Francis Bacon Friday

[L.Ann]

Morning All!

1-read nonfiction book
2-laundry reboot
3-mop dining room floor

Menus
Friday-sheet pan Asian crispy shrimp with rice and green beans
Saturday-
Sunday-

Events
Friday-Little Bit 7:40-5, Little Bit school 9:15-3
Saturday-bball 9:30-10:30
Sunday-walk with friend????
Monday-

Weekly House Blessing-mop dining room
Detailed cleaning of
Extra stuff-send letter to friend of DM
January paperwork-spare room- DM’s papers
Death book-updates, call lawyer for appointment to review will and DD33’s POAs
Phone calls- make eye appointments
Taxes-

Accomplishments
-stretching and knee exercises
-breakfast for me and dog
-dress and pick up bedroom
-meds and temp for DD33
-walk a mile
-pick up Little Bit and finish audio book
-breakfast for Little Bit
-handprint for V-day card
-help Little Bit with puzzle
-take Little Bit to school
-talk to DD41

[trissie]

L.Ann, what are you reading?

DH distracted me with a plea to send him his tax documentation (he needs to upload it to their payroll system and the deadline is Sunday and while he could do it from home, he prefers to not have to deal with it remotely).

TaDas
- midday routine
- 15 on laundry
- DH's tax paperwork
- dealt with mortgage refinancing paperwork
- mop kitchen floor

ToDos
- afternoon routine
- 30 on cleaning / pick up
- 15 on filing

Braindump
routines
- evening routine
food
- dinner
- bake something sweet
organization
- DBD's speech therapy
- 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
laundry
- mending
- laundry put away
me time
- 15 of exercise
- Bible study
- reading

[Doggedly]

Hi, all. It is a bright sunny day, I have a deeply satisfied dog and all is well. I suspect that I am coming into a case of pink eye, which I haven't had since I wore contact lenses, but hopefully it will just pass. In the meantime, I will be extra diligent about washing hands and wiping down surfaces.

Thanks, Kittykatt. I hope that your kitchen cupboard is perfect.

Dog food really has gotten expensive, kitkat. I'm lucky that Germane is such a little dog. I don't remember your mentioning Balance It, but I am interested to check it out. Thanks for mentioning it.

helia, I hope that no news is good news regarding R. Fingers crossed!

Lauralind, I can't imagine a large group of people descending on my home for dinner with no warning. Kudos to your DH's ddad's dfamily for rising to the occasion.

LOL, yes, trissie, we can't lose bacon as well!
WTG on making it through the week. Yay weekend!

Hi, L.Ann!

[trissie]

You know, Dogged, if catching a break isn't working out for you, catching a pink eye should not be an alternative! Quick healing!

TaDas
- clean office
- spiff up master bathroom
- afternoon routine
- 15 on filing
- general pick up

ToDos
- start dinner
- 10 in the living room, decluttering flat surfaces
- put away today's laundry

Braindump
routines
- evening routine
food
- dinner
- bake something sweet
organization
- DBD's speech therapy
- update land contract
- homework and backpacks
- check the dates on seeds and note what to buy
cleaning
- spiff up DBD's room
- spiff up twins' room
- spiff up DS13's room
- spiff up master bedroom
laundry
- mending
- laundry put away
me time
- 15 of exercise
- Bible study
- reading

[L.Ann]

I am reading Proof which is a mystery, Trissie. For nonfiction I am reading Yiyun Li’s memoir Things in Nature Merely Grow. Hi Dogged.

1-clean kitchen
2-dinner preprep
3-pick up Little Bit

4-snacks
5- finish Valentine project with Little Bit

Menus
Friday-sheet pan Asian crispy shrimp with rice and green beans
Saturday-
Sunday-
Monday-out for lunch so snack for dinner
Tuesday-southwest shrimp tacos
Wednesday-DD33out/me leftovers
Thursday-chicken burrito bowl
Friday-turkey and Greek salad lettuce wraps
Saturday-out on way home from bball

