Stanley Kubrick Saturday

[Harriet]

Over the last several - maybe 10 - minutes after arriving, I've made and counted about a dozen moves around the board and gotten through each time without a disappointing message. I hope this continues, but trissie, I see that you did not find it easy just a few hours ago. I'm hoping that this will be the day I can go without calling in to get a representative to help - so far, two have fixed our difficulties (smile), saying, give it 24 hours.

Sounds like trissie, you will be having a lovely day of sewing. I had to change a bobbin yesterday and was so pleased that my eyes managed that the first time (surprise!), with only a little help from popping on my reading glasses. At first after cataract operation, I was holding the magnifying glass to do it - I looked so silly, as though investigating the needle.

helia, I hope you pack everything with great efficiency and not a single necessary item left behind. Have a wonderful time.

Gma, I was sorry to read about the death of your friend - how wonderful that you are able to do something helpful for her brother/family. They are blessed to have you.

Hmmm... .. I knew that Stanley Kubrick's name had popped up on screens in my house a lot, Kittykatt. Turns out, then, that that would have been because it was he who made the film Dr. Strangelove with Peter Sellers, which is a favorite of HRH. He knows a lot of trivia about that movie and loves to tell that Sellers also intended to play a fourth role, the Slim Pickens role of Kong (the release of the bomb and subsequent ride) but was injured so sort of got off the hook, since he never really thought he was right for the part.

I'll be seeing what I can get done around here in advance of tomorrow's bday party for my grandson, one of ddolder's children. I'll be baking a cake with my younger dd for that tomorrow and have everything I need except strawberries, Kittykatt. (smile - those need to be very fresh and really, I want to buy organic if I possibly can.) Need to get a present wrapped. Also, another grandchild can't stand strawberries so maybe I'll do something extra.

[L.Ann]

Quick post and then we are out for errands.

The "dancing raisins" experiment is a classic, easy science activity. You drop raisins into a clear, fizzy liquid, and the carbon dioxide bubbles attach to the raisins' wrinkles. This makes them buoyant and lifts them t

1-errands

Menus
Saturday-orange crisp salmon w/ bok choy rice
Sunday-buffalo chicken grain bowl

Events
Saturday-Frozen 1:00

Weekly House Blessing-
Detailed cleaning list for bathroom-scrub floor
Death book-update DD33’s pages
Phone calls-
Extra stuff-

Accomplishments
-stretching and knee exercises
-breakfast for dog, DD33 and me
-dress and pick up bedroom
-meds and temp for DD33
-walk

[helia]

Nice to see you here, Harriet. Thank you for your work. The site was a little glitchy for me earlier this morning but just now, it behaved very nicely! Oh yes - Dr. Strangelove! (Or how I learned to stop worrying and love the bomb.) Great movie! I like Peter Sellers a lot. Have fun baking with dd27 and doing party prep!
Sounds like a fun experiment for young ones. Enjoy Frozen today, L Ann. A play?

Home from the run and feeling virtuous. Now, I need to not bask in the glory of getting my exercise done early in the day -- and go get other things done as well. LOL! I'm sitting and drinking tea first, then I'll get moving. My legs are sore, but I've done 3 days in a row of decent exercise: my trainer, the stair master, and a 3.5 mile run, slightly hilly.

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

Later:
- s2s and self care
- make the bed
- some qt
- play room: put away pack 'n play crib
- play room and stairs: vacuum
- play room: wipe surfaces
- living areas: dust surfaces
- living areas: tidy coffee table and side table
- living areas: clear off art table
- set up patio (if eating outside)
- lunch
- after lunch clean up
- run dw
- payroll: edits to IR exam and send draft out for review
- payroll: AI listening exam draft made and sent out for review
- payroll: type up notes for EPT student
- payroll: send exit text results to student
- payroll: COs - all skills x2
- payroll: COs - writing x2
- payroll: update M tutorial notes
- can I start packing?
- REI trip to buy rain pants?
- order ankle socks for walking shoes
- set up for CG1
- 5-9ish host CG1 (18 people)
- clean up after CG1
- duolingo
- update WW
- update MFP

