The Scaffold Sunday

[trissie]

I want some crabs too, L.Ann!
And what's on the famous kittykatt Sunday lunch menu?

I used the time when lunch was cooking to clean out the downstairs storage. It's so much better now that it's back to an actual walk-in space!

TaDas
- pick up the girls
- lunch
- midday routine
- clean out storage room, mop the floor, move everything back
- convinced DBD to do part of her Friday's make-up work
- set up video call between DH and DS, because DS has troubles with his Scratch project (which of course he did not consult with DH before DH left )

ToDos
- 30 on food preps
- 30 on laundry
- afternoon routine

Braindump
routines
- afternoon routine
- evening routine
food
- lunch
- dinnee
- bake something sweet
- bake bread
organization
- homework and backpacks
- DBD's speech therapy
- make medical apt for all kids - eye check (Monday)
- make medical apt for me - obgyn
- 15 on filing
- amendment to rental contract
- rental accounting
- pharmacy order
- order clothes stand for bedroom
- deal with insurance
cleaning
- clean office
- spiff up DBD's room
- spiff up DS13's room
- spiff up twins' room
- spiff up master bedroom
- spiff up master bathroom
- spiff up kitchen
- spiff up living room
- spiff up downstairs bathroom and hallways
laundry
- load of cleaning rags
- ironing
- folding
- mending
- laundry put away
me time
- 15 of exercise
- Bible study
- reading
garden
- plant treatment - pest
- plant treatment - mold & funghi disease
- clean out carport
- oil furniture for MB balcony
- weeding
- watering of flowerpots / windowboxes
- tree and bushes pruning
- general pick up in garage
- general pick up around the house

[Lauralind]

Morning all. Kittykat sorry there's no way out to church this morning. There was no detour? Wow. Glad you made enjoyable use of time. And glad the party was a success.

Trissie if anyone can do it you can. It does I'm sure help that kids are older this time round but maybe they require more time carpooling to activities etc.

Frenchie I so hope you can get the work challenges dealt with soon. You should not have to deal with that. I hope you get a good day with the boys.

We had a nice evening last night. Small group. Ds and ddil. Ds groomsman friend and a couple other older single guys. And my nephew. I'm thankful he still enjoys hanging out with his cousin. Pizza and we should have tested the entertainment center. Ddil ended up picking up a few things from their place to make it work. Dgs had a nice long nap during supper and setup. I got lots of snuggles and sweet smiles.

I think I'm going to have a soak this morning . And then I can do a few things and prep for church. I am going to play with the other couple today and see how that goes.

It's pouring rain. Or was. Very wet out. See how it goes what I get to later.

[helia]

It sounds like you and DH are able to work things out, trissie!
Me too L Ann! I want some crabs. Enjoy them for all of us.
Sorry about the sleep, FFB. I generally still sleep well, but I went through menopause pretty easily. Maybe when you feel like you have a little bandwidth in your life you could write down the payroll incidents. If it's disturbing to relive, which I imagine it is, maybe just write the main points for 5 minutes? (There are incidents in my life that I wish I had written about closer to the time they occurred.)
Ugh on the race keeping you from church, Kitty.
Glad you had a nice evening with the young people, Lauralind and dgbaby!

Last night, dh and I had a nice dinner out. Unfortunately, my stomach was not very happy about an hour later. I think it's OK now - we shall see. I touched on most of my goals yesterday - finished the payroll end of session tasks and started going through my Mom's stuff that is in a small duffle bag in our bedroom. There are mainly cards she received over the years at the previous NH. I will save some for change of address cards. Also got clean sheets on the bed - washed the mattress pad as a bonus. I also found a forgotten basket of laundry to fold and p/a.

Today, I'd love to skip church -- but that's not going to happen. This afternoon, I hope to go for a long walk or a short jog, continue working on the above goals, and visit Mom with dh. I suppose we're hosting Sunday dinner tonight. M and dd26 are out of town, so the max will be 6 people.

