Walrus Wednesday @ TDD - C&C

[trissie]

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[trissie]

The walrus (Odobenus rosmarus; plural walrus or walruses) is a large pinniped marine mammal with discontinuous distribution about the North Pole in the Arctic Ocean and subarctic seas of the Northern Hemisphere. It is the only extant species in the family Odobenidae and genus Odobenus. This species is subdivided into two subspecies: the Atlantic walrus (O. r. rosmarus), which lives in the Atlantic Ocean, and the Pacific walrus (O. r. divergens), which lives in the Pacific Ocean.

Adult walrus are characterised by prominent tusks and whiskers, and considerable bulk; adult males in the Pacific can weigh more than 2,000 kilograms (4,400 pounds) and, among pinnipeds, are exceeded in size only by the two species of elephant seals. Walrus live mostly in shallow waters above the continental shelves, spending significant amounts of their lives on the sea ice looking for benthic bivalve molluscs. Walruses are relatively long-lived, social and intelligent animals, and are considered a keystone species of the Arctic marine region.

The walrus has played a prominent role in the cultures of many indigenous Arctic peoples, who have hunted it for meat, fat, skin, tusks, and bone. During the 19th century and the early 20th century, walrus were widely hunted for their blubber, walrus ivory, leather, and meat; in this period, the walrus population dropped rapidly all around the Arctic region. It has rebounded somewhat since, though the populations of Atlantic and Laptev walruses remain fragmented and at low levels compared with the time before human interference.

[Kittykatt]

Good morning, Trissie, and thank you for starting us off.

A humourous touch for today, in case anyone needs some light relief, in the "Walrus Whizzer" commercial for Virgin Media, the star of the show is a highly realistic CGI walrus that commandeers a speedboat to cruise across the ocean to the song Suddenly by Billy Ocean.

https://youtu.be/VJ2TZs9WJng?si=lNA06ki4MhotXz3N

Today DH goes to the office, I have an appointment with the nurse at the health centre,.and I also need to leave early so I have time to pick up my prescription from the adjacent pharmacy beforehand. I'm hoping it stays dry as I need to work in my garden today. I also need to check with painter .J whether he is in fact coning to us tomorrow, or whether (as I suspect!) he's actually going to DF PM. I'll.do that this afternoon, as I don't want to risk phone calls etc during my appointment. Fortunately DH is out this evening, so I can finish cleaning the kitchen then, if everything overruns today.

[Kittykatt]

To do:

Appointments:
Wednesday:
DH to office
DH out in evening for some work do
11.55 am nurse appointment -me
Remember to leave early to pick up my meds from pharmacy
Can I book my review appointment with the nurse? ( Common sense suggests she should be able to do this herself and save me having to bother reception, but IDK) Decided to go the online questionnaire route as it's easier and faster, and if they need any more information about anything they can always ask.
Thursday:
DH to office
10.30 am church
Any errands to run?
Can I hoover the car?
Collect meds for F and M , food for Fred and flea control / wormer for both of them
6-7 pm Waitrose delivery
Friday:
BIL arrives for W/E
At home for me
Saturday:
BIL here
Text DF E re coffee tomorrow - not this week
Sunday:
BIL leaves
Church 9.30 am - not this week due to road closures for some run
Can I use the extra time.from.a slower start to strip the bed right down and wash protectors.for mattress and pillows?
Visit DF E for coffee-not this week
Laxapet Jude and Matilda
Set up new Waitrose delivery

Future dates to note:
4/6 weight check -Jude
26/5 Solensia -Fred
28/5 gas engineer to service boiler, cooker and fire

Painter J to paint outside of house and clean fascias./downpipes etc exact date TBC. It keeps slipping due to windy / rainy weather. Maybe beginning of June? (I'm hoping not next week as I've got quite a lot on then) The latest date is this Thursday, but I think that's when DF PM is having her house painted?

Outstanding deliveries:

Extras:
Message J
Think about coffees at church for 14th June - can I ask PS to help L and N?
Think about ordering window vac for us -
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 started 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
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 cat blankets and throw 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

Financial:
More work on budget WIP- look at discretionary payments this week 30 minute sessions #1

[Doggedly]

Thank you for starting us off, trissie, and for our walrus-y Wednesday.

That is a cute commercial, Kittykatt. Wasn't there a walrus somewhere in Europe that kept sinking boats because he was trying to use them as sunning platforms and they couldn't hold his weight? As I remember, the townspeople built him a sunning platform with enough boyancy to hold his weight, and he liked it so much that he stopped sinking the boats.

I couldn't sleep so I got up for a bit. I'll head back to bed to see if I am more successful.

[kitkat]

Good morning trissie
Thanks for the Walrus-y start:) How is your week going?

Kittykatt Hope yor appt goes well. Is this still the bite?

Dogged I hope you get luckier with sleep than I did:) Woke up a little after 2, tossed and turned... Then, DDog started whining at 4...
Got up to take her out... She has a bit of stomach issue. I think I'll cook some rice for her.

As we went out to the backyard, I could hear the neighbour's "resident racoon" moving about... Thankfully, he did not come to visit us. (I had ddog on leash, just in case, as we had the neighbourhood bunny around yesterday )

Having coffee - might as well do something since I'm wide awake. Worst case, I'll take a nap later.

