Marbles Monday

[kitkat]

Good morning!
Thanks for the start Kittykatt - I had no idea there was such a thing as marble championship...
Good advice on changing negative thinking... (I was picturing myself walking down the street, yelling, "stop!" )
FFly - hike in the woods sounds so nice! Enjoy.

Had a little trouble signing in - hopefully, temporary
Sunny and cold here. Would you believe we had some snow yesterday? Thankfully, it's not cold enough for it to stay...
I was getting excited seeing Forsythia, Magnolia, tulips blooming on my walks.

Today:
wash bathing suit
I make the tiramisu (I did not finish yesterday)
take pup for walk
go to gym with DD
PUPAs main floor
...
in the evening Dkids are coming over

BIAB

[Doggedly]

Hello, all. I wandered away yesterday as my db called and we had a nice visit.

Thank you for another fun start, Kittykatt. I'm sorry that the rose had to go and resisting going so vigorously. I hope that your soreness passes soon, and that the new shoes help.

FrenchFly, it sounds like you are giving your dsons a great vacation with happy memories. I hope that you get to relax too, today, and that Kittykatt's strategy can help you.

I would believe the snow, kitkat. It's hovering just above and below freezing here.

Monday
Gave Germane heart pill
Picked up her food
Scrubbed roasting pan that was soaking
Cleaned up after dog
Scrubbed out sink and basin
Washed some dishes
Wiped down accessible surfaces
Computer started up extremely slow.
Set up lapto instead. Computer can act up to its heart’s content. Three weeks from now, my db will have converted it to a Linux box.
Set up new Procrastaccomplishments list for the week
Dried some dishes

[Kittykatt]

Hello, KitKat and Dogged!

KitKat, tiramisu sounds delicious -I haven't made it for ages. Maybe for this Sunday?

Dogged, I'm very impressed that your DBro will be able to wrestle your recalcitrant computer into submission with a new operating system!

I've had a reasonably productive day. I topped up some of the bark in the back garden and picked up more leaves from the two euonymus (euonymi?) that I pruned at the weekend. The front garden is looking ok -the London Pride will hopefully grow over where the rose was, no no huge gap!

Upstairs is clean and tidy, and everyone has been fed.

[Kittykatt]

To do:

Appointments:
Monday:
DH to office
At home for me
Tuesday:
DH WFH
At home for me
Wednesday:
DH to office
At home for me
Thursday:
DH WFH
10.30 am church
Any errands to run?
Can I hoover the car?
12 noon parish lunch
Can I get to garden centre to pick up geraniums?
4.30 pm nurse appointment
6-7 pm Waitrose delivery
Friday:
DH WFH
8.30 am hygienist appointment -me
9.30 am - hair appointment -me
Garden centre (if I didn't go yesterday!)
Saturday:
9 am women's breakfast at community shop
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

21/5 (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

Replacement.of glass on patio door by MJ - date TBC

Outstanding deliveries:
Mountain Warehouse

Extras:
Order new trainers
Am I going to list.more items for sale on eBay? 4 listed - need to wrap them so there isn't a huge rush when they sell #1#2#3#4
Wait for date from MJ to replace pane that's blown on patio door
Think about ordering window vac for us
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
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
60 minutes in back garden

Cats:
Cats’ breakfast and meds / supplements
Fresh water for cats
Scoop cat trays
Walk Freddie
Lap time with Jude, Freddie and Matilda
Play with Jude, Freddie and Matilda
Head rubs with Jude, Freddie & 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 throw on Spare room bed and cat blankets
Change sheets 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
Buy a new broom

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

Looks like a quiet Monday. We had a successful first day at the hospital. All appointments went well and I got my walking in. There was also lots of time for reading.

[Gma]

I've been MIA for a few days ; life has been so full....
College president inaugurated - with 3 hour symposium in the morning, a grand buffet luncheon, an even grander installation service with the Bishop and a whole bunch of other dignitaries.
A "meet and greet" with an author.
Took dfPS to eye dr
got estimate for hail repair on my car.
A funeral.
Shopping for work boots so I can do some yard work without injuring my feet.
Supper with MrVKM.
Church.
Buying work boots.
Given tickets for a play, and was grateful MrVKM would go with me Will Wonka and the Chocolate Factory - so afterwards, of course I was hunger for chocolate, so baking my grnadmother's chocolate cake is on the list for htis week.
Visited with dfML whose husband is in the hospital with cardiac issues.
Washed sheets, made bed
unloaded, loaded DW
raked some of my, some of mother's yards
met with landscape guy to repair some of my yard after teh big truck from the tree trimmer late winter.
Working on prayer shawl that has to be done by May 15. I have made good progress.
None of these are little!
I hoep to find time to cuop someitme.

Remainder fo day - unload DW
shower
shampoo
crochet

L.ann, who's in the hospital? Is it DD?

tomorrow I have second half of root canal and osteoporosis injection
Wednesday drive 80 miles to have lunch with dfLD whose husband almost died from a ruptured abscess, but is home now (she's a nurse and says he wouldn't be home without her skills. )

[Gma]

2 SHEMs from the symposium:
Are you listening, or are you only waiting to talk?
and
An Optimist is never pleasantly surprised!