Mary Lemon Waller Wednesday @ TDD - C&C

[trissie]

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[trissie]

Mary Lemon Waller (born Mary Lemon Fowler) (1851–1931) was a British portrait painter, who specialised in child portraits.

Mary Lemon was born to Rev. Hugh Fowler of Burnwood, Gloucestershire. She began her education in art at an Art School in Gloucester, and later studied at the Royal Academy schools. Waller began exhibiting paintings as early as age 20, and exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1877 to 1904.[4] She married genre painter Samuel Edmund Waller in 1874; the couple lived in London and had one son. Waller exhibited her work at the Palace of Fine Arts at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois. In 1925, Waller became a member of the Royal Society of Portrait Painters.

Waller's works can be seen at several venues in the United Kingdom: Cragside, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Literary and Philosophical Society of Newcastle upon Tyne, Oxford University Museum of Natural History, and Somerville College, Oxford.

https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/sea ... n-18511931

[Kittykatt]

Good morning Trissie and thank you for another interesting start. Somewhere in the back of my mind I had heard of Mary Lemon Waller, and it was very good to see the examples of her work, so I could connect the paintings with the person! I'm glad the therapist is being helpful. Freddie has a special carrier, designed for "challenging" cats. It has a partition that can be pulled across to immobilise him, so he can have an injection through the bars. This way he doesn't come out.of his cage, and no one has to touch him. It does mean it takes three people.to give him an injection ( one either end of the bar that pulls the partition across and one to jab him through the bars) but it's preferable.to the alternative! The bars are also much closer together than in a conventional carrier, especially around the carrying handle,.so no teeth or claws can get through!

KitKat , sometimes (in fact quite often) families are "strange" and "difficult". You must have done a very good job with your D Kids as they and the DGKids want to spend time with you.

Did DD enjoy her dessert, L.Ann, or was it the actual making that was the fun part for her?

Gma, I can empathise over the weather. We reached 32C (90F) yesterday, and,. of course, most homes here don't have A/C. I just work in the parts of the house that are in the shade and garden during the cool parts of the day. Age Concern (which advocates for the elderly) had lots of advice about drawing curtains and placing bowls of water at strategic points to help with cooling, and also having a fan blow over a.bowl of water to encourage . evaporation and halp cool the air. (The water companies started whining at his advice, but I have little sympathy - they know summer comes every year, they should be prepared. ) In any case,.I don't think this hot spell will last for much longer - it's supposed to start cooling today.

Helia, I hope all your meetings yesterday were productive.

Dogged, so glad the chair has finally arrived. Good luck with putting it together! is there a YouTube video you can find that might help? ( I'm assuming its come.with instructions, but I know the quality of these can be, let's say, variable!)

I got the sitting room cleaned yesterday, and a good gardening session in the evening when it had cooled down. We didn't eat until late, as I told DH there was No Way I was standing in that kitchen with the stove on and the sun streaming in. ln the end we had quiche, which I just stuck in the oven and then went back out to play in the garden while it cooked.

Today, DH goes to the office. I technically have a free day, but I need to get the house ready for the gas engineer 's visit tomorrow. He is coming to service the boiler,. gas fire and cooker, so I need to empty the latter amd ensure clear space around the former. My plan is to work in the kitchen early today when it's still in the shade,. but I'm hoping to go for a walk first. Freddie will also need an early.walk (and a late one if he asks -he didn't yesterday,.I guess he was tired!:D ).

[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 pm Parish Lunch
12- 6pm gas engineer to service.boiler,.cooker and fire (DH to cover until I get home)
6-7 pm Waitrose delivery
Friday:
DH WFH
9.30 am hair cut - me
Saturday:
DH to volunteer on heritage steam railway
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:
4/6 weight check -Jude
28/5 gas engineer to service boiler, cooker and fire

Outstanding deliveries:

Extras:
Wait for reply from roofer L
Think about coffees at church for 28th June -
Message L and N
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 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

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
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[Doggedly]

Trissie, thank you for another interesting start.

