Jean-Antoine Watteau Wednesday

[trissie]

Bama, single dog dare is always better than no dog dare in my book!
Dogged, a steam generator is a rather fancy iron - as AI says, "A steam generator iron is a high-performance ironing system consisting of a lightweight iron connected to a separate, large water tank base. It uses a built-in boiler to produce high-pressure, continuous steam, offering up to 2x more steam than standard irons to remove stubborn creases faster. Ideal for heavy laundry loads, these units offer faster, more efficient, and often vertical ironing." Since I iron most of our clothing (and I actually do enjoy ironing, especially in the colder months, since that's me time for listening to audio books), I like to use the efficient tools! And since we have nasty hard water, they generally don't last more than a couple years (also, the last one died because I dropped it one too many times, but let's not talk about that)
helia, now I kinda crave kielbasa and cabbage - good thing I am going shopping tomorrow

TaDas
- gather recyclings in car
- test new steam generator - can I throw out packaging?
- pick up DS from scout session and drop off recyclings on the way home
- dinner
- laundry flipped to dryer

ToDos
- midday routine
- afternoon routine
- evening routine

[trissie]

And I am queen of page 4!

[Doggedly]

trissie's the Queen of castle. I think that makes me the dirty rascal It will only motivate me to do more cleaning!

That's good, helia.

Up to three already, Bama. You have found your mojo!

That's quite the fancy gadget, trissie. And I do love gadgets!

I know that I have been working hard, but I don't seem to have added anything to my list of Ta Das. One of life's mysteries...


Wednesday
Breakfast for dog
Spiffed self
Quick wipe of bathtub
Washed floors: bathroom, entrance, kitchen
Treats for dog
Scrubbed out sink and basin
Bagged bathroom garbage and cut new liner from old toilet paper wrapper
Treats for dog. Between us, we managed to spread pork broth and fish around the kitchen floor.
Washed some dishes
Wiped down accessible surfaces
Quick wipe of kitchen floor.
Tossed the pad
Washed the soaking dishes
Dumped the water
Cleaned up after dog
Hammered the frozen spinach to break some off: made a hole in the middle of the bag
Taped up the bag
Cooked a snack of rice and frozen vegetables

[Gma]

Bama, I'm excited for your cruise!
I've had a conversation with my brother and with the bank, as a conference call. I hope we have everything in order finally.
Mixed "dilly bread" for church soup supper tonight. It is so yummy, I love it, and it's easy to make. An herbed yeast bread with dill seed, dried onion, parsley, and cottage cheese. And I am fasting today (until church supper) since it's Lent, so no tastes.
After it comes out of the oven, I will go for a walk - it has warmed up some, snow is gone - and go to grocery store as i'm almost out of flour, and I have more baking to do in the next several days.

[kitkat]

What is the steam generator, trissie ? Do I need one?

Dogged How is Germane today? Looks like you're on a roll!

Gma - yay for sorting out the bank issue. It must be a relief
Bama
How are the canines and felines doing?
helia a long list of accomplishments!

I'm finally back with DLittle one. She is tired:) - enjoying Blippy. (A safe program... hard to find these days)
I'm enjoying my coffee by the fireplace with DDog next to my feet.

Next:
lol - keep it moving
make up the bed
create dinner?

[Bama]

Bowing to Queen trissie.
Dogged, you dirty rascal I’d be the jester but I don’t want to have to sample food for poison (on second thought maybe I do, I’m sure the chef is top rated)
Gma, thank you. Hope all the paperwork gets worked out.
I love dill anything.
Helia, our meals are similar, lima beans, cabbage and ham here.
It’s bright and sunny here. Just ask the flies lol. Reminds me I need to order something…strips or bag traps…I’ll have to read up. Anybody got a good remedy for flies?
Mojo is sporadic, high at the moment, taking an uncrustable break and back at it.

Wednesday - garbage day
Toss 17 catalogs, magazines
Dh tossed a bin full of vhs tapes the previous owner left at Hollywood
Check out Publix bogos
BP - find cuff, chg out dead batteries, bp significantly lower than last recorded
Make mushroom coffee in French press
Weigh
Water
Bible
Emails
Mail
Sign up for cruise activities, flight seats? Waiting for email
Breakfast
Lunch
Wfd: Lima beans, ham, cabbage
Pet chores
Pet extras brush Toby, Jeremy
Walk dogs Xam pm
Spot clean floors
Dust
Vacuum
Glass
Mop
Repot inside plants in larger pots - find pots
Laundry:
Put towel up from dryer
Wash dry put away dh’s clothes load 1
Wash dry put away dh’s clothes load 2
Wash dry put on chair cover
Kitchen:
Clean out fridge
Take out trash bag
Empty 4 boxes, put away items, put boxes in trash (2 left to go)
Load dw and run, unload
Pledge cabinets
Try a wine
Clean 3 bottles, soaking to soften dirt
Dining:
Go through cookbooks
Living:
Clear mantel, decorate for Easter in progress
Yard:
Change out bulbs on string lights
Pull up gardenias
5 minute weed front step
Order grandpa weeder - in cart
Lay down barrier and mulch
Find mulch under briars, after berry picking is over
Moms:
Wash canning jars or pack to donate
Bring home Gatorade
:30 pw
Brought planner up to date
Play daily games
Weeklies
Monthlies:
Got new filters yesterday so replaced AC filter
Something fun and crafty
Watch Bridgerton
Daily habit thread - arm wts, sit to stand 10x, walk at sunset
Call Serenity Gardens - payment arrangements
Test putty on vinyl floor, worked well so tried some more spots
Thursday:
7pm Zoom call
Monday - car registration
Beyond:
Set up certificates to roll into savings at maturity
Passports - make appointment
Take measurements
Make wasp nests out of paper bags to scare away carpenter bees (find paper bags)
Find rx and order glasses
Schedule atv service
Shop for new range
Load coffee table for Hollywood
Load jars for florist
Use florist gift cards

