John Shuttleworth Saturday

[Kittykatt]

Hello, Helia, Trissie and KitKat!

Helia, I'm glad you had a lovely day yesterday -the museum sounded amazing! Enjoy your last day -your plans of a bakery, a walk and supper sound perfect!

Trissie, you're busy as usual. Did the girls enjoy their camps? Are you off to the cottage tomorrow? (I'm on my phone so scrolling back can be tricky).

KitKat, that sounds like a full, fun few days! All the kitties are well, thank you for asking.

I've done a little.to the house this morning, did a little in the front garden, walked Freddie and got the delicate wash done and hanging up. DH has made spaghetti Bolognese for supper tonight. I'm going to sort out lunch for tomorrow now and bake something, before the kitchen gets too hot.

[Kittykatt]

To do:
Cuddles and treats with Matilda, Freddie and Jude
QT
Update latest Waitrose order
Cup of tea
Get up!
Shower/wash hair/moisturiser and sunblock/ clean and floss teeth
S/S bathroom
Physio exercises
Get dressed in casual clothes
Make bed
Scoop cat trays and give everyone fresh water
Cat breakfast and meds /supplements
Breakfast and meds /vitamins for me
Quick kitchen clean up
Load DW
Quick PUPA downstairs
Quick dust and Hoover downstairs
Wind clock
Quick PUPA upstairs
Quick dust bedrooms
15 minutes in tiny front garden
15 minutes in back garden
Go for my walk
Walk Freddie
Lap time with Freddie, Jude and Matilda
Head rubs with Freddie, Jude and Matilda
Play with Freddie, Jude and Matilda
Run DW when full
Unload DW
Lunch - DH made bacon sandwiches
Cats' supper
Our supper
Sort out lunch for tomorrow
Bake something?
Text DF E re coffee tomorrow
Towels in machine
Towels hung up to dry
Clothes laid out for tomorrow

Extras:
Feed Mica am pm
Start documenting her care over the last.3.5 weeks in notebook
Print receipt for food
Screen shot and print texts
Delicate lol
Clean sheets and towels out of airing cupboard
Wipe down towel rails in bathroom before hanging clean towels
Can I cut anyone's nails?
Fold laundry and PA

Garden extras:
Cut down lonicera nitidia ( an annual job - it's starting to get too big again)
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[trissie]

kitkat, I hope that the Berlin Museumsinsel (Museum Island) will be worth the time too! Grandma duty IS exercise!
kittykatt, DBD enjoyed the camp, and DtDT did not - she's less social than DtDK and had harder time making friends.

All kids are home. I have loads of laundry to take care of!

TaDas
- clean kitchen
- lunch
- pick up DBD (1pm - my job)
- unpack clothes and sort them into piles
- load of camp lights running
- folded linens from airer

ToDos
- midday routine
- bake something with pears
- finish unpacking

Braindump
routines
- afternoon routine
- evening routine
food
- dinner
- bake something sweet
- feed breadstarter
- process pears
organization
- quickie grocery run (milk, potatoes, cheese - anything else?)
- arrange for drop-off of old mattresses at the dump
- order new vacuum cleaner and cooker hood
- check all backpacks
- make apt - obgyn
- update land contract
- 15 on filing
- plan for August
cleaning
- clean office
- spiff up master bathroom
- spiff up master bedroom
- spiff up living room
- spiff up downstairs bathroom and hallways
- clean out / reorganize attic
- deep cleaning in DBD's room
laundry
- load of camp colors
- load of camp darks
- ironing
- folding
- mending
- laundry put away
garden and outside
- watering
- weeding in veggie garden
- weeding in front garden
- deadhead climbing roses
- pick up - front garden / porch
- pick up - backyard
- spiff up carpool
- spiff up garage
- reseed in veggie garden
me time
- 15 of exercise
- Bible study
- reading
- sewing?