Events
Friday-Little Bit 7:40-5, Little Bit school 9:15-3
Saturday-bball 9:30-10:30
Sunday-walk with friend????
Monday-Little Bit 7:40-5, DD33 off
Tuesday-Little Bit 7:40-5, Little Bit school 9:15-3, 12:40 mole check for me
Wednesday-Little Bit 7:40-5, Little Bit school 9:15-3, lunch out with friends, DD33 out w/PS3-8
Thursday-Little Bit 7:40-5, Little Bit school 9:15-3
Friday-Little Bit 7:40-5, Little Bit school 9:15-11:15
Saturday-Special Olympics Ball 12-4

Weekly House Blessing-mop dining room and kitchen, vacuum, dust, windex, trash
Detailed cleaning of bathroom-wash walls, scrub tub, scrub tub walls, scrub shower walls, swish and swipe, wash floors, wipe down door and woodwork, declutter medicine cabinet and vanity cabinet
Extra stuff-send letter to friend of DM
January paperwork-spare room- DM’s papers
Death book-update DD33’s pages, call lawyer for appointment to review will and DD33’s POAs
Phone calls- make eye appointments
Taxes-

Accomplishments
-stretching and knee exercises
-breakfast for me and dog
-dress and pick up bedroom
-meds and temp for DD33
-walk a mile
-pick up Little Bit and finish audio book
-breakfast for Little Bit
-handprint for V-day card
-help Little Bit with puzzle
-take Little Bit to school
-talk to DD41
-read nonfiction book
-laundry reboot
-mop dining room floor
-read fiction book
-lunch
-outside walk
-feed birds

[kitkat]

Hi Everyone,
just dropping in for a coffee:) Long overdue...
I had 2 DGkids, down to one now...
I also had the "tree guys" chopping down branches in the front for the city... Had to move cars and all. My dpup decided to "react" with barking, then growling as there were a few people in front, working on the ground, up on the tree... so I spent some time, 3 or for outings with her on the porch where I allowed her to observe that they were no threat. She did well. By the second outing she was obedient AND quiet. Of course, she got her rewards:)
We worked on her to let me touch around her eyes. I have an ointment for her... I think, it's even more difficult than the drops we used b4. She now lets me hold her lids open but I would need a third hand to give the ointment Thankfully, her eye is not looking bad. Keeping an eye on it.

Dogged - be careful about your eye... Polyporin eyedrops from Shoppers might help.
(Apparently, we can pass on pink eye to dogs (and vice versa).

Lauralind, I'm not a dr, but that sounds like a sinus infection (I've had my share of them) - and you just might need antibiotics... Do you have access to virtual appointments?

helia sounds like you had a rough evening. (((((()))))


Waving to trissie, LAnn, Kittykatt Did I miss anyone?

Back to laundry I go:)

[Doggedly]

LOL, I can see that catching pink eye is not much of a Plan B, trissie! My eye has actually quit bothering me, so I hope that I was wrong.

Doing great, L.Ann.

You have done better than I, kitkat. I was never able to convince Dreadnaught that people providing services to the house were not a threat.
I have a terrible time getting anything into Germane's eyes. She braces her head against me, which is a help, but then she thrashes around.
I'll join you in the laundry room after I get my hair washed.

I have had to do some restrategizing. Germane has upchucked on her dog bed. Luckily, the bottom has come apart so I can see that it's stuffed with synthetic batting, not beads that can jam the washing machine, so I can put it through the wash. I just have to take out the stuffing and put it all in laundry bags. So that will be one load. For my second load, I'll do clothes but no delicates, so it will be an easy laundry day for me. I'll have to bring up Germane's second dog bed before I take this one away. She won't be happy, as this bed is her favourite, and once she changes favourites she won't have anything to do with second best. If I were going to get a wish from a genie, I think that I would ask for confidence like Germane's, LOL.

[helia]

I thought I came back here this afternoon -- I guess not. It's 3:20 pm now. I'm tired and need some mojo.

I need to join you in the laundry room, Kitkat.
Sounds like interesting reading, L Ann - fiction and nonfiction.
I hope Germane feels better, Doggedly. And you too - pink eye is no fun. - Oh, I see it's not bothering you any more!
WTG dealing with financial paperwork, trissie.
Get better soon, Lauralind. So much stuff going around right now. I hope you can rest today. Oh - you're almost done with the blanket! Who is it for?

