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Oh no helia! Lyme disease is nasty! Hope you have it under control.
Beer crepes, trissie? Never done that. I've used sparkling water/club soda...

We have ticks everywhere now... My youngest DGD had one on her head when she was just a few months old! Thankfully, DD caught it on time.
The others had a few last summer, along with my DDIL...
We all carry a removal tool with us...

Back from gym...
I might need to heat that shoulder... later.
Now:
off to laundry
vacuum
outside to see what I can do with frozen hose

Bama, you were up early. I hope the weather gets warmer soon for you.

trissie when MrNG cooks crepes, he uses beer, and the crepes are light and fluffy. I would say it's safe to use regular beerfor crepes, all the alcohol evaporates while cooking.

kitkat I hope you find time to relax. Ticks are here too, but mostly in the summer. We don't go on family walks without a remover.

helia another "social" evening for you, I hope you can get some time for knitting !

I did get 30 minutes of book reading while MrNG played Mario Kart with the kids. He's now taking them outdoors to play table tennis at the nearby music school / theatre / cultural center. The house will be quiet until the rain starts or the night falls.
Not sure how to truly relax - sometimes getting some more cleaning done and things ready for the week, makes me feel more at peace at the end of the Sunday.

TADAs
slept late
all of us fed
lunch half ready for oven
veggies ready, two small cakes ready
enjoyed good food
MrNG and I cleaned up
a break with a book
spent time online for secondhand ski gear - need to spend more time and also check the kids closets before buying
finish morning routine stuff
prep an index card to monitor my daily routines for February

TODOs
some cooking ahead for payroll lunches
decide if grownups need ski gear and which, , cleaning, vacuuming,
dinner prep
showers and things ready,
bedtimes routine
weekly planning and list
download 2025 pictures from our phones onto a computer and hard drive
plan fun things ?

Morning all! I had breakfast with my walking friend since it was too cold to walk outside.

1-diet site
2-meds for DD33
3-finish detailed cleaning in spare room


Menus
Sunday-salmon w/roasted sweet potato and broccoli
Monday-red lentil soup
Tuesday-spicy king pao chicken
Wednesday-left overs me/DD33 out
Thursday-cantina shrimp tacos
Friday-chicken and Greek salad stuffed pitas
Saturday-black bean and rice bowls
Sunday-eat out on way home from bball

Events
Monday-Little Bit 7:40-5, Little Bit school 11:15-3
Tuesday-Little Bit 7:40-5, Little Bit school 9:15-3, bloodwork for DD33
Wednesday-Little Bit 7:40-5, Little Bit school 9:15-3, DD33 PS 3-8
Thursday-Little Bit 7:40-5, Little Bit no school, storytime@10:30
Friday-Little Bit 7:40-5, Little Bit school 9:15-3, 1:00 radiation
Saturday-
Sunday-9-12 bball tournament


Weekly House Blessing-mop dining room, kitchen, bathroom, dust
Detailed Cleaning of spare room- scrub bathroom floor
Detailed cleaning of DD33’s room-detailed vacuuming,wash window #1, wash window #2, polish furniture, wipe down woodwork
Extra stuff-send letter to friend of DM
January paperwork-my bedroom-file box, L—spare room- DM’s papers
Death book-updates, call lawyer for appointment to review will and DD33’s POAs
Phone calls- call and make dermatology appointment, call about medical bill

Accomplishments
-stretching and knee exercises
-breakfast for dog
-dress and pick up bedroom
-meds for DD33
-breakfast with friend

Hello everyone!

Trissie, all this talk of crêpes is making me hungry for them! But I think I'm going to have to wait until Shrove Tuesday (aka Pancake Day!

Bama, so far we've been fortunate with our feline gang. Freddie was the most difficult to litter train as a kitten (the Girls all came ready trained and reliable). I'm not sure whether it's a boy thing or whether it's just Freddie!

How lovely to hear birdsong, Helia!

FFB, we have ticks too, most in summer. I have a couple of removers, and dont walk in long grass unless I'm well covered.

KitKat, I hope the shoulder feels better soon.

L.Ann, I'm glad you were still able to meet up with your friends despite the cold.

We had a lovely service to celebrate Candlemas, with a procession with everyone carrying their lit candles. Afterwards, DF E was in very good form. Today's lunch menu was a beef casserole, roast potatoes, carrots, broccoli, followed by profiteroles. I've put up my supplements for the week, weighed out the Girls' dried food and folded laundry and PA. Now I'm fulfilling my appointment with the sofa! It's raining again, so no outside jobs for me today.

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)
Change sheets on bed
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
Hang up sheets to dry
Quick kitchen clean up
Load DW
Quick PUPA downstairs
Quick dust and Hoover downstairs
Change into smarter outfit
Casserole in a very low oven
OTD to church
Coffee with DF E
Back home again, change back into casual clothes
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
5 minutes in tiny front garden
15 minutes in back garden
Dish up lunch
Walk Freddie
Lap time with Freddie, Jude and 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

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kitkat, so is there a designated tick remover in your household or can everybody do it?
Frenchie, non-alcoholic beer is what I have on hand (I think DH might have drunk the normal one? He might pop one open if working outside on hot days, but we're really not a beer household), so that's what I will use for cooking! I hear you on getting more peace from attacking the tasks that need doing, but don't you sometimes resent that there is no time left for your hobbies? I know I do
you're an inspiration with all the walking AND keeping up with friends, L.Ann!
kittykatt, every day is a good day for pancakes!

Just like Frenchie, I feel better about the house, but didn't really spend much time doing fun things. Oh well... maybe after dinner?

