South Downs National Park Sunday

[FrenchFlybebe]

trissie WTG with the gardening! As for my family, as far as I know my father's memory is fine and his brain is fine - but if there were any signs of anything, DM wouldn't tell us, probably. His physical health is not great, he can't walk more than a few minutes, has difficulty climbing stairs or going aboard trains and such. He's also struggling with depression - he has been for many years I think. Because of him she can't travel any more, and she can't leave him home for more than a few hours or he may fall and not manage to get up again. Yes, what happened to your DFIL could happen to my DM and that would be a difficult issue. I hope we would be able to work out a solution together, even if some of us don't talk to some others of us. I hope.

Hi helia, I hope a hot day is what you wish for. Better go for your jog before it gets too hot. I see you have a social evening, and more social events this week. GL with that.

Slow afternoon. Sipping at a translucent coffee right now. Kids are quiet, reading on the couch.
I still intend to get more things done.

TADAs
time with DS10 figuring out the walkie-talkie set he had dug out of the attic
folded back the foldable bed in the attic, stripped cushions, put them away in large zip bags
a load of bedseehts in
helped a bit with lunch, served lunch, helped with cleaning up
played a logical game (SmartGame) with DS7
bedheets on drying rack, folded previous laundry
now sipping at coffee

TODO
make adult plans for the afternoon : photobook, gardening, set things up for the week
help with dinner prep
try and keep the screens off this afternoon
make list of to-dos, later tonight
...

[trissie]

I really hope you will not have to come to that for years, Frenchie!
helia, a day starting without a proper coffee is, like, the worst punishment for procrastionation! But in this house, DH would run to the corner stores to get me the necessary supplies. He knows not to tread on dangerous ground if it can be avoided!

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

ToDos
- strip and remake master bed
- 30 outside
- 15 in the garage

Braindump
routines
- afternoon routine
- evening routine
food
- 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

[L.Ann]

My unsolicited opinion Trissie is that you can most likely handle things fine but since there are already inter family disagreements having a non family person involved could be really helpful even if their recommendations are exactly the same as the ones you would make.

It is supposed to be in the mid 80s today here, helian and then the 90s in a couple of days.Hope you are having a god day kittykatt.
Morning FFB!


1-walk a mile
2-cut bushes for a bit
3-meds for DD33

Menus
Sunday-left overs
Monday-middle Eastern chickpea bowls
Tuesday-turkey burgers with salad or roasted veggies
Wednesday-DD33 out/me leftovers
Thursday-blackened salmon with veggies
Friday-dinner out
Saturday-sweet turkey chili lettuce wraps
Sunday-za’atar crusted grilling cheese with rice and zucchini

Events
Sunday-
Monday-Little Bit 7:40-5, Little Bit school 9:15-3, lunch with college roommate@11
Tuesday-Little Bit 7:40-5, Little Bit school 9:15-3, breakfast out @8:30 (Little Bit haircut@5:30)
Wednesday-Little Bit graduation @10(no Little Bit), DD33 PS 3-8(cheerleading)
Thursday-Little Bit7:40-6:30, bocce DD33@4:30 (library storytime or museum craft time)
Friday-Hopkins


Weekly House Blessing-mop dining room, bathroom, kitchen, dust, swish and swipe
Detailed cleaning of dining room- polish furniture, wash woodwork, scrub floor, wash door
Death book-update DD33’s pages
Phone calls-
Extra stuff-


Accomplishments
-breakfast for me and dog
-stretching and knee exercises
-diet sites
-dress and pick up bedroom

[L.Ann]

1-swish and swipe and empty dehumidifier in DD33’s room
2-open package so I can take box on the recycling run
3-recycling to the dump

Menus
Sunday-left overs
Monday-middle Eastern chickpea bowls
Tuesday-turkey burgers with salad or roasted veggies
Wednesday-DD33 out/me leftovers
Thursday-blackened salmon with veggies
Friday-dinner out
Saturday-sweet turkey chili lettuce wraps
Sunday-za’atar crusted grilling cheese with rice and zucchini

Events
Sunday-
Monday-Little Bit 7:40-5, Little Bit school 9:15-3, lunch with college roommate@11
Tuesday-Little Bit 7:40-5, Little Bit school 9:15-3, breakfast out @8:30 (Little Bit haircut@5:30)
Wednesday-Little Bit graduation @10(no Little Bit), DD33 PS 3-8(cheerleading)
Thursday-Little Bit7:40-6:30, bocce DD33@4:30 (library storytime or museum craft time)
Friday-Hopkins


