House Sparrow Sunday

[Kittykatt]

Getting ready for the week!
To do:

Appointments:
Monday:
Bank holiday
Tuesday:
DH WFH
At home for me
Wednesday:
DH to office
At home for me
Final touches to Waitrose order
ORDER MILK FOR CHURCH
Thursday:
DH WFH
10.30 am church -
Can I hoover car?
Any errands to run?
Check if community café will be open on September - book parish lunch for 24/9
2pm Jude - weight check
6-7 pm Waitrose delivery -
Friday
DH WFH
At home for me
Saturday:
DH ??
Text DF E re coffee tomorrow - not this week
Bake something?
Prep lunch for tomorrow
Sunday:
Church 9.30 am
Visit DF E for coffee ? - not this week
Laxapet Jude and Matilda
Set up new Waitrose delivery

Future dates to note:
2 /9 2 pm Jude - weight check
15/9 Freddie Solensia 8.45 am
August / September (depending on weather!) work on verge of house by roofer L and team
19/10 9.30.am.flu jab me

Outstanding deliveries:

Extras:
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
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]

SHEM:

"Keep good company, read good books, love good things, and cultivate soul and body as faithfully as you can."

Louisa M.Alcott

[FrenchFlybebe]

"Keep good company, read good books, love good things, and cultivate soul and body as faithfully as you can."

Louisa M.Alcott

Lovely SHEM to keep in mind for the week ahead. Thanks Kittykatt !
Good night, everyone !

[L.Ann]

The movie was fun. They are so much better on a movie screen and the first one is really a masterful adaptation of the first book.

1-work on gem activity with DD33
2-dinner prep
3-reboot laundry

Menus
Sunday-curry chicken and roasted sweet potatoes
Monday-ginger shrimp and rice bowls
Tuesday-bbq chicken and veggies
Wednesday-DD33 out/ me leftovers
Thursday-three bean chili
Friday-Monday out of town

Events
Monday-Little Bit 7:40-8:45, groceries
Tuesday-Little Bit 7:40-8:45
Wednesday-Little Bit 7:40-8:45, DD33 PS 3-8, 9:30 oil change
Thursday-Little Bit 7:40-8:45
Friday-leave for cabin@1, Little Bit 7:40-8:45

Weekly House Blessing-mop kitchen,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 book, magnets, coasters, Hawaii book

Accomplishments
-stretching and knee exercises
-breakfast for dog, DD33, and me
-meds and temp for DD33
-dress and pick up bedroom
-read
-get out chicken to thaw
-start laundry
-walk
-FACE
-check Shutterfly order
-pick up Target order, return to Halloween store
-movie
-pack DD33’s lunch for tomorrow
-short walk

[Doggedly]

Enjoy your nap, Gma.

I think that the laundry is dry, helia. Instead of spreading it out and putting away the dry things each day, I seem to have left the last load I did hanging on the laundry cart in the closet, so I want to be sure.
The sink has drained. I'm fine to handwash and just let the sink drain on its own schedule, but I might have to give up on running the dw tonight.
Do you think that your stress will lift once the girls are in school? They will be busy with coursework and making new friends then.

I'm sure that your dcat enjoyed the afternoon in your lap, Kittykatt. Have a good night.

Good night, FrenchFly.

I'm glad that you enjoyed the movie, L.Ann. I have always enjoyed the first three books in the series the most, and the movies too.

Sunday
Spread laundry around apartment to dry better
Put on a pot of coffee

15:
Empty granny cart
Put away one bag of groceries
Started on second bag

2 X 15:
Mini organizing of pantry shelves
Put away the dw cart
Heart pill and peanut butter for Germane
Started veg for breakfast
Scrubbed out sink and basin

15:
Emptied desk wastepaper basket
Washed the soaking pot
Put more dishes in to soak
Put rice on to cook for Germane

15:
Prepped potatoes and vegetables for breakfast
Washed more dishes
Dumped the water and watched the basin bob around cheerfully in water that is not draining. It’s the weekend, so there is probably a spike in neighbours dumping oils and fats down their drain. It usually gets cleared up by Monday.

Breakfast!

15:
Cleaned up after Germane
Put away laundry
Brought out more laundry to air

Spiffed self
Breakfast for Germane with dog food, rice and probiotic

[L.Ann]

1-clean off table
2-delete email
3-diet site

Menus
Monday-ginger shrimp and rice bowls
Tuesday-bbq chicken and veggies
Wednesday-DD33 out/ me leftovers
Thursday-three bean chili
Friday-Monday out of town

Events
Monday-Little Bit 7:40-8:45, groceries
Tuesday-Little Bit 7:40-8:45
Wednesday-Little Bit 7:40-8:45, DD33 PS 3-8, 9:30 oil change
Thursday-Little Bit 7:40-8:45
Friday-leave for cabin@1, Little Bit 7:40-8:45

Weekly House Blessing-mop kitchen,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 book, magnets, coasters, Hawaii book

Accomplishments
-stretching and knee exercises
-breakfast for dog, DD33, and me
-meds and temp for DD33
-dress and pick up bedroom
-read
-get out chicken to thaw
-start laundry
-walk
-FACE
-check Shutterfly order
-pick up Target order, return to Halloween store
-movie
-pack DD33’s lunch for tomorrow
-short walk
-work on gem activity with DD33
-dinner prep and eat
-reboot laundry
-make car service appointment
-walk
-clean up kitchen

[Doggedly]

I expect that L.Ann is done for the night. Have a good one!

