Snapdragon Saturday TDD

[Kittykatt]

To do:
Cuddles and treats with Matilda, Freddie and Jude
QT
Update latest Waitrose order
Cup of tea
Get up!
Shower/wash hair/moisturiser and sunblock/ clean and floss teeth
S/S bathroom
Physio exercises
Get dressed in casual clothes
Make bed
Scoop cat trays and give everyone fresh water
Cat breakfast and meds /supplements
Breakfast and meds /vitamins for me
Quick kitchen clean up
Load DW
Quick PUPA downstairs
Quick dust and Hoover downstairs
Wind clock
Quick PUPA upstairs
Quick dust bedrooms
15 minutes in tiny front garden
15 minutes in back garden
Go for my walk
Walk Freddie
Lap time with Freddie, Judeand Matilda
Head rubs with Freddie, Jude and Matilda
Play with Freddie, Jude and Matilda
Run DW when full
Unload DW
Lunch
Cats' supper
Our supper - We're going to DFs C and R for supper
Sort out lunch for tomorrow
Bake something?
Text DF E re coffee tomorrow
Clothes laid out for tomorrow

Extras:
Help DH clear out the bottom in of his wardrobe?
Download menu for parish lunch
Write email to those on mailing list and attach menu
Send email when it's a socially acceptable time to do so!
Print 2 copies of menu
Add a sign up sheet for one copy for back of church
Put both copies in my bag for church tomorrow
More work on house insurance
Ring Saga re loyalty discount? (Need to do this before midday!)
Cut nails etc for J and M?

Garden extras:
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[L.Ann]

1-walk
2-swish and swipe

Menus
Saturday-left over turkey and ham with sweet potatoes and roasted veggies
Sunday-chicken curry
Monday-lunch out/lunch type of dinner
Tuesday-spicy cashew chicken ramen noodles
Wednesday-leftovers me/DD33 out
Thursday-chicken and Greek salad pita pockets
Friday-Firecracker turkey meatloaf with zucchini and broccoli
Saturday-Cajun salmon with roasted veggies or asparagus
Sunday-

Events
Saturday--9:30-10:30 bb for DD33
Sunday-walk with friend@9
Monday-Little Bit 7:40-5, DD33 and Little Bit off, MLK activity at art garden and lunch out
Tuesday-Little Bit 7:40-5, Little Bit school 9:15-3, doctor 2:30 for me
Wednesday-Little Bit 7:40-5, Little Bit school 9:15-3, PS DD33 3-8, lunch out with friends 12??
Thursday-Little Bit 7:40-5, Little Bit school 9:15-3
Friday-Little Bit 7:40-5, Little Bit school 9:15-3
Saturday-9:30-10:30 bb for DD33
Sunday-


Weekly House Blessing-mop bathroom, kitchen, dining room, swish and swipe, vacuum
Detailed Cleaning my bedroom-polish furniture, detailed vacuuming, wash wi Dow, windex pictures, high dusting, clean woodwork, quick dresser straighten
Extra stuff-send letter to friend of DM
January paperwork-my bedroom-file box, Little Bit’s art work—spare room- DM’s papers
Electronic paperwork- delete email boxes
Death book-updates, call lawyer for appointment to review will and DD33’s POAs, check POD on one account

Accomplishments
-stretching and knee exercises
-read
-breakfast for dog and me
-pick up bedroom and get dressed
-meds and temp for DD33
-bball for DD33/me read and bank
-trash-DD33
-me-dust and windex
-short walk
-read
-lunch

[Doggedly]

OMG I'm in!

[Doggedly]

...aaaaand I'm blocked again.
--Later: I can get to the Page 1, so I can get my post ready for when I can post again.

FrenchFly, thank you for starting us off. I do love snapdragons. When I worked at Home Depot, I enjoyed showing customers how to snap their jaws as they went through my cash.

Kittykatt, that's nice that you and DH have a dinner out at friends' tonight.
I'm glad that you have your new washing machine and that it is working well and approved by cats.


Hi, L.Ann. I see that I was not the only one locked out of the board yesterday.
helia, I'm glad that you got the bird feeder unblocked so quickly. And I'm sure that the birds are too!
The MLK exhibit sounds very interesting, and likely to attract a child's attention.


