Tawny Owl Thursday

[helia]

At a coffee shop now with dh. I'm hoping the caffeine kicks in soon; I'm really sleepy.

Hi Peaches!
That is a heavy work schedule, Doggedly. 66 hours/ week?
Gma, I think the medical issue happened during the fight. There was an announcement about an hour into the flight asking if there were any medical personnel on board for a medical emergency. . . I never saw the person or the issue, so I don't know what happened. Everything seemed normal when we landed.
I'm curious, what do you mean by stripping the floorboards, Kitty?

Next:
- payroll: finish GGT project
- make the bed; dh took all the bedding off the bed this morning -- why?
- go for a jog or a walk

Later:
- make bed
- payroll: finish GGT project
- get more groceries?
- go for a jog or a walk?
- dinner TBD
- conference evening session
- duo
- update health apps (would be very good to keep up with this)

TaDas!
- up; found grocery store on maps app
- walked to and from grocery store
- coffee
- email deletions + weather website; high of 72*F and cloudy
- some qt
- payroll: phone call with director
- back exercises
- s2s and self care
- pupa my stuff in bedroom; dh completely pulled the sheets and blanket off the bed so I couldn't remake it
- gathered stuff; conference morning session
- conference lunch with a. group - but dh and I left early; he wanted to work. And I need to finish GGT today.
- at coffee shop; forgot to order skim milk in my latte. . . Oh well.

[Doggedly]

I can't take any credit for the pill. Germane got it into herself when she finally decided that it was tasty enough in all of the dog food and cheese. A palate cleanser, I guess.
Germane wants to know why the non-stop treat party has stopped.

Just one week, Kittykatt. The 16th is my last day.

Big WTG on all of that work prepping for the fridge and reorganizing the kitchen. That sounds like a big job.

helia, is there any chance that you can get a nap before the ceremony tonight?
Oh... When you talked about no access to bathrooms on the plane I thought that something in the food disagreed with half of the passengers.
I think that Kittykatt is talking about stripping wax.

[Kittykatt]

Dogged, the 16th isn't long to go now. It was still clever psychology to get Germane to eat her pill!

Helian, Dogged is right re the floor. Many years ago, I think the kitchen floor was painted with a dark brown varnish. The previous owners had covered it with kitchen carpet! anyhow, the varnish was ok -ish until so done dragged a chair across it , and it scratched it. Badly Multiply that by lots of incidents , and the whole thing looked a mess. So I used nitromors, a scraper and sandpaper and stripped all the visible area of floor, right back to the bare boards, and then waxed them . It gives a "shabby chic" effect, and is much more good tempered and easy to live with. But, because I'm lazy, I never bothered to strip the varnish off under the fridge and freezer. Because, after all, the only time anyone would see it is when they were pulled out for cleaning. But the new fridge is much taller and won't fit under the worktop, hence the reorganisation . And it seemed a good idea at the time to strip that area of floor where the bins are going to go, as the cats were safely corralled at the back of the house. I'm not aiming for a complete match, just something a bit better than thick dark brown varnish!The old fridge is currently blocking access, so the cats can't go there, until I've thoroughly I sorted it, and perhaps given it another wash down, tomorrow.

And now I e written an essay, and I need to be in bed!

[Kittykatt]

Friday's list:
Fridge delivery 7 am - 7pm check to see when we are given a slot!
9.45 am hair appointment -me
Get prawns while I'm in town
Check that area of floor again.
Box up stuff in fridge - cool box/ Dnextdoorneighbour C 's fridge DF CW's fridge
Deal with "stuff" in the kitchen that needs a home
Reply to C re blinds
Complete questionnaire from vets
Maybe wax tomorrow? (Or wait until I mop the floor next?)
Fold laundry and PA
Garden time in the evening
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[Peaches1000]

Next:
-Play with kitty
-Kitchen - change trash
-Vacuum something

Extras:
-Thursday - trash day
-Thursday - Mtg DS insurance
-Friday HH OT?
-Project - set up DS pymt (7/6 hldg)
-Declutter/organize/clean - 15 min
-Files/Med Info/Papers/Emails - 15 min

Routine:
-Laundry #1 hang/fold
-Put away laundry

-PT/OT/Speech - daily self work
-Close blinds
-Open & sort mail/file

Done:
-Fresh food for kitty
-Bedroom - pupa
-Open blinds/get water
-Medicine/vitamins
-Check email
-Update Toodledo
-Check bank accts/Amex
-Foyer Bath - pupa/restock
-Check Ensure/fridge
-Refill ice/water
-Office - change trash
-Check laundry status
-Gather dirty laundry/sort
-Laundry #1 to washer
-Speech - daily self work - 15 min
-HH Nurse - texts
-Enter bank activity in PT
-Reconcile bank accts
-Pull bill file/sort/decide to pay
-Emails - 5 min
-Thursday 100-200 HH Nurse
-Foyer Bath - change trash
-Eat
-Laundry #1 to dryer

[Doggedly]

That sounds like really hard work, Kittykatt, and not lazy at all! Your floors sound beautiful. Warm and welcoming.