Goals for the Long Weekend
1. Repot baby orchid
2. Mom's change of address cards
3. Go through pile on desk
4. Go through Mom's stuff in our room - wip
5. Can I get to the knitting store?
6. Exercise significantly (Jog/ long walk) _ Sa__ ____ ____
7. Payroll: end of session tasks AND edit argumentative essay chapter
8. Update goodreads
9. Monday - wedding shower
10. Sunday - Church
11. Sunday - Host dinner for up to 6 people?
12. Order shelves for Mom's room
13. Clean sheets on the bed
14. Visit Mom

Next:
- s2s and self care
- back exercises
- make the bed

Later:
- tidy kitchen
- 9:55 - 12:45-ish out to church
- lunch
- payroll: edit argumentative essay chapter
- finish going through duffle of Mom's things
- walk/ jog
- ~ 3:45 go visit Mom --> drop off yogurt, dh puts up bulletin board + pics, put photos on the bulletin board
- WF for rot. chicken for dinner
- host dinner for up to 6 people
- after dinner clean up
- duo
- update health apps: WW and MFP
- can I update goodreads?

TaDas!
- up; weighed self
- coffee
- email deletions + weather website - sunny and a high of 67*F!

WEEKLY ACTIVITIES
Sun Church (out 10 - 12:45/1) / Host Dinner for up to 6?

Mon 9 - 11 ish wedding shower for BG/ grocery store / Dinner: TBD - grill for Memorial Day?
Tue 10-12ish KSJ get together/ 1-3 Prof Dev Meetings?
Wed8:15 - be at NH for 9-10:30-ish Mom's appt. with geriatric clinic
Thu 8-9 trainer work out/ 6:30 - 8-ish? Host dinner for young couple we met at church
Fri Dinner Date with dh
Sat 10-12 payroll outing / 2-4 L's bday and housewarming party (near big city)/ 5:30 - ? CG1
Sun Church/ 2-6 JE grad party stop by/ 3:30 - 5:30 CG2 @ L+B/ 6 - host Sunday dinner for up to 8 people

May Brain Dumps
This Week - House
- clean fridge
- get 2 guest beds remade with clean sheets
- polish kitchen appliances
- possibly, polish stone counter tops
- repot my little orchid

This Week - Deskwork
- Mom's change of address cards
- update goodreads

General Brain Dump
- progress decluttering clothes - wip
- new phone eventually
- buy queen bed frame + mattress + box springs for dd26's room - wip

MOM
- send change of address cards
- put up pics in her room - Dh is always busy or burnt out; can dd26 help with this?
- shelves for her room?
- keep on sprucing up her wardrobe - pants
- find a neurologist - wip
- NH document to be signed

Brain Dump - Mom and Trust
- get fire safe box for Mom's documents
- email church about the tools in Dad's workshop; Dad would have loved for the church workshop to have them

[FrenchFlybebe]

trissie, I've googled the med, I'm not sure it would be safe to drive a car with this med. I've read advice about melatonin too. I think it's more estrogen related, but I may have to look for more info. Is your sleep pattern now batck to "normal" ? I mean, on the nights you can sleep as much as you want ?

kittykatt, yes I'm taking notes. We are weather twins again.

Hi L.Ann ! I need to walk too.

laurlind glad you had a nice family time. Saving money by living in a trailer sounds a good idea, as long as the baby is still very young.

helia good luck handling the cards and managing address changes. You're right, taking notes as soon as possible after disturbing events is better than waiting. I should take some time tonight to write in more details.

Thank you all for your sympathetic words about my lousy payroll situation. I'm finally going to write an email and kind of agreeing with MrNG on the wording.
Now to enjoy some sunshine and a walk, not far from home. It's great weather for a walk.

TADAs
prepare a few payroll meals
start a lol
lunch ready, eaten
lol out

TODO
go outside ! get some air and some sunlight !
some quiet time at the end of the day
a to-do list for the week

[Kittykatt]

Enjoy the crab feast, L.Ann!

I'll be joining you outside in the garden this afternoon, FFB.

Helian, I'm sorry you didn't feel well after your meal yesterday. Fingers crossed you feel better soon!

Laura, how lovely to have snuggles with your DGS. There was some kind of detour, but it was *very* long and convoluted, and when I looked on the map posted online, it disappeared off the edge, and then reappeared several cm below, without any indication of how it got there!

