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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!
~~ I Triple Dog Dare ya! ~~
Good Morning!
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The Tea Clipper rose is a medium-sized, repeat-flowering shrub rose bred by David Austin , and introduced in 2006. It grows to 1.2m tall, with matt, dark green foliage. The large, very double, cup-shaped, apricot flowers, are strongly fragrant and carried in small.clusters . The scent is described as, "tea, myrrh and fruity" .

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In case anyone is unfamiliar: A tea clipper is a type of merchant sailing vessel, specifically designed for speed, used to transport tea from the Far East to Europe and North America, particularly during the 19th century. These ships were narrow, with a sleek hull and tall masts, maximizing their speed to deliver tea while it was still fresh and valuable.

Tea clippers were built to capitalize on the seasonal tea trade, where speed was crucial for getting the first shipments of the new season's tea to market. They were characterized by their sharp, streamlined hulls, tall masts, and extensive sail area, allowing them to "clip" along at high speeds.

The tea clipper era was relatively brief, but it was a period of intense competition and innovation in shipbuilding, with clippers like the Cutty Sark and Thermopylae becoming famous for their speed and grace.

The opening of the Suez Canal in 1869 and the rise of steamships ultimately led to the decline of the tea clipper as they became less competitive for transporting tea and other goods.

Good morning everyone and happy Tuesday! Happy Canada Day to all Canadian SHEs.

Your birthday party sounded lovely, Helian!

Bama, Freddie had an evening walk as well yesterday - once it had cooled down. He asked, and I obeyed the summons!

L.Ann, you had a productive day as ever!

I hope you enjoyed the luncheon, Gma.

I never made it back here yesterday. As well as cleaning the windows and giving upstairs an its weekly PUPA/ dust / hoover, I discovered some "little jobs" that needed attention. So, the metal strip between the sitting room carpet and the hall flooring is now stuck down firmly again (it had lifted in some areas, which was a trip hazard), the donate pile has been bagged up, ready to take over to the charity bank, and I noticed some timescale on the toilet bowl, so that's had a good scrubbing. I washed the throw in the spare room bed, the cars blankets and the rugs for the bedroom and spare room.

Today is supposed to be even hotter than yesterday. It's pleasantly cool right now, so I'd better get moving!

To do:

Appointments:
Tuesday: DH WFH
At home for me
Wednesday: DH to office
At home for me
Laxapet for Jude and Matilda
9 pm Final touches to Waitrose order
7pm DH out to concert rehearsal
Thursday: DH WFH
10.30 am church
Any errands?
Collect Fred's meds and food and Matilda's Laxapet from vet
Remember Petplan
Hoover car? ( Weather permitting!)
*2pm coffee with C (DF PL's DMum)*
Powerwash car?
Bring blue crates up from garage (delegate this to DH)
6 pm DH is hosting men's breakfast group at the local brewery (pie and mash and a pint)
6-7 pm Waitrose delivery
Laxapet -Jude and Matilda
Friday: DH WFH
2.40 pm osteopath - me
Saturday:
*Text DF E re coffee tomorrow* not this week, We're doing coffees after church
Sunday:
church 9.30 am
Coffee with DF E - not this week we're doing the coffees after church
Laxapet Jude and Matilda
Set up new Waitrose delivery

Future dates to note:
11/7 HRT 18/7 inhaler 10/9 (everything else) order my meds

Outstanding deliveries:
Boots the Chemist

Extras:
Order dried food for Jude and Matilda, dental care product to try for Matilda
Digital decluttering- Google Photos for 2024 and 2025
Pick up my footprints
House tasks: Replace the bit of mortar that's fallen out of the edge of the roof (I think its called the verge? Can this wait until next year when we get the house painted when a roof ladder will be in place?)
Sort out cabinet that wobbles - does the back need some sort of bracing ?
Fix garage guttering that's loose at one end and bending down. Dneighbour R2 may fix?
Fix dripping kitchen tap (new washer ?)- DF E has given me the phone number of her plumber . I think DF CW also has a plumber she is happy with?
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
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 for his walk
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 throw on spare room bed
Wash cat blankets
Wash bedroom and spare room rugs
Clean windows

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
Beginning of June - need to order more fuchsia gall mite predator
Apply gall mite predator when it arrives

Financial:
More work on budget WIP

Things that need to happen at home before DH retires!
Reorganise office (DH wants a new to him desk that work is getting rid of. Can I empty the tallboy and move it into the bedroom? Remember to measure at its widest point to see if it will fit!
More decluttering in bedroom - drawers under the bed, my clothes (a continuous process!)
Kitchen - measure for fridge, measure where bins are going to go. Order new fridge. Move freezer to where current fridge is now? Go through cubby hole which houses miscellaneous "stuff", including the surplus from my dolls house project (this is on a pause now until the winter, but I have all the pieces I need, ... and a lot of surplus!
Get it all out and divide into lots. WIP
Do I have enough boxes and bubble wrap? I think so
Clean everything so it looks its best and photograph.
Write description and list on eBay. Remember to state we are a smoke free home.I can do most of this this one box at a time, so it isn't overwhelming .
Once the boxes are sealed and wrapped and labelled with the contents, I can store them in the garage.
Decide what is going back in cubby hole - gardening trug? Extension cable, spare boxes of cat food? Will my folding chair fit? Yes

Today, as forecast, is turning out to be even hotter than yesterday. I've had a good session in my garden, pulled up some more campanula that's gone over, and did some deadheading, but I need to leave watering the pots I til this evening. There's also some more one campanula that's ready to come out, but that's going to have to wait - either until this evening, or tomorrow morning.