Thursday
Put away dry dishes
Cleaned up after dog
Meds and treats for Germane–Apoquel
Cut down box to make new rinkboards for Germane’s pee pads
Started planning
Called the animal hospital to renew Germane’s Apoquel: the doctor’s notes say to wait until after the prescription runs out to see if the symptoms return. Leaving it for now.
Tricked Inner Brat into the shower to wash hair
Gave bathtub a quick scrub
Gave anti-heartworm medication to Germane with lots and lots of treats. The heartworm pills are now too big to hide in her food so it took multiple tries with dog food and cheese before she decided that the pill was good enough to eat. From which I conclude that heartworm pills taste better than hydrolysed protein dog food.
Scrubbed out sink and basin
Washed a few basinsful of dishes
Accepted the Amazon gift card
Spent it. All of my Amazon money was coming from my job, so that’s the end of it now.
Booked Germane’s next grooming appointment. Embarrassingly overdue.
Figured out how to apply the WalMart gift card. They had a great sale on Germane’s pee pads which are already less expensive than their competitors so I stocked up and applied the gift car to reduce the price even more. We’ll be set for pee pads for a good long time.

[Gma]

Doggedly, I would cut the chewable heartworm pill into about 12 or 16 little pieces, and hide them in cheese. Tutsi got lots of treats on heartworm day! She never would have taken the medication whole.

[Doggedly]

You're probably right, Gma. Germane used to eat those pills whole, but she's looking like she can't swallow such big gobs of food anymore.

She has had her walk and more treats and Benedryl, and has taken herself off to sleep in the bathroom.

[Doggedly]

I think that I'll call this good enough for today. Good night!

Thursday
Put away dry dishes
Cleaned up after dog
Meds and treats for Germane–Apoquel
Cut down box to make new rinkboards for Germane’s pee pads
Started planning
Called the animal hospital to renew Germane’s Apoquel: the doctor’s notes say to wait until after the prescription runs out to see if the symptoms return. Leaving it for now.
Tricked Inner Brat into the shower to wash hair
Gave bathtub a quick scrub
Gave anti-heartworm medication to Germane with lots and lots of treats. The heartworm pills are now too big to hide in her food so it took multiple tries with dog food and cheese before she decided that the pill was good enough to eat. From which I conclude that heartworm pills taste better than hydrolysed protein dog food.
Scrubbed out sink and basin
Washed a few basinsful of dishes
Accepted the Amazon gift card
Spent it. All of my Amazon money was coming from my job, so that’s the end of it now.
Booked Germane’s next grooming appointment. Embarrassingly overdue.
Figured out how to apply the WalMart gift card. They had a great sale on Germane’s pee pads which are already less expensive than their competitors so I stocked up and applied the gift car to reduce the price even more. We’ll be set for pee pads for a good long time.
Put away dry tshirts
Hung other tshirts around the apartment
Bagged garbage
Walked Germane
Brought garbage, paper recycling and blue box recycling to the basement with Germane
Treats and Benedryl for Germane

[Doggedly]

I think that I'll call this good enough for today. Good night!

Thursday
Put away dry dishes
Cleaned up after dog
Meds and treats for Germane–Apoquel
Cut down box to make new rinkboards for Germane’s pee pads
Started planning
Called the animal hospital to renew Germane’s Apoquel: the doctor’s notes say to wait until after the prescription runs out to see if the symptoms return. Leaving it for now.
Tricked Inner Brat into the shower to wash hair
Gave bathtub a quick scrub
Gave anti-heartworm medication to Germane with lots and lots of treats. The heartworm pills are now too big to hide in her food so it took multiple tries with dog food and cheese before she decided that the pill was good enough to eat. From which I conclude that heartworm pills taste better than hydrolysed protein dog food.
Scrubbed out sink and basin
Washed a few basinsful of dishes
Accepted the Amazon gift card
Spent it. All of my Amazon money was coming from my job, so that’s the end of it now.
Booked Germane’s next grooming appointment. Embarrassingly overdue.
Figured out how to apply the WalMart gift card. They had a great sale on Germane’s pee pads which are already less expensive than their competitors so I stocked up and applied the gift car to reduce the price even more. We’ll be set for pee pads for a good long time.
Put away dry tshirts
Hung other tshirts around the apartment
Bagged garbage
Walked Germane
Brought garbage, paper recycling and blue box recycling to the basement with Germane
Treats and Benedryl for Germane