Name your Saturday!

[Kathryn-in-Canada]

Update:

• s2s Done!
• hang up laundry to dry Done!
• fold load of laundry in the dryer. Done!
• vacuum and dust main floor (guests tomorrow.)
• set dining table
• practice anthem for tomorrow Done!
• nap (doing nothing is exhausting)
• make up meal plan and grocery list for tomorrow Done!
• out to the store for mini quiches (good sale and they are on my HGP list.) and other groceries.
• second load of laundry dried and folded Done!

I can't think about what to have for dinner so dh is lobbying hard for pizza and I might give in. I still have the groceries to do and a nap. My body is beginning to ache, so I may send dh for the groceries or might get him to take me and we'll run through them fast.

[DeeClutter]

I just listed Ivy's birthday and anniversary in our "Special Dates" section. Reminded me to ask if there's any more of you out there wishing we had your info. Just PM me with dates and I'll be glad to add them to our calendar!

WooHoo! I've been looking for my medicine container from this morning -have no idea where it went after I took my AM pills. I'll come across it. Just can't figure out where I might have walked or put it away somewhere -like the freezer. But, in the meantime I thought of the cover to my crockpot -again! Thought I'd look in the oven -again. WAllah! there it was! Upside down between 2 frying pans. I know dsisil and I looked in the oven -or maybe she did. I KNEW I'd seen it not too long before dbil/dsil were here a month ago. I've looked everywhere since then trying to find it. Glad to have it as I want to use it tomorrow for mashed potatoes. Who was it that posted they were hoping for me to 'find' things today? Thanks!

I have a lot of things packed in suitcases & duffel bag. I'm sorting things into -duffel bag (for things we don't need to FL), a travel suitcase, a 'back-up' travel suitcase in case we need more dress clothes and the big suitcase. Hopefully that's it. Some things I won't be able to pack until near the end. But I'm way ahead of any other year.

DDIL#1 texted about hour & a half ago that they were on their way down here. Sure they have a lot of year end things to do before dS-R winterizes their 5th wheel. Wanted to know if we wanted to order pizza for dinner. SURE! But now I'm waiting to hear from them again. I took my meds a while ago and hate to snack while we're waiting. Late eating is not good for me and BS readings in the morning.

[SuzLew]

Slug. Saturday. Here. Tired

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sorting she. Cards

[scattered]

Just woke up, worked 7pm - 8 am this morning. Stopped off at DS19's work on the way home, he was working at the front counter. While I was standing there DS19 looked up and gave this startled what are you doing her look. the gentleman in front of me looked back to see what had caused the look on his face. They did a double take and said to DS19 and I "you two have to be kin." I lol'd and said "ya, poor kid looks just like his Mom." This was said at the same time that DS19 said "she's my Mother." This was the first time I have ever just stopped by his work. Not sure why I did it, guess I just wanted to show him I loved him. It was nice to meet his manager, she and I had a nice chat as I was leaving.

I then came home and gave the sandwiches to DS13 spent a few minutes with him and went to bed.

Haven't gotten anything done but sleep, now I'm d2s and drinking my coffee and trying to figure out what I'm going to do for dinner.

Working again tonight, not sure if I am supervising or on the unit, don't mind either way although the extra diff for supervising is really nice.

[DeeClutter]

Waited for a few after dh went up for his shower -should have just ordered because it was going to be 45/50 minutes. So it'll be after 7 before we eat -going to take up to DS's so they don't have to bring their dogs down. It'll be much easier all around. They just can't leave the puppy in the 5th wheel.

Found my meds container. Turned on the kitchen light and looked close _AGAIN! It had fallen off the counter and was back under the kick plate in the corner. Very hard to see there. It showed up with the light on and it being almost dark now. I think I'm through 'looking' for now anyway!

[Lilac]

It is very cool today and drizzly. It is supposed to be 27 overnight, so dh is out blowing out the lines on the sprinkler system. The ss at the other house had self draining heads, so you just needed to turn the water off to it. Then it was nothing to turn it on to run it during the winter and turn it off again. I think he will want to just run the lawn tractor or use a hose and sprinklers, rather than have to do this again. Not crazy about messing with that but..... what do you do?

Talked to dd2 awhile ago. She is at home today with the kids and the girls she has working said it has been slower than slow. She has worked so hard on this business, but she is not patient, at all. She said if this continues, she will have to let her help go and cut her hours so that she can run it by herself. Yikes! I tried to persuade her to wait a year to do this but she charged ahead. I am not a risk taker and I can not imagine putting all that work and money into a business. I am so proud of her for what she has created and I hope things turn around and they start having a steady stream of clientele, so that she can stay open.

