Ski Mountaineering Saturday @ TDD C&C

[trissie]

TaDas
- morning routine
- 30 on laundry
- 15 in kitchen
- load of darks

ToDos
- lunch
- midday routine
- 30 on laundry

Braindump
- midday routine
- afternoon routine
- evening routine
food
- lunch
- dinner
- bake something sweet
organization
- DBD's speech therapy apt
- update land contract
- 15 on filing
- homework and backpacks
- check the dates on seeds and note what to buy
cleaning
- clean office
- spiff up DBD's room
- spiff up twins' room
- spiff up DS13's room
- spiff up master bedroom
- spiff up master bathroom
- spiff up kitchen floor
- spiff up living room
- spiff up downstairs bathroom and hallways
laundry
- load of towels
- load of cleaning rags
- ironing
- folding
- mending
- laundry put away
me time
- 15 of exercise
- Bible study
- reading
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[L.Ann]

Morning All. Off to take DD33 to basketball practice.

1-bball practice
2-gas and bank

Menus
Saturday-Firecracker turkey meatloaf with zucchini and broccoli
Sunday-Cajun salmon with roasted veggies or asparagus
Monday-check freezer for soup
Tuesday-cooking class gnocchi
Wednesday-DD33 out/me leftovers
Thursday-quick meal before theater
Friday-garlic shrimp and Spanish style potatoes
Saturday-buffalo chicken grain bowls
Sunday-salmon w/roasted sweet potato and broccoli

Events
Saturday-9:30-10:30 bb for DD33
Sunday-
Monday-
Tuesday-
Wednesday-
Thursday-
Friday-
Saturday-
Sunday-


Weekly House Blessing-mop kitchen, dining room
Detailed Cleaning my bedroom-
Extra stuff-send letter to friend of DM
January paperwork-my bedroom-file box, Little Bit’s art work—spare room- DM’s papers
Death book-updates, call lawyer for appointment to review will and DD33’s POAs, check POD on insurance
Phone calls- call and make dermatology appointment

Accomplishments
-stretching and knee exercises
-meds and temp for DD33
-breakfast for dog and me
-dress and pick up bedroom

[helia]

That area of France, Broceliand, sounds interesting, FFB. Someday I'd like to visit. Enjoy your day with the boys. It's nice to have a family movie evening to look forward to. I think dh's family went to the Alps on vacation every summer because his parents grew up doing the same - and maybe because the Netherlands is not the most interesting vacation spot if you live there.
Glad you're OK in the storm, Kitty. Enjoy your day at home.
Thank you for sharing Gma! Those are good thoughts on deep sadness, vulnerability, and loving one's neighbor.
trissie, I didn't know that the scout march was a protest action vs. Soviet occupation! How far will they go? They must be bundled up for the cold.
Doggedly, I heard snippets of Carney's speech and thought he was intelligent and right on the money (idiom).
Have fun reading during the practice, L Ann.

We have sunshine today - to go with our current temperature of -11F (-23.9C). Fortunately, there's no wind so no windchill temp. Our snow forecast for tomorrow has jumped up to 4.2 inches. Nothing like other parts of the country are expecting; we're almost too far north for this storm.

A few birds have been visiting our feeder; they're all puffed up and dh says he can see their breath. A female cardinal, a nuthatch, several house finches.

I'm up, weighed in, and have had my coffee. I think I'll go to the gym for a short jog this morning. I noticed the weekly free 5K has been cancelled.

Today: We have CG1 at 5:30ish. Other than that, my day is free. I'm not going to cook for the group as I cooked the main last time and bought rotisserie chickens for the main the time before that; I'll have dh pick up something to contribute this time.

