Star Fruit Saturday

[helia]

Next:
- work on payroll end of session tasks
- walk 5 minutes to train station
- take TGV train to Avignon

Later:
- take taxi to bnb
- meet owner? and get instructions
- unpack a bit
- get groceries
- dinner out
- walk around the town a bit?
- duolingo
- read
- other things?

TaDas!
- up; messages checked and sent
- s2s (again! Because I can!) and self care
- breakfast - I ate a lot! I was very hungry
- repacked bags
- back exercises + extra stretches for sore leg muscles
- checked out; hanging out in hotel lobby until we need to leave to catch train
- took a LONG time to figure out how to take a screenshot and send it to myself (train ticket) on new phone

[kitkat]

Good morning!
Thanks for the start helia! I was just thinking of you as I was signing in:) When are you back?
trissie and Dogged Whole Foods often sells fresh figs, as does Costco (sometimes). SOOOOOO good.
Kittykatt Toronto is the racoon capital... but they followed us:) However, no trouble for the last 2 nights.
(touch wood)

I realize I never got back here...
Dkids left around 1 pm. then I crashed. DH called me (apparently 8 times) - I slept right through it.
I did take pup for a shortish walk and baked the little buns:) and managed a lol and stirfry for dinner.

Now, I must get going as I have my little sleepover guest this aft.
Also a class at 11
and doggie walk ASAP - unless the rain comes.

BIAB

[trissie]

kitkat, and can you imagine how delicious fresh figs are, if even the store-bought ones (harvested before full ripeness) are good? (yes, before we had our own, I did eat my share of store figs Did something important happen to warrant 8 calls?
oh, helia, that is one very intense hike you've had! No wonder you wanted to get in shape for these hols - not to get the bikini body, but to get the climber's body!

DtDK has come and gone - she decided to accompany her sister on the drive to the city She very much enjoyed the camp and wants to go next year with the same agendy. I am happy to oblige and I hope her sister will enjoy her camp too!

TaDas
- 15 on laundry
- 30 in DBD's room - my main focus today!
- lunch
- midday routine
- oversee DtDT's packing for the camp
- arrange for DtDT's drop off

ToDos
- 30 in DBD's room
- 15 on laundry
- 30 on general pick up inside

Braindump
routines
- afternoon routine
- evening routine
food
- dinner
- bake something sweet
- feed breadstarter
organization
- arrange for drop-off of old mattresses at the dump
- book train tickets for Berlin
- research hotels
- order new vacuum cleaner and cooker hood
- check all backpacks
- make apt - obgyn
- update land contract
- 15 on filing
- plan for August
cleaning
- clean DBD's room
- clean office
- spiff up master bedroom
- spiff up master bathroom
- spiff up twins' room (oversee it done)
- spiff up DS15's room (oversee it done)
- spiff up kitchen
- spiff up living room
- spiff up downstairs bathroom and hallways
- change all bedding
- clean out / reorganize attic
laundry
- load of lights
- load of colors?
- load of darks
- load of towels
- load of linens
- ironing
- folding
- mending
- laundry put away
garden and outside
- watering!
- weeding in veggie garden
- weeding in front garden
- deadhead climbing roses
- pick up - front garden / porch
- pick up - backyard
- spiff up carpool
- spiff up garage
- reseed in veggie garden
- fertilize in raspberry patch
me time
- 15 of exercise
- Bible study
- reading
- sewing

[L.Ann]

Morning All. They had fresh figs at the farmers market today, Trissie. I got there early because I needed lettuce and arugula that I felt was safe to eat.

1-walk
2-polish rest of dining room furniture
3-vacuum

4-cvs and library

Menus
Saturday-Greek Chicken bowls
Sunday-left overs with roasted vegetables
Monday-garlic lime chicken
Tuesday- chef salad
Wednesday-left overs me/DD33 PS
Thursday-shrimp stir fry
Friday-meatloaf with broccoli and smashed potatoes
Saturday-chipotle glazed crispy chicken bites

Events
Saturday-cvs
Sunday-Art Bloom exhibit @art garden
Monday-Little Bit 7:40-5, 3:30;rheumatologist appointment for DD33
Tuesday -Little Bit 7:40-5, breakfast with friends@8:30
Wednesday -Little Bit 7:40-5, DD33
Thursday -Little Bit 7:40-5, 9-12 play date for DD33
Friday -no Little Bit
Saturday- 4:15 check in for boat ride 4:30-6

Weekly House Blessing-mop kitchen and bathroom, vacuum, dust
Detailed cleaning list for dining room-scrub floor, polish furniture-1/2 done
Death book-update DD33’s pages
Phone calls-
Extra stuff-

Accomplishments
-stretching and knee exercises
-breakfast for dog and me
-finish book
-dress and pick up bedroom
-farmers market
-meds and temp for DD33
-put away produce
-fix breakfast for DD33

[Lauralind]

Morning all. Oh wow helian I could not have kept up on that trek. Absolutely beautiful I bet. Sounds like a wonderful vacation.

