Tarragon Tuesday

[trissie]

kittykatt, nobody is divorcing me over tarragon - I don't even think we have any in the house!
Safe travels and steady hands for the surgeon, Harriet!
I'm not caught up on posts either, kitkat, when I had time, the boards were down!
do you have plans to spend extended time with Baby I this summer, helia?

I never got here yesterday - did send an email, and then was busy till... well almost midnight. DH is gone again today and tomorrow and we had a big, but not nasty fight last night, this whole thing (and especially the lack of communication from (D)SIL and the extra strain that brings) is taking a huge toll on us. We did make up before bed, though, being very adult about voicing our frustrations and opening some very tough topics.
Anyway, I really need to go to bed earlier tonight, because lack of sleep is certainly not helping!

TaDas
- morning madness
- morning routine
- everybody got snacks and was sent off the door
- very busy day at work
- school permission slip for DBD

ToDos
- midday routine
- 30 in garden
- 15 upstairs

Braindump
routines
- afternoon routine
- evening routine
food
- dinner
- bake something sweet
cleaning
- 30 minute downstairs reset
- 15 in pantry
- 15 upstairs
garden
- prune radishes
- mow backyard (if grass no longer wet?)
- weeding in veggie garden
- weeding in front garden
- prune roses
- pick up - front garden / porch
- pick up - backyard
- start cleaning out the carpool
- fertilize fruit trees
- fertilize conifers
- prune bushes
laundry
- 30 on ironing
organizing
- homework and backpacks
- DBD's speech therapy
- 15 on filing?
- plan for May

[L.Ann]

Back from a busy morning. The grout cleaner I use at the moment is mold and mildew cleaner by apluito, helian. It goes on in a line and I use it primarily on the se@ler around the tub that gets brown from our hard water.

1-long walk
2-scrub bathroom floor
3-lunch

Menus
Tuesday-garlic ginger salmon and rice bowls
Wednesday-DD33out, leftovers me
Thursday-spinach ricotta ravioli
Friday-spicy Peruvian chicken
Saturday-chicken enchilada filling with rice and salad
Sunday-stir fry chicken


Events
Tuesday-Little Bit school 9:15-3, Little Bit 7:40-5, breakfast 8:15, 9:30 DD33’s Team Meeting
Wednesday-Little Bit school 9:15-3, Little Bit 7:40-5, PS for DD33 3-8, cheerleading 6-7
Thursday-Little Bit school 9:15-3, Little Bit 7:40-5, 8:50 DD33 doctor follow up, bocce@4:30
Friday-No Little Bit, 9 lawyer appointment
Saturday-
Sunday-


Weekly House Blessing-mop dining room
Detailed cleaning of bathroom-scrub floor
Death book-update DD33’s pages
Phone calls-
Extra stuff-


Accomplishments
-stretching and knee exercises
-dress and pick up bedroom
-breakfast for dog
-diet site
-fold laundry.
-meds and temp for DD33
-walk a mile
-pick up Little Bit
-go out to breakfast with friends
-take Little Bit to school
-go to DD33’s meeting at the center

[Bama]

Good afternoon!
I couldn’t get in yesterday so had to work all by myself.
My house was trashed after being gone so did a pretty good whb and need to keep up the work while furry feeted fiends try to undo it all. I’ll have to catch up as we go. Hope all is well.

Done:
Bible
Paperwork, games, breakfast, sunscreen, fed cats, started water

Do:
Pet chores, stretches, dust, vacuum, vitamins, …

[L.Ann]

Hi Bama! I hope your DH and his sister can come up with a more sustainable plan, Trissie, if it isn’t a short term problem.

1-read
2-pick up Little Bit
3-snacks


Menus
Tuesday-garlic ginger salmon and rice bowls
Wednesday-DD33out, leftovers me
Thursday-spinach ricotta ravioli
Friday-spicy Peruvian chicken
Saturday-chicken enchilada filling with rice and salad
Sunday-stir fry chicken


Events
Tuesday-Little Bit school 9:15-3, Little Bit 7:40-5, breakfast 8:15, 9:30 DD33’s Team Meeting
Wednesday-Little Bit school 9:15-3, Little Bit 7:40-5, PS for DD33 3-8, cheerleading 6-7
Thursday-Little Bit school 9:15-3, Little Bit 7:40-5, 8:50 DD33 doctor follow up, bocce@4:30
Friday-No Little Bit, 9 lawyer appointment
Saturday-
Sunday-


Weekly House Blessing-mop dining room
Detailed cleaning of
Death book-update DD33’s pages
Phone calls-change DD33’s May 26 appointment
Extra stuff-


Accomplishments
-stretching and knee exercises
-dress and pick up bedroom
-breakfast for dog
-diet site
-fold laundry.
-meds and temp for DD33
-walk a mile
-pick up Little Bit
-go out to breakfast with friends
-take Little Bit to school
-go to DD33’s meeting at the center
-long walk
-scrub bathroom floor
-lunch and clean up kitchen
-Amish for flowers, strawberries and tomatoes

[Bama]

Next list coming up!