Goals for Today:
1. Exercise at gym
2. Payroll - progress on exam prep
3. NY cards progress
4. Postal place errand?
5. WF run - a few items
6. 1 lol w d f pa
7. 5:30 - 9-ish CG1

Next:
- some qt
- back exercises
- gym

TaDas!
- up; weighed self - very high again.
- coffee
- email deletions + weather website

WEEKLY ACTIVITIES
Sat 5:30 - ? CG1
Sun 10:30 - Visit Girls' Church? - lunch out afterward/ 3:30 - 6 CG2 @ L+B/ 6 - host Sunday dinner for up to 8 people

Mon 9 - walk with B @ mall/ 1-2 payroll meeting w. AC and CM
Tue 9 - WW in other town?/ 10 - ? KS2J get together
Wed Dh's birthday! / 3:15 mammogram
Thu 2-3 workout with AS/ 6:30 Volunteer ESL
Fri dinner date for dh's birthday
Sat
Sun Church (which one?) / 6 - host Sunday dinner for up to 8 people

January Brain Dumps
This Week - House
- remake guest beds
- clothes laundry
- towel laundry

This Week - Deskwork
- 3 week goals
- Writing progress

This Week - Errands
- get Mom's bags of stuff to the charity
- Buy stamps
- put R's kitchen shears from Cmas in the mail to him

General Brain Dump
- progress decluttering clothes - wip
- new phone eventually

Mom
- go through bag of Mom's knick knacks

[kitkat]

Good morning
Thanks for the start and clever title, FFly
I was not familiar with Ski Mountaineering!
Gma -safe travels!
Kittykatt happy to hear you are safe
trissie - I limit my time w political news...
LAnn - enjoy time with DD:)
helia those poor little birds... I watched a flock of sparrows gathering in the sun under some shrubs...

I'm up late (thanks to finishing my book and watching a game)
Need to get ready for my gym class - although I'm still sore from Thursday's class...
It is sunny out and COLD. Numbers no longer mean much... It's just cold. The snow, if it happens, will come tomorrow. (6-12 inches)

I have gym outing, puppy outing, maybe quick grocery pu... DGD are coming over.
Starting with

Feed pup
D2EX
take meds/suppl

go to gym

BIAB

[helia]

Safe travels, Gma. Enjoy the warmer weather! Have a grand time!
Enjoy the gym class, kitkat. Hope you're not too sore after.

[Bama]

Good morning, everyone!
I’m still trying to wake up so will be more chatty later.
Safe travels, Gma!
Stay warm, everyone. The cold won’t reach here until Monday and even then just slightly below freezing so no prep needed. We already have covers on outside faucets, covers for plants just need to be put on.
Trying to convince dh to go out and get breakfast. Bbl with my list.
Enjoy your day.

[Kittykatt]

Good morning / good afternoon, Trissie, L Ann , Helia, KitKat and Bama!

Trissie, I never knew that the scout hike was originally a protest. I hope DS and DBD have a good time.

L.Ann, I hope you find somewhere warm during DD's practice!

Helia, I envy you the sunshine, but definitely.not the temperatures! I think the wind part of the storm has passed, and it's now 9C / 48F and, as ever, raining. I have to keep reminding myself to be grateful it's RAIN and not SNOW, or, even worse, ICE!

Enjoy time with DGD, KitKat!

I hope you can get the house to yourself, Bama.

DH has gone to a fundraiser organised by his DF A's GF, so I've had a quiet morning, and spent probably too much time looking at the fabric I've put in my online basket. My plan is to sew some tablecloths for the kitchen table, once the decluttering and deep cleaning is done. I'm also looking for some new tea towels. I've already tried the bricks and mortar stores, but their offerings are either very cheap and nasty and likely to fall apart after a couple of uses, or extremely superior quality with a price tag to match. There don't seem to be any mid range ones any more. So I've turned my search online, and put a few possibles in my eBay basket. And found a wooden storage box that will fit under the spare room bed.

Time to really get going with the kitchen!

[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 - I managed a quick lead pick up here, so it looks better!
15 minutes in back garden
Go for my walk - if the weather improves!
Walk Freddie - he had a very quick walk when it briefly stopped raining
Lap time with Freddie, Jude and 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 - DH to cook
Sort out lunch for tomorrow
Bake something? Not this week, there are still a lot of biscuits, shortbread we were given for Christmas that needs eating up!
Text DF E re coffee tomorrow
Towels in machine ( the new machine has bigger capacity, so can safely take all the towels)
Towels hung up to dry
Clothes laid out for tomorrow

Extras:
Pack up wicker basket with Christmas tins, now we've eaten everything! Wrap it in a bin bag and tie on its label. Leave it on the landing ready for DH to put up in the loft (he'll probably do this tomorrow)
More work on kitchen cupboards
Can I do some more to the filing?
Do some more to the photos?
Have another look at teatowels online
Have another look at fabric for tablecloths online
Order part for handheld hoover
Order wooden drawer for under spare room bed (I'm not sure if it comes ready made, or if it will be another job for MJ? )I've found one I like - show it to DH as it's his stuff that will be going on in there!