Trissie so pretty. I don't think I have ever seen fresh figs here. Any fruit trees we have are very accustomed to cold. Really cold . Maybe I just have not looked for them. Camp switch? One home the other out soon? Glad she enjoyed it.

Well I need to get moving. Hopefully ds will get up soon so I can motivate him to come again. We need to go feed and water ds and ddil dog while they are away. He came with me last night for the first time out of the house in a few weeks .

I need to make cookies this morning for church in the park tomorrow. Our church is doing lunch duty. I'll probably go down and help make sandwiches etc later. Plus finish picking berries . So many again. I feel like breakfast first. Some routines and cookie dough. Check on the dog and get gas in my car. Then see where I get.

[Doggedly]

Thanks, Kittykatt.

I will start watching for fresh figs, trissie. If I don't find them here, I might find them in Quebec City when I am visiting my db. Thank you!

helia, I'm glad that enjoyed your somewhat terrifying hut tour and made it back safely. The scenery sounds beautiful. I don't know a lot about Avignon, but imagine that it will offer sidewalks and stairs while you recover.

That brings me to the end of Page 1, and I have already slipped down the Facebook rabbit hole, so time to launch myself from this chair. BBS

[kitkat]

Oh, I could see figs with Arugula for some reason, LAnn...
Dogged a trip to Quebec City? Love that place!
trissie everything is a (number of) step(s) up when it's truly fresh! That's why I love markets.
What are you going to do with berries, Lauralind


Just back from gym
I did strip beds and vacuumed before I left...
Walked my doggie:)
fed her
took meds/suppl.

Next:
lol
eat a bite
make up beds

[trissie]

kitkat, I totally agree, things sold in markets have very short farm to customer route, so they can be harvested at optimal ripeness - if it is to go through the retailer, it needs to be underipe at harvest time. And those final days on the stem are what makes the taste so much fuller!
Dogged, when are you visiting with your brother?
lauralind, is DS attending any summer camps or other summer activities? How long till your newest grandbaby arrives? Or did I miss it already?

TaDas
- 30 in DBD's room
- 15 on laundry
- spiff up kitchen
- spiff up master bedroom
- spiff up master bathroom
- load of darks
- load of lights

ToDos
- afternoon routine
- 30 in DBD's room
- 15 on laundry

Braindump
routines
- evening routine
food
- dinner
- bake something sweet
- feed breadstarter
organization
- arrange for drop-off of old mattresses at the dump
- book train tickets for Berlin
- research hotels
- order new vacuum cleaner and cooker hood
- check all backpacks
- make apt - obgyn
- update land contract
- 15 on filing
- plan for August
cleaning
- clean DBD's room
- clean office
- spiff up twins' room (oversee it done)
- spiff up DS15's room (oversee it done)
- spiff up living room
- spiff up downstairs bathroom and hallways
- change all bedding
- clean out / reorganize attic
laundry
- load of colors?
- load of towels
- load of linens
- ironing
- folding
- mending
- laundry put away
garden and outside
- watering!
- weeding in veggie garden
- weeding in front garden
- deadhead climbing roses
- pick up - front garden / porch
- pick up - backyard
- spiff up carpool
- spiff up garage
- reseed in veggie garden
- fertilize in raspberry patch
me time
- 15 of exercise
- Bible study
- reading
- sewing

[Harriet]

Gee, I join in with both grapevine envy and fig tree envy, trissie. I do have a shed, but no, not one with any visible interior.

Great that helia can check in and tell about injury-free adventures.

Star Fruit can impress in a breakfast bowl. I would make these many times when the grandboys were younger, often with Dragonfruit cut into balls with a melon baller, bright mango in cubes, and whatever additional colorful fruit might be fresh. Over steel-cut oats or whatever base. Hang starfruit slices at the edges and it would look like an other-worldly breakfast for science-fiction loving kids. I had some who loved this so much - but a couple who snuck away from the table, lol.

I'll be sort of saying good-bye to one of the adventurous eaters this evening, getting together with WonderBoy on his last evening pre-college. His mom and brothers take him for move-in tomorrow, 2 hours away.

[Lauralind]

Yikes that's a tough one Harriet sending one off to college. How far away?

Trissie unfortunately no. Oh maybe you were away a bit. He's just wandered back to his room. Ds kinda holed himself up in the house this summer. Got him out a couple times when his sister was here. He really dislikes any warm weather. It's like I have to drag him to take him anywhere. He gave up on his online class and I offer him to come out shopping most times. Nope. At least he is happier than he was. Cooking some again. And helping me a couple times if I ask.

Cookies are almost done. Checked on the dog. Cleaned the kitchen and pancakes for breakfast. Sitting for a bit and then go out to the berries. I'm probably going to make jam with them. Dd wants some but I didn't get the ones from south this year so raspberries will travel better as jam lol.