Weekly House Blessing-mop dining room, bathroom, kitchen, dust, swish and swipe
Detailed cleaning of dining room- polish furniture, wash woodwork, scrub floor, wash door
Death book-update DD33’s pages
Phone calls-
Extra stuff-


Accomplishments
-breakfast for me and dog
-stretching and knee exercises
-diet sites
-dress and pick up bedroom
-walk a mile
-cut bushes for a bit-2 azaleas and two boxwood type bushes done
-meds for DD33

[trissie]

L.Ann, that's actually a very good point! But I will still need to get the paperwork together - if you come to a lawyer with a well done file, you not only save a ton on legal fees (because of work they don't have to do), but also a lot of time.

TaDas
- strip and remake master bed
- washed 6 chairs
- oiled 4 chairs
- 15 in the garage
- load of towels running (maybe that was the last set?)
- stain-treated the swillening chair from DS' room which was shoved in the garage sometimes... who knows when to be cleaned and then offered to whoever wants it

ToDos
- afternoon routine
- final 30 outside
- clean out downstairs storage as DH is legitimately complaining he can't access the shelves

Braindump
routines
- evening routine
food
- 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 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
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[L.Ann]

There is so much that is excruciatingly difficult in these situations that anything you can do to see something positive is a good thing, Trissie. Even when you know there are better ways to do things that are totally out of your control.

I don’t want to do anything but since I know I won’t get all my walking in at least one day this week I guess I will do at least most of that.

1-walk

Menus
Sunday-left overs
Monday-middle Eastern chickpea bowls
Tuesday-turkey burgers with salad or roasted veggies
Wednesday-DD33 out/me leftovers
Thursday-blackened salmon with veggies
Friday-dinner out
Saturday-sweet turkey chili lettuce wraps
Sunday-za’atar crusted grilling cheese with rice and zucchini

Events
Sunday-
Monday-Little Bit 7:40-5, Little Bit school 9:15-3, lunch with college roommate@11
Tuesday-Little Bit 7:40-5, Little Bit school 9:15-3, breakfast out @8:30 (Little Bit haircut@5:30)
Wednesday-Little Bit graduation @10(no Little Bit), DD33 PS 3-8(cheerleading)
Thursday-Little Bit7:40-6:30, bocce DD33@4:30 (library storytime or museum craft time)
Friday-Hopkins


Weekly House Blessing-mop dining room, bathroom, kitchen
Detailed cleaning of dining room- polish furniture, wash woodwork, scrub floor, wash door
Death book-update DD33’s pages
Phone calls-
Extra stuff-


Accomplishments
-breakfast for me and dog
-stretching and knee exercises
-diet sites
-dress and pick up bedroom
-walk a mile
-cut bushes for a bit-2 azaleas and two boxwood type bushes done
-meds for DD33
-swish and swipe and empty dehumidifier in DD33’s room
-open package so I can take box on the recycling run
-recycling to the dump
-bag cuttings from the bushes cut
-get DD33 to dust
-lunch

[Doggedly]

Good day, all. It is a beautiful spring day. I hope to get my hair washed and get Germane out in it.

Kittykatt, thank you for another intersesting start.
You are right; I am back to feeling like myself today, and enthuisiastic about getting things done.
A willing new volunteer--I hope that you get to meet her.

Woo hoo on a decent night's sleep, trissie.
If you did go the route of consulting with with a lawyer who specializes in family law, I think that it would be more a case of keeping something off of your already overfull plate rather than a reflection of your abilities.

I had a slow day too yesterday, FrenchFly. Sometimes we just need that.
I hope that your dparents stay independent for a good long time.

Helping someone move is a huge job, helia. You won't be needing much exercise today!
We are supposed to get the hot heat tomorrow. I am not ready to set up the air conditioner yet, so I might spend the hot part of tomorrow afternoon lounging in front of fans. That doesn't sound too bad, actually.

I am at the end of Page 1 and am ready to launch myself from this chair. Look out dirt! Here I come!

Sunday
Gave dog her heart pill with treat.
Cleaned up after dog
Washed floor
Put away dry laundry
Brought out the last of the tops to finish drying
Put away dry dishes
Put on a pot of coffee
Finished going through my AllieExpress cart, made decisions and completed the purchase

[L.Ann]

Survived the walk but it is definitely a whole lot warmer than it has been.

