Christopher Wren Wednesday

[Kittykatt]

To do:

Appointments:
Wednesday:
DH to office
At home for me
Final touches to Waitrose order - remember extra milk for church
Thursday:
DH WFH
10.30 am church
Any errands to run?
Can I hoover the car?
12 pm Parish Lunch at the Farmer's Union
6-7 pm Waitrose delivery
Friday:
DH WFH
At home for me
Saturday:
DH??
Text DF E re coffee tomorrow
Make flapjack for church event
Sunday:
Church 9.30 am - remember to take milk and flapjack
Visit DF E for coffee
Lunch at garden centre? (I think DH is doing something in the afternoon, and there won't be time.for our usual.roast lunch)
Laxapet Jude and Matilda
Set up new Waitrose delivery

Future dates to note:
2/7 weight check -Jude and pick up Fred's food. Discuss changes to HPC?
August / September (depending on weather!) work on verge of house by roofer L and team

Outstanding deliveries:

Extras:
Collect my meds - will DH do this into his way home?
Text DF P
Text DF C
Redo rota for coffees beginning of July to include LS, NW and DM
Think about the invitations to our street garden party on 4/7 - find last year's to give ideas. Can I get the free app to work again?
Think about ordering window vac for us - see what's reduced in Prime event?
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
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 #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 #8
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

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 WIP

Garden extras:
Water pots
Feed pots weekly

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

Good morning!
Thanks for the start Kittykatt . Glad the ball did not cause damage.
Bama snoring is tough to deal with... Has he tried anything for it? Mentioned to Dr? Drugstores sell some products that might be helpful... When my DH lost the extra weight - snoring went with it.

I need to call the vet and see what they suggest with DPup.
Going to do that so I can plan the day.
BIAB with list.

[kitkat]

Well - they recommended a wait and see... since she is eating/drinking normally .

So, today:

Walk
Bill payment/e-transfer
I need to deliver some food to DD
continue laundry mountain
go to a morning class
Clean up bathrooms
Finish indoor watering

[helia]

Two great SHEMs, Kitty! I especially like the one about winning. That is obnoxious of the boys with the football so late at night - and of the parents who didn't recognize it and stop it. I see you returned the ball this morning. That's really hot - stay cool. I've forgotten - do you have A/C in your house?
Is dpup still acting sick, kitkat? Sounds good that she is eating and drinking normally. Are you bringing some of your fresh baked bread to your DD?
Bama, has your dh tried a CPAP? I don't have personal experience with that, but I thought it helped with snoring as well as sleep apnea -- maybe they're connected? Dh and I always sleep in the same bed; dh is rather attached to me. Snoring is not a big problem for us, though. Sometimes, we snore when we have a cold/ allergies, but then we just poke the snoring person, and they roll over, which seems to solve the issue. I actually snore more than dh; I will often snore if I sleep on my back, for some reason. I now take Allegra regularly and that has helped; I think I have mild allergies - but I'm not sure to what. ((HUGS))

After I figure out when dbro + dniece can visit us, we will have 9 weekends in the months of June - August that we are traveling, hosting houseguests, or both = 4 weekends we are not traveling or hosting houseguests. Well, actually 3 without and 10 weekends hosting or traveling if I count the 2 teens from Germany who are planning to arrive the last week of August. I'll need a vacation from my summer "vacation"! LOL!

Next:
- back exercises
- start a lol
- some qt

Later:
- make the bed
- update lists
- text JY re: haircut
- confirm with dh which of 2 weekends we could host dbro (one available weekend in July and one in August - that's all we have)
- text dbro - late father's day greeting + time he can visit us (we have maybe
- email cousins J and J re: famous 4 field
- payroll: check S4 GGT
- payroll: go get my stuff that is on my desk; the school is moving this weekend
- WF - odds and ends for camping and for dinner
- lunch
- after lunch clean up
- lights: w d f pa
- darks: w d f pa
- write out menu plan for the week (I always stick this on the fridge)
- figure out menu plan for camping trip
- help shop for camping trip?
- start packing for camping trip
- 2-3 work out with AS
- 3:45 - 5:15 walk with MM
- dinner: leftover lentils, rice, roasted broccoli
- after dinner clean up
- bins back to the house
- duolingo
- update health apps
- graduation card and gift to AR
- other things??

