Mallard Duck Monday

[L.Ann]

We have lots of mallards in the area but I have never had one as a pet, Dogged. Are the kids done school, Trissie?

1-submit receipts
2-walk
3-try out new vacuum

Menus:
Monday-Cajun salmon and roasted veggies
Tuesday-sweet and spicy shrimp with rice and broccoli
Wednesday- DD33 out/ me leftovers
Thursday-curried chicken and roasted sweet potato jumble
Friday-mushroom and herb shepherd’s pie

Events
Monday-Little Bit 7:40-5, DinoTales Show 10:30-11:30, fasting bloodwork for me
Tuesday-Little Bit 7:40-5 mammogram me6:45, breakfast out with friends 8:30, $1 movie @10
Wednesday- Little Bit 7:40-5, pool
Thursday-Little Bit 7:40-5 8:10 physical for me, pool
Friday-no Little Bit, no center for DD33

Weekly House Blessing-mop dining room
Death book-update DD33’s pages
Phone calls-
Extra stuff-

Accomplishments
-stretching and knee exercises
-breakfast for dog and me
-dress and pick up bedroom
-meds and temp for DD33
-walk with friend
-pick up Little Bit
-bloodwork, pick up coffee and bagel
-library person
-pay kid who watered my garden while I was gone

[Doggedly]

I have a relaxed week with no plans, trissie. I also have an apartment that has things that need to be tidied or decluttered literally everywhere I look, with the excecption of one kitchen counter that I freed up yesterday. So, I will, of course, fill that free spot with a couple of slow cookers. I have a duck thawed out for Germane, and I'll do a tomato/seafood thing for me. Other than that, literally anywhere my eye lands is a potential activity for me. Oh, and I do need to deposit my OAS cheque.
I'm glad that you are able to get some rest in your day, and hope that it helped to counteract the effects of the change in air pressure.

The mallards in your area appreciate your restraint, L.Ann. I'm pretty sure that they prefer to be admired from a distance.


Monday
Put away contents of one grocery bag
Prepared a box of recycling to bring to basement
Cleaned up after dog
Put away dry laundry
Put away drying rack–hurray! Reclaimed real estate.
Gave dog heart pill
Cleaned up after dog

[trissie]

Dogged, have you tried telling chatgpt about your cleaning goals and letting her? him? decided where you should start?
L.Ann, yes, kids off school, parents trying to juggle it mode employed!

TaDas
- afternoon routine
- water flowerpots
- 30 on laundry

ToDos
- bake banana bread
- dinner
- 30 on laundry

Braindump
routines
- evening routine
food
- dinner
- bake something sweet
- feed breadstarter
- process sour cherries
- process remaining cherries
- chokeberry syrup
organization
- check all backpacks
- DBD's speech therapy
- make apt - obgyn
- update land contract
- 15 on filing
- plan for June & July
- book summer camp for DS
cleaning
- change all bedding
- clean twins' room (oversee it done)
- clean DS15's room (oversee it done)
- spiff up kitchen
- spiff up living room
- spiff up downstairs bathroom and hallways
- spiff up office
- clean out / reorganize attic
laundry
- load of towels
- load of linens
- ironing
- folding
- mending
- laundry put away
garden and outside
- weeding in veggie garden
- weeding in front garden
- spiff up carpool
- spiff up garage
- water veggie garden
- weekly fertilizing
me time
- 15 of exercise
- Bible study
- reading

[Doggedly]

LOL, I did that with my decluttering goals, trissie. ChatGPT was very enthusiastic about the track that I was on. Some time later, I realized that it was just agreeing with me, as it does.
There is no shortage of activities to choose from, I just have to keep choosing them.
Monday
Put away contents of one grocery bag
Prepared a box of recycling to bring to basement
Cleaned up after dog
Put away dry laundry
Put away drying rack–hurray! Reclaimed real estate.
Gave dog heart pill
Cleaned up after dog
FACE: Paid bills, checked that account will cover rent
Checked email: Building is repairing the faulty alarm
Fed Germane
Bagged up kitchen garbage and brought it to the chute

[L.Ann]

I did totally different things than on my list.