Bama - happy to hear DH is doing reasonably well. (A lot of pain meds are better with food - maybe check with pharmacist?)
helia you asked- these are my "old age" aches and pains - no new injuries, touch wood.
LAnn - we had 30 C yesterday. (Today, we expect 20 - which is seasonal)

Today, I have a 10 a.m. class and an afternoon pick up (DGD). In between, I'm hoping to make a (much needed) difference in here...

For now, I'm going the read the news (against my better judgement)

[Kittykatt]

Good morning / good night, Dogged and KitKat!

Dogged, you're right about the walrus I found an article with rather dramatic headlines!

https://www.itv.com/news/wales/2021-08- ... more-boats

KitKat, yes, it's still the bite. I'm quite happy to let it do it's own thing, they keep threateninge.with the clinic at the hospital (which seems like overkill to me as it's now so tiny) so this seems to be a reasonable compromise.

I managed some time in my garden this morning - there's more to do when I get back home if it doesn't rain - it was spotting when I left. I also need to message J when I get home to try and discover whether he is coming to me tomorrow or whether he's actually going to DF PM. I didn't want to do it earlier in case he decided to reply when I'm at the health centre, or, even worse, ring. (I turn the sound off, of course, but even so...)

Other jobs for this afternoon, message PS about the coffees on 14th June

[L.Ann]

It’s supposed to be hot again today and then it will get cooler for awhile. The weather has been doing this weird yo-yo thing this year.

1-dress and pick up bedroom
2-meds and temp for DD33
3-walk a mile

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


Accomplishments
-breakfast for dog and me
-stretching and knee exercises
-diet sites
-dress and pick up bedroom
-meds and temp for DD33
-walk a mile

[helia]

Thank you for the start, trissie! I hope your day is going well. Is dh away this week with his mom?
That was a great commercial, Kitty! Thanks for sharing.
Our cool temps arrived over night, L Ann. The high today is 62*F. And we won't see the sun all day.
Glad it's not an injury, kitkat. Enjoy the class and time with DGD.

Dh's knee is now bothering him. He had to stop during his 12 mile run on Sunday and was limping on Monday. He's scheduled to run a half marathon on May 31. That is now in question. He's going to the Dr. today. Fortunately, he's very aggressive about getting medical help.

Yesterday after getting groceries, I did a light spiff of the living areas and the main bathroom. Then I made a salad and heated up some rolls for dinner. The pasta dh made was yummy! MM was here until about 9:10 pm. It was wonderful to chat with her. Dh and I did the after dinner clean up and then garbage and recycling. I got the docs prepped for my EPT interview this morning.

This week is very busy for me -- but I'm looking at next week, and since I won't have a class, it is amazingly open!

Today is another quite scheduled day:
9 - 9:30 payroll: EPT interview
10-12ish coffee with SS
1:40 - 3:30 payroll: teach my class
4:20 - 4:50 payroll: EPT interview

Other main things to do:
- exercise - I'm thinking about the stair stepper at the gym to prep for spending all day hiking UP the Alps in August - get dinner going (possibly in the crock pot)
- payroll: a little prep for class today -- always.
- payroll: collect the IR course pack edits and email them to CM.
- change the sheets on the bed and do some bedding laundry - I have new sheets to wash as well.
- refill the bird feeder

Next:
- back exercises
- s2s and self care
- squeegee and wipe down shower
- some qt

TaDas!
- up; weighed self
- coffee
- email deletions + weather website - gray day, high of 62 -- it is 59* now, so basically the same temp all day

WEEKLY ACTIVITIES
Wed 9-9:30 payroll: EPT interview/ 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/2-2:30 payroll: EPT interview/ 3-3:30 payroll: another EPT interview/ 4-5 work out with AS/ 6 - 7:30 Vol. ESL class?
Fri 10 - 10:30 payroll: meeting with LH/ 1-1:40 payroll good bye party/ 1:40 - 3:30 teach AI AS D14 - play games. / 4:40-5:10 payroll: EPT interview/ Dinner out with dh
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

Mon
Tue 10 - 11:15ish payroll: S5 prep @ payroll/ 11:30 - 12:30 meeting with lawyer and new trustee/ 1-3 payroll: S5 PD meetings/ 6:30 host Tuesday dinner? We cook?
Wed
Thu 8 - WW/ 11-12 payroll: CA ci with AC/ 4-5 work out with AS
Fri
Sat 8 - 5K run/ 5:30 - ? CG1 (we can't host - M has a friend staying here for the weekend)
Sun 7:30 dh's half marathon???/ 3:30 - 6ish CG2/ 6 - host dinner for up to 8 people

Menus:
M - leftovers (ravioli, lentils), tomato sauce, rice, roasted squash - OR
T - (host MM!) shrimp pasta, salad, GF baguette
W - Indian chicken stew, rice, roasted squash
Th - on my own
F - dinner out with dh
Sa - (host Gs and Rs!) coffee rubbed whole branzini, mixed veggies (Rs and Gs can bring salad and dessert)
Sun - we host: bread, rotisserie chicken, pizza

MAY Brain Dumps
This Week - House
- wash sheets on guest bed
- can I spend some time decluttering in MBR?
- WF groceries

This Week - Deskwork
- Writing progress - wip
- figure out another knitting project?

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

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

[L.Ann]

1-declutter top of dry sink and polish
2-read
3-another short walk before it gets too hot

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


Accomplishments
-breakfast for dog and me
-stretching and knee exercises
-diet sites
-dress and pick up bedroom
-meds and temp for DD33
-walk a mile
-dress and pick up bedroom
-meds and temp for DD33
-walk a mile