TaDas!
- weighed self and dressed to jog
- email deletions + weather website
- charging earpods
- coffee; straightened kitchen counter
- back exercises
- gathered stuff and go to park
- run 5K! Then run an extra 0.4 miles to make it 3.5 miles

[helia]

WEEKLY ACTIVITIES
Sat 8 - 5K run/ 5:00-9ish HOST CG1 (18ish people) - outside since J is bringing pizza for the group
Sun 10-church/ 8:15 family zoom call

Mon 11-1 payroll: tutorial/ 1-1:40 payroll: instructor mtg/ 1:40 - 3:30 payroll: teach AAS D11/ Dinner out with CG2
Tue 9-12ish? KS2J get together?/ Dinner out with girls, Cs, and M?
Wed 11-1 payroll: tutorial/ 1:40 - 3:30 payroll: teach AAS D12 final exam/ stay and grade the final exam and set up sub plans for Friday/ 8 pm - leave for the airpot/ FLY safely
Thu Arrive in Lyon, France/ hotel
Fri travel to small town in Switzerland/ pick up AA on the way/ settle into bnb
Sat pick up dd28/ short hike?
Sun perhaps meet up with some of dh's family as they arrive in Switzerland/ perhaps a family hike to warm up?

Mon - Friday 8.3 - 8.7 HIKING IN THE ALPS ~1675 meters to 3255 meters (up and down a bit)
- M up 400 m/sleep at 2100m
- T down some and then up 900m/ sleep at 2800 m
- W rest day to acclimate to 2800m altitude/ sleep at 2800m
- Th up 500? meters/ sleep at 3255m
- F down 1600m/ drive back to Lyon/ drop off AA and dd28 in Geneva to catch their flight

7/20 - 7/26 Dinner Menus
M - pork tenderloin medallions in cream w/ pancetta and fennel, roasted potatoes, roasted b sprouts
T - host Tuesday dinner for 8 people: lablabi, rice, tomato and cucumber salad (1 guest is vegetarian)
W - shrimp pasta (from freezer), mixed veggies
Th - leftover lablabi, rice, sauteed baby bok choy + garlic
F - out with Rs! - pizza
Sat - CG1 potluck HERE - pizza
Sun - host dinner for 8: bread, rot. chicken, pizza

JULY Brain Dumps
This Week - House
- can I spend some time decluttering in MBR?
- put away pack 'n play crib + bedding
- tidy play room before CG1 comes

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

This Week - Errands
- car wash - badly needed (now my car is in Chicago with dd28)
- can I return another pair of shoes?
- can I return wrong coffee pods?

General Brain Dump
- progress decluttering clothes - wip
- new phone eventually - after our trip
- transfer info from old to new laptop (will require a trip to a specialist - do after we get back)

[Lauralind]

Morning all. I had a couple of links that gave error messages but made my way around cuop with minimal trouble.

Hmmm. Today is wet and raining as predicted. We need it after the hot spell. Finally my garden looks like it might make something. I need to go out while it's getting watered by rain and add some bone meal and fertilizer.

What to do today. A rainy day where both of us are off. House just needs a quick over. Can continue some of the declutter organize projects. Maybe some crafts. Gonna have to see. Dh had thought of helping my dad with stuff but that might sidetrack in the rain too. I don't feel like having a day where he sits and reads all day and I feel like doing something but not motivated if he's not. I think I don't know how to relax.

See if I can get ds interested in something. How does one do that. He's so very resistant. Not even in cooking. He finally grated my cheese for lasagna last night. He said he felt like it is a seasonal thing. He dislikes summer cause it's hot and no schedule and I don't know why else. Almost like seasonal depression but that's usually winter in shorter daylight. Has anyone heard of summer seasonal depression? He's my not fit into any pattern kid. Should be learning to drive. Should be thinking of getting a job. But what... and how to train him to be able to hold a job. My high functioning.. but goodness not right now .

