South Downs National Park Sunday

[Kittykatt]

Triple Dog Dare!

Pick 3 things
Do them
Post your TaDas!

»»—-Cheers! WTG! Ygg!—-««

Don't think about it. Just do it!
~~ I Triple Dog Dare ya! ~~
Good Morning!
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[Kittykatt]

The South Downs National Park is England's newest national park, designated on 31 March 2010. The park, covering an area of 1,627 square kilometres (628 sq mi) in southern England, stretches for 140 kilometres (87 mi) from Winchester in the west to Eastbourne in the east, through the counties of Hampshire, West Sussex and East Sussex.

The national park covers the chalk hills of the South Downs (which on the English Channel coast form the white cliffs of the Seven Sisters and Beachy Head) and a substantial part of a separate physiographic region, the western Weald, with its heavily wooded sandstone and clay hills and vales. The South Downs Way spans the entire length of the park and is the only National Trail that lies wholly within a national park.

[Kittykatt]

Good morning everyone and happy Sunday!

Laura, you're right and our climates are very different, but it should be ok to sow seeds now.. As for the plants you've bought, if might be an idea to harden them off for a week is it you're still getting frosts - bring them outside during the day, and then out them under cover at night. A lot of the things you mentioned I leave out all year, so they probably could withstand a degree or so of frost, but only.once they're used to outside temperatures! When you do plant, make sure you water them well, to ease their shock!

Gma, I'm glad Mr VKM came to help you with the garden.

Dogged, sometimes our bodies say"enough" and we need to listen to them! Germane knows exactly what she needs to do to get your attention!

Today will be church and another celebration of Ascension Day, for those who couldn't come on Thursday. I'm also hoping to meet the new lady who has offered to help with the coffees l and I need to remember the cat food for DF PM and the butter for DFE!. And I need to talk to EW if she's at church, to find out what her plans are -rumour has it she's moving to Scotland in June, so obviously will be giving up the coffees.

After church, I'll visit DF E for coffee, and then home.to.do lunch.

[Kittykatt]

SHEM:

"What you do today can improve all your tomorrows."— Ralph Marston

[Kittykatt]

To do:
Cuddles and snack for Matilda, Jude and Freddie
Bible reading and meditation
Update latest Waitrose order
Cup of tea
Get up!
Scrub out litter trays (DH)
Change sheets on bed
Shower/wash hair/moisturiser and sunblock/ clean and floss teeth
S/S bathroom
Physio exercises
Get dressed in casual clothes
Give everyone fresh water
Cat breakfast and meds /supplements
Breakfast and meds /vitamins for me
Hang up sheets to dry
Quick kitchen clean up
Load DW
Quick PUPA downstairs
Quick dust and Hoover downstairs
Change into smarter outfit
OTD to church
Coffee with DF E
Back home again, change back into casual clothes
Meat in oven
Coffee with DH
Put potatoes to roast
Put up my vitamins and supplements for the week
Weigh out Jude's and Matilda's dry food for the week
Quick PUPA upstairs
Fold laundry and PA
15 minutes in tiny front garden
15 minutes in back garden
Dish up lunch
Walk Freddie
Lap time with Freddie, Jude and Matilda
Head rubs with Freddie, Jude and Matilda
Play with Freddie, Jude, Matilda
Run DW when full
Unload DW
Post list with my plans for the week
Clothes laid out for tomorrow

Extras:

[trissie]

How nice that you have new parks being established in the UK, kittykatt!
lauralind, the thing is - I am a lawyer. And a very, very good one (I don't do false modesty ) - so generally, I handle all the legal affairs of myself and our family. To say I need to bring another lawyer on board is kinda admitting defeat

Sunday. I was so exhausted last night that I was out at 11pm, so sleeping in till 8:30 gave me good 9.5 hours of sleep. Yay! Sun is shining, the garden calls (I have many seedlings that need to make it in the ground), and the garden furniture still needs oiling - I have a 3 piece (table+2 chairs) set for the balcony, the table, 2 small folding chairs and the pool lounge to go.


