Tomaru Chicken Tuesday

[kitkat]

Oh yes, kittykatt, winter IS over:
I saw the first fly yesterday! Then, in the evening, a flock of little flies surrounded my flashlight. (From snow to bugs )

[helia]

Another fine looking chicken breed! Thank you Kitty! WTG decluttering the shoe rack. I think I could do that with ours as well.
I'm glad Germane ate last night and agreed to a little beautification, Doggedly.
We have bugs flying around here too, kitkat. It is a mystery where they come from so quickly after recent chilly temperatures.

I didn't get back here yesterday. It turns out that 4 hours in a row being "on" in the classroom and then in in-person meetings where I was either actively taking notes and sharing or actively discussing things in a one-on-one meeting is a lot for me. I was tired by the time I got home from payroll around 3pm. Dh didn't want to attend the church plant BS in the evening, which was fine with me. A 6pm start time is really hard to make, and dh once again had a 5 pm meeting that meant he would be late and wouldn't have eaten dinner. Do the other people leave work early? How do they do it? After dinner and dinner clean up, I did a bunch of little tasks. I wanted to post them last night, but time was going quickly and I just went to bed. I'll post now - just bc I want to. LOL! After dinner and clean up last night, I:
- tried on clothes and checked out with Stitch Fix -- not that I need more clothes--but I have them now
- checked in with CG and SS
- payroll: had messaging convo with AC and looked at a test section with her; I will change some Qs on a listening test this afternoon (she made this test; LH is asking for changes)
- payroll: checked in with 2 teachers re: R exams; one has requested changes, which I'll do first thing today
- payroll: reminded Ss that their final drafts were due at midnight - this morning, I'm still missing 2
- looked up our usual hiking route in the Porcupine Mountains, wrote up route and best site #s, and shared with S2 per her request
- researched a little and ordered a new laptop (MacBook) after I spilled 1/2 a glass of diet soda on the keyboard yesterday afternoon. It's actually working fine; the track pad is very slightly glitchy - better this morning but still slightly glitchy. I'm actually very impressed with how robust this little machine is. I've had this one for many many years, and getting a new one was on my todo list anyway. I just fast forwarded it.
- added on face products to the order since dh is now using mine
- duolingo lessons
- updated health apps, more or less

Today, I have the KS2J get together with friends at a coffee shop at 10 a.m. It's usually a little shorter when it's at a coffee shop. That's good as I have a lot of payroll to do today, AND I'd like to jog. And we're watching Fable tonight. I need to get groceries as well. Payroll must dos: edit AR exam, edit IL exam, grade final drafts, grade practice tests (if any are turned in). Payroll ideals: work ahead on S4 set up.

It is warm today, 66F now and a forecast high of 79F (26.1C). Gray, though. I'll need to jog earlier in the afternoon bc it will get too hot. Can't believe I'm actually writing that. . . Yes, winter is over!

Next:
- payroll: edit AR Exam
- payroll: review all reading exams
- Kroger order
- back exercises

Later:
- s2s and self care
- squeegee and wipe down shower
- make bed
- reclaim kitchen
- some QT
- 10 - 11:30ish S2KJ get together
- stop by postal place with Stitch Fix returns
- home; lunch
- payroll: edit IL exam
- dress to jog
- jog
- put away groceries whenever they arrive
- do I need to get some items from WF?
- write up the weekly menu plan and post on fridge as usual
- payroll: grade final drafts
- payroll: grade practice tests
- payroll: progress on S4 COs
- dinner: pasta, tomato and mushroom sauce, roasted broccoli and mushrooms
- after dinner clean up
- garbage and recycling gathered and to the curb
- order wedding gift for V and J?
- duolingo
- update health apps
- other things?