Garden extras:
Probably not today!
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[FrenchFlybebe]

Safe travels Gma!

trissie, MrNG is staying indoors,but he gets to travel through a nice area. I did like the Canadian PM's speech too. Well said and well thought.

L.Ann you got me searching for firecracker sauce. Never had it, now I want to try it.

helia enjoy the sun before the snow !

kittykatt I feel the same as you regarding prices at fabric stores. Better choices online. I had a smiliar project of sewing tablecloths for us. The ones we have are old, discoloured and/or dirty beyond washing.

kitkat what books is it that you're reading ?

Bama I hope you're awake now. And fed

The kids had sports, I fed them - we had initially planned a picnic outdoors, but there was really no way, the rain was too heavy. We had sandwiches inside, and crisps, our usual menu for picnics. Then the haircut appt, for both. A trip to the library where DS10 wanted to see a show of animal photographs, and there was sun for maybe half an hour so that was fine. Now DS10 is playing with DNeighbour R--, 11yo, and they're noisy and all, but at least they ar enot sitting in front of screens, so I will endure it a bit longer.

TADAs
up, read news, tea
toast and cheese
quickly cleaned the pellet stove
wake up the kids : noise, then bigger noise.. or music ?
load pellets into pellet stove
everyone ready by 9.40
sports for all - at the same place, due to the heavy rains athletics are indoors too
trip to bakery, not the one I love, too rainy for that walk
all back home, ate "picnic"
haircuts for both kids
trip to library to see animal photographs
back home, homework with DS7, not finished
DNeighbour R-- joined the agitation and noise
both trash bags outside
a lol in
cooked some veggies and wholewheat pasta for lunchboxes
lol dripping on the patio
some cleaning in LR - not finished !

TODO
tea break
label and freeze lunch boxes
continue cleaning LR

[L.Ann]

Walking is going to be a pain for the next week. Below 20 is not outdoor walking weather for me.

1-walk at least a mile inside
2-FACE
3-update list

4- upload photos to Shutterfly

Menus
Saturday-Firecracker turkey meatloaf with zucchini and broccoli
Sunday-Cajun salmon with roasted veggies or asparagus
Monday-check freezer for soup
Tuesday-cooking class gnocchi
Wednesday-DD33 out/me leftovers
Thursday-quick meal before theater
Friday-garlic shrimp and Spanish style potatoes
Saturday-buffalo chicken grain bowls
Sunday-salmon w/roasted sweet potato and broccoli

Events
Sunday-
Monday-no Little Bit
Tuesday-Little Bit 7:40-5, Little Bit school 9:15-3, breakfast w/friends @8:30, cooking class foe DD33@6:30
Wednesday-Little Bit 7:40-5, Little Bit school 9:15-3, DD33 w/PS 3-8
Thursday-Little Bit 7:40-5, Little Bit school 9:15-3, theater 7-9:30
Friday-Little Bit 7:40-5, Little Bit school 9:15-11:45
Saturday-9:30-10:30 bball practice foe DD33
Sunday-


Weekly House Blessing-mop kitchen, dining room, bathroom, vacuum, swish and swipe, windex, dust, trash
Detailed Cleaning of spare room- swish and swipe bathroom, scrub floor, windex window #1, windex window #2, polish furniture, wipe down woodwork, high dusting
Extra stuff-send letter to friend of DM
January paperwork-my bedroom-file box, Little Bit’s art work—spare room- DM’s papers
Death book-updates, call lawyer for appointment to review will and DD33’s POAs, check POD on insurance
Phone calls- call and make dermatology appointment

Accomplishments
-stretching and knee exercises
-meds and temp for DD33
-breakfast for dog and me
-dress and pick up bedroom
-bball practice
-gas and bank
-refill bird feeder
-bring in ladder and check to see if I have an outside broom
-fill containers to freeze for ice for the cooler
-check last two led lights
-fold laundry