[L.Ann]

Mostly done…. I got side tracked because DD33 is coming home early.

1-pack DD33’s lunch and finish kitchen clean up
2-FACE
3-diet site


Menus
Thursday-chicken burrito bowl
Friday-spicy coconut turkey curry soup
Saturday-eat out after bball

Events
Thursday-Little Bit 7:40-5, Little Bit school 9-3:15, DD33 dance 2:30-3:30
Friday- Little Bit 7:40-5, Little Bit school 9-3:15
Saturday-bball tournament

Weekly House Blessing-
Detailed cleaning of dining room-scrub dining room floor
Death book-update DD33’s pages, call lawyer for appointment to review will and DD33’s POAs
Phone calls-call my tax person
Taxes-finish DM’s income so I can figure out what I still need(last paper done on 2/28)-emailed

Accomplishments
-stretching and knee exercises
-breakfast for dog, DD33 and me
-diet site
-start laundry
-meds and temp DD33
-dress and pick up bedroom
-walk a mile
-pick up Little Bit
-breakfast for Little Bit
-reboot laundry
-read
-take Little Bit to school
-clean drawer under stove
-walk
-gardening
-organize my tax stuff( do I have everything)
-lunch
-sweeping and bagging garden waste
-read
-short walk
-pick up Little Bit
-library or playground-Little Bit’s choice
-take Little Bit home

[Bama]

I’ve been plugging away. Can’t tell much by looking in my house but it’s solid progress.
Heading outside to walk, play ball, get some fresh air, all that cool stuff.

[Doggedly]

I'm in the same boat, Bama. I know that I have been plugging away, but looking around the apartment, I can't point to a particular accomplishment. We will just have to take comfort in the knowledge that it would be worse if we hadn't made the effort.
I am not normally much bothered by flies on the fourth floor, but I have an outbreak of tiny little gnats, I think, and I am eyeballing the houseplants with suspicion. Just way until Victoria Day; you lot can go out to the balcony and take your flies with you!

WTG on another successful day, L.Ann.

Germane is doing pretty well, kitkat. She ate dog food earlier. Now she doesn't want dog food, but keeps mugging for better treats, so I'll take that as a good enough sign.

WTG on getting things with the bank and your db sorted, Gma.

I am trying an experiment. I kept the lasagna pan with the fat and drippings from the pork roast in the fridge. Now I've added too many vegetables to roast in the pan, covered it and put it in the oven. I'll stir them from time to time to try to get them all coated as they cook. I expect them to be softer than roasted vegetables

Wednesday
Breakfast for dog
Spiffed self
Quick wipe of bathtub
Washed floors: bathroom, entrance, kitchen
Treats for dog
Scrubbed out sink and basin
Bagged bathroom garbage and cut new liner from old toilet paper wrapper
Treats for dog. Between us, we managed to spread pork broth and fish around the kitchen floor.
Washed some dishes
Wiped down accessible surfaces
Quick wipe of kitchen floor.
Tossed the pad
Washed the soaking dishes
Dumped the water
Cleaned up after dog
Hammered the frozen spinach to break some off: made a hole in the middle of the bag
Taped up the bag
Tried to FACE: can’t log into my account again
Called bank: after multiple attempts they got me into my account. Their old system worked fine, I don’t know why they changed it to one that requires a phone call and six attempts before we can access our own accounts.
FACE: paid bills
Updated budget sheet for February and March
Did some fact-checking with ChatGPT
Cut up lots of potatoes, carrots and onions and put them in the oven

[Bama]

The veggies sound delicious either way, Dogged, roasted or soft. Maybe if you have leftovers you could roast them without as much broth tomorrow?
It’s too bad flies don’t migrate north lol. I wouldn’t wish that on anyone though.

I’ve been outside, walked thumper on the leash, he’s doing better (today anyway tomorrow who knows) as I left them in the dog yard while I went to get them water, he got out but sat on the front porch and came to the side door when I called him, then he walked freely back to the dog yard where we let Beau out. Now we are all on the porch cooling off. I weeded about 5 minutes, long enough to get 4 thorns from briars in my thumb before I quit. Will have to use gloves when I weed in earnest. Changed out some lightbulbs on the string lights. Pulled a questionable stalk out of our old compost to ask dh what it was, the smell let us know it’s garlic, so I need to make a mental note to pull it when it’s ready. I think it’s when the leaves start going brown. Will have to check.
Going to update list, heat up supper, do my bedtime routine, and get think that might be it for the day. Unless I do some pw.