Mike Tucker Tuesday

[Kittykatt]

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[Kittykatt]

Mike Tucker is a fictional character from the British BBC Radio 4 soap opera The Archers. Described upon his introduction in 1973 as "the Milkman from Hell", Mike has developed over five decades to become a family man whose grumpy demeanour and gruff attitude won favour with listeners. Radio and television actor Terry Molloy was cast in 1973 by producer Tony Shryane and stayed for four years until leaving the show in 1977, only to return in 1983. He remained on the show for 40 years, making Molloy one of the longest-serving soap opera actors in the world.

Mike is the husband of Vicky Tucker, and the father of Roy, Brenda and Bethany Tucker. He is also a close friend to Neil Carter and Ed Grundy. Since 1973, Mike has suffered bankruptcy, depression, attempted suicide, the loss of an eye, the loss of his first wife and being knocked down by a car.

Molloy says his character is a "relentlessly honest son of the soil" who "tolerates fools with no gladness whatsoever".

[Kittykatt]

Good morning everyone and happy Tuesday!

Just.a.quick.CI.as today is going to be busy.. Our 9 trim vicar has been appointed permanent vicar, a.d.will be licensed in a big service this evening, and the priest who has been helping us out for the last couple of years,.is going to be licensed as associate priest.I have a very small.part to play in the service, so need to be there early, and,.as the details.were.still being finalised on Sunday, I'm probably going to be asked to go over during the day to help out. DH will be singing in the choir, so I'm going to need to make sure he is suitably stored for such an important formal.occasion. We're going to have our main meal.at lunchtime today, as I think there are refreshments.after the service..

[Kittykatt]

SHEM:

“He has achieved success who has lived well, laughed often, and loved much.”—Bessie Anderson Stanley

[Kittykatt]

To do:

Appointments:
Tuesday:
DH WFH
7pm ( leave home no later than 6pm due to traffic) licensing service for our vicar and associate priest
Feed Mica am pm
Wednesday:
DH to office
At home for me
Feed Mica am pm
Final touches to Waitrose order
Box up flapjack
6pm (ISH!) solar eclipse - I think we may get around 95(?) % coverage?
Thursday:
DH WFH
10.30 am church -
Can I hoover car?
Any errands to run?
Drop off flapjack at the Y
2 pm Matilda - 6 month check up
Pick up flea control for everyone
6-7 pm Waitrose delivery -
Feed Mica am pm
Friday:
DH WFH
At home for me
Feed Mica am pm
Saturday:
DH ??
Text DF E re coffee tomorrow
Feed Mica am pm
Bake something?
Prep lunch for tomorrow
Sunday:
Church 9.30 am
Visit DF E for coffee ?
Laxapet Jude and Matilda
Set up new Waitrose delivery
Feed Mica am pm

Future dates to note:
13/8 Matilda 6 month check up
18/8 Freddie Solensia 8.30 am
August / September (depending on weather!) work on verge of house by roofer L and team

Outstanding deliveries:

Extras:
Email everyone on mailing list re parish lunch
Start printing off those texts
Find /buy notebook
Order sealant
Order stain for garage door?
Send out updated list of contacts for coffee rota
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 WIP
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 spare room 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
Water roses in front garden
Liquid feed roses in front garden

Financial:
More work on budget WIP- look at discretionary payments this week 30 minute sessions #1

[Kittykatt]

Lunchtime here - DH cooked a very tasty spaghetti carbonara. (He cooks when we have the odd "lunch as main meal", as I suggested he would know when he had got to a "good stopping place" with work. )

Hall and stairs are done,.and I've started on the sitting room.

[Kittykatt]

To do:

Appointments:
Tuesday:
DH WFH
7pm ( leave home no later than 5.45pm due to traffic) licensing service for our vicar and associate priest
Feed Mica am pm
Wednesday:
DH to office
At home for me
Feed Mica am pm
Final touches to Waitrose order
Box up flapjack
6pm (ISH!) solar eclipse - I think we may get around 95(?) % coverage?
Thursday:
DH WFH
10.30 am church -
Can I hoover car?
Any errands to run?
Drop off flapjack at the Y
2 pm Matilda - 6 month check up
Pick up flea control for everyone
6-7 pm Waitrose delivery -
Feed Mica am pm
Friday:
DH WFH
At home for me
Feed Mica am pm
Saturday:
DH ??
Text DF E re coffee tomorrow
Feed Mica am pm
Bake something?
Prep lunch for tomorrow
Sunday:
Church 9.30 am
Visit DF E for coffee ?
Laxapet Jude and Matilda
Set up new Waitrose delivery
Feed Mica am pm