[Ivy]

My Saturday is still Sunshine, but it's "iffy" on the Satisfied portion. I washed jeans, they're drying, and I'm satisfied. I shampooed, am happy with my hair, since I used gel it is not flying away all over. It's a blunt cut to the collar bones, if it's not gelled and then combed when dry, it flies from static electricity. Maybe it has something to do with the wood heat, the heat pump or normal moving around.

I'm still reading print-outs from the Internet, from 2010. I was happy to find several print-outs from the neatest-ever site for creativity! For all sorts of artists and writers. For people with hobbies, and I was going to email the link to my mystery writer friend! Wanted to make sure the site was still there. It is not, am disappointed, but will hang onto these print-outs, not purge them from my files. So my good deed went undone, but at least I had the intention.

I loaded the DW, sorted mail, set the dawn simulator for later for tomorrow morning because of SNL having Daniel Craig! He plays James Bond. I remade the bed, from the thrown back morning dash out of bed. I put 2 postcards on a bulletin board, put a greeting card away, have been putting out fires.

I emailed 2 DF's. But think the strangest thing that happened to me today is how I was tidying a desk, went to dejunk the 1st drawer, pulled out a small post-it note pad, put it into an old Ziploc container to "organize" and said, "I have to read the book first!" and closed the drawer. I wasn't in the dejunking mood. The book says you cannot organize until you get rid of clutter, nor can you organize around clutter. The drawer is full of clutter, so decided to do the steps in the book, which guide me to organize. I'm satisfied with putting that drawer on the back burner.

I'm satisfied with the flow of the day, was very achy from FM and osteo, but with the hot shower/moving around, it's not so bad.

Dee, Thanks for listing my b-day and W/A info. I didn't see that section.

I read that you did find your medicine container, Dee. My Dmil used to say, "A gremlin came here while I was sleeping and he took my....." whatever. She blamed it on an invisible gremlin for her misplacing things. One day she misplaced her dentures, had to pay for a new set, and she had a house cleaner. When Dmil passed away, we found her extra set of dentures in a jar in the bathroom. I thought if she had a cleaning gal, wasn't the bathroom cleaned? Guess what! The counter was full of clutter, but the bathroom was clean. I think the lady cleaned the mirror, sink, front part of the counters, toilet, but didn't de-clutter the "stuff" on the counter.

How long do you stay in FL and is this an every-year excursion, Dee? It would be so nice to have the warmer temperatures. Good luck with packing. You're so right about late-night eating and BS. I'd gotten diagnosed pre-diabetic, because of my late-night snacking, I'm sure. I cut that out, the BS came right down, so I no longer have that diagnosis. DH has diabetes, too, and he's pretty good about the late-night snacking.

Kathryn, Pizza sounds good. We're eating leftovers, I believe, after a little discussion. Sorry your body's aching, too. I don't know if it's the weather or stress, but my day's achy, too.

Harmony, Swamped Saturday sounds like you've got so much paperwork sorting going on. You said you've got your paperwork crown on. Once, I went to the Dollar Tree, bought a $1 girl's crown and occasionally wore it on some days, to feel more in control, empowered, and hopefully to get more things done. Eventually, some jewels fell out, I started feeling silly, and wondered what a neighbor would think if I greeted them at the front door with my crown on. It was fun while it lasted.

Dee, It's great that your DH's boss has a camp he owns. Oh, my! Shoulder replacement? I can't even imagine how that must have felt before and after. I hope it feels better when you're in FL because of warmer temps. Do you have arthritis in it? Mine still gives me problems, but I guess that's normal. It's not too bad. I hope your replacement wasn't a terrible painful ordeal. It's so nice when time marches on and things like that fade into a mere memory.

In 2010, I had 11 months of PT, I was scheduled for surgery, but needed a root canal, so the surgeon post-poned my surgery because of risk of the infection going to the rotator cuff. Then I got frozen shoulder, had to have a special shot under x-ray into the shoulder capsule. I had shots into the bursa sac, too. My surgeon thought I might have a rotator cuff tear, since I'd had an open MRI because I was scared of the closed one. Come to find out, a huge bone spur had fringed the rotator cuff, he trimmed off the fringes, tied it up, took off the bone spur, took out the bursa sac and a portion of bone on top. I was very fortunate to not have had a tear. My DNeighbor/Friend made me homemade, from scratch turkey noodle soup with dumplings, for my homecoming dinner. Wow. What a great soup. I'll never forget her thoughtfulness. I got released from PT on our DD's b-day, Dec. 30, and I was thrilled, after 11 months of PT, to have flown the coup.