Kittykatt, I meant to mention that your heat wave has made our news. You Know it's bad when...
Actually, I downloaded the instructions for assembling the chair before I bought it. The process is not unreachable. More that I know that I am unusually bad at assembling things, lol.

I can now go back to sleep in peace as I don't have to get up to wait for deliveries. Peace!

[Kittykatt]

Sleep well,. Dogged! I'm glad you have A Plan for assembling the chair. I had no idea our heatwave was making international news - for many countries these temperatures are quite usual. I think the link below might amuse you ( and others to come!) - you can see where people's priorities lie (and I think there's some very nice ice.cream in my freezer that's been waiting for an occasion like this ... : )

https://x.com/i/status/2059160814855032984

[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 pm Parish Lunch
12- 6pm gas engineer to service.boiler,.cooker and fire (DH to cover until I get home)
6-7 pm Waitrose delivery
Friday:
DH WFH
9.30 am hair cut - me
While I am in town - underwear and v necked t shirt from M&S?
Saturday:
DH to volunteer on heritage steam railway
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:
4/6 weight check -Jude
28/5 gas engineer to service boiler, cooker and fire

Outstanding deliveries:

Extras:
Wait for reply from roofer L
Think about coffees at church for 28th June -
Message L and N
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

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
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[FrenchFlybebe]

◕‿◕ * * * Good Morning! * * * ◕‿◕

Trissie, thanks for the start and for the art theme, I'm glad to learn new names of artists - and I lookforwards to the days my DSs will be old enough to enjoy a trip to the Musée d'Orsay, probably in a few years. Sorry about the extended family lunch not being what you would have (maybe) wished. So many dysfunctional families... but yes, some are way more dysfunctional than others.
I think it's why the Anna Karenin principle is famous.

Kittykatt, we are unbearably hot weather twins, I think. Yes, the record temps in the UK made international news ( but not French news since we are having our own record temps, and heatwave-related deaths). Good luck staying cool today !

Doggedly I was happy to read that the delivery finally happened !

Very hot days. Kids can't sleep in their rooms (under the slated roof) so they sleep in the LR. Morning routines / rushes are rearranged consequently. Payroll is rather boring, which is not bad.
No news from my job application, I think Gma asked. Not surprised. They must be looking for a five-legged black sheep.

TADAs
Morning rush, in the heat
Kids to daycare, with water bottles and sun hats
Commute, in the heat

TODOs
Payroll stuff then commute back
Dinner prep
Kids homework and showers
Online paper / admin stuff (soc sec hospital bill and finance thing)
Remember Hrt
Bed early because dentist appt tomorrow at 7.30am

Not sure I'll be back later. Waving to all who will follow, enjoy the day !

[L.Ann]

Morning everyone! I got up early so I could get Little Bit here before the plumber came at 7:30.

1-15 minutes detailed cleaning in the kitchen
2-something with Little Bit

Menus
Wednesday-DD33 out/leftovers me
Thursday-fajita spiced shrimp and farro bowls
Friday-eat at party
Saturday-spicy bang bang chicken spinach salad
Sunday-firecracker turkey meatloaves w/ zucchini and broccoli

Events
Wednesday-Little Bit 7-5, plumber @7:20, DD33 3:15 doctor, PS for DD33 3-8(cheerleading)
Thursday-Little Bit 7:40-5, museum class for Little Bit@10:15, bocce for DD33 4:30-5:30
Friday- Little Bit 7:40-5, bday party for DD33’s friend@5:30, gather stuff for hazardous waste disposal tomorrow


Weekly House Blessing-mop bathroom
Detailed cleaning of dining room- scrub floor
Detailed cleaning of kitchen-wash cabinets, wash window, scrub floor, clean stove, clean oven, clean fridge, clean freezer
Death book-update DD33’s pages
Phone calls-
Extra stuff-