R got home at 6:20 this morning; apparently, M picked him up. He has atypical bacterial pneumonia. But his MRI was normal. He's on antibiotics. I offered help if he needs it, but he hasn't responded. Hopefully he's sleeping. I called S's mother who stayed overnight with J12yo last night to see what she knew. She thought R was pretty much back to normal and that J12yo wants to be with him as much as possible; I think it was quite a scare for her. J12yo is very sweet and sensitive and surprisingly mature for her age, an only child. S is coming home tomorrow night - unless she has cut her trip short.

Next:
- refill bird feeder
- back exercises
- start a lol
- some qt
- NY cards progress

Later:
- some qt
- refill bird feeder
- bring in firewood
- exercise - go for a walk? (I'll jog tomorrow)
- NY cards progress
- laundry
- writing time
- maybe, to the school to check that final exams were turned in
- update timesheet
- 15 minutes decluttering
- dinner out with dh
- read for fun
- duolingo
- update health apps
- restart knitting project?
- progress with planning travel?
- can I buy and send a bd card to ddilF?

TaDas!
- up; weighed self
- coffee
- email deletions + weather website
- s2s and self care
- squeegeed and wiped down shower
- reclaimed kitchen
- 9:20 - 11:15 out to coffee with MM
- lunch
- AS texted: has to cancel work out this afternoon
- messaged R with offer of help
- called LW, S's mom - how is R doing? (She stayed at their house with J12yo last night while R was in the hospital)
- payroll: finished checking syllabi for GGT; figured out some things with google sheets
- payroll: updated timesheet

[Kittykatt]

Hello, everyone!

Trissie, thank you! DH has been told today that he will find during the "second quarter". He's not sure if yet that means April -June (calendar quarter) or July -September (financial quarter), as it wasn't clarified. He'll ask for clarification on Monday, but Ive said to him that long term, it really won't make much difference.

I hope Germane feels better soon, Dogged.

KitKat, congratulations to DPup with her progress with visitors! Freddie is unpredictable and has to be shut away, Jude is very shy, and Matilda has the opinion that everyone is here for her entertainment, and also has no idea of the concept of personal property. As far as she's concerned, anything in anyone's bag needs to be disinterred and examined. So she's also shut away when I have workmen in the house.

Helia, that's good news about your DF R. I'm sure everyone is relieved.

Laura, drinking lots of water can also help sinus infections while you're waiting to see a doctor.

Is Little Bit's valentine 's project for her parents, L.Ann?

It's been a good day. The sun actually came out this morning, so I had time in my garden. MJ has made good progress on the cupboard. The drawer is finished, and the cupboard just needs a shelf fitted. He's done really well, raking out the old fittings, and building a frame from scratch, with no instructions or diagrams, just my ideas! He'll be back on 27th to finish, as he's going to DF CW (who lives opposite) so it makes sense to do it then. He's on holiday with his family for next week as it's half term,.and did suggest coming over the day they got back, but I vetoed that, and he and his wife have two small children, and I think she would appreciate some support that day,.dealing with the inevitable post holiday laundry and all the other jobs! This afternoon it rained, and I cut out my first tablecloth and got it pinned. Matilda is now on my lap.

[Kittykatt]

Today's list:

Cuddles on the bed with Matilda, Jude and Freddie
QT
Physio exercises
Up, shower, personal care and dress
All cats fed
Take Freddie out? ( If he wants to go!)
Breakfast and meds /supplements -me
Rubbish down to bins
Go for my walk ( I walked in town)
Run hoover round downstairs?
Quick dust sitting room?
Garden time - A little deadheading?
Lunch
Delicate /wool wash
Clean shoes
Polish bag
Fold laundry and PA
Clean sheets and towels out of the airing cupboard
Does DH have choir practice? Not this week
Cats' supper
Our supper
Bed at a reasonable time!

Extras:
MJ here to work on kitchen cupboard WIP
9.45.am hair appointment -me
Send out email re parish lunch
Can I make a start on those tablecloths?
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