TaDas
- breakfast and coffee
- dressed to shoes
- internet time

ToDos
- morning routine
- 30 on laundry
- 30 outside

Braindump
routines
- midday routine
- afternoon routine
- evening routine
food
- lunch
- dinner
- bake something sweet
- feed breadstarter
organization
- homework and backpacks
- DBD's speech therapy
- update land contract
- 15 on filing
- plan for May
- ask for British ETA
cleaning
- strip and remake all beds
- clean out / reorganize attic
- spiff up DBD's room
- spiff up twins' room
- spiff up DS15's room
- spiff up master bedroom
- spiff up master bathroom
- spiff up kitchen
- spiff up living room
- spiff up downstairs bathroom and hallways
- spiff up office
laundry
- load of towels
- load of linens
- load of cleaning rags
- ironing
- folding
- mending
- laundry put away
garden and outside - weekend
- review seeding plan for veggie garden
- repot seedlings I bought
- weeding in veggie garden
- weeding in front garden
- work in raspberry patch - pruning, fertilizing, replanting
- prune fruit trees - blooming pit fruits
- prune bushes
- prune/tie/shape climbing roses
- pick up - front garden / porch
- pick up - backyard
- work on cleaning out the carpool
- work on cleaning out the garage
- fertilize fruit trees and bushes
- fertilize conifers
- oiling garden furniture
- fertilize vegetables
- water veggie garden
me time
- 15 of exercise
- Bible study
- reading

[Kittykatt]

Good morning Trissie! I don't think you're admitting defeat, but rather being wise. Outting it another way, if you were a brain surgeon, you'd almost certainly still call a heart specialist to deal with someone's open heart surgery!

[FrenchFlybebe]

◕‿◕ * * * Good Morning! * * * ◕‿◕

kittykatt, thanks for the start. Have a good time at church, I hope you remembered to bring the butter for your 100yo DF.

trissie, glad you had a restful night, wishing you a good time in the garden and hoping you enjoy it !

Never made it back yesterday. Reading all the comments and experiences about aging parents, I'm glad my DM can still handle my father without us children needing to help, mostly. SOmetimes they ask for advice on technical things by email, and I'm not always sure they take all the medical appts they should, but most of them - and there's no way to force them anyway.
Yesterday I wasn't very productive, read this and that, procrastinated. A trip to the library, some time with the kids, but they spent a long time on screens even if we don't count the family movie screen time. We watched Pirates of the Caribbean / the Black Pearl, I hadn't realiazed they could enjoy that movie already, at 7yo and 10yo.

TADAs
stayed late in bed
bfast with DS10, DS7 didn't eat
time looking at government website to calculte pensions - a bit depressing, with so much kid-related leave, and some unemployment
CUOP

TODO at 12.30
see if MrNG needs help with lunch - he bought royal seabream that he has to scale and gut
check if kids are dressed and teeth brushed
make adult plans for the afternoon : photobook, gardening, set things up for the week
also
try and keep the screens off this afternoon
make list of to-dos, later tonight
...

[trissie]

kittykatt, but even as a brainsurgeon, you will know for sure, that there are good doctors and bad doctors, especially if you spend a lot of your time dealing with something that "a" doctor missed when it would have been easy to treat - and was easy to spot!
Frenchie, is your father also suffering from early memory loss, or does he have other health issues? You know, DFIL was doing just fine managing DMIL till his sudden death and here we are

TaDas
- morning routine
- chicken soup for lunch simmering on stove
- 30 on laundry - ironing and folding
- water veggie garden
- washed 3 chairs
- 1 window box planted with pelargoniums
- repotted 1 herb bought yesterday
- ties some rose branches