Scattered, That's so funny about the double-take and the "you two have to be kin," remark. You must look a lot alike. I'm glad you're getting sleep.

Suzlew, Are you still a slug today?

I have not crocheted, I stretched and moved a bit, I washed the jeans, and will do laundry later. I got no letters in the mail, which is fine because it gives me a mini-vacation from letter-writing. I owe 2 gals letters.

Kally, Is your Saturday still Sleepy or did you wake up?

OKay, It's sweet that LO prayed for the meeting with his bio parents. I met my bio father about 4 times in my life. It's hard to get to "know" someone you see so seldom. I have my only photo of him on my desk, with DMom and me as an infant. He dreamed of writing, wrote 1 book of Haiku poems, he's gone now, but I sort of feel like he's my Muse.

It's time to go decide if I want to do more laundry or run the DW now. And get back to reading. Oh, I did leave seller feedback for 2 used books I ordered, so I did do something good. Not that everything else has been bad.

Have a nice evening!

[Kathryn-in-Canada]

Early evening update:

Update:

• s2s Done!
• hang up laundry to dry Done!
• fold load of laundry in the dryer. Done!
• vacuum and dust main floor (guests tomorrow.)
• set dining table
• practice anthem for tomorrow Done!
• nap (doing nothing is exhausting) Done!
• make up meal plan and grocery list for tomorrow Done!
• out to the store for mini quiches (good sale and they are on my HGP list.) and other groceries. Done!
• second load of laundry dried and folded Done!
• tidy kitchen, wash dishes
• sort through and organize paperwork in kitchen

My nap was more of a rest but I was down for about 45 minutes.

Dh waited 15 minutes after I went down and ordered the pizza. They made it wrong so he had to wait for a second one so I got more than the 30 minutes I had asked for.

We watched tv and I sat in my recliner while after I ate. Now I need to get moving again. I've added tidying up the kitchen to my list. I'll need a clear kitchen table tomorrow for the turkey dinner so should work at clearing it off tonight.

[OKay]

Not crazy about messing with that but..... what do you do?

Lilac - DH will soon be joining your DH in blowing out the lines. it's an daily MPB PM task during winter. Even though DH has everything automated as much as possible, It still adds about an hour to the PM chores to get water blown out of more than 120 points of exit. There are 6 points of exit that can't be blown out so we continually weep water to keep them from freezing during cold weather.

LO meeting with his parents went as well as could be. DGS15 joined us (DGS17 was getting ready for homecoming). . DGD1 was there and she is simply adorable. We were not allowed to interact with her, but we could watch her play. LO parents spent about an hour with him then said they had to leave. I don't have a clue what LO and his counselor have discuss during their weekly visits the last 3 months, but I think it is helping him. This was the first time that LO didn't get upset when I mentioned that we were going to see them today. He was in complete control of his emotions through the whole visit and afterwards. In fact, >>>>LO<<<< set boundaries in what he was comfortable with! I was shocked! How does a 4 year old know to do that? DD walked up to LO and gave him a hug while picking him up. LO politely told her "Please put me down", then calmly returned to playing. She kept trying to pick him up and I heard him calmly say "No thank you". LO was his normal talkative self and engaged them in several conversations. He was relaxed and more "himself" than I've ever seen him in their presence. Ivy said it so well.....it is hard to get to know someone when you rarely see them. I wonder if LO parents will wait for another 9 weeks before doing another one hour visit?

((((Ivy)))) you have such strength.

[Lynlee]

Time check for new folk - It is 10.30am Sunday here. Mostly I am in tomorrow.
I wake up to pages of Saturday pwyc doings, and often there is no post started for the day on the same day I live it here. Especially if I get off the computer at a reasonable time.

My Sunday -its sunny again
water filtered.
Tmeds
started breakfast prep.
boxed suppliments. Decided to box 6 days asI have 1/2 tablet that likes an even number - and have found boxing Tmeds immediately after I take last day's boxed works for me. It gets boxed for 8 days in 2 daily boxes with 4 divisions. Wrote days on the boxes so I know whats what. Daily dose varies with broken tablets of T3 & T4 to keep pathologist happy. (lower T3 every 4th day)
readings and prayer written
read / skimmed posts.

time for breaky.

(((OKay))) such good news that the visit went well. Sounds like the therapy is working well and that LO is very receptive of it. Much kudos to LO. I'm sure all the continuing prayers help too.