Song.Thrush Thursday

[Kittykatt]

Triple Dog Dare!

Pick 3 things
Do them
Post your TaDas!

»»—-Cheers! WTG! Ygg!—-««

Don't think about it. Just do it!
~~ I Triple Dog Dare ya! ~~
Good Morning!
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[Kittykatt]

The song thrush (Turdus philomelos) is a familiar garden visitor that has a beautiful and loud song. It is also commonly found in parks, woodland and scrub. The broken shells of their blue, spotty eggs can often be found under a hedge in spring.

The song thrush is a familiar bird, brown above, with a white belly covered in black, drop-shaped spots. It is smaller and a warmer brown than the mistle thrush, and lacks the white eyestripe and red flank patches of the redwing.

Living up to its common name, the song thrush has a beautiful, loud song with repeating phrases. Widespread throughout Europe, and as far east as Siberia, northern populations are migratory, heading to Africa, whereas UK song thrushes tend to be residents. From March until April, song thrushes breed, often producing three broods of up to five blue, spotty eggs.

Song thrushes will eat all kinds of food, but earthworms make up a large part of their diet. When the ground becomes too hard to get at them, song thrushes will eat snails instead. To get at the meat inside, they take the shell and crack it open by banging it against a stone 'anvil'. This behaviour is unique to these birds.

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[Kittykatt]

Good morning, everyone, and happy Thursday!

Just a quick CI as I need to be up and at 'em early. Today is parish lunch, and I also have errands to run before church. I'm hoping the overnight rain will have cleared by then!

[Kittykatt]

SHEM:

“The three hardest words to say aren’t ‘I love you,’ they are ‘I need help',’”
Elton John

[Kittykatt]

Thursday:
DH WFH
10.30 am church -
Can I hoover car?
Any errands to run?
Pick up cat food and meds from vet
Remember Petplan - also check insurance claim for Freds Solensia last week
12pm Parish Lunch
6-7 pm Waitrose delivery -
Feed Mica am pm
Feed Izzy am pm
Our supper
Kitties' supper

[Doggedly]

Thank you for starting us off, Kittykatt. Have a good time at your parish lunch!

[L.Ann]

Morning!

1diet site
2-meds and temp for DD33
3-dress and pick up bedroom

4-walk



Menus
Thursday-curry chicken and roasted sweet potatoes
Friday-ginger shrimp and rice bowls
Saturday-za’atar crusted grilling cheese

Events
Thursday-no Little Bit , free pantry drop off at11
Friday-no Little Bit


Weekly House Blessing-mop dining room
Death book-update DD33’s pages
Phone calls-
Extra stuff-
Shutterfly- Christmas card, Becca book, Little Bit’s book, Little Bit last school year book, calendar, art work book, magnets, coasters, Hawaii book

Accomplishments
-stretching and knee exercises
-breakfast for dog and me

[L.Ann]

It is super humid.

1-read nonfiction book
2-Shutterfly
3-trim bush

Menus
Thursday-curry chicken and roasted sweet potatoes
Friday-ginger shrimp and rice bowls
Saturday-za’atar crusted grilling cheese

Events
Thursday-no Little Bit , free pantry drop off at11
Friday-no Little Bit

Weekly House Blessing-mop dining room
Death book-update DD33’s pages
Phone calls-
Extra stuff-
Shutterfly- Christmas card, Becca book, Little Bit’s book, Little Bit last school year book, calendar, art work book, magnets, coasters, Hawaii book

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

[helia]

Good morning L Ann! How is it to start your day without Little Bit? Pretty soon, we'll have to call her "Bigger Bit" as she's growing up so fast.
Enjoy the church service and lunch afterward, Kitty!

I slept very well and long last night. I think I was more stressed about the girls' arrival than I realized. Their rooms are prepped and they are here safe and sound. The next step will be getting what they need for school. I'll take them to the school tomorrow to see if they can pick up their books and learn about lockers. Or maybe they won't get a locker since they'll only be enrolled for 8 weeks?