Done:
Bible
Paperwork, games, breakfast, sunscreen, fed cats, started water
Pet chores, stretches, dust, vacuum, vitamins, wash dhs clothes, put away mine, cook bone for dog broth, cleaned out snacks, unpacked road trip snack and necessity box

Do:
Walk dogs, eat lunch and chill awhile

[helia]

I wrote a long response over my lunch hour. I could have sworn I posted it -- but I don't see it here. I guess I probably didn't post it then. LOL!

Thanks for the grout cleaner name, L Ann. I hadn't heard of that one.
Well, glad you got your house back in order, Bama.
I hope the surgery went well and you're relaxing and recovering now, Harriet.
Sadly, I won't get to see baby I much this summer, trissie. They will be here for a long weekend in June. They live so far away (2400 miles), and everyone is busy with work, including dh and me. You and dh have so much on you with his family stuff. I'm glad you can be adults and talk openly about tough topics.

I'm not sure we have tarragon in our house. It's not a spice we use regularly. We do have saffron and za'atar and Indian spices in bulk.

It is already 3:40 pm. I've gotten some things done - and there are more things that still need to get done. I've made headway on payroll tasks. I was able to reserve the items we need for dd30's event in June. I have done sundry communication tasks. I've made a menu plan and grocery list. I have tried multiple times to make a Kroger order, but I can't sign in to the website. That's rather frustrating; I cleared my cache over the weekend, trying to get in here. Maybe that's related? The website just sends me off in a circle. SO, I've made a list for WF and will go get dinner items there in just a little bit.

Next - I'm going to finish cleaning up lunch stuff and then go get groceries. Then, I'll do my back exercises and go for a quick jog. Ideally, I'll be home from all that by 5:30 pm. I'll start a lol and then get dinner going.

Next:
- clean up my stuff on table
- WF - get groceries
- back exercises

Later:
- back exercises
- make the bed
- refill bird feeder - these birds are very hungry
- WF trip
- 1 lol w d f pa
- JOG
- payroll: clean up draft of midterm test
- dinner: Tuscan shrimp, rice, green salad
- after dinner clean up
- garbage and recycling
- duolingo
- update health apps
- finish fun book?

TaDas!
- up; weighed self
- email deletions + weather website
- coffee
- payroll: type up notes
- s2s and self care
- KS2J get together
- called rental place; reserved tablecloths and chafing dishes
- communication
- lunch
- after lunch clean up
- looked through recipes; made a groc. list + menu plan
- payroll: made AK
- payroll: made S4 exam checklist
- payroll: made S4 exam folders
- payroll: updated timesheet

[L.Ann]

1-take Little Bit home
2-dinner

Menus
Tuesday-garlic ginger salmon and rice bowls
Wednesday-DD33out, leftovers me
Thursday-spinach ricotta ravioli
Friday-spicy Peruvian chicken
Saturday-chicken enchilada filling with rice and salad
Sunday-stir fry chicken


Events
Tuesday-Little Bit school 9:15-3, Little Bit 7:40-5, breakfast 8:15, 9:30 DD33’s Team Meeting
Wednesday-Little Bit school 9:15-3, Little Bit 7:40-5, PS for DD33 3-8, cheerleading 6-7
Thursday-Little Bit school 9:15-3, Little Bit 7:40-5, 8:50 DD33 doctor follow up, bocce@4:30
Friday-No Little Bit, 9 lawyer appointment
Saturday-
Sunday-


Weekly House Blessing-mop dining room
Detailed cleaning of
Death book-update DD33’s pages
Phone calls-change DD33’s May 26 appointment
Extra stuff-


Accomplishments
-stretching and knee exercises
-dress and pick up bedroom
-breakfast for dog
-diet site
-fold laundry.
-meds and temp for DD33
-walk a mile
-pick up Little Bit
-go out to breakfast with friends
-take Little Bit to school
-go to DD33’s meeting at the center
-long walk
-scrub bathroom floor
-lunch and clean up kitchen
-Amish for flowers, strawberries and tomatoes
-read
-pick up Little Bit
-snacks
-plant flowers and water flowers with Little Bit

[L.Ann]