ToDos
- lunch
- midday routine
- strip and remake DBD's bed

Braindump
routines
- midday routine
- afternoon routine
- evening routine
food
- lunch
- dinner
- bake something sweet
- feed breadstarter
organization
- homework and backpacks
- DBD's speech therapy
- update land contract
- 15 on filing
- plan for May
- ask for British ETA
cleaning
- strip and remake all beds
- clean out / reorganize attic
- spiff up DBD's room
- spiff up twins' room
- spiff up DS15's room
- spiff up master bedroom
- spiff up master bathroom
- spiff up kitchen
- spiff up living room
- spiff up downstairs bathroom and hallways
- spiff up office
laundry
- load of towels
- load of linens
- load of cleaning rags
- ironing
- folding
- mending
- laundry put away
garden and outside - weekend
- review seeding plan for veggie garden
- repot seedlings I bought
- weeding in veggie garden
- weeding in front garden
- work in raspberry patch - pruning, fertilizing, replanting
- prune fruit trees - blooming pit fruits
- prune bushes
- prune/tie/shape climbing roses
- pick up - front garden / porch
- pick up - backyard
- work on cleaning out the carpool
- work on cleaning out the garage
- fertilize fruit trees and bushes
- fertilize conifers
- oiling garden furniture
- fertilize vegetables
me time
- 15 of exercise
- Bible study
- reading

[helia]

Glad you got some longer hours of sleep, trissie! Enjoy your gardening time today!
Sometimes you need a less productive day, FFB.
Kitty, I hope church was edifying and the post-church meetings were helpful. What is on your lunch menu today?

Yesterday afternoon, dh and I helped AA move. Then, I did a few things around the house - got the kitchen back in order, packed up the pack 'n play crib and moved it down to the play room, did a load of laundry. I got 2 snail mail bills paid, ordered new checks, and got 2 graduation cards + checks ready for AT and DK. Then, I spiffed myself and went to CG1. I got home from that around 8:30. They were still going.

Today, I am up to jog before church (and the heat) - but I don't really want to be up. I was awake for about an hour last night, so I didn't get quite enough sleep. I'm starting this day anyway. In addition, I'm being reminded that I forgot to get milk yesterday, as we're now out and I'm drinking my coffee with a T of half and half that is a bit gloppy. I've thrown the rest out. LOL! --It's not a very auspicious start to my day.

It will be hot today, a high of 83 (28.3C).

Next:
- back exercises
- gather everything and go JOG
- s2s and self care

Later:
- strip MBR bed
- load of sheets w d f pa
- load of lights w d f pa
- 10 - 12ish church
- lunch
- after lunch clean up
- WF run
- remake bed
- lists in notebook
- payroll: edit my own exam
- payroll: email CM with IW course pack mistakes/ suggestions
- payroll: update gradelink
- payroll: make practice exam
- 6 host dinner for up to 7 people?
- after dinner clean up
- duolingo
- update health apps

TaDas!
- up; weighed self - still very high
- coffee
- email deletions + weather website

WEEKLY ACTIVITIES
Sun 10 - church/ 6 - host Sunday dinner for up to 7 people

Mon 1-1:40 payroll: instructor mtg/ 1:40 - 3:30 payroll: teach AI AS D12/ 6 -7:30 church plant BS
Tue 12:15 - 2:15ish KS2J get together - lunch/ 6:30 - ? host MM for dinner
Wed 9-9:30 payroll: meeting with LH/ 10 - 12ish coffee with SS/ 1:40 - 3:30 payroll: teach AI AS D13 (final exam)/ 4:20 - 4:50 payroll: EPT interview
Thu 8-8:30 WW/ 11-12 payroll: CA ci mtg w. AC/ 3-3:20 payroll: EPT interview/ 4-5 work out with AS/ 6 - 7:30 Vol. ESL class?
Fri 1-1:40 payroll good bye party/ 1:40 - 3:30 teach AI AS D14 - play games.
Sat 8 - 5K run/ 5:30ish? host Gs and Rs for dinner here
Sun 10 church/ 6 - host dinner for up to 8 people/ 8:15 family zoom

Menus:
M - leftovers (teriyaki salmon, Tuscan shrimp - freezer), rice, roasted butternut squash
T - ravioli, homemade tomato sauce (suga), green salad
W - lentil stew, rice, roasted veggie
Th - on my own
F - dinner at the Os
Sa - CG1 potluck - grad party for DK and AT
Sun - we host: bread, rotisserie chicken, pizza

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

This Week - Deskwork
- Writing progress - wip
- write BD card to DS
- figure out another knitting project?

This Week - Errands
- buy pillows?
- weekend groceries?

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