I'm currently working on my coffee, thinking about my day. The girls ate some toast and are now down in K's room; they just seem to meander through the house. They seem to need something to do. Dh encouraged them to go for a walk in the neighborhood. I think M is taking them shopping at Costco later this morning. The window washer guy will be here in 30 minutes, and I have a payroll meeting in 2 hours, 11:30 - 12:30. I'll have 30 minutes to eat some lunch, and then I'll head otd to a KS2J get together. That will be immediately followed by a 4pm work out with AS. Then, I'll need to work on dinner - so my day is quite scheduled.

The weather is very pleasant, about 69*F, sunny with a breeze.

Next:
- back exercises
- make the bed
- some qt?

Later:
- 10 window washer dude here
- payroll: edits to 2 exams
- 11:30 - 12:30 payroll: academic ci meeting with AC
- boil eggs
- lunch
- after lunch clean up
- dress to work out?
- 1:30 - 3:30ish KS2J get together
- 4-5 work out with AS
- make dinner: pasta, homemade tomato mushroom sauce, roasted veggies: broccoli and mushrooms
- dinner for 4 - eat outside?
- after dinner clean up
- TRACK my food today
- duolingo - maybe I'll start German
- update MFP
- call back carpet cleaners
- text SS

TaDas!
- up late; weighed self - moving up still; bound to happen - I'm not running (letting my legs heal) nor tracking my food
- s2s and self care
- helped dh move things from the windows in prep for the window washer dude
- reclaimed the kitchen - I had the girls help unload the dw
- email deletions + weather website
- printed out GF bread recipe dd28 sent me - looks pretty complicated but I'm going to try it
- found and bookmarked friend CM's GF and vegetarian food blog - lots of great recipes there!

WEEKLY ACTIVITIES
Thu 8 - WW/ 10 - window washer guy here/11:30 - 12:30 payroll: academic ci mtg/ 1:30-3:30ish KS2J get together /4-5 work out with AS
Fri 4-5 - payroll: exit test? - no eligible students leaving/ Restaurant meal
Sat 8 - weekly 5K run? - I don't think so; I'm letting my legs recover from strained muscle or tendon or whatever it is
Sun 10 - church/ host dinner for up to 10 people?

Mon 7:45 school run for S and K/ 11:30 school pick up for S and K/ 1-1:40 payroll: su mtg?
Tue 7:45 school drop off/ 9-12ish KS2J get together /3 school pick up?
Wed 7:45 school drop off/ 10 - haircut /3 school pick up?
Thu (can dh do the drop off?) 8 - WW/ 11:30 - 12:30 payroll: academic ci mtg/ 2-3 work out with AS/ 3 school pick up?
Fri NO SCHOOL FOR THE GIRLS/ Date night with dh?
Sat 8 - 5K run? 5:30 - 9ish CG1?
Sun 10 - church/ Host CG2 @ 3:30 - 6?/ 6-ish host dinner for up to 10 people

8/24 - 8/30 Dinner Menus
M - Dh out; leftover chicken wraps for me
T - shrimp pasta (fr. freezer), salad
W - lentil soup, rice, bread, salad
Th - pasta, tom. sauce, roasted veggies
F - OUT with S and K? Or a date night for dh and me?
Sat - peanut chicken/ tofu, rice, veggie
Sun - dinner for 10? Or 7 if the Cs can't make it: pizza, bread, rot. chicken

August Brain Dumps
This Week - House
- spend some time decluttering in MBR - need to do more
- put away pack 'n play crib + bedding

This Week - Deskwork
- Writing progress - wip
- figure out another knitting project - after our trip
- order baby gifts: dniece's 3rd baby + BD gift - baby I
- message SS, JK, MM when home
- call back carpet cleaner

This Week - Errands
- groceries: Kroger

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