1-update Google Calendar
2-walk

Menus:
Monday-Cajun salmon and roasted veggies
Tuesday-sweet and spicy shrimp with rice and broccoli
Wednesday- DD33 out/ me leftovers
Thursday-curried chicken and roasted sweet potato jumble
Friday-mushroom and herb shepherd’s pie

Events
Monday-Little Bit 7:40-5, DinoTales Show 10:30-11:30, fasting bloodwork for me
Tuesday-Little Bit 7:40-5 mammogram me6:45, breakfast out with friends 8:30, $1 movie @10
Wednesday- Little Bit 7:40-5, pool
Thursday-Little Bit 7:40-5 8:10 physical for me, pool
Friday-no Little Bit, no center for DD33

Weekly House Blessing-mop dining room
Death book-update DD33’s pages
Phone calls-
Extra stuff-

Accomplishments
-stretching and knee exercises
-breakfast for dog and me
-dress and pick up bedroom
-meds and temp for DD33
-walk with friend
-pick up Little Bit
-bloodwork, pick up coffee and bagel
-library person
-pay kid who watered my garden while I was gone
-submit receipts
-read a bit
-pool and walk too and from the pool
-snacks, pack DD33’s lunch, pack breakfast and movie snacks for Little Bit tomorrow
-dinner preprep

[Doggedly]

A little flexibility is no bad thing, L.Ann.

Monday
Put away contents of one grocery bag
Prepared a box of recycling to bring to basement
Cleaned up after dog
Put away dry laundry
Put away drying rack–hurray! Reclaimed real estate.
Gave dog heart pill
Cleaned up after dog
FACE: Paid bills, checked that account will cover rent
Checked email: Building is repairing the faulty alarm
Fed Germane
Bagged up kitchen garbage and brought it to the chute
Pulled out the slow cookers
Covered the dw
Brought out the duck. It looks bigger than I remembered.
Measured it against the big slow cooker: the duck doesn’t fit. I don’t have a roasting pan that will fit it, only an outdoor roasting pan in the basement.
Got the duck out of its wrapping, took out the neck and rinsed it all.
The now flexible duck fit in the big slow cooker. Barely. No room for vegetables
Wrapped the neck in cheesecloth and put it in the small slow cooker
Put salmon in the toaster oven for Germane
Stopped for breakfast: my grains mix and vegetables with a little bit of fancy Costco cheese

[trissie]

LOL, I did that with my decluttering goals, trissie. ChatGPT was very enthusiastic about the track that I was on. Some time later, I realized that it was just agreeing with me, as it does.
There is no shortage of activities to choose from, I just have to keep choosing them.

I guess that's what I like about the AI - it does the choosing for me and so I only have to do the doing

[Doggedly]

One of my superpowers is being weirdly lucky with hydro power. There is an outage all around me but my building is fine. It used to be that way when I had my house, too.

I usually do the opposite of what I announce, trissie, so I'm probably better off without a list.

[Kittykatt]

Hello everyone!

Trissie, our current car is a Nissan Note. Not sure what the next car will be. My priorities are: 1) reliability and easy to get parts, 2) economical 3) easy to park 4) has A/C. I leave DH to deal with things like torque!

Enjoy your quieter week, Helia!

Dogged, Daffy sounded quite a character!

Dino tales sounds fun, L.Ann- did Little Bit enjoy it?

Progress is being made with the car -DH rang PS about a quote - apparently the chap that does them was out delivering today, so hopefully we'll hear tomorrow..DH has also contacted a few other garages for comparison,.and I found one he'll try tomorrow. I'm getting DH to make the calls because a)I seem to deal with most other things,. and b) the "pink tax".

I've had a good session in my garden, and also cleaned out the garage gutter. The bedrooms amd bathroom are clean and Matilda is now on my lap.

[Kittykatt]

To do:

Appointments:
Monday:
DH to office
At home for me
Tuesday:
DH WFH
At home for me
Wednesday:
DH to office
At home for me
Final touches to Waitrose order - remember extra milk for church
Thursday:
DH WFH
10.30 am church
Any errands to run?
Can I hoover the car?
2 pm weight loss clinic -Jude. Can I find out anything about the mew changes to HPC?
6-7 pm Waitrose delivery
Friday:
DH WFH
8.30.am hygienist - me
9.30 am - hairdresser - me
Saturday:
DH??
4pm - 7pm our street party
Text DF E re coffee tomorrow - not this week
Sunday:
Church 9.30 am - remember to take milk as we're doing the coffees after the service
Visit DF E for coffee - not this week
Laxapet Jude and Matilda
Set up new Waitrose delivery

Future dates to note:
2/7 weight check -Jude. Discuss changes to HPC?
August / September (depending on weather!) work on verge of house by roofer L and team

Outstanding deliveries:

Extras:
Do some juggling to pay for car repairs wip
Cancel Amazon S&S for this month wip
Text DF P
Text DF C
Redo rota for coffees beginning of July to include LS, NW and DM
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 - on hold until roof and car are sorted out!
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
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 throw and cat blankets

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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