Future dates to note:
13/8 Matilda 6 month check up
18/8 Freddie Solensia 8.30 am
August / September (depending on weather!) work on verge of house by roofer L and team

Outstanding deliveries:

Extras:
Email everyone on mailing list re parish lunch
Start printing off those texts
Find /buy notebook
Order sealant
Order stain for garage door?
Send out updated list of contacts for coffee rota
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 for his walk
Physio exercises and back exercises WIP
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 spare room 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
Water roses in front garden
Liquid feed roses in front garden

Financial:
More work on budget WIP- look at discretionary payments this week 30 minute sessions #1
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[Kittykatt]

SHEM:

“Life has got all those twists and turns. You’ve got to hold on tight and off you go.” ―Nicole Kidman

[helia]

I guess you're probably getting ready to go to the service at your church now, Kitty. I hope all goes well!

I had a semi-lazy start this morning until dh got impatient to get out the door early. . . We were otd at 9:30 for a walking tour that ended up taking about 3.5 hours. It was a lot of walking - and it got warm! But we got to see other parts of Avignon that we hadn't seen yet. Interesting! We did go on the bridge - but I forgot to dance! I danced a little at the entry way to the bridge. There was a family on the bridge dancing in a circle and singing the song in French! Very fun!

Home again, we ate a simple lunch with some bread, cheese, and jam we'd bought at the market. Then, we cleaned up and I ran the dw. Dh had a meeting at 3 which he wanted me to join (but hadn't told me that he wanted me to join before) with M and J, S's parents (dsil + dbil) re: which classes S should sign up for. I had to leave that meeting early for the academic check in meeting with AC 3:30 - 4:30. Then, I was hungry and had a bit more of a snack. I think the losing weight portion of the trip is now past. LOL! I now have some payroll admin tasks I need to complete by the end of this week.

We'll leave again in about 1:15 for our dinner reservation at 7 pm. I will try to go to bed early tonight so I can get up early tomorrow morning. We have a 7:15 am taxi to the TGV to travel to Barcelona tomorrow. We'll be on trains for almost 5 hours.

Before I head out for dinner, I'd like to do my back exercises and some QT. I'm so sleepy though and keep nodding off.

Next:
- QT
- back exercises
- empty dw

Later:
- make the bed
- gather garbage to throw out
- 7pm dinner reservations
- pack up as much as possible
- duolingo
- can I update MFP?

TaDas!
- up
- coffee
- email deletions
- s2s and self care
- gather stuff and otd by 9:30
- 9:30 - 1ish walking tour of Avignon (highlights: museum of the Petit Palais, gardens, Pont d'Avignon, St. Peter's church, gazed at a synagogue and a 15th century building, Halles Market, a snack, water wheel); we saw the palais de papes on Sunday
- home again; lunch
- after lunch clean up; run dw
- 3-3:30ish impromptu meeting with dh, dbil, dsil, and dniece S
- 3:30 - 4:30 payroll: academic ci with AC
- snack; trying to find mojo

[L.Ann]

Morning All! We had a nice morning out and took a long walk in the small town where we had breakfast. The kitchen is decluttered so it can be cleaned now.

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Menus
Tuesday- chef salad
Wednesday-left overs me/DD33 PS
Thursday-shrimp stir fry
Friday-meatloaf with broccoli and smashed potatoes
Saturday-chipotle glazed crispy chicken bites

Events
Tuesday -Little Bit 7:40-5, breakfast with friends@8:30
Wednesday -Little Bit 7:40-5, DD33 PS 3-8
Thursday -Little Bit 7:40-5, 9-12 play date for Little Bit, DD33 dance 2:30-3:39
Friday -no Little Bit
Saturday- 4:15 check in for boat ride 4:30-6
Sunday-meet sister to walk@9

Weekly House Blessing-mop kitchen
Detailed cleaning list for kitchen-wash window, wash curtain, clean large appliances, clean fridge, clean freezer, clean oven, clean counters, wash cabinets, wash trash can, clean small appliances, scrub kitchen floor, clean dishwasher
Death book-update DD33’s pages
Phone calls-
Extra stuff-
Shutterfly- Christmas card, Hawaii book, Becca book, Little Bit’s book, Little Bit last school year book, calendar, art work book??

Accomplishments
-stretching and knee exercises
-breakfast for dog
-dress and pick up bedroom
-meds and temp for DD33
-walk
-pick up Little Bit
-breakfast out, walk with Little Bit, gas
-declutter in kitchen