TaDas!
- up; weighed self - still moving down
- s2s; still need to spiff myself
- M and friend reclaimed the kitchen
- coffee
- email deletions + weather website

WEEKLY ACTIVITIES
Wed 2-3 work out with AS/ 3:45 - 5:15 walk with MM
Thu finish packing/ DRIVE 6 hours to state park in car with dh, dd28, and Fable - how will that go? / set up camp/ restaurant in small town for dinner
Fri Day hike to waterfall
Sat Another hike?/ DRIVE home
Sun 10 - church/ 3:30 - 6ish CG2 @AA? / 6 - ? host Sunday dinner for up to 8?

Mon 8:15 breakfast with AC/ 9:30 - 11ish at payroll: S6 set up/ 11:30ish bday lunch with B
Tue KS2J get together??/ at payroll: finish S6 set up/ 1-3 payroll: PD meetings
Wed 1:40 - 3:30 payroll: teach AAS D1 (The planned class for me now)
Thu 8 - WW/ 11-12 payroll: CA ci mtg with AC/ 3 or 4? work out with AS
Fri pack for CG1 weekend camping in Canada/ drive to park in Canada/ set up
Sat camping with CG1
Sun pack up/ drive home/ 6 - host Sunday dinner?

6/22-6/28:
M - pasta w/ tomato and mushroom sauce, roasted zucchini circles
T - chicken fajitas, toppings, green salad
W - lentils (fr. freezer), rice, roasted broccoli
Th - restaurant in small town near campsite
F - camping - tuna pasta, salad?
Sat - something from the freezer OR eat on the road (depends on timing)
Sun - rot. chicken, bread, pizza - hot dinner for. . . 10? (Is M inviting her friends to join?)

JUNE Brain Dumps
This Week - House
- can I spend some time decluttering in MBR?

This Week - Deskwork
- Writing progress - wip
- figure out another knitting project?
- menu plan and groc. list

This Week - Errands
- car wash
- return another pair of shoes
- road trip on Thursday
- road trip home on Saturday
- Kroger groceries
- WF groceries

General Brain Dump
- progress decluttering clothes - wip
- new phone eventually

[trissie]

kittykatt, my kids threw some pool diving hoops over the neighbours' fence this weekend - I decided I'd rather buy a new set than go over there!
Bama, my DH is a snorer. And we do prefer to sleep in one room - some days, it's tough! But he is getting a C-PAP machine in July, so that should help.
kitkat, hoping DPup will indeed be well!
helia, when DH did the sleep study, it recorded the snoring, the oxygen levels and the position of the sleeper. Well I could have told them that he snores while on his back even without the study, but now it's confirmed!

Home. I have apparently volunteered our house for the scout BBQ (last session this year) today, so I have three hours to get things ready. I am the little machine who could!

TaDas
- morning madness
- snacks for kids
- morning routine
- sort and delay start load of darks
- day at work
- call shop - still waiting on parts
- drive home
- pick up DBD from school

ToDos
- midday routine
- clean jars of canned cherries from yesterday (ooops, forgot to buy labels again!)
- 30 minute downstairs reset

[L.Ann]

We are back!! We had a great and very busy trip. I am dealing with a 6 hour time difference and being up about 24 hours. I am hoping to get a few things done before I crash…. We’ll see. I haven’t had a chance to catch up but hopefully by the end of the weekend!

1-mail sort
2-clean off table
3-start laundry

Menus:
Wednesday-lunch stuff
Thursday-pizza
Friday-chicken curry bean soup
Saturday-chicken and veggie curry
Sunday-curry spiced chickpea wraps
Monday-Cajun salmon and roasted veggies

Events
Wednesday-Little Bit 7:40-12, leave for hotel near airport@4, run off airline paperwork
———————
Wednesday-landing 6 am with luck home by 9 am
Thursday-Little Bit 7:40-6:30
Friday-Little Bit 7:40-5

Weekly House Blessing-mop dining room
Death book-update DD33’s pages
Phone calls-
Extra stuff-

Accomplishments
-car unloaded
-DD33’s stuff unpacked because she was determined
-2 backpacks unpacked

[Lauralind]

Morning all. Love the shems.

Kittykat that is good the ball didn't hit your roses or something. Yikes it's hot there. I suppose you have to water quite a bit.

I don't really like melatonin anymore. Oh it works but I usually feel terrible in the morning. I can't shake the brain fog groggy . And I only use a 1 mg once in a while. To admit I think it's when I get too much coffee too late lol. Most of the time I fall asleep easily. Just wake too early. It's those can't sleep nights I hear dh snore sometimes. As for the snoring there lots of good suggestions here.