Sunday
Spread laundry around apartment to dry better
Put on a pot of coffee

15:
Empty granny cart
Put away one bag of groceries
Started on second bag

2 X 15:
Mini organizing of pantry shelves
Put away the dw cart
Heart pill and peanut butter for Germane
Started veg for breakfast
Scrubbed out sink and basin

15:
Emptied desk wastepaper basket
Washed the soaking pot
Put more dishes in to soak
Put rice on to cook for Germane

15:
Prepped potatoes and vegetables for breakfast
Washed more dishes
Dumped the water and watched the basin bob around cheerfully in water that is not draining. It’s the weekend, so there is probably a spike in neighbours dumping oils and fats down their drain. It usually gets cleared up by Monday.

Breakfast!

15:
Cleaned up after Germane
Put away laundry
Brought out more laundry to air

Spiffed self
Breakfast for Germane with dog food, rice and probiotic

15:
Emptied desk wastepaper basket
Tried on some clothes
Cleaned up after dog

Bagged up kitchen garbage and brought it to chute
Took Germane for a walk. This took longer than usual, as we only have one elevator working on what is laundry night for people who work M-F, and it is the last weekend of the month, so moving day, AND it is move in time for students and we are in a student ghetto. People were being very accommodating of one another on the one functioning elevator.
Called db for a nice phone visit. Sat on the balcony and watched the sunset while we talked.
Watered balcony plants.

[Doggedly]

I think that's it for me. Good night!

Sunday
Spread laundry around apartment to dry better
Put on a pot of coffee

15:
Empty granny cart
Put away one bag of groceries
Started on second bag

2 X 15:
Mini organizing of pantry shelves
Put away the dw cart
Heart pill and peanut butter for Germane
Started veg for breakfast
Scrubbed out sink and basin

15:
Emptied desk wastepaper basket
Washed the soaking pot
Put more dishes in to soak
Put rice on to cook for Germane

15:
Prepped potatoes and vegetables for breakfast
Washed more dishes
Dumped the water and watched the basin bob around cheerfully in water that is not draining. It’s the weekend, so there is probably a spike in neighbours dumping oils and fats down their drain. It usually gets cleared up by Monday.

Breakfast!

15:
Cleaned up after Germane
Put away laundry
Brought out more laundry to air

Spiffed self
Breakfast for Germane with dog food, rice and probiotic

15:
Emptied desk wastepaper basket
Tried on some clothes
Cleaned up after dog

Bagged up kitchen garbage and brought it to chute
Took Germane for a walk. This took longer than usual, as we only have one elevator working on what is laundry night for people who work M-F, and it is the last weekend of the month, so moving day, AND it is move in time for students and we are in a student ghetto. People were being very accommodating of one another on the one functioning elevator.
Called db for a nice phone visit. Sat on the balcony and watched the sunset while we talked.
Watered balcony plants.
Put away dry dishes
Scrubbed out sink and basin: still taking too long to drain. Can’t run the dw tonight.
Pills and cheese for Germane

[helia]

I liked the first book and movie the best, L Ann.
Ah! That makes sense, Kitty. Our church service is 10-11:45/ 12, and if there is coffee or conversation afterward, we may not get home until 12:30, occasionally closer to 1 pm. That's a great SHEM, Kitty.
I think so Doggedly. Also, I'll just become accustomed to having them here. I feel like I need to be making sure they're entertained or happy every moment -- which is funny because I didn't have that attitude about my own kids. LOL! I just need to chill out. They're probably fine and seem pretty happy. They're slowly coming out of their shells. This has got to be a big "shock" to their systems - jetlag, new house, new bedroom, new school, new foods, new people, new language. Everything. I keep reminding myself, they're quite young - just 16. --Glad your laundry is dry.

At dinner tonight, Dd30 shared a fun new trick they've discovered Fable, dd28's Labrador retriever (almost 2) can do. Apparently, they've been propping the door open so Fable can go in and out. Well, Lily, dd30's quite elderly cat with only one eye (neighborhood kids shot out her left eye with a bb gun when she was 2 years old and used to go outside) has discovered this and will escape the house from time to time. She really shouldn't stay outside as she's not naturally athletic (Ragdoll cat - not the most athletic) and is now rather frail, and there are all kinds of predator wild animals here. When they can't find her, all they have to do is ask Fable, "Where's Lily?" and she'll eagerly go find her. LOL! Fable is very excited to be with Lily, so it's kind of like a fun game to her. Lily has warmed up to Fable after detesting her for a year and a half. Dd30 said they've found them both lying down together in the backyard.

[Doggedly]

That is clever of Fable, helia. It's all a win for Fable; she gets the excitement of the game and the humans playing with her, and then she gets to be with Lily. I remember that my childhood cocker spaniel, who had never shown evidence of genius, observed that when one of our cats caught a bird, one of the parents would come flying out of the house and chase the cat around, which was great fun for the dog. She taught herself to bark as soon as a cat caught a bird to bring attention to it and start the fun.