To do:
Appointments:
Monday: DH to office
At home for me
Tuesday: DH WFH
At home for me
Wednesday: DH to office
At home for me
Butcher delivery of Easter meat pack
8 am Openreach engineers are supposed to arrive to finally sort out Dnextdoorneighbour C's fibre internet - have they agreed the route they are going to follow? Will they need to use our path to work from?
Laxapet for Jude and Matilda
9 pm Final touches to Waitrose order
Thursday: DH WFH
10.30 am church
Any errands?
Hoover car? ( Weather permitting!)
Bring blue crates up from garage (delegate this to DH)
6-7 pm Waitrose delivery
Laxapet -Jude and Matilda ( if we didn't do it yesterday)
Good Friday: DH off work
At home for me
Saturday:
*Text DF E re coffee tomorrow*
Sunday: church 9.30 am
Coffee with DF E ?
Laxapet Jude and Matilda
Future dates to note:
Outstanding deliveries:
Extras:
Email DF HT re meal on 26 /4. (DH will be on a day trip with DBIL then, but I'd still like to go, so long as it won't mess up her numbers!
Find those new trainers I have stashed away
Throw out my old trainers (they are falling to bits, so can't be donated)
Donate trainers that are reasonably new, but, for some reason no longer fit my feet
Order Fred's meds and new food (see MF's email for this!), and Matilda's Laxapet from vet - by TUESDAY
Digital decluttering- Google Photos for 2024 and 2025
Write upcoming appointments on kitchen calendar and in my filofax
Easter card for DF E
Chocolate Easter bunny for DF E
Email Hobbies re my dolls house
Pick up my footprints! (Thank you, RRose!)
Make list of outstanding jobs on the house and send to Handyman A. DF PM, who has been mentoring him through some difficult turns his life has taken, thinks he may be ready to start some jobs again. (If he doesn't reply in a reasonable time, or doesn't want to do anything, then I'll look for someone else, but I would prefer not to do that). Off the top of my head, clean gutters and the swan neck on the downpipes where "stuff" tends to accumulate, clean cladding back and front and downpipes, and short return wall as well. Replace the bit of mortar that's fallen out of the edge of the roof (I think its called the verge?) , fix dripping kitchen tap ( new washer?), sort out cabinet that wobbles, fix garage guttering that's loose at one end and bending down. More as I think of them?
( Texted 10/3 and still waiting for a reply over a month later
)
Update: text him again first thing Monday
If no reply by the end of the month, then definitely look for someone else (DF PM is also starting to become exasperated with his reluctance)
Steps to take to find a replacement: ask friends, look on local sources eg Nextdoor for recommendations
I may have to split the jobs between different people this year if I can't find someone who's good at a variety of skills
For gutter cleaning, Dneighbours R and A used Ben's gutters -are they pleased with the work? Does BG also clean cladding? Do they have a website? Yes
Also The E Gutter Cleaners -they have good reviews
Prepare my "job spec" WIP
Fill in free quote forms for both the above companies
Wait and see the results!
Kitchen tap - DF E has given me the phone number if her plumber . I think DF CW also has a plumber she is happy with?
Garage gutter - probably a handyman needed here - Text /message a few likely candidates and see what happens. Does Dneighbour R2 do handyman type jobs? I know he's done work for Dneighbour R in the past, but that was larger jobs, like laying a path!
I need to find a new podiatrist - I don't know anyone who regularly uses one, so I need to do my homework:
Look online - are they taking on new clients? ( Many people aren't ATM as there is a shortage
no) Are they registered with the HCPC? Check their registration numbers to ensure they match! ( This should ensure I see someone who is properly qualified and adheres to straight levels of hygiene) Do I like the "feel" of the place from the website? Is it easy to get to? (Somewhere miles out with no parking nearby is not going to be suitable). The Foot Clinic is looking promising, the only downside is they are a bit pricey. I guess you get what you pay for! Find a date and time that's suitable and book an appointment!
Take up and hem those thick winter curtains for the kitchen
Book eye test for me
Find picture hanging equipment for DH
Sort prints and put in albums (this will probably be an activity to do on wet days!) WIP I am now working on 2024
Think about setting up Guardianship for F,J and M - looked on Cats' Protection, I need their microchip numbers, approximate DOB, colour and markings and useful information about them. Bookmark link with local recommended solicitors (also ask DF CW?)
Change health centres to the one nearest us?
On hold ATM , but I'll leave it on my list so I don't forget.
To do:
Early morning:
Cuddles and treats on the bed with Matilda,
Jude
, and Freddie
Cup of tea
QT
Update latest Waitrose order when new dates become available
Make bed
Shower / wash hair/ moisturiser and sunblock/ clean and floss teeth
Physio exercises and back exercises
Proprioceptors exercises X1
x2 x3
S/S bathroom
Get dressed
DH launched
Breakfast and meds / supplements - me
DRINK WATER #1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7 #8
Check bank account
Go for my walk - take several shorter walks today instead of one longer one, to get used to my new trainers
Garden:
15 minutes in tiny front garden
15 minutes in back garden
Cats:
Cats’ breakfast and meds / supplements
Fresh water in cat bowls
Scoop cat trays
Check Jude’s bowl
Check Matilda's bowl
Walk Freddie
Lap time with Jude, Freddie and Matilda
Play with Jude
, Freddie and Matilda
Head rubs with Jude,
Freddie
and Matilda
Cats' supper
House:
Rubbish down to wheelie bins
Kitchen clean up
Load DW
Run DW when full
Unload DW
PUPA downstairs
Quick dust sitting room
Quick hoover downstairs
PUPA upstairs
Quick dust bedrooms
Quick hoover upstairs
Lunch
Supper
Lay out clothes for tomorrow
Journal three things I am thankful for today
Hand cream
Extra house tasks:
Monday:
Clean bathroom
Clean spare room
Clean bedroom
Tuesday:
Clean hall
Clean sitting room
Clean stairs
Empty hoover before starting work
Wheelie bins back when dustmen have been
Filing paperwork for 15 minutes
Wednesday:
Clean kitchen
Garden extras:
Feed pots weekly
8 weeks time - need to order more fuchsia gall mite predator
Late April/May: buy geraniums and begonias for pots and small border
Decide how many I need:
Begonias - shallow pot on manhole cover in front garden, also some for shallow bowl on patio?
Geraniums - 12 along fence by path?
6? along remainder of fence
8-10 for small border?
6? for patio ?
Financial:
More work on budget WIP
Healthspan
Change CTax SO again in May!
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See everyone tomorrow.