Well free day today? Maybe. I have all kinds of ideas in my head. Gardening. Painting. Some crafty and some actually see if I can Sand my deck table and picnic table. Get my living room ready for couch change. Need to make the bed in the craft room first and clean a bit in there. I have a shelf and a crafty sign I want to paint. Those are atm clutter in my craft room.
Almost should redo the desk top in the craft room too.

My house is actually taking shape. Just need some pupa and maintenance. I'll vacuum Saturday. Need to stop at the store for a couple things and talk to my new coworker. See if she might want this couch I'm getting rid of cause she has nothing. She's moving into a place of her own soon.

Wow that's a lot of plans lol . I hope I can get some of it done. Next week has Canada day in it too so I get Wednesday off and Friday off cause the stat is my regular day off. That will help. And I think I'm going to recruit ds to do some of the sanding cause I'm scared it will flare my bad arm.

So where to begin. I think I'm going to start with routine stuff and when dh leaves I can do some extra qt.

Ohh and I have to make a little progress on my crochet. I have white and purple. Then I put some grass green . It looks good but it's bright. And that green ball is now in pieces cause I made a tangled mess of it. I think I'm going to just do pink and Grey.


Ohh lann... welcome home. Yikes . I can't wait to hear about it all. After you crash for a while.


Start with some routine.

[L.Ann]

Hi Laura!

1-refill bird feeder
2-pick dead day lilies and do a little weeding
3-unpack my suitcase

Menus:
Wednesday-lunch stuff
Thursday-pizza
Friday-chicken curry bean soup
Saturday-chicken and veggie curry
Sunday-curry spiced chickpea wraps
Monday-Cajun salmon and roasted veggies

Events]
Thursday-Little Bit 7:40-6:30
Friday-Little Bit 7:40-5

Weekly House Blessing-mop dining room
Death book-update DD33’s pages
Phone calls-
Extra stuff-

Accomplishments
-car unloaded
-DD33’s suitcase unpacked because she was determined
-2 backpacks unpacked
-mail sort
-clean off table
-start laundry

[Bama]

Howdy. The melatonin wasn’t too bad, I don’t feel groggy, but maybe I would if I used it more often?

We have tried all the things re his snoring that he is willing to try, he’s very stubborn …dh had a cpap and was upgraded to a bipap his breathing is so bad, it makes it worse as he blows “strawberries” through his mouth and he’s a back sleeper, he can’t sleep on his side now bc of his bad knees. He used to roll over for me but now he can’t be bothered. I thought moving into another room would make my point but it made him worse.
I’ve tried all kinds of ear plugs but apparently I have sensitive ears, after one night of wear my ears hurt so bad I can’t wear them again, and these are the smallest size. Headphones that stick out give me a headache from the pressure they put on my head. Sound machines also give me a headache after awhile. We are a mess!

Laura, enjoy your craft day.
Welcome back Lann.
Trissie have fun with your bbq.
Helia, you’re living life to the fullest with all of your entertaining, enjoy.
KitKat, I hope dpup continues to feel better.

[Doggedly]

As Bob The Dinosaur says: "It may look like I'm doing nothing, but I'm actively waiting for my problems to go away." It was a successful strategy once again, and I am writing to you as a person who has access to hot water with decent pressure. There shall be showers. And dishes.

Thank you for starting us off, Kittykatt. Christopher Wren's memorial worked out for him, but to me it smacks of "My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings. Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair."
I am very happy with how I have my balcony arranged now. The green fabric leaves from the lattices blend in with the trees behind them, and they give that little bit of privacy that when I'm sitting at my computer with my light on, I don't feel like the actor on stage with the narrow spotlight on them.
Humidity is brutal, because it denies us the benefit of sweat evaporating and taking energy from our skin to do that. If you don't have air conditioning, sitting right in front of the fan will help a lot.
When air conditioning was relatively new here, people used to go to movie theatres to sit in the air conditioning. Clearly, British shopkeepers are not behind in spotting an opportunity.

Bama, could you develop restless leg syndrome, that kicks in (so to speak) when your DH is snoring his loudest?
Your daunt was a brave lady. Earning the ire of a complete army of mischievous little boys sounds like the start of an adventure that I would like to avoid.

"SHEM:
"The sun himself is weak when he first rises, and gathers strength and courage as the day gets on." Charles Dickens
Sounds like my knees.

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