WTG on the downstairs storage area, Trissie! Today's lunch was a pot roast of silverside, with carrots, mushrooms and onions (when the meat was relaxing, I simmered the juices with red wine and stock on the hob, so it made a nice gravy) roast potatoes and asparagus, followed by fresh fruit salad and cream. I'm just sitting quietly for a bit to digest, before I go outside!

[Kittykatt]

To do:
Cuddles and snack for Matilda, Jude and Freddie
Bible reading and meditation
Update latest Waitrose order
Cup of tea
Get up!
Scrub out litter trays (DH)
Strip bed right down, and change mattress and pillow protectors as well as the sheets
Shower/wash hair/moisturiser and sunblock/ clean and floss teeth
S/S bathroom
Physio exercises
Get dressed in casual clothes
Give everyone fresh water
Cat breakfast and meds /supplements
Breakfast and meds /vitamins for me
Quick kitchen clean up
Hang up towels that washed overnight
Unload DW
Quick PUPA downstairs
Quick dust and Hoover downstairs
Prep veg for pot roast, peel potatoes
Meat in oven
Make fruit salad for dessert
Hang up sheets to dry
Coffee with DH
Put potatoes to roast
Put up my vitamins and supplements for the week
Weigh out Jude's and Matilda's dry food for the week
Quick PUPA upstairs
15 minutes in tiny front garden
15 minutes in back garden
Dish up lunch
Walk Freddie
Lap time with Freddie
Lap time with Jude
Cuddles with Matilda
Head rubs with Freddie, Jude and Matilda
Play with Freddie, Jude, Matilda
Fold laundry and PA
Run DW when full
Unload DW
Post list with my plans for the week
Clothes laid out for tomorrow

Extras:
Can I work on the photos?
Work on list for Boots the Chemist
Start cat food order list - dry food for Jude, wet food for Matilda, Zylkene for Fred
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[Peaches1000]

Good morning!

Next:
-Medicine/vitamins
-Check email
-Update Toodledo
-Check bank accts/Amex
-Declutter/organize/clean - 5 min (cat stuff)

Extras:
-Home Health - check msgs & delete/note schedules
-Set up BP log/test
-Office - clean up cat issue
-Office - declutter/organize
-Orders - pants/undergarments/chair/my birth certificate
-DS - (cat fountain)(outdoor - vinegar/pest)
-Toodledo tasks - Amex activity/DH reim recon/other
-DH birth certificate - hldg

Routine:
-Laundry #1 to dryer
-Laundry #1 hang/fold
-Put away laundry
-Gather dirty laundry/sort
-Laundry #2 to washer
-Laundry #2 to dryer
-Laundry #2 hang/fold
-Put away laundry

-Files/Med Info/Papers/Emails - 5 min
-Kitchen - 5 min
-Cat - brush/food/water/litter
-Vacuum something
-Close blinds
-Make list for next day
-Update log
-Open & sort mail/file

Done:
-Fresh food for kitty
-Bedroom - pupa/make bed
-Open blinds/get water
-Foyer Bath - pupa/restock
-Gather dirty laundry/sort
-Laundry #1 to washer
-Declutter/organize/clean - 5 min
-This & that

[L.Ann]

It is the first crabs of the season. I like crabs but they are a lot of work. The benefit of having them at someone else’s house is that you don’t have to pick all of the leftover ones!

1-pick up Target order…. And reassess where I am

Menus
Sunday-eat crabs at relative’s house
Monday-chicken strawberry salad bowls
Tuesday-curry spiced chickpea wrap
Wednesday-Cajun tilapia and roasted veggies
Thursday-pasta or street cart chicken and rice
Friday-Thai coconut curry chicken
Saturday-picnic(pasta salad/Crumble cookies)

Events
Sunday-crab feast at relative’s house
Monday-
Tuesday-Little Bit- 7:40-5, grocery shopping, wood playground or playground by the water
Wednesday-Little Bit- 7:40-5, library program @10
Thursday-Little Bit- 7:40-5, bocce @5, go see DM
Friday-Hopkins-11 bloodwork, 11:45 doctor
Saturday-picnic 1-4

Weekly House Blessing-mop dining room, bathroom
Detailed Cleaning of kitchen-scrub floor
Extra Stuff- work on last Shutterfly book
Little Errands-

