I'm looking forward to heating up my pork and vegetables. Germane had a feed from her slow cooker with added rice, which she enjoyed and is now sleeping off.

I hope that Dlittle is not too bad and recovers quickly, kitkat.


Hi, L.Ann. I hope that your long walk was a nice one.

The building wasn't heated, trissie, but it wasn't a problem. It's an apartment building, so every apartment has only one exterior wall. All of the rest are facing other apartments or the corridor, so not losing heat. Add to that that the walls hold heat and lose it slowly, and it would have taken more than eight hours to freeze us, even with the weather below freezing and blowing snow. It's clear now, and gloriously warm with the sun streaming into my apartment.
I didn't have a way to heat things while the power was out, but I brewed a pot of coffee just before they turned it off, so I had a few cups in the morning.

LOL, there is a Tim Horton's in the shopping centre across the street from me, kitkat, but the issue is the elevators. They might all be down due to the work that they are doing. Under normal power outages, one elevator would be functioning for evacuation, but it won't take you back up to your floor. But it's all worked out fine.

LOL, I can picture everyone envying me my excuse to lounge around and listen to the radio and watch TV on my phone. And to its credit, my phone still had 15% battery available after its day of heavy use.

I love this, Bama. I'm going to start paying men 68% of their invoices and leaving my laundry on their floors to pick up, in support of your efforts.

Thanks, Kittykatt. They were scheduled to have it off between nine and five, but they had restored the power by four. I waited a bit to see if they were going to shut it off again before I started plugging everything in again.
That sounds like a funny tradition, of men and women lifting one another.
I can't imagine that your house has ever resembled a pigsty, but now it is all fresh and sparkly.

[L.Ann]

1-clean kitchen
2-diet site
3-help DD33 with her hair

Menus
Wednesday-DD33 dinner out/me leftovers
Thursday-sweet soy honey chicken
Friday-chicken and Greek salad pita pocket
Saturday-loaded Greek feta fries
Sunday-pick up something on way home from theater

Events
Wednesday-Little Bit 7:50-5 , Little Bit school 9:15-3, tulip pick up 11-1, DD33 PS 3-8, library with Little Bit
Thursday-Little Bit 7:00, Little Bit school 9:15-3, 7:30 DD33 physical, DD33 Special Olympics Spring Games
Friday-Little Bit 7:50-5 , Little Bit school 9:15-3
Saturday-
Sunday-walk with friend@9, Les Mis@2

Weekly House Blessing-mop dining room
Detailed cleaning of spare room- wash screen #1, wash screen #2, polish furniture, detailed vacuuming, scrub bathroom floor, swish and swipe bathroom, clean light fixture
Death book-update DD33’s pages
Phone calls- cancel eye appointment
Extra stuff-pick up DM’s taxes, send lab work to NIH, applications for TSApre check


Accomplishments
-stretching and knee exercises
-breakfast for dog
-diet site
-meds and temp for DD33
-walk a mile
-pick up Little Bit
-breakfast out
-take Little Bit to school
-library stop
-long walk
-refill bird feeder
-read
-wash windows in spare room
-lunch
-gardening
-20 minutes tracking down lab work
-read
-clean kitchen
-drop of recycling
-pick up Little Bit
-snacks
-pack DD33’s lunch and dinner preprep
-windex pictures
-pick up table
-FACE
-take Little Bit home
-dinner prepped and eaten