Oh, I found out why pork is affordable. Apparently, a sizable portion of our pork production is destined for the Chinese market, and when we put a tariff on their EV cars, they put retaliatory tariffs on our pork, among other things. If we get that sorted out this spring as expected, then I expect pork will return to its normal price point between chicken and beef.

I've got to the end of Page 1. Lets try the bb lottery and see if I can post.

Saturday
Stretching exercise
Partially spiffed self
Breakfast for Germane
Gave Germane her Benedry. She found it and put it on the floor.
Snuck the Benedryl into a piece of potato from my rice bowl.
Cleaned up after dog.
Tried to CUOP. Blocked from board.
Checked Germane’s bowl: she ate the potato and left the Benedry and most of the dog food. I choose to accept defeat gracefully.

[L.Ann]

Glad you made it in, Dogged! I closed my walking app by mistake so I took a really long walk.

1-text DD39 the schedule
2-read a bit
3- check if I have card I can send to DM’s friend

Menus
Saturday-left over turkey and ham with sweet potatoes and roasted veggies
Sunday-chicken curry
Monday-lunch out/lunch type of dinner
Tuesday-spicy cashew chicken ramen noodles
Wednesday-leftovers me/DD33 out
Thursday-chicken and Greek salad pita pockets
Friday-Firecracker turkey meatloaf with zucchini and broccoli
Saturday-Cajun salmon with roasted veggies or asparagus
Sunday-

Events
Sunday-walk with friend@9
Monday-Little Bit 7:40-5, DD33 and Little Bit off, MLK activity at art garden and lunch out
Tuesday-Little Bit 7:40-5, Little Bit school 9:15-3, doctor 2:30 for me
Wednesday-Little Bit 7:40-5, Little Bit school 9:15-3, PS DD33 3-8, lunch out with friends 12??
Thursday-Little Bit 7:40-5, Little Bit school 9:15-3
Friday-Little Bit 7:40-5, Little Bit school 9:15-3
Saturday-9:30-10:30 bb for DD33
Sunday-


Weekly House Blessing-mop bathroom, kitchen, dining room, vacuum
Detailed Cleaning my bedroom-polish furniture, detailed vacuuming, wash window, windex pictures, high dusting, clean woodwork, quick dresser straighten
Extra stuff-send letter to friend of DM
January paperwork-my bedroom-file box, Little Bit’s art work—spare room- DM’s papers
Electronic paperwork- delete email boxes
Death book-updates, call lawyer for appointment to review will and DD33’s POAs, check POD on one account

Accomplishments
-stretching and knee exercises
-read
-breakfast for dog and me
-pick up bedroom and get dressed
-meds and temp for DD33
-bball for DD33/me read and bank
-trash-DD33
-me-dust and windex
-short walk
-read
-lunch
-walk
-swish and swipe

[helia]

WTG on the extra walking, even if by mistake, L Ann. That art display and activity sounds great! Your community seems to be quite supportive of art and artists.
Glad you're here Doggedly. That's interesting about the price of pork.
Congratulations on your new washer, Kitty! How convenient that it arrived during a dry spell!

We have sunshine now, which is very very nice! It is 22*F right now. I'm going to put getting firewood on my todo list. A nice warm fire tonight would be a great way to end this cold day.

I went for a jog at the park along the river. It was very pretty with the sunshine on the snow. The water fowl were congregated together on the river near the 2nd parking lot: ducks, swans, geese, loons (?), and another diving water bird - not sure what it was. It was hanging out with what I thought were loons by their markings and diving habits. I then made the bank errand to deposit a very small check and then stopped by WF to get some fruit and veggies. I had lunch. Now, I'm just trying to get mojo to start working again.

I'm on the sofa about 7 feet from the feeder outside, which I can see clearly through a picture window. I'm trying not to move suddenly. There's a nuthatch working on it now. A titmouse and a chickadee stopped by earlier - and other nuthatches.

