Mr McGregor Monday

[Lauralind]

Morning all. Ohh dear kittykat. I hope dh can work the kinks out of his back. And it's nothing lasting. They are a little hard to convince to get checked out. At least mine is still just dealing with the stiffness from his fall in winter. I've tried to encourage him to do something about it and he could live in less discomfort. Maybe before he is done work for good this will encourage your dh to get a better chair.

Kitkat you must live fairly near Toronto? Doesn't sound like an all day drive for the recital. Those are so precious filled with little ones learning.

Beautiful and warm yesterday and now it's actually raining. I might just have to go out before work and stick a few seeds in the garden. I actually found 2 bean plants started last night. Finally. At least 3 weeks later and only a few lettuce seeds and like 10 onions and those 2 beans. Maybe more will sprout with the rain.

Yesterday was good. Church was great. Then ds recruited me and we went to stick the last of dad's tile down and then went to ds and ddil place for supper and play with lil j for a while.

Of course I am used to 2 full weekend days off. Now I technically didn't have any. And start all over with freight. Being very thankful I think we get to do some training this week and if things go as I hope I can get this new little older person good at what I do in seasonal. I am so done having no energy left for life after work.

Time to get up and do something useful soon. One more day ds will have class. Today and tomorrow left and then Wednesday and Thursday exam days. Ds thankfully picked himself up again and managed to get through. An assignment in science to turn in. Gotta see what he wants to do. I really do think it would be very hard to complete all of school at home but some he can do online at school.

[kitkat]

Achievements:

pup out/in
coffee
D2s
lol in
pup walk :40
morning meds
breakfast
pup breakfast
weekly morning meds in container
pup dishes washed


Good morning Lauralind - yes, we are an hour away from the Big City:)
What is Ds doing in the summer?

Next:
lol
baskets pa
outdoor plants

[Kittykatt]

Good morning/ good afternoon, KitKat and Laura!

KitKat, I'm glad the recitals were a success. If DH is running out of underwear, could he do the wash himself, or is he Not Allowed to touch the washing machine?

Laura, I think DH needs to keep moving, and when he does sit down, sit correctly, with a good posture, and remember to get up and walk about regularly .

He's gone to visit a friend who is in hospital this afternoon, and has decided to walk there and back, rather than fold himself into the car and then struggle with parking. He has mentioned looking for a chair at IKEA, so we'll see. (If it needs assembling then that's the kind of job MJ could do, if he doesn't want to use IKEA 's assembly service. I certainly don't possess Dogged's skills at furniture construction, and all the complaints when DH has to do it are just not worth it!!)

[Kittykatt]

To do:

Appointments:
Monday:
DH on leave
8am- 6pm engineer / plumber to fix drip on overflow
Tuesday:
DH on leave
At home for me
Wednesday:
DH on leave
At home for me
Thursday:
DH on leave
10.30 am church
Any errands to run?
Can I hoover the car?
6-7 pm Waitrose delivery
Friday:
DH on leave
At home for me
Saturday:
DH??
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:
2/7 weight check -Jude
23/6 Solensia Freddie
August / September (depending on weather!) work on verge of house by roofer L and team

Outstanding deliveries:

Extras:
Request update from Petplan for Freddie's outstanding claims #1, #2 long complex conversation, which .not sure.if the agent fully understood? Wait until the W/E before escalating via email
Redo rota for coffees beginning of July to include LS, NW and DM
Think about ordering window vac for us - see what's reduced for Prime event?
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 for his walk
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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[helia]

LOL Doggedly!! Now, I will never be able to say ChatGPT without thinking of that French phrase. But what a more genteel sounding word for "fart" than its English counterpart! In all my years studying French, I never learned that word.
Will you and dh do some holiday-esque activities this week, Kitty? --Oh, no! I see that he has hurt his back. I hope he recovers quickly.
I'm glad the recital was fun, Kitkat. I didn't realize that you lived so close to that big city. We're about 4 hours away.
Are you going in to work today, Lauralind?

We took ds + fam to the airport at 5:45 this morning. I went back to sleep for 2 more hours once we got home so I'm off to a late start this morning.

Niece L is now sick - feverish and sore throat yesterday evening and vomited during the night. She hasn't gotten up yet so we don't know how she's feeling this morning. L and dsilM will stay until she feels better, of course. Dh has had a work meeting at home and then headed out to work. I'm heading to the dog park to meet up with dd28 and Fable. We'll see how the day unfolds after that. I do have some payroll to do.

BBL, I hope.

[trissie]

Well, Monday, we meet again!

kittykatt, poor DH! Did he move funny, or sleep funny, or maybe sneeze funny?
Dogged, now we've done it, we've poisoned the minds of everybody with the image of discussing farts with cats!
kitkat, WE are weather twins then! I deeply regretted not having thick socks at work today!

Home from work. So much to do, so little time! DH's party is this weeekend, and so is DBD's, and I cannot afford to lose time! Not happy with today's therapy session - my therapist wants me to be the bigger and more understanding person, the one who accomodates others' fears and uncertainties and lack of skills, but I'm kinda like - I've been doing that my entire life and what good did that do for me, if the other person just takes and takes and takes? Food for thought, but I still don't think I need to become an even more selfless version of myself.

