SHEs Organized

INE - As I explained on the phone "Gibbs" comes from the TV show NCIS.

Blessed - Good Morning

Nancy - Flexible is good!

Cowinkie - Sounds like a fun year ahead! My shoulder is feeling better now that I am moving again.

I keep getting sidetracked, but in a good way. I have finally portioned and bagged the Turkey Condensed Broth (from Thanksgiving ). I scrubbed the Toilet and Tub with Lime-Away so no more ugly hard water stains. I also pulled a small Prime Rib Roast & a large Pork Loin out of the freezer, we will probably have the Prime Rib for dinner and I will portion the pork for the freezer. I have finished my SDR, and rebooted Bert & Ernie so now it is time to finish the Insurance paperwork.

DS14 asked me why I was cleaning the bathroom everyday now. When I explained that by doing a quick S&S everyday it will stay fresh with only a few minutes work... I don't think it makes sense to him but oh well.

Start the Day Routine (SDR)
d2s
coffee
meds & vitamins
prayer & meditation
something small to eat
swish & swipe BathR

ToDo/TaDa's
Reboot Bert & Ernie w(/) d(/) f(X) p/a()
Lime-Away Tub & Toilet
portion and pack Turkey Broth
pull out Pork & Prime Rib
Take photo of cases
Print/Scan/Email insurance forms
Replace ink in printer
print card file
cut cards
look at what needs done for school
figure out dinner

BBS

The day is well underway here. Have been up, walked ddogs and a.m. routine partly done. I need to leave in about an hour to meet a friend who is a notary, and we will go to dnephew's house to get some papers signed by dnephew, his wife and his dad.

For now, I need to do a handful of things....
-look up on Google maps where nephew lives
-assemble copies for the three of them (already printed)
-make the bed
-refill meds containers
-finish up clearing kitchen counters

Home from church -- we have an early service, now, you know. We're out @ 10:00 a.m. I got 7 hours sleep last night, and STILL dh had to nudge me when I dozed off in church. He even said I snored a bit. My goodness. Dmom says it is the P*xil that I take.

I slept very well last night, I must say. DH commented that "It looked nice around here," and it WAS nice to sleep on clean sheets in a room w/a freshly vacuumed floor.
I'm making some progress... slowly but surely.

good morning d scattered
good morning d twins have a good day
good morning d lucy... what a great compliment... write it down and put it in your card file
d cowinkee so excitied for your dson and his future MBA (hope the teeth appointment is a drop in the bucket nothing more)
ine and scattered you are doing great work

made muffins as part of my cooking goal: baking from dorie greenspan's book and teaching more cooking and learning to cook more from martha stewarts book for this year. pare down my recipes and try new ones this year

Tonight is dd's last night here - we are hoping to take her out for dinner tonight. She's feeling yucky with a cold again. I think my goals for the afternoon are a nap, putting away holiday wrap and continuing with paper taming. It's back to work for me tomorrow, tho it is just three days a week for now.

I also cleaned up my email in box yesterday.

Tonight is season 3 premiere of D ownton Abbey on PBS! We should be home from church well before it begins at 9pm. Wondering if Canada sees it when we do here in the US. I got seasons 1 and 2 as a Christmas gift, but I've already seen them and will pass them on to someone else. The giver meant well...but I will be more specific next time they ask what I want!

I feel good about the condition of my house at the moment. It is in order and somewhat clean. Don't have any resolutions for the new year. Just plan to continue attacking what needs to be done around here, so that family will see an improvement when they are here for Christmas 2013. DS and DDIL should not have to sleep on an air mattress next time! At least they are young and didn't seem to mind this year.

Nice theme today. SIMPLIFY is my favorite word!

Ellyphant I'll be watching Downton Abbey tonight but on PBS. Not sure if it has been carried by Canadian channels or not but I live close enough to the border that I can get 6 PBS channels (plus a Fox and a CBS if the snow isn't messing with the transmission!)

I'm back from church and have had something to eat (avoided eating anything but a couple of segments of orange during coffee hour - that's a gold-star-worthy accomplishment for me!) Our church is to run from 11 - 12 but dh had to run over to the other congregation after dropping me at 10:30 and they were still singing so we knew church would start very late at our place. When the minister walked in she was bowled over by how many people were there. We had 13 children (11 in Sunday School and 2 babies) plus 22 adults. Ran out of bulletins, again. Had one new visitor (who knew our minister from a previous charge and has moved nearer to us so may be attending more regularly.)

Coffee hour went on for ages and then all the children (and parents) went across the street for tobogganing at at member's house. We didn't get home until 1:30 and I have to go back on Friday to take down the Christmas tree in the sanctuary. I didn't put it there so don't want to do it on my own, since, had it been in the hall, I would have had the children take it down during coffee hour as they did last year. I got the Sunday School decorations put away and recruited two teachers for later this month. Still no-one has stepped forward for the 3 weeks I'm away. I can always arrange for three videos those days because the minister's husband is always happy to do that for the kids.

I'm off for a nap for a bit. Then snow shoveling. It is snowing, again. We have at least 3" down so far and no sign of it letting up.

Twins - Sounds like your making good progress helping DSis

Lucylee - Don't you love it when someone else notices your hard work?!?

Blessed - Muffins sound yummy, I've been thinking of trying a oatmeal raisin recipe

INE - Tell DD I said "Hi"

Harriet - Wow you are doing great... you are my hero!

Kathryn - I'm debating on a nap myself

Got a lot done that round although I still need to print the cards. I am feeling sleepy and my shoulder is still bugging me, I am considering taking my last ditch med and laying down for an hour. Hmmm I think I will throw the Prime Rib into the crock pot first.

ToDo/TaDa's
SDR
Reboot Bert & Ernie w(X/) d(X/) f(XX) p/a(X)
Lime-Away Tub & Toilet
portion and pack Turkey Broth
pull out Pork & Prime Rib
Hang clean shower curtain
sort bag that DK's emptied out of car
Check grocery flyer & print list comparing w/ coupons
load coupons to shopper card
put Prime Rib in crock-pot for dinner
take strong Med & nap for 1 hr
Take photo of cases
Print/Scan/Email insurance forms
Replace ink in printer
print card file
cut cards
look at what needs done for school
figure out dinner