TaDas!
- up; weighed self - slightly up
- coffee
- email deletions and weather website

WEEKLY ACTIVITIES
Tue 10-11:30ish KS2J get together/ 6-7ish Fable here
Wed 11-1 payroll: teach IW D12 - final exam/ payroll: stay and grade final exams (or go home and bring them back Th morning)
Thu 10 otd to airport/ TRAVEL SAFELY to Seattle/ see grandbaby I
Fri outing with friend DS - TBD
Sat visit with DSon, F, and baby I
Sun church with ds + fam/ evening - drive to hotel in Seattle (dh is key note speaker at an academic conference M morning)

Mon see dh's talk/ payroll: finalize info for start of S4/ TRAVEL HOME SAFELY
Tue KS2J get together? (not sure I can go)/ 11-1 @ payroll set out books for teachers; finalize slides/ 1-3 lead PD meetings / 6:30 - 8ish host Tuesday dinner crew? (Dd30 cooks)
Wed (payroll: teach ____ D1?)/ Office Hours
Thu Office Hours/ CA check in mtg with AC? / 4-5 work out with AS/ 6 - help with Vol. ESL class
Fri (payroll: teach ____ D1?)
Sat 8 - weekly 5K
Sun 10 - church/ 3:30 - 6 host CG2/ 6 - ? host Sunday dinner

Menus:
M (early - BS @ 6pm) chicken curry (freezer), rice, green salad
T pasta, tomato and mushroom sauce, roasted broccoli and mushrooms
W chicken curry, rice, roasted squash/ other veggie
Th - Sun w/ ds+F

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

This Week - Deskwork
- Writing progress - wip
- order wedding gift: V + J
- write BD card to DS

This Week - Errands
- WF
- Kroger
- buy pillows?

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

[L.Ann]

Morning Everyone ! I hope you continue to feel better KitKat.

1-drop Little Bit off to school
2-quick Kohls stop to spend free money
3-walk

Menus
Tuesday-shawarma spiced grilling cheese
Wednesday-pasta for DD33
Thursday-breakfast for dinner
Friday-soy glazed turkey lettuce wraps
Saturday-Thai coconut curry chicken
Sunday-out to eat with Dsis and her husband

Events
Tuesday--Little Bit 7:50-5 , Little Bit school 9:15-3
Wednesday -Little Bit 7:50-5 , Little Bit school 9:15-3, cheerleading DD33@6, tulip pick up, out to lunch, 8:10 bloodwork at home
Thursday -Little Bit 7:50-5 , Little Bit school 9:15-3, bocce DD33, DD33 late for dance3:30, 10 dermatologist me
Friday -Little Bit 7:50-5 , Little Bit school 9:15-3, 8-12 window for furnace, air conditioner, and water heater servicing
Saturday-1:00 Anastasia
Sunday-walk with friend??, early dinner w/Dsis, check in at NIH

Weekly House Blessing-mop dining room
Detailed cleaning of DD33’s bedroom-wash bed linen, polish furniture

Death book-update DD33’s pages
Phone calls- cancel eye appointment
Extra stuff-applications for TSApre check


Accomplishments
-stretching and knee exercises
-breakfast for dog and me
-diet site
-meds and temp for DD33
-walk
-pick up Little Bit
-breakfast for Little Bit

[Bama]

Good morning!
It has been total chaos here already this morning. The new range is being delivered this afternoon so first thing I did was clear off the old one and empty the drawer, pull it out from the wall, and find all kinds of stuff Daisy has pushed underneath. Poured some floor cleaner and must have hit the outlet as it sparked, we have at least 5 kitchen breakers, turned them all off and it was still hot. Had to call dh. Apparently the range breaker is outside. Whyyyy. It’s off now, the area is cleaned up, I put a call in to an electrician to fix the wiring (the box has been hanging for awhile now but I forget about it when it’s hidden by the stove) and now I wait for a phone call from the electrician and the delivery people. Can’t work the coffee maker now, breakers off, so grabbed a Diet Coke, turned out to be cherry Diet Coke which I don’t really care for, and some cold Chinese food for breakfast. I had to go back to Thursday to find my list. This whole weekend has been crazy. Now I’m starting over and working down my list.