TaDas
- morning madness
- load of lighst sorted and delay started
- snacks for all kids
- everybody to to school
- day at work
- therapy session
- library
- pick up DBD from school
- long call with DAunt
- gather plastics, paper and green waste and drop them off at collection points
- lights flipped to dryer

ToDos
- midday routine
- clean master bathroom
- 15 outside - finish carpool

[kitkat]

Can we be sure your DH and mine are not related, Kittykatt? ? I have (painful) memories of him assembling IKEA furniture...
helia - we lived there until a few years ago... I go back often for certain appts, and friends...
Be careful not to catch DNiece's ailment...

trissie Have you read Gretchen Rubin? Can't think of the title, but it was her first book (I think) where she categorizes people into groups... Will look it up. I found it helpful in figuring out what I do and what others around me do... (and, how to work around that)

More achievements
pup out/in
coffee
D2s
lol in
pup walk :40
morning meds
breakfast
pup breakfast
weekly morning meds in container
pup dishes washed
lol #2 started
4 baskets full of laundry pa
coffee made
heating pad:)

Next:
lol#3
lol fpa
plants (I missed in last round)

[trissie]

are these plants you have in the greenhouse or outside, lauralind?
hoping you will not catch whatever DNiece has, helia - an illness is the last thing you need with your busy schedule!
kitkat, the name does ring a bell, but I don't think I've ever read anything by her!

TaDas
- midday routine
- clean master bathroom
- 15 outside - this and that all around

ToDos
- afternoon routine
- clean master bedroom
- clean out my car, including takin out sorted trash (loaded it in the car this morning and then forgot to drop it off as I was on the phone with DAunt...)

[helia]

Oh, that sounds like you're not being heard well by your therapist trissie. 2 parties this weekend - that's a lot! Good luck with the prep! I feel like we just did that.
kitkat, I've read one book by Gretchen Rubin - The Happiness Project! Actually, I didn't quite finish it but I should. I enjoyed it a lot!

Niece L has been up and eaten a little something. She did NOT throw up during the night; she just felt very nauseous. She had posted a sign on the bathroom door in the middle of the night about having the stomach flu which caused M, our renter, to freak out because she's rather germophobic. This resulted in a text to us at some point in the night. . . So, M is using our bathroom for the time-being. However, L's main symptom seems to be the sore throat, which she says is a bit better this morning. So, I don't think she has norovirus, which M was very concerned about.

Dsil M has gone out for a walk, M (renter) is in her room, where she stays for most of the day, and L has gone back to bed. I'm alone in the living room of our house right now. Nice!

It's too early to tell for sure but so far, weather for backpacking up north is looking promising!

Next:
- some lunch
- after lunch clean up
- s2s and self care
- back exercises

Later:
- squeegee and wipe down shower
- make the bed
- payroll: exam prep progress
- payroll: update graphic and send invites for exit exam
- pick up items at the girls' place
- go for a jog? Or a long walk?
- run and unload dw
- do I need to do some laundry?
- dinner: leftovers - lentils, rice, paella (maybe?), maybe just mixed veggies. I think we're done cooking for a while.
- after dinner clean up
- duolingo
- update health apps
- lists in notebook

TaDas
- up; threw on clothes
- drove ds + fam to airport with dh
- up; coffee
- lots of communication: various messages and conversations re: L's illness, Ks' cancelled flight, and pics of a very happy baby I on the flight home; she slept all the way through the check in process; Also, a phone call from dh to check on me since he left abruptly this morning and I am once again hosting his family for the day by myself.
- dog park with dd28 + friend K
- gassed the car
- I think dsilM emptied the dw
- payroll: texted exit test thread re: list of eligible Ss

WEEKLY ACTIVITIES
Mon early morning airport run with ds + fam/ say good bye to MP and LP/ another event in the evening at the Cs (will we attend??) - a birthday party for one of dd30's friends
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 w. M
Sun 10 - church/ evening - Shakespeare in the park

Mon PACK for backpacking trip
Tue DRIVE to N. Michigan with dh and dd28
Wed - Sat backpack and camp in beautiful wilderness along Lake Superior's S. shore
Sat DRIVE home
Sun 10 - church/ 3:30 - 6ish CG2 @AA? / 6 - ? host Sunday dinner??

6/1 - 6/7 Menus:
M - leftovers: lentils and paella, roasted zucchini
T - quinoa, rice, green salad
W -
Th - on the road
F - dinner date with dh in Ohio
Sat -
Sun -

JUNE Brain Dumps
This Week - House
- can I spend some time decluttering in MBR?

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

This Week - Errands
- car wash
- return another pair of shoes
- WF groceries
- Kroger groceries
- road trip on Thursday
- road trip home on Saturday
- do I need to get the oil changed?

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

[Doggedly]

Bwa-ha-ha-haaaa, trissie!

I can't point fingers at your DH for the chair, Kittykatt, as I sat in a rigid steno chair every day all day from COVID until now. It took seeing my db make the sensible decision of spending some money to get chairs that support him for me to think of doing the same.
(((Hugs))) to you on having to deal with insurance issues.

I'm looking forward to getting out in the cool, kitkat. I figure that I broke the heat wave by installing my air conditioner. You're welcome.

Lauralind, I'm glad that some of your plants are trying, even if the garden as a whole is not participating. Hopefully, as we get further into summer the plants will show more enthusiasm.

Kittykatt, I would just mention that if you are thinking of using IKEA's assembling service, buy it at the same time as the furniture. In that case, you only pay a percentage of the purchase price. If you book it after the fact, you are paying by the hour, and let's face it, nobody understands those picture instructions.

LOL, they wouldn't include that in French class, helia. But you have me curious. Do you ever see a pastry spiral with brown sugar and cinnamon or maple sugar, and do they call them pets-de-souer? Here they actually include the translation right on the label.
(((Hugs))) to you in your hectic life.