Next:
- run dw
- s2s and self care
- some qt

Later:
- some qt
- s2s and self care
- put away sheets I folded last night
- unload dw
- bring in firewood
- make up 2 guest beds upstairs
- towel laundry: fold and p/a
- spend time writing
- NY cards progress: 10 - 20 ready for the mail (anyone want one? I've got Bama on the list!)
- dinner: paella, sauteed baby bok choy + garlic
- after dinner clean up
- duolingo
- update health apps: MFP, WW, Finch
- read fun book (fiction)
- maybe, restart knitting project
- maybe, work on MBR decluttering

TaDas!
- up; weighed self-- very high Hoping it was restaurant food last night (salt)
- coffee
- email deletions + weather website
- looked up various Michigan woodpecker species; dh and I can't agree -- but not the most important thing LOL!
- back exercises
- dress to jog
- make a list for WF- fresh fruits and veggies
- made the bed
- reclaimed the kitchen
- gathered check + shopping stuff and otd
- jogged 2 miles at park
- bank errand
- WF
- put everything away
- lunch

[Doggedly]

Thanks, helia! I'm glad to see you too. I love loons, but have never seen one out in the wild, just pictures on TV. How wonderful to see all of those birds together. And then to come home and see more birds at the feeder. Quite the life!

Cheers to L.Ann and Kittykatt.

Saturday
Stretching exercise
Partially spiffed self
Breakfast for Germane
Gave Germane her Benedry. She found it and put it on the floor.
Snuck the Benedryl into a piece of potato from my rice bowl.
Cleaned up after dog.
Tried to CUOP. Blocked from board.
Checked Germane’s bowl: she ate the potato and left the Benedry and most of the dog food. I choose to accept defeat gracefully.
Finished going through the big box from the top of entertainment centre, sorting it into smaller boxes to send to basement and keep upstairs. Cannot use the smaller box for keep upstairs because the plumbing fish spine doesn’t fit. Had another look around the apartment, and have a plan. I’ll use the original bigger box for upstairs, but as I empty out a lower shelf on the food shelving unit I will move the box there, out of the way. And because it’s bigger, I can keep adding house-related things that I want to keep upstairs as I go along.
Dusted the big box inside and out.
15 minutes on course: spent the entire time trying to log into my second email account in order to get into ChatGPT. Got passwords for the email account sorted and matching in my password managers.
Increased my spiffiness quotient to 90%
Warmed up bathroom and heating pad for dog
Girls dinner: a bowl of my chicken soup, toasted/cut up the last crust from the homemade whole wheat bread, cut cheddar cheese on top and then sprinkle on parmesan and heat in microwave. Girls Dinner answer to French onion soup, LOL.

As soon as I'm finished my soup, I'll give my db a call to see if he would like a phone visit today.

[Gma]

FFB, thanks for the start today. Snapdragons are a favorite of mine, too. I've never had much of a green thumb for growing any flowers, but hope to have time to put in more effort with mother gone.
Cheers to those feeding the birds. I think the bird seed also feeds mice, as I had 1 mouse in my house a year that I fed the birds.
My identity is completely changing, as I have been a full caregiver all my adult life. It's really cold, windy, snowy, and I don't have to go anywhere or take care of anyone. It's both a relief and a feeling of emptyness.

Nice that everyone has been able to get into the boards today. Helia, you have posted several days of nothing special on your calendar. How nice! Are you between terms? When do classes start again?

I was really hungry this morning, and ate breakfast until I was full. Bacon ( old, took out of freezer, good to get that out.) eggs toast, milk, juice, coffee
I'm doing the AARP senior driving, online, class for a discount on my auto insurance.
And setting up my 2026 filing system.
Looking at older file folders, I see one of my issues over time. Same piece of paper one year would go into broad file called medical, another year, a more specific file called dental, another year a file called health, another year, wellness. I did categories for files in December of 2025, because I hadn't filed anything all year, filed many, many papers, and my categories seemed to work, so I am repeating them. Plus adding a few more that I discovered I needed, from what ended up in the "other" folder.
Preemptive plan, I will be able to file when the mail arrives, and not make piles on the piano or the tables. Patting myself on the back.

When that is done, I have dishes and counters to tackle.
And floor to wash.

I am proud that I have kept my DR table and piano top clear for more than a week, and my flowers still look good! It will be expensive if that's what I have to do to keep it clear

[L.Ann]

Hi GMA! Sounds like a good system. That is what I had set up for my mom’s paperwork.