♥ Tuesday focus - whb, range delivery, 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 - eat out somewhere
Pet chores
Pet extras - brushed Toby, Jeremy, gave dogs half empty cat food cans as a treat
Feed Tux several times a day alone (had his vet visit yesterday and he has lost 2 lbs)
Walk dogs am pm
Spot clean
Dust
Spread baking soda on carpet
Vacuum
Laundry:
My clothes drying
Dhs clothes washing
Laundry room:
Kitchen:
Clean around stove
Moved stove to porch
Load and run dw
Cook apple beet carrot
Clear table
Dining, Kitchen, Laundry : Paint floor w concrete paint
Living:
Dust and redecorate mantle
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, water plants, bring in bunny topiaries
Glue pins back in shutters
Trim around eucalyptus
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
Planner
Self:
Play daily games
Something fun and crafty
Daily habit thread - abs plus rest of list
Beyond:
Make dental appointment
Watch “The Madison” on paramount
Make mushroom coffee in French press or iced coffee
Repot inside plants in larger pots
Passports - make appointment, find marriage license, find birth certificates
Make wasp nests out of paper bags to scare away carpenter bees (find paper bags)
Schedule atv service
Wash jars/bottles I’m keeping for Hollywood
Find boarding kennel, ask vet for referral and check out
Friday - dh fasting labs, sail center
Saturday - Shop for tsa approved luggage, crossbag

[L.Ann]

It is a lot warmer today so walking was more work and less fun.

1-read
2-polish furniture
3-finish walk

Menus
Tuesday-shawarma spiced grilling cheese
Wednesday-pasta for DD33
Thursday-breakfast for dinner
Friday-soy glazed turkey lettuce wraps
Saturday-Thai coconut curry chicken
Sunday-out to eat with Dsis and her husband

Events
Tuesday--Little Bit 7:50-5 , Little Bit school 9:15-3
Wednesday -Little Bit 7:50-5 , Little Bit school 9:15-3, cheerleading DD33@6, tulip pick up, out to lunch, 8:10 bloodwork at home
Thursday -Little Bit 7:50-5 , Little Bit school 9:15-3, bocce DD33, DD33 late for dance3:30, 10 dermatologist me
Friday -Little Bit 7:50-5 , Little Bit school 9:15-3, 8-12 window for furnace, air conditioner, and water heater servicing
Saturday-1:00 Anastasia
Sunday-walk with friend??, early dinner w/Dsis, check in at NIH

Weekly House Blessing-mop dining room
Detailed cleaning of DD33’s bedroom-wash bed linen, polish furniture

Death book-update DD33’s pages
Phone calls- cancel eye appointment
Extra stuff-applications for TSApre check


Accomplishments
-stretching and knee exercises
-breakfast for dog and me
-diet site
-meds and temp for DD33
-walk
-pick up Little Bit
-breakfast for Little Bit
-drop Little Bit off to school
-quick Kohls stop to spend free money
-pick up Target order, gas, birthday cake
-walk

[Doggedly]

I wish that turkey were economical here, Kittykatt! Pork was on sale for $2/lb. The turkey thighs were $9 and I'm guessing that they were about a pound in total. You can see why I was so excited that day that I found duck priced like chicken.
My little gourmet is awake and has an appetite. She is accepting pieces of turkey and diced carrots, but potato will find itself on the floor.

I forgot to wrap the turkey thigh in cheesecloth, so I'm going to have to strain the slow cooker and pick out the bones. I'll do that once it's cooled.

kitkat, take it easy and get well.
Rain seems to be the order of the day, as we are getting our share here too. I'm happy that I got my errands done yesterday.

How rude of your neighbour to mow their lawn without consulting Freddie, Kittykatt.

I am at the end of page 1. Time to do something.

Tuesday
Gave Germane her heart pill.
Set alarm for one hour
Picked up Germane’s food
Set up the coffee maker
Cleaned up after dog
Unplugged slow cooker
Put away dry dishes
Sampled the carrots and potatoes from slow cooker. They are delicious!
Shared with Germane. She ate her carrots but I found the potato on the floor

[Doggedly]

So true, kitkat. We ought to get a Get Outside Free card for spring, but the bugs don't play that way.

helia, we are happy to cheer on your accomplishments, whenever you get them done.
Yikes on your keyboard, but at least it happened when you were planning to replace the laptop anyway.

Hooray for free money, L.Ann.