TaDas
- afternoon routine
- spiff up master bathroom
- general pick up around the house
- spiff up kitchen
- dusting & spiffying up living room
- office got lots of attention
- lots of ironing and folding

ToDos
- debone chicken and start chicken carcass soup
- change / oversee changin all bed around the house
- deliver folded/ironed laundry

Braindump
routines
- evening routine
food
- dinner
- bake something sweet
- freezer cooking
- bake bread
organization
- DBD's speech therapy
- pay bill
- update land contract
- 15 on filing
- homework and backpacks
- check the dates on seeds and note what to buy
cleaning
- strip and remake beds
- clean office
- spiff up DBD's room
- spiff up twins' room
- spiff up DS13's room
- spiff up master bedroom
- spiff up downstairs bathroom and hallways
laundry
- load of towels
- load of linens
- load of cleaning rags
- ironing
- folding
- mending
- laundry put away
me time
- 15 of exercise
- Bible study
- reading

I am not in the mood to walk today, Trissie but I guess that is next.

1-walk a mile
2-read
3-wash 2 windows in DD33’s room


Menus
Sunday-salmon w/roasted sweet potato and broccoli
Monday-red lentil soup
Tuesday-spicy king pao chicken
Wednesday-left overs me/DD33 out
Thursday-cantina shrimp tacos
Friday-chicken and Greek salad stuffed pitas
Saturday-black bean and rice bowls
Sunday-eat out on way home from bball

Events
Monday-Little Bit 7:40-5, Little Bit school 11:15-3
Tuesday-Little Bit 7:40-5, Little Bit school 9:15-3, bloodwork for DD33
Wednesday-Little Bit 7:40-5, Little Bit school 9:15-3, DD33 PS 3-8
Thursday-Little Bit 7:40-5, Little Bit no school, storytime@10:30
Friday-Little Bit 7:40-5, Little Bit school 9:15-3, 1:00 radiation
Saturday-
Sunday-9-12 bball tournament


Weekly House Blessing-mop dining room, kitchen, bathroom, dust
Detailed cleaning of DD33’s room-detailed vacuuming,wash window #1, wash window #2, polish furniture, wipe down woodwork
Extra stuff-send letter to friend of DM
January paperwork-my bedroom-file box, L—spare room- DM’s papers
Death book-updates, call lawyer for appointment to review will and DD33’s POAs
Phone calls- call and make dermatology appointment, call about medical bill

Accomplishments
-stretching and knee exercises
-breakfast for dog
-dress and pick up bedroom
-meds for DD33
-breakfast with friend
-diet site
-meds for DD33
-finish detailed cleaning in spare room
-make sure last policy has bebeficiaries
-figure out the email I used for the medical portal and submit request for renewal

Hello, all. I kind of faded away yesterday. I plan to give my db call this afternoon, so will probably vanish for a few hours again.

Thank you for another sporty start, Kittykatt.

trissie, I was not disappointed to not have a Canadian mentioned. In fact, when I saw Thursday's offering, I was quietly muttering "Thank goodness we missed Ryan Wedding Wednesday!" LOL.

Bama, I feel especially sorry for people and animals who are not accustomed to the cold when they get walloped with it. It's fine for me to complain about the cold from inside my apartment and my short walk down a shovelled and treated walkway to my car with its working heater and snow tires. I do understand that it's very different for people living in areas where they don't normally have to prepare for this.

kitkat, January did just stretch on and on, didn't it? No wonder you felt that February must have started already yesterday.

helia, have they eradicated the lyme disease from your body, or is this something that you will have to manage?

I'm at the end of Page 1. Time to spiff myself, bag up the garbage and call db.


Sunday
Put away dry laundry
Put away dry dishes/cutlery
PC acting up. Booted it.
Breakfast for Germane, which she ignored
Made breakfast
Shared some of the vegetables with Germane, which she graciously accepted
CUOP

L.Ann a friend for breakfast is a good way to spend a cold Sunday morning. Thanks for sharing your menus for the week, it's inspiring as always

kittykatt do you make the profiteroles yourself ?

Hi Doggedly, have a good phone call with your DB !

trissie wrote:I hear you on getting more peace from attacking the tasks that need doing, but don't you sometimes resent that there is no time left for your hobbies? I know I do

trissie so true ! That is my current issue, I want to make space for hobbies. One of the habits I'm tracking daily is "time for me". I read at bedtime, I read one or two hours on weekends, but that's not enough. I do exercise (another habit I'm tracking) but it's more a to-do than a hobby, even if it helps with how I feel mentally.
A goal for February during my tiny "time for me" slots, instead of reading, is to make lists of things I would like to do during those time slots . Tiny projects that would matter to me. I don't have any knitting or crocheting project. When I have some project underway I manage to make time for it, and other people dont interrupt me as much. But right now with payroll and home tasks and such, and MrNG not being able to do as much with the kids as he used to before starting his training, I don't make projects - as if I had lost interest in them (It's kind of worrying to me, I used to enjoy creative stuff).

Boys are in bed, reading, we will soon switch off the lights upstairs. I need to write my to-do list for the week. A few more tasks, then bed.

TADAs
slept late
all of us fed
lunch half ready for oven
veggies ready, two small cakes ready
enjoyed good food
MrNG and I cleaned up
a break with a book
spent time online for secondhand ski gear - need to spend more time and also check the kids closets before buying
finish morning routine stuff
prep an index card to monitor my daily routines for February
cleabing, vacuuming
dinner, MrNG cleaned up
showers, bedtime stories

TODOs
weekly planning and list
download 2025 pictures from our phones onto a computer and hard drive ?
plan fun things ?
read, and sleep