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Posted: **Thu Jul 23, 2026 9:46 am**

WEEKLY ACTIVITIES
Thu 8 - WW/ 11:30 - 12:30 payroll: CA ci meeting with AC/ 2-3 work out with AS/ 3:40 - 4:10 payroll: EPT interview
Fri 9:30 - 10:30 haircut in another town/ 1:40 - 3:30 payroll: teach AAS D10/ 5:15 - 6:15 payroll: exit exam/ Dinner out with the Rs
Sat 8 - 5K run/ 5:00-9ish HOST CG1 (25ish people)
Sun 10-church/ 6ish host Sunday dinner/ 8:15 family zoom call

Mon 11-1 payroll: tutorial/ 1-1:40 payroll: instructor mtg/ 1:40 - 3:30 payroll: teach AAS D11
Tue 9-12ish? KS2J get together?
Wed 11-1 payroll: tutorial/ 1:40 - 3:30 payroll: teach AAS D12 final exam/ stay and grade the final exam and set up sub plans for Friday/ 10 pm - FLY
Thu Arrive in Lyon, France/ hotel
Fri travel to small town in Switzerland/ pick up AA on the way/ settle into bnb
Sat pick up dd28/ short hike?
Sun perhaps meet up with some of dh's family as they arrive in Switzerland/ perhaps a family hike to warm up?

Mon - Friday HIKING IN THE ALPS ~1675 meters to 3255 meters (up and down a bit)
- M up 400 m/sleep at 2100m
- T down some and then up 900m/ sleep at 2800 m
- W rest day to acclimate to 2800m altitude/ sleep at 2800m
- Th up 500? meters/ sleep at 3255m
- F down 1600m/ drive back to Lyon/ drop off AA and dd28 in Geneva to catch their flight

7/20 - 7/26 Dinner Menus
M - pork tenderloin medallions in cream w/ pancetta and fennel, roasted potatoes, roasted b sprouts
T - host Tuesday dinner for 8 people: lablabi, rice, tomato and cucumber salad (1 guest is vegetarian)
W - shrimp pasta (from freezer), mixed veggies
Th - latkes, sauteed cabbage, applesauce
F - out with Rs! - pizza
Sat - CG1 potluck HERE - pizza

Sun - host dinner for 8: bread, rot. chicken, pizza

JULY Brain Dumps
This Week - House
- can I spend some time decluttering in MBR?
- clean sheets on bed

This Week - Deskwork
- graduation card + check written to AR
- Writing progress - wip
- figure out another knitting project? - after our trip

This Week - Errands
- Kroger groceries?
- car wash - badly needed
- can I return another pair of shoes?
- can I return wrong coffee pods?

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

Posted: **Thu Jul 23, 2026 11:55 am**

1-gardening
2-scrub tub
3-read

Menus
Thursday-leftovers
Friday-Cajun shrimp and corn pancakes
Saturday-orange crisp salmon w/ bok choy rice
Sunday-buffalo chicken grain bowl

Events
Thursday -Little Bit 7:40-5, camp 9:30-2:30
Friday -Little Bit 7:40-5, cooking class 9:30-11:30?
Saturday-Frozen 1:00

Weekly House Blessing-mop kitchen
Detailed cleaning list for bathroom-scrub floor, scrub tub, scrub shower walls, swish and swipe
Death book-update DD33’s pages
Phone calls-
Extra stuff-

Accomplishments
-stretching and knee exercises
-breakfast for dog and me
-diet site
-dress and pick up bedroom
-meds and temp for DD33
-walk
-pick up Little Bit
-put cleanser on tub
-start laundry
-read two chapters in nonfiction book
-refill bird feeder
-take Little Bit to camp
-pick up Target order
-reboot laundry
-walk
-snack

Posted: **Thu Jul 23, 2026 11:57 am**

Hello everyone!

L.Ann, I'm glad everything is ok with DD.

KitKat, time.soemdmeith the Dgrandkids is very precious, but must also be exhausting!

Helia, do you think the anti altitude sickness drug you took could be responsible for the weight gain? I'm glad your list is more manageable now.

I'm back home. I fed Mica and hoovered the car before church, and made my list of what I needed from M& S food hall . We had a lovely visiting priest to take the service today , I had a nice chat with DF PM after coffee, and my appointment was successful. I also walked along.ro M&S to stock up on Greek yogurt from the.Foodhall, and picked.up a few reduced bits and pieces.

Posted: **Thu Jul 23, 2026 12:00 pm**

Thursday:
DH WFH

All.cats on bed.for head rubs and biscuits

Up early.shower.etc.amd dress

10.30 am church -

Can I hoover car?

