I've never cooked duck, Kitty. Dh has. Nice that the rain has stopped.
I liked both SHEMs very much, trissie and Kitty! Trissie's SHEM made me grin.
The next weeks are very scheduled for me.
6/11-6/15 5 houseguests; also feed the Ks for several meals = cooking/ providing lunch for 8 people several days and providing breakfast for 6 people for several days
6/12 Host dinner for 15 people; we cook - dh is making seafood paella (reserve seafood ahead of time)
6/13 dd30's event
6/14 BIG cook out at dd30's place: we help cook for 20+ people
6/18-6/20 conference in Ohio; in a bnb with 4 other people
6/21 Shakespeare in the Park - evening!
6/23 - 6/27 Backpacking in the UP (if the weather looks OK)
7/3-7/5 CG1 camping in Canada
Somehow, this week when houseguests arrive and dd30's ceremony/ reception thing are this weekend, I have a busy week in other areas of my life:
- Dh and/ or I have an event every evening for 8 nights in a row, from last night (dh - evening out with his lab - PhD students and post-docs) through this Sunday. I'm skipping tomorrow night's event because it's all just a bit much for me.
- Payroll will be heavier than usual. Today I am subbing and attending a meeting as the secretary, so I need to be at the school for about 3 hours and then type up notes afterward. This is the only day I've had to go in to payroll for 2 weeks. Of course.
- I also have a haircut, which I scheduled 6 weeks ago. This takes about 2.5 hours of a day with the drive to dfriend's house and back.
- In addition, dd30 last minute has asked me to create a fun Q-A sheet about her to put on the tables at the reception with photos on the answer sheet. I will need some tech help, which is usually dd28, but she's very busy with other things - although, being BO as she is, she has already baked the 100+ cupcakes for the reception and put them in the freezer. (I was a little surprised to hear that but she says they'll be fine and fresh when she thaws them out.) I will share a pic. She did a test batch and they are super cute with the decorations.
OK - I'm off to a late start on a packed week with tons to do. But - I'm off to a start, so that's something! LOL! It is sunny and forecast to reach 85F (29.4C) here. Currently, it is 68F (20C). I'm heading out for a jog first.
Next:
- back exercises
- dress to jog
- jog - short
Later:
- s2s and self care
- squeegee and wipe down shower
- make bed
- some qt
- pay snail mail bills
- lights: w d f pa
- payroll: review sub lesson in more detail
- lunch
- after lunch clean up
- 12:30ish go in to payroll to get set up
- 1-1:40 payroll: instructor meeting
- 1:40 - 3:30 sub Int AS
- payroll: type up notes and put in morning announcements
- s/s main bathroom
- tidy living areas
- dh will pick up take out?
- 6:30 - ? host CG2 dinner here
- kitchen clean; run dw
- duolingo
- update health apps
- update lists
- can I update goodreads?
TaDas
- up; weighed self
- coffee
- email deletions + weather website
WEEKLY ACTIVITIES
Mon
1-1:40 payroll: instructor mtg - take notes/ 1:40 - 3:30 payroll: sub Int All Skills/ 6:30 - ? We host dinner for CG2 - This is dh's idea. Tue a.m. coffee with KK? (from KS2J group) Or skip?/ 6-7:30 Christian academics cook out? (I'm skipping.)
Wed 2:30 zoom meeting with new trustee/ 7 - meet TJ downtown for dinner
Thu 8-8:30 WW/ 10 - 11 CA ci meeting with AC/ 11:30 - 12:30 haircut in other town/ 3ish MP and LP arrive from Germany!/ 7-ish pick up ds+ family from airport/ dinner for 6 people - in shifts?
Fri 12 - set up at park farm - site of reception/ make 4 large trays of GF corn bread for the reception/ host dinner for 15 people
Sat more set up/ 3 - church ceremony/ 5 - 10ish reception/ post-reception clean up
Sun 10 - church? / cook out at the girls' place
Mon early morning airport run with ds + fam/ say good bye to MP and LP
Tue INTROVERT AND RECOVER
Wed INTROVERT AND RECOVER
Thu 8 - WW/ 11- payroll: CA ci with AC/ 3-4 work out with AS? - may need to reschedule/ drive to Ohio for faith-based conference
Fri at conference/ dinner out with dh
Sat at conference/ drive home
Sun 10 - church/ evening - Shakespeare in the park
6/1 - 6/7 Menus:
M - 6:30 host CG2 - Thai take out
T - dh to Christian academics cook out; me - on my own
W - 7 - dinner date with friend JT @ Cuban street food restaurant
Th - cooking for 6 in shifts (MP and LP from Germany will need to eat earlier; ds + fam arrive here around 8 pm but will be jetlagged the other direction)
something in crockpot: lentil soup OR white chicken chili, rice, roasted veggie?F - cooking for 15: seafood paella, green salad, GF baguettes
Sa - DD30's ceremony catered
Sun - cook out at dd30's place - many many people, like probably over 20; she is smoking meat. Dh is making chili. I might make a veggie to contribute.
JUNE Brain Dumps
Hosting Prep
- buy pillows
- make 2 guest beds upstairs
- spiff upstairs guest room
- clean play room --> guest room with double bed for ds + fam
- set up play room sofa bed
- car cleaned
- polish kitchen counters
- TJ run: bread items (they have decent GF breads to buy)
- stock the fridge and pantry
- finish tidying back of living room: printer area and dd30's SK joke gift
- (maybe) experiment with bread recipes
- reserve seafood for the paella
- Friday - bake several pans of GF cornbread for the dinner? (optional - my own idea)
This Week - House
- can I spend some time decluttering in MBR?
This Week - Deskwork
- Writing progress - wip
- figure out another knitting project?
- 2 snail mail bills (lawn guys + tombstone co. - they finally finished engraving dmom's tombstone)
- M - pay KJ for yard work
- schedule alternate time to work out with AS this week
This Week - Errands
- buy pillows
- return shoes
- Kroger groceries
- WF groceries
- TJ groceries
- Th evening airport run
General Brain Dump
- progress decluttering clothes - wip
- new phone eventually
