To do:
Appointments:
Monday: DH to office
At home for me
Tuesday: DH WFH
At home for me
6.30 pm Choral society DH
Wednesday: DH to office
10 am visit C (PL's Mum) for a cup of tea and collect her grocery list
9 pm Final touches to Waitrose order - add C's items as well
DH out in the evening for team meal
Thursday: DH to office for team workshop
10.30 am church
Any errands?
Hoover car? ( Weather permitting!)
Bring blue crates up from garage (delegate this to DH)
6-7 pm Waitrose delivery
Laxapet -Jude and Matilda ( if we didn't do it yesterday)
Friday: DH WFH
10 am take C's groceries to her and have a cup of tea
Saturday: *Text DF E re coffee tomorrow*? Not this week
Sunday: church 9.30 am
Coffee with DF E ? Not this week
Laxapet Jude and Matilda
Future dates to note:
Outstanding deliveries: eBay, Boots the Chemist
Extras:
Flush through drainage channels on windows
Oil hinges and grease contact points
Clean windows and as.mich of the cladding as I can reach
Pick up my footprints! (Thank you, RRose!) What does this mean specifically for me? 0ff the top of my head: PUPA things out of place before I go to bed, PUPA tools I have used to do the housework, wipe down kitchen surfaces when I've finished there. Put my breakfast bowl and mug in DW. In other words, pick after myself!
Make list of outstanding jobs on the house and send to Handyman A. DF PM, who has been mentoring him through some difficult turns his life has taken, thinks he may be ready to start some jobs again. (If he doesn't reply in a reasonable time, or doesn't want to do anything, then I'll look for someone else, but I would prefer not to do that). Off the top of my head, clean gutters and the swan neck on the downpipes where "stuff" tends to accumulate, clean cladding back and front and downpipes, and short return wall as well. Replace the bit of mortar that's fallen out of the edge of the roof (I think its called the verge?) , fix dripping kitchen tap ( new washer?), sort out cabinet that wobbles, fix garage guttering that's loose at one end and bending down. More as I think of them?
( Waiting for a reply)
Take up and hem those thick winter curtains for the kitchen
Book eye test for me
Find picture hanging equipment for DH
Sort prints and put in albums (this will probably be an activity to do on wet days!) WIP
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?)
Change health centres to the one nearest us?
On hold ATM , but I'll leave it on my list so I don't forget.
To do:
Early morning:
Cuddles and treats on the bed with Matilda,
Jude
, and Freddie
Cup of tea
QT
Update latest Waitrose order when new dates become available
Make bed
Shower / wash hair/ moisturiser and sunblock/ clean and floss teeth
Physio exercises and back exercises
Proprioceptors exercises X1
x2 x3
S/S bathroom
Get dressed
DH launched
Light box session for me - do I still need this now the days are longer and light levels higher?
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
2.5 hours in back garden
Cats:
Cats’ breakfast and meds / supplements
Fresh water in cat bowls
Scoop cat trays
Check Jude’s bowl
Check Matilda's bowl
Walk Freddie
Lap time with Jude, Freddie and Matilda
Play with Jude, Freddie and Matilda
Head rubs with Jude,
Freddie
and Matilda
Cats' supper
House:
Rubbish down to wheelie bins
Kitchen clean up
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
Extras: (maybe move this to the crafts thread?)
Clean/polish dolls house furniture for:
Bedroom #1
Bedroom #2
Bathroom
Sitting Room WIP
Kitchen WIP
Garage / utility
Arrange furniture in dolls house:
Bedroom #1
Bedroom #2
Bathroom
Sitting Room WIP
Kitchen WIP
Garage/ Utility
Garden extras:
Feed pots weekly
Order David Austin rose food - I have a discount card to use before mid April
April / May (depending on weather) buy geraniums for pots and small border
March /April order nematodes for Vine weevil , and predator mites for fuchsia gall mite from Green Gardener
Order Uncle Tom's rose tonic (RHS? Amazon?)
Mulch roses
Financial:
More work on budget WIP
Amazon S&S items
Healthspan
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Twice means I sprint through it each time with a "good enough" attitude, as anything missed now will get done in the autumn.
It was the same with ours; dh's were across the ocean on another continent, and mine were 350-1,000 miles away (farther when we lived in Austin, TX) -- and uninterested. I had no help with any of my new babies. Yes, it's good not to be bitter as much as you can -- but also don't push down/ deny the way it's been hurtful. We always had good friends who took our kids under their wings wherever we lived; they became like family to us. That's the Cs here. It was EK and CK in Austin. 