Accomplishments
-knee and stretching exercises
-breakfast for dog, me, DD32
-cook pasta for pasta salad
-start laundry
-submit Target order
-dress and pick up bedroom
-meds, temp for DD32
-walk with friend
-diet site
-DD32 shower and second med
-finish pasta salad
-reboot laundry

[trissie]

L.Ann, being landlocked, we don't really get crabs here - maybe in a restaurant... but I had fresh crab in Thailand many many years ago and it was lovely!
hi Peaches!
kittykatt, that's one mouth watering menu there! Do you always have a roast on Sundays?
Frenchie, I think that as long as you take the meds in the evening and get some 6+ hours of sleep, you'd be safe to drive. I did, and I was much more alert with the meds than after a sleepless night, for sure! My sleep is unfortunately still slightly messed up - I am a VERY light sleeper and DH is a VERY hard snorer! :-/ The one benefit of him being gone is that I actually sleep better, but then again I wouldn't want separate bedrooms even if we had the space (his parents have separate bedrooms, ever since their kids moved out. DFIL is a bad snorer too!)
helia, have a good visit with your mom! Is the effect of her adequate hydration holding?

DS just told me that on top of everything else, he has a big German project due this week. And an English test tomorrow, and a writing assignment. Aint' gonna yell at him, but duh!

TaDas
- 30 on food preps - mint/melissa syrup, pulled pork in CPot for freezer, bread doughs started
- 30 on laundry
- afternoon routine
- bring the big box of clothes 8-9 from attic
- sorted out a load of lights to wash
- bribed DBD to finish her make-up work (I know, I know - but we have a ratio of writing 3 letters for one raisin, and she is very skinny anyways!)
- printed the fill-in pages of DS13's portfolio
- some homework assistance

ToDos
- start dinner
- homework and backpacks
- 10 in DBD's room

Braindump
routines
- evening routine
food
- bake something sweet
- bake bread
organization
- DBD's speech therapy
- make medical apt for all kids - eye check (Monday)
- make medical apt for me - obgyn
- 15 on filing
- amendment to rental contract
- rental accounting
- pharmacy order
- order clothes stand for bedroom
- deal with insurance
cleaning
- clean office'
- spiff up DBD's room
- spiff up DS13's room
- spiff up twins' room
- spiff up master bedroom
- spiff up master bathroom
- spiff up kitchen
- spiff up living room
- spiff up downstairs bathroom and hallways
laundry
- load of cleaning rags
- ironing
- folding
- mending
- laundry put away
me time
- 15 of exercise
- Bible study
- reading
garden
- plant treatment - pest
- plant treatment - mold & funghi disease
- clean out carport
- oil furniture for MB balcony
- weeding
- watering of flowerpots / windowboxes
- tree and bushes pruning
- general pick up in garage
- general pick up around the house

[L.Ann]

Blue crabs are a big Maryland thing, Trissie. My county is a narrow peninsula with a river down each side and the Chesapeake Bay at the south. At one time being a waterman was one of the biggest industries.

1-finish book
2-clean up kitchen
3-mop bathroom floor

Menus
Sunday-eat crabs at relative’s house
Monday-chicken strawberry salad bowls
Tuesday-curry spiced chickpea wrap
Wednesday-Cajun tilapia and roasted veggies
Thursday-pasta or street cart chicken and rice
Friday-Thai coconut curry chicken
Saturday-picnic(pasta salad/Crumble cookies)

Events
Sunday-crab feast at relative’s house
Monday-
Tuesday-Little Bit- 7:40-5, grocery shopping, wood playground or playground by the water
Wednesday-Little Bit- 7:40-5, library program @10
Thursday-Little Bit- 7:40-5, bocce @5, go see DM
Friday-Hopkins-11 bloodwork, 11:45 doctor
Saturday-picnic 1-4

Weekly House Blessing-mop dining room, bathroom
Detailed Cleaning of kitchen-scrub floor
Extra Stuff- work on last Shutterfly book
Little Errands-

Accomplishments
-knee and stretching exercises
-breakfast for dog, me, DD32
-cook pasta for pasta salad
-start laundry
-submit Target order
-dress and pick up bedroom
-meds, temp for DD32
-walk with friend
-diet site
-DD32 shower and second med
-finish pasta salad
-reboot laundry
-pick up Target order and put everything away
-lunch
-add cheese to pasta salad