Creeping Thyme Thursday

[Gma]

kittykatt, I hope you feel better quickly. Amazing that you even had the energy and took the time to start us off for the day.
Trissie, that's good: life keeps lifing. Around here the phrase is "I am tired of adulting"
Bama, enjoy the (forced) indoor activities
L.ann, weeklies, monthlys AND a walk- YGG!
helia, what beautiful early morning sounds

I SLEPT IN, didn't get out of bed until almost 11. I think I have some energy. My mind is racing - do I do the kitchen? Go outside and start planting? Go to the nursery and buy some flowers? What first? I didn't make a list last night, because I was too tired to think.
I have a little more to do on the prayer shawl, but apparently that girl isn't oging to be there, so I don't have to rush. It's nice to have a quiet project for the evening, tho.When I finish the current one, I'm going to start this one, in yellow, for a young lady in my church who always greets me with a hug. And she loves yellow - has several dresses in yellow. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rOmv4r4f24 What do you think?

minimal TADAs:
Coffee, juice, cereal with milk and blueberries
dressed in my blue jeans
Bed stripped and sheets in the washer
Large potato in the oven - lunch will be "loaded" baked potato, with smoked turkey thawed from freezer, cottage cheese, and probably asparagus since I have that availabel as a vegetable.

Next: finish unloading dw
put my work boots on and get ready to plant 1 azalea
If that goes well, do the same at mother's
member day at the Coop grocery - make a list, short this time
end of day - community choir concert.

[helia]

I think it's beautiful Gma. And versatile. You're doing it in yellow?
LOL kitkat! One does have to wonder how the bird got that name. I think they're really pretty birds.
That's a long day out, trissie. I bet you have something fast and tasty for dinner.
Well, WTG knocking out monthlies, Bama. Are the storms past?
Clean windows are nice, L Ann.

Clouds are gathering here. Maybe it will rain later? I'm not sure of the forecast.

It is 3:20 pm, and I'm feeling tired. Still not done with my day: work out at 4 pm, helping with the ESL class at 6-7:30 pm, and getting dinner in between.

I've gotten some things done; I'm happy for the progress. Before I head out to the gym, I'm going to focus on my bedroom and on towel laundry.

Next:
- start load of towels
- make bed
- tidy MBR cedar chest

Later:
- make the bed
- go for a walk
- lights: w d f pa
- towels: w d f pa
- tidy MBR cedar chest
- change into exercise clothes
- 4-5 work out with AS
- get dinner together; leave out for dh: leftover mains, rice, green salad
- eat quickly
- otd again at 5:40
- 6-7:30 Vol. ESL class
- duolingo
- update health apps
- other things?

TaDas!
- up; weighed self - still high
- coffee
- checked in with SS re: Vol ESL class
- email deletions + weather website
- s2s and self care
- back exercises
- finish reclaiming the kitchen
- 8 - 8:30 WW meeting
- some qt
- email question to church
- called charity re: Ensures - they take them!
- payroll: messaged S re: University writing test practice
- payroll: posted HW + graded 1 random HW
- payroll: posted book and test audios
- 11:15 - 12:15 payroll: meeting with AC
- lunch
- after lunch clean up
- whites: w d f pa
- lights: washed and drying
- drove 35 minutes to drop off Ensures

[L.Ann]

Bocce was cancelled and DD39 picked up Little Bit so we finished up dinner early.

1-clean up kitchen
2-diet site

Menus
Friday-spicy Peruvian chicken
Saturday-garlic ginger salmon and rice bowls
Sunday-chicken enchilada filling with rice and salad
Monday-stir fry chicken and rice


Events
Friday-No Little Bit, 9 lawyer appointment
Saturday-
Sunday-walk with friend???


Weekly House Blessing-mop dining room
Detailed cleaning of my room-detailed vacuuming, polish furniture, dust woodwork
Death book-update DD33’s pages
Phone calls-
Extra stuff-


Accomplishments
-stretching and knee exercises
-diet site
-dress and pick up bedroom
-meds and temp for DD33
-walk a mile
-pick up Little Bit
-more breakfast and help DD33 dry her hair
-DD33’s doctor’s appointment
-take Little Bit to school
-take DD33 to the center and sign papers
-refill bird feeders
-read
-declutter last dresser drawer
-long walk
-lunch
-20 minutes work on probate accounting
-wash bedroom window
-wash screen
-dinner preprep
-read
-pick up Little Bit
-snacks
-put the screen back in the window and picking up the bedroom
-DD39 picked up Little Bit
-email to travel agent
-dinner prepped and eaten

[helia]

SS called me around 5 pm and told me she wasn't feeling well. She canceled the volunteer esl class tonight. There's a lot of colds, etc. going around here. I went to WF and picked up salmon and asparagus; dinner plan B - dh and I had teriyaki salmon, rice and steamed asparagus for dinner.

I had 3 evenings in a row without events! Woo hoo!

I've been nodding off over my laptop so I'm going to bed now, but I wanted to post my accomplishments here first. This felt like a good productive day. I got the rest of the laundry done - all the way through put away, went to WW, had my weekly payroll academics check in meeting with AC, went to my work out with my trainer, went for a short walk, put a tasty homemade meal on the table, put lists in my notebook, and updated toodledo.

Tomorrow will be low-key again. I'm joining dd27 and Fable at the dog park at 9:30 a.m. I will need to prep, and thie I'll teach my payroll class 1:30 - 3:30. I have other payroll I need to do, probably in the morning. . . I'm going out for dinner with AC at 4:15 - kind of early but she likes to eat early. It might be more like a snack for me. Following that, I will join dh at a different restaurant for his dinner.

Next:
- get ready for bed
- go to bed

Later:

TaDas!
- up; weighed self - still high
- coffee
- checked in with SS re: Vol ESL class
- email deletions + weather website
- s2s and self care
- back exercises
- finish reclaiming the kitchen
- 8 - 8:30 WW meeting
- some qt
- email question to church
- called charity re: Ensures - they take them!
- payroll: messaged S re: University writing test practice
- payroll: posted HW + graded 1 random HW
- payroll: posted book and test audios
- payroll: put together audioscript of test audiofile
- 11:15 - 12:15 payroll: meeting with AC
- lunch
- after lunch clean up
- whites: w d f pa
- lights: washed and drying
- drove 35 minutes to drop off Ensures
- start load of towels
- make bed
- tidy MBR cedar chest
- lists in notebook
- updated toodledo
- change into exercise clothes
- work out with AS
- phone call from SS
- walked to WF and back (got in a short walk while getting an errand done)
- lights and darks: folded and put away
- dinner: teriyaki salmon, rice, steamed asparagus
- after dinner clean up
- towels dried, folded, and put away
- clean towels put in the 2 upstairs bathrooms
- duolingo
- updated health apps

[Gma]

The community choir concert was lovely. All current music - the oldest was Sounds of Silence by Simon and Garfunkel from about 1965. Most of the rest were from this century, but nothing POP or like that.
I really appreciated just sitting still and listening. I thought it would take half an hour to plant my azalea, hour at the most. HAH! 3 1/2 hours later.... No I didn't get the bush planted at Mother's! (I hope hers will be easier. Her planting circle is already identified and has its border. Getting that done was a big part of my time. )

I have folded 1 lol
and worked on the prayer shawl that is nearly done - Changing colors every row means a host of ends to be worked in! That's what I worked on tonight. I will wait until Hobby lobby has their 30% off sale on yarn to buy the yellow. I'm eager to start working on it, as that's my favorite color too.
Need to make my bed with clean sheets just out of the dryer
And take a shower before bed.
So I can get up in the morning and get dirty again planting at mother's