Wendy House Wednesday

[Kittykatt]

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[Kittykatt]

A Wendy house, in the United Kingdom, is a children's playhouse that is large enough for one or more children to enter. Size and solidity can vary from a plastic kit to something resembling a real house in a child's size. Usually there is one room, a doorway with a window on each side, and little or no furniture other than what the children improvise.

The original was built for Wendy Darling in J. M. Barrie's 1904 play, Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up. Wendy was shot by the Lost Boy Tootles after arriving in Neverland, so Peter Pan and the Lost Boys built a small house around her where she had fallen. It was inspired by the wash-house behind Barrie's childhood home in Kirriemuir , and constructed like a tent with a mossy green roof so that it could be erected quickly.

Toy manufacturers soon created replicas of the stage Wendy house, which have become a standard toy found in British gardens ever since.

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[Kittykatt]

Good morning, everyone, and happy Wednesday!

Helia, yesterday was a very full day for you, especially with the time change. A walk definitely sounded preferable to a jog!

L.Ann, I'm glad all the tests have gone well for DD.

(((Gma))), your tooth sounds very painful! Bit I'm sure the water jet cleaner was effective..(DDeparted Trifle had a similar treatment for an abscess on the back of her neck, and her healing was smooth and uneventful.)

Dogged, that's very good that Germane finally "allowed" you to run your errands!

Today we have another sunny start. DH goes to the office, and I'm hoping for some time in my garden. A walk would be good, and my kitchen needs it's weekly clean. So, hopefully, just a "normal" Wednesday for me!.

[Kittykatt]

SHEM:

"Keep your face always toward the sunshine, and shadows will fall behind you" — Walt Whitman

[Kittykatt]

To do:

Appointments:
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:

Extras:
Wrap those latest items for sale on eBay, so there isn't a huge rush when they sell: #1,#2,#3, #4, #5
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 WIP
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 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

[helia]

Up and at 'em -- and already the todos are piling up. BUT - the sun is shining and it is forecast to get up to 76*F.

Enjoy your time outdoors in the sunshine, Kitty! That is a cute toy house. I remember that sort of toy house, though my family never had one.

Last night, we were 6 for dinner. Dd30 smoked 2 chickens in her smoker. It was good. In the evening, I got a start on my slides for class today.

Today, I'm going in to payroll early - to be present to help if needed with start of the session stuff. While I'm there, I'll work on GGT tasks. Then, I'll teach my own class 1:40 - 3:30. I also hope to get in a jog, finish unpacking my suitcase, and get groceries. Dinner will be chicken cacciatore with green salad.

The later schedule at payroll this session is nice in that (1) it will give me time to jog in the morning as the days get warmer, and (2) it means I don't need to stress in the evenings re: prepping for class the next morning. Its main disadvantage is that I won't get home until 4pm-ish.

Next:
- back exercises
- dress to jog
- JOG

Later:
- refill bird feeder
- payroll: write up notes from PD meeting
- s2s and self care
- squeegee and wipe down shower
- payroll: finish slides D1
- payroll: print out handouts
- update lists
- check bank accounts
- reclaim kitchen
- make bed
- finish unpacking suitcase
- lunch
- Kroger order
- lunch
- after lunch clean up
- otd by 12:15
- payroll: create S4 GGT sheet
- payroll: check off exams
- 1:30-3:30 payroll: teach AI AS D1
- home; put away grocery order when it arrives
- dinner: chicken cacciatore, rice, green salad
- after dinner clean up
- duolingo
- update health apps

TaDas!
- up; weighed
- coffee
- email deletions + weather website
- messages re: date for a planning meeting for dd30's thing
- payroll: reminder from AC to type up notes

WEEKLY ACTIVITIES
Wed 12:30 - 1:30 payroll: Office Hours/ 1:30 - 3:30 payroll: teach AI AS D1
Thu 10:45 - 11:45 payroll: Office Hours/ 11-12 CA check in mtg with AC? / 4-5 work out with AS/ 6 - help with Vol. ESL class
Fri 1:30 - 3:30 payroll: teach AI AS D2/ dinner date with dh
Sat 8 - weekly 5K?
Sun 10 - church/ 3:30 - 6 host CG2/ 6 - ? host Sunday dinner

Mon 12:30 - 1:30 payroll: Office Hours/ 1:30 - 3:30 payroll: teach AI AS D3/ 6-7:30 church plant BS
Tue 10:45 - 11:45 payroll: Office Hours/ KS2J get together?
Wed 1:30 - 3:30 payroll: teach AI AS D5
Thu 11-12 CA check in mtg with AC? / 11:30 - 1 haircut and highlight? / 4-5 work out with AS
Fri 1:30 - 3:30 payroll: teach AI AS D6/ dinner date with dh
Sat 5 - 9ish CG1 (we host?)
Sun 10 - church/ 6 - host Sunday dinner

Menus:
M - traveling
T - dd30 cooks for Tuesday dinner crew (we host)
W -
Th -
F - dinner date with dh
Sa -
Sun - host up to 8 people; pizzas, bread, cheese

APRIL Brain Dumps
This Week - House
- remake guest bed
- 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
- buy pillows?