[L.Ann]

Morning All. Are you off to the cabin, Trissie? I have 7 more days with Little Bit before school starts, KitKat. I am going to hang out with her for about an hour in the morning and then walk her to the bus. Her mom is going to work from home in the late afternoon and pick her up from the bus. DD33 and Little Bit will really miss each other… they have a cute sibling type of relationship. The Utah grandkids go back to school this week.
Do you have a busy week when you get back, helian? Have a good day, kittykatt.

1-read
2-vacuum
3-get out chicken


Menus
Saturday-chipotle glazed crispy chicken
Sunday-shrimp stir fry
Monday-left overs
Tuesday-chef salad
Wednesday-DD33 out/leftovers me
Thursday-
Friday-eat at dragon boat events
Saturday-Mexican Spiced Tilapia w/blackbeans and corn
Sunday-carmelized onion meatloaf with roasted carrots and zucchini
Monday-bell pepper and edamame lo mein

Events
Saturday- 4:15 check in for boat ride 4:30-6
Sunday-meet sister to walk@9
Monday-Little Bit 7:40-5
Tuesday-Little Bit 7:40-5
Wednesday-Little Bit 7:40-1:30, 9:00 heme appointment for DD33, 1:30 eye appointment for Little Bit, 4:30 bday party for DD3
Thursday-Little Bit 7:40-6:30
Friday-Little Bit 7:40-?, Dragon Boat events starts @3paddling practice, eating, flash mob practice, flash mob performance, dotting of the dragon eye


Weekly House Blessing-mop bathroom and dining room, vacuum, swish and swipe
Detailed cleaning list for kitchen-clean oven-in process, wash trash can, scrub kitchen floor
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??, magnets, coasters

Accomplishments
-stretching and knee exercises
-breakfast for dog and me
-dress and pick up bedroom
-breakfast for DD33
-start laundry
-walk
-reboot laundry
-start oven cleaning
-dust
-diet site

[trissie]

L.Ann, DH takes the kids for a dads&kids week with his friends. I will go to work Mon+Tue and take the rest of the week off and leave for Berlin to have my yearly kid-free time.

TaDas
- midday routine
- bake something with pears
- finish unpacking
- load of camp darks

ToDos
- afternoon routine
- send somebody to get the groceries from corner stone
- 30 outside

Braindump
routines
- evening routine
food
- dinner
- feed breadstarter
- process pears
organization
- quickie grocery run (milk, potatoes, cheese - anything else?)
- arrange for drop-off of old mattresses at the dump
- order new vacuum cleaner and cooker hood
- check all backpacks
- make apt - obgyn
- update land contract
- 15 on filing
- plan for August
cleaning
- clean office
- spiff up master bathroom
- spiff up master bedroom
- spiff up living room
- spiff up downstairs bathroom and hallways
- clean out / reorganize attic
- deep cleaning in DBD's room
laundry
- load of camp colors
- ironing
- folding
- mending
- laundry put away
garden and outside
- watering
- weeding in veggie garden
- weeding in front garden
- deadhead climbing roses
- pick up - front garden / porch
- pick up - backyard
- spiff up carpool
- spiff up garage
- reseed in veggie garden
me time
- 15 of exercise
- Bible study
- reading
- sewing?

[Doggedly]

Hello, all. I am having an easy Saturday morning, listening to my radio shows. I had my first coffee outside before the sun reached my balcony and gamely shivered until my sinuses did their thing. At that point, I admitted defeat and moved inside next to the tissue box.


Thank you Gma and helia. We are very relieved.

Gma, I'm glad that you had a good time at the fair.

Kittykatt, thank you for starting us off. Enjoy your garden!

helia, it's interesting and I guess not surprising that the actual Picasso museum couldn't get his cubist pieces or his blue period pieces. Once an artist's paintings get valued high enough, it must get expensive house them never mind buy them.

trissie, you are making good use of the opportunity of your dkids spreading their wings. They will come home to a clean next.

That was no doubt a wise choice, kitkat. You probably got your exercise and more running around after the dgrandkids, but the dog still needed her walk.

It is a beautiful cool summer day. Cool enough that I am thinking about firing up the kettle to make a cup of broth.