Sitting down with my water now, than I'll start the housework. I need to try and ensure I'm working in the shade - so, maybe the hall first as the sun hasn't got round there yet? I can also draw the sitting room curtains, which should help.

To do:

Appointments:
Tuesday: DH WFH
At home for me
Wednesday: DH to office
At home for me
Laxapet for Jude and Matilda
9 pm Final touches to Waitrose order
7pm DH out to concert rehearsal
Thursday: DH WFH
10.30 am church
Any errands?
Collect Fred's meds and food and Matilda's Laxapet from vet
Remember Petplan
Hoover car? ( Weather permitting!)
*2pm coffee with C (DF PL's DMum)*
Powerwash car?
Bring blue crates up from garage (delegate this to DH)
6 pm DH is hosting men's breakfast group at the local brewery (pie and mash and a pint)
6-7 pm Waitrose delivery
Laxapet -Jude and Matilda
Friday: DH WFH
2.40 pm osteopath - me
Saturday:
*Text DF E re coffee tomorrow* not this week, We're doing coffees after church
Sunday:
church 9.30 am
Coffee with DF E - not this week we're doing the coffees after church
Laxapet Jude and Matilda
Set up new Waitrose delivery

Future dates to note:
11/7 HRT 18/7 inhaler 10/9 (everything else) order my meds

Outstanding deliveries:
Boots the Chemist, Aveda

Extras:
Order dried food for Jude and Matilda, dental care product to try for Matilda
Digital decluttering- Google Photos for 2024 and 2025
Pick up my footprints
House tasks: Replace the bit of mortar that's fallen out of the edge of the roof (I think its called the verge? Can this wait until next year when we get the house painted when a roof ladder will be in place?)
Sort out cabinet that wobbles - does the back need some sort of bracing ?
Fix garage guttering that's loose at one end and bending down. Dneighbour R2 may fix?
Fix dripping kitchen tap (new washer ?)- DF E has given me the phone number of her plumber . I think DF CW also has a plumber she is happy with?
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
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 for his walk
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
60 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 throw on spare room bed
Wash cat blankets
Wash bedroom and spare room rugs
Clean windows

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
Beginning of June - need to order more fuchsia gall mite predator
Apply gall mite predator when it arrives

Financial:
More work on budget WIP

Things that need to happen at home before DH retires!
Reorganise office (DH wants a new to him desk that work is getting rid of. Can I empty the tallboy and move it into the bedroom? Remember to measure at its widest point to see if it will fit!
More decluttering in bedroom - drawers under the bed, my clothes (a continuous process!)
Kitchen - measure for fridge, measure where bins are going to go. Order new fridge. Move freezer to where current fridge is now? Go through cubby hole which houses miscellaneous "stuff", including the surplus from my dolls house project (this is on a pause now until the winter, but I have all the pieces I need, ... and a lot of surplus!
Get it all out and divide into lots. WIP
Do I have enough boxes and bubble wrap? I think so
Clean everything so it looks its best and photograph.
Write description and list on eBay. Remember to state we are a smoke free home.I can do most of this this one box at a time, so it isn't overwhelming .
Once the boxes are sealed and wrapped and labelled with the contents, I can store them in the garage.
Decide what is going back in cubby hole - gardening trug? Extension cable, spare boxes of cat food? Will my folding chair fit? Yes
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Having lunch with DH now. Hall and stairs done!

Good morning, my lovelies.
Happy Canada Day.
Happy first day of July.
Happy National Gingersnap Day.
I hope trissie is having a wonderful vacation.

Kittykatt, thanks for the start and knowledge. Freddie is king, long live the king. I can’t say anything as I have a cat in my lap at the moment. I can’t sit in the living room without being surrounded. I’m on the bed now with Lily, our one eyed terror, she gets the bedroom to herself (no other four leggeds allowed) as she was so sick when we got her. She had that bad eye infection, lost one eye, almost lost the other, it’s still cloudy and I’m not sure how good her vision is. Her lack of sight makes her fearful among the others so she’s allowed to stay here and get extra loving. She goes out in the living room when she wants but always comes back to rest.

Helia, hope you accomplish all of your to do list. Sorry I’m not much help with cleaning recommendations, I was given advice to try clr and/or barkeepers friend here but haven’t tried either yet on moms stained toilets. I use a cleaner with bleach and comet for grit on my own.

I’ve let the dogs out, didn’t notice any spots that require cleaning on the floor yet, and have listened to the Bible, I’m on 1st Corinthians and trotting along. I’ll definitely need to do it again with a study guide at some point but for now I’m content listening to the word and starting my day. Someone had suggested reading Luke for December to go through Jesus journey, I couldn’t make myself start in a middle book lol so I ended up starting in the beginning with Matthew and try to get a chapter most days. I’ve also posted a daily reminder on my phone calendar, “how can I be useful today”. It helps keep me on track…sometimes. I hope to be back with tadas.

To Do:
Put on work clothes and shoes
Feed, water Lily, scoop her litter
Feed, water Toby and Jeremy, scoop their litter
Feed, water remaining cats, scoop their litter
Feed, water dogs, no litter thank goodness!