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

[kitkat]

Good morning!
Thanks for the start Kittykatt! I never heard of Wendy House - now I know!
How is your garden doing? Kitties? Is the bite all healed?
Gma I just read about your ordeal with that tooth... (I had a similar one some 35 years ago...) Hoping it heals without further issues or pain.
Just read about LAnn with DD at NIH. Amazing that DD handles it so well. It must be exhausting for both of you. (((((()))))))
helia - you're back after baby visit:) Looks like your day is already booked! Enjoy the jog.

I haven't quite caught up with posts... but will try

I did not get to post for a bit - need to stay on top of things, so I'd better:)
Cough is still an issue although my idea to take Claritin has reduced the frequency and the intensity. I did make it to the gym last night for a class for the first time in two weeks.

The sun is shining: we should have a pleasant day in the teens. (C)

I will start w MR
then
print for DD
take pup for walk

[helia]

Oh, you still have your cough. Take care of yourself, kitkat. Maybe we are weather twins today. Sunshine - it makes a big difference! Baby I is just adorable! I think they're coming here for a visit in June, so we'll get to see her again soon. She will have changed a lot by then.
I hope you're tooth is mending well now, Gma. That sounds painful.
Thinking of L Ann and DD33 and their last day of testing!!

[Lauralind]

Morning all. I somehow can't seem to keep up here lately. Last week was busy. With music . Thinking this week should be as busy or not as I want it to be.

Gma that sounds painful. I hope you can find a little slower time to heal it up. Not too likely it seems.

Kittykat did I miss someone gave you a bite? I seem to think something happened while I missed cuop a couple weeks ago.

Lann I hope there's some good info and help come out of all that testing. That will help dd and others with that very rare condition.

Hope you feel better soon kitkat. That cold/ flu bug in some cases just seems to hang on for weeks this year. Hopefully you kick that cough soon.

Bama how nice dd is close now. Hopefully the job interview is good.

Did I get everyone? I hope so? Still haven't seen much of trissie. Hopefully things are going to settle down for her soon.

Anyway I think I'm doing ok. Today is off. Morning is booked. School run. Physio appointment and straight to bible study. Then afterwards nothing on the schedule. What do I want to do with my afternoon. Ds has rugby so I have 1 till 5 ish free. Probably a few groceries. Some things in town. A little cleaning. Music.

And I have 1 more row till my second panel of my crochet sweater shirt is same size as the first. I want to pin the shoulders together and see if I like the length . It was supposed to be a tee shirt. I thought the yarn was the right thickness but it seems heavier than I thought. It calls for short sleeves and kinda hip length but try as I will to get it to not get bigger. It seems wide on me. Maybe it needs to be a few rows longer
And play with the sleeve length.

Then I need to find that other yarn. In moms craft stuff there is a started baby blanket. White. A really pretty stitch. But it's the first 10 inches or so. Not done. I found the rest of the yarn in her drawer. And another stash of pattern books. Didn't look through but hopefully the pattern she was using cause out of sentimental value I want to finish it for dd. For my little coming dgd. Ooh I am so excited. Almost doesn't feel real we were kinda expecting it to be boy.

Ohh and I have a declutter goal.. a garage sale put on by my sister friend W. For her mission trip. I have some things I can donate and maybe find more.

All of that will keep me busy today... or not. First off hopefully one step closer to helping my neck and arm feel better at Physio this morning. She did adjust the neck enough to relieve the constant headache. My arm is very painful in any position other than down or forward. It all comes off that shoulder blade muscle.

Anyway now I've written a novel again.

Basic routines.
A bit more qt.
At least read my study guide before bible study.
School run 830
Hmmm maybe grocery store have under an hour to Physio at 930
Bible study 1030

[trissie]

hoping the physio will help quickly and long term, lauralind!
helia, do you teach all afternoons this session, or just Wednesdays are afternoon classes?
persisting cough is annoying, kitkat! did you maybe have covid? a lot of people I know are struggling with a "bad cold with lingering cough" this year and some of them tested positive for covid.
enjoy the normal Wednesday, kittykatt, they are soon coming to an end, aren't they?

I'm alive and let's leave it at that. I've been holding the fort at home while DH is with his mom - I have a bad cold and can't risk getting her sick. In a lot of ways, it's actually harder than when he's gone on long business trips, because then we just settle into a routine after a couple days and deal with things as they come. This whole "two days gone, then a day or two home, then gone again", especially since when he is home, he stays at work till very late to do things that can't be done remotely, is much harder to navigate. And there is no end in sight, and everything is Complicate with a capital C.

I'd love to run and hide, but I don't really think I can, so next best is to grab some cheese with that whine in one hand and a dustcloth in the other and hope that even if dusting won't solve my problems, at least it will get things clean!

TaDas
- morning madness
- snacks and other stuff kids need for the day
- morning routine
- sort and delay start a load of darks
- all kids up and off the door, either with me or by themselves
- to work pretty early
- very busy work day
- order school lunches
- library to return books due
- darks flipped to dryer
- started a load of winter jackets

ToDos
- midday routine
- 15 in DBD's room
- 15 in kitchen
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- gather recyclings in car
- pick up DBD from scouts
- put away ironed / folded laundry
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- afternoon routine
- finish kitchen
- start dinner