1-clean kitchen
2-diet site
3-update detailed cleaning

Menus
Wednesday-DD33out, leftovers me
Thursday-spinach ricotta ravioli
Friday-spicy Peruvian chicken
Saturday-garlic ginger salmon and rice bowls
Sunday-chicken enchilada filling with rice and salad
Monday-stir fry chicken and rice


Events
Wednesday-Little Bit school 9:15-3, Little Bit 7:40-5, PS for DD33 3-8, cheerleading 6-7
Thursday-Little Bit school 9:15-3, Little Bit 7:40-5, 8:50 DD33 doctor follow up, bocce@4:30
Friday-No Little Bit, 9 lawyer appointment
Saturday-
Sunday-


Weekly House Blessing-mop dining room
Detailed cleaning of my room-wash window, wash screen, detailed vacuuming, windex pictures, polish furniture, dust woodwork, quick dresser declutter
Death book-update DD33’s pages
Phone calls-change DD33’s May 26 appointment
Extra stuff-


Accomplishments
-stretching and knee exercises
-dress and pick up bedroom
-breakfast for dog
-diet site
-fold laundry.
-meds and temp for DD33
-walk a mile
-pick up Little Bit
-go out to breakfast with friends
-take Little Bit to school
-go to DD33’s meeting at the center
-long walk
-scrub bathroom floor
-lunch and clean up kitchen
-Amish for flowers, strawberries and tomatoes
-read
-pick up Little Bit
-snacks
-plant flowers and water flowers with Little Bit
-take Little Bit home
-dinner prepped and eaten

[Gma]

Glad everything seems to be working OK today
Thanks for the flavorful start kittykatt
laurlind, I hope that my thoughts on crochet work out for you.

We had a severe hailstorm here 3 1/2 weeks ago. Insurance adjuster came today to mother's house, along with roofing/siding contractor. I will have to figure out a whole bunch of repairs, who will do them, shop for some of the items that the hail destroyed. Just a little more to do added to my life.... At least I know I can trust the roofer - he did my house last fall and did a really good job. He says he can do the siding as well.
I will have some painting to do. And more.

It's cold here today - my phone said it was 33 when I woke up, just about 50, but cloudy - I'm really glad I didn't plant any flowers yesterday! And tomorrow is colder, high only in the 40s. Later in the week is supposed to be warmer, so can think about buying and planting flowers.

Now happy stuff:
I baked a new recipe called Orange Chiffon Bundt cake. It looks like it worked out. I hope it tastes good - it's a birthday cake for dfML. We will be 4, going to lunch together tomorrow, then come back for cake. I'm going to try making some kind of custard pudding to drizzle over it for a kind of frosting, since it's hard to frost a cake baked in a bundt pan.
Time to head to grocery store for senior discount day. I am hungry for chocolate ice cream and for a baked potato, neither of which I have in my house. I am trying to eat out of the freezers, both at my house and at mother's.
MvVKM has a cold, feels awful. I cooked turkey soup, he came to get some. And I gave him a couple really nice oranges as well.

[L.Ann]

1-FACE

Menus
Wednesday-DD33out, leftovers me
Thursday-spinach ricotta ravioli
Friday-spicy Peruvian chicken
Saturday-garlic ginger salmon and rice bowls
Sunday-chicken enchilada filling with rice and salad
Monday-stir fry chicken and rice


Events
Wednesday-Little Bit school 9:15-3, Little Bit 7:40-5, PS for DD33 3-8, cheerleading 6-7
Thursday-Little Bit school 9:15-3, Little Bit 7:40-5, 8:50 DD33 doctor follow up, bocce@4:30
Friday-No Little Bit, 9 lawyer appointment
Saturday-
Sunday-


Weekly House Blessing-mop dining room
Detailed cleaning of my room-wash window, wash screen, detailed vacuuming, windex pictures, polish furniture, dust woodwork, quick dresser declutter
Death book-update DD33’s pages
Phone calls-change DD33’s May 26 appointment
Extra stuff-


Accomplishments
-stretching and knee exercises
-dress and pick up bedroom
-breakfast for dog
-diet site
-fold laundry.
-meds and temp for DD33
-walk a mile
-pick up Little Bit
-go out to breakfast with friends
-take Little Bit to school
-go to DD33’s meeting at the center
-long walk
-scrub bathroom floor
-lunch and clean up kitchen
-Amish for flowers, strawberries and tomatoes
-read
-pick up Little Bit
-snacks
-plant flowers and water flowers with Little Bit
-take Little Bit home
-dinner prepped and eaten
-clean kitchen
-diet site
-update detailed cleaning