[kitkat]

Quick CI:
Back from walk and gym -

Off to laundry room:)

[L.Ann]

That sounds lovely, Trissie. Hi dogged!

1-swish and swipe
2-lunch
3-wash out trash can and water flowers


Menus
Saturday-chipotle glazed crispy chicken
Sunday-shrimp stir fry
Monday-left overs
Tuesday-chef salad
Wednesday-DD33 out/leftovers me
Thursday-
Friday-eat at dragon boat events
Saturday-Mexican Spiced Tilapia w/blackbeans and corn
Sunday-carmelized onion meatloaf with roasted carrots and zucchini
Monday-bell pepper and edamame lo mein

Events
Saturday- 4:15 check in for boat ride 4:30-6
Sunday-meet sister to walk@9
Monday-Little Bit 7:40-5
Tuesday-Little Bit 7:40-5
Wednesday-Little Bit 7:40-1:30, 9:00 heme appointment for DD33, 1:30 eye appointment for Little Bit, 4:30 bday party for DD3
Thursday-Little Bit 7:40-6:30
Friday-Little Bit 7:40-?, Dragon Boat events starts @3paddling practice, eating, flash mob practice, flash mob performance, dotting of the dragon eye


Weekly House Blessing-mop bathroom and dining room, swish and swipe
Detailed cleaning list for kitchen-clean oven-in process, wash trash can, scrub kitchen floor
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??, magnets, coasters

Accomplishments
-stretching and knee exercises
-breakfast for dog and me
-dress and pick up bedroom
-breakfast for DD33
-start laundry
-walk
-reboot laundry
-start oven cleaning
-dust
-diet site
-read
-vacuum
-get out chicken
-walk

[trissie]

L.Ann, us wives and mothers left behind, we feel very blessed by this arrangement!
Dogged, slow Saturday mornings are the best!
hi there, kitkat!

TaDas
- afternoon routine
- send somebody to get the groceries from corner stone
- watering
- deadhead climbing roses
- pick up - backyard

ToDos
- dinner
- 15 on laundry
- make pear crumble

Braindump
routines
- evening routine
food
- feed breadstarter
- process pears
organization
- quickie grocery run (milk, potatoes, cheese - anything else?)
- arrange for drop-off of old mattresses at the dump
- order new vacuum cleaner and cooker hood
- check all backpacks
- make apt - obgyn
- update land contract
- 15 on filing
- plan for August
cleaning
- clean office
- spiff up master bathroom
- spiff up master bedroom
- spiff up living room
- spiff up downstairs bathroom and hallways
- clean out / reorganize attic
- deep cleaning in DBD's room
laundry
- load of camp colors
- ironing
- folding
- mending
- laundry put away
garden and outside
- weeding in veggie garden
- weeding in front garden
- pick up - front garden / porch
- spiff up carpool
- spiff up garage
- reseed in veggie garden
me time
- 15 of exercise
- Bible study
- reading
- sewing?

[Doggedly]

That sounds like a nice, balanced day, Kittykatt.

Hooray for machines to do the washing and drying for us, trissie. It's been a long wait for the machines to fold and put away...
And also for dads who actually parent. So different from when I was young, and so much better for all involved.

That is sweet how DD33 and Little Bit love each other, L.Ann.

Welcome back, kitkat.

I have made a start. I shall now take my cup of broth and sit out on the balcony. I love how I have it set up right now, and want to enjoy it while we have the good weather.

Saturday

Sat outside on balcony with morning coffee
Heart pill for Germane
Emptied box that was blocking access to walk in closet and collapsed it for recycling
Cleaned up after dog
Checked the laundry room: both washers have an inch or two of water in them again. Left laundry for later, when I feel like going from floor to floor in the elevator with the laundry cart.
Scrubbed out sink and basin
Washed a couple of basinsful of dishes
Detailed cleaning of breadmaker. This was definitely a case where a stitch in time would have saved nine.
Wiped down accessible surfaces
Quick wipe of kettle, filled/started it
Washed a few more dishes