A lovely new stove, Bama, but all of those side quests to get to it!

Tuesday
Gave Germane her heart pill.
Set alarm for one hour
Picked up Germane’s food
Set up the coffee maker
Cleaned up after dog
Unplugged slow cooker
Put away dry dishes
Sampled the carrots and potatoes from slow cooker. They are delicious!
Shared with Germane. She ate her carrots but I found the potato on the floor
Mini grooming session for Germane. Non-consensual.
Spiffed self. I was more cooperative than she was.

[Bama]

I hate to admit that it’s nice that bugs pester everyone regardless of climate but I’m glad I’m not alone in the bug invasions.

Am I in some sort of game, Dogged, I wouldn’t be surprised to find someone is making these things happen lol.

I’ve updated my list. Going to walk the dogs and eat a quick something. It’s almost 1pm which puts me in the window of stove delivery and I will be done with have tos.

[helia]

The track pad on my laptop now seems perfectly fine. Hmm.... I guess I didn't need a new one after all? Except this machine is getting old, like maybe close to 10 years. ish.

I hope you get the electricity in your kitchen back soon, Bama. That sounds like a crazy start to your day. Yay for being done with have tos!
You and Germane both look beautiful, Doggedly.
If it's this warm here today, I can only imagine how warm it is in your area, L Ann.

Finishing lunch. . .

Next:
- back exercises
- dress to jog
- jog

Later:
- s2s and self care
- squeegee and wipe down shower
- make bed
- some QT
- dress to jog
- jog
- put away groceries whenever they arrive
- do I need to get some items from WF?
- payroll: grade final drafts
- payroll: grade practice tests
- payroll: progress on S4 COs
- dinner: pasta, tomato and mushroom sauce, roasted broccoli and mushrooms
- after dinner clean up
- Fable here, 5:45 - 6:45ish
- I think I will take Fable back home
- garbage and recycling gathered and to the curb
- order wedding gift for V and J?
- duolingo
- update health apps
- other things?

TaDas!
- up; weighed self - slightly up
- coffee
- email deletions and weather website
- payroll: edit AR Exam
- payroll: review all reading exams
- throw clothes on and brush teeth
- 10:50 - 12:20 KS2J get together
- postal place: returns in the mail
- home; lunch
- payroll: looked at IL exam and messages with AC
- email reply to Mom's lawyer
- email to trustee; the lawyer has been trying to get ahold of the trustee of my parents' trust ever since my mom passed away in September. She, the trustee, has been completely unresponsive. I finally asked if she was planning to work with the law firm or not. And if not, does she have all the info she needs? Of note: Lawyer is in Illinois where many of my mom's accounts and her house are. They have the original will and trust documents. Dbro is living in the house, but it's still part of the trust. The trustee of my parents' trust is in Kansas where my mom's farmland is. I'm in Michigan.
- wrote out menu plan for the week - really M-W
- small Kroger order placed
- reclaimed kitchen

[Doggedly]

They do say that misery loves company, Bama, LOL. I've had tiny gnats in the apartment most of the winter, since I brought plants home.
Big WTG on being ready for the delivery. The house didn't make it easy for you!

LOL, I wish, helia. Germane looks neglected but it's because she fights against having her eyes and face cleaned and trimmed, and I hate to upset her. So this loved little dog walks around looking like nobody cares about her.
Woo hoo on getting your trackpad working again.
I'm sorry about the problems with your dmother's estate. That executor is certainly not making your life easier!


Tuesday
Gave Germane her heart pill.
Set alarm for one hour
Picked up Germane’s food
Set up the coffee maker
Cleaned up after dog
Unplugged slow cooker
Put away dry dishes
Sampled the carrots and potatoes from slow cooker. They are delicious!
Shared with Germane. She ate her carrots but I found the potato on the floor
Mini grooming session for Germane. Non-consensual.
Spiffed self. I was more cooperative than she was.
Checked into upcoming concert. It’s next week, I haven’t heard back from the friend who was going to organize the tickets and the main area only has single tickets so we wouldn’t be able to sit together anyway. Bought my ticket and messaged my friend.
Sorted delicates into laundry bags