1-FACE
2-diet site
3-clean off table

4-10 minutes work in death book


Menus
Sunday-chicken curry
Monday-lunch out/lunch type of dinner
Tuesday-spicy cashew chicken ramen noodles
Wednesday-leftovers me/DD33 out
Thursday-chicken and Greek salad pita pockets
Friday-Firecracker turkey meatloaf with zucchini and broccoli
Saturday-Cajun salmon with roasted veggies or asparagus
Sunday-

Events
Sunday-walk with friend@9
Monday-Little Bit 7:40-5, DD33 and Little Bit off, MLK activity at art garden and lunch out
Tuesday-Little Bit 7:40-5, Little Bit school 9:15-3, doctor 2:30 for me
Wednesday-Little Bit 7:40-5, Little Bit school 9:15-3, PS DD33 3-8, lunch out with friends 12??
Thursday-Little Bit 7:40-5, Little Bit school 9:15-3
Friday-Little Bit 7:40-5, Little Bit school 9:15-3
Saturday-9:30-10:30 bb for DD33
Sunday-


Weekly House Blessing-mop bathroom, kitchen, dining room, vacuum
Detailed Cleaning my bedroom-polish furniture, detailed vacuuming, wash window, high dusting, clean woodwork, quick dresser straighten
Extra stuff-send letter to friend of DM
January paperwork-my bedroom-file box, Little Bit’s art work—spare room- DM’s papers
Electronic paperwork- delete email boxes
Death book-updates, call lawyer for appointment to review will and DD33’s POAs, check POD on one account

Accomplishments
-stretching and knee exercises
-read
-breakfast for dog and me
-pick up bedroom and get dressed
-meds and temp for DD33
-bball for DD33/me read and bank
-trash-DD33
-me-dust and windex
-short walk
-read
-lunch
-walk
-swish and swipe
-text DD39 the schedule
-read a bit
-check if I have card I can send to DM’s friend
-windex pictures
-dinner prepped and eaten

[Doggedly]

I had a nice phone visit with db. We always find so much to talk about!

L.Ann, LOL at walking further than you intended because the app turned off. So easy to imagine.

It is certainly a big change, Gma. It will probably take some time for you to refocus on things that you have wanted to do.
I find that flowers in pots are usually less exensive than cut flowers, and last longer too. The trick is to be willing to dump them when they start to look raggedy.

WTG to you and L.Ann on finding working systems for organization. I tend to end up with categories like red, Tuesday, oblong, fuzzy and mushroom.

And I'm blocked from the board again. But at least it let me CUOP.

--later:

Saturday
Stretching exercise
Partially spiffed self
Breakfast for Germane
Gave Germane her Benedry. She found it and put it on the floor.
Snuck the Benedryl into a piece of potato from my rice bowl.
Cleaned up after dog.
Tried to CUOP. Blocked from board.
Checked Germane’s bowl: she ate the potato and left the Benedry and most of the dog food. I choose to accept defeat gracefully.
Finished going through the big box from the top of entertainment centre, sorting it into smaller boxes to send to basement and keep upstairs. Cannot use the smaller box for keep upstairs because the plumbing fish spine doesn’t fit. Had another look around the apartment, and have a plan. I’ll use the original bigger box for upstairs, but as I empty out a lower shelf on the food shelving unit I will move the box there, out of the way. And because it’s bigger, I can keep adding house-related things that I want to keep upstairs as I go along.
Dusted the big box inside and out.
15 minutes on course: spent the entire time trying to log into my second email account in order to get into ChatGPT. Got passwords for the email account sorted and matching in my password managers.
Increased my spiffiness quotient to 90%
Warmed up bathroom and heating pad for dog
Girls dinner: a bowl of my chicken soup, toasted/cut up the last crust from the homemade whole wheat bread, cut cheddar cheese on top and then sprinkle on parmesan and heat in microwave. Girls Dinner answer to French onion soup, LOL.
Phone visit with db
Dusted
Swept
Washed floor
Dusted the box from the top of the entertainment centre
Transferred “Keep” items back to that box