Any errands to run? M&S food hall - yogurt

2.40 pm osteopath - me

6-7 pm Waitrose delivery
Unpack groceries and PA
Kitties supper
Feed Mica am

pm
Our supper
Water pots?
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Posted: **Thu Jul 23, 2026 12:57 pm**

Have been on the phone again with the "care" team re: site and difficulties. Things are better than yesterday (their analysis as they navigate) but they have done more for our site today and believe that another 24 hours and things will be fine. (quoting). I'm disappointed that this isn't faster, but they're very knowledgeable, aware of this, explain that it's happening all over.

I haven't lost posts, just had to do over. But copying before hitting submit might be reassuring.

Posted: **Thu Jul 23, 2026 1:08 pm**

Hi, all. I'm going to df's house this evening, as last night didn't happen. I checked the laundry room to see if I could do laundry and get it done before leaving, but it's in use. So I'll leave laundry for tomorrow. There are plenty of other things to get done.

I see the board is collapsing again. I'll type into a notepad and hope to be able to get a post completed at some point.

Gma, you have been so kind to your df. And you are being very kind to her db, handling things for him.

Lauralind, strawberries sound like a pretty good weed to have. We here have an issue with a very beautiful ornamental grass that got out of control. It has outcompeted cattails and even purple loosestrife in ditches, drying them out and rendering them inhospitable to the native plants. You can drive on the highway and see miles and miles of these grasses. And they are pretty, so it's hard to see them as a threat.

Thank you for starting us off, trissie. I hope that your day of work goes well.

I'm curious, Kittykatt. Did your DH expect you to drive home and lift the cat off of his keyboard?

(((L.Ann and DD33))) We used to be able to count on our neighbours to contribute to herd immunity to protect the vulnerable. I hope that your DD stays safe.

That is good news about some things being lifted from your schedule, helia.

Hi, kitkat. I hope that things goes well at the orthodontist, and that the dog's rumbletummy doesn't lead to anything.

I am at the end of Page 1 and my cup of happiness is empty, so time to get up and do something.

Posted: **Thu Jul 23, 2026 2:26 pm**

Back again - Waitrose have delivered, and I'm sitting in the neighbours' garden, waiting for Mica to finish her supper.

Harriet, thank you for the update - we really appreciate all that you do to keep these boards up and running for us all to enjoy.

Dogged, I'm really not sure what DH expected me to do!

I have suggested previously that whenever he's away from his laptop he locks it - a nuisance, but it stops Jude ( or anyone else!) sending an email of gobbledegook to everyone on his mailing list. (Yes, she has done this, fortunately everyone thought it was amusing!)

Posted: **Thu Jul 23, 2026 2:28 pm**

Thursday:
DH WFH

All.cats on bed.for head rubs and biscuits

Up early.shower.etc.amd dress

10.30 am church -

Can I hoover car?

Any errands to run? M&S food hall - yogurt

2.40 pm osteopath - me

6-7 pm Waitrose delivery

Unpack groceries and PA WIP
Kitties' supper
Feed Mica am

pm

Our supper - Hunter's chicken (courtesy of M&S reduced section!) mashed potatoes, mange tout, baby sweet corn
Water pots?
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Posted: **Thu Jul 23, 2026 2:33 pm**

Kitty, I just googled it and the drug does cause "rebound water retention", but I didn't take enough diamox to get that effect. Supposedly. . . It is a med that changes the fluid retention in one's body. Yay for the successful delivery!
Thank you Harriet and other helpful SHEs!
Nice you have a visit with your df to look forward to tonight, Doggedly.

AS contacted me about changing my work out time to 4:30. That gives me about an hour to work before an EPT which will be closely followed by my work out. Once home, I'll get dinner together so dh can eat and get to a 7 pm meeting - another one.

Next:
- update lists in notebook
- payroll: tweak LBR Exam draft
- 3:25 set up for EPT interview

Later:
- update lists
- load of lights w d f pa
- remake MBR bed
- walk to gym? (otd by 1:40 pm)
- 2-3 work out with AS
- walk home?
- payroll: set up for EPT
- 3:40 - 4 payroll: EPT interview
- payroll: prep for AAS D9
- payroll: can I get another exam sent off for review?
- dinner: leftover lablabi (Tunisian chickpea stew), toppings, rice, cucumber-tomato salad
- after dinner clean up
- REI trip: buy lightweight rain pants for hiking trip
- duolingo
- update WW
- update MFP

TaDas!
- up; weighed self - discouraging news
- coffee --> happiness!

- installed Norton on new laptop
- a little bit of payroll communication
- spiff myself
- 8 - 8:30 WW meeting
- more payroll communication - my Friday EPT is being moved to the director
- order toiletries
- bed stripped
- load of lights washed and drying
- some qt
- s2s and self care
- squeegee and wipe down shower
- 11:30 - 12:40 payroll: Academic ci mtg. with AC
- WF run - fruit
- lunch
- after lunch clean up
- payroll: AR exam draft together and sent off for review
- payroll: LBR exam draft together

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