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Triple Dog Dare!

Pick 3 things
Do them
Post your TaDas!

»»—-Cheers! WTG! Ygg!—-««

Don't think about it. Just do it!
~~ I Triple Dog Dare ya! ~~
Good Morning!
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Lucila Godoy Alcayaga (7 April 1889 – 10 January 1957), known by her pseudonym Gabriela Mistral, was a Chilean poet-diplomat, journalist and educator. She read widely in theosophy, became a member of the Secular Franciscan Order or Third Franciscan order in 1925, but rarely attended mass. She was the first Latin American author to receive a Nobel Prize in Literature in 1945, "for her lyric poetry which, inspired by powerful emotions, has made her name a symbol of the idealistic aspirations of the entire Latin American world".

Some central themes in her poems are nature, betrayal, love, a mother's love, sorrow and recovery, travel, and Latin American identity as formed from a mixture of Native American and European influences. She also wrote an immense body of prose, about 800 articles that circulated throughout the Spanish-speaking world, on a range of topics: geography, education, profiles of her fellow writers, politics, and more. Her image is featured on the 5,000 Chilean peso banknote.


Give me your hand
Give me your hand and give me your love,
give me your hand and dance with me.
A single flower, and nothing more,
a single flower is all we'll be.

Keeping time in the dance together,
singing the tune together with me,
grass in the wind, and nothing more,
grass in the wind is all we'll be.

I'm called Hope and you're called Rose:
but losing our names we'll both go free,
a dance on the hills, and nothing more,
a dance on the hills is all we'll be.

Dame La Mano
Dame la mano y danzaremos;
dame la mano y me amarás.
Como una sola flor seremos,
como una flor, y nada más.

El mismo verso cantaremos,
al mismo paso bailarás.
Como una espiga ondularemos,
como una espiga, y nada más.

Te llamas Rosa y yo Esperanza;
pero tu nombre olvidarás,
porque seremos una danza
en la colina y nada más.

So, happy Monday!

I am keeping DBD home today, she might be good to go, but she has double PE and that would not be a good idea. Oh well, they will survive without me in the office for another day!
Spent all of yesterday's afternoon and evening in the kitchen, but now there's 8 jars of plum butter, 6 jars of baked tea and 6 jars of canned plum in spicy syrup. And still a basket to go, which means I will do some plum baking today, and more baked tea, and possibly ask DH to slice another 7 pounds of plums for plum butter (he really does like it, so he may be willing )
DBD has a parent-teacher orientation this afternoon, which will take significant time out of my afternoon, but I still hope to maybe get started on the holiday missions - both the bedroom and the office are in serious need of attention!

TaDas
- breakfast and coffee
- dressed to shoes
- snacks for all kids
- see big kids off the door
- internet time

ToDos
- morning routine
- 45 on cleaning
- get started on work

Braindump
work
- emails
- comments to contract re ITC support
- review BoD agenda
- work on educational guideline
routines
- midday routine
- afternoon routine
- evening routine
food
- lunch
- dinner
- bake something sweet
- process plums
- feed breadstarter
- freezer cooking
organization
- DBD's PTO meeting (4:30pm)
- DBD's speech therapy
- homework and backpacks (oh I didn't miss this over summer!)
- print DS15's school activities application
- call/e-mail re DtDT's intro lesson to air dance lessons?
- pay library fee renewal
- arrange for drop-off of old mattresses at the dump
- order new vacuum cleaner and cooker hood
- make apt - obgyn
- 15 on filing
- plan for September
- print materials for H&H plan
cleaning
- clean master bedroom
- clean master bathroom
- clean DBD's room
- clean twins' room (oversee it done)
- clean DS15's room (oversee it done)
- spiff up kitchen
- spiff up living room
- spiff up downstairs bathroom and hallways
- spiff up office
- clean out / reorganize attic
- H&H plan - deep cleaning in office
- H&H plan - deep cleaning in master bedroom
laundry
- load of lights
- ironing
- folding
- mending
- laundry put away
garden and outside
- watering and feeding flowerpots
- feeding veggie garde
- weeding in veggie garden
- weeding in front garden
- deadhead climbing roses
- pick up - front garden / porch
- pick up - backyard
- spiff up carpool
- spiff up garage
- reseed in veggie garden
me time
- 15 of exercise
- Bible study
- reading
- sewing?

SHEM

“It’s Monday. Time to fuel up with coffee, put on a smile, and fake enthusiasm.”
— Unknown

Thank you for starting us off with that beautiful poem, trissie. I hope that DBD feels better.

It's good to see that you are enjoying your trip, Gma.

I have an easy load of laundry to hang, just Germane's fleeces. And then I think I can head to bed unless Germane has other plans for me. She just woke up and seems quite alert and active.

Monday
Brought back the laundry
Filled two slow cookers and started them
Cleaned out the vegetable drawer in the fridge
Bagged the garbage and brought it to the chute
Clean up after Germane

Good morning Trissie and thank you for starting us off - such a beautiful poem! I hope you can enlist DH 's help with the plums, and that DBD feels better soon.