Hmm maybe I would get moving with a soak or shower..

Basic routines and see where it takes me.

[L.Ann]

The local parks and rec is doing Frozen as their summer show. They do one each summer using kids up to age 21 and they do a great job.

1-delete email
2-reorganize table
3-update lists

Menus
Saturday-orange crisp salmon w/ bok choy rice
Sunday-buffalo chicken grain bowl
Monday-bbq chicken with roasted veggies
Tuesday-tacos
Wednesday-DD33out/leftovers
Thursday-stir fry rice with checked and veggies
Friday-black bean rice and veggies bowls

Events
Saturday-Frozen 1:00
Sunday-
Monday-Little Bit:7:40-5, library science program 10:30-11:15
Tuesday-Little Bit:7:40-5, breakfast out w/friends@8:30, $1 movie Sponge Bob@10
Wednesday-Little Bit:7:40-5, Little Bit physical@2:15(do I have her afterwards?), DD33 PS 3-8
Thursday-Little Bit:7:40-5
Friday-Little Bit:7:40-5, kindergarten class with bus ride@library@2:30

Weekly House Blessing-mop kitchen and dining room, vacuum, swish and swipe(spare room), trash, windex, dust
Detailed cleaning list for bathroom-scrub floor
Death book-update DD33’s pages
Phone calls-
Extra stuff-

Accomplishments
-stretching and knee exercises
-breakfast for dog, DD33 and me
-dress and pick up bedroom
-meds and temp for DD33
-walk
-errands-coffee, pick up library books

[Doggedly]

Thanks, FrenchFly. I briefly thought that you could keep your ds's away from screens by employing them to colour your hair, but then I read that you don't want a mess and you do want it to look good, so perhaps not.

Thank you, Kittykatt. TodayMe is very pleased about having all of that cutlery washed by the dw, as that is my most loathed dish washing task. And with every vertical surface covered by drying laundry, I can lounge and listen to my Saturday morning radio shows guilt-free.
That is frustrating, that you are still cleaning up after your DH's shenanigans from yesterday. You work hard enough without having extra burdens piled on. I tried to think of a sanity saver that doesn't involve confrontation, and I thought "What if you pay yourself for the extra work you have to do when your DH creates work for you by doing things like sending tissues through the wash and then shaking them around the house?" Like, whatever it would have cost you to bring in a cleaning service to clean it up, just take that out of the bank account and either move it into an account to save up for something nice, or spend it on a cleaning service in the future. As in, give yourself a week off from the big cleaning by bringing in cleaners to make up for the extra time you had to spend this week.
I hope that he enjoys himself on the railway today, and comes home feeling more relaxed.
I'm sure that Freddie enjoyed his birthday treat. I'm guessing that it's exactly what he would have wished for.

trissie, I like your new vocabulary: stay-campt-ion.
I'll bet that DBD would be excited to wear her new dress to your dfs' house for dinner.

You are right, helia. I was accomplishing the Sleep Enough task.
WTG on the 5K run!
I've just realized that the G in WTG is uncomfortably close to the H, so I need to proofread more diligently.

That brings me to the end of Page 1. Time to get up and do something.

Saturday
Found a free audio book app and installed it
Filled the balcony rack and set it up on balcony railing
Wiped down the dishes in the dw and left them on dry cycle
Swept out Germane’s pen and back entrance
Set up the small drying rack and clotheslines
Hung the delicates and landry bags
Took the dishes out of the dw to finish drying
Put away the dw and cart

Heart pill for Germane
Changed Germane’s pee pads
Washed floor around Germane’s pee pads and the soles of my shoes

[helia]

What did you decide to do on this rainy day, Lauralind?
That sounds like a really fun production, L Ann.
LOL Doggedly! WTG is different from WTH!
Missing you Bama. Hoping you're doing well. And dh too!
Also Peaches.