1-read and drink water
2-wash door and woodwork in dining room
3-cut the last bush on the front of the house

Menus
Sunday-left overs
Monday-middle Eastern chickpea bowls
Tuesday-turkey burgers with salad or roasted veggies
Wednesday-DD33 out/me leftovers
Thursday-blackened salmon with veggies
Friday-dinner out
Saturday-sweet turkey chili lettuce wraps
Sunday-za’atar crusted grilling cheese with rice and zucchini

Events
Monday-Little Bit 7:40-5, Little Bit school 9:15-3, lunch with college roommate@11
Tuesday-Little Bit 7:40-5, Little Bit school 9:15-3, breakfast out @8:30 (Little Bit haircut@5:30)
Wednesday-Little Bit graduation @10(no Little Bit), DD33 PS 3-8(cheerleading)
Thursday-Little Bit7:40-6:30, bocce DD33@4:30 (library storytime or museum craft time)
Friday-Hopkins


Weekly House Blessing-mop dining room, bathroom, kitchen
Detailed cleaning of dining room- polish furniture, wash woodwork, scrub floor, wash door
Death book-update DD33’s pages
Phone calls-
Extra stuff-


Accomplishments
-breakfast for me and dog
-stretching and knee exercises
-diet sites
-dress and pick up bedroom
-walk a mile
-cut bushes for a bit-2 azaleas and two boxwood type bushes done
-meds for DD33
-swish and swipe and empty dehumidifier in DD33’s room
-open package so I can take box on the recycling run
-recycling to the dump
-bag cuttings from the bushes cut
-get DD33 to dust
-lunch
-walk

[L.Ann]

Done with the bushes for today. The camellia will wait until another day.

1-read and drink water
2-bag yard waste
3-lunch for DD33 for tomorrow, coffee set up, cut up veggies to roast

4-dinner prep

Menus
Sunday-left overs
Monday-middle Eastern chickpea bowls
Tuesday-turkey burgers with salad or roasted veggies
Wednesday-DD33 out/me leftovers
Thursday-blackened salmon with veggies
Friday-dinner out
Saturday-sweet turkey chili lettuce wraps
Sunday-za’atar crusted grilling cheese with rice and zucchini

Events
Monday-Little Bit 7:40-5, Little Bit school 9:15-3, lunch with college roommate@11
Tuesday-Little Bit 7:40-5, Little Bit school 9:15-3, breakfast out @8:30 (Little Bit haircut@5:30)
Wednesday-Little Bit graduation @10(no Little Bit), DD33 PS 3-8(cheerleading)
Thursday-Little Bit7:40-6:30, bocce DD33@4:30 (library storytime or museum craft time)
Friday-Hopkins


Weekly House Blessing-mop dining room, bathroom, kitchen
Detailed cleaning of dining room- polish furniture, scrub floor
Death book-update DD33’s pages
Phone calls-
Extra stuff-


Accomplishments
-breakfast for me and dog
-stretching and knee exercises
-diet sites
-dress and pick up bedroom
-walk a mile
-cut bushes for a bit-2 azaleas and two boxwood type bushes done
-meds for DD33
-swish and swipe and empty dehumidifier in DD33’s room
-open package so I can take box on the recycling run
-recycling to the dump
-bag cuttings from the bushes cut
-get DD33 to dust
-lunch
-walk
-read and drink water
-wash door and woodwork in dining room
-cut the last bush on the front of the house

[Doggedly]

I am clean and sparkly. I fed Germane and as an experiment tried layering her food: the probably rejected dog food on the bottom, a layer of the desirable fish and then poured an envelope of probiotic over the top. We'll see if she eats it.

L.Ann, we are glad that you survived your walk
Woo hoo on getting the bushes done, L.Ann. I picture you leaning out of the castle window cutting them with a sword, occasionally threatening the alligators that want to come up from the moat.

That must be isolating for your dmother, FrenchFly. I wonder if there are any respite programs near her, like we have here, where he could stay for an afternoon here and there so that she could have a break?

We need the right fuel to function, trissie. Luckily, your DH knows yours.

Sunday
Gave dog her heart pill with treat.
Cleaned up after dog
Washed floor
Put away dry laundry
Brought out the last of the tops to finish drying
Put away dry dishes
Put on a pot of coffee
Finished going through my AllieExpress cart, made decisions and completed the purchase
Cleaned up after dog X 2
Showered/washed hair
Put together a layered dish for Germane