Accomplishments
-stretching and knee exercises
-breakfast for dog and me
-diet sites
-dress and pick up bedroom
-meds and temp for DD33
-walk
-pick up Little Bit
-review bank stuff
-plumber

[helia]

The meetings yesterday were good, thanks for asking, Kitty! That was a funny post! Enjoy your free day.
I'd never heard of Mary Waller, trissie, but her work is impressive! It looks very real. I hope you're having a good day at payroll. Is dh traveling today?
FFB, I had to look up the Anna Karenina principle. Interesting! Stay safe in the heat.
Glad your chair arrived, Doggedly!
You must have gotten up very early, L Ann. You also walked before picking up Little Bit. I hope the plumber fixed the problem.

Dh told me yesterday at some point that he'd heard/read on the news that Europe is having record heat. So, the heatwave is on the news here too. I told him I already knew that because of my SHE friends here.

I did not get much more done yesterday. After dinner clean up, I did get a treat and wrote a card for dd28 (!) and dropped them at her house. BTW, she just got a job as an art teacher in a nearby school district! Her background is in design, but she's taking classes now to get certification to teach, which she'll receive in July. This was the first job she applied to, and it's a competitive district. She applied more as a practice experience bc she didn't think there was any chance she'd get the job - but she's thrilled she got it. It will be a good 35 minute commute on the interstate one way. Fable will probably have to go to doggie daycare during the day.

Today, I am in fact going in to payroll this afternoon although I'm not teaching this session. I'm subbing for a teacher. Her plans are a little dry/ sparse, so I'm going to have to find some ways to jazz them up. I'm jogging this morning too, and I need to get groceries for dinner tonight. I need to figure out dinner first. LOL! My EPT this morning was cancelled; the student is speaking with the director later bc he is interested in private tutoring instead of classes.

The sun is shining. It is already 68*F, forecast to get up to 83*F. I need to go jog before it gets too hot.

Next:
- back exercises
- dress to jog
- JOG

Later:
- s2s and self care
- squeegee and wipe down shower
- figure out dinner
- some qt
- payroll: prep to sub
- lunch
- after lunch clean up
- lights w d f pa
- update lists
- 1:30 - 3:30 payroll: sub AI AS D1
- get groceries (WF?)
- put groceries away
- update goodreads
- anything else?
- dinner: TBD (tacoes? - meat in the freezer; OR make something fresh?)
- after dinner clean up
- garbage and recycling
- duolingo
- update health apps

TaDas!
- up; weighed self - up a bit
- coffee
- email deletions + weather website

WEEKLY ACTIVITIES
Wed 1:40 - 3:30 payroll: sub AI AS
Thu 8 - WW/ 11-12 payroll: CA ci with AC/ 4-5 work out with G
Fri 4-4:30 payroll: EPT interview/ Drive to Detroit/ Dinner reservation?
Sat Detroit / Dinner reservation?
Sun Drive home/ 3:30 - 6ish CG2 @ AA/ 6 - host dinner for up to 8 people/ 8:15 family zoom call

Mon
Tue KS2J get together - a.m. / 1:30 - 2:30 school enrollment appointment for K (dniece's friend who will stay with us for 8 weeks in the fall)/ 6:30 - ? Host dinner crew?
Wed
Thu 8-8:30 WW/ 11-12 payroll: CA ci with AC/ 4-5 work out with AS
Fri Dinner date with dh
Sat
Sun 10 - 12ish Church/ 12:30 - 3:30 church - new member orientation

Menus:
M - potluck here; smoked ribs, rice, marinated veggie salad, watermelon
T - chicken curry stew, rice, marinated veggies
W -
Th - on my own - turkey burger, veggies
F - dinner out with dh
Sa - in Detroit
Sun - host dinner crew? bread, rotisserie chicken, pizza

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

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

This Week - Errands
- buy pillows
- WF

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