Working slowly -- feeling tired now. But I'm making very slow progress. 3 hours until everyone is here. I'm going to work on payroll for 1 hour and then work on the house for 2ish. I don't feel it needs to be perfect. . . We're eating outside and might have the entire meeting outside. We shall see.

I think I need to get a new phone before we leave. *sigh* One more thing to do. I'll plan to do that tomorrow. It is very ironic - I needed a new laptop (done), now a new phone and a new study for my QT because I am finishing the one I'm working in now. I also am running out of many of my toiletries -- all of this right before we leave on this trip. Of course! Why??

Next:
- payroll: IR Exam draft finished and sent out for review
- payroll: AIL Exam draft made and sent out for review
- payroll: take care of LH's edits to AIR Exam draft

Later:
- make the bed
- play room: put away pack 'n play crib
- play room and stairs: vacuum
- play room: wipe surfaces
- living areas: dust surfaces
- living areas: tidy coffee table and side table
- living areas: clear off art table
- set up patio (if eating outside)
- payroll: edits to IR exam and send draft out for review
- payroll: AI listening exam draft made and sent out for review
- payroll: type up notes for EPT student
- payroll: COs - all skills x2
- payroll: COs - writing x2
- payroll: update M tutorial notes
- can I start packing?
- REI trip to buy rain pants?
- order ankle socks for walking shoes
- set up for CG1
- 5-9ish host CG1 (18 people)
- clean up after CG1
- duolingo
- update WW
- update MFP

TaDas!
- weighed self and dressed to jog
- email deletions + weather website
- charging earpods
- coffee; straightened kitchen counter
- back exercises
- gathered stuff and go to park
- run 5K! Then run an extra 0.4 miles to make it 3.5 miles
- some qt
- s2s and self care
- squeegee and wipe down shower
- payroll: emailed exit test result to student
- lunch
- after lunch clean up; dw running
- conversations with dh and M and then later dh - re: packing
- ordered study books for QT - I'm almost finished with my current one

[Doggedly]

helia, it feels like the inanimate objects get together and plan who's going to die right before we go away, but I think that it's actually that we are focussing on them. I know that I have most often replaced my phone before a visit to my db, but it's because I rely on the GPS on my phone and don't want it to die en route.
I'm sure that your home is lovely. If anyone runs their finger along a surface with a white glove, just say casually, a propos of nothing, "I ran the 5K today. Did you?"

The board is showing improvement, Harriet. I have been getting in on 2-3 tries. Thank you for looking into it.

That sounds like a fun experiment, L.Ann. And you get raisins and fizzy drinks at the end. Win-win.

It's nice to have a day with choices, Lauralind.
Are there online groups that you can join to talk with other parents of children who face similar challenges to your DS? People who have had the same experiences as you might have some creative suggestions. I realize that in a rural area there might be fewer options for in person meetings.

Lauralind, that will be a great show to bring Little Bit and your DD33 to.

Saturday
Found a free audio book app and installed it
Filled the balcony rack and set it up on balcony railing
Wiped down the dishes in the dw and left them on dry cycle
Swept out Germane’s pen and back entrance
Set up the small drying rack and clotheslines
Hung the delicates and landry bags
Took the dishes out of the dw to finish drying
Put away the dw and cart

Heart pill for Germane
Changed Germane’s pee pads
Washed floor around Germane’s pee pads and the soles of my shoes
Put away the laundry from the clotheslines. I am up to date on clothes laundry, which begs the question: where are the rest of the napkins?
Put away laundry bags
Started new dirty laundry bag
Checked laundry and put away dry. Found the grey napkins on the big drying rack.
Started putting away cutlery
Extended foot rest of office chair and played computer game on phone for a while
]Scrubbed floor around Germane’s dishes
Washed more floor
Dusted back of apartment