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Triple Dog Dare!

Pick 3 things
Do them
Post your TaDas!

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Don't think about it. Just do it!
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Good Morning!
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The flowers are medium-sized (6–9 cm), very full, and have flat rosette shape with an old-fashioned button-eye, exuding a strong old rose scent. The milk-white petals occasionally have a soft blush of pale pink and are bordered with dark red or uneven crimson-pink edges, creating a stunning contrast between the white and crimson outline.

The blooms appear in small clusters, typically in late spring or early summer.

The flowering is abundant, mostly once per season, though occasional repeat blooms may occur.

Thank you for another beautiful start, trissie. I pass the torch to you, as I am off to bed.

Good morning, Trissie, and thank you for starting us off, and for another beautiful rose.

Gma, I'm glad the nurses are so conscientious about your DMum's care.

L.Ann, I think many of us feel the same way about our kitchens!

Laura, could you have a look under the kitchen thread? Lady Maverick often posts there with lists of how she feeds her growing family with teenagers. It might give you some ideas how to cope with DS's appetite? I think her DS is 16yo, so a similar age.

Bama, you got lots done -WTG!

Sleep well, Dogged!

We had a nearly-but-not-quite a frost last night, another reminder that it is Too Early for the summer bedding yet, despite the warm, sunny days. But, OTOH, this means we are rewarded with the most amazing sunrises!

Musings for today: DH goes to the office, and I have a "free" day at home. I'm hoping for a good , productive session in my garden - I need to hang the "envelopes" containing the predator for the fuchsia gall mite on and around my fuchsia bushes. I haven't seen any signs of it yet, but the predator is supposed to be used as a preventative if the gallite.was bad the previous year (it was ) so I want to get ahead of the game. I also need to make another on the calendar to order some more predator in about eight weeks' time. I think my pots could do with watering, and I'm sure there's some general tidying/ weeding to do. I would also like to have some time just sitting out there quietly for a few minutes, but this may not be possible depending on what else is going on in the neighbourhood! ( The contractors are supposed.to be coming back in the immediate future to do Dnextdoorneighbour C 's fibre instalI *properly*, and that is not going to be a quiet exercise!). The guy yesterday seemed to think that going across her lawn would be the most sensible route. I agree, but because of the way it slopes, they are almost certainly going to need to use our front path just to work from (no digging). I am fine with that (anything to get C's internet up and running!), so long as they don't touch my plants. They are mostly roses, however, and as Dogged has so rightly pointed out, they are very good at defending themselves!

On the housework front - can I do a quick dust/ tidy / hoover upstairs as soon as DH has left for work? This would get it "done" and out of the way, and would just leave the kitchen to do later, along with a quick PUPA /dust/ hoover of the sitting room.

A walk would be good too - either before or after I do the garden.

Admin tasks - I need to write more upcoming appointments on the kitchen calendar .

There should be *plenty* of time to get all this done today, and chat with any neighbours who are around, so long as I use my time wisely!

To do:

Appointments:
Wednesday: DH to office
At home for me
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)
Friday: BIL arrives for the weekend
At home for me
Saturday: BIL and DH out somewhere
*Text DF E re coffee tomorrow*
Sunday: church 9.30 am
BIL leaves
Coffee with DF E ?
Laxapet Jude and Matilda

Future dates to note:
11/4 Order my meds
16/4 Butcher delivery - Easter meat box

Outstanding deliveries:

Extras:
Wrote upcoming appointments on kitchen calendar and in my filofax
Easter card 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? ( Still waiting for a reply) In the circumstances, leave until after Easter them contact him again before looking for someone else.
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 WIP
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

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
Change sheets on spare room bed
Can I give upstairs windows a quick clean- they're dirty after overnight rain

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
Can I clean downstairs windows?

Wednesday:
Clean kitchen

Garden extras:
Feed pots weekly
Hang predators for fuchsia gall mite on stixks
April / May (depending on weather) 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!

I'm sitting in my garden enjoying the sun - these are days to be stored up and treasured ready for when the rain returns, which it surely will at some point!

But today is beautiful again, and after I had had a quick tidy /dust / hoover upstairs, I came outside, and so far I have topped up the bark in my front garden and done a little weeding there. Now I'm turning my attention to the back garden - top of that list: trim the bits sticking out on the hedge, weed / dead head, water the pots and hang those "envelopes" on the fuchsias.

To do:

Appointments:
Wednesday: DH to office
At home for me
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)
Friday: BIL arrives for the weekend
At home for me
Saturday: BIL and DH out somewhere
*Text DF E re coffee tomorrow*
Sunday: church 9.30 am
BIL leaves
Coffee with DF E ?
Laxapet Jude and Matilda

Future dates to note:
11/4 Order my meds
16/4 Butcher delivery - Easter meat box

Outstanding deliveries:

Extras:
Wrote upcoming appointments on kitchen calendar and in my filofax
Easter card 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? ( Still waiting for a reply) In the circumstances, leave until after Easter them contact him again before looking for someone else.
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

Garden:
30 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
Change sheets on spare room bed
Can I give upstairs windows a quick clean- they're dirty after overnight rain

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
Can I clean downstairs windows?

Wednesday:
Clean kitchen

Garden extras:
Feed pots weekly
Hang predators for fuchsia gall mite on stixks
April / May (depending on weather) 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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Morning all. I bet that rose is gorgeous. One day lol. Doggedly you got that right. I'm actually kinda sad though last summer walking Casper around our loop i took pictures of fall leaves. Green. Full bloom wild roses. And I should have taken pics of the Saskatoon bushes full of flower may june and loaded with berries in August. Then they decided to do road allowance maintenance and took an ugly tree shedder through the ditches and munched that all up. It'll grow back but right now those ditches are pools of water and shedded tree fiber. Swimming pools for Casper. It's actually really loud from the sound of the creek running fuller this spring. Last year it was at mid summer dribble even in April. Dry.

Kittykat thanks for the kitchen thread suggestion. I posted a hello there. Wow she is very detailed.

I've split up my big ginormous list from sheforums here and divided the useful stuff between crafts and health and here. The rest of my list was almost out of date due to life changes and not measured goals. Ideas I should do. I'm going to have to try and work on food planning over there.

I should find the outdoors and garden section yet too. I really quite enjoy this site. The best of both worlds bringing all my friends over.

Helian that is a very busy day of productivity in lots of random things. And social. I hate it when I break things that I use all the time.

The weather is about the same here. Beautiful stretches and then it rains . Poor ds got into a downpour playing at the court after school he looked like he had a shower when I picked him up. But Beautiful spring rain that we need and no more so cold it threatens snow mix.

Anyway now I've written a novel again. Today is mine. To do what I want to do. Dh is off to work in a bit. Ds to school. I have bible study this morning. I think I'm going to have a soak when dh goes and then actually quickly do some routine try to make it better. My friend h offered to come help paint this afternoon. If I can get moving and do basics and then a first coat and she can help with second later? But I feel like I need to not go that fast. I'll do some qt and basics and see what happens. Her comic gives me a starting point and moral support. Then I really should run out and check on mom and dad if there is time.

Priority list

Basic routines
Kitchen clean
Some journal time
At least one coat paint
Bible study
Pick up a few things from store
Gas in car
Check on mom and dad
Book appointment for results
Book hair apt
Work on crochet


Today's tada list

Finish qt
Soak in tub instead of shower
S&s both baths and reboot laundry
Take sheets off bed for wash

Tidy laundry room some
Empty and reload dw
School run