I'm glad you're having a lovely time, Gma - thank you for checking in and updating us.

WTG getting all G ermane's laundry done, Dogged. Sleep well!

So, Monday again. The weather is cool and cloudy but not raining. Yet. DH is going to the office. My plans for today are to go for a walk, to do something in the garden and to clean upstairs. I also need to give the kitchen.a quick spiff, and ensure everything is PA.

To do:

Appointments:
Monday:
DH to office
At home for me
Tuesday:
DH WFH
At home for me
6pm choral society -DH
Wednesday:
DH to office
At home for me
Final touches to Waitrose order
Thursday:
DH WFH
10.30 am church -
Can I hoover car?
Any errands to run?
2pm podiatrist me
6-7 pm Waitrose delivery -
Friday
DH WFH
9.30.am hair appointment - me
Can I take duvet to launderette?
Garden centre?
Saturday:
DH ??
Text DF E re coffee tomorrow
Bake something?
Prep lunch for tomorrow
Sunday:
Church 9.30 am - we are doing the coffees after the service
Visit DF E for coffee ?
Laxapet Jude and Matilda
Set up new Waitrose delivery

Future dates to note:

15/9 Freddie Solensia 8.45 am
August / September (depending on weather!) work on verge of house by roofer L and team
23/9 Jude boosters (and bloods?) 8.45 am
8/10 weight check Jude 2pm
19/10 9.30.am flu jab me

Outstanding deliveries:

Extras:
Text DF C
Send out updated list of contacts for coffee rota
Can I do 15 minutes of decluttering each day?
Digital decluttering- Google Photos for 2024 and 2025
Pick up my footprints
Book eye test for me - on hold until roof is sorted out!
Sort prints and put in albums (this will probably be an activity to do on wet days!) WIP I am now finished with 2025 for the cats, and started on the garden
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?)

To do:
Early morning:
Cuddles and treats on the bed with Matilda,
Jude and Freddie
Cup of tea
QT
Make bed
Shower / wash hair/ moisturiser and sunblock/ clean and floss teeth
DH launched
Physio exercises and back exercises WIP
Proprioceptors exercises X1 x2 x3
S/S bathroom
Get dressed
Breakfast and meds / supplements - me
DRINK WATER
Check bank account
Go for my walk

Garden:
15 minutes in tiny front garden
15 minutes in back garden

Cats:
Cats’ breakfast and meds / supplements
Fresh water for cats
Scoop cat trays
Walk Freddie
Lap time with Jude, Freddie and Matilda
Play with Jude, Freddie and Matilda
Head rubs with Jude,Freddie& Matilda
Cats' supper

House:
Rubbish down to wheelie bins
Kitchen clean up
Unload DW
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
Wash spare room throw and cat blankets

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:
Water pots
Feed pots weekly
Water roses in front garden
Liquid feed roses in front garden
Prune roses: 3 done, 19 To do

Financial:
More work on budget WIP
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Enjoy your time outside, Kittykatt. I hope that the rain cooperates for you

gma, speaking both Spanish and English, I think the translation of the poem is very good - it was done by a very talented author Ursula Le Guin. Translating poetry is a poetrical discipline in itself and sometimes it's not good, but not this time!
Dogged, hoping you had an uneventful night!
Did the weather hold, kittykatt?

I've been rather very productive today, which is good!

TaDas
- morning routine
- emails
- comments to contract re ITC support
- review BoD agenda
- work on educational guideline
- work on ICT vendor guideline
- lunch
- call/e-mail re DtDT's intro lesson to air dance lessons?
- clean master bedroom
- clean master bathroom
- load of lights

ToDos
- midday routine
- clean DBD's room
- start pot of chicken broth

Braindump
routines
- afternoon routine
- evening routine
food
- dinner
- bake something sweet
- process plums
- feed breadstarter
- freezer cooking
organization
- DBD's PTO meeting (4:30pm)
- DBD's speech therapy
- homework and backpacks (oh I didn't miss this over summer!)
- print DS15's school activities application
- pay library fee renewal
- arrange for drop-off of old mattresses at the dump
- order new vacuum cleaner and cooker hood
- make apt - obgyn
- 15 on filing
- plan for September
- print materials for H&H plan
cleaning
- clean twins' room (oversee it done)
- clean DS15's room (oversee it done)
- spiff up kitchen
- spiff up living room
- spiff up downstairs bathroom and hallways
- spiff up office
- clean out / reorganize attic
- H&H plan - deep cleaning in office
- H&H plan - deep cleaning in master bedroom
laundry
- ironing
- folding
- mending
- laundry put away
garden and outside
- watering and feeding flowerpots
- feeding veggie garde
- weeding in veggie garden
- weeding in front garden
- deadhead climbing roses
- pick up - front garden / porch
- pick up - backyard
- spiff up carpool
- spiff up garage
- reseed in veggie garden
me time
- 15 of exercise
- Bible study
- reading
- sewing?